Marrakech in popular culture

Popular culture references to Marrakech, Morocco:

* ''Our Man in Marrakesh,'' which was released in North America as ''Bang! Bang! You're Dead!'', is a 1966 British comedy film directed by Don Sharp, which starred Tony Randall and Senta Berger. It is an excellent guide to the tourist sites.
* "Marrakech" is a song by ATB on the album ''No Silence''.
*"Marrakech" is a 2015 song by Israeli singer Riff Cohen.
*" Marakesh (band)", is a Ukrainian alternative rock band.
*"Marrakesh Express" is a song by Crosby, Stills and Nash on their first album, released in May 1969.
*''Marrakech Express'' is a 1989 Italian film directed by Gabriele Salvatores.
* Alfred Hitchcock filmed the opening scenes of '' The Man Who Knew Too Much'' (1956) on location in Marrakesh with Doris Day and James Stewart.
*The book ''Hideous Kinky,'' as well as its movie adaptation, are for a large part situated in Marrakesh in the early 1970s.
*"Marrakech" is a title of a chapter, as well as the chapter's main setting, in James Michener's 1971 novel ''The Drifters.''
*"Going to Marrakech" is a song written by The Extra Glenns''s album ''Martial Arts Weekend.''
*"Marrakech" is a track from Hybrid's 2003 album ''Morning Sci-Fi.''
*"Marrakesh Night Market" is a song from the album ''The Mask and Mirror,'' recorded and released by Loreena McKennitt.
*German hip hop band Ancient Astronauts released a song titled "Lost in Marrakesh" as part of their 2009 album ''We Are To Answer.''
*The Venture Bros. episode " Mid-Life Chrysalis" begins with the team waylaid on their trip to Marrakesh where they are to fight an army of giant mutated lizards.
*The ''Absolutely Fabulous'' episode "Morocco" takes place in Marrakesh.
*"Marrakesh" is a track from DJ Greyboy's 2001 album ''Mastered the Art.''
*Derren Brown transported a subject to Marrakesh without his knowledge or prior warning for episode 1 of the first series of his television show, ''Trick or Treat,'' which was broadcast in April 2007.
*A map featuring Marrakesh exists for the video game '' Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory.''
*"Marrakech" is a short essay written by George Orwell and published in 1939.Branson, Lindsay
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*In the William Gibson short story " New Rose Hotel," the narrator and Fox purchase "an old heroin lab that had been converted to the extraction of pheromones" for the purpose of providing a lab for Hiroshi in the old city of Marrakesh, the Medina.
*In a segment of ''The Simpsons'' episode "Treehouse Of Horror 2," Marrakesh is where Homer buys a monkey's paw that grants wishes, based on ''The Monkey's Paw'' by W. W. Jacobs.
*"Marrakesh" is a track by New Model Army from their 1990 album '' Impurity.''
*''"Die Stimmen von Marrakesch,"'' whose title translates as "The voices of Marrakech," is a non-fiction work by Nobel Prize-winning author Elias Canetti, in which he describes his experiences in Marrakesh.
*Marrakesh is the national destination of Cycle 16 of ''America's Next Top Model.''
*In the video game ''Payday 2,'' Bain states that the only place to sell artifacts is Marrakech.
*Marrakesh is the setting of the third episode of the 2016 video game ''Hitman.''
* A board game about trading carpets is set in and named after Marrakech

Films set in Marrakech

* 1956 : '' The Man Who Knew Too Much'' — Alfred Hitchcock
* 1964 : ''Cent mille dollars au soleil'' — Henri Verneuil
* 1970 : '' Le Lit de la Vierge'' — Philippe Garrel
* 1998 : ''Marrakech Express'' — Gabriele Salvatores and Gillies MacKinnon
* 2004 : '' Abdou chez les Almohades'' — Said Naciri
* 2007 : '' Kandisha'' — Jérôme Cohen-Olivar
* 2009 : '' L'Arnacœur'' — Pascal Chaumeil
* 2010 : ''Sex and the City 2'' — Michael Patrick King
* 2010 : '' La Source des femmes'' — Radu Mihaileanu
* 2010 : '' Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time'' — Mike Newell
* 2019 : '' Men in Black: International'' — F. Gary Gray

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Popular culture in Marrakesh
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