Big Movies Shot in Morocco

[wonderXman]

GLADIATOR
(Oscar Winner) - Best Picture
Shot in Ouarzazate - 2000

http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/3329/y1pjqdpsroc6kc0lprt6bicvk1.jpg

http://www.hans-zimmer.com/fr/mv/promo/gladiator2/gladiator.jpg

http://www.leadingadvisor.com/blog/archives/gladiator119a.jpg

http://www.linsdomain.com/Derek/gladiator/gladiator2.jpg

Trailer
JKD8pK83vBY

[wonderXman]

THE BOURNE IDENTITY ULTIMATUM
Shot partly in Tangier - 2007 >>*NEW*<<

http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/1816/bourneultimatummovieposru7.jpg

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/241/picbourneult1bp3.jpg

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/8780/picbourneultv1dz6.jpg

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/9953/picbourneultv2pb1.jpg

Trailer
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[wonderXman]

KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
shot in Ouarzazate - 2005

http://www.hollywoodjesus.com/movie/kindom_heaven/poster.jpg

http://thecia.com.au/reviews/k/images/kingdom-of-heaven-9.jpg

http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/May-06-Fri-2005/photos/kingdom.jpg

http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/movie/gallery/1145044/photo_28.jpg

Trailer
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[wonderXman]

ALEXANDER
Shot in Ouarzazate - 2004

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/153/988899~Alexander-Posters.jpg

http://www.moviecitynews.com/arrays/images/2004/alexander3.jpg

Trailer
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Unseen scene - Elephant Fight
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[wonderXman]

THE MUMMY
Shot in Ouarzazate - 1999

http://www.canmag.com/images/front/moviesetc/mummy.jpg

http://www.horrordvds.com/reviews/a-m/mummy99/mummy99_shot4l.jpg

http://www.horrordvds.com/reviews/a-m/mummy99/mummy99_shot5l.jpg

Trailer
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[wonderXman]

THE MUMMY RETURNS
Shot in Ouarzazate - 2001

http://tf.org/images/covers/TheMummyReturns.jpg

http://www.withfriendship.com/user/images/376/mummy-returns-rachel.jpg

http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/universal_pictures/the_mummy_returns/brendan_fraser/mummyreturns.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/topaz08/of1.JPG

Trailer
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Cat Fight Scene
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[wonderXman]

BLACK HAWK DOWN
(Oscar Winner for Best Sound & Best Film Editing)
Shot in Rabat - 2001

http://www.moviemart.in/upload/Black%20Hawk%20Down%20(2001).jpg

http://media.monstersandcritics.com/articles/1169213/article_images/blkhwksoldiers1.jpg

http://www.cavalierdaily.com/.Archives/2002/02/01/aeblackhawk.gif

Trailer
AUJ6cxWdZwA

[wonderXman]

SPY GAME
Shot partly in Casablanca - 2001

http://pics14.webs-tv.net/6/userfile/c/chunguan/blog/858d566a.jpg

http://archive.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2001/11/21/spy_game/story.jpg

http://thecia.com.au/reviews/s/images/spy-game-poster-1.jpg

Scene from Movie
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[wonderXman]

HIDALGO
Shot in Ouarzazate - 2004

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/153/810281~Hidalgo-International-Posters.jpg

http://www.mpimages.net/mp/compressed/promotional/hidalgo1.jpg

http://www.edharriss.com/xsi/4point0_images/Hidalgo5.jpg

Trailer
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[wonderXman]

LIVE FROM BAGHDAD
Shot in Rabat - 2002

http://www.hans-zimmer.com/fr/mv/jablonsky/baghdad1.jpg

http://i.cnn.net/cnn/2002/SHOWBIZ/TV/12/06/sproject.ca02.live.baghdad/story.live.from.baghdad.jpg

http://space.coder24.net/cnnreporter/content/reports/cnn25/cnn1980.jpg

Scene from the movie
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[wonderXman]

THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST
Shot in Ouarzazate - 1988

http://www.wordsfromhere.com/images/temptation.jpg

http://uashome.alaska.edu/~jndfg20/website/lasttemptation.jpg

http://graphics.boston.com/bonzai-fba/Original_Graphic/2004/02/22/1077463493_0658.jpg

Trailer
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[wonderXman]

CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR
Shot in Essaouira - +NEW+ ==> 25th Dec 2007
[Out on Oscar Nomations Movie Time]
Another movie shot in Morocco will be nominated for Oscar :banana::lol:

Actors include:

Academy Award Winner: TOM HANKS
http://www.tomhanks.com.ar/pictures/tom-hanks6.jpg

Academy Award Winner: JULIA ROBERTS
http://www.worstpreviews.com/images/charliewilsonswar.gif
http://www.jaunted.com/files/3/julia_essaouira.jpg

Academy Award Winner: PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN
http://www.hbo.com/films/empirefalls/img/castandcrew/506x316_philip3.jpg

[Trailer Not available yet...]
until then enjoy Julia:
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[wonderXman]

INDIGENES
shot in Ouarzazate - 2006

http://korkos.club.fr/indigenes-01.jpg

http://www.aqoul.com/archives/h_3_ill_816787_indigenes-ter.jpg

Trailer:
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[wonderXman]

HIDEOUS KINKY
Shot in Marrakesh - 1998

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/4043/saidtaghmaouitimarrakeskq7.jpg

http://www.doorly.com/images/hideous.jpg

http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/images/issue/420/hideous-kinky_420.jpg

http://www.youngactressreviews.org/reviews/hideous_kinky/shot01.jpg

Scene from the movie:
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[wonderXman]

THE MESSAGE
shooting in 2007

LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Europe Vision PLC said it will co-produce a new motion picture with financial backing from investors in Morocco, the UK and the UAE and receive a co-producer fee of 3 mln eur, payable during shooting.

