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Government Film Links New Mexico Industry Links Albuquerque Industry Links Santa Fe Industry Links Film Festivals in New Mexico Selected Films Made In New Mexico NEW movies, coming soon

Movie producers have been filming in New Mexico for a century, especially Westerns. Since 2003, state and
local governments have promoted filming here thru tax incentives, funding help, and elimination of 'red tape'.

The impact of New Mexico's film industry has grown from $8 million in 2002
to $657 million in fiscal 2008, and New Mexico's I.A.T.S.E. Local 480
has grown from 79 members in 1998 to 1200 members in mid-2008.

"100 Years of Filmmaking In New Mexico" [1998] from New Mexico Magazine U.N.M. Press 10¾x9 hardcover [12/98] for $24.95

Government  Film  Links

New Mexico Film Office {of the Economic Development Dept.}
New Mexico Film Museum [unfunded 8/2005, closed 5/2010]
New Mexico Film Locations website
Big House Props & Costumes {state-run non-profit}
U.N.M. Continuing Education 'On Camera Careers' curriculum

Local  Film  Agencies

City of Albuquerque [NM] Film Office
Clayton, New Mexico Film Liaison
Las Cruces [NM] Film Commission
Las Vegas, New Mexico Film Office
Otero County [NM] Film Office
Santa Fe [NM] Film Office
Taos County [NM] Film Commission
Rio Arriba County [NM] Film Office [est. 11/2008]

New Mexico  Film  Industry  Links

definition/derivation of the term 'Tamalewood'
New Mexico Travel Pages
Film New Mexico {occasional} weblog
I.A.T.S.E. Local 480 - New Mexico Film Technicians
New Mexico Actors website
New Mexico Chapter of Women In Film & Television
New Mexico Screenwriters Speakers Series
Allen Theatres - 18 locations in NM [est. 1912]
Pasa Tiempo Film Guide {magazine/slide show}
New Mexico Actors Guide
New Mexico Locations Leasing, based in Santa Fe, NM
Elliott Location Equipment, based in Albuquerque, NM
Crew New Mexico film industry resource
The Muir Studio {pre-production} in Las Cruces, NM

Charles R Ranch, on County Road 24 in Romeroville, New Mexico
Cook Ranch, near Galisteo, New Mexico
Ruby Ranch, north of Los Alamos in San Miguel County, New Mexico
Staly Ranch, near Montezuma in San Miguel County, New Mexico

Individuals  of  New Mexico

  Mae Marsh  [1894-1968] was born in Madrid, New Mexico
browse Mae Marsh on VHS & DVD • IMDb listing [1910-64] • Wikipedia

Production  Companies  in  New Mexico
Southwest Production Services
White Sands Production Services, based in Alamogordo, NM
Cypress Film Labs in Las Vegas, NM

Albuquerque, NM  Film  Industry  Links

City of Albuquerque [NM] Film Office
City Production Services Directory {by topic}: A-C • D-O • P-Q • R-Z

G.E. Nordell's Albuquerque, New Mexico Travel Links Page

Duke City Shootout filmmaking film festival [July] [requires Flash ]
Guild Cinema [est. 1966] in Albuquerque's Nob Hill District
New Mexico Filmmakers Showcase [May 2006] in Albuquerque, NM
The Phoenix Agency - actors, models, musicians - in Albuquerque, NM
Cinnafilm™ digital effects technology in Albuquerque, NM
Filmmaker Production Services [est. 10/2008, sold off props 6/2010] in Albuquerque, NM
Friends of Film, Video & Arts [est. 2006] in Albuquerque, NM
Albuquerque, New Mexico Travel Page
L.A. Stunts Training Center in Rio Rancho, NM
City of Albuquerque's 505 Youth Film Festival for K-12 [May 2009 = #2] at KiMo Theater

Individuals  in  Albuquerque, NM  area
actor {SAG, etc} Cliff Gravel: website • IMDb listing
filmmaker Erin Hudson of Albuquerque, NM
Dan Mayfield & weekly "Reel N.M." column in the Albuquerque Journal newspaper
Devin D. O'Leary, film critic at The Weekly Alibi newspaper in Albuquerque, NM
actress Rachel Ticotin: browse DVDs • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Production  Companies  in  Albuquerque, NM  area
Abalone Studios Game Production Services in Albuquerque, NM
Albuquerque [NM] Independent Film Cooperative
Basement Films [est. 1991] in Albuquerque, NM
SFX wizard Joseph Conti & Conti Films [est. 2001] in Rio Rancho, NM
filmmaker Christopher Coppola's Ears XXI company
D H & J Productions in Albuquerque, NM
independent filmmakers Egg Murders Productions, LLC of Albuquerque, NM
Fat Man Media [est. 2008] in Corrales, NM
Image Resources, Inc. in NE Albuquerque, NM
New Mexico Digital Video [est. 2000] in Albuquerque, NM
Production Central of Albuquerque post-production facility, 519 Central Ave. NW

Movie  Studio  Facilities  in  Albuquerque, NM  area

I-25 Studios {formerly Titan/Philips Studios aka Philips Stages, 2006-2009}

Lionsgate Movie Studio in Rio Rancho, NM { deal expired 11/2008 }

Sony Pictures Imageworks [est. 1993]
facility at Albuquerque Studios (ann. 2007) changed to Downtown Albuquerque office building (2009)
official website • Wikipedia

Soundstage 41 in NE Albuquerque, NM

Santa Fe, NM  Film  Industry  Links

G.E. Nordell's Santa Fe, New Mexico Travel Pages
Santa Fe [NM] Film Festival [Oct 2010 = #11]
Santa Fe [NM] Film Office
Santa Fe, NM 'Summer In The Dark' Noir Film Festival [July 2006 = #9]
New Mexico Filmmakers Intensive 1-year program [Jan 2008 = #2] at the College of Santa Fe

Individuals  in  Santa Fe, NM  area
Tony Mark, co-producer of Oscar-winner "Hurt Locker"

Native American actor Wes Studi of Santa Fe, NM
browse Wes Studi on DVD • official website • credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

Production  Companies  in  Santa Fe, NM
Cinevision Productions in Santa Fe, NM
High Definition New Mexico in Santa Fe, NM
Alton Walpole's Mountainair Films in Santa Fe, NM
Real Deal Productions/Montage 3 Films in Santa Fe, NM
Zia Film Distribution LLC [est. 1993] in Santa Fe, NM

Movie  Studio  Facilities  in  Santa Fe, NM  area
Bonanza Creek Movie Ranch near Santa Fe, NM
J.W. Eaves Movie Ranch on NM Highway 14
Garson Studios [est. 1990] in Santa Fe, NM {Flash only}

official website {parked} • {11/2006 news item} • {5/2007 news item}

Film  Festivals  in  New Mexico

RioFest Intl. Environmental Film Festival [Jan 2007 = #1] in Socorro, NM
White Sands Film Festival [Feb 2007 = #3] in Alamogordo, NM

Sin Fronteras {Latino/Latina} Film Festival [April 2006 = #4] in Albuquerque, NM
Taos Picture Show film festival [April 2005 = #2]
Indigenous Independent Film Festival [April 2006 = #1] in Albuquerque, NM
New Mexico Filmmakers Showcase [May] in Albuquerque, NM
Organ Mountain Film Festival [May 2005] in Las Cruces, NM
City of Albuquerque's 505 Youth Film Festival for K-12 [May 2009 = #2] at KiMo Theater
Santa Fe, NM 'Summer In The Dark' Noir Film Festival [July 2006 = #9]
Duke City Shootout filmmaking film festival [July] [requires Flash ]
Roswell [NM] Film Festival "1947" [2007 = #1?]
PAHfest Digital Media Festival [July 2006] in Grants, NM
Local Shorts Film Festival [Aug 2005 = #3] in Albuquerque, NM
Northern New Mexico Film Festival [Sept 2007 = #2] in Las Vegas, NM
Silver City [NM] Short Film Festival [Sept 2007 = #2]
Wild Film! International Wildlife Film Festival [Sept 2007] in Taos, NM
Southwest Gay & Lesbian Film Festival [Sept-Oct]
New Mexico Middle-Eastern Film Festival [Oct 2005 = #2]
Fiery Film Fest [Oct 2005 = #5] in Clovis, NM
Taos [NM] Mountain Film Festival [Oct 2005 = #5]
Taos [NM] Shortz Film Fest [Nov 2007]: Flash site • MySpace site
Santa Fe [NM] Film Festival [Oct 2010 = #11]

