Devil's Tower National Monument in Wyoming, USA features prominently in which landmark 1977 science fiction film?
"Star"" (1974). ""Star Wars"" (1977) and ""Close Encounters of the Third Kind"" (1977) were box-office hits that brought about a huge increase in science fiction films. In 1979, """" brought the television series to the big screen for the first time. It was also in this period that the Walt Disney Company released many science fiction films for family audiences such as ""The Island at the Top of the World"", ""Escape to Witch Mountain"", ""The Black Hole"", ""Flight of the Navigator"", and ""Honey, I Shrunk the Kids"". The sequels to ""Star Wars"", ""The Empire Strikes Back"" (1980) and ""Return of"
"Tower. Recognizing its unique characteristics, the United States Congress designated the area a U.S. forest reserve in 1892 and in 1906 Devils Tower became the nation's first National Monument. The 1977 movie ""Close Encounters of the Third Kind"" used the formation as a plot element and as the location of its climactic scenes. Its release was the cause of a large increase in visitors and climbers to the monument. In recent years, climbing Devils Tower has increased in popularity. The first known ascent of Devils Tower by any method occurred on July 4, 1893, and is accredited to William Rogers"
"Devils Tower Devils Tower (also known as Bear Lodge Butte) is a laccolithic butte composed of igneous rock in the Bear Lodge Mountains (part of the Black Hills) near Hulett and Sundance in Crook County, northeastern Wyoming, above the Belle Fourche River. It rises 1,267 feet (386 m) above the Belle Fourche River, standing 867 feet (265 m) from summit to base. The summit is 5,112 feet (1,559 m) above sea level. Devils Tower was the first United States National Monument, established on September 24, 1906, by President Theodore Roosevelt. The monument's boundary encloses an area of . In recent"
"National Monuments. On September 24, 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed Devils Tower as the first National Monument. Devils Tower is a Wyoming landmark, a high tower of rock, visible for nearly . It has been a guidepost and a religious site. In December of that year, three more National Monuments were created. El Morro, New Mexico, is a wayside in the rugged desert lands used by Indians settlers and travelers for centuries as a watering hole and a place to leave their marks. The site includes prehistoric petroglyphs and hundreds of inscriptions from 17th century Spanish explorers and 19th century"
"sued the Park Service, claiming an inappropriate government entanglement with religion. Devils Tower National Monument protects many species of wildlife, such as white-tailed deer, prairie dogs, and bald eagles. Four areas of Devils Tower National Monument are on the National Register of Historic Places: Devils Tower Devils Tower (also known as Bear Lodge Butte) is a laccolithic butte composed of igneous rock in the Bear Lodge Mountains (part of the Black Hills) near Hulett and Sundance in Crook County, northeastern Wyoming, above the Belle Fourche River. It rises 1,267 feet (386 m) above the Belle Fourche River, standing 867 feet"
"saw more than 1 million bikers visit the Black Hills. Devils Tower National Monument, located in the Wyoming Black Hills, is an important nearby attraction and was the United States' first national monument. Although written history of the region begins with the Sioux domination of the land over the native Arikara tribes, researchers have carbon-dating and stratigraphic records to analyze the early history of the area. Scientists have been able to utilize carbon-dating to evaluate the age of tools found in the area, which indicate a human presence that dates as far back as 11,500 BC with the Clovis culture."
