“Hulk,”
2003, PG‑13
(Lake Powell).
“Eight
Legged Freaks,” 2002,
PG‑13 (Superior,
Glendale, Tonopah,
Page).
“Dinotopia,”
2002, PG (Navajo
Nation).
“Planet
of the Apes,” 2001,
PG‑13 (Lake
Powell).
“The
Lost Child,” 2000
(Superior, Navajo
Nation).
“Breakdown,”
1997, R (Sedona).
“Star
Trek: First Contact,”
1996, PG‑13
(Titan Missile Museum).
“Forrest
Gump,” 1994, PG‑13
(Monument Valley,
Twin Arrows Trading
Post on Route 66 east
of Flagstaff).
“Wyatt
Earp: Return to Tombstone,”
1994 (Old Tombstone).
“Maverick,”
1994, PG (Lake Powell,
Lees Ferry, Marble
Canyon).
“Tombstone,”
1993, R (Old Tucson,
Mescal, Sonoita).
“Back
to the Future III,”
1990, PG (Monument
Valley).
“Young
Guns II,” 1990, PG‑13
(Old Tucson, Bisbee,
Tumacacori).
“Bill
& Ted’s Excellent
Adventure,” 1989,
PG (AMF Tempe Village
Lanes, Chuck E. Cheese,
Circle K, Coronado
High School, Golfland‑Sunsplash,
Metrocenter, police
station, and a house
in Phoenix).
“Midnight
Run,” 1988, R (Cameron,
Casa Grande, Cottonwood,
Flagstaff, Globe,
Salt River Canyon,
Sedona, Williams).
“Raising
Arizona,” 1987, PG‑13
(Camelback Mountain,
Carefree, Florence,
Lost Dutchman State
Park, Phoenix, Scottsdale,
Sun Devil Stadium,
Tempe police station).
“Can’t
Buy Me Love,” 1987,
PG‑13 (Hill
Farm in Tucson, Pima
Air Museum, Scoops
on Speedway Blvd.,
Tucson High School,
Tucson Mall).
“Spaceballs,”
1987, PG (Yuma desert).
“Three
Amigos,” 1986, PG
(Old Tucson, Coronado
National Forest).
“The
Karate Kid, 1984,”
PG (Canyon Portal
Hotel, Sedona).
“Koyaanisqatsi,”
1983 (Grand Canyon,
Navajo Reservation,
Glen Canyon Dam).
“Star
Wars: Return of the
Jedi,” 1982, PG (Yuma).
“Superman
III,” 1982, PG (Glen
Canyon Dam, Page).
“Used
Cars,” 1980, R (Phoenix
City Hall, ASU, Mesa
used car lot).
“Kenny
Rogers’ The Gambler,”
1979 (Old Tucson,
Carefree Studio).
“The
Gauntlet,” 1977, R
(Phoenix, Tempe, Superior).
“Damnation
Alley,” 1976, PG (Meteor
Crater).
“The
Outlaw Josey Wales,”
1976, PG (Lake Powell,
Patagonia, Mescal,
Old Tucson).
“The
Eiger Sanction,” 1974,
R (Monument Valley).
“Alice
Doesn’t Live Here
Anymore,” 1974, PG
(Tucson, and the Big
Horn Restaurant in
Amado).
“Life
and Times of Judge
Roy Bean,” 1972, PG
(Old Tucson, Mescal).
“Rio
Lobo,” 1970, G (Old
Tucson).
“Planet
of the Apes,” 1967,
G (Lake Powell, Page).
“El
Dorado,” 1966, G (Old
Tucson).
“Flight
of the Phoenix,” 1965
(Yuma, Buttercup Valley).
“Greatest
Story Ever Told,”
1965, G (Lake Powell,
Page).
“McLintock,”
1963 (Nogales, Old
Tucson, San Rafael
Ranch State Park).
“How
the West Was Won,”
1962, G (Monument
Valley, Oatman, Perkinsville,
Superior, Tonto National
Forest, Tucson).
“Psycho,”
1960, R (Phoenix skyline,
Central Avenue, Jefferson
Hotel).
“Rio
Bravo,” 1959 (Old
Tucson).
“The
Lone Ranger and the
Lost City of Gold,”
1958 (Tucson, San
Xavier del Bac Mission,
Old Tucson).
“The
Big Country,” 1958
(Canyon de Chelly).
“Gunfight
at the O.K. Corral,”
1957 (Elgin, Old Tucson,
Phoenix).
“Oklahoma,”
1955, G (Elgin, San
Raphael Ranch State
Park, Nogales).
“Apache,”
1954, G (Red Rock
Crossing, Sedona).
“The
War of the Worlds,”
1953, G (Florence,
Phoenix).
“Desert
Fox: The Story of
Rommel,” 1951 (Yuma).
“Rio
Grande,” 1950 (Old
Tucson).
“Angel
and the Badman,” 1947
(Sedona).
“The
Grapes of Wrath,”
1940 (Chambers, Petrified
Forest National Park,
Topock bridge crossing
into California).
“Stagecoach,”
1938 (Kayenta, Monument
Valley, view of Superstition
Mtn. from Mesa).
“The
Painted Desert,” 1931
(Dinosaur Canyon,
Painted Desert, Petrified
Forest National Park,
Tuba City).
Did
You Know¼?
The Arizona Chamber
of Commerce has a
film office that serves
as a liaison between
studios, the government
(local, county, state,
federal and tribal),
and the community.
For initial location
scouting they have
a photo gallery of
buildings, homes,
churches, parks, farms,
rivers, mountains,
deserts and more.
They also offer a
variety of other services
and resources.
Web
sites
http://www.azcommerce.com/Film/default.asp
(Download a 184‑page
“Arizona Filmography”
listing movies and
TV series filmed in
Arizona from 1923‑2003.)
http://www.thepepper.com/tucson_film_locations.html
(Scroll down for a
list of movies filmed
on location in Arizona,
organized by county.)
http://arizona.southwestmovies.com
(Here you can find
detailed information
and pictures of where
your favorite Arizona
films were shot. Browse
by region or title.)
http://www.imdb.com/LocationTree?Arizona,+USA
(Filming locations
in Arizona, from the
Internet movie database.
Click on a place name
to see what movies
were filmed there.)
http://dizzy.library.arizona.edu/images/eng102/tucsonstudio/hollywood.html
(History of Old Tucson
Studios.)
http://www.fast‑rewind.com/cgi‑bin/search.cgi?target=AZ&searchtype=LocState
(Visit the filming
locations used for
your favorite ‘80s
movies.)
http://phoenix.about.com/library/weekly/aa112200a.htm
(Movies filmed in
Arizona.)
