Napa Valley Movies

 

Napa Valley Film Commission
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for feature-length films, TV or commercials.



The following movies were filmed in, or connected with, the Napa Valley

Apocalypse Now (1979)
Director: Francis Ford Coppola (owner of Niebaum-Coppola Winery in Rutherford)
Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Sam Bottoms, Laurence Fishburne, Dennis Hopper, Harrison Ford.
Some exterior shots were done in the valley, particularly on the boat traveling upriver. Also, a former Napa High student reports that "The sound effects were done at Memorial Stadium using Napa High School students. We did a lot of yelling as a group for the riot scene with the USO. Several students were then kept after the group was released and were taped running on the steps and the grass with and without shoes."

Bachelor, The (2002) (TV)
One full episode of this reality series.

Black Rain (1989)
Michael Douglas, Andy Garcia, Kate Capshaw.

Catholic School (1999)
Short documentary filmed at St. John's Catholic School in Napa

Deadly Harvest (1972) (TV)
Richard Boone, Michael Constantine, Patty Duke. Exterior scenes at a house just north of Yountville.

Dying Young (1991)
Julia Roberts, Colleen Dewhurst, Ellen Burstyn.

Encore! Encore! (1998) (TV)
Short-lived series starring Nathan Lane

Falconcrest (1981-1990) (TV)
Exterior winery shots filmed at Spring Mountain Winery in St. Helena and other locations throughout the valley.

Gates of Heaven (1978)
Documentary on Bubbling Well Pet Memorial Park, located just outside Napa.

Howard the Duck (1986)
Some scenes filmed at a now torn-down "restaurant" on the Carneros Highway just outside Napa.

Wells Fargo (1937)
Joel McCrea, Johnnie Mack Brown, Lloyd Nolan, Robert Cummings

Hunters Are For Killing (1970) (TV)
Martin Balsam, Melvyn Douglas, Suzanne Pleshette, Burt Reynolds, Larry Storch

Jack (1996)
Scene shot at St. Helena Elementary School

Killer Bees (1974) (TV)
Gloria Swanson, Kate Jackson.

Moonraker (1979)
Roger Moore.

Mumford (1999)
Scene shot in downtown St. Helena

My Old Man's Place (1972)

Once an Eagle (1976) (miniseries)

Pollyanna (1960)
Jane Wyman, Richard Egan, Karl Malden, Adolphe Menjou, Agnes Moorehead, Hayley Mills.

Shoot The Moon (1982)
Albert Finney, Diane Keaton.

They Knew What They Wanted (1940)
Tom Ewell, Charles Laughton, Carole Lombard, Karl Malden.

The Parent Trap (1998)
Portions were filmed at the Staglin Family Vineyard in Rutherford.

The Unholy Wife (1957)
Rod Steiger, Marie Windsor, Diana Dors.

This Earth is Mine (1959)
Rock Hudson, Jean Simmons, Claude Rains, Dorothy McGuire.

A Walk in the Clouds (1995)
Keanu Reeves, Anthony Quinn.
Extensive Napa Valley locations including: Mount Veeder Winery, Napa; Mayacamas Winery, Napa; Beringer Vineyards, St. Helena; Charles Krug Winery, St. Helena; Duckhorn Vineyards, St. Helena.

Wild in the Country (1961)
Elvis Presley, Tuesday Weld, John Ireland, Hope Lange, Gary Lockwood.