The AIM-listed European media company said the projected budget of the film, entitled 'The Message', is 138 mln Eur. It has secured conditional financing for the film, it added.

[wonderXman]

TROY
shot in Ouarzazate - 2004

http://www.ez-entertainment.net/prod/troy_poster.jpg

Trailer:
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[wonderXman]

SYRIANA
shot in Ouarazazate & Dubai (UAE) - 2005
(Oscar nominated for Best Picture - Won best supporting Actor: George Clooney)
http://www.union.unimelb.edu.au/rwl/images/syriana.jpg

Trailer:
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[wonderXman]

10 hollywood films are shot in Morocco every year.
mainly big budget films!:banana:

[wonderXman]

ASTERIX & OBELIX: MISSION CLEOPATRE - 2004
Shot in Ouarzazate

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/3071/asterixetobelixmissioncpl0.jpg

Trailer:
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[wonderXman]

DOMINION: PREQUEL TO THE EXORCIST - 2005
Shot in Ouarzazate

http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/warner_brothers/dominion__a_prequel_to_the_exorcist/dominionaprequeltotheexorcist_bigposter.jpg

Trailer:
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[DevilsEyes]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/HHE2DomTeaserPoster.jpg/405px-HHE2DomTeaserPoster.jpg

The Hills Have Eyes 2 began filming in the summer of 2006 in Ouarzazate, Morocco where the previous movie was filmed.

[DevilsEyes]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a1/Lawr5.jpg

The film was made by Horizon Pictures and Columbia Pictures. Shooting began on May 15, 1961 and ended on October 20, 1962.

The desert scenes were shot in Jordan and Morocco, as well as Almería and Doñana in Spain. The film was originally to be filmed entirely in Jordan: the government of King Hussein was extremely helpful in providing logistical assistance, location scouting, transportation, and extras. During the production of the film, in fact, Hussein met and married Toni Gardner, who was working as a switchboard operator in Aqaba. One of the film's technical advisors/horse wranglers in Jordan was a descendant of Auda abu Tayi.

[wonderXman]

I was looking for it! but I didnt remember the name... a friend told me it was shot there! I havent watched it yet!

I ll post it just in a minute lol

[DevilsEyes]

And of course, Ali Baba et les quarante voleurs. Filmed in Taroudant, Morocco.

http://www.cinemedioevo.net/Film/AC/alibab54-01.jpg

[wonderXman]

THE HILL HAVE EYES 2 - NEW - 2007
shot in Ouarzazate

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/HHE2DomTeaserPoster.jpg/405px-HHE2DomTeaserPoster.jpg


Teaser:
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[Aícha]

BLACK HAWK DOWN
(Oscar Winner for Best Sound & Best Film Editing)
Shot in Rabat - 2001

http://www.moviemart.in/upload/Black%20Hawk%20Down%20(2001).jpg

http://media.monstersandcritics.com/articles/1169213/article_images/blkhwksoldiers1.jpg

http://www.cavalierdaily.com/.Archives/2002/02/01/aeblackhawk.gif

Trailer
AUJ6cxWdZwA

Shot in Salé - 2001

[wonderXman]

^^ Sale and Rabat are the same city :P :lol:
Plus the actor I remember said on the Oscars he thanked the people of Rabat :P he didn't mention Sale :P :lol:

[wonderXman]

REPORTAGE ABOUT OUARZAZATE STUDIOS
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[Aliya]

Jewel Of the Nile

http://www.insidepulse.com/columnImages2006/image29599.jpg

http://www.moviegoods.com/assets/product_images/1020/339509.1020.a.jpg

[Aliya]

Also '24' the movie will be shot in Morocco !! :D

Babel with Brad Pitt

http://nodo.blogsome.com/images/babel.jpg

http://www.worstpreviews.com/images/babel.gif

Trailer
9R0WfYhwATU

[Aliya]

Five Fingers with Ryan Phillipe and Laurence Fishburne

http://www.availableimages.com/images/previews/Five%20Fingers%20(2006).jpg


Trailer um its in German lol
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[Aliya]

The Four Feathers with Heath Ledger and Kate Hudson

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/149/501075~The-Four-Feathers-Posters.jpg

[Aliya]

The Man Who Would Have Been King with Sean Connery and Michael Caine (i have this on DVD:D )

http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/51NAD1N44BL._AA280_.jpg

[Aliya]

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/153/LeagueofExtraordinaryGentlemen(Regular)~The-League-of-Extraordinary-Gentlemen-Posters.jpg

