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The display at the start of the trails at the Vasquez Rocks Natural Area offers a quick glimpse into the history of the movies and television programs that have been shot at the famous location. There are photos and flyers from recent, well-known productions to those so old they are barely remembered by film historians.
Production teams have been coming here since 1905, and anyone who has ever watched the big or small screen probably recognizes the unforgettable profile of these unusual rocks in Aqua Dulce.
It's no wonder the site is so popular with filmmakers. The dramatic features of the area well-suit both "alien landscapes" and "Wild West" settings. Do you remember Captain James T. Kirk up on the rocks in "Star Trek"?
Here is just a brief overview of productions that used the area.
1920s:
"Human Stuff" with Harry Carey
"Beyond the Sierras"
1930s:
"Rocks for Wild Horse Mesa" with Randolph Scott
"Return of the Bengal Lancers"
"Arabian Nights" with Cornell Wilde
1940s:
"Rose of the Rio Grande"
"Law and Order" with Walter Huston and Harry Carey
"Young Buffalo Bill"
1950s and 1960s:
"Bonanza"
"Big Valley"
"High Chaparral"
"Gun Smoke"
"The Lone Ranger" with Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels
"Cheyenne" with Clint Walker
"Lost Planet"
"Star Trek"
"Fort Utah"
1970s:
"Wild West" with Robert Conrad
"Six Million Dollar Man" with Lee Majors
"The Bionic Woman" with Lindsay Wagner
"Battlestar Galactica"
"Blazing Saddles" with Mel Brooks
"Hearts of the West"
1980s:
"McGyver"
"Hell Town" with Robert Blake
Taco Bell commercial "Run for the Border"
"Hunter"
"Airwolf"
1990s:
"For the Boys" with Bette Midler and James Cahn
"The Flintstones" with Rosie O'Donnell, Rick Moranis, John Goodman and Elizabeth Perkins
"Jingle All the Way" with Arnold Schwarzenegger
"In the Army Now" with Pauly Shore
"Tales from the Crypt"
"Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey" with Keanu Reeves
2000 and beyond:
"Rat Race"
"Bubble Boy"
"Wild Wild West" with Will Smith
"Planet of the Apes"
"Jag"
"The Agency"
"Holes"
"Kill Bill"
"First Daughter"
"Charmed"
"Alias"
"Alpha Dog"
"Las Vegas"
"Malcolm in the Middle"
"Without a Trace"
"Mama's Boy" with Dianne Keaton
"Last Comic Standing"
"Saving Grace"
"A Single Man"
"NCIS"
"CSI"
