martytravels

L'Auberge Espagnole makes me want to get to Barcelona ASAP.
The Bourne Identity reminds me how intoxicating Paris is.
And the canal scenes in the Italian Job and Talented Mr. Ripley make me upset that I didn't visit Venice when I was in Italy.

jmw

I love this thread. It makes me smile as I recall some of the films and particular scenes you folks mention. I've got one for kids at heart or folks looking for a scenic movie to watch with kids while dreaming of Greece -- The Moonspinners, an early Disney avec Hayley Mills. J.

DavidD

sixthlap,

This is an enjoyable thread.

Here's a couple more contenders, both of which were expensively produced blockbusters:

Since its initial release in the 60s, The Sound of Music has drawn moviegoers to experience Salzburg's Old World elegance and the beauty that is the Austrian countryside.

Also produced some 40 years ago, David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia made a strong impression on countless moviegoers, as it created an exotic and utterly foreign world that few Westerners had experienced. While it may not have motivated many to explore that particular part of the world, it surely stirred the travel instinct that lies within most of us.

Gardyloo

For me it was always that ultimate guy movie, <i>The Great Escape</i> with Steve McQueen on the bike whispering &quot;Switzerland...&quot; before roaring off toward the fences, Charles Bronson in the rowboat, and James Coburn with the world's worst Australian accent meeting a beret-capped fellow in a meadow in the woods. &quot;Spine?&quot;

&quot;Si - Ethpanya.&quot;

I had to go.

isabel

The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Daniel Day Lewis and Juliet Binoch) has some great shots of Prague.

jsmith

I watched both versions of The Italian Job last week. In the 2003 version the crime takes place in Venice and switches to Los Angeles. The 1969 version with Michael Caine and Noel Coward takes place in Turin, the Italian mountains and a little bit of London.

Spectacular scenery in both.

Dreamer2

Yes, Mr. Go, Local Hero was great - and great scenery. Same with Waking Ned Devine.
In addition to those I chimed in earlier (Only You, and PBS' Year in Provence), I forgot one of my all-time favorites: Enchanted April.
Has anyone mentioned that one? It's wonderful...

BarneyRubble

Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas

angel_UK

Most of the films I enjoy have already been mentioned - French Kiss,Three Coins in a Fountain,Chocolat,Notting Hill, Bridget Jones Diary,Shirley Valentine.
Local Hero is a real favourite as we have spent lots of holidays at the beach area when my daughter was younger.

I also liked Schindlers List for the scenes in Krakow we have visited, but have never cried so much during a film.
I love Music Box for the Budapest scenery, and Baby Boom for the scenes of New York and Vermont

One of my favourite 'feelgood' films is Cousins. I have a dream of following in Ted Danson and Isabella Rosellini's footsteps and hiring a log cabin on the shores of the lake, but am not sure where it was set.
I know it was Canada, and I even showed the scene to my daughters ex-boyfriend (a Canadian footballer in England) and he thought it looked like the area around Vancouver Island but wasn't sure.
Maybe someone on here will know and I may get to go one day

kevdoy

Angel, if you liked &quot;Cousins&quot;, why not rent the movie it was based on. &quot;Cousin, Cousine&quot;. A French film from 1975, available with subtitles and with lots more Gallic bite and humor than the re-make (although Isabella Rosellini is wonderful to watch, too).

happycampers

50 First Dates with Adam Sandler - the movie is shot in Hawaii and Alaska

ucsun

i get in the europe mood with Ronin, Notting Hll, and Sabrina to name a few. ...and oh, how could i forget, The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' Save Pompeii...

RebeccaM

Last night we saw on tape the 1961 film, Goodbye Again, with Yves Montand, Ingmar Bergman, and Anthony Perkins. Lots of shots of Paris in the sixties - and the necessary raincoats and cigarettes. It's also known as &quot;Aimez-Vous Brahms?&quot;

arty4949

I love this thread. I was hoping you all could help me to remember the name of the movie that got me hooked on travel in europe. A short description..
1990's young princess wants to travel europe but father(royalty) disagrees. She runsaway but father secretly sends an agent to keep her safe. They travel together and fall in love. they hook up with a third character (silly and strange), he leaves yellow stickers to tell everyone where he has been.
Lastly, at a large european street party/rave of thousands, the princess is recognized, the agent is exposed and the father sends a helicopter to rescue both.
I loved this movie and all of its beautiful scenes of venice ect.
Any thoughs????
Thanks

Guenmai

At first part of the description sounded like Roman Holiday, but that was in the 50s. Audrey Hepburn was my all-time favorite. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046250/. Was there a modern remake of Roman Holiday, but set in Venice? Happy Travels!

ellenem

arty4949,
The movie is "Chasing Liberty."

NorCal_Jo

Great movies! In my glance through, I didn't see that anyone mentioned "A Good Year" with Russell Crowe (2006). He plays an investment banker living in London who inherits his uncle's chateau and vineyard in Provence and in the process of trying to sell it, re-connects with the laid-back lifestyle he grew up with in Provence. Based on a Peter Mayle novel and really a good film IMO (need to be in the mood for a slower pace film) and made me want to quit my intense job (in London right now) and move to Provence!

GreenDragon

Norcal, I think I had seen a similar miniseries with John Thaw (Inspector Morse) - let me look it up... Yup! A Year in Provence, based on the Peter Mayle novel as well.

arty4949

Thank-you ellenem,

I checked IMDB and that is the movie.
I guess my details were off a little, therefore making a search very difficult.
Thanks again