Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979)

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Last updated: November 19, 2019

Alternate title: The Sundance Kid and Butch Cassidy. Western about the famous outlaws. Filmed around the county with scenes filmed in Chama and Taos. StarringPaul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross, Jeff Corey, Henry Jones, Strother Martin, George Furth, Cloris Leachman, Ted Cassidy, Kenneth Mars.


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Bunkhouse

Tin-plated room

Rio Grande Gorge Bridge. View is only possible from the bridge.

River

Train - probably Narrow gauge railway in northern NM

Cliff face south of San Ysidro - camera about (35.538984°, -106.785815°)

Western town on gypsum mine (35.538761°, -106.799193°)

Gambling Hall

Fleeing through woods, along river.

Near Highway 502 (35.874134°, -106.146937°)

Cool tent-shaped rocks - probably Tent Rocks

Campsite

Slot Canyon

Branding Cattle - looks like Jemez country

Anderson's Casino - SY cliffs again

Western town - Eaves Movie Ranch - hills to the SW are recognizable

Explosion - just south of Madrid (35.402723°, -106.153998°)

Prison escape

Towards Telluride

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Orchard

Cliffs

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Butcher

Pond

Flooding

RR town

Courthouse

RR - Looks like Wyoming

Sand Dunes - Colorado?

View of Cabezon

Thanks to City of Telluride, State of NM, BLM ABQ & San Luis offices, J.W. Eaves Movie Ranch,
Jemez, Zia, Santa Ana, Tesuque, San Ildefonso, and Taos Pueblos
Colonial NM Historical Foundation, and Cumbres & Toltec Scenic RR.