Areas of filming in Tunisia
Tataouine = Tatooine. Georges Lucas modified the name of this place to name the planet.
The canyon of Sidi Bouhel where r2d2 was kidnapped before arriving to tozeur
The Sidi Driss hotel in Matmata is Luke Skywalker's house
The Igloo in Chott el Jerid isThe exterior of Luke's house.
The canteen where Luke met Han Solo is In Djerba, in the city of Ajim, . In the area, the house of Obi Wan Kenobi. Is Not contemplated in the Tour because there is nothing left to see.
Tataouine. To give life to the slave town of episode I they used the ksars, fortified dwellings that the Berbers built. In Ksar Hadada.
Oung el Jemel. There is part of the scenery of the city of Mos Espa, home of Anakin.
Mides inspired the pod race. A great storm destroyed the scenery.
Lars family farm. Chott el Jerid.
Matmata. Farm interiors.
Outside of Tanis, Steven Spielberg used the same location that George Lucas used in the filming of Star Wars. The canyon where the Nazis carry the ark on pilgrimage is the same as the kidnapping of R2D2, Sidi Bouhlel.
The scenes of Cairo were set in Kairouan. There, the team had to remove between 200 and 300 television antennas from the houses. In the bar where the scene was shot between Indiana and Belloq there are some pictures of the shooting.
The English Patient
Oung el Jemel. The cartographers' camp was installed here. The protagonist's plane flies over the palm grove.
Mides canyon. Place where the protagonists hide.
Nefta Its original streets can be seen at the end of the movie, when the protagonist is taken prisoner.
The director, Anthony Minguella, visited Egypt and Morocco looking for the ideal place to shoot the film but found it in Tunisia.
"The Tunisian Sahara is perfect, like Lawrence of Arabia's," he said.
The Life of Brian / Jesus of Nazareth
The scenes that recreate the walls of the city of Jerusalem were shot in the Ribat of Monastir.
Antonio Banderas filmed in Tunisia "Black Gold", a story about power and ambition. The selected area, Oung el Jmel.
The film is produced by local film magnate Tarak Ben Ammar with the libretto by Menno Meyjes, the director of "Manolete". With Freida Pinto, discovered in "Slumdog Millionaire". Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud, author of "Le Nom de la Rose" and "L'Ours".
Sylvester Stallone rolls in southern Tunisia The Expendables 4.
The chosen area, the same as the rest of its predecessors, Oung el Jmel.
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Other films shot in Tunisia:
Pirates of Roman Polanski.
The tiger and snow of Roberto Benigni.
La vérité si je mens! 2.
Peut être.
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