The phrase “location is everything” applies as much to the film industry as it does to the real estate biz. A great setting can help movie producers bring their vision to the big screen. Credits that keep Colorado destinations like Glenwood Springs on Hollywood’s location A-list include 300 days of blue skies per year, jaw-dropping topography and historic attractions.
The Colorado Office of Film, Television & Media (“COFTM”) lists 9 films that include scenes shot in or around Glenwood Springs, Colorado. In 1926, The Great K & A Train Robbery starring Tom Mix was one of the first movies ever filmed in Colorado; it featured scenes in Glenwood Canyon and at the historic Glenwood Springs Train Depot, two locations that continue to draw Hollywood’s eye.
Movies featuring Glenwood Springs, Colorado include:
- Mr. & Mrs. Smith starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
- For Love of the Game starring Kevin Costner and Kelly Preston
- Tall Tale with Patrick Swayze and Oliver Platt
- Under Siege 2: Dark Territory, a Steven Seagal movie that also featured Katherine Heigl
- Flashback with Dennis Hopper, Kiefer Sutherland and Carol Kane
- Messenger of Death starring Charles Bronson
- Vanishing Point, a 1970s cult hit
- Pressure Point starring Hollywood greats Sydney Poitier, Bobby Darrin and Peter Falk
- The Great K & A Train Robbery starring the original Hollywood cowboy, Tom Mix
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PHOTO: A crew filming in Glenwood Canyon for the movie Mr. & Mrs. Smith is featured on the cover of trade publication “Production Update” in 2004.