"Bear Lodge Mountains The Bear Lodge Mountains () are a small mountain range in Crook County, Wyoming. These mountains are protected in the Black Hills National Forest as part of its Bearlodge District. Devils Tower National Monument was the first U.S. National Monument and draws about 400,000 visitors per year to the area. The Bear Lodge Mountains are one of three mountain ranges that comprise the Black Hills region and national forest, including the Black Hills itself and South Dakota's Elk Mountains. Sundance, Wyoming is the closest major city and lies south of the Bear Lodge Mountains. Wyoming Highway 24"
"climbing at Devils Tower, Wyoming, escalated into a legal battle in 1997 when Mountain States Legal Foundation and several commercial climbers sued the National Park Service for asking climbers and tourists to respect Native American beliefs about the tower. Christopher McLeod, who had already been filming with the Hopi and Winnemem for five years, decided to add the Devils Tower story ""to round out the film geographically, and to include the legal conflict over climbing a sacred site - because ultimately America is a nation of laws, and many value conflicts ultimately are worked out through legal arguments."" The producers"
"on laccoliths in the Southwest. Other theories have suggested that Devils Tower is a volcanic plug or that it is the neck of an extinct volcano. Some pyroclastic material of the same age as Devils Tower has been identified elsewhere in Wyoming. The igneous material that forms the Tower is a phonolite porphyry intruded about 40.5 million years ago, a light to dark-gray or greenish-gray igneous rock with conspicuous crystals of white feldspar. As the magma cooled, hexagonal (and sometimes 4-, 5-, and 7-sided) columns formed, each about six feet in diameter. As the rock continued to cool, the vertical"
"Monument, and the Capitol dome can be viewed as breastlike."" James Webb used a metaphor to praise the ""uplift[ing]"" power of the Washington Monument as a white phallus, ""piercing the air like a bayonet"". In the futuristic film ""Hardwired"", set in the United States where everything noteworthy is commercialized, the Washington Monument is used as a giant Trojan condoms billboard. Ypsilanti Water Tower is a historic water tower in Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States, listed as a National Register of Historic Places building in 1981. The tower was designed by William R. Coats and constructed as part of an elaborate city"
"Devils Tower in Wyoming in the United States is about 40 million years old and high. Geologists agree that the rock forming the Devils Tower solidified from an intrusion but it has not been established whether the magma from this intrusion ever reached the surface. Most columns are 6-sided, but 4, 5, and 7-sided ones can also be found. The Giant's Causeway (Irish: ""Clochán An Aifir"") on the north Antrim coast of Northern Ireland was created by volcanic activity 60 million years ago, and consists of over 40,000 columns. According to a legend, the giant Finn McCool created the Giant's"
"basalt can also be seen in a high desert dry river falls area just north of Lajitas, Texas. The much more massive Devils Tower National Monument in Wyoming is superficially similar but consists of a phonolite porphyry, formed by the intrusion of igneous rock. Devils Postpile National Monument Devils Postpile National Monument is a National Monument located near Mammoth Mountain in eastern California. The monument protects Devils Postpile, an unusual rock formation of columnar basalt. It encompasses and includes two main tourist attractions: the Devils Postpile formation and Rainbow Falls, a waterfall on the Middle Fork of the San Joaquin"
"significant advancement in creating convincing models. In the early 1970s, miniatures were often used to depict disasters in such films as ""The Poseidon Adventure"" (1972), ""Earthquake"" (1974) and ""The Towering Inferno"" (1975). The resurgence of the science fiction genre in film in the late 1970s saw miniature fabrication rise to new heights in such films as ""Close Encounters of the Third Kind"", (1977), ""Star Wars"" (also 1977), ""Alien"" (1979), """" (1979) and ""Blade Runner"" (1982). Iconic film sequences such as the tanker truck explosion from ""The Terminator"" (1984) and the bridge destruction in ""True Lies"" (1994) were achieved through the"
