Malta compares with the rest of
Europe for dates of first screening of movies, in some instances,
even placing ahead. Ticket Prices are comparable to the rest
of Europe and the United States.
Malta has served as location for a number of international
films. Starting with Treasure in Malta in the 1960s, followed
by Popeye (1983), Midnight Express, Jaws, Christopher Columbus,
Cutthroat island, and more recently Gladiator and U-571. Perhaps
ironically Malta is best known to the world through the film
adaptation of book that isn't about Malta - Dashiell Hammett's
The Maltese Falcon, the title of which refers to a statuette
of mysterious origin.
Having such rich medieval architecture, Malta is ideal for
serving as a location for films, doing away with costly construction
of models. Indeed, while touring the Maltese islands, one
can recall famous scenes from movies that made the screen.
Moreover, Popeye village, the set of the film about the sailor
Popeye and his friends, has been made into a major tourist
attraction in the North of the island, while one can view
the largest water tank in the world at Rinella, where ocean-based
parts of movies are shot in miniature.
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