Esteemed Hong Kong film director Wong Kar-wai filmed the final scene of the romantic art-house drama 'In the Mood for Love' in Angkor Wat. Archival footage of '60s Cambodia can also be seen prior to this. The journalist Chow Mo-wan, played by Tony Leung, is visiting Angkor Wat and secretly... read more →
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Jul
21
In early 2011 a few short scenes of 'Transformers: Dark Of The Moon' were filmed in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap. The third installment of this Michael Bay franchise shows Decepticons firing rockets from Ta Prohm, Bayon temple and the moat at the southern gate of Angkor Thom. DISCLAIMER: Khreativa... read more →
Jun
04
'Lara Croft: Tomb Raider' is considered the first international movie to have introduced the wonders of Angkor Wat to a wider, western audience. Lara Croft, played by Angelina Jolie, can be seen on top of Phnom Bakheng surveying the jungle area below her, driving a 4WD in front of the... read more →
May
21
'First They Killed My Father' is a Cambodian–American Khmer language drama directed by Angelina Jolie and... read more →
May
03
Significant parts of 'Lord Jim' were filmed in Angkor Wat and Siem Reap during the Sangkum Reastr Niyum regime of '60s Cambodia. The film was shot in Super Panavision 70 and noted Cambodian Dith Pran, whose story is told in the movie 'The Killing Fields' (1984), was involved in the... read more →
