Western films near Sisters

Driving home from Eugene Tuesday night, Don and Corrine Pray happened on an interesting sight.

The parking lot at Sahalie Falls was jammed with trailers and, as Pray described it, “lit up like a football field.” Naturally and professionally curious, Pray, who is a Sisters sheriff’s deputy, stopped in to see what was up.

The falls were a film set. A security guard told Pray they were filming a James Bond movie with Pierce Brosnan. Pray knew that couldn’t be right, since Brosnan has been retired as Bond.

The Oregon Film & Video Office was tight-lipped about the filming, because the production company didn’t want a bunch of people trekking to Sahalie Falls to try to catch a glimpse of filming.

However, it appears that the security guard was partly right. The film apparently was starring Pierce Brosnan — along with Liam Neeson and Angelica Huston. According to a story from the New York Times News Service, Brosnan is currently filming a Western based out of New Mexico called “Seraphim Falls.”