Maps of Movies

Wild Wild West (1999)

Where Wild Wild West says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

Steam-powered spiders, one rail chase, and a Washington briefing: the film's real sets are a Burbank studio, an Idaho railway and a New Mexico ranch.

Scenes and places

President Grant briefs the two agents (1869)

President Grant tells West and Gordon that the country's key scientists are vanishing. He gives them one week and a train to find who is behind it.

Set in The White House, Washington, D.C. — President Grant gives West and Gordon one week to find the kidnapped scientists. Google Maps · Apple Maps

The executive mansion in the capital; here it is the story's starting room, not a filming location.

Aboard The Wanderer (1869)

Aboard their train, West and Gordon examine a scientist's severed head and find a clue that points to Dr. Loveless. The two keep bickering over method.

Set in Inside The Wanderer (moving train) — West and Gordon examine the severed head of a missing scientist in their private train.

A film studio lot in Burbank where interior sets were built.

Filmed at Warner Bros. Studios Burbank, California — The Wanderer's interior scenes were shot on sets at this studio, according to the Wikipedia production section. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Loveless's party and the steam tank (1869)

Disguised, West and Gordon slip into Loveless's party and rescue Rita. Loveless then shows off a steam-powered tank and turns on his own general.

Set in Loveless's party (location not named) — Loveless hosts a party where the duo rescue Rita Escobar, then demonstrates his steam-powered tank.

The plot does not name where this party is held.

The railroad chase (1869)

West, Gordon and Rita find Loveless chasing them in an artillery train. West disables it, then a sleeping-gas trick knocks out all three.

Set in Western railroad (no place named) — Loveless pursues The Wanderer on an artillery train; West disables it.

A historic short-line railway in north-central Idaho.

Filmed at Camas Prairie Railroad, Idaho — Exterior train sequences were shot in Idaho on the Camas Prairie Railroad; the source does not tie it to a single scene. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Spider Canyon (1869)

Escaping a trap, West and Gordon follow Loveless's private track into a hidden canyon. They see a mechanical spider with nitroglycerin cannons.

Set in Spider Canyon (fictional) — Loveless's hidden industrial complex and the base of his giant mechanical spider.

An invented canyon; the sources name no real place for it.

The golden spike ceremony (1869)

At the ceremony Loveless captures Grant and a disguised Gordon. West is shot while sneaking into the spider.

Set in Golden spike ceremony (no place named) — The transcontinental railroad's completion ceremony, where Loveless seizes Grant.

The film names no real site for this ceremony.

The spider attacks a town (1869)

Loveless levels a town with the spider to make Grant give up. Gordon's flying bicycle carries him and West to the machine.

Set in A town destroyed by the spider (unnamed) — Loveless destroys a town to force Grant to surrender.

A former Western film set in New Mexico, once used for Silverado.

Filmed at Cook Movie Ranch (now Cerro Pelon Ranch), near Santa Fe, New Mexico — Western-town set where the spider's town attack was shot; a chimney reading "Kasdan Iron Monger" appears in the scene. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Characters

• Captain James West — A U.S. Army captain who hunts the man he blames for his parents' death.
• Artemus Gordon — A U.S. Marshal and inventor who loves disguises.
• Dr. Arliss Loveless — A legless ex-Confederate scientist who plans to break up the United States.