Philippine/filipino References In A Foreign Movie

[Moonwalker]

sa movie na "An Officer and a Gentleman" nung pumasok sa military si Richard Gere, tinanong siya ng trainer nila kung saan niya nakuha yung tattoo niya sa kanang braso. Sabi niya "I got it from Subic Bay, Philippines, sir!"

[tamago]

I was watching the 1st half of Double Impact starring Jean Claude Van Damme.

 

The airline he used to go to Hong Kong was PAL

[milhouse83]

how bout pinoy references that are good and something to be actually proud of? it seems like the only time philippines is mentioned in a hollywood movie is when they're referring to:

 

1. child prostitution.. or just "regular" prostitution in general

2. child labor

3. terrorism

4. drug smuggling

5. WWII

[Immortal666]

I saw a Hong Kong-produced movie in the old Star Movie channel. The story dealt with Chinese tourists visiting the Philippines then getting kidnapped by rebels/terrorists. Some of the abductees were even killed. Tsk, not a good depiction of our country.

[rbtmnl]

basta binaggit ang word na "boonies'or "boondocks", derived iyon sa "bundok".

[resident_big_evil]

sa movie na "An Officer and a Gentleman" nung pumasok sa military si Richard Gere, tinanong siya ng trainer nila kung saan niya nakuha yung tattoo niya sa kanang braso.  Sabi niya "I got it from Subic Bay, Philippines, sir!"

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first part of that movie was shot in olongapo, richard gere's dad robert loggia was supposed to be a service man assigned to subic & there was a scene there where a kid playing gere as a boy & loggia were riding in a jeepney & anothere scene where loggia was drinking SMB...

[bakedzitiguy]

there was this space film (either Sphere or solaris), one of the signs showed the word "basura".

another example was not in a movie but in the book Hannibal. Lecter was trying to console or taunt Graham about his guilt for previously killing a serial killer. Lecter said he shouldnt be guilty because God Himself wasnt merciful. as an example he cited an incident wherein 60+ Filipinos died in an airplane crash

[sliderule]

there was this space film (either Sphere or solaris), one of the signs showed the word "basura". 

another example was not in a movie but in the book Hannibal.  Lecter was trying to console or taunt Graham about his guilt for previously killing a serial killer.  Lecter said he shouldnt be guilty because God Himself wasnt merciful.  as an example he cited an incident wherein 60+ Filipinos died in an airplane crash

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I think basura is the same word for trash in Spanish..? Not sure.

[shodandille]

in mr. & mrs. smith, i wasnt paying attention during this one part (eating popcorn po!) and i just hear "filipino" lol. i don't know exactly what they said tho... when i get the dvd, i'll pay more attention

 

and if u've seen "malibu's most wanted" when they show the credits at the end of the movie, the song goes "look at that filipino girl right there. she's got it going. front, back, side to side" something like that... :thumbsupsmiley:

[shodandille]

and oh, in "men of honor" Robert De Niro's character (chief leslie "billy" sunday) mentioned the leyte gulf and how he fought there

 

and in one tree hill, when chad michael murray's tattoo was bleeding, the guy goes "where'd u get that from? an alley in manila?" (i dont remember now if he said manila or philippines -- its one of those though)

[batang_yakult]

in the movie BIG FISH ung kay ewan mcgregor.

 

ung scene na napatawag sya sa ARMY sa vietnam.

Nung nagparachute na sya pababa nakita nya na parang

may performance night sa enemy camp.

 

ung nagpe-peform, saktong nagpan ung camera sa ventriloquist na

pilipino ung sinsabi, hindi mo masyadong maiintindihan pero i think

i heard bwisit, kasi parang ang skit nila, nag-aaway ung

puppet at ung ventriloquist.

 

for those who watched the movie, this is before he met the twin

performers.

[rich beem]

also to that Platoon was filmed in Philippines i forgot where but it was in Philippines....where did they shoot Apocalypse Now?

 

Before the filming of Platoon, Defoe woke up in his hotel room in Manila with the noise of tanks...i think this was during the Marcos era?? i read in a trivia...

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mt makiling, los banos laguna

[rbtmnl]

I think basura is the same word for trash in Spanish..? Not sure.

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tama ka, sliderule. dito nga sa california you will often see 'basura' sa trash containers ng fast food restaurants especially in predominantly latino areas.

[rich beem]

sa alias, yung episode na ipinakita kung saan nagtago yung wife ni sloan ( ?)

[rich beem]

sa alias, yung episode na ipinakita kung saan nagtago yung wife ni sloan ( ?)