| The Ships Return to Rosarito By Cesar Pineda and Mario Bernal June 22, 2002 The new movie with Russell Crowe will film for five months on location at Baja California The ships and anchors have returned to set sail from the most famous Hollywood film industry pier in Mexican territory, Rosarito, Baja California, where this past Monday they started filming the superior production The Far Side of the World. The film, directed by Peter Weir (Truman Show and The Dead Poets� Society) and starring the double [sic] Oscar winner, Russell Crowe, will roll in the studios for five months, where the shots and war for independence conjugate to deal with making this story one of the biggest box office hits in 2003. With a budget of more than 135 million dollars, they plan to use all of the Fox Studios Baja, and also the artificial reservoir that holds 20 million gallons of water where they filmed James Cameron�s Titanic. Just like Cameron�s film, to shoot the Far Side of the World, the production ordered the construction of an exact replica of a legendary ship; in this case a ship from the 19th century, the HMS Rose, which fought in various battles in the war for independence. For the construction, the film will utilize a pier in Ensenada, where day by day they copy data that will be used to make exact details of the famous ship, that came from the United States. Once the work is competed in Rosarito, all the production equipment will be transported to Galapagos Island where filming of the adventures of Captain Jack Aubrey (Crowe) will continue. Currently there is no official information on the economic assessment from the filming in Baja California, some local sources estimate about 40 million dollars. As far as the production staff�s accommodations, it is speculated that the only person who is staying in a city in the United States is Russell Crowe, who is transported from San Diego to Rosarito by helicopter. The epic motion picture is inspired by the novels of English author Patrick O�Brian (1914-2000) and tells the story of one sailor, who in his final mission crosses the Atlantic in the company of his friend, Stephen Maturin (Paul Bettany). |
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