South Central New Mexico

“Cowboy” (1958), starring Glenn Ford and Jack Lemmon and based on “My Reminiscences as a Cowboy” by Frank Harris. Filming locations in New Mexico include the Bonanza Creek Ranch in Santa Fe and San Ildefonso Pueblo. The film is based on the real-life adventure of a man coming from Ireland, landing a job in the United States but yearning to experience the West. It is not an unusual premise, but what “Cowboy” does is to dispel the common myths of…

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“Cowboy del Amor” (2005), documentary starring Ivan Thompson, directed by Michèle Ohayon, filmed in Columbus, New Mexico and along the Mexico/U.S. border and Torreón, Mexico. A favorite of several indie film festivals, “Cowboy del Amor” tells the story of Ivan Thompson, a 60s-plus year old matchmaker, who for $3,000, matches up a lonely American gringos with women from Mexico, also looking for something more. Renting out large highway billboards on this side of the border and taking out ads in…

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“Casey’s Shadow” (1978) starring Walther Matthau, Michael Hershewe, directed by Martin Ritt, based on the short story “Ruidoso” by John McPhee and filmed in Louisiana and Ruidoso, New Mexico. The All American Futurity plays a part in this movie about a horse trainer and his sons who dream of making it big. Several locals can be seen as well as hangouts such as the old Hollywood Bar and, of course, the track. Horse racing has its share of underdogs going…

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