MyMovies: Iceland
Here are the movies that have some conection with Iceland. All movies that are produced in Iceland are not listed. In stead I have movies with Icelandic caracters, Icelandic crew and so on. Descriptions on why they are conected to Iceland is on every title if you click the little paper icon.
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- DirectorMichel GondryStarsJim CarreyKate WinsletTom WilkinsonWhen their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a medical procedure to have each other erased from their memories forever.Valdís Óskarsdóttir edited this film. She has alsow edited other flicks, but this one is her biggest to date.
- DirectorTobe HooperStarsMarilyn BurnsEdwin NealAllen DanzigerFive friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.Gunnar Hansen has his biggest role in this film as the legendery Leatherface. He did some other films, but Texas Chainsaw is undoubtebly his biggest sucsess.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0360815/ - DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsUma ThurmanDavid CarradineDaryl HannahAfter awakening from a four-year coma, a former assassin wreaks vengeance on the team of assassins who betrayed her.Heba Thorisdóttir is a Make-up artist in this film. Hatori Hanso alsow writes down Bill in the window. But Icelandic people read bíll, wich is car in english.
- DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsUma ThurmanDavid CarradineMichael MadsenThe Bride continues her quest of vengeance against her former boss and lover Bill, the reclusive bouncer Budd, and the treacherous, one-eyed Elle.Heba Thorisdottir is a hair stylist in this movie. Bud is alsow holding a Icelandic snaps called Black Death. See picture:
http://notendur.mi.is/steinnin/translation/svartidaudi.jpg - CreatorJames L. BrooksMatt GroeningSam SimonStarsDan CastellanetaNancy CartwrightHarry ShearerThe satiric half-hour adventures of a working-class family in the misfit city of Springfield.Lenny sais, hey it's bright in the middle of the nigt. Then Barny sais, you know what this remimds me of, my Icelandic boyhood.
Alsow, Homer and Marge walk past a sign that sais "What they eat in Iceland". - CreatorDavid X. CohenMatt GroeningStarsBilly WestJohn DiMaggioKatey SagalPhilip J. Fry, a pizza delivery boy, is accidentally frozen in 1999 and thawed out on New Year's Eve 2999.Fry's uncle has Björk, the Icelandic supermodel, as a girlfriend.
- CreatorSeth MacFarlaneDavid ZuckermanStarsAlex BorsteinSeth MacFarlaneSeth GreenIn a wacky Rhode Island town, a dysfunctional family strives to cope with everyday life as they are thrown from one crazy scenario to another.Don't remember exectly, there was some kind of quiz where they asked if the next tune was from the Icelandic singer Björk or dog dying. And of corese it was Björk
- DirectorSam WeismanStarsEmilio EstevezKathryn ErbeMichael TuckerCan Gordon's team win the Junior Goodwill Games in California in spite of all the set-backs?None of the filming took place here, but the good team plays against the ruthless Icelandic team. Some of what they say resembles Icelandic, but it's very clear that the actors aren't Icelandic
- DirectorLee TamahoriStarsPierce BrosnanHalle BerryRosamund PikeJames Bond is sent to investigate the connection between a North Korean terrorist and a diamond mogul, who is funding the development of an international space weapon.Small part of it was filmed in Iceland. Pierce Brosman didn't come to Iceland, but the first shot from Iceland is where he is driving a country road. Alsow the ice chase sceen was filmed here. Not much els. It's worth notig that where Bond is hanging down a clif, that place dosn't exist.
- DirectorJohn McTiernanStarsSean ConneryAlec BaldwinScott GlennIn November 1984, the Soviet Union's best submarine captain violates orders and heads for the U.S. in a new undetectable sub. The American CIA and military must quickly determine: Is he trying to defect or to start a war?There is a short sentence about Icelandi in the film.
- DirectorEli RothStarsJay HernandezDerek RichardsonEythor GudjonssonThree backpackers head to a Slovak city that promises to meet their hedonistic expectations, with no idea of the hell that awaits them.There is an Icelandic actor who plays an Icelandic caracter in this film. Icelandic is spoken in it and often talked about Iceland. You have to see it to believe it.
- DirectorH. Bruce HumberstoneStarsSonja HenieJohn PayneJack OakieMarine James Murfin, is unaware of Icelandic customs. When he flirts with Katina, her Icelandic family take his actions as a proposal of marriage to her. Desperately wanting out, James gets his buddy to help him. Good Luck.Not shot in Iceland, but there are supose to be sceenes taking place on the Reykjavík lake. No surprice that it dosn't look anything like Reykjavík. I'll ad more info when I've actualy seen it myself.
