List of appearances of Monument Valley in the media

The twin buttes of Monument Valley ("the Mittens"), the "Totem Pole," and the Ear of the Wind arch, among other features, have developed iconic status. They have appeared in many television programs, commercials, and Hollywood movies, especially Westerns.

Film

Director John Ford's 1939 film "Stagecoach", starring John Wayne, has had an enduring influence in making the Valley famous. After that first experience, Ford returned nine times to shoot Westerns — even when the films were not set in Arizona or Utah (see "The Searchers", set in Texas, but filmed here). A popular lookout point is named in his honor as "John Ford Point." It was used by Ford in a scene from "The Searchers" where an American Indian village is attacked.

* The Stanley Kubrick film "" features footage of Monument Valley. This footage is used as the surface of an alien planet to which protagonist Dave Bowman travels through a stargate.
* 1969's counter-culture classic "Easy Rider" includes some footage of Monument Valley towards its beginning.
* Sergio Leone's "Once Upon a Time in the West", although shot for the most part in Spain and Italy, features two scenes shot on location in Monument Valley.
* Clint Eastwood's movie "The Eiger Sanction" was partly filmed in Monument Valley and both Clint Eastwood and George Kennedy were filmed on top of the "Totem Pole", which has been off-bounds to climbers since the movie was filmed here.
* During the 'Sorter shoot-out' scene in Guy Ritchie's 2005 film, "Revolver", there is a picture of Monument Valley on the wall behind where Dorothy Macha's henchmen have parked their cars outside the house of Jake Green's elder brother.
* In "Back to the Future III", Marty McFly drives from 1955 to 1885 from a drive-in theatre set at the Valley's base.
* In "National Lampoon's Vacation" the Griswold's station wagon falls apart in the Valley.
* In "Forrest Gump", Forrest ends his cross-country run here. He is running north on U.S. Route 163 before he stops running.
* Godfrey Reggio's documentary "Koyaanisqatsi" features footage of Monument Valley.
* Ron Fricke's IMAX film "Chronos" features several scenes of the Monument Valley landscape.
* Ridley Scott's 1991 film "Thelma & Louise" features some shots of Monument Valley, as well as Canyonlands National Park, in its latter half.
* The opening shots of "" feature Tom Cruise climbing in Monument Valley.
* "Electra Glide in Blue", starring Robert Blake as a motorcycle cop in Arizona, was filmed in Monument Valley.
* "Takkari Donga" Opening song, "Telugu Film", 2002

Television

* The implied association with John Wayne's tough, macho character made the buttes a natural choice as the background for the Marlboro Man in the marketing of Marlboro-brand cigarettes from the 1950s.
* In the 1980s American action/espionage television series "Airwolf", a hollowed butte is portrayed as the secret hiding place ("The Lair") of the eponymous high-tech military helicopter. Monument Valley is renamed the "Valley of the Gods" in this series. The actual Valley of the Gods is a few miles north in Utah. The shots of The Lair were actually a mix of matte paintings and shots from three locations within close proximity of each other.
* The "MacGyver" episode "Eagles" (Season 2, Episode 8) has shots in the Valley. MacGyver is gathering eggs from an eagle's nest on top of a butte.
* The Dutch clown Bassie, of the duo Bassie en Adriaan, performed a rain dance in front of The Three Sisters in their Dutch television series.
* In the made-for-TV movie "", Monument Valley is flooded from seismic activity.

Music

* The 2003 "Led Zeppelin DVD" features the West Mitten of Monument Valley on the cover.
* The video for "I Disappear" by Metallica was partially shot in Monument Valley. The song was featured on the soundtrack to MI:2.
* French band Air's 2001 album, "10 000 Hz Legend", features Monument Valley on its cover and throughout the LP's artwork.
* American band Drive-By Truckers' 2008 CD, "Brighter Than Creation's Dark" ends with "The Monument Valley", a song with references to film making and movie director John Ford.
*Rock band Soulfly shot their music video "Prophecy" in Monument Valley.
* The cover for the 2002 book by Neil Peart of the band Rush shows a picture that Neil took of his motorcycle in Monument Valley.
* Lynyrd Skynyrd's Album Twenty is a fictional picture of the mittens
* The cover of American Water by the Silver Jews is a stylised painting of Monument Valley by Chris Kysor.

Print

* In the manga Bio Booster Armor Guyver, the global headquarters of the Cronos organization is concealed within a hollowed-out butte in Monument Valley.
* Garth Ennis's Preacher series of comic books features a scene in which the Valley is destroyed by a massive nuclear weapon in an attempt to destroy the Saint of Killers.
* The cover for the 2002 book by Neil Peart of the band Rush shows a picture that Neil took of his motorcycle in Monument Valley.
* George Herriman's Krazy Kat cartoon strip used Monument Valley as the setting.

Computer

* Bone County featured in is based on monument valley.
* There is stage that features Monument Valley in the video game Tekken.
* The video game AeroWings for the Dreamcast console has a stage set in Monument Valley.
* In the video game The King of Fighters '96, the Art of Fighting Team stage is set in Monument Valley.
* The Playstation 3 video game Motorstorm is a racing game set in Monument Valley in which a festival of rally races involving a series of vehicles and obstacles takes place.
* A Monument Valley photo was used in Windows Vista Beta 2 as wallpaper.