Mesilla Valley Film Society [est. 1989]
W.N.M.U. - Silver City Intl. Film Society [est. 1994]

Selected  Films  Made  In  New Mexico
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"A Pueblo Legend" [13 mins.; Aug 1912 short]
Filmed at The Pueblo of Isleta Tuei in New Mexico; written & directed by D.W. Griffith; starring Mary
Pickford, Wilfred Lucas, Robert Harron, J. Jiquel Lanoe, Charles Hill Mailes & Jack Pickford
print exists only at the Mary Pickford Archive; full credits from IMDb

"The Tourists" [Biograph Aug 1912 short]
Filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico including the Alvarado Hotel & Harvey House and the Santa Fe RR's
Barelas Shops; directed by & co-starring Mack Sennett; starring Charles West, Mabel Normand,
William J. Butler, Grace Henderson, Frank Evans & Kate Toncray
a print of this film survives in the U.C.L.A. Film & TV Archives • full credits at IMDb

"The Hazards of Helen"
119-chapter silent serial [Kalem / General Nov 1914-Feb 1917]

Chapters 21-25 were filmed at Las Vegas, New Mexico circa April 1915; released as 119 distinct episodes, over 28 months time, often without the standard cliffhanger ending; only a few episodes survive today. Helen is a clerk at a railroad who is either endangered by bad guys or heroically saves the railroad and its rolling stock and men. Filming took place at the Glendale, California railyards of the Southern Pacific Railroad, on the Sierra Railroad in Central California, and on the Santa Fe Railway in Las Vegas, NM. Based on a novel by John Russell Corvell and the play by Denman Thompson; adapted by W. Scott Darling & Frank Howard Clark; episodes 1-48 were pro-duced & directed by J.P. McGowan and starred Helen Holmes; episodes 49-119 were directed by James G. Davis and starred Rose Wenger Gibson, the wife of later cowboy star Hoot Gibson; Rose previously had been a stunt-double for Helen Holmes. full credits at IMDb • serial entry at Wikipedia "The Hazards Of Helen" on DVD [2007] indep b&w DVD [10/2007] for $19.95 contains four 12-minute chapters: "The Leap From The Water Tower" [#9 1915], "The Pay Train" [#31 1915], "In Danger's Path" [#33 1915], and "The Open Track" [#63 1916] other surviving chapters include: Chapter 13 "Escape of The Fast Freight" [1915] and Chapter 26 "The Wild Engine" [1915] — {see Magic Lantern's History Page / Video Collections Section}

"Billy The Kid"
aka "The Highwayman Rides" [M.G.M. Oct 1930]

Location filming in the Gallup, New Mexico area; based on the hit W.N. Burns novel; the first sound film about outlaw Billy The Kid; well-acted melodrama with a {no kidding} happy ending! Directed by King Vidor [1894-1982]; starring John Mack Brown {as Billy}, Wallace Beery, Kay Johnson, Warner Richmond & James A. Marcus video/DVD not available; full credits from IMDb 11"x17" blue poster from Amazon for $9.99 much more on the Billy The Kid Page at 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Bookstore

"Trail of The Lonesome Pine"  [Paramount Feb 1936]
Filmed at Big Bear Lake & Iverson Ranch in California, and near Gallup, New Mexico;
produced by Walter Wanger; directed by Henry Hathaway; based on a novel by John Fox, Jr.;
starring Sylvia Sidney, Fred MacMurray & Henry Fonda • full credits at IMDb

"The Bad Man" [Loew's/M.G.M. March 1941]
Filmed at Red Rock Canyon in California, Flagstaff, Arizona, and Gallup, New Mexico; directed by
Richard Thorpe; based on a 1920 Broadway stageplay by Porter Emerson Browne; starring Wallace Beery,
Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day, Ronald Reagan, Henry Travers & Chris-Pin Martin • full credits at IMDb

"Sundown" [United Artists Oct 1941]
Filmed at Acoma Pueblo & near Gallup, New Mexico (as North Africa); produced by Walter Wanger; directed by
Henry Hathaway; music by Miklós Rózsa; starring Gene Tierney, Bruce Cabot, George Sanders, Harry Carey,
Reginald Gardiner, Cedric Hardwicke, Emmett Smith, Dorothy Dandridge & Woody Strode • full credits at IMDb

"The Desert Song" [Warner Bros. Dec 1943]
Filmed in Technicolor at Canyon de Chelly in Arizona, and near Gallup, New Mexico; directed by Robert Florey;
based on a stageplay by Oscar Hammerstein II & Otto Harbach; starring Dennis Morgan, Irene Manning, Bruce Cabot,
Lynne Overman, Gene Lockhart, Faye Emerson, Gerald Mohr & Duncan Renaldo • full credits at IMDb

"Sudan" [Universal April 1945]
Working title was "Song of The Nile"; filmed in Technicolor, at locations near Gallup, New Mexico; directed by
John Rawlins; starring Maria Montez, Jon Hall, Turhan Bey, Andy Devine & George Zucco • full credits at IMDb

"Leave Her To Heaven" [Fox Dec 1945]
Filmed in Technicolor; location filming in California, Arizona, Wyoming, Maine & New Mexico; directed by
John M. Stahl; based on a novel by Ben Ames Williams; starring Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain,
Vincent Price, Mary Philips, Ray Collins, Gene Lockhart, Reed Hadley, Darryl Hickman, Chill Wills & Mae Marsh;
won Oscar for Best Color Cinematography • full credits at IMDb

"Ride The Pink Horse" [Universal Oct 1947]

Filmed in the Santa Fe, New Mexico area. An ex-G.I. appears in a New Mexico border town seeking revenge for the death of a pal, or perhaps blackmail? The locals are evasive, the mysterious gangster Hugo is expected any time now, and an F.B.I. agent needs evidence before he can arrest the bad guy; the finale was filmed during the annual Burning of Zozobra [est. 1924] ritual. Directed by & starring Robert Montgomery; based on the 1946 novel by Dorothy B. Hughes; also starring Wanda Hendrix, Art Smith, Fred Clark & Thomas Gomez {Oscar nom} DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia

"Four Faces West"  [United Artists Aug 1948]
Filming near Gallup, Ramah & San Rafael in NW New Mexico; directed by Alfred E. Green; based on the
classic Western novel "Paso Por Aqui" by Eugene Manlove Rhodes; starring Joel McCrea, Frances Dee,
Charles Bickford, Joseph Calleia & William Conrad; W.G.A. nom for Best Script • full credits at IMDb

"Streets of Laredo" [Paramount May 1949]
Filmed in Technicolor in California & Gallup, New Mexico; directed by Leslie Fenton; based on an original script
by King Vidor [1894-1982]; music by Victor Young; starring William Holden, Macdonald Carey, Mona Freeman,
William Bendix, Stanley Ridges, Alfonso Bedoya, Ray & Clem Bevans; W.G.A. nom for Best Script
full credits at IMDb

