🏞 Landscapes & nature
Colorado River
major river in the western United States and Mexico
🇺🇸 United States · 31.8150, -114.8000
Colorado River is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 5 productions — in the section each entry below links back to. No Wikidata filming statement points here yet, so this page says plainly which kind of evidence it rests on.
“Other scenes were filmed on the Ruby Horsethief section of the Colorado River, the Rogue River in Southern Oregon, and the Middle Fork of the Flathead River.”
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Colorado River as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, and labelled as what it is — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
- Planet of the Apes 1968
- The River Wild 1994
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 1986
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The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
“By December 1962, a severe blizzard near the Colorado River brought heavy snowfall onto the set.” Wikipedia
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Cheyenne Autumn
1964
“Parts of the film also were shot at the San Juan River at Mexican Hat, Professor Valley, Castle Valley, the Colorado River, Fisher Canyon, and Arches in Utah.” Wikipedia
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Frequently asked questions
What was filmed at Colorado River?
5 productions are recorded as filmed at Colorado River, including Planet of the Apes (1968), The River Wild (1994) and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986). 5 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed at Colorado River?
Planet of the Apes (1968), covered by 53 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Colorado River?
Colorado River is in the United States, at 31.8150, -114.8000.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de, CC BY-SA 3.0.