- DirectorMick JacksonStarsTommy Lee JonesAnne HecheGaby HoffmannA volcano erupts in downtown Los Angeles and a city official and a seismologist try to stop its inevitable flow through the city.They mention that in Iceland they stoped the lava with water. What they don't mention is that it took dayes. I haven't seen the movie, but it's said that there it took only a few houres, or even moments.
- CreatorElise DoganieriBertram van MunsterStarsPhil KeoghanJoyce AguUchenna AguMultiple teams race around the globe for $1,000,000 to 'amazing' locations.Filming took place in Iceland. It was kind of silly, they all came with the same plane and all flew away with the same plane.
- DirectorGuy MaddinStarsKyle McCullochMichael GottliAngela HeckWhile their mother is dying in the modern Gimli, Manitoba hospital, two young children are told a tale by their Icelandic grandmother about Einar the Lonely, his friend Gunnar, and the angelic Snjofridur in a Gimli of old.The story takes place in Iceland. But none of it was filmed here. And there seams to be no Icelandic dialog in the movie. Still, every caracter is Icelandic, and thats enough to get to this list.
- DirectorRobert AltmanStarsTim RobbinsGreta ScacchiFred WardA Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected, but which one?Greta Scacchi caracter June Gudmundsdottir is Icelandic. It's funny because June isn't an Icelandic name. And alsow, she makes fun of Tim's caracter for not pronouncing the name right, when in fact she can't pronounc it hereself.
- DirectorBille AugustStarsJulia OrmondJens Jørgen FleischerAgga OlsenA 6 y.o. Inuit boy runs off a snowy roof in Copenhagen and dies. Smilla, a half Inuit who lives in the building and knows the boy, looks into it. What makes an acrophobic boy run up on the roof? The clues take her to Greenland.Julia Ormond playes the Icelandic caracter Smilla Jasperson. And Iceland is often mentioned in the movie. I'll add more info once I've seen it myself.
- DirectorLuke GreenfieldStarsRob SchneiderColleen HaskellJohn C. McGinleyAfter receiving organ transplants from various animal donors, a man finds himself taking on the traits of those animals.The Icelandic supermodel Berglind Olafsdottir has dose her first steps in the movie bussness as Yolanda the bajermilk girl.
- DirectorJohn GlenStarsRoger MooreChristopher WalkenTanya RobertsThe recovery of a microchip from the body of a fellow British secret agent leads James Bond to a mad industrialist scheming to cause massive destruction.The first sceen was filmed in Iceland. Very unreal, but still fun to watch.
- DirectorStephen NorringtonStarsSean ConneryStuart TownsendPeta WilsonIn an alternate Victorian Age world, a group of famous contemporary fantasy, science fiction, and adventure characters team up on a secret mission.Was suposibly filmed in Iceland. No confirmation about this, and higly unlickly. But it still stays on the list until I get confirmation about something els.
- DirectorKathryn BigelowStarsHarrison FordSam SpruellPeter StebbingsWhen Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster.Ingvar Sigurðsson plays a Russion submerin soldier. He has alsow played in other movies, but this is his biggest movie, although he didn't play a big part.
- DirectorDanny CannonStarsSylvester StalloneArmand AssanteRob SchneiderIn a dystopian future, Joseph Dredd, the most famous Judge (a police officer with instant field judiciary powers), is convicted for a crime he did not commit and must face his murderous counterpart.I have confirmation that Judge Dredd was filmed in Iceland. Probably the part where they're outside of the city. But I'm not sure.
- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsChristian BaleMichael CaineKen WatanabeAfter witnessing his parents' death, Bruce learns the art of fighting to confront injustice. When he returns to Gotham as Batman, he must stop a secret society that intends to destroy the city.Some of the filming took place in Iceland. It's hard not to notice what part. It's the part with all the snow.
- DirectorRoland EmmerichStarsWill SmithBill PullmanJeff GoldblumThe aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy Earth. Fighting superior technology, mankind's best weapon is the will to survive.Sceenes where suposedly taken in Iceland. I have no confirmation about this.
- DirectorClint EastwoodStarsRyan PhillippeBarry PepperJoseph CrossThe life stories of the six men who raised the flag at the Battle of Iwo Jima, a turning point in World War II.Iceland was chosen for filming because the black sand looked similar to the one in the war. I have not much more info about this.