Sonoma County, California

Film locations

Sonoma County has served as a location for many major films, including (courtesy of oldmovies.com):

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Bodega Bay

See: Bodega Bay page

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Cloverdale

• Many Rivers to Cross (1955) Shot near Cloverdale.
• So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993) Scenes shot at Cloverdale Airport (others at Alcatraz and S.F.).

Cotati

• The Farmer's Daughter (1947) Shot in Penngrove and Cotati.
• The Flatliners (1990) Shot in Cotati, and also Los Angeles, Chicago Museum of Science and Industry.

Glen Ellen

• Shoot the Moon (1982) Shot in Glen Ellen and Jack London's Wolf House, both in Sonoma County (with additional shooting in Marin Co).

Occidental

• Nowhere to Run (1993) Shot on Coleman Valley Road, Sonoma County, Occidental, with farmhouse and pond scenes.

Penngrove

• The Farmer's Daughter (1947) Shot in Penngrove and Cotati.

Petaluma

See: Petaluma page

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Rohnert Park

• Basic Instinct (1992) 3 day shoot in Petaluma and Rohnert Park, with other scenes in Carmel and S.F.

Russian River

• Salomy Jane (1914) While there are one or two shots taken along the Russian River near Monte Rio in Sonoma, it was mostly filmed in Marin, with the background to almost every scene the unmistakable Mount Tamalpais.
• Braveheart (1925) Story about Indians, with many shots taken along the Russian River.
• Holiday Inn (1942) Exterior shots of the Village Inn Lodge in Monte Rio on the Russian River, dressed with tons of fake snow, was the "Holiday Inn" lodge setting.

Sebastopol

• Thieves' Highway (1949) Shot on Gold Ridge Road, Sebastopol.
• Smooth Talk (1985) Locations include Sebastopol, the Gravenstein Highway and Santa Rosa.

Santa Rosa

See: Santa Rosa page

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Sonoma

• Magic of Lassie (1978) Shot at Hop Kiln Winery, Sonoma.

Sonoma County (general)

• Bronco Billy Anderson (1915) The only one of Anderson's 400 short westerns that has been identified as have been made in Sonoma County.
• The Third Day (1965)
• Images (1972-U.S-British) Filmed mostly in Ireland.
• Heroes (1977)
• Mr. Billion (1977)
• Impulse (1984) Farm sequences filmed in Petaluma.
• (1988) Locations: Sonoma, Mount Tamalpais (Marin) and other Bay Area sites: Paramount Theatre, Oakland, San Bruno Malt Shop, S.F., and San Rafael.
• Nowhere to Run (1993) Shot on Coleman Valley Road, Sonoma County, Occidental, with farmhouse and pond scenes.
• The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
• Bandits (2001) Shot at the Flamingo Hotel and country roads around Sonoma County. One scene features a Clover milk truck featuring Clo the cow, a local icon.