How about some perfect movies to mark the age of exploration and commemorate Columbus Day? Our audio visual department offers some choices.
Christopher Columbus: The Discovery based on a screenplay penned by Mario Puzo includes quite a cast of well known names including Marlon Brando, Tom Selleck, Rachel Ward and Benicio Del Toro.
Discovery tales featuring the Pocahontas and John Smith romance run from Disney's version to The New World featuring Colin Farrell as Smith. The film captures the beauty of then unspoiled wilderness and Q'Orianka Kilcher is radiant as the heroine.
Marco Polo was originally made for TV, it offers stunning scenery and an absorbing portrayal of the Venetian explorer's trek.
If old world exploration doesn't interest you maybe the 20th century equivalents hunting for ancient treasure may. Nothing beats any of the adventures featuring Indiana Jones staring Harrison Ford for a good rush of adrenaline. Watch them again. The latest (and the last?) adventuresis coming to a theatre near you next year. Were you an extra or involved in the production of the scenes filmed in Connecticut?