ITTN’s Allie Sheehan hooked up with Utah Office of Tourism as it hosted an enjoyable night of movies and fun, in Dublin, on Thursday.
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Hosted by Utah Office of Tourism representatives Jenni Bridgman, Lily McKeown and Emma Checketts, the evening – held at The Stella Cinema, Ranelagh – promoted Utah as a tourist destination, while also celebrating 100 years of Utah’s famous links to the movies and television; as one of the most used film locations.
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While Utah is a haven for hikers, climbers and skiers; it is also of huge interest to movie buffs.
Famous movies such as Forrest Gump, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Thelma & Louise, 127 Hours, Con Air, Footloose, Easy Rider, and Back to the Future III were filmed with Utah’s famous mountainous landscape – some of which forms the famous Rockies – in the background.
Indeed, the State has the nickname of ‘Little Hollywood’, such is its heavy use on the silver screen down through the years.