Amarillo is the Spanish name for "yellow" and the city is known as "The Yellow Flower of Texas" as well.
The city is the fourteenth most populous city in the state of Texas by being home to nearly 270,000 residents. America's only one nuclear weapon assembly and disassembly facility, Pantex is also situated in Amarillo which is also caused for the city's nickname 'Bomb City'.
As a beautiful city with several attractive landmarks, this has provided great locations for many movies. Here are a few of them.
Bomb City (2017)
Crime drama story based on true life events, directed by Jameson Brooks and co-written by Jameson Brooks and Sheldon R. Chick. The movie’s name is based on the city's nickname and also Bomb City owns thirteen awards.
Brian Deneke and his friends, a group of teenagers who are huge fans and followers of punk music and its subculture. This group and the jocks from a local high school football team, Tascosa rebels fight continuously in the city. They start a huge fight on a night in a parking lot in Amarillo, which caused Brian Deneke's death due to vehicular manslaughter.
As the movie is based on Brian's true story, it shows the criminal case and investigations at the end where surprisingly the case is closed as the verdict of not guilty even when Brian's death was an obvious murder.
The movie talks about how questionable and condemnable is American justice at times.
Filming location:
Amarillo, Texas, USA
Kreep (2016)
Action, adventure, and crime story written and directed by Brett Bentman.
Kreep, is a Hispanic young woman who is taken across west Texas by a dangerous bounty hunter who is known as Grady. When they are on their way, they come across a thief, Whitman Thaw, and a farmer. As they progress their journey,
This group, Kreep, Grady, Whitman Thaw, and the farmer face an adventurous and dangerous experience that is full of fights, threats at gunpoint, and shootings. Being a woman Kreep fights back strongly and fearlessly as well. Do you think the group will be able to survive across Texas?
Filming location:
Amarillo, Texas, USA
Edge of the World (2018)
Directed by Randy Redroaf and the writers of this drama story are, Charla Driver, Colin Holmes, and Richard W. Munchkin. The movie was awarded as the Best Film at the Frame4Frame Film Festival.
Mitch Davis, a man who has a winning history as a Boys Ranch cross-country coach, has been a strong guy who was respected by his peers until he faced a tragic loss of a loved one. His whole life changes with the incident and he starts to isolate himself from society until he realizes that he needs to be strong again to make the young athletes successful. As he was determined to help the youth reach their goals, he starts coaching a group of youngsters who were also been struggling with their lives as their pasts were still haunting them. The movie shows how coach Davis empowers this group of athletes to heal from their mental trauma and achieve goals while he is coping with his own struggles as well. Do you think Davis will be able to achieve his goals as a coach?
Filming location:
Amarillo, Texas, USA
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), waking up in Reno (2002), American Drug War: The Last White Hope (2007), A Greater Yes: The story of Amy Newhouse (2009) are a few more of other award-winning movies that were filmed in this beautiful city.
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Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amarillo,_Texas
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4351548/?ref_=adv_li_tt
https://abc7amarillo.com/news/local/boys-ranch-film-edge-of-the-world-premieres-march-2
https://www.imdb.com/video/vi2918170393?playlistId=tt3846182&ref_=tt_ov_vi