Earl Evleth

On the other hand the Eglise at Saint Sulpice doesn`t
want to hear about this movie, nor the Vatican, nor
Opus Dei.

The Louvre sees this as their product mentioned
in a film, brings in more tourists and the French will
make a "euro" or two. The "buck" is out since it has
been euronated on.

Earl

****

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'Da Vinci Code' to be shot inside Louvre


PARIS, France (Reuters) -- France will allow U.S. film director Ron Howard
to shoot scenes in the famed Louvre museum for a film adaptation of the
worldwide bestseller "The Da Vinci Code," the Culture Ministry said on
Friday.

The movie version of Dan Brown's thriller will feature Tom Hanks as
Professor Robert Langdon and is scheduled to start shooting in May,
according to the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) Web site.

Asked about plans to shoot in the Louvre in summer, a spokesman for the
Culture Ministry said: "Yes, it is scheduled to go ahead. There is no
problem."

A production team has already visited the Louvre to select locations in its
Grand Gallery, where the opening of the novel is set, according to the daily
newspaper Le Parisien. Officials at the Louvre were not immediately
available for comment.

Interest in "The Da Vinci Code" has spawned a side industry of specialized
tours of Paris exploring the book's locations and the theories surrounding
the work of Leonardo da Vinci, whose most famous painting -- the Mona Lisa
-- hangs in the Louvre. ( Hunt for 'Code' clues in France )

France wants to attract film crews to its monuments and museums to boost
tourism and provide jobs for thousands of local showbusiness workers, who
staged protests at the Cannes film festival last year over cuts to their
welfare benefits.

The Louvre last allowed filming in its miles of galleries in 1999 for
"Belphegor," a classic French mystery tale of a ghost who haunts the Louvre
and steals precious artifacts.

Filming usually takes place at night and on Tuesdays, when the museum is
closed to the public.

"The Da Vinci Code," which the IMDb said is scheduled for release in 2006,
is not the first movie directed by Howard with Hanks in the lead. The two
U.S. stars also teamed up for the 1995 film hit "Apollo 13."

C

Mcturk4

    >The Louvre sees this as their product mentioned
    >in a film, brings in more tourists and the French will
    >make a "euro" or two. The "buck" is out since it has
    >been euronated on.
    >Earl

By a "eurologist"? LOL

Nitram

On 21 Jan 2005 15:06:29 GMT, [email protected]emove (Mcturk4) wrote:

    >>The Louvre sees this as their product mentioned
    >>in a film, brings in more tourists and the French will
    >>make a "euro" or two. The "buck" is out since it has
    >>been euronated on.
    >>Earl
    > By a "eurologist"? LOL

LOL

They ought to shoot the author too.
--
Martin

Irwell

On 21 Jan 2005 15:06:29 GMT, [email protected]emove (Mcturk4) wrote:

    >>The Louvre sees this as their product mentioned
    >>in a film, brings in more tourists and the French will
    >>make a "euro" or two. The "buck" is out since it has
    >>been euronated on.
    >>Earl
    > By a "eurologist"? LOL
Or a proctologist if it is euroanus.

B Vaughan

On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 14:01:36 +0100, Earl Evleth <[email protected]>
wrote:

    >
    >On the other hand the Eglise at Saint Sulpice doesn`t
    >want to hear about this movie, nor the Vatican, nor
    >Opus Dei.
    >The Louvre sees this as their product mentioned
    >in a film, brings in more tourists and the French will
    >make a "euro" or two. The "buck" is out since it has
    >been euronated on.

I heard so much about how sick the French are of the Da Vinci code,
and then I saw that it was one of the top 10 best selling books in
France.
--
Barbara Vaughan
My email address is my first initial followed by my surname at libero dot it
I answer travel questions only in the newsgroup

Lourens Smak

In article <[email protected]>,
B Vaughan<[email protected]> wrote:

    > On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 14:01:36 +0100, Earl Evleth <[email protected]>
    > wrote:
    >
    > >
    > >On the other hand the Eglise at Saint Sulpice doesn`t
    > >want to hear about this movie, nor the Vatican, nor
    > >Opus Dei.
    > >
    > >The Louvre sees this as their product mentioned
    > >in a film, brings in more tourists and the French will
    > >make a "euro" or two. The "buck" is out since it has
    > >been euronated on.
    >
    > I heard so much about how sick the French are of the Da Vinci code,
    > and then I saw that it was one of the top 10 best selling books in
    > France.

http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/bestseller/
;-)
Lourens

Earl Evleth

in article [email protected], B Vaughan at
[email protected] wrote on 21/01/05 21:57:

    > On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 14:01:36 +0100, Earl Evleth <[email protected]>
    > wrote:
    >
    >>
    >> On the other hand the Eglise at Saint Sulpice doesn`t
    >> want to hear about this movie, nor the Vatican, nor
    >> Opus Dei.
    >>
    >> The Louvre sees this as their product mentioned
    >> in a film, brings in more tourists and the French will
    >> make a "euro" or two. The "buck" is out since it has
    >> been euronated on.
    >
    > I heard so much about how sick the French are of the Da Vinci code,
    > and then I saw that it was one of the top 10 best selling books in
    > France.