"the USR (United States Robotics) Building. In the 2008 film ""The Dark Knight"", the tower is part of Gotham City. In the 2011 film """", the tower is featured in a number of scenes. The most notable one is when the N.E.S.T team tries to enter the city using V-22 Osprey helicopters. They use Willis Tower for cover before using wing suits to descend into the city streets. In the movie, the tower is shown to be severely damaged by the Decepticon invasion of the city. In the 2013 film ""Man of Steel"", the tower's interior and parts of its"
"the Ames Monument at , at an elevation of . There is no town here, but the official railroad name for this location is, perhaps not surprisingly, Sherman. However, this point (like the Ames Monument) is not actually on the crest of the Laramie Mountains, which is now surmounted via the nearby Hermosa Tunnel at the slightly lower elevation of . Sherman, Wyoming Sherman is a ghost town in Albany County, Wyoming, United States. Sherman is southeast of Laramie in the Laramie Mountains. It is named for William Tecumseh Sherman. The town was located at the summit of the original"
"who resigned in 1873. He died soon thereafter. The Ames Monument marked the highest point on the transcontinental railroad at However, Union Pacific Railroad Company twice relocated the tracks further south, causing the town of Sherman that arose near the monument to become a ghost town. The Ames Monument is located about east of Laramie, Wyoming, on a wind-blown, treeless summit south of Interstate 80 at the Vedauwoo exit. The monument is a four-sided, random ashlar pyramid, square at the base and high, constructed of light-colored native granite. The pyramid features an interior passage, now sealed, alongside the perimeter of"
"Tower Hotel"" structure at the Disney theme parks bears the same classic ""Hollywood Tower"" sign and spiraling towers. A made-for-TV adaptation based on the ride entitled ""Tower of Terror"" was released in 1997, though while both the attraction and the movie shared the same basic premise of five people being killed in an elevator, the movie lacked any connection to ""The Twilight Zone"". The Hollywood Tower appears prominently, by name, in the 1948 mystery film ""Devil's Cargo"", part of The Falcon series. It is also featured in Brian De Palma's 1984 thriller ""Body Double"", a movie notable for its setting"
"search sequence filmed in the building, and a notable shot through the roof's skylight. The five-story atrium also substituted for the interior of the seedy skid row hotel depicted in the climax of ""Good Neighbor Sam"" (1964). The building is also featured in ""The White Cliffs of Dover"" (1944), ""Indestructible Man"" (1956), ""Caprice"" (1967), ""Marlowe"" (1969), the 1972 made-for-television movie ""The Night Strangler"", ""Chinatown"" (1974), ""The Cheap Detective"" (1978), ""Avenging Angel"" (1985), ""Murphy's Law"" (1986), ""The Dreamer of Oz"" (1990 TV movie), 1994's ""Wolf"" and ""Disclosure"", ""Lethal Weapon 4"" (1998), ""Pay It Forward"" (2000), ""(500) Days of Summer"" (2009), and"
"in recent decades become known due to the role it played in the ""Rocky"" films""Rocky"" (1976) and five of its six sequels, ""II"", ""III"", ""V"", ""Rocky Balboa"" and ""Creed"". Visitors to the museum are often seen mimicking Rocky Balboa's (portrayed by Sylvester Stallone) famous run up the east entrance stairs, informally nicknamed the Rocky Steps. Screen Junkies named the museum's stairs the second most famous movie location behind only Grand Central Station in New York. An tall bronze statue of the Rocky Balboa character was created in 1980 and placed at the top of the stairs in 1982 for the"
"""Frontier in Space"", ""Planet of Evil"" and ""Blink""), ""Quiller"", ""Fawlty Towers"" (as Dr Finn in ""The Germans"", 1975), ""The Professionals"" (as Dr Henry in the episode ""Klansmen"", never transmitted on terrestrial TV in the UK), ""Miss Marple"", ""Yes, Prime Minister"", ""Bergerac"", ""The Bill"", ""Casualty"", ""Holby City"" and ""Sea of Souls"". His films include ""The Plague of the Zombies"" (1966), """" (1981), ""Rise and Fall of Idi Amin"" (1981), ""White Mischief"" (1987), ""Cry Freedom"" (1987), ""Shooting Fish"" (1997), ""Wondrous Oblivion"" (2003) and ""Shooting Dogs"" (2005). He has featured in the Channel 4 documentary ""Random"" (2011) and in the BBC Three drama"
