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From the birth of the film industry, Kern has been a big part of movie magic. Whether the script calls for the Old West or the distant future, for locations around the world, or for a site out of this world, Hollywood looks to us. You may also recognize the backgrounds from your favorite television shows (Enterprise, E.R., Chicago Hope, Providence) and music videos (Creed, Vanessa Williams, Michael and Janet Jackson, Backstreet Boys) on your tour through Kern.
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Many of the great movie cowboys earned their spurs in the Kern River Valley, where displays at the Kernville Museum chronicle the exploits of John Wayne, Tex Ritter, Gene Autry and Randolph Scott among others. Humphrey Bogart searched for the Treasure of the Sierra Madre on Split Mountain, and Cary Grant dodged the homicidal biplane from North By Northwest near Wasco. Julia Roberts, Susan Sarandon, Jack Nicholson, Robert DeNiro, Dustin Hoffman, Sandra Bullock, Meg Ryan and Bruce Willis have all filmed major features in Kern County.
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Some of our highlights include:
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- Arvin-Lamont: The X Files-Fight the Future, Joy Ride, The Grapes of Wrath.
- Bakersfield area: Best Laid Plans, Psycho, Any Which Way You Can.
- Boron: Erin Brockovich, The Carpetbaggers.
- Buttonwillow/Lost Hills: The Cell, Wag the Dog.
- California City: The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, The Kid.
- Frazier Park/Los Padres: City of Angels, Deep Impact.
- Kern River Valley: Stagecoach; Treasure of the Sierra Madre; It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
- Mojave:
Armageddon, Speed, The Right Stuff.
- Red Rock Canyon: Jurassic Park, Starship Troopers, Capricorn One.
- Ridgecrest: Star Trek V, Planet of the Apes (2001), Holes, Dinosaur.
- Rosamond: Rat Race
- Taft: The Best of Times, Five Easy Pieces, Thelma and Louise.
- Tehachapi: Star Trek-Generations, Terminal Velocity.
- Wasco:
Frailty,
North By Northwest.
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