Movie Tourism, Bond-Style, Comes to Panama

Travel Blog  •  Eva Holland  •  09.19.08 | 9:20 AM ET

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Brace yourself, Panama. The “Lord of the Rings” trilogy created a Frodo economy in New Zealand. “Brokeback Mountain” lured fans to Wyoming. Now, Quantum of Solace—the new James Bond flick, which was filmed in the Central American country—just might do the same for Panama. It’s coming out in November, and my guess is that hordes of tourists (and more than a few newspaper travel sections) won’t be far behind.

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Eva Holland is co-editor of World Hum. She is a former associate editor at Up Here and Up Here Business magazines, and a contributor to Vela. She's based in Canada's Yukon territory.


1 Comment for Movie Tourism, Bond-Style, Comes to Panama

Steven Roll 09.25.08 | 10:41 AM ET

The Quantam of Solace blog features a video interview with the person in charge of casting extras. She talks about hiring members of an indigenous group in Panama to play the role of Bolivian pedestrians in the movie. Here is the link: http://www.007.com/blog/2008/04/ana_endara_extras_casting_pana.php


But the lion’s share of movie-making activity south of the U.S. border has occurred in Mexico.

Variety reported in July that the third installment of the Chronicles of Narnia will not be shot in New Zealand (like the previous installments), but Rosarita, Mexico—the same site for shooting Titanic, Deep Blue Sea and Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. Rosarito is in the Baja region and is near San Diego. Here is the link: http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117988448.html?categoryid=13&cs=1

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