Today`s news is that two well known French have key roles.
Audrey Tautou (the Amelie!) will play Sophie and Jean Reno
the French detective. Since the story mainly takes place
in France it is good publicity for French Tourism.

I have heard little negative comment on the book although the
press plays up the fact that it brought zillions of visitors
on silly visits just to see specific things which did not
exist (as in the interior of the St Sulpice Church. How much
"culture" wore off is another thing.

The only point I remember in the book as being really wrong
is that there are no prostitutes who hang around the Place
Saint Sulpice.

I can see the hierarchy of the Catholic Church having the nose
out of joint because of story line. But given the secular anti-clerical
tradition in France I can see a lot of the French enjoying the book
and the film. Those pushing French tourism will cry on their way
to the bank.

Earl

The Rev Gaston

On 2005-01-22 08:18:18 +0100, Earl Evleth <[email protected]> said:

    > The only point I remember in the book as being really wrong
    > is that there are no prostitutes who hang around the Place
    > Saint Sulpice.

Touting for business across the square from a police station wouldn't
be very smart!!

G;
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Mxsmanic

B Vaughan writes:

    > I heard so much about how sick the French are of the Da Vinci code,
    > and then I saw that it was one of the top 10 best selling books in
    > France.

The French are the most rabid wannabe Americans on the planet;
ironically, they are also among those who complain the most about the
USA in public. They don't seem to notice the cognitive dissonance.

--
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Mxsmanic

Earl Evleth writes:

    > Today`s news is that two well known French have key roles.
    > Audrey Tautou (the Amelie!) will play Sophie and Jean Reno
    > the French detective.

Logical choices, although I never pictured Sophie as being anything like
Audrey Tautou (geeks would not be that cute), or the French detective as
being anything like Jean Reno (Reno is too tall and thin).

    > I have heard little negative comment on the book although the
    > press plays up the fact that it brought zillions of visitors
    > on silly visits just to see specific things which did not
    > exist (as in the interior of the St Sulpice Church. How much
    > "culture" wore off is another thing.

The money's the thing; who cares about culture?

    > The only point I remember in the book as being really wrong
    > is that there are no prostitutes who hang around the Place
    > Saint Sulpice.

There are lots and lots of things that are really wrong, such as the
notion that driving through the Tuileries gardens is the fastest way to
get to the Louvre, or that getting from the Louvre to the American
embassy requires driving all the way up the Champs-Elysées, or the
notion that the rue Haxo is anywhere near Roland Garros stadium (in fact
it is on the other side of town).

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Nitram

On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 09:08:58 +0100, Mxsmanic <[email protected]>
wrote:

    >B Vaughan writes:
    >> I heard so much about how sick the French are of the Da Vinci code,
    >> and then I saw that it was one of the top 10 best selling books in
    >> France.
    >The French are the most rabid wannabe Americans on the planet;
    >ironically, they are also among those who complain the most about the
    >USA in public. They don't seem to notice the cognitive dissonance.

and

The Americans are the most rabid wannabe French on the planet;
ironically, they are also among those who complain the most about the
France in public. They don't seem to notice the cognitive dissonance.

--
Martin

Padraig Breathnach

Mxsmanic <[email protected]> wrote:

    >The French are the most rabid wannabe Americans on the planet;
    >ironically, they are also among those who complain the most about the
    >USA in public. They don't seem to notice the cognitive dissonance.

What cognitive dissonance? Examine your argument. Explain the terms
"The French" and "they".

--
PB
The return address has been MUNGED

The Rev Gaston

On 2005-01-22 09:08:58 +0100, Mxsmanic <[email protected]> said:

    > B Vaughan writes:
    >
    >> I heard so much about how sick the French are of the Da Vinci code,
    >> and then I saw that it was one of the top 10 best selling books in
    >> France.
    >
    > The French are the most rabid wannabe Americans on the planet;

So you keep saying, but it simply isn't true. What makes you think that it is?

G;
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Nitram

On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 12:13:05 +0100, The Rev Gaston <[email protected]>
wrote:

    >On 2005-01-22 09:08:58 +0100, Mxsmanic <[email protected]> said:
    >> B Vaughan writes:
    >>
    >>> I heard so much about how sick the French are of the Da Vinci code,
    >>> and then I saw that it was one of the top 10 best selling books in
    >>> France.
    >>
    >> The French are the most rabid wannabe Americans on the planet;
    >So you keep saying, but it simply isn't true. What makes you think that it is?

It's a common American misconception. It must be hereditary
--
Martin

Magda

On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 12:36:18 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, nitram <[email protected]> arranged
some electrons, so they looked like this :

... On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 12:13:05 +0100, The Rev Gaston <[email protected]>
... wrote:
...
... >On 2005-01-22 09:08:58 +0100, Mxsmanic <[email protected]> said:
... >
... >> B Vaughan writes:
... >>
... >>> I heard so much about how sick the French are of the Da Vinci code,
... >>> and then I saw that it was one of the top 10 best selling books in
... >>> France.
... >>
... >> The French are the most rabid wannabe Americans on the planet;
... >
... >So you keep saying, but it simply isn't true. What makes you think that it is?
...
... It's a common American misconception. It must be hereditary

Like the belief that they won WWII *and* saved the world single-handedly. LOL