Tag: Movies
Travel Movie Watch: ‘180 Degrees South’
by Jim Benning | 05.04.10 | 2:37 PM ET
180 South looks like a great new outdoorsy travel documentary. In it, Jeff Johnson retraces a 1968 road trip from Ventura, California, to southern Patagonia undertaken by Yvon Chouinard and a few others. The film features surfing and climbing, and, it seems, a healthy dose of philosophizing about travel and life.
It’s touring the country now—dates and locations are listed here—and it comes out on DVD in June. Here’s the trailer:
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Yahoo! BuzzActors Cast in ‘On the Road’ Movie
by Eva Holland | 04.20.10 | 2:57 PM ET
Looks like there’s some progress on the Walter Salles-directed adaptation of “On the Road” that we’ve been keeping an eye on for, oh, a few years now. Get the Big Picture is reporting that Garrett Hedlund has been cast as Dean Moriarty, while Sam Riley will play Sal Paradise. Both actors are relatively unknown, which—given the scrutiny this project is sure to get—could be a good thing. It’s hard for me to picture a pair of really famous faces playing Sal and Dean, and it’s not like Salles will need a major star’s brand power to get publicity for the flick.
Filming is slated to start this summer, but don’t hold your breath—we’ve heard that before.
Surfing the ‘Ultimate Wave Tahiti’: IMAX 3D
by Jim Benning | 03.24.10 | 5:16 PM ET
I love the occasional IMAX film for vicarious big-screen travel thrills, and I can’t wait to see this new one about surfing Tahiti’s famed Teahupoo. Here’s a taste:
Travel Movie Watch: ‘Eat, Pray, Love’ Trailer
by Michael Yessis | 03.18.10 | 2:43 PM ET
The movie version of Elizabeth Gilbert’s blockbuster travel book “Eat, Pray, Love” comes out this summer. The trailer was just released:
In December, World Hum contributor Liz Sinclair reported from the set in Bali.
R.I.P. Peter Graves
by Michael Yessis | 03.15.10 | 3:36 PM ET
The prolific actor who played Captain Oveur in “Airplane!” died of a heart attack Sunday. He was 83. Graves almost turned down the role in one of the greatest travel movies of all time. From the New York Times obituary:
But he was appalled when his agent sent him the script for the role of a pedophile pilot in “Airplane!” (1980). “I tore my hair and ranted and raved and said, ‘This is insane,’ he recalled on “Biography” in 1997. Some of the role’s lines (“Have you ever been in a Turkish prison?”) looked at first as if they could get him thrown in jail, never mind ruining his career. He told his agent to tell David and Jerry Zucker and Jim Abrahams, the director-producers, to find themselves a comedian. He relented when the Zucker brothers explained that the secret of their spoof would be the deadpan behavior of the cast; they didn’t want a comedian, they wanted the Peter Graves of “Fury” and “Mission: Impossible.”
Those lines are now movie classics. Entertainment Weekly honors Graves today with Peter Graves-y things to say today.
I’ll let his work speak for itself:
The 2009 Travel Movie Awards
by Eva Holland | 03.05.10 | 10:42 AM ET
Publicity still via IGN With the Oscars on the way, Eva Holland picks the year's travel highlights on film
‘Up,’ ‘Up in the Air’ Go to the Oscars
by Eva Holland | 02.02.10 | 1:56 PM ET
As expected, a couple of the travel movies we’ve been following all year have landed some high-profile nods for the upcoming Academy Awards: “Up in the Air” has six nominations, while animated South American adventure “Up” has five; both are up for Best Picture.
Here’s the full list of nominees.
Travel Movie Watch: ‘Weekend at Bernie’s,’ Redux
by Eva Holland | 01.27.10 | 3:19 PM ET
Yup, there’s a remake of the weekend-with-a-corpse beach getaway comedy in the works. Get the Big Picture predicts: “There’s no way this attracts any real talent, and only a slightly larger chance that it attracts an audience.”
Travel Movies Win Big at the Golden Globes
by Eva Holland | 01.19.10 | 3:23 PM ET
There were some surprises at Sunday night’s Golden Globes ceremony—for one, early favorite “Up in the Air” landed only one win, for Best Screenplay, from its six nominations—but a few of the travel movies we’ve had our eye on all year still came away with awards.
The big news? Vegas boys’ getaway flick “The Hangover” won for Best Picture (Musical/Comedy), while, more predictably, Meryl Streep won the Golden Globe for Best Actress (Musical/Comedy) for her role as Julia Child in “Julie and Julia.” Pixar’s South American adventure, “Up,” also took home the awards for Best Animated Film and Best Original Score. Get the Big Picture has a complete list of winners.
Mapped: America’s Netflix Rentals
by Eva Holland | 01.11.10 | 1:20 PM ET
The New York Times has mapped the top 10 rentals, zip code by zip code, in 12 major U.S. cities. Jason Kottke ponders: “I wonder if you could predict voting patterns according to where people rent ‘Paul Blart: Mall Cop’ or ‘Frost/Nixon’.”
