The Antlers
The Antlers, Kingsland
King Court, Kingsland
A railroad inn opened in 1901, with guest rooms, cabins and cottages, and train cars updated for overnight stays. Pictured: the railroad at Kingsland, 2011.
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The haul
Load the house
Wikipedia says the house was cut into six or seven pieces in 1998; the Austin Chronicle counts seven. Each section here carries one fact about the 1973 shoot. The sections are a way to carry the facts, not the real cuts.
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Quick Hill, Round Rock
Kingsland
The trailer starts at the Quick Hill farm, which stood where La Frontera is now.
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Then and now
The same house, twice
Pick a year. The farm is private land and gone from view; the restaurant is open to visit.
Wikipedia says the film premiered in Austin on 11 October 1974, almost a year after filming ended.
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Quick Hill Road, near Round Rock
The Quick Hill farm, Round Rock
Wikipedia says the main location was an early-1900s farmhouse on Quick Hill Road near Round Rock, where the La Frontera development now stands.
Ron “Smokey” Isgur held the lease on the farm and was its only resident during the 1973 filming, the Chronicle says.
Art director Robert Burns found the farm through a softball team connection, the Chronicle says.
A Yahoo list says the dirt road in the final sequence was County Road 172, now Old County Road 172, and that the land is private and fenced off near State Highway 45.
The farmhouse left in 1998 and the land is now the La Frontera development. Nothing to see and no public access to the old farm; it is not pinned.
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Arrival
Go and see where it stands
The farmhouse at Kingsland, the Antlers beside it, the gas station at Bastrop and the cemetery at Leander are open to visit. The cemetery is in use, so go quietly. The Quick Hill farm and County Road 172 are private land and are not pinned. Austin is named for the premiere, but no venue is pinned.
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Where it is now
4 places you can visit in the Hill Country and around Austin, plus a lost farm, a dirt road and a city named without a pin.
Pins mark public places; private homes are named but not pinned.
Building reference · Public access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A restaurant inside the old farmhouse. Check opening hours first; the name has changed over the years.
Site reference · Public access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. An inn with guest rooms, cabins and train cars on the Llano and Colorado rivers. Book through the inn.
The 1900s farmhouse of the film, rebuilt at the Antlers in Kingsland, 2021. G Yancy · CC BY 2.0 Kingsland and Round Rock · 1010 King Court, Kingsland
The farmhouse at Kingsland
The film commission says the farmhouse was moved to Kingsland in 1998 and built into a restaurant complex, where you can dine inside the original structure.
A restaurant inside the old farmhouse. Check opening hours first; the name has changed over the years.
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Railroad line at Kingsland, April 2011. Not the Antlers grounds themselves. Billy Hathorn · CC BY 3.0 Kingsland and Round Rock · 1001 King Court, Kingsland
The Antlers, Kingsland
The inn says the railroad opened the Antlers in 1901 for tourists arriving by train.
An inn with guest rooms, cabins and train cars on the Llano and Colorado rivers. Book through the inn.
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Austin Film Commission
Film tourism guide
Central Texas
The film commission’s page for the film, with addresses for the cemetery, the gas station and the farmhouse. Pictured: the farmhouse at Kingsland, 2021.
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A room by the railroad.
An inn at the Kingsland junction of two rivers, a short walk from the farmhouse.
The Antlers
The Antlers, Kingsland
King Court, Kingsland
A railroad inn opened in 1901, with guest rooms, cabins and cottages, and train cars updated for overnight stays. Pictured: the railroad at Kingsland, 2011.
See the innGo there
Plan the drive.
The film commission’s four addresses, and live tour results for the Hill Country.
Austin Film Commission
Film tourism guide
Central Texas
The film commission’s page for the film, with addresses for the cemetery, the gas station and the farmhouse. Pictured: the farmhouse at Kingsland, 2021.
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The farmhouse at Kingsland
1010 King Court, Kingsland
Cut in seven and carried
The Austin Chronicle says the house was cut into seven pieces and moved to Kingsland in 1998; Anthony Mayfield restored it.
Hooper’s
A Yahoo list says the restaurant was the Grand Central Cafe until it was renamed Hooper’s in November 2022.
The Antlers, Kingsland
1001 King Court, Kingsland
The railroad’s inn
The Antlers says the railroad opened the inn in 1901 for tourists arriving by train.
The gas station, Bastrop
1073 State Highway 304, Bastrop
The gas station
The film commission says the building was a working gas station near Bastrop and is now a barbecue restaurant and gift shop.
Bagdad Cemetery, Leander
400 North Bagdad Road, Leander
The opening graveyard
The film commission lists Bagdad Cemetery in Leander as a location; the staged monument in the opening was a prop.
The Quick Hill farm, Round Rock
Quick Hill Road, near Round Rock
The budget
Wikipedia says the original budget was $60,000, which editing exceeded, and that sources give final costs between $93,000 and $300,000.
The heat
The farmhouse was unventilated and uncooled, and Wikipedia gives a peak of 110°F on 26 July.
The film stock
Wikipedia says the film was mainly shot on an Eclair NPR 16mm camera with low-speed Ektachrome Commercial film, chosen over 35mm for mobility and cost.
Blown up to 35mm
The film commission says it was shot on 16mm and blown up to 35mm for theatrical release.
The hours
Wikipedia says the crew filmed seven days a week, up to 16 hours a day.
Deferred pay
Cast and crew deferred part of their pay in return for profit points of 0.25% to 6%, Wikipedia says.
Lunch for forty
Sally Nicolaou catered for about 40 people on set each day, the Austin Chronicle says.
What was left
After investors and others were paid, about $8,100 was left to divide among 20 cast and crew, Wikipedia says.
County Road 172, Round Rock
Old County Road 172, Round Rock
The dirt road
A Yahoo list says the dirt road in the final sequence was County Road 172.
Austin
Austin, Texas
The premiere
Wikipedia says the film premiered in Austin on 11 October 1974.