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Marketing, the dramatic US-
Mexico border wall and the
one-of-a-kind Titan Missile
Museum, to name just a few."
One of Prosansky's favorite
stops was in Bisbee, about an
hour outside of Tucson. "It's
an absolutely stunning former
mining town with plenty of
unique corridors, changing
topography and colorful
architecture to tell a multitude
of stories. Lowell, AZ, just
outside the Bisbee city limits
is icing on the cake for an alien
invasion scene or film!"
"My personal favorite was
the McCain Loop Drive within
Tucson Mountain Park!" says
Paul Messana/LMGI. This
four-mile stretch is often used
as an idyllic winding desert
road for car commercials, but
more recently was featured
in a prominent driving
sequence for Academy Award-
nominated film The Fabelmans
(2000).
The tour's highlight was the
chance to cross the border
into Mexico. Since 1999, Film
Tucson has helped bridge
the gap for productions
between Southern Arizona
and Northern Mexico. As a
Sonoran-born native, Film
Commissioner Lopez helped
open up a whole new world of
filmable locations in border
towns such as Naco and
Nogales.
Film Tucson Director
Catalanotte hopes the
Fam Tours will help attract
filmmakers from around
the world. Trimble is eager
to bring production across
state lines from California.
"Tucson is such a short flight
or drive from Los Angeles
that it really needs to be
on the radar of Hollywood
film and commercial
productions, especially when
one considers the economic
incentives as well."
Film Tucson, the official
film office for Southern
Arizona, can help make any
project a reality. For more
information, visit https://
www.visittucson.org/film
L-R standing: Peter Catalanotte, Neal Prosansky/LMGI, Ed Lippman, Paul Boydston/LMGI,
L-R seated: Robert Yager, Jordana Kronen/LMGI, Jack Denny, Paul Messana/LMGI.
Downtown Tucson. Photo by Scott Trimble/LMGI
