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List Of Maltese Films
This is a list of films produced or shot on location in Malta. While Malta has produced only a few films, the island has been a common location for filming ancient historical epic films such as ''Gladiator'' and ''Troy''. Maltese films A *''Against All Odds: The Quest for Malta'' (2004) (TV) *'' Angli: The Movie'' (2005) *''Adormidera'' (2013) *''Aurora'' (2017) - 2nd Prize Winner, 2018 China International Contest of Popular Science Works B *''Blin'' (2004) Boomering C *''The Call'' (2012) *''Carmen'' (2021) D *'' Daqqet ix-Xita'' (2010) *''Divine Beauty'' (2018) - Honorable Mention for Best Documentary Short, 2018 Independent Shorts Awards. E *'' Earth's Beauty'' (2018) - Best Music, 2018 Top Indie Film Awards. G *''Gaġġa'' (1971) *''Genesis'' (2001) *''A Gentleman from Malta'' (1997) (TV) *''Ghanja lill-Omm 2006'' (2006) (TV) *''A Gozitan Tale'' (1997) (TV) I *'' Il-Messija'' (2009) (Cinema) by Flash Productions *''The Isle'' (2004) *''Iz-Zonqri'' (1986) - the first Mal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malta
Malta ( , , ), officially the Republic of Malta ( mt, Repubblika ta' Malta ), is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of an archipelago, between Italy and Libya, and is often considered a part of Southern Europe. It lies south of Sicily (Italy), east of Tunisia, and north of Libya. The official languages are Maltese language, Maltese and English language, English, and 66% of the current Maltese population is at least conversational in the Italian language, Italian language. Malta has been inhabited since approximately 5900 BC. Its location in the centre of the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean has historically given it great strategic importance as a naval base, with a succession of powers having contested and ruled the islands, including the Phoenicians and Ancient Carthage, Carthaginians, Romans, Greeks, Arabs, Normans, Aragonese, Knights Hospitaller, Knights of St. John, French, and British, amongst others. With a population of about 516,000 over an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simshar (film)
''Simshar'' is a 2014 Maltese drama film directed by Rebecca Cremona. It was selected as the Maltese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated. It was the first time that Malta submitted a film for the Best Foreign Language Oscar. The film tells the story of the Simshar incident. During 2015 and 2016, ''Simshar'' entered the global festival circuit, collecting several awards including the Special Achievement Award at the International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg and Best International Feature at Edmonton International Film Festival. In 2015 Gravitas Ventures (US) obtained the worldwide distribution rights for the film including for VOD platforms. Cast * Lotfi Abdelli as Simon * Jimi Busuttil as Karmenu * Sékouba Doucouré as Moussa * Chrysander Agius as John * Adrian Farrugia as Theo * Clare Agius as Sharin * Mark Mifsud as Alex See also * List of submissions to the 87th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cutthroat Island
''Cutthroat Island'' is a 1995 adventure swashbuckler film directed by Renny Harlin and written by Robert King and Marc Norman from a story by Michael Frost Beckner, James Gorman, Bruce A. Evans and Raynold Gideon. It stars Geena Davis, Matthew Modine and Frank Langella. It is a co-production between the United States, France, Germany and Italy. It had a notoriously troubled and chaotic production involving multiple rewrites and recasts. It received generally negative reviews from critics, who praised its high production values, action sequences, shooting locations and musical score, but criticized its script, acting, and unrealistic stunts. It was one of the biggest box office bombs in history, with losses of $147 million when adjusted for inflation. It is listed in the Guinness World Records as the biggest box-office bomb of all time, and significantly reduced the bankability and Hollywood production of pirate-themed films until 2003's '' Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Count Of Monte Cristo (2002 Film)
''The Count of Monte Cristo'' is a 2002 American historical adventure film, which is an adaptation of the 1844 novel of the same name by Alexandre Dumas, produced by Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber, and Jonathan Glickman, and directed by Kevin Reynolds. The film stars Jim Caviezel, Guy Pearce, Richard Harris, James Frain, Dagmara Dominczyk, and Luis Guzmán. It follows the general plot of the novel, with the main storyline of imprisonment and revenge preserved, but many elements, including the relationships between major characters and the ending, were modified, simplified, added, or removed. ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' was released in the United States on January 25, 2002. The film was met with generally positive reviews from critics and grossed $75 million. Plot In 1815, Edmond Dantès, second mate of a French merchant vessel, and his friend Fernand Mondego, a representative of the shipping company, seek medical help on Elba for their ailing captain. Napoleon Bonapart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clash Of The Titans (1981 Film)
''Clash of the Titans'' is a 1981 fantasy film, fantasy adventure film directed by Desmond Davis and written by Beverley Cross, loosely based on the Greek mythology, Greek myth of Perseus. Starring Harry Hamlin, Judi Bowker, Burgess Meredith, Maggie Smith and Laurence Olivier, the film features the final work of stop motion, stop-motion visual effects artist Ray Harryhausen. co-production (media), Co-produced between the United Kingdom and United States, it was theatrically released on June 12, 1981 and grossed $41 million at the North American box office, which made it the eleventh highest grossing film of the year. A novelization by Alan Dean Foster was also published in 1981. A 3-D film, 3D Clash of the Titans (2010 film), remake of the same name was released by Warner Bros. on April 2, 2010. Plot King Acrisius of Argos, Peloponnese, Argos imprisons his daughter Danaë, trying to prevent a prophecy that her child will bring about his demise. When the god Zeus impregnates Dana� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Discovery
