where was butch cassidy and the sundance kid filmed

where was butch cassidy and the sundance kid filmed

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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid was filmed in several notable locations, prominently including:

  • Zion National Park, Utah, USA. Much of the film's landscape and key scenes were shot here, including the ghost town of Grafton, a deserted Mormon community used for the setting where Butch and Sundance hide with schoolteacher Etta Place. Etta's home was built for the film, while other buildings like the church-turned-schoolhouse and barn are historic structures within Grafton.
  • Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railway in southwest Colorado, USA. This was used for the railway robbery scenes.
  • Trimble Bridge over the Animas River near Durango, Colorado, for the iconic jump into the river canyon scene.
  • Cuernavaca and Tlayacapan, Morelos, Mexico. The final shootout scene with the Bolivian Army was filmed in Tlayacapan.
  • 20th Century Fox Studios in Los Angeles, California, where some interior and town scenes were filmed on studio sound stages.

Additional Utah locations related to the film include Snow Canyon State Park and the city of St. George near Zion National Park, which offers the iconic red rock desert landscape visible in the film. These locations were used for various scenes representing the wild American West setting of the story.

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