Best San Antonio Movie

[ShoogarBear]

Best movie about or filmed in San Antonio?

I was thinking about Viva Max the other day, one of my favorites as a kid.

The McQueen Getaway is also a good one.

EDIT: Just remembered that Ron Howard didn't actually direct the 2004 Alamo, although he was originally slated to.

[The sone]

what about "cloak and dagger"?? http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/7189/cloak2qt.jpg

[ZStomp]

Here is a list of movies filmed in San Antonio per www.imdb.com

# "Boys with Toys" (1999) TV Series
# "CTV" (1997) TV Series
# "Elements of a Champion" (2004) TV Series
# "Evening Magazine" (1976) TV Series
...aka "Evening: The MTWTF Show" (1976) (USA: first episodes title)
...aka "P.M. Magazine" (1976) (USA)
# "Heaven & Hell: North & South, Book III" (1994) (mini) TV Series 4.4/10 (175 votes)
...aka "John Jakes' Heaven & Hell: North & South, Book III" (1994) (mini)
...aka "North and South III" (1994) (mini)
# "Heaven Help Us" (1994) TV Series
# "John Hagee" (1994) TV Series
# "Men Into Space" (1959) TV Series
...aka "Space Challenge" (1959) (USA: syndication title)
# "Raw Is War" (1997) TV Series
...aka "Monday Night Raw" (1997) (USA) (USA)
...aka "WWE Raw Is War" (2002) (USA: new title) (USA: new title)
...aka "WWF Raw Is War" (1997) (USA) (USA)
...aka "WWF Raw" (2001) (USA: new title) (USA: new title)
...aka "WWF Warzone" (1997) (USA: second part title) (USA: second part title)
# 26 Mirror: Montage of Lives (2005) 6.2/10 (5 votes)
# 8 Seconds (1994) 6.0/10 (836 votes)
...aka Lane Frost Story, The (1994)
# Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995) 5.0/10 (17416 votes)
...aka Ace Ventura Goes to Africa (1995)
# Adolph's Beautiful America (2004)
# Air Cadet (1951) 5.4/10 (22 votes)
...aka Jet Men of the Air (1951) (UK)
# Alamo Documentary, The (2004) (V) 7.9/10 (7 votes)
# Alamo, The (1936) 5.6/10 (7 votes)
# All the Pretty Horses (2000) 5.7/10 (3397 votes)
# American Outlaws (2001) 5.6/10 (3303 votes)
# Arrangement (2004) 9.6/10 (31 votes)
# Battle of the Alamo, The (1996) (TV)
# Be Still (2005) (V)
# Beale Street Mama (1947)
# Beyond the Line of Duty (1942) 4.6/10 (50 votes)
...aka Air Force Film 119 (1942)
# Big Parade, The (1925) 8.7/10 (493 votes)
# Bigg Snoop Dogg's Puff Puff Pass Tour (2004) (V)
# Bill: On His Own (1983) (TV) 7.7/10 (91 votes)
# Blank Check (1994) 4.4/10 (1341 votes)
...aka Blank Cheque (1994) (UK)
# Border Fence (1951)
...aka Cactus Barrier (1951) (USA)
# Boyz II Men: Going Home (1995) (TV)
# Bubba and Ike (1998) 2.9/10 (13 votes)
# Callie & Son (1981) (TV) 4.9/10 (70 votes)
...aka Rags to Riches (1981) (TV)
# Cartel Killaz (2005) (V) 6.6/10 (5 votes)
# Chthonia (2004) 4.9/10 (13 votes)
# Clipped Wings (1937)
# Cloak & Dagger (1984) 6.1/10 (1285 votes)
# Come and Take it Day (2001) 6.8/10 (20 votes)
# Commode Creations: The Artwork of Barney Smith (2004) 7.9/10 (17 votes)
# Creating Frankenstein's Creature (2005)
# Daddy Don't Hit Me Anymore (1991) (TV)
# Death Valley Kid (1920)
# Desert Saints (2002) 6.2/10 (650 votes)
# Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A. (1946) 5.1/10 (19 votes)
# Dope Game, The (2002) (V) 6.9/10 (9 votes)
# Dungeon of Harrow (1962) 3.8/10 (30 votes)
...aka Dungeon of Harrow, The (1962) (USA)
...aka Dungeons of Horror (1962)
# Dungeon of Horror (1950)
# Eddie (1996) 4.9/10 (1521 votes)
# El Mariachi: 10 Years Later (2003) (V) 2.0/10 (14 votes)
# Elvis On Tour (1972) 6.3/10 (261 votes)
# EvenHand (2002) 7.4/10 (207 votes)
# Everybody's Business: America's Children (1995) (TV)
# Expocisión Imce: San Antonio (1974)
# Fall of the Alamo, The (1935)
# Family Reunion (2003)
# Father Hood (1993) 3.9/10 (543 votes)
...aka Desperado (1993)
...aka Honor Among Thieves (1993)
...aka Mike Hardy (1993)