"years, about 1% of the monument's 400,000 annual visitors climbed Devils Tower, mostly using traditional climbing techniques. The name Devil's Tower originated in 1875 during an expedition led by Colonel Richard Irving Dodge, when his interpreter reportedly misinterpreted a native name to mean ""Bad God's Tower"". All information signs in that area use the name ""Devils Tower"", following a geographic naming standard whereby the apostrophe is omitted. Native American names for the monolith include: ""Bear's House"" or ""Bear's Lodge"" (or ""Bear's Tipi"", ""Home of the Bear"", ""Bear's Lair""; Cheyenne, Lakota ""Matȟó Thípila"", Crow ""Daxpitcheeaasáao"" ""Home of Bears""), ""Aloft on a"
"Dr. Phibes"" (1971), ""Lady Frankenstein"" (1971), and ""The Screaming Woman"" (1972) with de Havilland. He had lead roles in ""Doomsday Voyage"" (1972), ""Baron Blood"" (1972), and ""The Scopone Game"" (1973) and was in ""The Devil's Daughter"" (1973), ""The Streets of San Francisco"", ""Soylent Green"" (1973), ""A Delicate Balance"" (1973), ""The Rockford Files"", ""Syndicate Sadists"" (1975), ""The Timber Tramps"" (1975), ""The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case"" (1976), ""A Whisper in the Dark"" (1976), ""Origins of the Mafia"" (1976), ""Twilight's Last Gleaming"" (1977) for Aldrich, ""Airport '77"", ""Aspen"" (1977), ""The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries"", ""Last In, First Out"" (1978), ""Caravans"" (1978), ""Indagine su un"
"nearby Pikes Peak State Park and Yellow River State Forest in Iowa; there is also Wyalusing State Park in Wisconsin. Various primitive campgrounds exist in the area as well. The national monument is quite close to the town of Marquette, Iowa, and is just across the Mississippi River from the city of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, where ample motel and gambling-boat facilities exist. Effigy Mounds was proclaimed a National Monument on October 25, 1949. Charles R. Keyes, head of the Iowa Archaeological Survey, and Ellison Orr, chief field supervisor for the Iowa Archaeological Survey, worked to survey and map the"
"m) tall. When viewed from above they resemble a honeycomb. Columnar jointing is not limited to rhyolite formations. The Devils Honeycomb is a smaller example of the sort of columnar jointing found at Devils Tower National Monument in Wyoming, Devils Postpile National Monument in California, and the Giant's Causeway near Bushmills, Northern Ireland. Hughes Mountain Hughes Mountain and the Hughes Mountain State Natural Area are located in southern Washington County, Missouri (Sections 28 and 33, T36N R3E) just south of the Big River and Highway M on Cedar Creek Road in the St. Francois Mountains range of The Ozarks. The"
"at 44°00'11"" N and 105°37'24"" W. Its antenna, a 700 ft (213.36 meter) high guyed radio mast, is the tallest structure in Wyoming. Devils Tower National Monument is an hour drive from Gillette. This flat-top volcanic formation rises more than 1,200 feet above the ground and is a popular site to visit. Many people walk the 1.3 mile path around the entire monument while others climb the formation. Keyhole State Park is also a 49 minute drive from Gillette that is a popular place to visit in both the summer and winter. Many residents enjoy the reservoir during the summer"
"plot. The monument has also become popular in computer games, where alternative uses are often posited for Stonehenge, or its iconic nature is explored. Stonehenge features prominently in Peter Ackroyd's novel ""Hawksmoor"" (1985). Ylvis' song ""Stonehenge"" is a paean to the monument. The lyrics question the motivation and methods of the builders, asking ""What's the purpose of Stonehenge? A giant granite birthday cake or a prison far too easy to escape?"" Stonehenge plays a big role in the ""Doctor Who"" episodes ""The Pandorica Opens"" and ""The Big Bang"". The final scenes of Roman Polanski's film ""Tess""(1979) based on the novel"