"Colorado Territory" [Warner Bros. June 1949]
A remake as a cowboy movie of the Raoul Walsh & Humphrey Bogart film "High Sierra" [1941], with the plot very
much intact. Filmed in California, Arizona, and near Gallup, New Mexico; an outlaw is sprung from prison to lead
the hold-up of a train. Directed by Raoul Walsh [1887-1980]; written by Edmund H. North & John Twist, based on
previous script & novel "High Sierra" by W.R. Burnett [1899-1982]; starring Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo,
Dorothy Malone, Henry Hull, John Archer & James Mitchell; video/DVD not available; full credits from IMDb

"Rocky Mountain" [Warner Bros. Nov 1950]
Filmed near Gallup, New Mexico; directed by William Keighley; music by Max Steiner; starring Errol Flynn [1909-59]; Patrice Wymore, Scott Forbes, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Dickie Jones, Howard Petrie, Slim Pickens, Chubby Johnson, Robert 'Buzz' Henry, Sheb Wooley & Yakima Canutt • full credits at IMDb

"Raton Pass" [Warner Bros. April 1951]
Filmed near Gallup, New Mexico; directed by Edwin L. Marin; based on the novel by Thomas W. Blackburn;
starring Dennis Morgan, Patricia Neal, Steve Cochran, Scott Forbes, Dorothy Hart, Basil Ruysdael, Louis Jean
Heydt, Roland Winters & James Burke • full credits at IMDb

"New Mexico" [United Artists May 1951]
Filmed at Iverson Ranch in California, and Albuquerque, Gallup & Santa Fe in New Mexico; directed by Irving Reis;
starring Lew Ayres, Marilyn Maxwell, Robert Hutton, Andy Devine, Raymond Burr, Jeff Corey, Lloyd Corrigan,
Verna Felton, Ted de Corsia, John Hoyt, Jack Kelly & Hans Conried {as President Lincoln} • full credits at IMDb

"Ace In The Hole" aka "The Big Carnival" [Paramount June 1951]
Filmed at Albuquerque, Gallup & Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico; co-produced, co-written & directed by
Billy Wilder [1906-2002]; music by Hugo Friedhofer; starring Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Robert Arthur,
Porter Hall, Frank Cady, Richard Benedict, Ray Teal, Lewis Martin, John Berkes, Frances Dominguez
& Iron Eyes Cody; Oscar nom for Best Script • full credits at IMDb

"Fort Defiance" [United Artists Oct 1951]
Filmed in Cinecolor in Utah and near Gallup, New Mexico; directed by John Rawlins; starring Dane Clark, Ben
Johnson, Peter Graves, Tracey Roberts, George Cleveland, Ralph Sanford & Iron Eyes Cody • full credits at IMDb

"The Tall Texan"  [Lippert Pictures Feb 1953]
Filmed at Iverson Ranch in California, and near Deming & Columbus, New Mexico {at the Mexican border}; directed by Elmo Williams; starring Lloyd Bridges, Lee J. Cobb, Marie Windsor & Luther Adler • full credits at IMDb

"The Man From Laramie"  [Columbia Aug 1955]
Filmed in Technicolor at Bonanza Creek Ranch, Santa Fe & Taos, and at the Taos & Tesuque pueblos of New Mexico; directed by Anthony Mann; starring James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Donald Crisp, Cathy O'Donnell, Alex Nicol, Aline MacMahon, Wallace Ford, Jack Elam & John War Eagle • full credits at IMDb

"Cowboy"  [Columbia Feb 1958]
Filmed at the Stockyards in El Paso, Texas and at Bonanza Creek Ranch & San Ildefonso Pueblo in New Mexico;
directed by Delmer Daves; based on a book by Frank Harris; Glenn Ford, Jack Lemmon {as Harris}, Anna Kashfi, Brian
Donlevy, Dick York, Víctor Manuel Mendoza, Richard Jaeckel, King Donovan, Donald Randolph, James Westerfield,
Eugene Iglesias, Frank DeKova & Strother Martin; D.G.A. nom for Best Director • full credits at IMDb

"Fort Massacre" [Mirisch / United Artists May 1958]
Filmed in Deluxe Color in Utah and near Gallup, New Mexico; directed by Joseph M. Newman; starring
Joel McCrea, Forrest Tucker, Susan Cabot, John Russell, George N. Neise, Anthony Caruso, Robert
Osterloh & Denver Pyle • full credits at IMDb

"Lonely Are The Brave"  [Universal May 1962]

	Filmed in the Albuquerque area; directed by David Miller; script by [blacklistee] Dalton Trumbo, based on 'The Brave Cowboy' by Edward Abbey; starring Kirk Douglas, Gena Rowlands & Walter Matthau Universal widescreen b&w DVD [7/2009] for $17.49 Universal b&w VHS [3/92] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb
	"The Brave Cowboy: An Old Tale In A New Time" [novel 1956] by Edward Abbey [1927-89] Avon 8x5¼ pb [4/92] for $10.80 Univ NM Press 8x5½ pb [10/77] out of print/used BooksOnTape audio [1/88] out of stock/used

"A Distant Trumpet" [Warner Bros. May 1964]
Filmed in Technicolor in Arizona and near Gallup, New Mexico; directed by Raoul Walsh [1887-1980]; based
on a novel by Paul Horgan; music by Max Steiner; starring Troy Donahue, Suzanne Pleshette, Diane McBain,
James Gregory, William Reynolds, Claude Akins, Kent Smith, Judson Pratt, Bartlett Robinson, Bobby Bare,
Larry Ward & Richard X. Slattery • full credits at IMDb

"The Hallelujah Trail" [Mirisch / United Artists June 1965]
Filmed in Technicolor at Lone Pine, California and at Coyote Canyon, Gallup, Santa Rosa, Shiprock, Tohatchi &
Twin Lakes in New Mexico; co-produced & directed by John Sturges; based on a novel by Bill Gulick; music by
Elmer Bernstein; starring Burt Lancaster, Lee Remick, Jim Hutton, Pamela Tiffin, Donald Pleasence, Brian Keith,
Martin Landau, John Anderson, Tom Stern, Robert J. Wilke, Dub Taylor, Whit Bissell, Helen Kleeb & Carl Pitti;
narrated by John Dehner • full credits at IMDb

"Where Angels Go ... Trouble Follows"  [Columbia April 1968]
Filming locations included Pennsylvania and Eaves Movie Ranch in New Mexico; directed by James Neilson;
starring Rosalind Russell, Stella Stevens, Robert Taylor, Binnie Barnes, Milton Berle, Mary Wickes, Dolores
Sutton, Arthur Godfrey, Van Johnson, and Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart • full credits at IMDb

"Easy Rider"  [Columbia Pictures July 1969]
Filmed in California, Arizona & Louisiana, and around Taos, Madrid & Santa Fe in New Mexico

Taos, New Mexico's 40th Anniversary "Summer of Love" Filmfest

more details (synopsis, books, posters, links) on
Magic Lantern's "Easy Rider" 1969 Movie Page

"The Good Guys and The Bad Guys"
[Warner Bros./Seven Arts Nov 1969]
Filmed at Janss Conejo Ranch & Warner Bros. Ranch in California, at Silverton in Colorado, and at
the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad in Chama, New Mexico; directed by Burt Kennedy; starring
Robert Mitchum, George Kennedy, David Carradine, Martin Balsam, Tina Louise, Lois Nettleton,
John Carradine, Marie Windsor, Kathleen Freeman & Jimmy Murphy • full credits at IMDb

"The Cheyenne Social Club"
[National General Pictures June 1970]
Filmed in Technicolor at Bonanza Creek Ranch, Eaves Movie Ranch & Santa Fe in New Mexico; co-produced &
directed by Gene Kelly; based on the novel by Davis Grubb; starring Jimmy Stewart, Henry Fonda, Shirley Jones,
Sue Ane Langdon, Elaine Devry, Arch Johnson. Dabbs Greer, Jackie Russell, Jackie Joseph, Sharon DeBord,
Richard Collier, Charles Tyner, Jean Willes, Robert J. Wilke, Carl Reindel, J. Pat O'Malley, Jason Wingreen,
Charlotte Stewart & John Dehner; W.G.A. nom for Best Comedy Script • full credits at IMDb

