7 action and adventure movies filmed in Colorado | Arts & Entertainment

Across Colorado’s movie landscape, you’ll find comedy (“Dumb and Dumber,” shot in Aspen, Breckenridge and Estes Park). You’ll find dark drama (“The Prestige,” with scenes from Redstone Castle near Carbondale). You’ll find romance (“Catch and Release,” filmed in Boulder).

But this is Colorado, where action and adventure seem most fitting. That’s what we’re thinking for this movie marathon:

A movie poster from “True Grit” is shown in a display case in the John Wayne Museum in Winterset, Iowa. Visitors still can walk in Wayne’s footsteps while in the towns of Ridgway and Ouray. Charlie Neibergall, The Associated Press▲

“True Grit” (1969): The towns of Ridgway and Ouray mark the places where you can walk in John Wayne’s footsteps. That includes the park at the center of Ridgway, the scene of the gallows, and the Ouray County Courthouse, where little Mattie rolled a cigarette to get Rooster Cogburn’s attention. The movie’s shootout finale took place at a meadow off Owl Creek Pass.

“Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” (1969): Telluride only made sense — Butch Cassidy (played by Paul Newman) famously committed his first bank theft there. Newman’s co-star, Robert Redford, surely appreciated a return to the state where he attended the University of Colorado. That’s the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad in the train robbery.

Various items are added to make the office of ‘Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade’ replica as similar to the movie as possible. The home and office were used for the movie and now have been converted into the Indiana Jones Home Bed & Breakfast in Antonito on July 30, 2017. DOUGAL BROWNLIE, the denver gazette▲

“Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” (1989): In Antonito, the Indiana Jones Bed and Breakfast is the childhood home of our beloved hero. He grew up to save the day on the nearby Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad. That’s not to be confused with the circus train; there’s the Durango & Silverton Railroad again. Other scenes took place in Alamosa and Pagosa Springs.

One scene in “Mr. and Mrs. Smith,” which starred Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie as married assassins, featured the red cliffs of Glenwood Springs. the Associated Press file▲

“Mr. and Mrs. Smith” (2005): Read the Glenwood Springs Post Independent in 2004: “Hollywood is on its way.” It was Hollywood royalty: Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, “Brangelina,” as we came to know the ill-fated union. Before the real-life drama played out, we saw them at odds as married assassins. Glenwood Canyon served as one battleground.

This publicity image shows Johnny Depp as Tonto in a scene from “The Lone Ranger.” courtesy of disney▲

“The Lone Ranger” (2013): Disney picked areas around Creede for this remake following John Reid (played by Armie Hammer) and Tonto (Johnny Depp) on a path to justice. The train scenes were shot on the old rail line from South Fork into Willow Creek Canyon above Creede, where track was re-laid to restore some Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad glory.

Samuel L. Jackson in a scene from “The Hateful Eight,” a 2015 film by Quentin Tarantino that was shot on a ranch outside Telluride. the associated press file▲

“The Hateful Eight” (2015): Director Quentin Tarantino continued the western tradition around Telluride with this bloody film pitting brutal lawmen against outlaws in a snowy, post-Civil War cabin in the West. While in Telluride, Tarantino and star Samuel L. Jackson were reportedly on hand for the town’s ceremonial burning of the skis.

“Furious 7” (2015): In 2013, the “Fast and Furious” franchise turned to Colorado for shoots on the epic roads of Pikes Peak and Monarch Pass.