Landscapes & nature
Rocky Mountains
major mountain range in western North America
United States · 44.1500, -113.8000
Rocky Mountains is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikipedia names it for 15 more.
“Parts of the film were shot in Monument Valley, Utah and in Wildwood Regional Park in Thousand Oaks, California, Ohio River Valley, the Black Hills of South Dakota, the Colorado Rockies, the Rogue and McKenzie Rivers in Oregon.”
Movies filmed at Rocky Mountains
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Rocky Mountains as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than the statements above, so it gets its own list, each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
- Brokeback Mountain 2005
- The Bourne Legacy 2012
- How the West Was Won 1962
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Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
1989
“The film's opening sequence in which Michael is carried down a river was filmed in rural Snowbird in the Rocky Mountains.” Wikipedia
- Only Angels Have Wings 1939
- The Naked Spur 1953
- The Far Country 1954
- The Emperor Waltz 1948
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Across the Wide Missouri
1951
“The film was shot largely in the Rocky Mountains, mostly at altitudes between 9,000 and 14,000 feet (2,743 and 4,267 meters), north of Durango, Colorado near Purgatory Resort and Molas Pass, the main location sites.” Wikipedia
- North West Mounted Police 1940
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Spencer's Mountain
1963
“Spencer's Mountain takes place in Wyoming's Teton Range (site of a nearby famous National Park) of the Rocky Mountains in the western United States, as photographed by cinematographer Charles Lawton Jr., in color using Panavision.” Wikipedia
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The Shining
1997–
“Producer Mark Carliner attributed the lucky snowfalls to a Ute shaman doing a ritual at the highest peak of the Rocky Mountains.” Wikipedia
- Dear Eleanor 2016
- Blood on the Moon 1948
- Land 2021
Drawn from this place
Video games whose Japanese Wikipedia article names Rocky Mountains as a real place their setting was modelled on. Nothing was filmed here and no story happens here: somebody drew it from here. That is the weakest claim this atlas makes about a place, which is why it sits under its own heading, and each production’s page links the article the claim came from.
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Frequently asked questions
What was filmed at Rocky Mountains?
16 productions are recorded as filmed at Rocky Mountains, including Dr. Strangelove (1964), Brokeback Mountain (2005) and The Bourne Legacy (2012). 15 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed at Rocky Mountains?
Dr. Strangelove (1964), covered by 72 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Rocky Mountains?
Rocky Mountains is in the United States. Its coordinates are 44.1500, -113.8000.
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 Gorgo, Public domain.