Friday, March 14, 2008

Which movie was advertised as the first movie filmed on two continents?

Given the blatant and obvious Irish theme of this email, you had to suspect that Ireland was involved somehow, no? A Lad from Old Ireland (1910) was filmed in County Kerry, Ireland and New York, making it the first movie ever filmed on two separate continents.

The highest grossing Irish movie in the United States was 1991's The Commitments. Its box office take of $14.9 million was slightly higher than that of other Irish films such as Angela's Ashes and Michael Collins.

The highest box office gross taken in on St. Patrick's Day belongs to Ice Age. It took in $13.6 million on March 17, 2002 on its third day of release.

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