The Cinescapader

Sunday, July 3, 2016

Visiting Filming Locations of "The Golden Voyage of Sinbad" (1973) in Mallorca, Balearic Islands

Directed by Gordon Hessler
Produced by Charles H. Schneer & Ray Harryhausen
Written by Brian Clemens & Ray Harryhausen
Based on Sinbad the Sailor from One Thousand and One Nights
Starring John Phillip Law, Tom Baker, Takis Emmanuel & Caroline Munro

The Golden Voyage of Sinbad is a fantasy film in Dynarama released in 1973 and starring John Phillip Law as Sinbad. It includes a score by composer Miklós Rózsa and is known mostly for the stop motion effects by Ray Harryhausen.
The film is the second of three Sinbad films that Harryhausen made for Columbia, the others being The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958) and Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977).

It won the first Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film.

Producers Charles Schneer and Ray Harryhausen based their production in Spain (Madrid as well as the island of Majorca) to take advantage of the local rugged scenery.
At one point the possibility of filming some scenes at the landmark Alhambra palace in Granada was raised; however, rental fees demanded by local authorities proved prohibitive. Eventually the company was able to film at the Royal Palace of La Almudaina. Other scenes were done in the Caves of Artà (the temple of the Oracle) and the Torrent de Pareis. -Wikipedia

Torrent de Pareis.

Cliff near Torrent de Pareis.

Caves of Artà.

Visiting Filming Location of "Cloud Atlas" (2012) in Mallorca, Balearic Islands

Directed by Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer & Andy Wachowski
Produced by Stefan Arndt, Grant Hill, Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer & Andy Wachowski
Screenplay by Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer & Andy Wachowski
Based on Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Starring Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent & Hugo Weaving

Cloud Atlas is a 2012 independent German-American science fiction film written and directed by The Wachowskis and Tom Tykwer.
Adapted from the 2004 novel of the same name by David Mitchell, the film has multiple plots set across six different eras, which Mitchell described as "a sort of pointillist mosaic."
The official synopsis describes it as "an exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution."
Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, and Jim Broadbent lead an ensemble cast.

The film was produced by Grant Hill, Stefan Arndt, the Wachowskis, and Tykwer. During four years of development, the project met difficulties securing financial support; it was eventually produced with a $102 million budget provided by independent sources, making it one of the most expensive independent films of all time.
Production began in September 2011 at Studio Babelsberg in Potsdam-Babelsberg, Germany. -Wikipedia

Torrent de Pareis.

Thursday, June 9, 2016

VEDONLYÖJÄT (2016)

Two guys bet on everything.

This short film was made as part of Uneton48 Festival 2016.
Genre was Sports...

Starring Paavo Ihalainen, J L, Ville Savolainen, Juho Raatikainen, Teemu Itkonen and Jarno Mahlberg.
Crew Jarno Mahlberg, Teemu Itkonen, Paavo Ihalainen, J L, Ville Savolainen, Juho Raatikainen and Jari Oikuri.
Story by Teemu Itkonen, Paavo Ihalainen, J L, Ville Savolainen, Juho Raatikainen and Jarno Mahlberg.
Edited by Teemu Itkonen (video) and J L (sound).
Filmed and Directed by Jarno Mahlberg.
Runtime: 00:05:43
Language: Finnish.