The Hunted To Be Filmed In Oregon

By Acheron February 8, 2001 8:16 AM

Tommy Lee Jones' next movie, The Hunted is set to be filmed in Portland and Oregon's Silver Falls State Park.

Filming will begin in mid-March and will take about 10 weeks to complete. William Friedkin ("The Exorcist," "Rules of Engagement") will direct the action-thriller, The Statesman Journal reported.

Jones plays an FBI "deep-woods tracker" who captures an assassin (Benicio Del Toro). When Del Toro escapes, Jones must team up with a female FBI agent (Connie Nielsen) to find the assassin before he comes after them.

The crew will spend two weeks shooting at Silver Falls, Oregon's largest state park, 26 miles east of Salem. The park will figure prominently in the film, said Liza McQuade of the Oregon Film and Video Office in Portland.

"It's a very big budget, so we're very pleased they chose Oregon," McQuade said.

I guess all of our Portland readers will have something to look forward to in the coming months. ?This story was shamelessly taken from Nando Times.

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Posted by wonko (ryan@wonko.com) on February 8, 2001 9:58 AM

Hooray! I love Silver Falls.

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 8, 2001 1:29 PM

Cool, I like movies with FBI agents chasing assasins before they come after them ... can't wait.

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Posted by Unico (Unico@nospam.com) on February 10, 2001 4:56 AM

They might be filming where I live. There were people here a couple of weeks ago scouting out a house on my street as a possible location. I might be able to meet the stars. That would be so cool.

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 14, 2001 12:55 AM

Sounds like another Tommy Lee Jones flop take-off of the Fugitive.  Lets see I guess this would be the third.  U.S. Marshalls, Double Jeopardy, and now: The Hunted.  When is Tommy going to start doing new material?  He's not.  Why quit the series if it keeps paying you more.  What a load of crap.

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 14, 2001 9:04 PM

Well, they filmed the movie Palmetto on the road where I grew up and although it was a great place to grow up, Palmetto stunk the joint out...that Woody, what a maroon!

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 23, 2001 12:56 PM

anyone know any contact info. for the production? When it ends?

yoda226@home.com

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on August 2, 2001 9:44 AM

I think Tommy is COOL! and his films are cool too .

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on December 2, 2002 2:25 AM

I have studied acting since I was 4 yr.s old
I would very much like to get some camera work in as I am going on to college next year with theatre being my major.
I am signed on as a extra for the movie being filmed here in Portland Oregon called Elephant. I would appreciate anything you have for me. thank you LSB in Portland,Oregon