Showing posts with label Alabama Hills Gene Autry Rock. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alabama Hills Gene Autry Rock. Show all posts

Saturday, June 09, 2012

Chained! (The Alabama Hills Series)

Hmmm....
This is from the trailer of Django Unchained a movie coming out later this year. Props to Quentin Tarantino for filming here.

Anyone have a clue where this was filmed at?

Hint: yeah, I've covered it before.

Edit (June 20, 2012): Okay, time to show where the above picture was filmed at. It's an easy one. I probably have a picture like the above somewhere on cd/dvd, but can't find it. In fact, I did have video footage from last summer looking in this direction, but decided to cut it out of the video I did. Then I deleted it. Let me give you something that should work, and then maybe I will add something more by the time the movie comes out.
Here is another angle of Gene Autry Rock. There are about four rocks on the left side in the background.

Now compare those rocks to the ones you see on the right in the background of the trailer picture. The big rock that is pointing straight up in the trailer picture is Gene Autry Rock. So, the trailer picture is looking more to the south where you do not get to see Gene Autry Rock in all its glory.

Edit (December 23, 2012): Okay, taken last summer, something like this:



OR...

"Chained!" (Youtube Version)

Gene Autry Rock Blog (and links to videos)

Saturday, September 23, 2006

Gene Autry Rock Area in Hopalong Cassidy's False Colors (The Alabama Hills Series)

(GPS: N36 36.240 W118 07.025)

This is probably the most famous rock formation in Alabama Hills. The big protruding one is Gene Autry Rock. I have seen it a bunch of times in films. What you see below is the Autry Rock along with some of the rocks in the background. This particular movie picture is from Hopalong Cassidy's False Colors. Hopalong Cassidy is with some of his side kicks in the between the two major rock formations.
I shot the background rocks which look about right. However, the Autry Rock is shot back towards Lone Pine Peak. That is why it looks backwards in the pictures. In the following picture I added a picture from the Gene Autry movie Boots and Saddles which is why this rock was named after Gene.
Gene Autry Rock (Youtube Version)