<P> Filming was originally set to begin in October 1993 , but was delayed because Crowe was busy on another film in Australia . Principal photography for The Quick and the Dead lasted from November 21 , 1993 to February 27 , 1994 . Locations included Old Tucson Studios in Arizona and Mescal , 40 miles southeast of Tucson . Production was briefly halted at times over weather problems . Thell Reed , who was hired as the gun coach and weapons master , worked with the cast through over three months of training . To age Cort 's Colt 1851 Navy Revolver and the other guns used , Reed experimented with simple measures . `` I took them out by my swimming pool and dipped them in chlorine water to let them rust , '' he explained . `` They looked rusty and old , but were brand new guns . '' Such detail , including the nickel plating and ivory handles on Ellen 's Colt Peacemakers , was accurate to the time period . </P>
<P> Filming was originally set to begin in October 1993 , but was delayed because Crowe was busy on another film in Australia . Principal photography for The Quick and the Dead lasted from November 21 , 1993 to February 27 , 1994 . Locations included Old Tucson Studios in Arizona and Mescal , 40 miles southeast of Tucson . Production was briefly halted at times over weather problems . Thell Reed , who was hired as the gun coach and weapons master , worked with the cast through over three months of training . To age Cort 's Colt 1851 Navy Revolver and the other guns used , Reed experimented with simple measures . `` I took them out by my swimming pool and dipped them in chlorine water to let them rust , '' he explained . `` They looked rusty and old , but were brand new guns . '' Such detail , including the nickel plating and ivory handles on Ellen 's Colt Peacemakers , was accurate to the time period . </P>
where was the quick and the dead movie filmed
where was the quick and the dead movie filmed
Old Tucson Studios in Arizona Mescal , 40 miles southeast of Tucson
Old Tucson Studios in Arizona Mescal , 40 miles southeast of Tucson