tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787347.post5384562933784525792..comments2024-03-29T21:35:16.043+11:00Comments on Sarah Cooks: Penang 2012: Sights of PenangSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00261274546097701065noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787347.post-60468767604036551542012-03-25T10:35:24.058+11:002012-03-25T10:35:24.058+11:00cltyw & Jane - thanks for your comments! I va...cltyw & Jane - thanks for your comments! I vaguely remember the hoopla about Anna and the King being filmed in Malaysia because the Thai government wouldn't allow it. I didn't realise it was filmed so close to home! :)<br /><br />More trivia: my Dad once met Ursula Andress in the 60's or 70's when she was filming something in Penang!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00261274546097701065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787347.post-76342626330437475712012-03-24T21:33:40.023+11:002012-03-24T21:33:40.023+11:00Great coverage of some of Penang's sights to s...Great coverage of some of Penang's sights to see! Peranakan Mansion is one of my favourites... just to add to the movie trivia, Khoo Kongsi was used in the movie Anna and the King with Jodi Foster and Chow Yun Fatt (spelling)Jane Bhttp://janeblakeley.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787347.post-22938335020211581562012-03-24T18:43:41.229+11:002012-03-24T18:43:41.229+11:00Peranakan Mansion was used thru a Singapore mandri...Peranakan Mansion was used thru a Singapore mandrian drama titled Nonya. I learned quite a bit of Peranakan culture from the show.cltywhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02378249782577079497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787347.post-66157154414087227292012-03-22T20:40:10.919+11:002012-03-22T20:40:10.919+11:00Oh yes! And I forgot to mention it was also used i...Oh yes! And I forgot to mention it was also used in Indochine, the French film that won the academy award for best foreign film in 1992!<br /><br />xox SarahSarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00261274546097701065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787347.post-6254372697549626382012-03-22T19:52:29.207+11:002012-03-22T19:52:29.207+11:00Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion was in a Singaporean movie...Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion was in a Singaporean movie two years ago! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1353157/Germainehttp://perfectdrivel.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com