We had heard that there was a movie set here in Deming, so today we went in search of it. I went to the visitors center to see what they knew about it. The lady there made a phone call to the man that owns the place. She gave me his number, I made a call and off we went. Wallace and Wanda, our managers, went with us to check it out. The man in the first pic is the owner who interduces himself as "Duke". He ask that you call ahead, I guess so he get into character. He built the town to give the movie studios a place in southern NM to shoot. He says that he was a stunt man in his early years and had worked with " The Duke" and Clint Eastwood. We were there for an hour and he never quit talking about all the films he was in and all the people he knows. I am not what sure what was true and what was not, but it all was interesting. He told us that the fim company that is getting ready to film a new "Lone Ranger" in NM has contacted him to use the set for the movie. In the movie Johnny Depp is going to play Tonto.
The town is pretty cool with a mix of old and not so old. We have been on several movie sites in our travels and most of them have walls that move in make rooms bigger. This one is all fixed walls so I'm not sure if the insides of the buildings would be used without remodeling. In conversation with Duke, he talked about the films here using the street for shots but never mentioned them using the inside of the buildings.
All in all we had a good time and enjoyed our visit to the site. We will wait to see if the "Lone Ranger" decides to use the streets for the new movie.
blacksmith shop
Main Street
Till next time
The town is pretty cool with a mix of old and not so old. We have been on several movie sites in our travels and most of them have walls that move in make rooms bigger. This one is all fixed walls so I'm not sure if the insides of the buildings would be used without remodeling. In conversation with Duke, he talked about the films here using the street for shots but never mentioned them using the inside of the buildings.
All in all we had a good time and enjoyed our visit to the site. We will wait to see if the "Lone Ranger" decides to use the streets for the new movie. 
Main Street
Till next time
2 comments:
Did he call you pilgrim?? :)
I was waiting for the picture of the blacksmith shop. Sounds like a cool day! How neat to meet someone that really worked with the "Duke". But better yet...I LOVE CLINT. He is my main man! Tell Wanda and Wallace we say Hi. Hope they remember us. Hope to see you down the road AND real soon!
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