But you may be right about the inspiration but they filmed it south of Missoula and in Utah. I know the key grip well and some of the other crew members... all of whom thought it took a lot of poetic license with the story line and pasted it into a scene that wasn't what it purported to be, as Hollywood does. That's the part that seems to get the most resentment.
I don't really care except that people watch this stuff on teevee and then come here thinking some pretty strange stuff about the place and the people who live here. If you live and work here, you have to deal with a lot of misperceptions that people get from shows like that and expect to be true.
And then there's the issue of Costner and his persona non grata status in these parts.
Good movies that have been made on this area; A River Runs Through It, Horse Whisperer, Rancho Deluxe, The Ballad of Lefty Brown (which I highly recommend).
Don't think any teevee series has been filmed around here other than NG stuff which is documentary stuff.
I was just relaying what the local attitude toward the show and story line is around the place it's said to be about.
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