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Reader: These movies are things to do in Denver when you’re dead!

Michael Roberts recently pulled together a post on the "Ten best 'Colorado' movie posters" -- some of which have no more connection to Colorado than a word used in the title. The featured films range from Colorado Kid to The Man From Colorado, and no matter where the movies were...
By Patricia CalhounOctober 25, 2012
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Michael Roberts recently pulled together a post on the “Ten best ‘Colorado’ movie posters” — some of which have no more connection to Colorado than a word used in the title. The featured films range from Colorado Kid to The Man From Colorado, and no matter where the movies were actually made, says one commenter, they’re all all enough to put you in a state of somnambulance.

See also:
– Photos: Ten “best” Colorado movie posters
–-Videos: Ten TV shows you didn’t know were set in Colorado

Tim Brockert definitely didn’t appreciate the effort. He reviews the movies with this:

Things to do in Denver when you’re dead!

What’s your favorite movie set in Colorado? Actually filmed in Colorado? Post your suggestions below.

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12’s public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

patricia.calhoun@westword.com

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