In this film, nevada smith 1966, mcqueen plays the part of a young man, maybe late teens or early twenties, although he was in his mid thirties at. Most people dont know these 11 movies were filmed in nevada. They picked some great stars in it with mcqueen naturally playing the titled role. True grit, then and now, john wayne, filming locations of. High plains drifter, true grit, and nevada smith are all in our collection at the june lake library. I happen to spend a lot of time down there, and after stumbling across a few of the filming locations, i. Nevada smith 1966 henry hathaway cast and crew allmovie. Lone pine film history museum lone pine, where the real west becomes the reel west. The way nevada smith killed the three men in the book still gives me chills when i think about it. Photographs of the movie set in owens valley for nevada smith.
A half american indian and half white teenager evolves into a hardened killer as he tracks down his parents murderers. This famous 1989 clint eastwood movie takes a journey through northern nevada. Movies filmed here are at a higher elevation than the ones filmed at the. Most dont know these 11 movies were filmed in nevada. In that earlier film the part of nevada smith was played by alan ladd, but here steve mcqueen steps into the role to show smiths history. A classic filmed by elia kazan, this movie is based on budd schulbergs your arkansas traveler, a short story about a fictitious arkansas native. Partindian gunslinger nevada cliff potts delivers explosives with his partner, jonas cord lorne greene. Jun 16, 2009 nevada smith is a steve mcqueen movie that the used a lot of different eastern sierra locations. Sep 15, 2011 movie set magic with hollywood only 170 miles away, moviemakers have embraced lone pine as a rugged backdrop since actordirector fatty arbuckle showed up with a crew to film the 1920 silent movie the round up. Hanging around with george peppard in that movie is an older, wiser westerner played by alan ladd. Film locations around the world a travel guide for movie.
Halfbreed max sand steve mcqueen witnesses the brutal murder of his parents and vows to track down and kill the gang of men who did it. The general rule i go by is anything going west of the 395 is going to have the cooler forests and mountains. Some of them you can even revisitliterallytoday, simply by planning a trip to or within nevada. The carpetbaggers is a 1964 american drama film directed by edward dmytryk, based on the bestselling novel the carpetbaggers by harold robbins.
A new movie that was filmed at the historic state prison in carson city the mustang starring veteran actor bruce dern and matthias schoenaerts, known for the academy award winning film. Since then, nearly 400 movies have been filmed or partially filmed in and around the town, particularly westerns created during the. The site is run in association with the books the worldwide guide to movie locations and movie london. On his quest, he meets jonas cord brian keith, a gunsmith who unsuccessfully tries to persuade max to give up his vendetta.
Shot on location in piggott, arkansas, the film is known for being the screen debut of late legends lee remick and andy griffith. So regardless of how good or bad the movie is, for me, i couldnt take my eyes off the scenery. Jun 18, 2016 in this film, nevada smith 1966, mcqueen plays the part of a young man, maybe late teens or early twenties, although he was in his mid thirties at the time. Everything you need to know about nevada smith movie. Movies filmed in truckee lake tahoe area truckeedonner. The movie was a prequel to the novel the carpetbaggers by harold robbins, which had been made into a film earlier that featured mcqueens character as an older man, but besides that and nevada smith depicting smiths first meeting with another carpetbaggers character, jonas. The mustang filmed at carson citys historic prison.
The mustang filmed at carson citys historic prison arrives. Uneducated young max sand mcqueen is the product of a mixed marriagea white father and a kiowa mother. Location scenes filmed in the inyo national forest and in owens valley, california. Mcqueen hands in an excellent performance, but he is supposed to be. You may exchange or request a refund for your entire order, less the convenience fee, through fandango up until the posted showtime. This is a beautiful region showing the eastern side of the southern sierras. Please note that this is not a comprehensive list of all productions filmed in nevada and most information is gleaned from projects that have registered with us.
Ive always heard that the book was a loose adaptation of howard hughes life, cant remember why. A tv and video guide to 4200 genre films by michael r. The movie island in the sky was filmed here donner lake is a natural alpine type body of water which lies almost exactly true eastwest, along the eastern edge of the sierra nevada range no s on the end, sierra nevada is already plural, in the tahoe national forest. Movie set magic with hollywood only 170 miles away, moviemakers have embraced lone pine as a rugged backdrop since actordirector fatty arbuckle showed up with a crew to film the 1920 silent movie the round up. Mar 18, 2017 most people dont know these 11 movies were filmed in nevada. Filmed in 35mm panavision, this was one of the first movies to be blown up to 70mm panavision 70 for premiere screening citation needed. Most people realize that movies are generally not filmed in the cities in which the films actually take place.
