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Selected  Films  Made  In  New Mexico
from 1990 to present

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"Enid Is Sleeping" [festivals 1990, DVD 1992]

aka "Over Her Dead Body"; filmed in Española, Gallup, Pecos, Santa Fe, Santo Domingo Pueblo & White Rock in New Mexico; horrible Enid discovers her husband and younger sister having sex, a fight ensues, and Enid is dead; now the two lovers have to make Enid's death look like an accident ... 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 DVD/Blu-ray not available • LionsGate color VHS [1/92] for $29.50 full credits at IMDb

"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

"The Legend of O.B. Taggart" [1994]
Filming at El Rancho de las Golondrinas south of Santa Fe, NM

"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

"Buffalo Girls" TV movie  [CBS-TV April 1995]
Filming at Bonanza Creek Ranch, Charles R Ranch, Cook Ranch, Las Vegas, and Valles Caldera National Preserve
in northern New Mexico; directed by Rod Hardy; teleplay by Cynthia Whitcomb, based on the novel by Larry McMurtry;
starring Anjelica Huston {as Calamity Jane}, Melanie Griffith, Gabriel Byrne, Peter Coyote {as 'Buffalo Bill' Cody},
Tracey Walter, Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman, Jack Palance, Charlayne Woodard, John Diehl, Liev Schreiber,
Andrew Bicknell, Paul Lazar, Russell Means {as Sitting Bull}, Reba McEntire {as Annie Oakley}, Sam Elliott
{as 'Wild Bill' Hickok} & Jerry King • full credits at IMDb

"Nobody's Girls: Five Women of The West" [May 1995] /tt0227140/
Filming at El Rancho de las Golondrinas south of Santa Fe, NM

"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

"Fools Rush In" [1997]
Filming at El Rancho de las Golondrinas south of Santa Fe, NM

"Contact" [1997] /tt0118884/
Portions filmed at the Very Large Array radio-telescope facility in west central New Mexico;
starring Jena Malone, David Morse, Jodie Foster, Geoffrey Blake

"Gunfighters of The West" [1998]
Filming at El Rancho de las Golondrinas south of Santa Fe, NM

"The Staircase" [1998]
Filming at El Rancho de las Golondrinas south of Santa Fe, NM

"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, El 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', including El Rancho de las Golondrinas; 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

"Do It For Uncle Graham" [indep 2004]

Filmed in New Mexico; reveals the development of the atomic industry in New Mexico and the cultural, economic, environmental, and health legacy from developing, testing, and storing nuclear weapons. Produced, written, directed & narrated by Candy Jones DVD available at producer's website for $20.00 via email full credits at IMDb

"The Conquest of America" [2004]
Filming at El Rancho de las Golondrinas south of Santa Fe, NM

"Into The West" [2005]
Filming at El Rancho de las Golondrinas south of Santa Fe, NM

"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

"Dreamland" documentary [2006]
Filmed at Albuquerque, Rio Rancho & Placitas in New Mexico

"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

"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

"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

"Off The Grid" documentary [2007]

"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

"Kit Carson" [P.B.S. 2008]
Location filming at El Rancho de las Golondrinas south of Santa Fe, NM; see also 'Kit' Carson Page

"Breaking  Bad" TV series
[Sony/A.M.C. Jan 2008 to present]

Set and filmed in the Albuquerque area; when a brilliant chemistry teacher learns that he has cancer, he decides to manufacture the world's best chrystal meth so that he can provide a monetary legacy for his family. Series created & produced by Vince Gilligan & Stewart Lyons; starring Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul, Dean Norris, Betsy Brandt, R.J. Mitte, Bob Odenkirk, Giancarlo Esposito & Jonathan Banks; won six Emmy Awards, including Best Actor for Bryan Cranston in 2008, 2009 & 2010; series won two A.F.I. TV Program of the Year Awards & W.G.A. Award for Episodic TV Drama series credits at IMDb • official TV series site • TV series entry at Wikipedia First Season: Sony Pictures Home Ent. widescreen color Blu-ray [3/2010] 2 disks for $22.49 First Season: Sony Pictures Home Ent. widescreen color DVD [2/2009] 3 disks for $14.49 Second Season: Sony Pictures Home Ent. widescreen color Blu-ray [3/2010] 3 disks for $23.44 Second Season: Sony Pictures Home Ent. widescreen color DVD [3/2010] 4 disks for $16.49 Third Season: Sony Pictures Home Ent. widescreen color Blu-ray [6/2011] 3 disks for $32.49 Third Season: Sony Pictures Home Ent. widescreen color DVD [6/2011] 4 disks for $23.99 Season 1-3 Box Set: Sony widescreen color DVD set [10/2011] 11 disks for $67.29 Fourth Season: Sony widescreen color Blu-ray [pre-order] for $38.99   Fourth Season: Sony widescreen color DVD [pre-order] for $29.99   Filming of the 16-episode Season Five is set to begin in March 2012

"In  Plain  Sight" TV series
[USA Network June 2008 to present]
Filmed in the Albuquerque area; starring Mary McCormack, Frederick Weller, Paul Ben-Victor
& Nichole Hiltz as U.S. Marshals working for the Federal Witness Protection Program
full credits at IMDb • series entry at Wikipedia • official series site

