Where the Buffalo Roam is a 1980 American comedy-drama film directed by Bill Murray and starring Murray, Bruno Kirby, and John Candy. The film is based on the life of writer and counterculture hero Hunter S. Thompson. The crossword solutions for the term WHERE THE BUFFALO ROAM are LEA (3 letters), RANGE (5 letters), and PRAIRIE (7 letters). LEA is an Old English word for a grassy meadow or pasture. A RANGE is an area of land with hills or mountains, often used for grazing animals. A PRAIRIE is a large area of flat or rolling grassland, typically found in North America. Together, these three words describe the setting of Where the Buffalo Roam, which takes place in the wide open spaces of the American West.