Editing Boulder, Colorado (section)

==In popular culture==
[[File:MorkMindyHouse.jpg|thumb|right|upright|1619 Pine Street was used for the exterior shots of Mindy's house on the TV show ''[[Mork & Mindy]]''.]]

Woody Allen's film ''[[Sleeper (1973 film)|Sleeper]]'' (1973) was filmed on location in Boulder.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ucar.edu/communications/staffnotes/9806/here.html |title=Cut to the chase: Woody Allen at NCAR |publisher=UCAR |date=Jun 1998 |access-date=October 8, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117074634/http://www.ucar.edu/communications/staffnotes/9806/here.html |archive-date=January 17, 2012 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> Some houses and the [[Mesa Laboratory]] of the [[National Center for Atmospheric Research]], designed by [[I. M. Pei]], were used in the film.

Boulder was a setting for [[Stephen King]]'s book ''[[The Stand]]'' (1978), as the gathering point for some of the survivors of the superflu. King lived in Boulder for a little less than a year, beginning in the autumn of 1974, and wrote ''[[The Shining (novel)|The Shining]]'' (1977) during this period.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stephenking.com/the_author.html |title=About the author |publisher=StephenKing.com |access-date=October 8, 2011 |archive-date=September 17, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120917154420/http://www.stephenking.com/the_author.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

The television sitcom ''[[Mork & Mindy]]'' (1978–1982) was set in Boulder, with 1619 Pine St. serving as the exterior shot of Mindy's home.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sitcomsonline.com/morkfaq.html |title=Mork and Mindy FAQ |publisher=Sitcomsonline.com |access-date=September 3, 2012 |archive-date=September 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918192433/http://www.sitcomsonline.com/morkfaq.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The New York Deli, a now closed restaurant in the [[Pearl Street Mall]], was also featured prominently in the series.<ref>{{cite web |author=Mork and Mindy: New York Deli |url=http://www.colorado.com/filmed-colorado/mork-and-mindy-new-york-deli |title=Mork and Mindy. |publisher=Colorado.com |access-date=September 3, 2012 |archive-date=February 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202165817/http://www.colorado.com/filmed-colorado/mork-and-mindy-new-york-deli |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the American version of the television sitcom ''[[The Office (U.S. TV series)|The Office]]'', the character Michael Scott leaves the show in season 7 and moves with his fiancée to Boulder.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailycamera.com/boulder-county-news/ci_17959917 |newspaper=Daily Camera |date=April 29, 2011 |title='The Office' ex-boss Michael Scott moving to Boulder |author=Sarah Kuta |access-date=October 8, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030211848/http://www.dailycamera.com/boulder-county-news/ci_17959917 |archive-date=October 30, 2012 |url-status=live  }}</ref>

"Boulder to Birmingham" is a song written by [[Emmylou Harris]] and [[Bill Danoff]] which first appeared on Harris's 1975 album ''[[Pieces of the Sky]]''. It has served as something of a signature tune for the artist and recounts her feelings of grief in the years following the death of country rock star and mentor [[Gram Parsons]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/nov/22/emmylou-harris-on-her-greatest-hits-i-was-arrogant-enough-to-think-i-could-survive-a-flop|title=Emmylou Harris on her greatest hits: 'I was arrogant enough to think I could survive a flop'|date=November 22, 2018|website=the Guardian|access-date=May 24, 2021|archive-date=May 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525020249/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/nov/22/emmylou-harris-on-her-greatest-hits-i-was-arrogant-enough-to-think-i-could-survive-a-flop|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Comedy Central]] television show ''[[Broad City]]'' ends with the protagonist, Abby, moving to Boulder for an art [[fellowship]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=March 29, 2019 |title=Broad City Could Have Ended on One Final Twist |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/03/broad-city-series-finale-ending-abbi-jacobson-ilana-glazer |access-date=August 18, 2022 |magazine=Vanity Fair |language=en-US |archive-date=December 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201032750/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/03/broad-city-series-finale-ending-abbi-jacobson-ilana-glazer |url-status=live }}</ref>

Significant parts of the 2006 movie [[Catch and Release (2006 film)|Catch and Release]] were filmed in Boulder, and includes many well-known Boulder institutions such as [[Celestial Seasonings]], the Boulder Farmer's Market, and Pearl Street Mall.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Catch & Release Movie |url=https://www.bouldercoloradousa.com/film/catch-and-release-movie/ |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=www.bouldercoloradousa.com |language=en-us}}</ref>