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Wind River was an awesome - albeit violent - movie with some epic shots of... the Wind River Range.
Favorite movies with mountains
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Jenna N S
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Re: Favorite movies with mountains
"They say that time is a great teacher but unfortunately it kills all its pupils. The mountains are also great teachers, and better still, they let the occasional star pupil live." Mark Lawrence King of Thorns
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jibler
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this is a very weird indie movie - good one - and has great sweeping shots of montana i believe.
this is a very weird indie movie - good one - and has great sweeping shots of montana i believe.
Keep looking up - Jack Horkheimer
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jibler
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Oh also - I need to take this moment to diss on Power of the Dog.
Terrible movie - and it allegedly takes place in montana but was shot in new zealand.
Terrible movie - and it allegedly takes place in montana but was shot in new zealand.
Keep looking up - Jack Horkheimer
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mtree
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C'mon now. Lord of the Rings trilogy!
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d_baker
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And THAT, is the best tool placement, probably ever.
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Steve2
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Re: Favorite movies with mountains
First Blood (1982). Excellent cinematography of PNW mountains. Rambo, who served in Vietnam as a Green Beret, goes postal when an arrogant sheriff rubs him the wrong way and his flashbacks take over.
The Alpinist.
The Alpinist.
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seano
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Speaking of PNW mountains in 70s movies, The Deer Hunter for some reason had its midwestern factory workers go hunting deer near Mount Baker:
The cars, hair, and the Coleman Glacier were all bigger back then.
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Eli Watson
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Similar to seano's observation:
The Revenant, but the filming locations of the Canadian Rockies in Alberta are a bit dramatic for what is today the southern shore of Shadehill Reservoir, South Dakota, where Hugh Glass was mauled by a grizzly.
The Revenant, but the filming locations of the Canadian Rockies in Alberta are a bit dramatic for what is today the southern shore of Shadehill Reservoir, South Dakota, where Hugh Glass was mauled by a grizzly.
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Re: Favorite movies with mountains
The Eiger Sanction
I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself than be crowded on a velvet cushion. H D Thoreau
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Han Solo? (Pretty nice shot of Monte Paterno and the Tres Cime.)
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Darin,
The Alps and a young Julie Andrews!
Although Eiger Sanction is a good second choice.
The Alps and a young Julie Andrews!
Although Eiger Sanction is a good second choice.
"A couple more shots of whiskey,
the women 'round here start looking good"
the women 'round here start looking good"