Season 1: 12 episodes, June-Aug 2008 Universal Studios color DVD set [3/2009] 3 disks for $16.49 Season 2: April-Aug 2009 Universal Studios color DVD set [3/2010] 3 disks for $25.99 Season 3: 13 episodes March-June 2010 sign up to be notified Season 4 [2011] not yet broadcast

"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

"Shoot First and Pray You Live" [2008]
Filming at El Rancho de las Golondrinas south of Santa Fe, NM

"Doc West" [2009]
Filming at El Rancho de las Golondrinas south of Santa Fe, NM

"Carriers" [2009]
Filmed at Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Edgewood & Moriarty in New Mexico

"Coyote County Loser" [indep 2009]

Filmed around Roswell, New Mexico; a radio disk jockey from New York heading to a new & better job in Los Angeles stops for gas in New Mexico and gets into a call-in war with a local love-advice show host; he then learns that his job in California fell thru, so he stages an on-air competition. Directed by Jason Naumann; starring Beau Clark, Nikki Boyer, Wayne Grace, K Callan, Frederic Doss, Tiffany Lynch, Everette Scott Ortiz, Chad Brummett, James Hobbs, Roy Black, Nelson Martinez & Patti Stacy Monarch Home Video widescreen color DVD [12/2010] for $22.49 full credits at IMDb • official movie site

"A Lonely Place For Dying" [2009]
Filmed in the Santa Fe area; directed by Justin Eugene Evans; won Heineken Red Star Award
at 2008 Santa Fe Film Festival • full credits at IMDb

"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

"Georgia O'Keeffe" [Sony TV/Lifetime TV Sept 2009]

Unknown artist Georgia O'Keeffe discovered that New York City gallery owner & photographer Alfred Stieglitz [1864-1946] was displaying her paintings without permission. She confronted him and was charmed into allow-ing him to manage her career. The working relationship turned romantic, but Georgia's fame eclipsed Alfred's, and he became bitter and took a younger mistress. Georgia fled to the wide-open skies of the West, settling in northern New Mexico, where her art and career flourished, and where she lived for another 50 years. Location filming in Abiquiu, Montezuma & Santa Fe, New Mexico. Directed by Bob Balaban; written by Michael Cristofer; starring Joan Allen {as O'Keeffe}, Jeremy Irons {as Stieglitz}, Ed Begley Jr., Kathleen Chalfant, Linda Emond, Henry Simmons, Tyne Daly {as Mabel Dodge Luhan}, Chad Brummett, Jenny Gabrielle & Robert Mirabal {as Tony Lujan}; nominated for 9 Emmy Awards, won W.G.A. Award for Best Longform TV Script Lifetime widescreen color DVD [4/2010] for $11.99 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 24 days at Albuquerque, Española, Galisteo, 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 at El Rancho de las Golondrinas & Santa Fe in 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"  [Luminaria; festivals 2009, theatrical July 2010]

Can't call this low-budget film a masterpiece, but it is absolutely a work of art. 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

"The Righteous and The Wicked " [indep Western 2010]
Location filming at Bonanza Creek Ranch, Makarios Ranch, and Albuquerque in New Mexico
full credits at IMDb • official movie site

"Due Date" [Warner Bros. Nov 2010]

Location filming in Alabama, Arizona, California, Georgia and at Albuquerque, Albuquerque Studios, Las Cruces, Las Vegas & Santa Fe in New Mexico DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb • official movie site

"True Grit" [Paramount Dec 2010]

The remake is based directly on the 1968 novel by Charles Portis, rather than on the 1969 John Wayne film. Location filming at Austin, Blanco & Granger in Texas, and at Buena Vista Ranch, Charles R Ranch, Cristobal Ranch, Pecos, Santa Clara Pueblo, and Garson Studios in New Mexico. A 14-year-old farm girl hires reprobate U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn to track down her father's killer, and forces him to take her along. Co-produced, adapted & directed by Joel & Ethan Coen; starring Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin & Barry Pepper Paramount Pictures widescreen color Blu-ray/DVD combo [6/2011] 2 disks for $19.99   Paramount Pictures widescreen color DVD [6/2011] for $9.99   Nonesuch soundtrack CD [12/2010] 20 tracks for $14.09 full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia • official movie site

"Guile" [indep release Jan 2011]

Crime film made in New Mexico; directed by Derek Price, starring Christopher Atwood • no entry yet at IMDb

"The Resident" [Hammer Film / Image Ent. Feb 2011]
Filmed at Albuquerque Studios in New Mexico and in Brooklyn, New York; co-written & directed by Antti Jokinen
(of Finland); starring Hilary Swank, Jeffrey Dean Morgan & Christopher Lee • full credits at IMDb

"Lemonade Mouth" TV musical [Disney Channel April 2011]
Filmed in & near Albuquerque, New Mexico, including the City of Rio Rancho • full credits at IMDb

