South Central New Mexico

“The Outfitters” (1999), rated PG-13 for sexual content, drug related material and some language. Filmed in Lincoln County and starring several locals including George Tippin, Virgil Hall driving a tractor (in real-life he had lost his license and he and his ride were fixtures in Capitan), Rick Simpson, Dr. Becky Washburn’s dog, local ranches and scenery and the now-closed Rodeo Bar (to name a few). The comedy also stars Dana Delaney and Paul Le Mat in the story of brothers…

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“My Name is Nobody” (1973), starring Terence Hill and Henry Fonda, based on idea by Sergio Leone. Filming locations include San Ildefonso and Acoma Pueblo, White Sands National Monument and Mogollon, New Mexico. There is a bitter sweetness to “My Name is Nobody.” An uneasy feeling extends beyond watching Henry Fonda, his doe eyes creased with crow’s feet, playing an aging gunslinger, the tongue-in-cheek references to classic Westerns such as a headstone with the name Sam Peckinpah or the ever-present…

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“Lonely are the Brave” (1962), starring Kirk Douglas, Gena Rowlands, Walter Matthau, screenplay by Dalton Trumbo, filmed in Albuquerque. Based on Edward Abbey’s second novel, “The Brave Cowboy,” this film contains all of the sardonic irony of Abbey’s later novels. From a truck load of toilets being hauled west, signifying the deteriorating state of the West, to the protagonist’s derision directed at everything from the power company, government, penal system and the military, the plight of an individualist living in…

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