# Final Cut, The (1985) (V)
# Flavors (2003) 6.3/10 (72 votes)
# Following the Flag in Mexico (1916)
...aka Following Villa in Mexico (1916) (USA: alternative title)
# Foto-Novelas II: Broken Sky (2003) (TV)
# Gambler V: Playing for Keeps (1994) (TV) 5.7/10 (35 votes)
# Getaway, The (1972) 7.3/10 (3381 votes)
# Girl in Room 20, The (1946) 4.0/10 (8 votes)
# Hangman (2000/I) 4.6/10 (18 votes)
# Hidden Valley Days (1948)
# High School (1940) 8.0/10 (9 votes)
# Hábitos sanos... Vida sana (2003) (TV)
# I Wanted Wings (1941) 6.0/10 (43 votes)
# Immortal Alamo, The (1911)
...aka Fall of the Alamo (1911)
# In the Mission Shadows (1910)
# Johnny Be Good (1988) 4.1/10 (1075 votes)
# Johnny Cash: Cowboy Heroes (1982) (TV)
# Juke Joint (1947) 5.3/10 (24 votes)
# Knight Rider 2000 (1991) (TV) 4.4/10 (440 votes)
# Land Called Texas, A (2003)
# Latino Laugh Festival (1997) (TV)
# Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989) 6.7/10 (1028 votes)
# Little Miss Bluebonnet (1922)
# Living the Life (2000) 7.4/10 (26 votes)
# Lolita (1997) 6.8/10 (6427 votes)
...aka Lolita (1997) (France)
# Lost Angels (1989) 5.5/10 (252 votes)
# Love's C. Q. D. (1910)
# Lyle Lovett: Going Home (1996) (TV)
# Marchin On (1937)
# Maya, El (1999)
# Miss Congeniality (2000) 6.2/10 (18533 votes)
...aka Miss Undercover (2001) (Europe: DVD title)
# My Two Loves (1986) (TV) 5.8/10 (12 votes)
# Newton Boys, The (1998) 5.7/10 (2227 votes)
# Nicotine Dreams (1998)
# No Man's Land (1950)
# No Man's Land (1964)
# Of One Blood (1944)
# Oil Storm (2005) (TV) 6.2/10 (76 votes)
# Padre's Secret, The (1910)
# Passion Play, The (1934)
# Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985) 6.8/10 (8445 votes)
# Race with the Devil (1975) 6.2/10 (471 votes)
# Recovering from Traumatic Events (2001) (V)
# Rough Night on the Bridge, A (1910)
# Rough Riders, The (1927)
...aka Trumpet Calls, The (1927) (USA)
# Royal Rumble (1997) (V) 5.8/10 (64 votes)
# Sacred Mystery (1937)
# Seal of the Church, The (1910)
# Secret Kingdom, The (1916)
# Selena (1997) 6.2/10 (3322 votes)
# Siege and Fall of the Alamo, The (1914)
...aka Fall of the Alamo, The (1914) (USA)
# Sir Percy and the Punchers (1911)
# Smart Alec (1951) 6.7/10 (7 votes)
# Soldiers in White (1942) 4.4/10 (11 votes)
# Soy chicano y mexicano (1975)
# Spy Kids (2001) 6.2/10 (8322 votes)
# Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002) 5.8/10 (3707 votes)
...aka Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002) (USA: video box title)
# Stick Up (1997)
# Still Breathing (1997) 6.6/10 (719 votes)
# Sugarland Express, The (1974) 6.7/10 (1677 votes)
# Sunset Carson (1934)
# Survivor Series (1994) (V) 5.0/10 (37 votes)
...aka WWF Survivor Series (1994) (V) (USA: promotional title)
# Taking the Westside (2003)
# Tears (2005)
# Too High, Too Wide and Too Long: A Texas Style Road Trip (1999)
# Toy Soldiers (1991) 5.8/10 (3021 votes)
# Tragedia de Macario, La (2005)
# True Women (1997) (TV) 6.4/10 (329 votes)
# Tubal Cain (1934)
# Tuesday in Texas (1991) (TV) 6.7/10 (26 votes)
...aka WWF Tuesday In Texas (1991) (TV) (USA: promotional title)
# Two for Texas (1998) (TV) 5.7/10 (67 votes)
# Under the Stars and Bars (1910)
# Unholy Matrimony (1988) (TV) 5.2/10 (17 votes)
# United States Army Air Force Band, The (1942)
# Unwilling Cowboy, An (1911)
# Up Syndrome (2000) 3.5/10 (21 votes)
# Veritas, Prince of Truth (2005)
# Viva Max! (1969) 6.1/10 (150 votes)
# Waking Life (2001) 7.6/10 (8042 votes)
# Warrens of Virginia, The (1915)
# Warrens of Virginia, The (1924)
# Weird Ones, The (1962)
...aka Weird One, The (1962) (USA)
# West Point of the Air (1935) 6.2/10 (42 votes)
# When the Tables Turned (1911)
# Wings (1927) 7.4/10 (892 votes)
# Year of the Yahoo! (1972) 3.7/10 (27 votes)
# You Never Know Your Luck (1919)