Trailer

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[Aliya]

Sahara

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/32/Sahara_poster.JPG

Trailer

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[Virtuoz]

http://www.poster.net/anonymous/anonymous-casablanca-7600164.jpg

[Aliya]

^^ Casablanca wasnt actually filmed in Morocco :lol:

[Virtuoz]

^^ Casablanca wasnt actually filmed in Morocco :lol:

I know, but who cares? It's a historic movie about casa ;)

[wonderXman]

LAST MINUTE MAROCCO
italian film - 2007 [NEW]

http://www.mymovies.it/filmclub/2007/03/127/locandina.jpg

http://www.mymovies.it/cinemanews/2007/2057/1.jpg

Trailer:
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[wonderXman]

^^ Casablanca wasnt actually filmed in Morocco :lol:

It was filmed in Florida!

It's not anymore the best movie of all time! now "Citizen Kane" is said to be the best movie of all time. but Casablanca is still best screenplay of all time. :D

[Gag Halfrunt]

It was filmed in Florida!
Casablanca wasn't filmed in Florida either. It was made at the Warner Bros. studios in Los Angeles.

[wonderXman]

CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR
Shot in Essaouira - +NEW+ ==> 25th Dec 2007
[Out on Oscar Nomations Movie Time]
Another movie shot in Morocco will be nominated for Oscar :banana::lol:

Actors include:

Academy Award Winner: TOM HANKS
http://www.tomhanks.com.ar/pictures/tom-hanks6.jpg

Academy Award Winner: JULIA ROBERTS
http://www.worstpreviews.com/images/charliewilsonswar.gif
http://www.jaunted.com/files/3/julia_essaouira.jpg

Academy Award Winner: PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN
http://www.hbo.com/films/empirefalls/img/castandcrew/506x316_philip3.jpg

[Trailer Not available yet...]
until then enjoy Julia:
c487WV8BZbI

[TRAILER] Movie Playing This December
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[wonderXman]

RENDITION
Now in Theatres
[b]Shot in Marrakesh, Essaouira, Washington DC & Cape Town

http://www.worstpreviews.com/images/posters/rendition/rendition1_large.jpg

Trailer:
NN3JmdbM9oE

[wonderXman]

>>>> An Extensive List of Movies Shot in Morocco (including TV series)<<<< (http://www.imdb.com/List?endings=on&&locations=Morocco)

[wonderXman]

DUBAI TRIES TO COMPETE WITH MOROCCO

Morocco has long established itself as the go-to place for Hollywood and other international productions looking for a secure, affordable location to shoot in the Arab world and Middle East.
While Hollywood, particularly, has shown new-found interest in the region with a series of pics dealing with the wars on terror, Iraq and Afghanistan, 2007 has proven a mixed year for Moroccan studios eager for high-profile projects to lens there.

Jordan, for example, has lured the lion's share of Iraq-set projects with Brian DePalma's "Redacted," Nick Broomfield's "Battle for Haditha" and Kathyrn Bigelow's "Hurt Locker" all shooting there rather than in Morocco.

The Persian Gulf emirates of Dubai and Abu Dhabi have also stepped up their efforts to attract foreign projects to the Middle East with a series of generous financial incentives.

Ironically, however, it was Dubai's decision to pass on Ridley Scott's politically controversial "Body of Lies," about a CIA agent who's sent to Amman to work with Jordan's intelligence chief to thwart a rumored attack against America, that has seen Moroccan film execs land their highest-profile project of the year.

Pic, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe, has completed its shoot in capital city Rabat, and is now well into a nine-week shoot in Ouarzazate's CLA Studios, a joint venture between Morocco's Sanam Holding, Dino De Laurentiis and Italy's Cinecitta. "It has been an average year," says Sanam Holding's general manager Ismail Farih. "I have no idea why. You'll have to ask producers."

"Shooting has been down this year," says Zara Ouladbada of Dune Films, which serviced "Charlie Wilson's War" and "Stop-Loss." "It's partly because of the political situation in the region and because of the U.S. dollar. It's always down compared to the euro and this has affected production in Morocco."

It's not been all bad news, however, for filming in the country. TV skein "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves," headed by French shingle GMT and also involving Italian pubcaster RAI and Germany's Tele Muenchen shot at the CLA Studios, while the Steve Martin-penned "Traitor," starring Don Cheadle and Guy Pierce, lensed in the country as well.

The BBC brought a clutch of period pieces to Morocco this year, with their bigscreen remake of Evelyn Waugh's "Brideshead Revisited" and TV skein "The Passion."

Teuton pic "The Baader-Meinhof Complex," about the German terrorist group the Red Army Faction's 1970s terror campaign, is set to lense for 10 days in Morocco starting Nov. 21, while Teuton TV skein "Mogadishu," a fact-based terrorist drama about the 1977 hijacking of a Lufthansa flight, is also coming to the country at the same time. "We were looking for a place that could double as Jordan and Iraq, and Morocco offered us both the facilities, infrastructure and varied locations that we needed," says Christine Rothe, line producer on "Baader-Meinhof" and a seasoned traveler to Morocco. "We looked at other places like Tunisia but it didn't have the right coloring and Israel was way too dangerous."

