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vacaenbaja
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About forty years ago or so some one wrote a book about a little boy who for some reason had to walk a large portion of the baja coastline living off
the land. I think he was trying to get back home or something. A few years later someone made a movie of it, most likely made for TV. I can't remember
the name of it. Does anyone know about this? Kind of like the Island of the Blue Dolfins, one solo central character and nature.
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Mexray
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Sorry...just couldn't resist another list...
...Of some of my All time favorite Baja flicks...with regrets to some great film makers....
Das Panga
The Maltese Pelican
Godfather Sur
Pirates of Bahia de Concepción
Lawrence de Baja
A Clockwork Ocotillo
Dial M for Mordida
Dog Day Siesta
The Beer Hunter
Some like it Jalapeno
The Bridge on the Rio Tijuana
Butch Cassidy and the Green Flash
The Sting Ray
Back to the Futon
Indiana Jones and the Matomi Adventure
Pulp Fishin'
Raging Ballenas
Full Metal Jejenes
Treasure of Sierra de San Pedro Martir
Mr. Smith Goes to Los Barriles
To Kill a Iguana
Lord of the Rocas
Apocalypse NAFTA
Dia de los Muertos Hard
Gone with the Whales
The African Madre
Twelve Margaritas
Rosemary's Bahia
Bride of Tequila
The Tequilavendor
Breakfast at NY Deli
All Quiet on the Western Playa
Bonnie and Cardon
The Man Who Shot Lazaro Card##as
Young FONATUR
The Lion Kino
A Streetcar Named Dorado
Reservoir Dolphins
Million Dollar Boojum
The Great Ejido
The Grapes de Guadalupe
Star Whales
2001: Hours in line at Otay Mesa
Forrest Gringo
The Wild Burros
...There's something for everyone here...a few 'gems', a few 'pebbles...
[Edited on 1-9-2008 by Mexray]
According to my clock...anytime is \'BAJA TIME\' & as Jimmy Buffett says,
\"It doesn\'t use numbers or moving hands It always just says now...\"
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David K
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Good list Mexray!
Seriously, in 1971-ish a film made the rounds in theatres about hunting from Baja to Alaska... I believe it was called The American Adventure...
It began in Baja, at Papa Fernandez', Gonzaga Bay where they HQ'd for the bighorn sheep hunt... That part was filmed in 1965 and they included a scene
with my parents arriving in their Wagoneer (that was a shock to see) and had no idea they were being filmed! The movie ended with the shooting of a
giant polar bear of Alaska. It wouldn't make it in today's P-C world, but 30 years ago things were different.
I can only imagine they filmed my folks driving into Gonzaga because seeing any vehicle there in '65 was pretty rare!
I have tried to find this film without any luck... you can see both my parents in it, so I would like to get a copy. Any help would be greatly
appreciated!
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DENNIS
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Great list, Mexray.....
Can I add one even if it's on the mainland? It's a classic called, "Debbie Does Durango." Remember that one? Betcha do.
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Wasn't Bogart's "Treasure of the Sierra Madre" - with the famous quote'Badges,we don't got to show you no stinking badges' filmed in or at least to
look like Baja? Great flick anyhow...
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TMW
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bent-rim
"Pray for the Wildcats" Staring Andy Griffith, William Shatner, the gay dad from Brady bunch and another guy as dirt bikers in Baja. It's a crack up.
There's more information at Wikipedia and it's available on DVD, although I think it's a bootleg. |
I remember that one Andy ends up a bad guy.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajadedom
Wasn't Bogart's "Treasure of the Sierra Madre" - with the famous quote'Badges,we don't got to show you no stinking badges' filmed in or at least to
look like Baja? Great flick anyhow... |
I don't know were it was filmed but the Mexican setting was Tampico or something like that south of Texas east side.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
| Quote: | Originally posted by CaboRon
Let´s not forget "The Old Man and the Sea".
John Houston directed this wonderful movie with dialogue taken from the book.
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Spencer Tracy was great... However, that wasn't Baja if I remember correctly... Cuba maybe? |
The book was set in Havana. Don't know where it was filmed. ++Ken++
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Mexray
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Some Treasure of Sierra Madre erata...
TSM has to be one of the best Mexican 'location' films ever...good actors, action, and that classic irony at the end to wrap it all up!
I think that was the only flick that John Huston directed his father, Walter...what great characters they were...I can just imagine the fun making
that film all those years ago!
The flick does indeed begin in the coastal 'village' of Tampico and moved into the Sierra Madre Mts north of Mexico City.
1. here's a recap of the basic story.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Treasure_of_the_Sierra_Madr...
2. Here's a list of all the location used to make the film.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040897/locations
3. And a map that shows Tampico and the Sierra Madre.
http://tinyurl.com/2gcyco
There's been many great films made since TSM, but it somehow just never loses original charm of a classic!
[Edited on 1-10-2008 by Mexray]
According to my clock...anytime is \'BAJA TIME\' & as Jimmy Buffett says,
\"It doesn\'t use numbers or moving hands It always just says now...\"
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MexicoTed
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Don't forget Ray Liotta in Inferno. Most of it was filmed in San Felipe and Mexicali. Haven't seen, but I remember hearing about it
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Alan
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Lat time I was out at Balandra (Oct) there was a lot of construction going on. It looked like they were building some kind of facades for a movie
shoot. Does anybody have any more info on it?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Mexray
...Of some of my All time favorite Baja flicks...with regrets to some great film makers....
Das Panga
The Maltese Pelican
Godfather Sur
Pirates of Bahia de Concepción
Lawrence de Baja
A Clockwork Ocotillo
Dial M for Mordida
Dog Day Siesta
The Beer Hunter
Some like it Jalapeno
The Bridge on the Rio Tijuana
Butch Cassidy and the Green Flash
The Sting Ray
Back to the Futon
Indiana Jones and the Matomi Adventure
Pulp Fishin'
Raging Ballenas
Full Metal Jejenes
Treasure of Sierra de San Pedro Martir
Mr. Smith Goes to Los Barriles
To Kill a Iguana
Lord of the Rocas
Apocalypse NAFTA
Dia de los Muertos Hard
Gone with the Whales
The African Madre
Twelve Margaritas
Rosemary's Bahia
Bride of Tequila
The Tequilavendor
Breakfast at NY Deli
All Quiet on the Western Playa
Bonnie and Cardon
The Man Who Shot Lazaro Card##as
Young FONATUR
The Lion Kino
A Streetcar Named Dorado
Reservoir Dolphins
Million Dollar Boojum
The Great Ejido
The Grapes de Guadalupe
Star Whales
2001: Hours in line at Otay Mesa
Forrest Gringo
The Wild Burros
...There's something for everyone here...a few 'gems', a few 'pebbles...
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Great ! 
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Martyman
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Great list Mexray. I've seen The Bride of Tequila numerous times!!!
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Nowadays ya need a passport to go home to the US. But, in the Baja "Badges? I don't need no stinking badges" as was said to Humphrey Bogart in the old
film Treasure of the Sierra Madre. Ah, the good ole days.
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