If Missoula Was a Movie, Here’s What Locals Would Call It

All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players- William Shakespeare

Spending time in Missoula can feel like being in a movie. It doesn’t matter if you are spending time on one of our rivers or just walking around downtown. The people you see and the places you go can feel like you’re in a movie.

There have been characters over the years in Missoula that would have been amazing to see immortalized on the big screen. Tommy the Leprechaun was a staple in Missoula for years, and his legacy lives on with the documentary about him that’s available on YouTube.

There has been a documentary made about Missoula by artist and filmmaker Andy Smetanka, titled “A Place (Sort Of): The Ultimate Missoula Movie.” The film uses old films shot in Missoula from as far back as the 1920s.

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Missoula: A Place Sort Of, has been printed on t-shirts and bumper stickers available at Rockin’ Rudy’s for years. It’s also a great name for a movie about this town.

The other day, we were having a conversation about Missoula being a movie around the office. We were talking about what it would be called.

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Dennis Bragg had a couple of suggestions: “A Reserve Runs Through It” and “Dances with Traffic”. We wanted to know what our listeners thought about if Missoula was a movie, what would it be named? We asked, and they answered.

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As with any question we ask online, there were a variety of answers. Some of the answers were creative and funny, while others were political, and some were offensive. That’s what you get when you open up questions like this to the online community.

If Missoula were a movie, what would it be called? See some of the best answers below from some of the hundreds of comments we received.