Landscapes & nature
Sierra Madre Occidental
Mountain range along the Pacific coast of Mexico
Mexico · 26.7457, -108.0579
Sierra Madre Occidental is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikipedia names it for 2 more.
“Other scenes were shot in Durango and the actual mountains of the Sierra Madre Occidental in Sonora.”
Movies filmed at Sierra Madre Occidental
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Sierra Madre Occidental 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.
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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969
“Shooting in Mexico took place in Taxco, Cuernavaca, along the Sierra Madre Occidental, and at Estudios Churubusco in Mexico City.” Wikipedia
- The Sons of Katie Elder 1965
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Frequently asked questions
What was filmed at Sierra Madre Occidental?
3 productions are recorded as filmed at Sierra Madre Occidental, including The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) and The Sons of Katie Elder (1965). 2 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed at Sierra Madre Occidental?
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), covered by 45 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Sierra Madre Occidental?
Sierra Madre Occidental is in Mexico. Its coordinates are 26.7457, -108.0579.
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 Christian Frausto Bernal, CC BY-SA 2.0.