Mini Hollywood Explained

Oasys (formerly known as Mini Hollywood) is a Spanish Western-styled theme park, located off the 364 km mark of the N-340 road,[1] near the town of Tabernas in the province of Almería, Andalusia. Originally known as Yucca City,[2] the set was designed by Carlo Simi and built for Sergio Leone's For a Few Dollars More in 1965.[3] It was also used as a set for other films,[4] [5] such as The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966). After filming of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly was completed, the extras in the project bought the set and ran it as a tourist attraction. They were later bought out by a hotel group.[6] The park features daily cowboy stunt shows, such as a mock bank raid and a re-enactment of the final moments of Jesse James. It also has a swimming complex, abandoned gold mine, Cowboy style saloon, a Fun Barn for children's activities, a zoo with birds and big cats in cages and many mock western stores.[7]

The Doctor Who episode "A Town Called Mercy" (2012) was filmed here and at Fort Bravo/Texas Hollywood.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Kennedy . Jeffrey . Andalucia & Costa Del Sol . limited . DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guides . 2006 . 2004 . . London, United Kingdom . 978-1-4053-0270-8 . 111 . Around Andalucía - Granada & Almería Provinces.
  2. Book: Hughes . Howard . Once Upon a Time in the Italian West: The Filmgoers' Guide to Spaghetti Westerns . 2004 . . London and New York . 1-85043-430-1 . xviii . Sundowner: An Introduction to European Westerns . registration .
  3. Book: Frayling . Christopher . Christopher Frayling . Spaghetti Westerns: Cowboys and Europeans from Karl May to Sergio Leone . 2006 . 1981 . I.B. Tauris . New York, United States . 1-84511-207-5 . ix . Preface.
  4. McCarthy . Andrew . Andrew McCarthy . April 2007 . The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly . . 80 . New York, United States . . 0747-0932 . April 12, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110723124001/http://www.andrewmccarthy.com/overlays/writing_ngt_spain.html . July 23, 2011 . dead .
  5. Book: Campbell . Neil . The Rhizomatic West: Representing the American West in a Transnational, Global, Media Age . Postwestern Horizon . 2008 . . Nebraska, United States . 978-0-8032-1539-9 . 114 . Welcome to Westworld.
  6. Book: Facaros . Dana . Pauls . Michael . McLean . Mary . Andalucia . Cadogan Guides . 2008 . 8th . . London, United Kingdom . 978-1-86011-389-5 . 318 . Almeria Province: Around Almeria.
  7. Book: Baskett . Simon . Brown . Jules . Dubin . Marc . The Rough Guide to Spain . limited . April 2009 . 13th . . London, United Kingdom . 978-1-84836-034-1 . 371 . Andalucía: Almería Province. etal.
  8. Spanish link for Oasys/Mini Hollywood Web site: Paque Oasys Rodaje de la serie británica DOCTOR WHO . 2017-03-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121014152749/http://www.oasysparquetematico.com/rodaje-de-la-serie-britanica-doctor-who/ . 2012-10-14 . Retrieved 12 September 2012

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