Movies That Make You Want to Travel
Mar 13th, 2003, 04:29 PM
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Thank you for the great tips of Barcelona movies. We are going in June so it will be fun to see these.<BR><BR>The book "Under the Tuscan Sun" persuaded me to persuade my family to go to Tuscany. We stayed in the same town and saw THE house.I felt abit like a groupie!<BR><BR>Books always make me want to jump on a plane. I am reading Paris Trance - oh to be in the City of Love!
Mar 13th, 2003, 04:59 PM
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Ooooh! Love this thread! I have read some but not all of the posts, so some of these might be dupes, but I just picked some that came to mind and always make me yearn to go traveling...<BR><BR>Amelie<BR>Il Postino<BR>Chocolate<BR>Like Water for Chocolate<BR>Cinema Paradiso<BR>Lord of the Rings<BR>Enchanted April<BR>Emma<BR><BR>I have gotten some good ideas here - thanks! 
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Mar 14th, 2003, 12:20 AM
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Just about anything set in France or Italy, eg. Amelie, Roman Holiday, Funny <BR>Face, Gigi, French Kiss (particularly the final vineyard scene), and Stealing Beauty. Also, "The Sound of Music" for Austria (which I don't think has been mentioned as yet?)<BR> <BR>Others that inspire me to travel elsewhere in the future are "An Affair to Remember" (New York), "The Last Emperor" (China) and "A Passage to India", among others.<BR><BR>As I always like to know where a movie has been filmed, the following web-site is useful - us.imdb.com<BR><BR>
Mar 14th, 2003, 01:55 AM
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My choices are :<BR><BR> Ronin<BR> Mission Impossible 1 & 2<BR> The Bourne Identity ( even though the details in the book were better & the book was just plain better than the movie)<BR>Notting Hill<BR>Auntie Mame ( with Rosalind Russell )<BR>Stealing Beauty<BR>The Matchmaker<BR>Return to me ( w/ Minnie Driver ) had some nice Italy scenes towards the end)<BR>Triple X ( I want to know where those mountains were, beautiful)<BR>Bridget Jones' Diary<BR>Circle of Friends - I agree w/ irishescaper on that choice<BR><BR><BR>and thanks for all the posting. there are a lot of movies I will have to look for while at the video stores now. thanks for al the great reviews.
Mar 16th, 2003, 11:26 AM
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Finally saw the much-touted "Only You" last night. No wonder the cinematography was great; it was done by Sven Nykvist, one of the best. While the scenes in Venice were beautiful, they were much briefer than I expected; most of the film takes place in Rome and Positano, with many of the scenes in Rome including the Eternal City's wonderful fountains. <BR><BR>The story is a little sappy, but has some fun twists and turns. Marisa Tomei and Robert Downey, Jr. look as gorgeous and handsome as the Italian locations, and seem to have some pretty good chemistry going on. <BR><BR>
Mar 19th, 2003, 09:04 PM
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The movie that most recently made me think about traveling didn't have any travel destinations in it.<BR><BR>I've always wanted to see Italy, and have yet to go. Other places yes, but not Italy.<BR><BR>In the movie "Death to Smoochy" (yes, that same weird black comedy), as the drug addled ex-kiddie show host Buggy Ding Dong falls out of the rafters to his end, he says "I.... never.... saw... Venice......thud"<BR><BR>Wow. I can't let that happen to me.
Mar 20th, 2003, 04:21 AM
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"SUMMER LOVERS": Lousy movie, but great depiction of the Greek Islands. I was drawn to Santorini because of this movie (I think Darryl Hannah's first) and ended up staying 6 months in the stunning village of Oia, then went back 2 years later and stayed another 6 months. I've been back to Greece 2 more times since then and will continue to return to this wonderful country and fantastic Island.
Mar 20th, 2003, 08:10 AM
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I saw a movie several weeks ago on TV called Broken Lullaby with Mel Harris on the WE channel. Had some great shots of Budapest, and the movie wasn't that bad either. A mystery about a stolen Faberge egg. Wanted to buy the tape to add to my collection of movies that also serve as "travelogues" but no one had it (Amazon; Ameristore, etc.). Even researched the WE web site, but no luck. May write to them and see what I can do.
Mar 20th, 2003, 10:45 AM
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I want to add my 2 cents worth - my vote is for "A Little Romance" - so old I don't remember who is in it. It's about an American girl in living in Paris because of her parents. She meets and falls in love with a Parisian boy, and they run away to Italy, to sail under the Bridge of Sighs (Venice) at sunset to ensure true love. It has great scenes of Paris, and Italy.
Mar 20th, 2003, 11:14 AM
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Message to Mishoe01:<BR><BR>I loved "A Little Romance" too and recently rented it for my children to see. It stars Diane Lane as the young girl. She grew up to be a wonderful actress and is currently nominated for an Oscar. Sir Laurence Olivier was the delightful older gentleman thief. <BR><BR>Thanks to those who identified my earlier mentioned favorite as 84 Charing Cross Road. Now that I know the title, I'll try to rent it.
Mar 21st, 2003, 05:24 PM
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I wish I could remember the name of the movie but Angela Landsbury was in it. It took place in London I believe. It was about her wanting to have a dress made for her at a very high class store. She saved all her money to have it done. She was poor in the movie. It was great and had some wonderful scenery too. Can anyone help me with the name of the movie? Please. Thank you. Also thanks everyone for all the wonderful posts here. <BR>Giovanna, Thank you for Broken Lullaby one. I will look that one up soon, as I am going back for a visit to Hungary again in about 6 weeks. Does anyone else know of any movies that take place in Cental/ Eastern Europe area? There are a lot of post here that don't tell where the movie takes place. Thank again for this great post. Alice
