The following is a list of the major movies filmed in or around the University of Oregon campus in Eugene Oregon. For a complete list click on the title above for a link to a site that catalogs movies filmed in Oregon. You can also check out the Internet Movie Data B(IMDB) The Movies are:
Five Easy Pieces (1970) The famous restaurant scene with Jack Nicholson was filmed at Denny's on I-5 just south of Eugene.
Getting Straight (1970) Filmed on location at Lane Community College with Eliot Gould. A story of campus unrest in 1970.
Drive He Said (1971) Another film about campus unrest. See post below
Animal House (1978) A classic. See post below
How to Beat the High Co$t of Living (1980) Stars Jane Curtin (from Saturday Night Live), Susan Saint James and Jessica Lang. Much of it was filmed at The Valley River Mall
Personal Best (1982) Movie about track filmed a Hayward Field, Oregon's track stadium.
Without Limits (1998) Movie about runner Steve Prefontaine. Some scenes were filmed at Hayward Field. If you look real close you will see the Wickre family. The four of us were extras in the crowd scenes at Hayward field. We are all wearing yellow "Go PRE" Tee shirts. One of my claims to fame is when I slept in the same tent with Steve when I was about 15 and he was 12 when our two family's went camping together in the early 1960's