"Chisum" [Batjac/Warner Bros. June 1970]

Lincoln County cattlemen Chisum and Tunstall fight off corrupt businessman Murphy with the help of gunfighter Billy Bonney. Filmed in Durango, Mexico and at Eaves Movie Ranch in New Mexico; directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, script by Andrew J. Fenady; starring John Wayne, Forrest Tucker, Christopher George, Ben Johnson, Glenn Corbett {as Pat Garrett}, Andrew Prine, Bruce Cabot, Patric Knowles, Richard Jaeckel, Lynda Day George, Geoffrey Deuel (as Billy The Kid}, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, Pedro Armendáriz Jr. & Christopher Mitchum Warner color DVD [5/2007] for $9.69 Warner color DVD [6/2003] out of prodn/used Warner color VHS [5/98] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia

"Flap"  [Warner Bros. Nov 1970]
Filmed in Technicolor in Albuquerque, Madrid & Santa Fe, and at the Santa Clara & Santo Domingo pueblos
of New Mexico; directed by Carol Reed; script by Clair Huffaker, based on his novel; starring Anthony Quinn,
Claude Akins, Tony Bill, Shelley Winters, Victor Jory, Don Collier, Victor French, Rodolfo Acosta, Susana
Miranda, Anthony Caruso, William Mims, Rudy Diaz, Pedro Regas & John War Eagle • full credits at IMDb

"Billy Jack"  [Warner Bros. May 1971 & May 1973]
Filmed in California, in Prescott, Arizona, and in Los Alamos & Santa Fe in New Mexico; co-written &
directed by Tom Laughlin {as T.C. Frank}; co-written by & co-starring Delores Taylor
full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia • official movie site

"The Complete Billy Jack Collection" DVD Box Set [2009] includes restored versions of "The Born Losers" [1967] (written by Elizabeth James); "Billy Jack" [1971]; "The Trial of Billy Jack" [1974]; "Billy Jack Goes To Washington" [1977]; extras include eight comment-aries; NOTE: "Born Losers" was filmed in California, "Trial" was filmed in Utah, Arizona & New Mexico, "BJGTW" was filmed in DC; produced, co-written & directed by and starring Tom Laughlin; co-written by & co-starring Delores Taylor Image Ent. widescreen color DVD set [8/2009] 4 disks for $23.49

"Red Sky At Morning"  [Universal May 1971]
Filmed at Eaves Movie Ranch, Lamy, Truchas & Santa Fe in New Mexico; produced by Hal B. Wallis; directed by
James Goldstone; based on the novel by Richard Bradford; starring Richard Thomas, Catherine Burns, Desi Arnaz Jr.,
Richard Crenna, Claire Bloom, John Colicos, Harry Guardino, Strother Martin, Nehemiah Persoff, Pepe Serna,
Mario Aniov, Victoria Racimo & Kim Darby • full credits at IMDb

"Two-Lane Blacktop"  [July 1971 cult classic]
Filmed in Arizona, Arkansas, California, North Carolina, Oklahoma & Tennessee, and at Santa Fe & Tucumcari in
New Mexico; directed by Monte Hellman; starring James Taylor, Warren Oates, Laurie Bird, Dennis Wilson, David
Drake, Richard Ruth, Rudy Wurlitzer, Jaclyn Hellman, Bill Keller & Harry Dean Stanton • full credits at IMDb

"Bunny O'Hare"  [Oct 1971]
An old lady is evicted from her home by the heartless bank, and watches the bulldozers destroy her house.
Living in the camper on the back of her pickup truck, she meets a hippie who sells used toilets; when he reveals
that he used to be a bank robber, she convinces him to teach her the trade.
Filmed in Albuquerque & Belén in New Mexico; co-produced & directed by Gerd Oswald; starring
Bette Davis {age 63}, Ernest Borgnine, Jack Cassidy, Joan Delaney, Jay Robinson, Reva Rose,
John Astin & Robert Foulk • full credits at IMDb

"My Name Is Nobody" aka "Lonesome Gun"
[Universal Europe Dec 1973, USA June 1974]
Filmed in Spain, Colorado & New Orleans, Louisiana, and in Mogollon ghost town, White Sands & Acoma Pueblo
in New Mexico; co-produced by Sergio Leone; directed by Tonino Valerii; music by Ennio Morricone; starring
Terence Hill, Henry Fonda, Jean Martin, R.G. Armstrong, Karl Braun, Leo Gordon, Steve Kanaly, Geoffrey Lewis
& Neil Summers • full credits at IMDb

"Ginger In The Morning"  [indep July 1974]
Filmed in Santa Fe & Santa Fe Plaza, Albuquerque & Rancho Encantada, New Mexico; co-produced & written by
& starring Mark Miller; directed by Gordon Wiles; co-starring Monte Markham, Susan Oliver, Sissy Spacek,
Slim Pickens, David Doyle, Marion Charles, Ward 'Kip' Allen & Fred Ward • full credits at IMDb

"The Man Who Fell To Earth" sci-fi classic
[British Lion / Cinema 5 March 1976]
Filmed at Albuquerque, Artesia, Fenton Lake, Jemez Springs, Los Lunas, Madrid, Roswell & White Sands,
New Mexico; directed by Nicolas Roeg; based on the novel by Walter Tevis; starring David Bowie, Rip Torn,
Candy Clark, Buck Henry, Bernie Casey, Jackson D. Kane, Rick Riccardo, Tony Mascia, Linda Hutton,
Claudia Jennings [1949-79] & Terry Southern • full credits at IMDb

"Casey's Shadow"  [Rastar / Columbia March 1978]
Set in Lafayette, Louisiana and at Ruidoso Downs Racetrack in New Mexico; directed by Martin Ritt; based on a
story by John McPhee; starring Walter Matthau, Michael Hershewe, Alexis Smith, Robert Webber, Murray Hamilton,
Andrew Rubin, Steve Burns, Susan Myers, Harry Caesar, Joel Fluellen & Whit Bissell • full credits at IMDb

"The Making of Casey's Shadow" [Columbia 1978]
TV movie directed by William Riead; credits at IMDb

"The Legend of The Lone Ranger"
[Wrather Prodns/Universal May 1981]

After a modified version of the Origin Legend (six Texas Rangers ambushed by evil Butch Cavendish, etc), Lone Ranger and Tonto rescue kidnapped President Ulysses Grant from Cavendish and his gang. Location filming in California & Utah, and at Abiquiu, Bonanza Creek Ranch, Cook Ranch, Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, Eaves Movie Ranch & Santa Fe in New Mexico; co-produced by Jack Wrather & Lew Grade; directed by William A. Fraker; cinematography by László Kovács; starring Klinton Spilsbury {overdubbed by James Keach}, Michael Horse, Christopher Lloyd, Matt Clark, Juanin Clay, Jason Robards, John Bennett Perry, David Hayward, John Hart, Richard Farns-worth {as Wild Bill Hickok}, Lincoln Tate {as Gen.George A. Custer}, Ted Flicker {as Buffalo Bill Cody} & Marc Gilpin LionsGate color DVD [8/2008] for $11.99 Family Home Ent. color VHS [6/95] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia see also 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore's Lone Ranger Page

"Silverado"  [Columbia July 1985]
Filmed in Technicolor at Abiquiu, Cook Ranch, Eaves Movie Ranch, Galisteo, Los Alamos & White Rock, and
at the Cochiti, Nambé & Santa Ana pueblos of New Mexico; co-produced & co-written by Lawrence & Mark Kasdan; directed by Lawrence Kasdan; starring Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Kevin Costner, Danny Glover, Sheb Wooley,
John Cleese, Rosanna Arquette, Brian Dennehy, Linda Hunt, Jeff Goldblum & Pepe Serna • full credits at IMDb

