Filming locations

List of some of the places that we visited where famous films have been shot.

Locations

Some roads close to Jinja, Uganda

The Last King of Scotland (2006)

Hell's Gate National Park, Lake Naivasha, Kenya

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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003)

Born Free (1966)

King Solomon's Mines (1950)

Some favelas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Wikipedia: Rocinha:

The Incredible Hulk 2008 film includes an aerial view, an impressive helicopter footage that gives a fair idea of the enormity of the favela and its complex assortment of seemingly endless chaotic constructions.

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Pão de Açúcar, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Moonraker (1979)

See description.

Teatro Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil

Fitzcarraldo (1982)

Werner Herzog. Fitzcarraldo (1982).

Friday's grave, close to Madang, Papua New Guinea

Robinson Crusoe (1997)

Parts of Robinson Crusoe (the 1997 film starring Pierce Brosnan) were filmed close to Madang, according to Busybee, a local tourguide, who was in charge of showing Mr. Brosnan around and who is thus credited in the ending titles of the movie.

Penang, Malaysia

Anna and the King (1999)

"Anna and the King" was filmed in several locations on Penang eventhough the events of the film take place in Thailand. See more here.

Khao San Road, Bangkok, Thailand

The Beach (2000)

See here:

Naïve traveller Richard (Leonardo DiCaprio) sets out to find the fabled beach from the bustling backpack melee of Khao San Road, downtown Bangkok.

Damnoen Saduak floating markets, Thailand

James Bond [BUG: The Man With The Golden Gun? where Bond also vists Macau and Kowloon, see here].

Angkor temples, Cambodia

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)

was filmed in Phnom Bakheng, Bayon and Ta Prohm. See here:

The Cambodian temple complex, where Croft must retrieve the half of the triangular MacGuffin, is at Siem Reap in Cambodia, where she arrives, with game-style ease, onto Phnom Bakheng, a hill topped by a Hindu temple (though the site later became a Buddhist centre).

She tools up and scoots off in her Land Rover in front of the sacred Bayon temple, in Angkor Thom, its 54 towers, each bearing four enigmatic smiling faces. The most spectacular temple of all, entwined with enormous trees, where Croft encounters the mysterious girl, is Ta Prohm.

The most famous, Angkor Wat itself (the largest religious monument in the world and a World Heritage site), looms over the Cambodian village. It appears to be on a river It’s not. The village was no more than a set built around a small ornamental pond.

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Joseph Conrad’s Lord Jim, with Peter O’Toole.

Chungking Mansions, Hong Kong

Chungking Express (1994)

Wong Kar-wai. "Chungking Express"

Rua da Felicidade, Macau

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

In Macau stayed in San Va Hospedaria which is on the street where Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was filmed. Lonely Planet China 2007 writes:

Not far west of Largo do Senado is Rua da Felicidade (Street of Happiness). Its red-shuttered terraces were once Macau’s main red-light district. You might recognise it from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, which has several scenes shot here.

Forbidden City, Beijing

The Last Emperor (1987)

Wikipedia writes:

The Last Emperor (1987), a biographical film about Puyi, was the first feature film ever authorised by the government of the People's Republic of China to be filmed in the Forbidden City.

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