Rachel Weisz awed by Palawan
MANILA, Philippines -- “I can live in Palawan forever!”
These were the words of Hollywood actress Rachel Weisz during the shooting of “The Bourne Legacy” in El Nido, Palawan recently, the movie’s local producer said yesterday.
Jun Juban, of the Philippine Film Studios Inc., told reporters during the weekly news forum at Annabel’s restaurant in Quezon City that Weisz was amazed at Palawan’s beauty.
Juban said the El Nido scene will show the natural beauty of Palawan to millions of viewers across the globe when the movie opens in theaters sometime in August.
“The contingent, including the cast who visited the island, has been very expressive with their awe and amazement,” he said.
Juban said because of the captivating beauty of the islands in Palawan, the end part of the action-packed movie was shot in these places.
Aerial night shots of Manila and Makati will also be seen in the movie, according to Juban.
He said tourism was definitely boosted because of the movie.
“There are close to 200 staff, crew and actors involved in this film. This means 10,000 hotel room nights spread in two major hotels in Manila. This definitely exceeded initial projections,” he said.
The local producer thanked the government for its support, particularly Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr., the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, the departments of the Interior and Local Government, Finance and Tourism and local officials of the cities of Manila, Pasay, Navotas, Quezon and Marikina where scenes of the movie were shot.
Juban said the producers of the movie are planning to have the premier showing in Manila.
“We have been part of the Filipino film industry for three decades and it’s only now that a top action franchise movie is featuring Manila as Manila. Once we see 'The Bourne Legacy' on the wide screen worldwide, our fellow kababayans will surely be very proud,” Juban said.
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▼Exagerated reporting, she was just being nice ▼
Certainly she didn't mean it when she said
“I can live in Palawan forever!”
Because if you are asking someone with a camera
squared on your face
you will certainly be forced to say something nice even if you don't mean it.
If a friend ask you if her house is nice and
if the food her mom cooked is delicious,
you will be forced to say'
"Your house is the most beautiful house
and the food taste like a hotel chef cooked food
even though you think
your friends house stink
and the food taste awful.
Just watch her face with the live footage
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Manila Bay looked like Palawan hundreds of years ago
The Bourne series has certainly sparked interest again in the lives of CIA assassins worldwide, especially their activities in the Philippines.
They've killed and attempted to kill leaders in countries like Iran and Cuba, as declassified secret documents now tell ("The Family Jewels").
In the book, A Game as Old as Empire, leaked secret World Bank documents also show that the US targeted the Philippines during the time of Marcos.
That brings in the question: Was Ninoy killed by people who were paid by CIA assassins in order to incite regime change in the Philippines?
Marcos would have been too smart to kill Ninoy, knowing that his death could spark a revolution. Just last year, CIA assassins successfully killed Bin Laden without a trial, and Gadaffi in Libya was successfully killed by US-sponsored rebels. Now, the US is hunting down Assad in Syria.
The Bourne Legacy filming in Manila shows that even if the Baranggay Police in the Philippines are paid as low as 500 pesos a day, they will do what Americans tell them to do. How much more if CIA assassins pay them millions of dollars.
In "gratitude," PNoy bought a World War II-era ship from the US for half a billion dollars. He will be buying another one, and plans to buy a squadron of F16s for 700 million dollars in order to further his offshore drilling plans in Palawan.
The Niger Delta in Nigeria used to be like Palawan too until offshore oil drilling turned it into a black sea. Farmers and fisherman there can no longer farm and fish. Nigerians thought that they would become self-sufficient in oil, but now, they are rioting because of shortages.
None of the oil revenues benefited the people. All the money just went to buy weapons and to satisfy politicians.
If there's any moral in Bourne Legacy, it would be the legacy that greed never pays off.