page_title: Arizona
section_title: Film
hierarchical_section_title: Arizona / Art and culture / Film
caption_attribution_description: English: Monument Valley: view from John Ford's Point, located in northern Arizona and southern Utah, USA.The 5 expressed geologic units: 5--(resistant en:caprock)-Shinarump Conglomerate4--(horizontal, layered)-en:Moenkopi Formation3--(cliffs)-De Chelly Sandstone-(also in en:Canyon De Chelly National Monument)2--(skirts)-Organ Rock Formation- (of Utah, &amp; northern Arizona)1--(local regions of Mon. Vall.)-en:Cedar Mesa Sandstone) Français&#160;: Monument Valley: vue du Point de John Ford, nord de l'Arizona et sud de l'Utah, États-Unis
context_page_description: Arizona is a state in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the Western and the Mountain states. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona shares the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico; its other neighboring states are Nevada and California to the west and the Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California to the south and southwest.
  Arizona is the 48th state and last of the contiguous states to be admitted to the Union, achieving statehood on February 14, 1912. Historically part of the territory of Alta California in New Spain, it became part of independent Mexico in 1821. After being defeated in the Mexican–American War, Mexico ceded much of this territory to the United States in 1848. The southernmost portion of the state was acquired in 1853 through the Gadsden Purchase.
  Southern Arizona is known for its desert climate, with very hot summers and mild winters.
context_section_description: Several major Hollywood films, such as Billy Jack, U Turn, Waiting to Exhale, Just One of the Guys, Can't Buy Me Love, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, The Scorpion King, The Banger Sisters, Used Cars, and Raising Arizona have been made there (as have many Westerns). The 1993 science fiction movie Fire in the Sky, based on a reported alien abduction in the town of Snowflake, was set in Snowflake. It was filmed in the Oregon towns of Oakland, Roseburg, and Sutherlin.
  The 1974 film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, for which Ellen Burstyn won the Academy Award for Best Actress, and also starring Kris Kristofferson, was set in Tucson. The climax of the 1977 Clint Eastwood film The Gauntlet takes place in downtown Phoenix. The final segments of the 1984 film Starman take place at Meteor Crater outside Winslow. The Jeff Foxworthy comedy documentary movie Blue Collar Comedy Tour was filmed almost entirely at the Dodge Theatre. Some of Alfred Hitchcock's classic film Psycho was shot in Phoenix, the ostensible home town of the main character.
  Some of the television shows filmed or set in Arizona include The New Dick Van Dyke Show, Medium, Alice, The First 48, Insomniac with Dave Attell, Cops, and America's Most Wanted. The TV sitcom Alice, which was based on the movie was set in Phoenix. Twilight had passages set in Phoenix at the beginning and the end of the film.
caption: View of Monument Valley from John Ford's Point
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