where was the movie book of eli filmed
The Book of Eli In May 2007, Columbia Pictures and Warner Bros. signed the Hughes brothers to direct The Book of Eli, based on a script by Gary Whitta. (The brothers had last directed the 2001 film From Hell.)[7] Subsequently, Anthony Peckham rewrote the script, and in September 2008 Denzel Washington won the lead role.[8] The following October, Gary Oldman was cast to star alongside Washington.[9] Principal photography began in February 2009 and took place in New Mexico.[10] Alcon Entertainment financed the film and co-produced with Silver Pictures.[11]
For a Few Dollars More The film was shot in Almería, Spain, with interiors done at Rome's Cinecittà Studios.[2] The production designer Carlo Simi built the town of "El Paso" in the Almería desert:[15] it still exists, as a tourist attraction Mini Hollywood.[16] The town of Agua Caliente, where Indio and his gang flee after the bank robbery, is Albaricoques, a small "pueblo blanco" on the Níjar plain.