Hit Movies Filmed in Greece Sep 5, 2008
The next major movie filmed in Greece was Captain Corelli's Mandolin, in 2001, with Nicolas Cage and Penelope Cruz; it was shot in Cephalonia. The next year, the last scenes of Bourne Identity, starring Matt Damon, were filmed on the island of Mykonos. (Suite101.com)
Profile: Christian Bale Jul 25, 2008
Bale followed American Psycho up with supporting roles in Samuel L Jackson's remake of Shaft, and the screen version of Captain Corelli's Mandolin. He became known as a method actor when he lost 63lb (28. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Batman star bailed over 'assault' Jul 23, 2008
He went on to play Patrick Bateman in American Psycho, and had leading roles in Shaft and Captain Corelli's Mandolin. In 2005, he took on the role of the Caped Crusader in Batman Begins and reprised the role in The Dark Knight. (BBC News)
Mamma Mia! island's star turn Jul 6, 2008
The mayor and the Skopelos business people who rely on the tourist trade are hoping for the kind of boost that Captain Corelli's Mandolin brought to Cephalonia in 2002, when record numbers of visitors came to the island after the film's release the previous year. Others urge caution. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Darker shade of gloom for Lynch Mar 27, 2008
Brief Encounter would make a good two-hander, or, if you wanted a grand love story with a chorus, Captain Corelli's Mandolin might do the trick. But if there is one film director whose work defies the lyric stage point blank, it must surely be David Lynch. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
A literary feast awaits Jan 5, 2008
Louis de Bernieres, author of the beloved Captain Corelli's Mandolin, has north London as his setting in Partisan's Daughter (Random House, March), about the relationship between an unhappily married Englishman and a Serbian woman. Tree of Smoke (Picador, March) by Denis Johnson won a National Book Award for a story spanning the years from the Vietnam War to the present. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Films will inspire tourism boom to 'quirkier' countries Dec 28, 2007
"Over the past decade or so, one or two films have been brilliant advertisements for the country in which they were shot. The Lord of the Rings trilogy did an enormous amount for New Zealand's tourist industry, and Captain Corelli's Mandolin did more for [the Greek island] Cephalonia than anyone might have imagined.". The much-anticipated UK release of Mike Newell's Love in the Time of Cholera, the adaptation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's 1985 novel, is expected to stimulate a rush of interest in... (Independent)
Christian Bale enters the jungle for Rescue Dawn Nov 19, 2007
He has since become one of Hollywood's leading men in Little Women, American Psycho, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Shaft, The Prestige and is credited with breathing life into the tired Batman franchise with his brooding, intense portrayal of the caped crusader in Batman Begins. Despite being a big-name actor in Hollywood, Bale has maintained a normal life. (Melbourne Herald Sun)
Working Title back in Oscar race Oct 13, 2007
"One lesson learned from their Euro-pudding adaptation of "Captain Corelli's Mandolin": Don't deviate too much from the book. "The author has worked it out in terms of story," says Bevan. Thus, "Atonement" hews close to McEwan.Instead of letting Imagine Entertainment and Working Title battle with each other over rights to the hot legit property "Frost/Nixon," Universal saw the wisdom of having them band together on "The Queen" writer Peter Morgan's reimagining of what went on behind the scenes... (Variety)
Pick of the day Sep 18, 2007
45pm) has an obsessive affair between a politician and his son's fiancee; and the couple in Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2. 15pm), a four-part dramatisation of Louis de Berni;res's novel, must deal with Nazis and a long, long, separation. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
What are the worst films of all time? Aug 1, 2007
The Sydney Morning Herald Blogs: News Blog. Welcome to Sydney Morning Herald Online. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
- John Patterson: If only Philip K Dick was still around Apr 21, 2007
Dick might have been the guy to shame Cage out of his laziness by waving in his face the DVD boxes for Gone In Sixty Seconds, National Treasure or Captain Corelli's Mandolin, and warning him that he faced turning 60 one day, making endless ridiculous movies in front of blue screens while clutching to his sagging breast yet another hottie several decades his junior like, well, Jessica Biel. But perhaps that is exactly how Cage plans to live out his career. (Guardian Unlimited)
Once I put it down, I just couldnt pick it up Mar 14, 2007
It is the list no author would ever want to be seen on the books you bought but just could not finish (Times Online)
The great unread Mar 14, 2007
Other surprise "winners" in the online survey include Captain Corelli's Mandolin, the Louis De Berni;res novel that has sold more than 2 million since 1994, and Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist. Fifty-five per cent of those polled for the survey, commissioned by Teletext, said they buy books for decoration, and have no intention of actually reading them. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
The nation chooses its favourite books Mar 2, 2007
After The Big Read, bookshops reported that sales of two highly placed titles, Joseph Heller's Catch-22 and Louis de Bernieres's Captain Corelli's Mandolin, went up by 24 per cent and 155 per cent respectively. But sales of the CDs and videos of the films of the books shot up by 1,500 per cent and 1,533 per cent.. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Penelope Cruz wants to work with Shah Rukh Feb 24, 2007
Cruz has teamed up with some of Hollywood's leading men, including Tom Cruise in "Vanilla Sky" and Nicholas Cage in "Captain Corelli's Mandolin". She was recently seen with Academy Award winning actor Adrien Brody in "Manolete", a film that revolves around the famous bullfighter. (Daily News & Analysis)
Cruz the new Woody muse Feb 4, 2007
Cruz has starred in Blow with Johnny Depp, Captain Corelli's Mandolin and with then boyfriend Tom Cruise in Vanilla Sky. Also in Movies. (Melbourne Herald Sun)
Actress jumped at the chance Jan 18, 2007
Five years later, she made her first Almodovar film, "Live Flesh," and then ran off a string of American films, including "The Hi-Lo Country," "All the Pretty Horses," "Blow," "Captain Corelli's Mandolin," "Vanilla Sky," and "Sahara," before making her triumphant return to Spain and Almodovar for "Volver." (The title, coincidentally, means "to return."). Next up for Cruz is "Manolete," a portrait of the famous bullfighter (played by Adrien Brody), an English-language film, made in Spain. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
