‘In Bruges’ receives 7 nominations for the 11th British Film Awards

inbruges — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:06:21 +0000

Excellent news for ‘In Bruges’. The film is nominated in 7 categories of the 11th Britisch Independent Film Awards:

- BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM
- THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD [BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR] for Martin McDonagh
- BEST SCREENPLAY for Martin McDonagh
- BEST ACTOR for Colin Farrell
- BEST ACTOR for Brendan Gleeson
- BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR for Ralph fiennes
- BEST TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT for Editing – Jon Gregory

BIFA takes place 30th of November

Website BIFA

In Bruges walk

inbruges — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:22:55 +0000

Together with my colleague of fietsroute.org (Belgian Cyclist-site), I created an ‘In Bruges’-walk. It’s a 6 km (3,7 mile) long walk in the historic centre of Bruges along the main filmlocations used in the movie ‘In Bruges’.

You can find the map over here: www.inbruges.info/in_bruges_walk.html

‘In Bruges’ film locations (part 4)

inbruges — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:59:32 +0000

Click the links to view a 3D-map of the movie locations:

The first pub Ken and Ray visited in Bruges. It’s called ‘Zwart Huis’ (Black house). ‘Zwart huis’ is the pub of the former ‘cinema liberty’ and ‘English Theatre of Bruges’. It was built in 1482 and you can still see some valuable interior details such as the wonderful woodsculpture above the fireplace. In july and August 2008, there are daily showings of ‘In Bruges’.

The restaurant in Bruges were Cloé and Ray had their romantic date. It’s called ‘Cafedraal’:

Photograph rights movie pictures: Focus Features

In Bruges: behind the scenes (part 2)

inbruges — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:53:15 +0000

Some more making of pictures of ‘In Bruges’. Some scenes were filmed in the Philips studio in Bruges:

The hotel were Ray and ken stayed really exists. Some shots of the hotel were filmed on this set, other scenes were filmed in the hotel itself (http://www.relaisbourgondischcruyce.be/).

Hotel-set Bruges

Top of the Belfry/Bell Tower Bruges

Stairs Belfry/Bell Tower Bruges

Photograph Rights: Frederik Casteleyn

In Bruges: behind the scenes (part 1)

inbruges — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:14:17 +0000

The making of ‘In Bruges’:

Dijver Bruges (360° panoramic view)

Burg Bruges (360° panoramic view)

Dijver Bruges (360° panoramic view)

Groeninghe Museum Bruges

Beguinage/Lake of love Bruges (360° panoramic view)

Market Square Bruges (360° panoramic view)

Rozenhoedkaai Bruges (360° panoramic view)

Gruuthuse Bruges (360° panoramic view)

Photograph Rights: Bruges city film office

Webcams Bruges on virtualearth map

inbruges — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:14:04 +0000

I created a virtualearth map with a collection of all current available webcams of Bruges.
You can find it here: http://www.inbruges.info/webcammap.html

German television shoots new film in Bruges

inbruges — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:47:46 +0000

In June, The German television ZDF starts shooting a new movie that takes place in Bruges. The title of the movie is ‘Mein liebe ist bei dir, ein Herz aus Schokolade’ (My love is with you, a heart of chocolate). It ’s a story about 2 romances which cross each other and off course about chocolate (where Bruges is known for). One of the actors is Sky Du Mont, a famous German actor known for his role in ‘Tatort’.

Bruges is a top-destination

inbruges — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:42:06 +0000

According to the members of Tripadvsisor.com, Bruges is worth place 20 in the ‘Top100 destinations Worldwide’. In the ‘Top25 Europe’, Bruges even scores better with a 7th place!
You can find the top100 here: Tripadvisor Awards

Virtual visit of Bruges

inbruges — Wed, 21 May 2008 10:20:50 +0000

Thanks to these 2 beautiful websites, you can visit Bruges virtually… I would recommend you to visit the city of Bruges in real life, but these sites are a nice alternative for those people who are not able to do it.

http://www.virtualbruges.be/

http://brugge.360cities.net/

After ‘In Bruges’ the movie, there’s ‘In Bruges’ the book

inbruges — Tue, 20 May 2008 10:58:01 +0000

There’s a book available with the script of the movie. So untill the release of ‘In Bruges’ in your country or the release of the DVD (25th of July), you can enjoy the story (again)…

You can order the book here:

UK/USA

Belgium/Netherlands

‘In Bruges’ film locations (part 3)

inbruges — Fri, 16 May 2008 08:23:27 +0000

Click the links to view a 3D-map of the movie locations:

Romantic scene filmed on the bridge at the ‘Meestraat’ between the ‘Vismarkt’ (Fishmarket) and the ‘Groenerei’.

If you’re lucky you can see the dog looking through the window:

Great moment when Harry appears in the movie. This scene is shot on the bridge of the ‘Minnewater’ (aka ‘Lake of Love’).

Photograph Rights: Focus Features

‘In Bruges’ film locations (part 2)

inbruges — Wed, 14 May 2008 11:54:49 +0000

click the links to view a 3D-view of the movie-locations:

Scene on bench shot in front of the statue of ‘Jan Van Eyck’ on the ‘Van Eyck-plein’ (Van Eyck-square). Jan Van Eyck was one of the best Northern European painters of the 15th century. You can visit the ‘Groeningemuseum’ in Bruges to admire some of his paintings.

Two scenes shot in the ‘Koningin Astridpark’ (Queen Astridparc) between the pavilion and the little playground near the church:

Photograph rights movie pictures: Focus Features

‘In Bruges’ film locations (part 1)

inbruges — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:12:01 +0000

For those people who aren’t familiar with the city of Bruges, here are some pictures from ‘In Bruges’ and a link to maps.live.com where you can see where it’s shot:

The hotel where Ray and Ken stayed (click to view 3D map). The hotel does really exist, it’s the ‘Relais Bourgondisch Cruyce’-hotel. Not all hotel-scenes were filmed over there, they also made a hotel-set that looked less fancy than the real hotel.

Some pictures of the real ‘in Bruges’ hotel:

Look at the hotel from the ‘Rozenhoedkaai’ (360° view Rozenhoedkaai):

The ‘Groenige’-museum Ray and Ken visited (they call it ‘Gruuthuuse’ in the movie):

Entrance Groeninge-museum:

Photograph rights movie pictures: Focus Features

‘Brugse Zot’ wins another gold medal

inbruges — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:15:51 +0000

For the second year in a row, the Bruges beer ‘Brugse Zot‘ wins the gold medal on the ‘World Beer Cup‘ in the category ‘Belgian- and French-Style Ale’. The prestigious World Beer Cup awards were presented Saturday, April 19 at the close of the annual Craft Brewers Conference in San Diego (California) to a crowd of 1500 excited brewers and their colleagues.

DVD-release ‘In Bruges’

inbruges — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:14:41 +0000

Universal has officially announced that they will release the DVD (Region 1) of ‘In Bruges’ on June 24th. You can order your copy on this page:

DVD In Bruges

Starring: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes, Clemence Poesy, Jeremie Renier, Thekla Reuten, Jordan Prentice
Directed by: Martin McDonagh

Disc 1

Run Time: 1 Hours and 47 Minutes
MPAA Rating: R (Strong Bloody Violence, Pervasive Language and Some Drug Use)
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround (English), Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround (French)
Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish
Picture: Anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1)
Color

Bonus:

Deleted Scenes
Extended Scenes
Gag Reel
When In Bruges
Strange Bruges
A Boat Trip Around Bruges
F**king Bruges