Talking Point Hollywood to Czech Republic: “Give us a break!”
In 1996, Mission: Impossible put the Czech Republic on the international map of film-making locations. It wasn’t just that the city provided a backdrop to much of the action in the film; it was also the fact that a major Hollywood production made use of the crew and facilities of the city’s Barrandov film studios –something that had been done with great effect in 1984 with Miloš Forman’s Amadeus. In the years that followed, Prague became an “A-list” location with everything from James Bond to Oliver Twist coming to the city. But today, a weak dollar and increasing competition from other European countries is putting Prague’s premium status at risk and that is what I’ll be exploring in this programme.
Barrandov studios
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