"The Milagro Beanfield War"
[Esparza / Universal March 1988]
Filmed in Truchas, Los Alamos & Española in New Mexico; co-produced & directed by Robert Redford; based on
the novel by John Nichols; starring John Heard, Rubén Blades, Richard Bradford, Sonia Braga, Julie Carmen, James
Gammon, Melanie Griffith, Carlos Riquelme, Daniel Stern, Chick Vennera, Christopher Walken, Freddy Fender,
Tony Genaro, Jerry Hardin, Ronald G. Joseph, Mario Arrambide, Robert Carricart, M. Emmet Walsh & Lupita the Pig;
won Oscar for Best Original Score • full credits at IMDb

"Where The Hell's That Gold?!!?"  [CBS-TV Nov 1988]
Filmed at the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad & at Eaves Movie Ranch in New Mexico; 90-minute
TV movie co-produced, written & directed by Burt Kennedy; starring Willie Nelson, Delta Burke, Jack Elam,
Alfonso Arau & Gerald McRaney • full credits at IMDb

"Twins"  [Universal Dec 1988]
Filmed in California & Texas, and at the Mabel Dodge Luhan House in Taos, and at Los Alamos, the Santa Fe Plaza &
the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge in New Mexico; co-produced & directed by Ivan Reitman; starring Arnold Schwarzenegger,
Danny Devito, Kelly Preston, Chloe Webb, Bonnie Bartlett, Trey Wilson, Marshall Bell, David Caruso, Hugh O'Brian,
Nehemiah Persoff, Maury Chaykin, Tom McCleister, David Efron & Jason Reitman • full credits at IMDb

"Lonesome Dove" tv miniseries [Motown/RHI Feb 1989]

Filmed in Montana, South Dakota & Wyoming, and at Nambé Reservation, Santa Fe & Taos in New Mexico; directed by Simon Wincer; based on the novel by Larry McMurtry; starring Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, Danny Glover, Diane Lane, Robert Urich, Frederic Forrest, Anjelica Huston & D.B. Sweeney; nominated for 18 Emmy Awards, won for Best Directing & six minor Emmies Lions Gate color DVD [4/2002] 2 disks for $9.99 Artisan/Fox color DVD [2/2000] out of prodn/used Hallmark color VHS [7/98] out of prodn/many used Sonic Images soundtrack CD [10/98] out of stock/used full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia 11"x17" brown poster available at AllPosters.com 11"x17" tan poster available at AllPosters.com Pulitzer Prize-winning 1985 novel by Larry McMurtry Pocket pb [1/91] for $7.99 Scribner 8x5¼ pb [10/2000] for $11.20 S&S 9½x6½ hardcover [11/2000] for $21.00

"Lonesome Dove: The Making Of An Epic" [1991 tv documentary]
video/DVD not available; credits from IMDb

"Powwow Highway"  [HandMade Films / Warner Bros. Feb 1989]
Filmed in Technicolor in Montana, South Dakota & Wyoming, and in Santa Fe, Taos & Nambe Reservation
in New Mexico; directed by Jonathan Wacks; based on the novel by David Seals; starring A Martinez, Gary Farmer,
Joannelle Nadine Romero, Amanda Wyss, Sam Vlahos, Wayne Waterman, Margot Kane, Geoffrey Rivas, Roscoe Born,
John Trudell, Wes Studi & Graham Greene; won Filmmakers Trophy at Sundance Film Festival • full credits at IMDb

"Enid Is Sleeping" [festivals 1990, DVD 1992]
Filmed in Española, Gallup, Pecos, Santa Fe, Santo Domingo Pueblo & White Rock in New Mexico; co-written &
directed by Maurice Phillips; starring Elizabeth Perkins, Judge Reinhold, Jeffrey Jones, Maureen Mueller,
Rhea Perlman, Brion James, Charles Tyner, Henry Jones & Michael J. Pollard • full credits at IMDb

"Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade"  [Paramount May 1989]
Filmed in Australia, England, Germany, Italy, Jordan, and Spain, in California, Colorado, Texas & Utah, and on
the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad in New Mexico; directed by Steven Spielberg; starring Harrison Ford &
Sean Connery • full credits at IMDb • official Indiana Jones movie site

"Lucky Luke"  [Europe July 1991]
Filmed at Las Vegas & White Sands in New Mexico; directed by & starring Terence Hill; also starring
Nancy Morgan, Fritz Sperberg, Dominic Barto, Bo Greigh, Arsenio 'Sonny' Trinidad, Ron Carey,
Neil Summers, Jack Elam & Roger Miller • full credits at IMDb

"White Sands"  [Morgan Creek / Warner Bros. April 1992]
Filmed in Santa Fe, Taos, Estancia & White Sands, New Mexico; directed by Roger Donaldson; starring
Willem Dafoe, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Mickey Rourke, Samuel L. Jackson, M. Emmet Walsh,
James Rebhorn, Maura Tierney, Beth Grant, Alexander Nicksay, Fredrick Lopez, Miguel Sandoval &
John Lafayette • full credits at IMDb

"Lucky Luke" TV miniseries  [Italy 1993]
Filmed in Arizona, Colorado & Nevada, and at Bonanza Creek Ranch in New Mexico; starring Terence Hill,
Nancy Morgan, Fritz Sperberg, Dominic Barto, Bo Greigh, Ron Carey & Pablo Templeton • full credits at IMDb

"New Eden" TV movie  [SciFi Channel 1994]
Filmed in Albuquerque, White Sands & Zia Pueblo in New Mexico; directed by Alan Metzger; starring Stephen
Baldwin, Lisa Bonet, Tobin Bell, Michael Bowen, Janet Hubert & M.C. Gainey • full credits at IMDb

"Silent Tongue"  [Trimark Pictures Feb 1994]
Filmed in Roswell & Chaves County, New Mexico; written & directed by Sam Shepard; starring Richard Harris,
Sheila Tousey, Alan Bates, River Phoenix [1970-93], Dermot Mulroney, Jeri Arredondo & Tantoo Cardinal
full credits at IMDb

"Wyatt Earp" [Tig/Warner June 1994]

Less about Tombstone and the famous gunfight, and more about Wyatt Earp's life from childhood and the strong family dynamic of the Earps. Filming locations included Chama, Galisteo, Santa Fe, Abiquiu, Las Vegas, Rancho de Los Golandrinas, and the Santa Clara, Tesuque & Zia pueblos of New Mexico; co-produced, co-written & directed by Lawrence Kasdan; co-produced by & starring Kevin Costner {as Wyatt}; also starring Dennis Quaid {as Doc Holliday}, Gene Hackman, David Andrews, Linden Ashby, Jeff Fahey, Joanna Going, Mark Harmon, Michael Madsen, Catherine O'Hara, Bill Pullman, Isabella Rossellini, Tom Sizemore {as Bat Masterson}, JoBeth Williams, Mare Winningham, Rex Linn, Randle Mell, Adam Baldwin, Lewis Smith, Betty Buckley, Alison Elliott, James Caviezel, John Dennis Johnston, Norman Howell, Gabriel Folse & Kris Kamm; won Spur Award for Best Western Script; Warner widescreen color Blu-ray [9/2007] for $9.99 Warner widescreen color Special Edition DVD [5/2004] 2 disks for $25.49 Warner widescreen color DVD [5/2006] single disk for $6.99 Warner widescreen color Expanded Edition VHS [4/95] 2 tapes - out of prodn/used Warner color VHS [6/95] 2 tapes - out of prodn/many used full credits from IMDb • movie posters at AllPosters.com

"Wyatt Earp: Walk With A Legend" 'making of' TV short [Tig/Warner 1994]
Written & produced by Meg Staahl; included on the 2-disk DVD above; full credits from IMDb

