Oscar-tipped 'Oppenheimer' triggers tourist boom in remote New Mexico town
After months of strict secrecy, the replica town used in Christopher Nolan's historical biopic "Oppenheimer" is set for a tourist boom. In the real city of Los Alamos - an hour's drive from the set - officials have reported a leap in visitors since the billion-dollar film's release last year and, amid the Oscars buzz, the owners of Ghost Ranch, where the set was built, are planning to start running "Oppenheimer Tours".
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00:34 Definitely took on the air of secrecy.
00:37 And that was everyone, even the actors.
00:39 They would get pages, or they'd be able to go to a hotel room
00:42 and read.
00:43 But they couldn't take the script.
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01:03 Immediately when it came out, we had just a whole bunch
01:06 of folks wanting to come out and see it.
01:09 We weren't at Liberty for a year to show them.
01:11 So we had to say no to a lot of folks.
01:17 But I think now, when they win all the Academy Awards,
01:22 our phones will start ringing again.
01:24 And we'll be happy to show them.
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01:32 We started seeing a huge influx of tourists.
01:51 And we went from having one tour a day
01:54 to offering three tours a day, because there was just
01:57 that much interest.
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