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A day as an extra on the tsunami film, The Impossible

January 6, 2013 By James Clark 22 Comments

A day as an extra on the tsunami film, The Impossible

I have been self employed for close to 10 years now, but there have been occasions that I have taken up the odd day job. There was that time in Mumbai where I was a Bollywood voice over extra. Recently in Melbourne I got back on the factory floor for a day to help pack […]

Filed Under: Travel Blog Tagged With: movies, surat thani, thailand, tsunami

Travel the world as a spy

June 1, 2009 By James Clark 6 Comments

Austin Powers

If you are looking for a job where you are paid to travel the world, then perhaps a job as a spy is for you. Here is a compilation of secret service departments around the world and how to go about getting a job as an international man (or woman) of mystery. Secret Intelligence Service […]

Filed Under: Travel Thoughts Tagged With: jobs, movies

Movies named after cities

May 21, 2009 By James Clark 2 Comments

Fargo

I have blogged about how Australia the movie has potential to be a great branding opportunity for Australia the country. There aren’t many other movies named after countries, but there are a number of movies named after cities and towns. Sometimes the film can become big enough that the city becomes synonymous with the film. […]

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