In The Valley Of Elah (2007)

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Last updated: March 13, 2020

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Drama. A retired military investigator enlists a police detective to help him find what happened to his son. Starring Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron, Jonathan Tucker, James Franco, Josh Brolin, Susan Sarandon, Brad William Henke, Jason Patric, and Barry Corbin. Filming locations: Albuquerque, Galisteo Dam Rd. (near Santo Domingo Pueblo), La Bajada Visitor Information Center (near Santa Fe).



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Various Southern scenes

Wakes up from nap in NM - beside freeway - may be I-25

Welcome to Fort Rudd - Base entrance - Unclear

Cafe - Formerly Milton's Coffee Shop, and what is currently the Whole Hog Cafe, 725 Central Ave. NE.

Contact Wireless parking lot - narrow slot - likely next to Boese Brothers, about 609 Gold Avenue SW.

Strip Club - TD's show club - Eubank (2120 Eubank Blvd. NE) and North (6001 Brentwood Pl. NE). I'm thinking maybe Eubank location, because photos on NM filmography site, from Brentwood, do not match views in scene.

Downtown Travel Inn - Imperial Inn Motel, 701 Central Avenue NE - Room 105.

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Valliant Printing, 615 Gold Ave. SW.

Valliant Printing, 615 Gold Ave. SW.

February 2019.

Valliant Printing, 615 Gold Ave. SW.

Very sadly, Valliant Printing closed its doors at the end of 2016.

Bradford Police is staged at the Bernalillo County Courthouse Annex, located at the corner of 5th St. and Tijeras Ave. NW.

Bernalillo County Court House Annex, located at the corner of 5th St. and Tijeras Ave. NW.

Bernalillo County Court House Annex.

Bernalillo County Courthouse Annex, located at the corner of 5th St. and Tijeras Ave. NW.

Stairwell.

Second floor doors.

Parking camper at Elm and Central SE

After sunset - Hmmmm.... - Unresolved

Frontier Restaurant

University Laundromat, 2626 Central Ave. SE

El Madrid Lounge - Yard next to Zachary's House, on 1st Street between Coal and Lead.

Coal Ave. Overpass

Mesa Little (?) Rd. - Body parts - Possibly just north of I-40 and Atrisco Vista NW. Gun Shop nearby with American flag mural.

Hallway - Coroner -

D&G Gun Shop

Bar - Probably TD's

Sunport

A&P Bar, adjacent to the Rail Yards, Third and Santa Fe Ave. SW.

Laundry - Lobo Laundry, Harvard & Lead, 2219 Lead Avenue SE.

Chicken Shack Restaurant - Unresolved

Pussy's Bar appears to be Fantasy World, 5000 Jefferson St. NE.

(Photo of Adam Ramirez by William James Dickey.)

Interview room/hall

Arrest house - Looks like Martineztown - 1002 Edith Blvd. NE

Chase and arrest - Unresolved

Community Relations Office -

Woman with dead Dog - Mobile Home Park

Retrieving coffin

Cemetery

In front of U.S. Veteran's Hospital in ABQ

Maybe in front of Veteran's Hospital

Off the Map (2003 production, 2005 release)

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Last updated: March 12, 2020

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Drama/comedy, based upon the play by Joan Ackermann. A family comes to grips with the father's depression, as seen through the eyes of the 11-year-old daughter. Starring Joan Allen, Valentina deAngelis, Sam Elliott, J. K. Simmons, Amy Breneman, and Jim True Frost. Set in 1970s New Mexico; filming locations: Albuquerque, Arroyo Hondo, Carson, Carson National Forest, Questa, Rio Grande Gorge, San Cristobal (main set, Donner Ranch), Talpa, Taos, Tres Piedras.


I'm not familiar enough with the intricate geography of northern New Mexico to pick off many filming locations on a quick scan. For the moment, I'll settle for three filming locations.



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Northern NM views - Unresolved

Office - NW corner of the Sunrise Bank Building (Old First National Bank Building, now called the Banque Lofts) in Albuquerque, NM (35.084804°, -106.650114°).

View looking north-northwest, at a strange structure on the parking garage next door. This structure, sporting a hole, was featured at the start of the movie "Off The Map."

View looking north-northwest, at a strange structure on the parking garage next door. This structure, sporting a hole, was featured at the start of the movie "Off The Map."

Maria's Taos Junction Cafe/Bar - (from imdb) US-285 & New Mexico 567, Taos, New Mexico, USA
(Maria's Taos Junction Cafe Bar is just north of this intersection) (36.364269°, -105.897685°)

K-Mart - (from imdb) 233 Paseo Del Pueblo Sur, Taos, New Mexico, USA
(truck pulls into Kmart which then stood across from Indian Hills Inn and next to Siler Rd)

Target shooting

Library

Rio Grande Gorge

Taos Mountain Candles Gallery, 121 N. Plaza C

Nuestra Senora de San Juan Chapel, Talpa, NM

Santa Fe Gallery - Unresolved

Adorable Russian Spy

Pay attention to me!:

BERLIN — An alleged Russian spy whale is refusing to leave a Norwegian port city, in what appears to be a high-profile defection after a week of global attention on the unnamed beluga.

