Film History
Valley of Fire is a popular location to shoot automobile commercials and other commercial photography. It has provided a setting for the following films and television shows:
- The Professionals with Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, and Claudia Cardinale was filmed in 1966. As of 2007 a piece of the movie set is still up for tourists to view.
- The 1984-1987 CBS TV show Airwolf used the Valley of Fire, named The Valley of the Gods in the show, as the secret hiding place of the stolen Super-helicopter Airwolf.
- Cherry 2000 uses the Beehive group camping area as the Sky Ranch compound of the lead antagonist.
- The outside Mars scenes from Total Recall, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, were almost totally shot in Valley of Fire.
- Star Trek Generations was filmed in Valley of Fire, and it was here that Captain Kirk fell to his death. In the film, Lake Mead is clearly visible in the background.
- Criss Angel filmed an extreme stunt on his show: Criss Angel Mindfreak here.
- Domino. A scene in the film where the protagonists crash their RV in the Valley of Fire. The title character played by Keira Knightley is later described as the Angel of Fire by their rescuer, played by Tom Waits.
- Transformers, directed by Michael Bay, filmed a scene where the Autobots are driving along the valley with other military vehicles during sunset.
- Need for Speed: The Run, a car racing video game, features an event that is situated here.
Lana Del Rey's "Ride" music video was filmed throughout the park.
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