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Summer 2024
Fargo
FARGO
Season 5
Set in Minnesota and North Dakota, the wide desolate
plains and farmland, the opulent Lyon Estate, and the
residential Minnesotan streets and homes were all filmed
within a 30-mile radius of the same Canadian city: Stavely,
Alberta. Instantly recognizable and dynamic spaces
encompass the mythical, the soulful and the bizarre as a
seemingly typical Midwestern housewife is plunged back
into a life she thought she had left behind. The Tillman
Ranch exudes utility and the ultra-conservative values of
an abusive spouse, while an Easter Seals Camp plays for
Camp Utopia, a surreal safe haven nestled in a protective
curtain of pine trees where she can face her trauma and
learn how to fight back.
OUTSTANDING LOCATIONS IN A CONTEMPORARY TELEVISION SERIES
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
MR. & MRS. SMITH
From the bustling streets of New York to picturesque Italian
towns, secret agents posing as a married couple navigate
their double lives and a complex relationship. Rarely filmed
city streets, an old mall under the Manhattan Bridge, and
a Brooklyn rooftop that looks down at an open-air but
below-street-level subway line propel their dangerous and
unpredictable missions. In Italy, a foot chase in an old town
on Lake Como is inspired by its natural maze of alleys,
steps and courtyards. An action sequence on a rooftop
bar at the top of a mountain showcases the snow-capped
Italian Dolomites. Gorgeous landscapes contrast with the
violence and mirror the dual nature of their lives.
RESERVATION DOGS
Season 3
A group of teens come-of-age in the fictional town of
Okern, inspired by Native communities and reservations
in Oklahoma, where the series is filmed. Returning home
from last season's California pilgrimage, a character is
stranded at the never-before-filmed Great Salt Plains
State Park and National Wildlife Refuge, where he meets
a strange character who will be revealed as a crucial link
in the backstory of the reservation elders and inspire a
daring rescue from a hospital. The grounds of Baccone
College, founded in the 1880s, tells the story of a Native
boarding school, where a mythic character seeks revenge
for the brutality she experienced as a young girl. Themes
of growing up, expectation, belonging and the embracing
of traditional values are told with surreal humor, heart and
heartache—in the authentic voice of the Native people
who are telling the story.
Reservation Dogs
