Iceland Filming Locations
Batman Begins (2005)
Cast – Christian Bale (Bruce Wayne/Batman), Michael Caine (Alfred), Liam Neeson (Duncard), Katie Holmes (Rachel Dawes), Gary Oldman (Jim Gordon), Morgan Freeman (Lucius Fox), Cillian Murphy (Dr. Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow)
Crew – Christopher Nolan (director), David S. Goyer (story)
Plot – The first film in its trilogy, it follows the story of the beginning of Batman’s war on crime in Gotham City.
Websites
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0372784/
http://www2.warnerbros.com/batmanbegins/index.html
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/batman_begins/
Videos
Skaftafell, Iceland
Syinafellsjokull, Vatnajokull, Austurland, Iceland
Oraefasveit, Iceland
France Filming Locations
The Da Vinci Code (2006)
Actors: Tom Hanks (Robert Langdon), Audrey Tautou (Sophie Nevue), Ian McKellen (Sir Leigh Teabing), Jean Reno (Captain Bezu Fache), Paul Bettany (Silas), Alfred Molina (Bishop Manuel Aringarosa).
Crew: Ron Howard (director), Akiva Goldsman (screenplay), and Dan Brown (novel).
Plot: Robert Langdon and Sophie Neveu investigate her grandfather’s murder at the Louvre in Paris. His body is found in the same position as Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man painting. They discover a long time battle over Jesus’s supposed marriage to Mary Magdalene between the Priory of Sion and Opus Dei.
Websites
http://www.sonypictures.com/homevideo/thedavincicode/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0382625/
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/da_vinci_code/
Videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_HKGZRUroE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIwZVG5wMi8
Palais-Royal, Place de Palais Royal, Paris 1, Paris, France
The Louvre is one of France’s historic monuments, is one of the largest museums in the world, and is the world’s most visited.
The museum contains approximately 35,000 objects from before the 19th century.
The Louvre was one of the few filming locations to grant permission to the crew.
They were required to use a replica of the Mona Lisa as they were not allowed to shine light on the actual portrait.
Chateau de Villette, Condecourt, Val-d'Oise, France
Château Villette, which contains 18 bedrooms, is located in Condecourt, France which is approximately 40 minutes from Paris.
This manor also includes many exterior building such as a chapel, horse stable, greenhouse, etc.
Eglise Saint-Sulpice, Paris 6, Paris, France
Inception (2010)
Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio (Dom Cobb), Ken Watanabe (Saito), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Arthur), Marion Cotillard (Mal), Ellen Page (Ariadne), Tom Hardy (Eames), Dileep Rao (Yusuf), Cillian Murphey (Robert Fischer), Michael Cane (Miles)
Crew: Christopher Nolan (writer and director)
Plot: Dom Cobb is a thief who is able to infiltrate the subconscious of his targets and use the process of “inception” to transfer someone’s ideas into another’s mind. He is given a chance to liberate himself from his thieving life as payment for this inception.
Websites
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1375666/?ref_=sr_1
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/inception/
Videos
Da Stuzzi Delicatessen, 6 Rue Cesar Franck, Paris 15, France
The filming of the explosion at this location was controlled by the local authorities would not allow the film crew to use real explosives.
They substituted the explosives for high-pressure nitrogen which produces the same effect.
Using visual effects, the final scene appeared to have more destruction and flying debris.
Pont de Bir-Hakeim, Paris, France
This bridge spans Paris’s Seine River and was constructed between 1903 and 1905.
The Bourne Identity (2002)
Cast: Matt Damon (Jason Bourne), Franka Potente (Marie), Chris Cooper (Conklin), Clive Owen (The Professor), Brian Cox (Ward Abbott), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Wombosi).
Crew: Doug Liman (director), Tony Gilroy and W. Blake Herron (screenplay), Robert Ludlum (novel).
Plot: Jason Bourne awakens to discover that he has zero idea of who he is. This film follows his attempt to discover his true identity and uncover a conspiracy within the CIA.
Websites
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0258463/
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/bourne_identity/
Videos
Avenue Kleber, Paris 8, Paris, France
This avenue is one of twelve that lead away from the Arc De Triomphe.
Gare de Nord, Paris 10, Paris, France
This railway station is included within the six largest locations of Paris’s SNCF mainline seeing approximately 190 million people per year making it the busiest station in Europe.