Biggest of all, arguably, is the imminent arrival of Paul Greengrass' Iraq drama "Imperial Life in the Emerald City," starring Matt Damon. Pic is set to lens in Morocco once it has completed its shoot in Spain, which begins in January. That production is being serviced by Zak Aloui's Zak Prods., which also repped Scott's "Body of Lies" and "The Bourne Ultimatum," the previous Greengrass-Damon collaboration.

"I can't speak for other companies but we've had a good year," says Aloui. "A lot of it has to do with the scripts. Morocco is film friendly and with U.S. policy in the Middle East and Iraq, the region is the hot topic."

A big factor in Morocco's favor is the willingness by authorities to allow filmmakers to tackle hot-potato subject matter at a time when potential rivals such as Dubai are shying away from political fare. "Everything is permitted here, at a very good prices and there are no restrictions at all," says Farih, before adding jokingly, "except for XXX movies."

[rocknroll08]

DUBAI TRIES TO COMPETE WITH MOROCCO

Morocco has long established itself as the go-to place for Hollywood and other international productions looking for a secure, affordable location to shoot in the Arab world and Middle East.
While Hollywood, particularly, has shown new-found interest in the region with a series of pics dealing with the wars on terror, Iraq and Afghanistan, 2007 has proven a mixed year for Moroccan studios eager for high-profile projects to lens there.

Jordan, for example, has lured the lion's share of Iraq-set projects with Brian DePalma's "Redacted," Nick Broomfield's "Battle for Haditha" and Kathyrn Bigelow's "Hurt Locker" all shooting there rather than in Morocco.

The Persian Gulf emirates of Dubai and Abu Dhabi have also stepped up their efforts to attract foreign projects to the Middle East with a series of generous financial incentives.

Ironically, however, it was Dubai's decision to pass on Ridley Scott's politically controversial "Body of Lies," about a CIA agent who's sent to Amman to work with Jordan's intelligence chief to thwart a rumored attack against America, that has seen Moroccan film execs land their highest-profile project of the year.

Pic, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe, has completed its shoot in capital city Rabat, and is now well into a nine-week shoot in Ouarzazate's CLA Studios, a joint venture between Morocco's Sanam Holding, Dino De Laurentiis and Italy's Cinecitta. "It has been an average year," says Sanam Holding's general manager Ismail Farih. "I have no idea why. You'll have to ask producers."

"Shooting has been down this year," says Zara Ouladbada of Dune Films, which serviced "Charlie Wilson's War" and "Stop-Loss." "It's partly because of the political situation in the region and because of the U.S. dollar. It's always down compared to the euro and this has affected production in Morocco."

It's not been all bad news, however, for filming in the country. TV skein "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves," headed by French shingle GMT and also involving Italian pubcaster RAI and Germany's Tele Muenchen shot at the CLA Studios, while the Steve Martin-penned "Traitor," starring Don Cheadle and Guy Pierce, lensed in the country as well.

The BBC brought a clutch of period pieces to Morocco this year, with their bigscreen remake of Evelyn Waugh's "Brideshead Revisited" and TV skein "The Passion."

Teuton pic "The Baader-Meinhof Complex," about the German terrorist group the Red Army Faction's 1970s terror campaign, is set to lense for 10 days in Morocco starting Nov. 21, while Teuton TV skein "Mogadishu," a fact-based terrorist drama about the 1977 hijacking of a Lufthansa flight, is also coming to the country at the same time. "We were looking for a place that could double as Jordan and Iraq, and Morocco offered us both the facilities, infrastructure and varied locations that we needed," says Christine Rothe, line producer on "Baader-Meinhof" and a seasoned traveler to Morocco. "We looked at other places like Tunisia but it didn't have the right coloring and Israel was way too dangerous."

Biggest of all, arguably, is the imminent arrival of Paul Greengrass' Iraq drama "Imperial Life in the Emerald City," starring Matt Damon. Pic is set to lens in Morocco once it has completed its shoot in Spain, which begins in January. That production is being serviced by Zak Aloui's Zak Prods., which also repped Scott's "Body of Lies" and "The Bourne Ultimatum," the previous Greengrass-Damon collaboration.

"I can't speak for other companies but we've had a good year," says Aloui. "A lot of it has to do with the scripts. Morocco is film friendly and with U.S. policy in the Middle East and Iraq, the region is the hot topic."

A big factor in Morocco's favor is the willingness by authorities to allow filmmakers to tackle hot-potato subject matter at a time when potential rivals such as Dubai are shying away from political fare. "Everything is permitted here, at a very good prices and there are no restrictions at all," says Farih, before adding jokingly, "except for XXX movies."

Nice article, could you provide us with the source of the article. Given UAE's immense financial capacities, it is going to be very hard for Morocco to keep monopolizing the film shootings. Nevertheless, as the article points out... the focus of movies on Middle East problems... is providing a lot of opportunities for everyone.
On the other hand, the movie Kingdom I think was filmed in UAE... so at the end of the day the pie is large enough for everyone.