"It Happened That Way" 'making of' video [Warner May 2004]
Produced by Raúl Dávalos & Elizabeth Dollarhide; included on the 2-disk DVD above;
full credits from IMDb

"Botte di Natale" aka "The Troublemakers"  [Europe Nov 1994]
Filmed in California & New York, and at Abiquiu, Bonanza Creek Ranch, Eaves Movie Ranch, Valle Grande,
and the Cochiti & Zia pueblos of New Mexico; directed by & starring Terence Hill; also starring Bud Spencer,
Ruth Buzzi, Neil Summers, Ron Carey & Bo Greigh • full credits at IMDb

"Infinity" [First Look Intl. Oct 1996]

Young Richard Feynman is fascinated with science. He graduates college and marries his high school sweet- heart, who is diagnosed with tuberculosis, then accepts a job with the secret Manhattan Project at Los Alamos in New Mexico, where he studies nuclear physics as well as any medical research that might lead to a cure for his wife's failing health. Location filming included Los Alamos & Las Vegas, New Mexico and Princeton, New Jersey; co-produced by Matthew Broderick, Patricia Broderick & others; directed by & starring Matthew Broderick; script by Patricia Broderick, based on two books; also starring Patricia Arquette First Look Pictures color DVD [10/2002] for $7.98 B.M.G. Video color VHS [1/98] out of prodn/used Intrada Records soundtrack CD [10/96] 15 tracks - out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia see also the Richard P. Feynman [1918-88] Page at Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore

"The Hi-Lo Country" [Polygram Dec 1998]

About ranchers and changing times near the New Mexico border after WWII; also a complicated love story: two cowboy pals are both in love with another man's wife. Filming locations included Pritchett, Colorado and Bernal, Cerrillos, Galisteo, Española, Las Vegas, San Jose & Santa Fe in New Mexico; directed by Stephen Frears; script by Walon Green, based on the 1980 novella by Max Evans; starring Woody Harrelson, Billy Crudup, Sam Elliott, Patricia Arquette & Penélope Cruz; won Western Heritage Bronze Wrangler 1999; USA Films widescreen color DVD [5/2001] out of prodn/used USA Films color VHS [11/99] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb

"The Wild Wild West"  feature film
[Warner Bros. June 1999]
Filmed in Technicolor in California, Utah & Idaho, at Old Tucson, Arizona, and in Abiquiu, Cook Ranch,
Santa Fe & Stanley in New Mexico; directed by Barry Sonnenfeld; starring Will Smith, Kevin Kline, Kenneth
Branagh, Salma Hayek, M. Emmet Walsh, Ted Levine, Frederique Van Der Wal, Musetta Vander, Sofia Eng,
Ling Bai, Garcelle Beauvais, Mike H. McGaughy, Rodney A. Grant & Clayton Moore; swept the 20th Annual
Razzie Awards, with 5 'wins' • full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia • official movie site

"The Tao of Steve" [Sony Pictures Classics Aug 2000]

Set in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Overweight, thirtyish Dex has a nice job, a nice dog, and he has figured out the secret to success with women, so he has a nice sexlife, too. But that changes when he meets a beautiful and mysterious girl at his tenth high school reunion. Co-written & directed by Jenniphr [sic] Goodman; co-written by Duncan North & Greer Goodman; starring Donal Logue, Dana Goodman, Greer Goodman, David Aaron Baker, James 'Kimo' Wills & Nina Jaroslaw; Donal Logue won the Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize for Dramatic Performance Sony Pictures widescreen color DVD [3/2001] for $17.99 Sony Pictures color VHS [8/2001] out of prodn/many used Milan Records soundtrack CD [7/2000] for $13.98 full credits at IMDb

"All The Pretty Horses"  [Miramax/Columbia Dec 2000]
Filmed at Abiquiu, Bonanza Creek Ranch, Charles R Ranch, Cook Ranch, Galisteo, Las Vegas, Rancho de las
Golondrinas, Rio Grande Gorge, Ruby Ranch, San Jose, Santa Fe, N.M. State Penitentiary & Taos in New
Mexico, and at Big Bend National Park, Boerne, Helotes & San Antonio in Texas; co-produced & directed by
Billy Bob Thornton; based on the Cormac McCarthy novel; starring Matt Damon, Henry Thomas, Penélope Cruz,
Sam Shepard, Augustin Solis, Rubén Blades, Elizabeth Ibarra, Miriam Colon, Fredrick Lopez, Julio Oscar Mechoso,
Edwin M. Figueroa, Vincente Ramos & Bruce Dern • full credits at IMDb

"21 Grams"  [Focus Features Oct 2003]
Filmed in Tennessee, and in Albuquerque, Grants, Milan, Moriarty & Zia Pueblo in New Mexico; co-produced
& directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu; starring Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Danny Huston, Carly Nahon,
Claire Pakis, Benicio Del Toro, Nick Nichols, Charlotte Gainsbourg, John Rubinstein, Eddie Marsan,
Loyd Keith Salter, Antef A. Harris & Melissa Leo • full credits at IMDb • official movie site

"The Missing" [Sony/Imagine Dec 2003]
Filmed 'all over northern New Mexico'; co-produced & directed by Ron Howard; based on the Thomas Eidson
novel "The Last Ride"; starring Tommy Lee Jones, Cate Blanchett, Evan Rachel Wood, Jenna Boyd, Aaron Eckhart,
Val Kilmer, Sergio Calderón, Eric Schweig, Steve Reevis, Jay Tavare, Simon Baker, Ray McKinnon, Max Perlich
& Ramon Frank • full credits at IMDb • official movie site

"Blind Horizon"  [LionsGate March 2004]
Filmed in Las Vegas & Santa Fe in New Mexico; directed by Michael Haussman; starring Val Kilmer, Neve
Campbell, Sam Shepard, Noble Willingham, Amy Smart, Gil Bellows, Giancarlo Esposito, Charles Ortiz,
Leo Fitzpatrick, Trajan Cuevas, Jesus Mayorga, Cole S. McKay, Guadalupe A. Garcia, Faye Dunaway,
Ellen Blake, John B. Thayer & Boots Southerland • full credits at IMDb

"Sin City 1" feature film [Dimension/Troublemaker April 2005]

Filmed entirely at the Albuquerque Studios, using blue/green screen technology. Three connected hard-boiled tales, with the highly-stylized look of Miller's graphic novels: an ex-con avenges a murdered hooker, a private eye helps a red light district stay independent from the Mob, and a disgraced cop shields a dancer from a psychotic sadist. Co-written & co-directed by Frank Miller & Robert Rodriguez, based on the graphic novel; starring Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson, Elijah Wood, Bruce Willis, Benicio Del Toro, Jaime King, Clive Owen, Mickey Rourke, Brittany Murphy, Devon Aoki, Rutger Hauer & Alexis Bledel; won Technical Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival Dimension Films Unrated Collector's Edition widescreen color DVD [12/2005] 2 disks for $29.99 Dimension Films color DVD [8/2005] for $19.49 Dimension Films color DVD [undated] out of prodn/used Dimension color VHS [8/2005] for $23.99 Varese soundtrack CD [3/2005] for $13.99 full credits from IMDb • official movie website

"North Country"  [Participant Prodns. / Warner Bros. Oct 2005]
Filmed in Minnesota, and at Santa Fe & Silver City in New Mexico; co-produced by Nick Wechsler; directed by Niki
Caro; starring Charlize Theron, Thomas Curtis, Elle Peterson, Frances McDormand, Sean Bean, Woody Harrelson,
Jeremy Renner, Richard Jenkins, Sissy Spacek, James Cada, Rusty Schwimmer, Linda Emond, Michelle Monaghan,
Brad William Henke, Jillian Armenante, Amber Heard, John Aylward, Xander Berkeley, Corey Stoll, Cole
Williams, Bryan Fagerstrom, Chris Mulkey & Boots Southerland • full credits at IMDb • official movie site