Discovery may refer to: * Discovery (observation), observing or finding something unknown * Discovery (fiction), a character's learning something unknown * Discovery (law), a process in courts of law relating to evidence Discovery, The Discovery or Discoveries may also refer to: Film and television * ''The Discovery'' (film), a 2017 British-American romantic science fiction film * Discovery Channel, an American TV channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery * ''Discovery'' (Canadian TV series), a 1962–1963 Canadian documentary television program * ''Discovery'' (Irish TV series), an Irish documentary television programme * ''Discovery'' (UK TV programme), a British documentary television programme * ''Discovery'' (U.S. TV series), a 1962–1971 American television news program * '' Star Trek: Discovery'', an American television series ** USS ''Discovery'' (NCC-1031), a fictional space craft on ''Star Trek: Discovery'' Literature * ''The Discovery'' (Frances Sheridan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Children Of Rage
Children of Rage is a 1975 film written and directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman, filmed mostly in Malta. It deals with the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The film stars Helmut Griem, Simon Ward, Cyril Cusack, Olga Georges-Picot and Richard Alfieri. Plot When Ahmed, a Palestinian guerrilla, is killed, his brother Omar (Richard Alfieri) takes his place. Omar is wounded while disguised as an Israeli but escapes from the hospital to avoid questioning. Before being transported to the safety of the camps, he is treated by David (Helmut Griem Helmut Griem (6 April 1932 – 19 November 2004) was a German film, television and stage actor, and director. Biography Born in Hamburg, Griem was primarily a stage actor, appearing at the Thalia Theater in Hamburg, the Deutsches Schauspielhaus ...), an Israeli doctor and friend of the family. David's conscience persuades him to go to the camp to help alleviate the suffering. The resistance he gets ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casino Royale (1967 Film)
''Casino Royale'' is a 1967 spy parody film originally distributed by Columbia Pictures featuring an ensemble cast. It is loosely based on the 1953 novel of the same name by Ian Fleming, the first novel to feature the character James Bond. The film stars David Niven as the "original" Bond, Sir James Bond 007. Forced out of retirement to investigate the deaths and disappearances of international spies, he soon battles the mysterious Dr. Noah and SMERSH. The film's tagline: "Casino Royale is too much... for one James Bond!" refers to Bond's ruse to mislead SMERSH in which six other agents are pretending to be "James Bond", namely, baccarat master Evelyn Tremble ( Peter Sellers); millionaire spy Vesper Lynd ( Ursula Andress); Bond's secretary Miss Moneypenny ( Barbara Bouchet); Bond's daughter with Mata Hari, Mata Bond ( Joanna Pettet); and British agents Coop (Terence Cooper) and The Detainer ( Daliah Lavi). Charles K. Feldman, the producer, had acquired the film rights in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
By The Sea (2015 Film)
''By the Sea'' is a 2015 American romantic drama film written and directed by Angelina Jolie (credited as Angelina Jolie Pitt), and produced by and starring Jolie and Brad Pitt. Shot in August 2014 during Pitt and Jolie's honeymoon in Gozo, Malta, the film was released by Universal Pictures on November 13, 2015. The film received mixed reviews and did not do well at the box office, grossing just $3.3 million against its $10 million budget. Plot In the 1960s, in France, an American couple, former dancer Vanessa and her husband Roland, a successful writer, have been married for 14 years. They drive to a coastal hotel. Roland wants to write a story while staying there. The two are barely on speaking terms; Vanessa is withdrawn and grieving for an unknown reason. Roland appears to drink too much and seems unhappy that Vanessa is no longer interested in him sexually. Roland becomes friendly with the local cafe owner, an older man still grieving his much-loved late wife, but who carri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Eagle (1988 Film)
''Black Eagle'' is a 1988 American action film directed by Eric Karson and starring Shō Kosugi, Jean-Claude van Damme, and Kane Kosugi. It was shot on the Mediterranean island of Malta. The film was released in the United States on May 19, 1988. Plot Ken Tani ( Shō Kosugi), a martial artist and special operative for the American government codenamed "Black Eagle", is summoned by his superiors after an F-111 carrying an experimental black ops laser tracking device was shot down over Malta by Russian forces. A group of elite KGB agents led by Colonel Vladimir Klimenko and his brutal and enigmatic right-hand man Andrei (Jean-Claude van Damme) have been dispatched to Malta to retrieve the device for their own ends. Tani, alongside CIA agent Patricia Parker ( Doran Clark) and his sons Brian (Kane Kosugi) and Denny (Shane Kosugi) travel to Malta to find the device before Andrei does, leading to an eventual face-to-face encounter. Cast * Shō Kosugi as Ken Tani * Jean-Claude Van Dam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Battle Of The River Plate (film)
''The Battle of the River Plate'' (a.k.a. ''Pursuit of the Graf Spee'' in the United States) is a 1956 British war film in Technicolor and VistaVision by the writer-director-producer team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. The film stars John Gregson, Anthony Quayle, Bernard Lee and Peter Finch. It was distributed worldwide by Rank Film Distributors Ltd. The film's storyline concerns the Battle of the River Plate, an early World War II naval engagement in 1939 between a Royal Navy force of three cruisers and the German pocket battleship . Plot In the early months of the Second World War, Nazi Germany's ''Kriegsmarine'' sends out merchant raiders to attack Allied shipping. The heavily armed German pocket battleship the ''Admiral Graf Spee'' sinks a British merchant vessel, the '' Africa Shell''. The ''Africa Shell's'' crew is brought aboard the ''Admiral Graf Spee''. The ''Admiral Graf Spee'' docks with its supply ship and more captured British seamen are brought abo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