[wonderXman]

Here is the >>Source<< (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117976411.html?categoryId=2840)

^^ While yes Dubai has the financial capacities to buy up producers to go shoot there! it also lacks natural diversity of Morocco. As well as studios that have had the expertise of working on high profile big budget movies.

As well as pretty much most Arab countries that are hot topic: Palestine, Iraq, Lebanon, Egypte, Algeria, Sudan, Somalia... can easily be captured in Morocco! as well as you can find Moroccans that look as people from those countries and also can blend into accents of those countries easily!

I don't think some guy from Dubai will find it easy to imitate maghrebi accent! while it's easy for a Moroccan to imitate Khalijis or any other arab accent... that's just one factor!

I hope that this competitveness make Moroccans dealing with this industry improve themselves and bring it! ;)

Also one ironic thing is these Hollywood movies use virgin Moroccan actors and they look so professional onscreen, a thing you rarely see by famous Moroccan actors on Moroccan movies.

[wonderXman]

THE VALLEY OF ELAH
Shot partly in Marrakesh - NOW PLAYING...

http://www.releaseinfo.net/ri/cover/new_velka/1192699914-inthevalleyelah_poster.jpg

Trailer:
C3OKyqDGaHo

[Rockin Moroccan]

HOME OF THE BRAVE
Filmed in Morocco - Release Date: 12.05.2007

http://img5.allocine.fr/acmedia/medias/nmedia/18/60/17/57/18677639.jpg

Trailer:
byhc0uIujvY

[Rockin Moroccan]

LE LEGIONNAIRE
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Filmed in Morocco - Release date: December 3, 1998

http://club.xc.zj.cn/uploads/cfxz2.jpg

http://data-allocine.blogomaniac.fr/mdata/1/5/2/Z20060902210737993134251/img/1163326237_01.jpg

http://ia.imdb.com/media/imdb/01/I/98/29/89f.jpg

[Rockin Moroccan]

ARMOUR OF GOD II: OPERATION CONDOR
Starring: Jackie Chan
Filmed in Madrid, Spain and Morocco. - Release date: 1991

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cf/OperationCondor_DVDcover.jpg

http://www.dvdrama.com/imagescrit2/o/p/e/operation_condorhaut.jpg

http://www.dvdrama.com/menus2/o/p/e/operation_condor10.jpg

http://www.dvdrama.com/menus2/o/p/e/operation_condor14.jpg

http://www.dvdrama.com/menus2/o/p/e/operation_condor8.jpg

http://www.dvdrama.com/menus2/o/p/e/operation_condor17.jpg

http://www.dvdrama.com/menus2/o/p/e/operation_condor29.jpg

http://www.dvdrama.com/menus2/o/p/e/operation_condor30.jpg

[wonderXman]

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>>>>WATCH WHOLE MOVIE HERE<<<< (http://static.youku.com/v/swf/qplayer.swf?VideoIDS=XMTUxMjc3MjQ=& amp;embedid=MjQuNzguMTQwLjM0AjM3ODE5MzECc3VwZXJtb3ZpZXBsZXguY29tAi9tb2R1bGVzLnBocA==&showAd=0).

[glamourhollywood]

I am new here in this forum and i am really fond of cinema. But i wanna add another shooting in morocco: Body Of Lies directed by Ridley Scott and starring Leonardo Dicaprio, Russel Crowe and Carice Van Houten.This shooting has ended in december in ouarzazate, now the movie is in post-production. Here a photo preview of the film.

http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/3396/bodyoflies01mt3.jpg

[Rabat_M6_lover]

glamourhollywood you are welcome here
are you morrocan ?

[glamourhollywood]

hi thanks for your welcome and to answer to your question i am not moroccan but i live in morocco. I wanted to join this forum because i really like the world of cinema.

[Rabat_M6_lover]

ok dear you are welcome here
sorry lol but where do tou from ?

[glamourhollywood]

I live in Casablanca but if someone knows any news about an upcoming shooting in morocco could you please post it. And thanks again for your welcome. But i have learnt that angelina jolie is going to come in morocco for the need of a new sam mendes' movie. Well i have completely forgotten, i come from belgium.

[Rabat_M6_lover]

I live in Casablanca but if someone knows any news about an upcoming shooting in morocco could you please post it. And thanks again for your welcome. But i have learnt that angelina jolie is going to come in morocco for the need of a new sam mendes' movie. Well i have completely forgotten, i come from belgium.

ok in october decaprio was shooting her film her in rabat sal about iraq
i see him he's old man :ohno:lol
about angelina we must get the news from hollywod not here :nuts:
i know that alooooooooooot of american stars love morocco and many of them have houses in tanger and marakech

[wonderXman]

^^ Yes Angelina is set to shoot a Movie in Morocco: This April 2008.
Moreover, the movie like "Babel" is about Morocco. It's about a love story in Agadir.

There are rumors though that the role changed to "Anne Hathaway". :ohno:
http://www.thecinemasource.com/moviesdb/images/Anne_Hathaway%20-%2001%20-%20The_Devil_Wears_Prada.jpg

For the article about Angelina's movie: click here (http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/culture/us_actress_angelina/view)

[Rabat_M6_lover]

^^ Yes Angelina is set to shoot a Movie in Morocco: This April 2008.
Moreover, the movie like "Babel" is about Morocco. It's about a love story in Agadir.