"Haley" student film [UNM-IFDM May 2011]
Filmed in New Mexico under auspices of U.N.M. & I.F.D.M.; premiered at Kimo Theater in Downtown
Albuquerque, NM • Written & directed by Jason Ponic • not listed on IMDb • official movie site

"Cowboys & Aliens" [Imagine/Universal July 2011]

Location filming at Randsburg, California and at Abiquiu & Santa Fe, New Mexico; stunned cowboy wakes up in an 1870s Western town where he has enemies just as the town is attacked by flying saucers. Co-produced & directed by Jon Favreau; based on the graphic novel by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg; starring Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Buck Taylor, Olivia Wilde, Sam Rockwell, Paul Dano, Adam Beach, Brian Duffy, Keith Carradine & Brendan Wayne Universal widescreen color Blu-ray/DVD combo set [12/2011] for $23.99   Universal widescreen color DVD [12/2011] for $16.99   full credits at IMDb • official movie site • movie entry at Wikipedia "Cowboys and Aliens: The Illustrated Screenplay" [2011] Insight Editions 9x6 pb [8/2011] for $14.21 novelization by Joan D. Vinge [2011] Tor Books mass pb [8/2011] for $7.99

"Fright Night" [DreamWorks/Reliance Aug 2011]
Filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, including the City of Rio Rancho, and Rio Rancho High School
full credits at IMDb • official movie site •

"Bad Posture" [indep Aug 2011]

Filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico; a bored teen goes along with his friend's schemes to make money during the summer vacation; unhappy at being a party to grand theft auto, he decides to track down the girl that the car was stolen from. Co-produced & directed by Malcolm Murray; writen by & starring Florian Brozek; also starring Tabatha Shaun, Ryan Jason Cook, Seth Mossman & Trey Cole DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • credits at IMDb • official movie site

"Made In New Mexico" documentary [indep Feb 2012]  

A superbly-produced 52-minute inside look at the film & media industry in New Mexico today, exploring the state's Production Incentives Program and the history, economic impact, political constraints, educational opportunities, and creative work of filmmakers in the Land of Enchantment. Co-produced & directed by Brent Morris & David J. Schweitzer; featuring George Burdeau, Rick Clemente, Tarra D. Day, Elise Eberle, Ramona Emerson, Jason Hool, Allegra Huston, Alicia J. Keyes, Joe Lucero, Stewart Lyons, Virginia Madsen, Tony Mark, Tatanka Means, Arron Shiver, Rebecca Puck Stair, William Sterchi, Lisa Strout, Alton Walpole, Jesse Weahkee & Rebekah Wiggins DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • full credits at IMDb

"Good Luck Mr. Gorski" [indep 2012?]  

Filmed at the Old Santa Fe Hospital and other New Mexico locations; wonderfully-charming 15 minute short narrative film about love & sex and the U.S. moon landing of 1969. Co-produced & written by Allegra Huston; directed by Arron Shiver; starring Gary Houston, Fran Martone, Sebastian Tyler Rose, Rebekah Wiggins & William Sterchi DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • full credits at IMDb • official movie site

"Bless Me, Ultima" [indep release in 2012?]  

Filmed near Santa Fe, New Mexico in 2010; based on the award-winning classic Xicano novel of 1972 by Rudolfo Anaya; a young Hispanic boy grows up during World War II under the wing of Ultima, who is a curandera (healer) or maybe a witch – or she just knows everything. Co-produced by Wal-mart heiress Christy Walton; adapted & directed by Carl Franklin; starring Luke Ganalon, Miriam Colon, Benito Martinez, Dolores Heredia, Joaquín Cosio, Castulo Guerra & David Rees Snell DVD/Blu-ray not yet available; full credits at IMDb

"Last Stand" [LionsGate/Roadshow Jan 2013? release]  
Being filmed in Belén, New Mexico during October 2011; produced by Lorenzo Di Bonaventura; directed
by Jee-Woon Kim; starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jaimie Alexander, Forest Whitaker, Luis Guzman, Johnny
Knoxville, Eduardo Noriega, Harry Dean Stanton & Peter Stormare • latest info at IMDb

"The Hard Ride" [Talmarc Prodns for Feb 2013? release]  
Location filming set for Bonanza Creek Ranch, Eaves Movie Ranch & Santa Fe Studios near Santa Fe, New
Mexico; co-produced, written & directed by Thadd Turner; 'Wild Bill' Hickock not yet cast (10/2011); cast attached
include Elisabeth Shue, Val Kilmer, Wes Studi, Christopher Atkins {as George Custer}, Tim Abell {as Buffalo Bill}
& David Busse {as John Wesley Hardin} • latest info at IMDb

"Code Name: Geronimo" [2013? release]  
Announced 2/2012: Filming begun in New Mexico; the story of a female C.I.A. officer assigned to the Navy SEALs teams sent to Pakistan to track down and kill the al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden; directed by John Stockwell; script by Kendall Lampkin; starring Kathleen Robertson • latest info at IMDb

"El Chico Blanco" [Titan Worldwide 2013? release]  
A white outcast raised in the barrio rises to a position of power within the local crime family; to be filmed in
New Mexico; co-produced & written by and starring Peter Facinelli; to be directed by Carl Franklin
DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb

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