"Seraphim Falls"  [Icon / Goldwyn Jan 2007]
Filmed in Oregon & California, and at Valles Caldera, Gallisteo Basin, La Bajada, White Sands, Lordsburg,
Santa Fe, Taos & Taos Ski Valley in New Mexico; co-written & directed by David Von Ancken; starring Liam
Neeson, Pierce Brosnan, Michael Wincott, Xander Berkeley, Ed Lauter, Tom Noonan, Kevin J. O'Connor,
John Robinson, Anjelica Huston, Angie Harmon, Robert Baker, Wes Studi, Shannon Zeller & Argos MacCallum
full credits at IMDb • official movie site

"Behind The Scenes of Seraphim Falls" [Sony 2007 video release]
credits at IMDb

"A Piece of Pie" [Tough Cookie Prodns Dec 2006]
15-minute color film directed by Janet Davidson of Taos, NM; a driver gets a flat tire
just outside Pie Town, New Mexico (pop. 200); full credits from IMDb

"Wild Hogs" comedy [Touchstone Feb 2007]

Four middle-aged males in the Midwest have an identity crisis and set out on a motorcycle ‘freedom ride’ to the West, finding danger, heroism, true love and lots of laughs. Except for the beach scene (at Venice, California), location filming was entirely in New Mexico, including Albuquerque, Angel Fire, Bonanza Creek Ranch, Jemez Springs, Pojoaque, and the town of Madrid; directed by Walt Becker; written by Brad Copeland; starring Tim Allen, John Travolta, Martin Lawrence, William H. Macy, Ray Liotta, Marisa Tomei, Stephen Tobolowsky, John C. McGinley & Peter Fonda Touchstone Home Ent. widescreen color Blu-ray [8/2007] for $14.49 Buena Vista Home Ent. widescreen color DVD [8/2007] for $15.49 DVD & Blu-ray extras include “Making of ...” docu, outtakes, commentary & sneak previews full credits at IMDb • official movie site

"Tortilla Heaven"  [indep March 2007]
Filmed during 2000 in Dixon & at Picuris Pueblo in New Mexico; co-produced, co-written & directed by Judy Hecht
Dumontet; starring José Zúñiga, Miguel Sandoval, Olivia Hussey, Elpidia Carrillo, Alexis Cruz, Judy Herrera, Marcelo
Tubert, Irene Bedard, Lupe Ontiveros, Del Zamora & George Lopez • full credits at IMDb • official movie site

"First Snow"  [indep March 2007]
Filmed in Albuquerque, Bosque Farms & Moriarty in New Mexico; co-written & directed by Mark Fergus;
starring Guy Pearce, Piper Perabo, William Fichtner, Rick Gonzalez, Steven Michael Quezada, J.K. Simmons,
Gurudarshan & Adriana Cordova • full credits at IMDb

"In The Valley of Elah"
[Warner Independent Pictures Sept 2007]
Set in modern-day Albuquerque, New Mexico, with filming at Milton's Diner on Central Avenue; co-produced,
co-written & directed by Paul Haggis; starring Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron, Jason Patric, Susan Sarandon,
James Franco, Barry Corbin, Josh Brolin, Frances Fisher & Zoe Kazan; Oscar nom for Best Actor {TLJ}
full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia

"No Country For Old Men"
[Miramax / Paramount Vantage Oct 2007]

		Filmed in the Albuquerque area & Las Vegas, New Mexico; a down-on-his-luck Texan finds the money left after a drug-deal shootout in the desert, and a psychopathic killer sets out to get the money back. Co-produced, co-written, co-directed & co-edited by Joel & Ethan Coen; based on the novel by Cormac McCarthy; starring Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem, Woody Harrelson, Kelly Macdonald, Garret Dillahunt, Tess Harper, Barry Corbin & Gene Jones; listed #1 on TIME Top Ten Best Movies of The Year (12/2007); won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Directing, Best Script Adaptation, Best Supporting Actor {Bardem}; Oscar noms for Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Sound & Best Sound Editing; won DGA Award, WGA Award, PGA Award, 3 BAFTA Awards, 2 SAG Awards, Italy's David di Donatello Award for Best Foreign Film & USC's Scripter Award Disney Video widescreen color Blu-Ray [3/2008] for $19.95 Miramax widescreen color DVD [3/2008] for $15.99 40"x27" poster from Amazon for $19.99 full credits from IMDb • Buena Vista official movie site
		"No Country For Old Men" [2005 novel] by Cormac McCarthy won the Pulitzer Prize For Fiction Vintage Intl. movie tie-in 8x5 pb [10/2007] for $11.20 Vintage 8x5 pb [7/2006] for $12.35 Knopf 8x5¾ hardcover [7/2005] for $17.79

"Comanche  Moon" TV miniseries
[C.B.S./Paramount/Sony aired Jan 2008]

Filmed on location in northern New Mexico in May 2006; co-produced by Val Kilmer, Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana & others; directed by Simon Wincer; script co-written by Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana, from his novel {a prequel to "Lonesome Dove"}; starring Val Kilmer, Steve Zahn, Rachel Griffiths, Karl Urban, Linda Cardellini, Elizabeth Banks & Wes Studi Sony widescreen color DVD [2/2008] 2 disks for $19.99 full credits from IMDb • official C.B.S. movie site

1997 novel by Larry McMurtry {fits between "Dead Man's Walk" and "Lonesome Dove"} Pocket pb [6/98] for $7.99 Scribner 8x5¼ pb [10/2000] for $11.20 EconoClad hardcover [10/99] for $16.15 S&S 9½x6½ hardcover [11/97] out of print/used

"Beer For My Horses" [Roadside / LionsGate Aug 2008]
Filmed on location in Las Vegas, New Mexico; directed by Michael Salomon; co-written by & starring Toby Keith;
also starring Rodney Carrington, Claire Forlani, Ted Nugent, Barry Corbin, Greg Serano, Tom Skerritt, Gina Gershon,
Willie Nelson, Chris Browning, Myk Watford, Carlos Sanz, Chad Brummett, David Allan Coe, Mark Povinelli
& Beth Bailey • full credits at IMDb

"Hamlet  2" [Focus Features Aug 2008]

"The comedy hit of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival". A failed actor turned inept high school drama teacher rallies his Tucson, Arizona students in staging a politically-incorrect musical sequel to Shakespeare's Hamlet. {Actually mostly filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico.} Co-written & directed by Andrew Fleming; starring Steve Coogan, Catherine Keener, David Arquette, Elisabeth Shue & Amy Poehler Universal Studios widescreen color DVD [12/2008] for $20.99 full credits from IMDb • official movie site {requires Flash} see also Magic Lantern's 'Shakespeare On Film' Festival Pages

"Swing  Vote"  [Touchstone Aug 2008]

A majority of the location filming was in New Mexico, especially the town of Belén. An over-achieving small-town, preteen girl sets off an election day media frenzy that casts her lovable loser dad as the deciding vote for the next president of the United States. Co-written & directed by Joshua Michael Stern; co-written by Jason Richman; co-produced by & starring Kevin Costner; also starring Madeline Carroll, Paula Patton, Kelsey Grammer, Dennis Hopper, Nathan Lane, Stanley Tucci, George Lopez, Judge Reinhold, Mare Winningham, Nana Visitor, Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman & Gary Farmer with cameos by Tucker Carlson, James Carville, Matt Frei, Arianna Huffington, Larry King, Bill Maher, Chris Matthews, Willie Nelson & Lawrence O'Donnell Touchstone/Disney widescreen color DVD [1/2009] for $19.99 full credits from IMDb • official movie site {requires Flash}

"Appaloosa" [New Line Sept 2008]