When i think of the sierra nevada i think of forests and high mountains, not deserts. Our take on the nevada smith hat brian keith plays the worldwise mentor who teaches mcqueen to handle a pistol, and sets him up with the skills needed to go after maldens gang. Sep 01, 2010 once upon a time in the west 18 movie clip two horses too many 1968 hd duration. Louis cathedral can be seen in the film image below.
Movies filmed here are at a higher elevation than the ones filmed at the alabama hills. Titles with links have full entries on the site other unlinked titles listed can be found in the books. Youll have to complete your refund and exchange before the posted showtime indicated on your ticket. Once upon a time in the west 18 movie clip two horses too many 1968 hd duration.
Jonas cord introneesa and max bathing sceneclimax scene in creek 15 of 15 found this interesting. Steve mcqueen at hot creek location the great silence. The boarding house was filmed at the krebspeterson house in carson city. Since then, nearly 400 movies have been filmed or partially filmed in and around the town, particularly westerns created during the genres. Smith, and i have spent a good bit of time every year in southwestern colorado where dukes true grit was filmed. Nevada smith 2009 cast and crew halfbreed max sand steve mcqueen witnesses the brutal murder of his parents and vows to track down and kill the gang of men who did it. Besides theater movies, excalibur was the setting for a stunt in the las vegas edition of fear factor. Filming locations 19 filming dates 1 filming locations. Dec 27, 2010 regarding filming locationsi grew up in ft.
Jan 24, 2015 explore bertiefosters board steve mcqueen. Nevada smith is that characters backstory, a tossedoff tale of coldblooded revenge that becomes a thin western backed with all the resources hollywood can offer. Mar 29, 2014 nevada smithsteve mcqueen, brian keith, karl malden, suzanne pleshette, arthur kennedy, martin landau, janet margolin, paul fix 1966. Watch nevada smith online stream full movie directv. The amazing natural scenery of colorados southwest corner was a huge part of the film. With the help of the nevada film office, we chose a diverse group of films to spotlight. Dukes movie locations john wayne message board jwmb. Yer yellah ending of nevada smith with karl malden youtube. Nevada smith is a 1975 tv western starring cliff potts, adam west and lorne greene, based on the 1966 film nevada smith. At the movies in owens valley owens valley history. Photo of one of the movie sets for nevada smith constructed near the town of laws. You can watch nevada smith online on videoondemand services netflix, paytv or movie theatres with original audio in english. Nevada smith is the one that started this whole conversation about collecting films shot in mono, i was there as a 9 year old, in 1964, when it was being shot at hot creek.
Also, the buggy ride was filmed in washoe lake state park. Henry hathaways film is based on a character from harold robbins the carpetbaggers, who, in turn, based it on cowboy actor ken maynard. Nevada smith is a 1966 american western film directed by henry hathaway and starring steve mcqueen, karl malden, brian keith, arthur kennedy and. Historic wendover airfield is dedicated to preserving world war ii army air force history, educating present and future generations about this period and having visitors experience the feelings and understand the circumstances of the ww ii era participants. Recent productions filmed in nevada nevada film office. Much of the 1969 western true grit was filmed in the san juan mountains of colorado and the movie lead to john waynes only academy award. Nevada smith is a 1975 tv western starring cliff potts, adam west and lorne greene, based on the 1966 film nevada smith cliff potts as nevada smith. With these unforgettable movie locations in nevada, there is something for everyone even the film buffs.
Coincidentally, they held their world premiere release here in reno at harrahs. Find movie and film cast and crew information for nevada smith 1966 henry hathaway on allmovie. It was interesting how steve went from a young lad to a manwith one thought in. Instead, cord teaches sand how to shoot, and the young avenger uses that skill as he tracks down the killers.
In that earlier film the part of nevada smith was played by alan ladd, but here steve mcqueen steps into the role to show smith s history. The movie was a prequel to the harold robbins novel the carpetbaggers, which had been made into a highly successful film two. Good story, good entertainment and some sharp looking hats. The nevada hotel is the film location for the movie honeymoon in vegas where nicholas cage flies over the crazily turreted 4,000rooms. The movie is good, but they really did do a lot of work on trying to show different locations in the movie. Cliff potts as nevada smith lorne greene as jonas cord. Nearly 100 known movies or movie sequences have been filmed in truckee and the surrounding area, not including many scenes from popular television series, such as bonanza.
