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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lightning_McQueen" data-source="post: 3224132" data-attributes="member: 132416">if foreign countries think like this, why we can't?  Lanka a haven for international filmmakers  Jordan: Sri Lanka has been a paradise location for the world's film and television crew for more than half a century and more. The nation's multi-faceted variety and close proximity of diversely contrasting locations have been one of the key indicators with sizzling golden beaches, dry arid landscapes and salubrious cold mountain terrain being a mere four hours away from each other, an article in Al Bawaba published in Jordan said. The first ever (officially recorded) foreign film shot on location in Ceylon (as Sri Lanka was then known) was Carol Reed's "Outcast of the Islands" (1951). Six years later, Sir David Lean chose Sri Lanka to shoot his 1957 Oscar winning movie 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' with Sir Alec Guinness in the lead more films and tele-series down the line .... John Derek shot "Tarzan the Ape Man" (1981) in Sri Lanka with his wife Bo Derek in the lead. The second film in the Indiana Jones quadrilogy, "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom," (1984) was also largely shot on location in Sri Lanka with celebrated movie icon Harrison Ford in his legendary role of the daredevil archaeologist and swash-bucking adventurer Dr. Jones. There was also "Jungle Book 02" (1996) and the Indian film "Sooriyawansham" (2001) with Amitabh Bachchan. In fact Harrison Ford counts Sri Lanka as his favourite of the many locations he's worked in. He says: "That was the most extraordinary place. I loved the culture. We were in a small town and I had the opportunity to eat the local food, ride an elephant and do the weird little stuff one would normally never have the chance to do," he enthuses. More recently was Indian movie director Deepa Mehta's controversial film "Water" (2005) shot almost entirely on location in Sri Lanka after shooting was literally banned in India. There was also the British film 'Mother Theresa - In the Name of God's Poor' (1999) with Geraldine Chaplin in the lead. Sri Lanka has always been a movie makers' dream with its natural film set locations from salubrious tea country and ancient, centuries' old ruined cities to its lush tropical jungles. The country offers immense possibilities of romance, adventure and detente. Al-Bawaba, Jordan really proud to be a Sri Lankan <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/yes.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":yes:" title="Yes    :yes:" data-shortname=":yes:" /></blockquote>

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