The
Deer Hunter -
(Filmed in Mingo Junction) Robert DeNiro, Christopher
Walken, Meryl Streep "Academy Award for Best Picture
of the Year in 1978". A couple of Mingo citizens
who appeared in the movie, John
Buchmelter and Frank
DeVore.
James
Wright's Ohio - Koba and Smith Productions - A documentary
that portrays the famed poet from Martins Ferry, Ohio.
(Filmed in Mingo Junction.) Written, co-directed
and co-produced by Larry Smith, graduate of Mingo High
School. Former and current Mingo citizens in the
film include Susan Zaben, Harry Smith, Debbie Schmitt,
Michael Schmitt, Jean Smith, and Amelia Ferroni.
All The Marbles
- (Scene filmed in Mingo Junction) Peter Falk 1981
Heart Of
Steel - (Filmed in Mingo Junction) ABC Movie of
the Week, starred Peter Strauss, Pamela Reed, John Goodman.
1983
Reckless
- (Filmed in Weirton, WV and Mingo Junction) Adian Quinn,
Daryl Hannah. 1984
The
Night of the Hunter - (Filmed in Moundsville, WV)
Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, Peter
Graves 1955
Fool's Parade - (Filmed in Moundsville, WV) Jimmy
Stewart, George Kennedy, Anne Baxter, Kurt Russell 1971
The
Silence of the Lambs - (Scenes filmed in Bellaire,
OH) Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins 1991
OHMS - (Scenes filmed in New Philadelphia, OH) Leslie
Nielson (TV 1980)
Gung
Ho - (Scenes filmed in Shadyside, Ohio Stamping
Plant.) Michael Keaton, George Wendt, Mimi Rogers, John
Turturro. 1986
Vision
Quest - (Scenes filmed in Mingo Jct, Ohio) Matthew
Modine, Linda Fiorentino, Ronny Cox, Daphne Zuniga,
Forest Whitaker, Madonna. 1985