This movie has been premiered in australian hd theatres in 1966 movies 1966. Nevada smith is a film programme that first aired in 1966 and has been classified a 15 certificate. If you are filming a project in nevada and have not yet registered it with us, it is required by law so please do so now. Filmed in fallon, carson city, fernley, and reno, you can see some of their scenes at the john ascuagas nugget in sparks and around downtown reno near the reno arch. May 18, 2017 nevada smith is a very well done movie and as i love westerns i have watched it twice. Here are 15 movies filmed in arkansas youre sure to enjoy. This is where the atom bombcarrying enola gay was based toward the end of wwii, and since closure has also been used in con air, hulk, the core and mulholland falls. All the titles will eventually have full entries, so check back often. Bounded at the west, by the infamous donner summit. On or about september 14, 2010 the film was in development status. On or about april 10, 2010 the film was in announced status. Set in the west of the 1890s, the film opens with the. Nevada smith was shot on approximately 46 different locations in the inyo national forest in parts of southern california and southwestern nevada and the owens valley of southern california in the eastern sierra mountains.
With steve mcqueen, karl malden, brian keith, arthur kennedy. During the early part of the 20th century, truckee was one of hollywoods favorite sites for making movies. Historic wendover airfield foundation wendover, utah. Nevada smith is a very well done movie and as i love westerns i have watched it twice. Nevada smith is a steve mcqueen movie that the used a lot of different eastern sierra locations. The movie was a prequel to the novel the carpetbaggers by harold robbins, which had been made into a film earlier that featured mcqueens character as an older man, but besides that and nevada smith depicting smith s first meeting with another carpetbaggers character, jonas cord sr. Two years after this film, steve mcqueen played ladds character in a western prequel entitled nevada smith. The 2010 locations are by far more similar to the terrain along the arkansas oklahoma border region, so i have to give the coens props for that, but ill gladly take southwestern. It appears to have been a 3way deal between paramount, levines embassy pictures. Since then, nearly 400 movies have been filmed or partially filmed in and around the town, particularly westerns created during the genres heyday from the 1920s to the 1970s. Henry hathaway this episodic vengeance western is one of steve mcqueens few works in the genre. Among the silver screen luminaries to ride through the nearby hills were roy rogers, gene autry, john wayne and william boyd, who portrayed hopalong cassidy in 66 films.
Well refund your credit card or we can credit your fandango account to use for another movie. Nevada smith is a steve mcqueen movie that the used a lot of. Oct 28, 20 high plains drifter, true grit, and nevada smith are all in our collection at the june lake library. Nevada smith is a 1966 american western film directed by henry hathaway and starring steve mcqueen. Nevada smith is a rugged innocent boy born in the 1890s during californias gold rush days to a native american mother and white father. See more ideas about steve mcqueen, nevada smith and mcqueen. The movie nevada smith was not shot in nevada, it was filmed in owens valley california, mostly north of lone pine. It stars george peppard as jonas cord, a character based loosely on howard hughes, and alan ladd in his last role as nevada smith, a former western gunslinger turned actor. Nevada smith, released in 1966, tells the back story of one of the characters from 1964s the carpetbaggers, with both films being based upon events in the harold robbins novel. Browse hundreds of available filming locations in nevada for your next production or if you think you have the perfect location, create your 100% free film location listing and it just may end up on the silver screen.
The film was made by embassy pictures and solar productions, in association with and released by paramount pictures. The earliest report of filming in this area was in 1910 when the truckee republican reported that the selig polyscope company had arrived in town for the purpose of filming. Books, which was john waynes final film role, is a gunfighter who has been diagnosed with cancer and comes to nevada at the turn of the 20th century. When he finds his parents have been murdered by vicious killers, he sets out to track them down. Oftentimes it may be less expensive to film in another citystate or weather may preclude a filmmakers original desire for setting. The mustang, filmed in carson city, coming to galaxy. There is a view of a wall of peaks, most of those peaks are over,000ft. The film goes on too long, with an extended prison sequence stangely reminiscent of papillon, which mcqueen would star in seven years later that seems out of.
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