flygirl

Hello

As some of you may have seen, I am heading out west soon.

I will be visiting the Grand Canyon, Monument Valley, Zion and Bryce National Parks (UT), maybe Moab and Arches NP but probably not... Death Valley, Yosemite, and then ending in San Francisco for the last four or so nights.

I know I've seen MV in at least a few movies, not the least of which was Forrest Gump.

Any other eye candy movies I should check out before I leave?

Thank you

Gardyloo

Three John Ford classics for sure - <i>Stagecoach, The Searchers, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon</i>; Ford was very fond of filming in/around Monument Valley.

<i>Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid</i> was filmed in southern Utah, including Zion NP, and don't forget - but don't emulate - <i>Thelma and Louise.</i>

A lot of iconic western movies (including some of my faves like <i>Silverado</i were filmed farther north; lots were shot around Grand Teton NP for the mountain scenery, and others like <i>Dances with Wolves</i> were filmed in Montana and South Dakota.

I'd definitely put together a music playlist for the car. If it's a new car it'll probably have a USB slot or a Bluetooth connection. The list of evocative songs is really long; don't get me started.

Gretchen

OH, the Lucy and Desi movie when they took a trailer and collected rocks (unknown to Desi) from all their sites. HILARIOUS!!

Skiergirl

Thelma and Louise!!!!

logandog

No Country for Old Men

starrs

Read this article -
http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/20...t-valley200903

I have ideas if you were going to the Tetons and Montana.

emalloy

If you read, look for any of the mysteries about the Navajo Police by Tony Hillerman.

flygirl

Oh! Sorry for not coming back!

Thank you for the ideas. And I'd love playlist ideas. Although I suspect I could listen to the Forrest Gump soundtrack!

J62

Cannonball Run?

Gardyloo

<i>And I'd love playlist ideas...</i>

Some of my faves, probably showing my age -

Outlaws, Ghost Riders - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmpvpypXKf0

Iconic Steppenwolf, Born to be Wild - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMbATaj7Il8

I love Arlo Guthrie's version of Shenandoah - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zWgfzGq5g0

Marshal Tucker Band, Take the Highway - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrnGiEOSbV4

Main theme, <i>Silverado</i> - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhZezq--PC4

Another movie main theme, <i>How the West was Won</i> - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwPI80EALPU

Eagles, well, how many do you want?

Take it Easy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UI3F687SsoU
Seven Bridges - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYfERlvSMSc
Desperado - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wkbguv9BMLQ

Bob Seger, Roll Me Away - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdoT50N8uv4

Creedence, Up Around the Bend - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnRsaHXHznQ

Allman Brothers, Jessica and Ramblin' Man - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRDivUb5EeA and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VxoXn-0Ezs

Another movie, <i>The Magnificent Seven</i> - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iteRKvRKFA

A couple of extracts from classics -

2nd movement, Dvorak's New World Symphony - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOX15agZ3-0

Simple Gifts, from Copeland's Appalachian Spring - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMtCh0VuoKg

For the SF part, wow, how many to count?

Grateful Dead -

Truckin' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pafY6sZt0FE
Uncle John's - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSIajKGHZRk
Passenger - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIXxpROmPx0

Airplane/Starship -

Somebody to Love - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUbMWtUyIIE
White Rabbit - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR8LFNUr3vw
Ballad of You and Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPh62vTwQjA
We can be Together - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoU1wHJgAhE

...and so many more. I'll think of some.

BigRuss

Blood Meridian . . . oh wait, that's not a movie yet because it's basically unfilmable. Too bad. The book is a monster.

No Country for Old Men isn't a Western and doesn't take place in the Four Corners or Cali. It's all in Texas at or near the Mexican border.

True Grit (the remake) is a great Western, but its action is far east of your destination.

Now, if you want book recs . . .

P.S. -- Gardyloo, do you listen to anything recorded in stereo? ;-)

Gardyloo

<i>P.S. -- Gardyloo, do you listen to anything recorded in stereo? ;-)</i>

Won't play through my gramophone.

MichelleY

Although in black and white, The Misfits and Out of the Past.

mlgb

You may NOT want to watch 127 Hours. Or at least not if you are going canyoneering alone...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1542344/

Zabriskie Point for Death Valley.

NJriverchick

Thelma & Louise, the perfect road-trip chick-flick.

DebbieDoesDulles

Bonneville with Jessica Lange and Kathy Bates

The Long, Long Trailer

Sideways

(P.S. Read all the precautions regarding heading into Death Valley at this time of year.)

curiousgeo

Easy Rider (makes me want to buy a Harley), get your motor running......

Dayle

How about the song " If you're going to San Francisco". A flower power classic.

RVvagabond

Gardyloo: "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid was filmed in southern Utah"
The actual location was at the ghost town of Grafton located across the river in Rockville. That is where the bicycle scene was filmed.
http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/2...aindrops-.html

Outlaw Josi Wales was filmed in the ghost town of Paria or Pahrea (your choice) east of Kanab, Utah. Kanab Utah is famous for many western movies:
http://laestanciakanab.com/kanab-uta...of-kanab-utah/

Thelma and Louise
They drove off a cliff at Fossil Point in their Thunderbird convertible car. It is on San Juan County Road 142 (Potash Road or Shafer Trail)near Moab, Ut.

Vaga