[keen cat]

If anyone has watched that very long movie. Do you remember that part when Nick Andro rolls into that small town of May,Oklahoma? I know its just a movie but I loved the way that town looked with all the quaint shops. It looked neat with all the manequins on the street that Tom Cullen had put out. It had a cute diner that said May's Diner I think.

I wish I lived in sleepy small town like that, if I could find one. After watching that movie I researched to see if a town called May exists in Oklahoma and it does. There is a town called May in the Oklahoma panhandle.

Nick Andros was traveling from Arkansas to Nebraska through Oklahoma.
I found it strange that Nick rode through May to travel to Nebraska because when I drove to Nebraska from Shawnee, I didn't even drive anywhere near the panhandle. Unless that was Stephen King's intention to have a fictious town called May in a different location of Oklahoma.

Does anyone know anything about this? And does anyone know if a town like May from that movie exists in Oklahoma or anywhere else in the states?

I am a dreamer

[LadyRobyn]

I have seen the movie, but it was awhile back and I don't remember what "May, OK" was supposed to look like.

There are plenty of little "quaint" towns all over Oklahoma, but none of that movie was even filmed here.

According to imdb it was filmed in the following locations:

Boulder, Colorado, USA
Ceder Fort, Utah, USA
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lehi, Utah, USA
Magna, Utah, USA
Midvale, Utah, USA
New York City, New York, USA
Ogden, Utah, USA
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Pleasant Grove, Utah, USA
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Tooele, Utah, USA

[peggydavis]

King probably just looked through a list of towns in OK and picked May because he liked the name, like the month of May?

I read that book with my son when he was 18, a long time ago.

May just looked to me like a lot of towns in western Oklahoma, or Kansas.

The pyro guy came up through Ardmore, OK, and I think he blew up the refinery there.

[Jammie]

May, Oklahoma (OK) Detailed Profile - relocation, real estate, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, news

Wow, that is a LITTLE town.

[keen cat]

Originally Posted by Jammie

May, Oklahoma (OK) Detailed Profile - relocation, real estate, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, news

Wow, that is a LITTLE town.

Yup and from description it doesn't seem to resemble the town May in the Stand. m-o-o-n spells May

[Mattie Jo]

don't recall the movie but there are a lot of cute towns around. but not in oklahoma. there are a lot of small towns that have that potential though.

[keen cat]

Originally Posted by jessaka

don't recall the movie but there are a lot of cute towns around. but not in oklahoma. there are a lot of small towns that have that potential though.

My fiance is from Oklahoma so I used to live there. Spent a great amount of time there and been to bunch of small towns but I didn't see anything that looked like May from the Stand. When I lived in Tecumseh I thought downtown Shawnee was cute but not the same kind of cute as May. Shawnee was of course much bigger.

May looks like one of those cute towns with quaint shops and everyone knows each. Maybe a 2000 population. Thats just the feeling I got when I saw the movie but then again everyone was dead. You should really watch the movie. Its very good but very long.

I even liked the way that town looked in Sleeping with the Enemy. The place where Julia Robert's character was in hiding. I don't know if that was Georgia but it looked nice. Georgia doesn't seem to interest me but my friend says I would really like Savannah. Here are some of the states that might interest me Tennessee, Arkansas, and maybe Alabama cuz of Forrest Gump lol.

[Synopsis]

If you liked the movie you should read the book. It's one really great read. BTW, there are towns that are picturesque in every state. Sleeping with the Enemy was a good movie, btw. I was glad to see the b*stard get his due in the end.

[keen cat]

Originally Posted by Synopsis

If you liked the movie you should read the book. It's one really great read. BTW, there are towns that are picturesque in every state. Sleeping with the Enemy was a good movie, btw. I was glad to see the b*stard get his due in the end.

Do you know of any picturesque ones in homa? Thanks

[Goodpasture]

Originally Posted by keen cat

Do you know of any picturesque ones in homa? Thanks

You have to remember that most towns in Oklahoma are not old towns. They were mostly built during the boom days of oil. Some, like Chouteau, go back to the early years, but very few. The oldest towns will be in the eastern part of the state.....towns like Miami or Tahlequah.....that were founded in the 1830's and 40's after relocation.

Cromwell is an example of a boom town......today it is just a couple of rows of run down houses and mobile homes. But once, where the homes sit now, there were stores, opium dens, gambling houses, houses with shady ladies...........all catering to the roughnecks bringing in the oil wells. The spot where the famous Marshall Bill Tilghman was shot down is just a part of the city streets near the post office. The town itself burned and was never rebuilt.

Some of the cute towns are "new." Towns like Mannford, Oolagah, Osage and Prue.....all buried under the waters of the reservoirs ........have been rebuilt without the charm and integrity of the original towns. I understand that Tenkiller is clear enough that people from all over the country come to scuba dive and visit some of the buildings that lie at the bottom.

You might go to some of the older towns........Okmulgee comes to mind, as does Okeemah, Bristow, Drumright, and Cushing. Even Yale and Oilton has some attractive buildings. Pawhuska is VERY attractive.......one of the most progressive in saving their old buildings. Miami and Tahlequah, like I mentioned above, has some attractive old buildings. For that matter, Tulsa has some of the best examples of art deco buildings in the world.......and with the Mayo Hotel being rebuilt as apartments, retail and a boutique hotel, staying in the downtown area will actually be fun and interesting.