There are rumors though that the role changed to "Anne Hathaway". :ohno:
http://www.thecinemasource.com/moviesdb/images/Anne_Hathaway%20-%2001%20-%20The_Devil_Wears_Prada.jpg

For the article about Angelina's movie: click here (http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/culture/us_actress_angelina/view)

aha so it's in agadir :tongue:
golli in april the high way marakch agadir should be innaugured no ??

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Charlie Wilson's War is shot in Morocco. In the movie, it is supposed to be Pakistan and to some extent Israel, as the senator travels around the region to solve war problems...and Soviet threat

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Le "Hollywood marocain" entend drainer 180 millions d'euros à l'horizon 2016
MAROC - 10 janvier 2008 - AFP

La ville de Ouarzazate, dans le sud du Maroc, entend devenir devenir le "Hollywood" de la Méditerranée et drainer deux milliards de dirhams (180 millions d'euros) à l'horizon 2016, ont indiqué mercredi les autorités locales.


Cette localité, qui dès 1949 accueillait l'équipe de tournage d'"Othello" d'Orson Welles avec Essaouira (anciennement Mogador), va multiplier par sept les revenus drainés par son industrie du film, l'une des plus performantes du bassin méditerranéen, estimés actuellement à près de 300 millions de dirhams (27,3 millions d'euros) par an, a annoncé le Conseil Régional du Souss Massa Draâ (sud).



"Le Maroc consacrera 43 millions de dirhams (3,9 millions d'euros) pour qu'à l'horizon 2016, 38 longs-métrages soient tournés chaque année à Ouarzazate (contre 11 actuellement), drainant près de 2 milliards de dirhams", ont indiqué dans un communiqué les autorités de cette ville jumelée avec Los Angeles.

Accueillir des super productions hollywoodiennes est devenue une tradition pour cette ville située aux portes du désert.

De David Lean, qui y tourna "Lawrence d'Arabie", à Ridley Scott, qui vient d'achever son quatrième tournage au Maroc "Body of Lies" avec Leonardo Di Caprio, en passant par "La dernière tentation du Christ" de Martin Scorcese ou "Asterix et Obelix: Mission Cléopâtre" d'Alain Chabat, les paysages variés du sud marocain sont le théâtre de dizaines de films chaque année, en plus des spots publicitaires, documentaires et court-métrages marocains et étrangers.

A l'instar de Warner Bros Studios à Hollywood ou de Dreamworld Film City à Cape Town, Ouarzazate proposera des infrastructures supplémentaires et diversifiera ses services, notamment en pré et post-production.

En 2005, le "Hollywood marocain", qui disposait de deux studios, s'est doté du CLA (Dino de Laurentiis-Cinecitta), l'un des plus grands du monde et plusieurs écoles de cinéma ont ouvert au Maroc ces dernières années afin de mettre à disposition des productions étrangères des personnels locaux qualifiés.

Enfin, le Maroc va renforcer les mesures incitatives, comme la tarification symbolique pour le tournage dans les sites historiques, les remises accordées par la Royal Air Maroc sur le transport aérien, l'exonération de la TVA sur les biens et services acquis au Maroc et la mise à disposition de tous les corps officiels de l'Etat (armée, marine...).

http://www.jeuneafrique.com/jeune_afrique/article_depeche.asp?art_cle=AFP52338leholnoziro0

[glamourhollywood]

It is good for morocco to take a major range in the cinema business: it really makes benefits in a lot of domains. But for Angelina Jolie, i knew the shooting will take place in Agadir. What i know about an upcoming movie in our kingdom is certainly the movie directed by Paul Greegrass starring Matt Damon and Amy Ryan: Imperial Life in Emerald City. This movie deals with the situation of the green zone in Iraq( still) but the shooting began in spain and more specially in Murcia on january the 10th. Moreover, i have read that the movie "24" will take place also in morocco.

[glamourhollywood]

Paul Greengrass is going to shoot his new filmin morocco: The Green Zone starring Matt Damon et Amy Ryan. Can anyone give me more informations about the shooting?
thanks

[wonderXman]

3 MOVIES SHOT IN MOROCCO COMPETE FOR 5 OSCARS

THE VALLEY OF ELAH:
- Best Actor Performance in a Leading Role: Tommy Lee Jones
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CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR:
- Best Actor Performance in a Supportin Role: Phillip Saymour Hoffman
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THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM:
- Achievement in Sound Editing
- Achievement in Sound Mixing
- Achievement in Editing
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... No Oscar Nominations for "Rendition" Or zineb Okach... :S

[Cristovão471]

Babel was good.

[wonderXman]

3 MOVIES SHOT IN MOROCCO COMPETE FOR 5 OSCARS

THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM:
- Achievement in Sound Editing
- Achievement in Sound Mixing
- Achievement in Editing
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3 OSCARS WON :)

[intensivecarebear]

^^Love this movie! The fight scene w/ the Moroccan guy in Tangier was amazing!!!:cheers:

[madao]

^^Love this movie! The fight scene w/ the Moroccan guy in Tangier was amazing!!!:cheers:


agent desh !!:cool:


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[intensivecarebear]

^^He looks like he could be in my family:banana:

[wonderXman]

^^ He is not Moroccan in real life.

