Flap (1970)

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Last updated: August 30, 2019

AKA: Nobody Loves Flapping Eagle. Comedy with social commentary, about Indians living on reservations and how they are neglected by the U.S. government. Anthony Quinn plays Flapping Eagle, "Flap", a colorful crusader for respect for Native Americans. Based upon the book Nobody Loves a Drunken Indian by Clair Huffaker. Also starring Claude Akins and Shelley Winters. Filming locations: Albuquerque, Madrid, Puye Cliffs (Santa Clara Pueblo), Santa Fe, Santo Domingo Pueblo.

I had trouble with one of the primary locations of the movie: The road out of the Pueblo & Construction Site. Where is that place? Resembles the Tesuque/ Camel Rock area, but is it actually there? A mystery!


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McClellan's = Rosenwald Bros. Building

Just west of 4th & Central in ABQ. Franklin = Anodyne

Divided Street - Looking north, Highway 84 outside Pojoaque - Viewpoint about (35.880108°, -106.010316°) Turn across from Plateau gas station

Santo Domingo Trading Post

Beige pillars - on the road near Acoma (34.917135°, -107.592662°)

Acoma (34.895791°, -107.583499°)

On the road to Acoma (34.938337°, -107.603152°)

Road scene - unclear

Looks like Acoma, but mountains give it away as Santa Clara....

Guesstimate on house with papers (35.967065°, -106.088413°)

Guesstimate on horse (35.967619°, -106.088366°)

Don't know about store. Are there Acoma images mixed in here too? Confusing.

Explosion

Explosions. Where is this? North of Santa Fe? Construction Site.

Bulldozer over cliffs

Urban area

etc.

Black Mtn. at San Ildefonso momentarily visible.

Newspaper office

Urban area again - a stage?

Bar again

Side of RR - very close to I-25 (35.504291°, -106.244338°)

Train jumping on spur (35.487891°, -106.234637°)

Santo Domingo again

etc.

Looks like highway north of Santa Fe - Tesuque/ Camel Rock area

Parade in front of Penney's - the Gizmo Store

Parade turns south on 4th St.

Urban area - City Hall - Probably a California location, since no neighborhood in Albuquerque looks like that.