Movie Locations in Recent Films

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Movie Locations in Recent Films

Saturday, 26 April 2008

How many of us yearned to visit Ireland after our first viewing of John Ford’s 1952 film “The Quiet Man,” or decided to head for Mexico after enjoying “Like Water for Chocolate?” Some movies are so evocative of a specific place that the location is practically a character in the movie. Budget Travel recently looked at their favorite travel-inspiring movies of 2007 – some of their picks:

Wes Anderson’s “The Darjeeling Limited” was inspired by an eight-day trip the director took through India on the Palace on Wheels, a luxury train that originates in Delhi (www.palaceonwheels.com), and wrote much of the script while staying in the picturesque Rohet Garh outside of Jodhpur (www.rohetgarh.com).

“Into the Wild” followed the rather ill-advised, true-life story of Chris McCandless, who traveled to (and died in) Alaska on a journey of self-discovery. Shot in eight states and Mexico, some of the highlights included Chris’ hitchhiking in Denali National Park and kayaking the Grand Canyon – which you can try for yourself (destinationgrandcanyon.com).

While the characters in Pixar’s “Ratatouille” were cartoons, the locations are very real. The restaurant where Remy, rat-turned-chef, works was based on La Tour d'Argent, the famed Left Bank restaurant opened in 1582. (latourdargent.com), and the film’s artists visited the city’s sewers to design the underworld where Remy’s rat-relatives dwelled. You can tour a section of the tunnels, too, at the Paris Sewer Museum (egouts.idf.st).

For the rest of Budget Travel’s picks, check out the full article at their website.

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