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LAS vEGAS: A pLACE FOR FILM
by Tiara Shorty
Las Vegas, New Mexico is a quaint and charming town. It was the first of its name and one of the biggest boomtowns in the south- west. The town is rich in history with infamous outlaws, famous law- men, and historic figures that once walked these streets or took ref- uge in some of the grandest hotels. Famous directors and actors have been mesmerized and left their imprint on Las Vegas.
In 1913, director and producer Romaine Feilding laid the ground work for filming in Las Vegas. A variety of films have been shot in Las Vegas since 1913; Easy Rider, Red Dawn, Wyatt Earp, All the Pretty Horses, No Country for Old Men, Paul, Bless Me Ultima, Longmire, and much more. Las Vegas serves as a grand stage for film due to its old-fashioned and picturesque setting. The town that was once filled with shoot-outs, gambling, and outlaws has preserved the essence of the old Wild West that fascinates people. Add- ing to the appeal of Las Vegas, Jon Hendry, Business Agent of the
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 480 stated, “Las Vegas is where it all began. It is the original film center of the West. It continues to make great pictures, even Oscar winners, a century lat- er”. The town of Las Vegas will con- tinue to draw in the film industry due to its glamour and the film enthusi- asts who live here.
On downtown Douglas Ave., in the middle of March, the cast of the hit show Longmire took a break from filming the first episode of the fi- nal season to express their thoughts regarding Las Vegas. Robert Taylor portrays the clever, gritty, and enig- matic Sheriff Walter Longmire, who stated, “This is the real Las Vegas, I love working in the town, it is so
good and alive and always interesting. The people are always friendly and welcoming. The Plaza Hotel is an icon in the West. I will keep coming back for the rest of my days”. Adam Bartley plays the wholehearted and underestimated Deputy Ferguson or “Ferg”, stated, “Las Vegas is a second home for us Longmire folks. We get excited to come up here every year. The people, the merchants, the old world feel. Las Vegas is a place I’ll always come back to. If you haven’t’ been to Las Vegas, New Mexico, then you’re missing out”. Bartley went on to say that Las Vegas is, “One of my favorite places to be in New Mexico”.
Las Vegas is accepting of all genres of film and works well with production time frames -- some films have shot the entirety of their production in Las Vegas. Some continue to return and often times, Las Vegas is the first stop on a productions way to stardom.
Go back in time or step onto a real-life film studio, Las Vegas has so many splendors to offer.
MOvIES & Tv IN LAS vEGAS
Filmed Partially or Entirely in
Las Vegas and Surounding Areas:
pERpETUAL GRACE, LTd TV 2019 ROSwELL TV 2018-19
hOSTILES 2017
LONGMIRE, SEASONS 1-6
TV 2011-2017
MAKING A KILLING / 2016 MIdNIGhT TExAS pILOT / 2016 pIzzA MASTER / 2015 GUNSLINGERS, SEASON 2
TV 2015
hOUSE OF CARdS / TV 2015
ThE hOMESMAN 2013
vEGAS / TV Pilot 2012
dON’T STOp BELIEvING IN LAS vEGAS Music Video 2011
BLESS ME, ULTIMA 2010
TRUE GRIT 2010
BEFORE wE SAY GOOdBYE 2010 hAYwIRE aka “Knockout” 2010 dUE dATE 2010
pAUL 2009
FRIENdShIp! 2009
GEORGIA O’KEEFE / TV 2008 INhALE aka “Run for Her Life” 2008
NOT FORGOTTEN 2008
BEER FOR MY hORSES 2008 BROThERS 2008
COMANChE MOON 2006
wILd hOGS 2006
FANBOYS 2006
NO COUNTRY FOR OLd MEN 2006 ThE ASTRONAUT FARMER 2005 NORTh COUNTRY 2005
ThE CLAN 2005
ThE LONGEST YARd 2004
BLINd hORIzON 2003
FREEdOM dOwNTIME 2001
ALL ThE pRETTY hORSES 2001
LANd OF ENChANTMENT / TV 2001 IM LANd dER LETzEN COwBOYS / TV Germany 1999
hI-LO COUNTRY 1998
JOhN CARpENTER’S vAMpIRES 1998
wALKER, TExAS RANGER:LAST OF A BREEd 1997
LAST STANd AT SABER RIvER / TV 1996
ThE LAzARUS MAN / TV 1996 INFINITY 1996
EAST MEETS wEST 1995
SpEEChLESS 1994
CULTIvATING ChARLIE 1994 BUFFALO GIRLS 1994
wYATT EARp 1994
ThE LAST hIT / TV 1993
GOd dRIvES A pONTIAC 1992 MIRACLE IN ThE wILdERNESS / TV 1992
TO SAvE A ChILd / TV 1991 LUCKY LUKE / TV 1991 BLUE dE vILLE / TV 1986
A FOOL FOR LOvE 1985 LITTLE TREASURE 1985
REd dAwN 1984
ThE BALLAd OF GREGORIO CORTEz / TV1982
FIvE dAYS FROM hOME 1979
ThE EvIL 1978
CONvOY 1978
ChARLIE SIRINGO / TV 1976
SwEET hOSTAGE / TV 1975
MOLLY ANd LAwLESS JOhN 1972 EASY RIdER 1969
EMpIRE ANd REdIGO / TV 1962
ThE hARvEY GIRLS 1946
ThE hAzARdS OF hELEN 1915, Selig Polyscope / TOM MIx (20 Silent Films) Lubin Films / ROMAINE FIELdING (10 Silent Films)
TOM MIx, actor (1914-1915, Selig) The Rancher’s Daughter; Never Again; Local Color;
The County Drugstore; Her Slight Mistake; The Race For A Gold Mine; Impersonation of Tom; Bad Man Bibbs; Wary Goes A Wooing; The Pony Girl and the Cowboy; Stage Coach; Sagebrush Tom; Western Masquerade. These are only a few of the Tom Mix Westerns set and produced in a location Mix said he’d love to live in forever, if only he could escape Hollywood. ROMAINE FIELdING, actor/director (1913-1914, Lubin) The Rattlesnake; Hiawanda’s Cross;
Toll of Fear; The Golden God.
Las Vegas is of particular interest to the film industry, as if offers a com- plete package of unique settings that cannot be found together anywhere else in the state. To the west, Las Vegas boasts breathtaking mountains and to the east, grassy plains; two lakes are within minutes of town; a castle sits in the hills; a historic drive in theatre is open to the pub- lic through the spring and summer months; homes and businesses range from Queen Anne, Bungalow, Rich- ardsonian Romanesque, Italianate, New Mexico, Territorial, Pueblo Re- vival and Folk Renaissance Revival architecture; and the streets offer varied characteristics that have por- trayed cities and towns from Man- hattan and Juarez. Las Vegas is truly a filmmaker’s playground!
Las vegas Film Commission
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