Films Shot or Set in Colorado

When deciding which area to focus next on my cinematic travelogue, I just happened to be watching a program about the lovely state of Colorado. At once I started to look into what films were shot or set in, what is in my opinion, one of the most beautiful states of these United States. I have visited on two separate occasions and on each occasion I come to love the state all the more.

For this set, I have separated the list between films shot and set in Colorado.

Shot in Colorado:

• The Searchers (1956)
• Pat and Mike (1952)
• The Razor’s Edge (1946)
• Away We Go (2009)
• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

Set (in part or in whole) in Colorado:

• The Prestige (2006)
• The Shining (1980)

One note about my final selection, The Shining: I usually do not go for films in the thriller/horror genre, but I decided to give this one a chance on the basis of Kubrick’s involvement. Let’s just say it has left an indelible mark in my cinema-going conscious. The irony of course being that Stephen King was less than thrilled with Kubrick’s imagining of his source material.

(Unfortunately I have not taken any photographs from my trips, so all of the images you see are stock photography/Creative Commons).