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Superman’s Trip To Earth By Way Of Bermuda
Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive — and able to rocket from Krypton to Earth through flaring clusters of microscopic Bermuda marine life. In the 1970s Bermuda’s waters stood in for the gulfs of interstellar space in the epic “Superman” movie starring Christopher Reeve [pictured], Marlon Brando and... Read more of this article
Vampirella: Blood And Pink Sand …
Some horror film fans still consider it the greatest vampire film never made — a proposed ’70s epic featuring an ageless and voluptuous comic book bloodsucker, alien invaders and James Bond-type action/adventure sequences all filmed against an incongruously sunny Bermuda backdrop. In 1975 Britain’s Hammer studios — best known... Read more of this article
Video: 100 Year Old Film Made In Bermuda
Bermuda doubled for a besieged 19th century city in British India in a short historical film shot on the island one hundred years ago. Made in Bermuda in 1912, “The Relief of Lucknow” was produced by Thomas Edison’s pioneering East Coast film company for the British market and about ten minutes of the movie’s Bermuda location... Read more of this article
BIFF Announces ‘Best Of Fest’ Showcase
The “Best of the Fest” lineup, which will be screened on Thursday [Mar. 22], the final day of the 15 annual Bermuda International Film Festival, has been reserved for the week’s most popular films, some of which were sell-outs, in order to give the public another opportunity to see them. The programme includes a special presentation of... Read more of this article
Chewstick Film Festival Schedule
The Chewstick Foundation — holding its first annual Bakatown Film Festival from today [Jan. 26] until Saturday — unveiled the full line-up of movies and events. Showcasing local short films alongside award winning international shorts, the festival will celebrate yet another facet of the storytelling traditions Chewstick emphasises as... Read more of this article
Videos: TCM Celebrates ‘The Deep’
Turner Classic Movies [TCM] has recently been celebrating the underwater thriller “The Deep”, director Peter Yates’ cinematic adaptation of the Peter Benchley bestseller shot largely on location in Bermuda in the summer of 1976. In a long retrospective at the TCM website, film historian Andrea Passafiume — who works for the... Read more of this article
Video: Bermuda Buddy Cop Film
It was a Bermuda-based “buddy movie” with a difference — two cops working on a complex case together on the island loathe one another at first sight before forming an unlikely professional partnership and friendship. The 1994 NBC TV movie “Bermuda Grace” starred William Sadler and David Harewood in a light comedy-adventure... Read more of this article
Videos: Exploring ‘The Bermuda Depths’
“The Bermuda Depths” is part ghost story and part love story with a touch of Japanese monster movie thrown in to the eerie proceedings for good measure. And this unlikely combination of elements has ensured the ABC TV movie — filmed completely on location on the island in 1978 — retains a worldwide cult following more than... Read more of this article
1962 Cary Grant Movie Set In Bermuda
The 1962 romantic comedy “That Touch Of Mink” stars Cary Grant and Doris Day — but features Bermuda in an important supporting role. When Grant’s business tycoon character attempts to seduce the virginal object of his desire, unemployed computer operator Cathy Timberlake [Day], he whisks her off for a liasion in Bermuda —... Read more of this article
Historical Video: Mandrake’s Bermuda Adventure
A good magician never reveals his tricks — including the geographic sleight of hand which allowed the pilot episode of a proposed TV series based on comic strip conjurer/adventurer Mandrake to be filmed largely in Bermuda despite the fact the story takes place in the US. The 1954 “Mandrake The Magician” pilot starred professional stage... Read more of this article
Video: ‘Falling In Love’ In Bermuda
An unofficial new video for Pink Martini’s Hollywood-style signature song “Let’s Never Stop Falling In Love” plays out against a romantic Bermuda movie background. Using footage from the 1979 Oscar-nominated comedy/drama “Chapter Two”, the video features that film’s stars James Caan and Marsha Mason at a variety... Read more of this article
Screening of ‘Where the Whales Sing’
Documentarian Andrew Stevenson has a whale of a tale to tell about the migratory humpbacks which visit the island every year — and this week the award-winning naturalist and author will be screening his film “Where the Whales Sing” at the Bermuda College. The screening is on Thursday [Nov.17] from 6.30-8.30 at North Hall G301. Tickets are... Read more of this article
