Movie that shows off Rome/Italy

Thanks! It's even available for instant online viewing on Netflix!

The hotel in Positano in the movie is Le Sirenuse. We were there in November (off season) and we got a great deal. I swam in the pool they show in the movie. It was a wonderful two days I thought I had died and gone to heaven. Point of story check out expensive hotels off season you might get a good deal.

Rome hosts the Cinecittà Studios, the largest film and television production facility in continental Europe, where a large number of today's biggest box office hits are filmed. The 99 acre studio complex is about 5 miles from the centro district of Rome and is part of one of the biggest production communities in the world, second only to Hollywood.

More than 3,000 productions have been made on its lot, from recent features like The Passion of the Christ, Gangs of New York, HBO’s Rome, The Life Aquatic and Dino De Laurentiis’ Decameron, to such cinema classics as Ben Hur, Cleopatra and the films of Federico Fellini. Here’s a partial list of movies filmed in Rome – some are surprising (Cliffhanger – where did they get the snow???)

Roman Holiday (Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck, 1953)

Three Coins in The Fountain (Clifton Webb, Dorothy Macguire, 1954)

The Fall of the Roman Empire

Spartacus (Kirk Douglas, 1960)

The Last Days of Pompeii (1913)

Ben Hur (Charlton Heston, 1959)

Quo Vadis? (Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, 1951)

Demetrius and the Gladiators (Victor Mature, 1954)

Roma (by Federico Fellini, 1972)

Cleopatra (Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, 1963)

The Robe (Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, 1953)

Cabiria (1914)

Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal

Julius Caesar (Marlon Brando, 1953)

Androcles and the Lion (1953)

The Sign of the Cross (Frederic March, Claudette Colbert, 1932)

A Special Day (Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, 1977)

Yesterday Today and Tomorrow (Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, 1964)

La Dolce Vita (Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, 1961)

8 1/2 (Marcello Mastroianni, 1963)

Massacre in Rome

City of Women (Marcello Mastroianni, 1981)

Mamma Roma (Anna Magnani)

Tempest (John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Susan Sarandon, Molly Ringwald, Raul Julia, 1982)

Continued:

Accatone (Franco Citi, 1968)

Open City (Anna Magnani, Aldo Fabrizi, 1945)

The Shoes of the Fisherman (Anthony Quinn, 1968)

In the Name of the Pope King (Nino Manfredi, 1977)

Two Women (Sophia Loren, 1960)

Caro Diario (Nanni Moretti, 1994)

Rome Adventure (Suzanne Pleshette, Troy Donahue, 1962)

When in Rome (Mary Kay and Ashley, 1992)

Ancient Rome: Story of an Empire (documentary, 1998)

Just the Facts: Ancient Rome (documentary, 2001)

Ancient Rome & the Mysterious

The Family (Vittorio Gassman, Stefania Sandrelli)

Nights of Cabiria (Giulietta Masina, 1957)

Fellini Satyricon (Martin Potter, 1970)

The White Sheik (Alberto Sordi, Giulietta Masina, 1956)

Constantine and the Cross (1962)

The Son's Room (Nanni Moretti, 2001)

Only You (Marisa Tomei, Robert Downey, Jr., 1994)

The Adventures of Baron Münchhausen (Terry Gilliam, 1998)

U-571 (Johnathan Mostow, 2000)

Besieged (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1999)

Cliffhanger (Sylvester Stallone, John Lithgow, 1993)

Contempt (Brigitte Bardot, 1964)

Hudson Hawk (Bruce Willis, 1991)

My Own Private Idaho (River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, 1991)

Nurse Betty (Morgan Freeman, Renée Zellweger, 2000)

Nostalghia (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1992)

The Portrait of a Lady (Nicole Kidman, 1996)

The Belly of an Architect (Brian Denehy, 1987)

The Eclipse (Alain Delon, Monica Vitti, 1962)

The Godfather, Part III (Al Pacino, 1990)