Catch the Elvis Movie Marathon Tonight
by Eva Holland | 01.08.10 | 12:29 PM ET
Want to follow along with our Elvis travel movie picks? You can watch “Viva Las Vegas” and “Blue Hawaii” today on Turner Classic Movies’ 75th birthday marathon.
King of the Road: Five Great Elvis Travel Movies
by Eva Holland, Eli Ellison | 01.08.10 | 12:07 PM ET
Eva Holland and Eli Ellison go traveling with The King on his 75th birthday.
Britain: On the ‘Sherlock Holmes’ Trail
by Eva Holland | 12.23.09 | 3:41 PM ET
Anglophiles and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle fans bound for the UK, take note: With Guy Ritchie’s new “Sherlock Holmes” movie due out on Christmas Day, VisitBritain has put together an extensive list of filming locations, with both the new flick and past “Holmes” film and TV incarnations represented.
The movie stars Robert Downey Jr. as Holmes and Jude Law as Watson, and looks set to add a healthy dose of action sequences and sex appeal to the venerable detective’s crime-fighting style. It’s sure to be controversial with Conan Doyle purists, but I’m looking forward to it for the armchair British travel as much as anything. Here’s the trailer:
‘Up in the Air’: Eight More Great Links
by Eva Holland | 12.22.09 | 5:33 PM ET
The Jason Reitman-directed travel movie continues to draw all kinds of press attention, much of it well worth reading.
Over at The Daily Beast, novelist Walter Kirn reveals how Reitman and star George Clooney saved his novel from obscurity.
In the New York Times, op-ed writer Frank Rich argues that “Up in the Air” is the perfect movie to close out a troubled year, using “the power of pop culture to salve national wounds that continue to fester in the real world.” Rich’s Times colleague Adam Andrew Newman looks at the movie as an advertising bonanza for Hilton and American Airlines.
World Hum contributor Alison Stein Wellner reviews the movie for the Perceptive Travel blog (warning: major spoilers) while blogger Joe Posnanski offers a thoughtful response to “Up in the Air” from a traveler’s perspective.
Finally, here’s an in-flight tweet from Jason Reitman, posted just after the Golden Globes nominees were announced: “Flight attendant congratulated me on the noms. Guy in 1C loved the movie. Yup, I’m on Air Canada amongst my people.”
‘The Hangover’ Goes to Thailand
by Eva Holland | 12.22.09 | 1:28 PM ET
Turns out the boozy travel sequel isn’t headed to outer space after all—instead, the boys will take their follow-up hi-jinx to Thailand. Bring on the R-rated Bangkok tourism cliches!
Audio Slideshow: The Cinemas of Cuba
by Michael Yessis | 12.18.09 | 9:51 AM ET
GlobalPost’s Nick Miroff looks at what remains of Cuba’s once thriving cinema and movie culture.
Video You Must See: Hollywood Teaches World Geography
by Eva Holland | 12.17.09 | 5:09 PM ET
(Via Andrew Sullivan)
Photo You Must See: Bollywood, Sideways in Mumbai
by World Hum | 12.17.09 | 12:41 PM ET
REUTERS/Arko Datta Workers handle a giant publicity cut-out for a Bollywood movie in Mumbai.
Travel Movies Go to the Golden Globes
by Eva Holland | 12.15.09 | 12:07 PM ET
The nominations are in for the second-biggest awards show of the year, and, as expected, “Up in the Air” leads the pack with six nods. The movie was nominated for Best Picture (Drama) and Best Screenplay, while Jason Reitman, George Clooney, Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick are all in the running for Best Director, Best Actor (Drama) and Best Supporting Actress, respectively.
But it’s not all about Reitman, Clooney and co.—some other travel movies we’ve kept an eye on this year are among the nominees as well. The Hangover and Julie and Julia are both nominated for Best Picture (Musical/Comedy), while Meryl Streep landed a Best Actress nod for her role in the latter as Julia Child. Sandra Bullock also received a Best Actress nomination for her role in “The Proposal” as an uptight Canadian editor who heads to Sitka, Alaska for an attempted greencard wedding. Finally, Up is nominated for Best Animated Feature Film, while it and Where the Wild Things Are were both nominated for Best Original Score.
“Up in the Air” and Meryl Streep were shoo-ins here—you can expect to see them on the Oscar nominations list when it comes out, too, while “The Hangover” and Sandra Bullock will more than likely disappear when the division between comedy and drama is dropped for the big show.
19 Great ‘Up in the Air’ and Airworld Links
by Eva Holland | 12.11.09 | 10:28 AM ET
The movie is hitting theaters worldwide and generating Oscar buzz. Eva Holland rounds up some can't-miss links.