His name is: Joey Ansah

He is half Brit, half Ghanan.

He does look very much like a Moroccan Lwyen :D

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Morocco's newcomers plan biz makeover
Tyro helmers tackle taboos and technology

"In Morocco, we have to invent our own model for the film industry," says producer-director Nabil Ayouch. "We need to highlight the role of writers and creative producers and learn from best practices in countries such as India, Ireland and Spain."
The 39-year-old Paris-born Ayouch is a classic example of the new breed of Morocco filmmakers, who are willing to tackle former taboos and embrace new technologies in order to jumpstart the Moroccan film business.

"We're seeing a new wave of young people making films in Morocco," explains 37-year-old helmer Mohamed Chrif Tribak, "which is excellent because we have a mosaic of different races, cultural influences and landscapes and need new voices to reflect this diversity."

Perched on the northwest tip of Africa, Morocco ("The Western Kingdom") stands at a key cultural and geographic crossroads between Europe, Africa and the 333-million-strong Arabic-speaking world -- one of the planet's biggest entertainment markets.

While Morocco's rural villages and ancient medinas still have a medieval feel, the country is mirroring Western trends and on Oct. 13 this year was granted "advanced status" by the EU on the path to progressive integration in the European Single Market.

Cinephile and "modernizer" King Mohammed VI is a staunch supporter of local film production.

Under his reign, funding support and national production have doubled, and far more ambitious plans are now in the making.

In 2007, Moroccan cinema forged an impressive 16% share of the country's $7.4 million total box office, with five titles in the country's top 10.

The government now aims to boost the national box office to $40 million by 2017, with the aim of 40 local productions per year generating a 30% box office share.

Hollywood (39% of admissions) and Bollywood (32%) currently provide the lion's share of national audiences, the former shown primarily in plush multiplexes, the latter in dilapidated old theaters.

Film admissions slumped from 10.8 million in 2002 to 3.3 million in 2007, but the exhibition business is about to be revolutionized through the creation of 17 multiplexes by 2017 and some 50 low-cost screens (with tickets under $1), with the first four two-screen theaters set to open in Casablanca in November.

"One of our key tasks," explains Nour-Eddine Sail, director of the Centre Cinematographique Marocain (CCM), "is to build 150 new screens over the next four to five years."

In 2007 the CCM commissioned a strategy report that set out a goal of fivefold growth of the industry over the next 10 years.

"In Morocco, we've developed a cinema of proximity," says Sail. "Our films speak to people with stories that capture their imagination, backed up by growing professionalism and a nascent star system."

Alongside CCM, the other key local player is pubcaster SNRT, which acquires 40 feature films and more than 200 hours of series per year.

SNRT chief exec Faical Laraichi highlights the broadcaster's emphasis on "creativity, new talent, daring and the need to tell universal stories."

New talent includes homegrown directors, foreign-trained helmers and second generation emigrants returning home, who are jointly introducing new themes and genres into the local film biz.

Madrid-based tyros Swel Noury (28 years old) and Imad Noury (23) -- whose father Hakim is one of Morocco's most respected directors -- dazzled with their stylish debut feature "Heaven's Doors" and recently started shooting "The Man Who Sold the World," a war zone-set thriller based on Dostoyevsky's short story "A Weak Heart."

Groundbreaking helmer Mohamed Chrif Tribak bowed the rough cut of "Time of Comrades" at the 2008 San Sebastian Film Festival; that pic is about the murders of student Marxist leaders by Islamist radicals. He's now prepping "Mesbia," about two women imprisoned in a house in Morocco in the 1950s.

Boundary-pushing pics have had legs at the box office. Thirty-three-year-old female helmer Laila Marrakchi topped the local box office in 2006 with her first feature, "Marock," about a Jewish-Arab love affair, and last year's top pic was "The Satanic Angels," about hard rockers accused of Satanism, directed by Moroccan-Irish Ahmed Boulane.

This year's No. 1 slot is occupied by Ayouch's $12 million English-language belly-dancing drama "Whatever Lola Wants," produced by Pathe. The film has been sold to 33 territories and generated 100,000 admissions in France.

Ayouch is now completing a $5 million 30-film slate -- as well as the 30-film "Film Industry -- Made in Morocco" initiative for pubcaster SNRT -- with an additional 12 films planned for 2009. Ayouch also runs the EU-funded MEDA Films Development program that aims to groom producers and writers from the southern Mediterranean rim countries -- Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, the Palestinian territories, Syria, Tunisia and Turkey.

The next step is to consolidate the national industry and expand international bridges.