"costs. Waverley Council has committed to funding the balance and work on this project is commencing in 2016. The earliest known motion picture filmed at the cemetery was the 1977 Italian production 'La Ragazza dal pigiama giallo', also known as 'The Pyjama Girl Case', a murder story based on the true story of Linda Agostini, the Pyjama Girl. In 1972 the cemetery was featured in filming for Spyforce where Colonel Cato played by Redmond Phillips was supposedly buried. In 1978 the cemetery was a location in filming of the movie Newsfront starring Bill Hunter and Bryan Brown. In 1979 the"
"number of other major Hollywood pictures, including ""Star Wars"" (1977), ""Raging Bull"" (1980), and ""Airplane!"" (1980). Principal photography began on May 16, 1976, though an Associated Press report in August 1975 had suggested filming would start in late 1975. Spielberg did not want to do any location shooting because of his negative experience on ""Jaws"" and wanted to shoot ""Close Encounters"" entirely on sound stages, but eventually dropped the idea. Filming took place in Burbank, California; Devils Tower National Monument in Wyoming; two abandoned World War II airship hangars at the former Brookley Air Force Base in Mobile, Alabama; and"
"acknowledge what it described as the ""offensive"" mistake in keeping the current name and to rename the monument and sacred site ""Bear Lodge National Historic Landmark"". The formal public comment period ended in fall 2015. Local state senator Ogden Driskill opposed the change. The name was not changed. The landscape surrounding Devils Tower is composed mostly of sedimentary rocks. The oldest rocks visible in Devils Tower National Monument were laid down in a shallow sea during the mid- to late-Triassic period, 225 to 195 million years ago. This dark red sandstone and maroon siltstone, interbedded with shale, can be seen"
"climate classification """") with higher precipitation than the semi-arid regions surrounding it due to its location in the Black Hills. Public education in the town of Sundance is provided by Crook County School District #1. Zoned campuses include Sundance Elementary School (grades K-6), and Sundance Secondary School (grades 7–12). Devils Tower National Monument, a high igneous rock intrusion or laccolith in the Bear Lodge Mountains, is a short drive north of Sundance via US‑14 and Wyoming Highway 585. It rises dramatically above the surrounding terrain, with its summit above sea level. It was the first United States National Monument, established"
"of Historic Places in 1974. Dead Indian Campsite The Dead Indian Campsite is an archeological site in the Sunlight Basin of the Absaroka Mountains in Park County, Wyoming, United States. The site was found during the construction of the Sunlight Basin Road in 1967. The location was used as a butchering site, and excavations by the University of Wyoming in 1969 uncovered numerous stone tools, as well as the bones of elk, deer, mountain sheep, porcupine and wolf. A stone cairn was found to contain antler sets. The site was used in different eras for 4500 years. The site was"
"a ""National Park"" did require Congressional action. In addition to limiting the number of national monument declarations the president could make, the bill would forbid the government from declaring land belonging to a private owner as a national monument without the private owner's consent. The bill was introduced in the United States House of Representatives during the 113th United States Congress. President Theodore Roosevelt established the first national monument, Devils Tower in Wyoming, on September 24, 1906. There are over 100 National Monuments in the United States. Presidential use of the Antiquities Act to declare a National Monument: ""This summary"
"lawmen like Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson. A 1906 presidential proclamation named a butte in Wyoming as Devils Tower National Monument based on the description of it by Lieutenant Colonel Richard Irving Dodge in 1875. There has been a dispute over the name since that time. Richard Irving Dodge Richard Irving Dodge (1827 – June 16, 1895) was a colonel in the United States Army. Dodge was born in North Carolina and died after a long and successful career in the U.S. Army. He began as a cadet in 1844 and retired as a Colonel May 19, 1891. Dodge was"