Movies filmed in the Northwest?

[Andy54Hawken]

Oh, and one I just watched the other day...

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Filmed largely in Wallace, ID...

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Wallace Idaho is a great little town the visit ....cool shops , the folks are friendly and The Smokehouse is an excellent place to grab a bite to eat with a cool beer...
Andy

 

[Andy54Hawken]

The Deer hunting scenes in the God Awful movie The Deer Hunter...Were filmed near Mt.Baker Wa...even though the hunt was supposed to be in Pennsylvania.
Andy

 

[Certaindeaf]

The most realistic horror movie I've ever seen.. "Seattle Is Dying" is a real hoot.

 

[rdb241]

The most local movie when I was a teen was Vision Quest, filmed in Spokane, WA.

Featured Matt Modine and the hottest girl I had seen up to that point in my young life, Linda Fiorentino. Also was Madonna's first appearance on the big screen, IIRC.

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I worked for the Davenport Hotel when that movie was filmed. The gym scenes and the school scenes were shot up at Mead High School. There is a scene where the 2 main characters are walking down the street in the evening in front of a car lot. That was filmed on W 1st ave in the wrong direction that traffic usually flows. They also filmed a scene by the river somewhere. A lot of the cast and crew stayed at the Davenport Hotel during the filming.

 

[MannyGlocks]

A great many wonderful movies have made in the PNW, but sadly, with actors I really like, "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot" is one of the top ten worst movies ever made.

 

[PNWguy]

A great many wonderful movies have made in the PNW, but sadly, with actors I really like, "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot" is one of the top ten worst movies ever made.

Blasphemy!!

Actually, it was pretty awful... The cars and scenery were the only saving grace that allowed me to finish it, lol.

I watched Escape from New York a year or so ago for the first time ever and could not believe how completely awful it was. I was thoroughly roasted on the gun forum I posted my opinion on. And the original Blade Runner was also tortuous to watch. And again, I was told how ignorant I was to not recognize the cinematic quality and impact it had. Whatever...

 

[deadeye]

Sometimes a Great Notion
The Hunted
Bend of the River
Prefontaine
Emperor of the North

 

[jbett98]

Bandits with Bruce Willis and Billy Bob Thorton.

 

[EPS]

3000 miles to Graceland.
Starts in Vegas
Ends up in Mt Vernon and La Conner WA .

 

[Caveman Jim]

Sometimes a Great Notion
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Animal House
Drugstore Cowboy
Goonies

Loved it, a stellar ending!!! A great movie from back in the day.

Sometimes a Great Notion (1971) - IMDb

 

[EPS]

Loved it, a stellar ending!!! A great movie from back in the day.

Sometimes a Great Notion (1971) - IMDb

I fish on the Siletz river right in front of that house

 

[WAYNO]

I fish on the Siletz river right in front of that house

Ya mean the house that was supposed to be tore down as soon as the movie was finished?

Universal Studios originally planned to burn the late-Victorian house, but was not allowed to because of the fire danger.







Another boring story...

I was in the Dallas airport some years back. Happened to meet a gal from Lincoln City. She said she lived there her whole life. I asked, "which town"? She again replied Lincoln City. I again asked which town? Then she got it. She was from Taft. If you're old enough to remember, Lincoln City became a town only after the merger of numerous smaller towns in the area. When I was a kid, there was no Lincoln City.

Anyway, I asked if she remembered the movie. Oh yes! She was in the movie! She said there is a scene of a Ford Falcon driving along a road, and she was the driver.


Movie stars just seem to be attracted to me. One of my musician friends was in the rifle squad in the Animal House parade.

 

[Mephistopheles]

Five Easy Pieces - Jack Nicholson

 

[CountryGent]

Kindergarten Cop

I remember as a young person seeing the shooting of said, with Arnie on set. Later, my mother and my wife (teacher's aid and substitute teacher, respectively) worked at that school.

Frankly, it was a pretty crap film, but did provide one of my most favorite sound effects:

 

[WAYNO]

I remember as a young person seeing the shooting of said, with Arnie on set. Later, my mother and my wife (teacher's aid and substitute teacher, respectively) worked at that school.

Frankly, it was a pretty crap film, but did provide one of my most favorite sound effects:

I agree, probably not a great movie, but I'm simple and am easily entertained, especially when I'm picking out local landmarks.

A total departure of the intention of this thread, but the demise of Astoria is so sad. Such a beautiful, wonderful, thriving town, with the loss of canneries, logging, sawmills, and fishing, is now reduced to a tourist dot on a map.

 

[CountryGent]

I agree, probably not a great movie, but I'm simple and am easily entertained, especially when I'm picking out local landmarks.

A total departure of the intention of this thread, but the demise of Astoria is so sad. Such a beautiful, wonderful, thriving town, with the loss of canneries, fishing, logging, sawmills, and fishing, is now reduced to a tourist dot on a map.

Sorry to hear that. It has been well over a decade since I've been back there (for a wedding and a funeral, albeit different people). I never could get passed the climate of that area (good God, the rain), so was only too happy when I left. However, there is no disputing the charm. And, as you mentioned, there was a time when it was a prosperous place.

Bringing us back on topic, the weird alien picture Fire in the Sky was filmed in Oregon, though I believe the alleged events were in Arizona. I never was into the genre, though my younger brothers could not get enough of the alien abduction stuff and would watch that film all the time back in the day.

 

[Hayharnel]

Return of the Jedi.

The redwoods are in California, and most movies are filmed in California.

 

[Flymph]

The Shining was filmed at Timberline lodge.
Znation, filmed around Spokane...
Some of BreakHeart Pass was filmed in Idaho.

 

[RedRover]

 

[Hayharnel]

Brokeback Mountain! I heard there going to do a sequel in Portland called Dick Lick River.