...Contrary to the species’ normal behavior, the beluga had allowed residents to pet its nose over the last few days.

The whale was first spotted by Norwegian fishermen last week, when they noticed that the whale defied normal behavior by persistently harassing their boats. The fishermen subsequently spotted a strange harness wrapped around the whale’s body.

Wiig said an inscription on the harness they later recovered read “Equipment St. Petersburg.” He said he had handed the harness over to Norway’s special police security agency (PST).

...Researchers say the harness could have carried weapons or cameras, triggering fresh speculation about a sea mammal special operations program that the Russian navy is believed to have been pursuing for years. Although the Russian Defense Ministry has denied the existence of such a program, the same ministry published an ad in 2016 seeking three male and two female bottlenose dolphins and offering a total of $24,000.

In this part of Europe, nobody would be surprised if the latest Norwegian discovery did indeed turn out to be the fallout of a military experiment gone wrong. Since the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea, there have been creepy reminders of the Kremlin’s massive military apparatus lurking on Europe’s eastern outskirts: mystery submarines; unidentified jets, including one that almost crashed with a passenger plane; and strange troop movements.

Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)

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Last updated: March 8, 2020

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Borderland - Desert wash, NM - Prayer rugs

Kansas City - Big Box store - Abandoned store near Juan Tabo Blvd. & Central Avenue (35.070507°, -106.513409°)

Village

Camp Lemonnier

Office

McAllen, TX, neighborhood - About 800 Santa Fe Avenue SE

House - about 714 Santa Fe Avenue Southeast, Albuquerque, NM, USA

Bus Stop - Walter St. and Pacific Ave. SE

Rio Grande River - approximately (35.380191°, -106.508257°)

Washington D.C.

Office

Vintage 423, 8000 Paseo Del Norte Blvd. NE.

Vintage 423, 8000 Paseo Del Norte Blvd NE.

Vintage 423.

Vintage 423.

Bogata

Mexico City

Double Eagle Airport

El Madrid Lounge - Yard next to Zachary's House, on 1st Street between Coal and Lead.

Coal Ave. Overpass

Rail Yards - heading south on 2nd

Mall - Cottonwood Mall

Corpus Christi air field (supposedly)

Deserted house - towards Belen

Underpass - Unresolved

Office

Food Court - likely Cottonwood Mall

Storefront - Resembles Hastings, but apparently not

Border Crossing - Unresolved

Brick glassy building

Hangar resembles Albuquerque solar facility.

Former Schott Solar facility, 5201 Hawking Dr. SE.

(Photo of Adam Ramirez by William James Dickey.)

(Features: Bell-shaped lights.)

Former Schott Solar facility, 5201 Hawking Dr. SE.

(Photo of Adam Ramirez by William James Dickey.)

Former Schott Solar, 5201 Hawking Dr. SE (35.005800°, -106.610937°).

Desert road

Approaching border - Laguna Pueblo (35.034514°, -107.385640°)

Shooting at pursuing vehicles - somewhere at Laguna, north of freeway

Border coming up at fast - Meadow Dr. & Old San Jose Rd. - (35.036317°, -107.383620°)

Hailing car - Unresolved

Finding house near To'hajiilee

Roadside, with gas station

Riverbank - probably south of Algodones (35.376356°, -106.503221°)

On the south side of Algodones, on the south side of the E-W ditch that cuts across the valley, there is a road that leads one close to the Rio Grande. I hiked over to the site, crossing only two fences in the process. No challenges - lower stress!

First, you cross through a grove of cottonwood trees.

On San Felipe Pueblo land.

Bus unloading spot.

Town

Building with windows

Possibly nighttime Laguna Pueblo

Arroyo semicircle - Tijeras Arroyo ( 35.017534°, -106.613103°)

Jumps off truck

Bobby Foster Road

In vicinity of Breaking Bad's 'Sunset' (Season 3) location - (34.967616°, -106.640506°)

Sunset (Season 3)

Sunset (Season 3)

Sunset (Season 3)

Back to Bobby Foster Road.

Left: Bobby Foster Rd. SE, near Q Studios, has been used for highway-related scenes in numerous movies, including "Sicario: Day of the Soldado."

General area of the roadblock location.

Double Eagle Airport.

Double Eagle Airport.

Rururu’s Capital is Covfefe

Dignity

Poet Stumped By Standardized Test Questions About Her Own Poem

It figures:

Texas' STAAR tests are administered in part by Pearson Assessments, a testing company that Holbrook called a "sadistic behemoth."

Happy Birthday, Jasper!

Born April 29, 2018.

Big Turkey

NorCal’s favorite bird shows up randomly everywhere these days. So big, at first glance, I thought it was a baby emu.

The California 2018-19 Rainy Season Is In The Books

The California 2018-19 rainy season is over. The rains started late - too late to prevent the Camp Fire - and ended early, but rained heavily while it was going. Rains were above average over much of the American West. Sacramento Executive Airport rainfall ended up 122% of average.