Where was Thelma & Louise filmed?
1991 film by Ridley Scott
Thelma & Louise (1991) was filmed in Kern County and Grand County — 2 recorded filming locations in the United States. Every one is a filming-location statement on Wikidata, not a guess.
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Filming locations
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🏙 Towns & cities
Kern County
🇺🇸 United States
county in California, United States
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🏙 Towns & cities
Grand County
🇺🇸 United States
county in eastern Utah, United States
Also per Wikipedia's Filming section
Wikipedia’s Filming section names 8 more places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Monument Valley
🇺🇸 United States
basin of the Colorado Plateau on the Arizona–Utah border in the western United States
“Parts of the film were also shot at Shafer Overlook, Monument Valley, La Sal Mountains, La Sal Junction, Cisco, Old Valley City Reservoir, Thompson Springs, Arches National Park, and Crescent Junction in Utah.” Wikipedia
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Arches National Park
🇺🇸 United States
national park in Grand County, Utah, United States
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🏙 Towns & cities
Bakersfield
🇺🇸 United States
city and county seat of Kern County, California, United States
“The primary filming locations were rural areas around Bakersfield, California and Moab, Utah.” Wikipedia
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Moab
🇺🇸 United States
city in and county seat of Grand County, Utah, United States
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Dead Horse Point State Park
🇺🇸 United States
state park in Utah
“The Grand Canyon scenes were filmed just south of Dead Horse Point State Park in Utah.” Wikipedia
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
La Sal Mountains
🇺🇸 United States
mountain range in Grand and San Juan counties in Utah, United States
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🏙 Towns & cities
La Sal
🇺🇸 United States
census designated place in San Juan County, Utah, United States
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Cisco
🇺🇸 United States
ghost town in Grand County, Utah, United States
Recorded only at country level
Wikidata also records this film as shot in Utah, without saying where. Those statements are true but unmappable — a pin in the middle of a country would claim something nobody wrote — so they are listed here instead of guessed at.
Also shot in these places
- North by Northwest 1959
- 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968
- Back to the Future Part III 1990
- The Eiger Sanction 1975
- Star Trek 2009
- Mission: Impossible 2 2000
Set in the same places
Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does Thelma & Louise have?
2 places recorded on Wikidata, and 8 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia, across the United States.
Which other productions were filmed at the same places?
North by Northwest (1959), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Back to the Future Part III (1990), The Eiger Sanction (1975) and 2 more, each listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, plus places named in the production's own Wikipedia article, which are labelled per Wikipedia. Nothing is scraped from listicles and nothing is generated.