From Buster Keaton’s ‘General’ to ‘Animal House’
The Beaver State has appeared in a wide range of movies since the silent era
The General 1926
A Civil War tale of a young man’s efforts to rescue his train and his girl from their captors, this silent comedy classic co-directed by and starring Buster Keaton was shot on the Oregon, Pacific & Eastern Railway in the Willamette Valley using three vintage locomotives purchased locally.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 1975
This Oscar-winning adaptation of Ken Kesey’s 1962 novel was filmed entirely on location in the state, primarily at the Oregon State Hospital in the capital city of Salem, a working psychiatric facility, with real patients appearing alongside a cast led by Jack Nicholson.
National Lampoon’s Animal House 1978
The University of Oregon in Eugene stands in for Faber College in this profane comedy, with the former site of the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity playing the decrepit Delta House. The parade sequence was shot in Cottage Grove.
The Goonies 1985
The adventure comedy was filmed at several locations in the northwestern city of Astoria, where it is set, including the Flavel House Museum and the old Clatsop County Jail, now home to the Oregon Film Museum. Coastal scenes were filmed more than 26 miles to the south at Ecola State Park.
Twilight 2008
Based on Stephenie Meyer’s seminal YA vampire novel, it was shot in numerous locations in the Portland area, including the ultra-modern Hoke House and Leodis V. Mcdaniel High School, as well as in Silver Falls and Ecola state parks and the towns of Oregon City and St. Helens.
Wild 2014
The story of a troubled woman (played by Reese Witherspoon) who embarks on a solo hiking trip on the Pacific Coast Trail, it was filmed in the cities of Ashland, Bend, Eugene and Portland, Smith Rock State Park and Crater Laker National Park.