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= May 22 =

Filming location and movie name please
I am not sure which section to put this query as it overlaps multiple genres. I am trying to find a location featured in a film and also the film. I thought it was dirty rotten scoundrels but when I looked this up it was not this movie as what I recall is much older. The location is similar, it may be set in the South of France or Italy and features a long set of stairs down from a Riviera type mansion to a small private beach. I recall that the story line was not a comedy but rather a drama, romance or tragedy. The lead actor, a David Niven type figure who goes for a swim and when he emerges from the water he puffs out his chest while he walks to get his towel. I know this is vague, but you guys are so good at this sort of thing. I would like to know. 1. What was the location of the mansion and 2. What was the name of the movie. Thank you.86.186.232.80 (talk) 11:46, 22 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Could it be To Catch a Thief? Turner Street (talk) 12:48, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Doesn't sound like it. The only swimming I can recall Cary Grant doing in that film was off a public beach. Clarityfiend (talk) 03:20, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

Troy: Fall of a City - Date of filming
When did filming for the miniseries Troy: Fall of a City in Cape Town, South Africa began? 86.128.234.92 (talk) 21:02, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
 * It would have started sometime prior to February 17, 2018. What have you found on Google so far? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 21:10, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

I mean when was the series made. Recorded on film. When did principal photography began and when did it end? Not when it was broadcast. And I've found nothing on Google. 86.128.234.92 (talk) 21:57, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Then how would anyone here know the answer? Have you tried contacting the series' producers? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 23:39, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Some people's googling skills are way ahead of those of others. I've come here with questions that I couldn't solve with my own googling. That's how. --   Jack of Oz   [pleasantries]  00:40, 24 May 2020 (UTC)


 * The best I can find sets some limits on the start and end of filming: 24 October 2016: "Historical drama Troy – Fall of a City, from Kudos Film and Television, is scheduled to film locally next year"; 30 March 2017: "The drama is filming on location in Cape Town"; 21 December 2017: "Troy: Fall Of A City wrapped filming earlier this year on location in Cape Town".  --Lambiam 13:15, 23 May 2020 (UTC)