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Hoover Dam in Hollywood
Hoover Dam is an iconic structure, likely the most easily-recognized dam in the world.
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It should be no surprise, then, that this dam has been featured many times in Hollywood films (see list below). What might be a surprise, however, is that the majority of these cinematic portrayals show Hoover Dam breaking, cracking, or experiencing some type of malfunction.
As this list indicates, post-1945 cinematic representations of Hoover Dam are spread across genres, chiefly action-adventure and science-fiction films, but also romantic and slapstick comedies.
There are pragmatic reasons for portraying Hoover on screen: it is an easily recognizable structure; it serves as a shorthand for the Southwest, Grand Canyon, and Las Vegas area; its eye-catching setting allows for special effects and cinematographic excess (e.g., aerial fly overs).
But Hoover Dam is also employed because it connotes power – of several kinds.
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