The Last Kiss (Gabriele Muccino, 2001)

Titus (Anthony Hopkins, 2000)

The Bicycle Thief (Lamberto Maggiorani, 1949)

Ghosts of Rome

We All Loved Each Other So Much (Vittorio Gassman, Stefania Sandrelli, Nino Manfredi)

Intervista (Interview) (by Federico Fellini, 1992)

Umberto D. (Carlo Battisti, 1959)

Big Deal on Madonna Street (Marcello Mastroianni, Vittorio Gassman, Renato Salvatori, 1960)

Continued:

The Pizza Triangle (Marcello Mastroianni, Giancarlo Giannini, Monica Vitti, 1970),
Love and Anarchy (Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato, 1973), Ocean’s 12, The Talented Mr. Ripley....

And too many more to list! In June they just finished filming "Angels & Demons" with Tom Hanks, coming out in May 2009... and there are always Cinema Trucks spaced through town. So you can see parts of Rome in your favorite movies!

Ciao,
Ron

Holy Cow Ron,, you get the mega gold star,, what a great list!!! I have seen a few of the older ones, I like them best actually ( loved Three Coins in a Fountain and Two Women and Shoes of a Fisherman , and Roman Holiday, or at the kid movie with Olsen twins,( I have a young daughter, LOL )

Didn't Clint Eastwood film some movies in Italy, or is just an expression " Spaghetti Westerns" ?? Clint Eastwood is one of my favorite actors..

Great Post Pat!
This is one of my all time favorite movies. I can remember watching in college with some friends and becoming totally enamored with Venice, Tuscany, Rome and Positano. I might just have to pop that DVD in tonight! You are right - movies highlighting the European cities we love are great to watch when we can't be there. Much of my movie collection in set in Europe.

We were in Italy in October. Last week we went to see the new James Bond movie. Part of it was filmed in Sienna--we were just there! There was a preview of a sequel to Da Vinci Code (w/Tom Hanks) with a shot from the top of the dome at St. Peter's--just there too! And there was a commercial for Canon digital movie cameras, with a prominent vista of Vernazza in the background--I loved Vernazza and Cinque Terre! Even though we came home feeling we hadn't seen much of anything--since there's so much to see and do in Italy--we suddenly felt like we had been on a comprehensive vacation.

In response to Pat, the Spaghetti Westerns, of which, yes Clint Eastwood was in a number, were named so because they were produced and directed (and starred many) Italians, in fact the studio was Italy based. The filming though was done in Spain. I do not exactly recall the region, but read an article about it, it is a desert region, near a coast that is popular for film work. In fact, like the US west, some of these outdoor sets are still there and a bit of a tourist attraction.

Spaghetti westerns were filmed all over the place... Spain, Italy, Argentina, and even Utah! Here's a couple great links about these unique movies:

http://www.wildeast.net/spaghettiwestern.htm

http://www.imagesjournal.com/issue06/infocus/spaghetti.htm

As far as Angels & Demons, the Catholic Church refused to allow them to film in specific locations... so it will be interesting to see how they "recreate" those scenes. For the Vatican interior scenes, they used the same "palace" location as used in Mission Impossible III.

Tom Hanks had an exciting time here... He helped a bride while filming at the Pantheon - see link:

http://www.hellomagazine.com/film/2008/06/10/tom-hanks-bride-rome/

If you go to YouTube and do a search you can see the whole scene transpire. The Italian crowd really appreciated Tom's actions and cheered for minutes! He's certainly well-liked here!

Thanks Paul and Ron for added info,, I must say,, that Tom Hanks still cuts a lovely figure!! He looks about 35,, but I think he is closer to 55 isn't he?

Tanya, Friday night t.v. is always the dregs, so I think I will watch the RS Christmas DVD , they sent it to me for free a few days ago, for taking a tour this summer with them, it was a nice surprise. I love armchair travelling, next best thing to going,, ( going is of course best thing!)