Where was Paris, Texas filmed?

Name: Paris, Texas
Genre: Drama
Released: 1984
Cast: Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell, Aurore Clément, Bernhard Wicki

1984 film, directed by Wim Wenders.

United States

The story is set in Texas, about 615 miles (990 km) from where it was filmed.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in: Texas; Los Angeles; Houston
Filmed in: United States
Distance: About 615 miles (990 km) between Texas and the nearest filming location.
Distance: About 1,154 miles (1,857 km) between Los Angeles and the nearest filming location.
Distance: About 719 miles (1,156 km) between Houston and the nearest filming location.

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Released: 1984
Director: Wim Wenders
Cast: Harry Dean Stanton Nastassja Kinski Dean StockwellAurore ClémentBernhard Wicki John LurieHunter CarsonViva
Genre: Drama
Awards: Palme d'Or; National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

Travis Henderson is wandering through the West Texas desert holding an empty gallon water jug.

Walt travels from Los Angeles to Terlingua, Texas, to pick up Travis, whom he had presumed dead after not hearing from him for four years.

The brothers arrive in Los Angeles, where Walt and Anne live in the Verdugo Hills overlooking the Burbank Airport.

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