[The sone]

Blank Check

what about the "turtle wax" commercial?

"you know why i use turtle wax?"...

[ZStomp]

what about the "turtle wax" commercial?

"you know why i use turtle wax?"...


CUZ IT'S GOOD!!

[The sone]

CUZ IT'S GOOD!!
:lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao

[ShoogarBear]

ZStomp: good list, but most of those are crap. Some, like Johnny Be Good and Pee Wee's Big Adventure, only a scene or two filmed in SA.

I should have put Miss Congenitalty on the poll. Maybe the Spy Kids flicks, although I bet they were filmed closer to Austin than SA.

[Silver21_Black20]

Miss Congeniality...not the best movie but I thought it was funny and it shows a lot of San Antonio.

[samikeyp]

Actually, most of Johnny Be Goode was filmed here...I was almost in the movie! My buddy and I just missed being extras in the football scenes. Miss Congeniality was filmed in Austin and SA.

Wings won Best Picture in 1927.

[SA210]

I actually worked on "Selena" in the film crew. Great experience, but I thought it could have been way better. They rushed it. But great experience though. One of the best times I ever had.

"Cloak and Dagger" by the way.

[fraga]

Cloak and Dagger...

[AlamoSpursFan]

Little ASF loves Spy Kids 2 and is completely baffled by the fact that the big red library downtown is the Spy Kids HQ in the movie.

[Summers]

There's a movie with Brendan Fraser that was filmed half in San Antonio... beautiful shots. I can't remember the name, but it's a fun romantic film.

Edit: Still Breathing. That's the name.

[CoolArrow]

How about the only movie filmed in S.A. that won an academy award for best picture? And, not just any best picture award, but the "first" one awarded. That was "Wings" which was released in 1927. It was also the only silent film to win an academy award. So since i'm being trivial, here's some more:

* Richard Arlen, whose character is a fighter pilot, had actually been a pilot in World War I (though he never saw combat).

* In contrast to co-star Richard Arlen, 'Charles 'Buddy' Rogers did not know how to fly a plane when production began, but he learned how to do so by the end of it. In the close-up scenes where Jack and David (and other characters) are flying, the actors are actually working the planes themselves. To shoot these scenes, the actors had to get the plane up in the air, keep it up, turn on the (motorized) camera and land the plane--and act at the same time.

* According to biographer David Stenn, 'Clara Bow' did not like her military uniform, as it did not show off her figure. She kept fighting with the costumers to let her wear a tight belt and show off her curves.

* With the thousands of extras battling on the ground, dozens of airplanes flying around in the sky and hundreds of explosions going off everywhere, the only injury on the entire picture was incurred by veteran stunt pilot Dick Grace. A plane he was crashing was supposed to completely turn over, but it only turned partly over. Instead of being thrown clear of the plane as was the plan, Grace was hurled against part of the fuselage and broke his neck. He returned to the company after six weeks in the hospital.

[NZHayden]

other - Miss Congeniality

[ShoogarBear]

Wings . . . that was the movie that was always playing at the Bijoux in Petticoat Junction, right?

[CharlieMac]

Cloak and Dagger. The Riverwalk has come such a long way.

[Guru of Nothing]

Hands down, it's EvenHand.

[E20]

Blank Check is hella dumb, cause the bastard Kid makes out with the hot ass hoe at the end.

[batman2883]

Johnny be good

[Useruser666]

Nightrider 2000!!! Whooooooohooooooo! That movie sucked hardcore.

[pache100]

Well, one of my favorites that was filmed in the area was "The Great Waldo Pepper", filmed in Floresville and Seguin (and maybe some in Kerrville, too, if I remember right). I had a friend who was an extra in that movie. It was a really good story. And I enjoyed the scenery in the movie because I was familiar with some of it.

[nkdlunch]

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