Mescal Movie Set in AZ being restored. What to know and how to visit
Home to films such as "Maverick" and "Tombstone," the Mescal Movie Set has been getting some much needed restoration. Here's how you can visit.
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Home to films such as "Maverick" and "Tombstone," the Mescal Movie Set has been getting some much needed restoration. Here's how you can visit.
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Telling tales of life in the Wild West was all in a day’s work for the folks behind the Mescal Movie Set east of Tucson.
New owners plan to rebuild iconic Mescal Movie Set in Benson July 20, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail BENSON, Ariz. (AP) — The Mescal Movie Set once made Benson one of the most recognizable western cinematic towns on the big screen. The set was built in 1939 by Columbia Pictures for a movie called “Arizona.” Some 215 films followed — such as “Tombstone” and “The Quick and the Dead” in the early 1990s — and 28 television series also were shot on the location. The last movie filmed at Mescal was in 2014 and the deteriorating set was saved from destruction by local ranchers. Now, the...