Editing Utah (section)

===Entertainment===
{{See also|List of appearances of Monument Valley in the media|Category:Films shot in Utah}}

Utah is the setting of or the filming location for many books, films,<ref name = "IMDb Utah">{{Cite web | publisher = Internet Movie Database ([[IMDb]]) | url = https://www.imdb.com/search/title?locations=Utah&ref_=ttloc_loc_1 | title = Filming Locations | access-date = July 21, 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170525081852/http://www.imdb.com/search/title?locations=Utah&ref_=ttloc_loc_1 | archive-date = May 25, 2017 | url-status = live }}</ref> television series,<ref name="IMDb Utah"/> music videos, and video games. Southern Utah is the site of many westerns, including [[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]] and [[Gunsmoke]], along with modern movies like [[Thelma & Louise|Thelma and Louise]] and [[Forrest Gump]]. The [[Bonneville Salt Flats]] are also a popular location, seen in films such as [[Independence Day (1996 film)|Independence Day]] and [[Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End]]. Utah's capital [[Salt Lake City]] is the final location in the video game ''[[The Last of Us]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Real World Architecture and Locations in The Last of Us |date=July 30, 2013 |url=http://www.realityisagame.com/archives/2070/real-world-architecture-and-locations-in-the-last-of-us/ |publisher=Reality is a Game |access-date=September 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127021718/http://www.realityisagame.com/archives/2070/real-world-architecture-and-locations-in-the-last-of-us/ |archive-date=November 27, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Sundance Film Festival]] was founded in 1978, and takes place every January in [[Park City, Utah|Park City]]. It is considered one of the "big five" [[film festival]]s, and is the largest independent film festival in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Nick |date=2024-02-02 |title=Reely Big: The Largest Film Festivals in the World |url=https://www.discoveryuk.com/building-big/reely-big-the-largest-film-festivals-in-the-world/ |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=Discovery UK |language=en-US}}</ref>

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File:Monumentvalley.jpg|[[Monument Valley]] in southeastern Utah. This area was used to film many Hollywood [[Westerns]].
File:Saltph26.jpg|The otherworldly look of the [[Bonneville Salt Flats]] has been used in many movies and commercials.
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