Movies with Med Scenery

[akeka]

I think it's fun to see scenery from ports we're planning to visit on cruises.

What movies (i.e., Three Coins in a Fountain) would you recommend we see to hold us over until next summer's med cruise?

[shmabbies]

Without knowing what ports you're going to, a lot of the James Bond movies have great European/Med scenery!

[Cruise Junky]

"Only You" with Robert Downey Jr. has some good shots of Rome and the Amalfi Coast. The hotel they go to is the Sirenuse (sp) in Positano.

Gladiator!! :)

[jhodg56010]

TO CATCH A THIEF shows some nice views of the French riviera, especially the Nice area. SHIRLEY VALENTINE shows Greek Isles nicely. And for just a fun and funny comedy aboard a cruise ship don't miss OUT TO SEA. Jim

[bec2629]

[u]The Talented Mr. Ripley[/u] with Matt Damon has beautiful scenery, it inspired me to make our Med trip. If you haven't seen [u]Il Postino[/u], rent it, it's a great foreign film. (Italian subtitles)

[Florida_cruisers]

"Under the Tuscan Sun" is a good one too.

[Tatka]

"Ocean 12" was filmed in Monte Carlo Grand Casino and Rome(I think).

[akeka]

Wow! You all had some great suggestions. I can't wait to start renting the list. Thanks.:)

[Chick's pal]

THE ITALIAN JOB (the remake) has great scenery in Venice and the movie's good. And for total "brainless" fun, see JUST MARRIED, much of that is in Venice.

[Blamar]

Don't forget These movies -

Monte-Carlo
GoldenEye
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
Jewel of the Nile
the Red Shoes

Nice
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Curse of the Pink Panther
Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living In Paris
Madonna: Truth or Dare

Florence
Hannibal
Room with a View
Tea with Mussolini
Under the Tuscan Sun


Naples
The Last Days of Pompeii
Cleopatra
Quo Vadis
September Affair
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Bourne Supremecy

Venice
the English Patient
Everyone Says I Love You
From Russia With Love
If its Tuesday, this Must Be Belgium
Indian Jones and the Last Crusade
The Italian Job
Moonraker
Death in Venice
La Femme Nikita
Once Apon a Time in America
The Talented Mr. Ripley


Well that should get you started, not all of these are gems but sometimes it is better to look at the background then watch the movie.


Enjoy,

B

[Makita]

Agree with the above, plus my own personal opinion:
one of my favorites is: Under the Tuscan sun.

Also an A&E classic: A Year in Provence.

the movie that made Tuscany a MUST SEE: Much Ado About Nothing with Emma Thompson and Kenneth Branagh.

[LYNNF]

How about Troy. Filmed in Malta

[divinc]

If it's Tuesday It Must Be Belgum

Great Italy scenes.

Phil

[Chick's pal]

Three Coins in a Fountain
Roman Holiday

Also, if you can get access to A&E's recent mini-series on "The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance," it is a very enjoyable way (albeit summarized) to learn the history of Florence, Pisa and Rome during the Renaissance period. The special effects of "building" the duomo in Florence are awesome.

[Bruin Steve]

Here's a MUST-rent...
Because the scenery shots are fantastic...
The movie itself is as "cheasy and sleazy" as they get...

[url]http://imdb.com/title/tt0084737/[/url]

Summer Lovers (1982) starring Daryl Hannah and Peter Gallegher...
It is a sleazy "romance" story involving a "meange-a-trois" between the young American couple and a French girl (the late Valerie Quennessen)...
The story line may either offend some...or be incredibly funny to some...

BUT, the entire movie was shot on location in....

SANTORINI

And views like a travelogue of Santorini...Watching this movie should make anyone incredibly anxious to visit Santorini...

[Bruin Steve]

Oh, yeah...one other recommendation...the movie that made me want to visit Barcelona:

[url]http://imdb.com/title/tt0073580/[/url]

"The Passenger" (1975) by Michaelangelo Antonioni...
Starring Jack Nicholson and Maria Schneider...

This is actually a little seen but incredibly thought provioking and beautiful movie...
Jack Nicholson stars as a desperate and depressed man who switches identities with a dead man somewhere in North Africa...only to find that the identity he has assumed is a wanted arms smuggler...
He travels from North Africa to...

BARCELONA...

...to keep the dead man's appointments...

And there are some unbelievable scenes in Barcelona as Nicholson flies over Barcelona harbor...and more...

[Bruin Steve]

Sorry...just one more...don't know why no one remembered this one:

[url]http://imdb.com/title/tt0079477/[/url]

A Little Romance (1979)
Starring Sir Laurence Olivier, Thelonius Bernard and the beautiful Diane Lane (Unfaithful, A Walk On the Moon, Under the Tuscan Sun)...Only that she's like FOURTEEN years old in this movie...in her first starring role (I don't care, she was beautiful at fourteen...of course, I was a lot younger in 1979 as well)...

This is the story of two teenage lovers in Paris who run away from home to seal their love by kissing, at sunset, under the BRIDGE OF SIGHS in...

VENICE...

[vacationhappy]

Dangerous Beauty - about the Venetian Courtesans.

[VirginiaC]

Nobody has mentioned "Summertime" which starred Katharine Hepburn and Rosanno Brazzi. As a matter of fact the hotel she stays in is the Academia. It really has great pics of Venice. It's about a teacher who goes to Venice on vacation and meets Rosanno. Need I say more.
GinnyC

[Chick's pal]

I could not, for the life of me, remember the name of that movie, and have been wanting to see it since visiting Venice.