"This is a long process," Sail says. "We already have Moroccan films in major international festivals, but our immediate priority is to build our success at home -- from there we can start to look abroad."

http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=festivals&jump=features&id=3326&articleid=VR1117995428

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Morocco fends off alternative locations
Studios in Spain, the Gulf challenge dominanceBy DOUGLAS WILSON

Driven by cheap costs, stunning terrain and highly skilled crews, Morocco long has been a preferred Hollywood location for big-budget drama. Following Ridley Scott's "Body of Lies," this year alone has seen the kingdom host Paul Greengrass' "The Green Zone" for Universal and Mike Newell's "Prince of Persia: Sands of Time," the new Jerry Bruckheimer/Disney franchise based on the videogame.
But Morocco is facing increasing competition from alternative locations. With regional government backing, competitive prices and a recently completed water tank, Ciudad de la Luz studios in Spain has grown in strength, recently enticing Francis Ford Coppola to the Alicante facility for "Tetro."

An even stiffer challenge to Morocco's hold on the sand, sets and sun package is ambitious, cash-rich Studio City in Dubai, which bowed in November 2007, backed by Tecom investments. That studio aims to offer a comprehensive film production package, with everything from film schools to 65,000 square feet of studio soundstage planned.

Though repeated delays have pushed back the completion date, Studio City and neighboring Abu Dhabi's lucrative Film Financing Circle mean the U.A.E. offers the promise of a one-stop finance and production center in the desert, an oasis for producers at a time when Wall Street money has dried up.

But despite all this, Amine Tazi, general manager at CLA Studios Ouarzazate, a joint venture of Dino De Laurentiis, Italy's Cincecitta and Morocco's Sanam Holding, doesn't seem especially worried.

"2007-2008 was a very good year," Tazi says, "and I expect this year to be, too."

Together with sister facility Atlas, CLA handles some 20 film and television productions a year. Germany's Constantin is filming "Pope Joan" there, starring John Goodman, the latest in a long line of Teuton productions to head for Morocco, and "Prince" (at Dune Films) and "Body" both shot there. "Green Zone" is lensing at Zak Prods.

Tazi, who expects tough competition from Studio City, points to the advantages Morocco continues to offer, such as its skills base, varied locations and convenience -- just two hours from Paris and eight from New York on regular flights.

Sarim Fassi-Fihri, CEO of Cinedina, which has been producing since the 1980s, says Morocco compares favorably with Dubai and Ciudad de la Luz. "We are still the cheapest of the three, with the biggest choice of locations and the know-how that (the others) just don't have."

Moreover, "Body of Lies," about a CIA agent sent to Jordan to stymie a terrorist attack, was a political potato too hot for Dubai to handle, allowing Morocco to step in, and raising questions about how well a marriage of convenience between Hollywood and oil money might work out.

Confirming there are no plans to add to Morocco's 20% VAT exemption incentive for foreign productions, Nour-Eddine Sail, head of government film body CCM, stresses Moroccan skilled labor has been trained over the years by Hollywood specifically for big-budget fare. Sail underlines the Moroccan government's film-friendly attitude and the fact that local production has risen to 20 features a year, boosting the industry network and skills base.

UCLA-educated Fouad Challa, CEO of production house Dreamaker, highlights the increasing number of Moroccan execs trained in the U.S. and Europe who understand what Hollywood wants. Challa, who is working to close a Hollywood production deal, says Dreamaker has "a young, ambitious team," and boasts representation in the U.S. and India.

Kanzeman CEO Denise O'Dell has worked in Morocco on many occasions over the years, most recently with Ridley Scott's "Kingdom of Heaven." Concurring with Sail, who notes that "Morocco has really come of age as a production center," she highlights King Mohammed VI's backing of the film biz and the consequent willingness of the military to cooperate with production -- a useful competitive edge for producers who need well-armed extras to double as Mideast combatants, a subject and area that continue to fascinate filmmakers.

http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=festivals&jump=features&id=3326

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Marrakech fest highlights

OPENING FILM
"What Just Happened?," directed by Barry Levinson

CLOSING FILM

"8," directed by top helmers

IN COMPETITION


"100," directed by Chris Martinez

"A Year Ago in Winter," directed by Caroline Link

"Country Wedding," directed by Valdis Oskarsdottir

"Eden," directed by Declan Recks

"Empty Nest," directed by Daniel Burman

"Flame & Citron," directed by Ole Christian Madsen

"Frozen River," directed by Courtney Hunt

"Kandisha," directed by Jerome Cohen-Olivar

"Prince of Broadway," directed by Sean Baker

"Tears of April," directed by Aku Louhimies

"The First Day of Winter,"
directed by Mirko Locatelli


"The Shaft," directed by Zhang Chi and Wang Li
"Wild Field," directed by Mikhail Kalatozishvili


"Zero Bridge," directed by Tariq Tapa
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More than one option(Person) Sean Baker
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(Person) Sean Baker
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HONORS


Director Andrei Konchalovsky will be honored as well as featured in a master class section.

Moroccan and British Cinema retrospectives will occupy a chunk of fest time, with a keynote screening of Mohamed Ousfour's 1958 feature "Le fils maudite" marking 50 years of Morocccan filmmaking.

Thesps Sigourney Weaver and Michelle Yeoh will be feted with achievement awards and retrospectives.

http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=festivals&jump=features&id=3326&articleid=VR1117995422

[Redalinho]

Soraya (2003)

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[Redalinho]

'Prince of Persia'

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Pics of Ait Ben Haddou where the movie was shot :)

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