The town of Appaloosa in New Mexico Territory has fallen under the rule of a ruthless rancher, who shoots the town marshal and two deputies in cold blood. The town merchants hire a new marshal and his sidekick to rid them of their oppressor. Complications begin with the arrival of a mysterious widow who takes a job playing piano at the town's hotel. Filming locations included Abiquiu, Rio Chama, Diablo Canyon, Galisteo Basin & Bonanza Creek Ranch in New Mexico; based on the 2005 novel by Robert B. Parker; co-written & directed by and starring Ed Harris; co-produced, co-written by & co-starring Robert Knott; also starring Viggo Mortensen, Renée Zellweger, Jeremy Irons, Lance Henriksen, James Gammon, Timothy Spall & Rex Linn New Line Home Video widescreen color Blu-ray [1/2009] 2 disks for $14.99 New Line Home Video widescreen color DVD [1/2009] for $17.99 Lakeshore Records soundtrack CD [10/2008] 25 tracks for $14.99 27"x40" poster from Amazon for $19.99 latest credits from IMDb • official movie site

"Terminator: Salvation"
[Halcyon / Warner Bros. May 2009]
Filmed at Rio Grande Gorge Bridge, Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque Studios, Santa Fe & Taos in New Mexico;
directed by McG; starring Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Moon Bloodgood, Helena Bonham Carter, Anton
Yelchin, Jadagrace, Bryce Dallas Howard, Common, Jane Alexander, Michael Ironside, Ivan G'Vera, Chris
Browning, Dorian Nkono, Beth Bailey, Victor J. Ho, Buster Reeves, Kevin Wiggins, Greg Serano &
Boots Southerland • full credits at IMDb • official movie site

"The Men Who Stare At Goats"
[B.B.C./Overture Nov 2009]

A reporter stumbles upon the existence of a U.S. military unit trained in psychokinetic warfare, and is caught up in the search for the unit's missing leader and a trainee on the loose. Location filming at Alamogordo, Albuquerque, Willard, Roswell & Zia Pueblo in New Mexico; directed by Grant Heslov; script by Peter Straughan, based on the book by Jon Ronson; starring George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, Robert Patrick, Stephen Root & Stephen Lang DVD/Blu-ray not yet available; full credits at IMDb

"The Men Who Stare At Goats" [2005] by Jon Ronson S&S 8½x5½ movie tie-in pb [4/2006] for $10.98 S&S 8½x5¾ hardcover [4/2005] out of print/used

"Did You Hear About The Morgans?"
[Castle Rock/Columbia Dec 2009]
Filmed on location in Roy, New Mexico with scenes in Galisteo, Los Alamos, Pecos & Santa Fe; written &
directed by Marc Lawrence; starring Hugh Grant, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sam Elliott, Mary Steenburgen, Jesse
Liebman, Elisabeth Moss, Seth Gilliam, Sándor Técsy, Kevin Brown, Steven Boyer, Sharon Wilkins, David Call,
Dana Ivey, Wilford Brimley, Gracie Lawrence & Beth Fowler • full credits at IMDb • official movie site

"Crazy Heart" [Fox Searchlight Dec 2009]

An alcoholic country music star has become third-rate, reduced to grabbing a gig as opening act for a rising star that he mentored; but a new relationship with a female reporter and her son helps him get his life together. Filmed in Albuquerque, Española, Pecos & Santa Fe in New Mexico; co-produced, adapted & directed by Scott Cooper; based on the novel by Thomas Cobb; original music by T-Bone Burnett; starring Colin Farrell, Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal & Robert Duvall DVD/Blu-ray not yet available; full credits at IMDb • official movie site

"Crazy Heart: A Novel" [1988] by Thomas Cobb HarperCollins mass pb [9/88] out of print/used Bookthrift Co. 9½x6¼ hardcover [5/89] out of print/many used

"The Book of Eli" [Warner Bros. Jan 2010]

A lone man travels across a post-apocalyptic America to preserve a book that contains the secrets of mankind's lost civilization. Filming locations included Albuquerque, Carrizozo, the Old Santa Fe Prison, Elephant Butte Dam, White Sands, and the Cochiti, Ohkay Owingeh & Santo Domingo pueblos in New Mexico; co-produced by & starring Denzel Washington; directed by Albert & Allen Hughes; also starring Mila Kunis, Gary Oldman, Malcolm McDowell, Michael Gambon & Jennifer Beals DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • full credits at IMDb • official movie site

"A Nightmare In Las Cruces" [indep 2010]

Filmed in Las Cruces, New Mexico; two men robbed a New Mexico bowling alley in February 1990 and shot seven people multiple times. Two adults and two pre-schoolers died; two children and one adult survived. Co-produced, co-written & directed by Charlie Minn; starring Abbey McClellan, Wayno Sanchez, Alexis Gallegos, Alisia Laperuta, Kathy Gonzales, Elexcis Diaz, Cherece Laperuta & J. Eric Sletten, plus real-life participants & survivors of the 'bowling alley massacre'. DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • full credits at IMDb • official movie site

"The Spy Next Door" [Relativity Media Jan 2010]
Filmed in & near Albuquerque, New Mexico, including at the Barelas Railroad Shops
& at Hyatt Tamaya Resort & Spa at Santa Ana Pueblo • full credits at IMDb

"Albuquerque: The Unknown"
[Sony/Puzzled Pictures Feb 2010]
Two new workers at Sony's Imageworks facility, Josh Riley & Philippe Zerounian, were amazed & surprised
at their lack of knowledge of Albuquerque and New Mexico. They began documenting their fellow workers's
similar reactions; Sony let them use professional equipment on their own time; the result is a 25-minute color
film with 40 on-camera participants • full credits at IMDb • official blogsite

"Kites" [Reliance Big Pictures India & USA May 2010]  

An example of Simultaneous Bilingual Film Production: filmed in Hindi {130 minutes} and in English {90 minutes, recut by Brett Ratner} versions. Described as a 'dance-based romance thriller', the story is about lovers who meet in Las Vegas and end up near death in the desert. Filmed on location in Las Vegas, Nevada, Los Angeles, California and Santa Fe, New Mexico; co-written & directed by Anurag Basu; starring Hrithik Roshan, Bárbara Mori & Kangana Ranaut full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia • official movie site

"The Killer Inside Me"  
[Revolution Films June 2010]

Location filming in Galisteo, New Mexico; reviewed as 'more grisly than anything by Sam Peckinpah'; a young psychopathic rural deputy sheriff finally cracks; he conspires with a prostitute in a blackmail scheme, then beats her and shoots the son of a local builder in revenge – but the girl survives in a coma, and the deputy commits other murders to attempt to cover up his crimes; co-written & directed by Michael Winterbottom; based on the 1952 novel by Jim Thompson; starring Casey Affleck, Jessica Alba, Kate Hudson, Elias Koteas, Bill Pullman, Liam Aiken, Ned Beatty, Brent Briscoe & Tom Bower full credits at IMDb • official movie site

"Spoken Word"  [festivals 2009, theatrical July 2010]  

Filmed in Chimayo, Española, Santa Fe & Truchas, New Mexico; a star on the West Coast poetry circuit gets a call that his father is fatally ill; he returns to his once-bucolic hometown in New Mexico, which is now ravaged by poverty, drug abuse and violence. co-written & co-produced by William T. Conway; directed by Victor Nunez; starring Kuno Becker, Miguel Sandoval, Rubén Blades, Persia White, Tony Elias & Monique Gabriela Curnen full credits at IMDb • official movie site

"Becoming Eduardo" [indep 2010]  
Location filming in Hillsboro & Truth or Consequences, New Mexico; co-produced, written & directed by
Rod McCall; based on the novella by LouAnne Johnson; starring Julian Alcaraz, Elizabeth Blanco,
Mike Dunay, A Martinez, Elizabeth Peña, Josh Cruze, Gary Perez, Holly Riddle & Paula Sorge
latest credits at IMDb • official movie site

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