Convoy (1978)

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Action Comedy, based on the hit novelty song by C.W. McCall. A trucker seeking to escape a pursuing lawman gets support from hundreds of his fellow truckers and becomes a folk hero along the way. Directed by Sam Peckinpah; starring Kris Kristofferson, Ali MacGraw, Ernest Borgnine, Burt Young, Seymour Cassel, and Jorge Russek. Filming on highways around New Mexico and locations in Albuquerque, Algodones, Belen, Bernalillo, Cerrillos, Cuba, Estancia, Las Vegas, Madrid, the State Fairgrounds (Albuquerque), White Sands National Monument . In 2010 this film and Red Dawn were screened at the Fort Stanton Drive-In in Las Vegas New Mexico as part of the Austin Texas Alamo Drafthouse's Rolling Roadshow to show films near where they were filmed; semi tractors were parked outside the theater and every time horns were blown in the movie the trucks added their own horns to the scene.


"Convoy" is a complicated movie to examine, because Sam Peckinpah and crew filmed so much footage in the general Albuquerque area. Many locations are there, many of which I can't quite ferret out, like the ones near Cuba, NM. I note that imdb.com doesn't list Los Lunas and San Ysidro as filming locations, but they definitely were.

Notes on Individual Scenes
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White Sands - appears to be WSMR P Rt. 10, and maybe the National Monument road too.

Scenes look like Estancia, NM

Sheriff sets up a trap on Highway 41 (35.259615°, -105.948961°)

Looks like towards Estancia

Raphael's and Big Al's Crossroads - Raphael's Silver Cloud - Sandias look like Algodones filming location (35.380853°, -106.465756°)

U-turn 313/85/Hagen Rd. turnoff

Narrow bridge next to power plant

Circle K at Highways 44 & 85 - truck rollover - head east.

Current view of the southeast corner of the intersection, where the truck rolled over.

Curve on road to Placitas (35.300451°, -106.475029°)

Curve on road to Placitas (35.301327°, -106.471495°)

Take a Friend to Church (35.301275°, -106.478430°)

View of bridge - unclear

Powerline scar and turnoff and bridge - unclear

Highway 16?

Probably Waldo Canyon Road, but could also be parts of Highway 16

Convoy - Near San Ysidro (Approximate) (35.554328°, -106.808197°)

Squishing a Police Car

Looks like they're towards Cuba

(35.585172°, -106.880767°)

Welcome to NM sign (35.582923°, -106.878080°)

Horse w. rider

Turnoff to Zia Pueblo, and aerial view along Highway 550 towards Bernalillo

NM Highway - State of NM Scales

Overpass

NB I-25 on-ramp at Highway 550 in Bernalillo

I-25, @ Isleta Pueblo (34.927337°, -106.718023°)

I-25, just south turnoff @ Isleta Pueblo (34.900849°, -106.725407°)

Probably I-25 crossing over Rio Grande

Winding road

Roadblock

Madrid, NM (35.405479°, -106.154034°)

Town - Las Vegas Plaza

Aerial shot of Reinken and Main St. in Belen, NM

Highway interchange

314/ I-25 intersection at south end of town

All along I-25 (34.688365°, -106.793946°)

Waystation (Fairgrounds?)

Town (where?)

Road....

Convoy - Preparing To Storm Jail - View of Chevrolet dealership - Estancia - (34.757230°, -106.055557°)

Estancia View, looking North (34.759323°, -106.055402°)

Possible site of Alvarez Police Station (34.759746°, -106.055262°)

Aerial view of Madrid, NM

Needles, CA, apparently

Highway 6 & Hwy 85, Los Lunas????

Almost directly in front of Luna mansion

Down near Needles, CA

NM State Fairgrounds

NB I-25 on-ramp at Los Lunas