"Take a magnificent
personal tour of the famous Newport Mansions with 360 x 360 panoramic
images, all from the convenience of your home computer. The product
also includes video, sound, classical music, audio narration, interactive
maps, navigational timelines and internet links. Makes a great gift,
A wonderful educational experience for all ages. Works on all IBM/PC
and Macintosh computers."
High Society (1956) - Director: Charles
Walters, Starring: Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, et al. VHS
The Great Gatsby (1974) -
Director: Jack Clayton, Starring: Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, et
al. An adaptation of the F.
Scott Fitzgerald novel, scripted by Francis Ford Coppola. VHS
The Bostonians (1984) -
Director: James Ivory, Starring: Christopher Reeve, Vanessa
Redgrave, Jessica Tandy, Linda Hunt, Wallace Shawn, and Wesley
Addy. "Before their breakthrough successes with A
Room with a View, Howards
End, and The
Remains of the Day, the Merchant-Ivory filmmaking team refined
their literary adaptation skills with this 1984 drama, adapted from
the classic
novel by Henry James." VHSDVD
Mr. North (1988) - Starring:
Anthony Edwards, Robert Mitchum, Lauren Bacall, Harry Dean Stanton,
Anjelica Huston. This one is very rare, a rental if you can find
it.
Reversal
of Fortune (1990) - Director: Barbet Schroeder,
Starring: Glenn Close, Jeremy Irons, et al. "One
of the most intriguing criminal trials of the 1980s involved
Claus von Bülow, who was accused of sending his rich wife Sunny
into a permanent coma with an overdose of insulin." VHSDVD
Amistad (1997) - Director:
Steven Spielberg, Starring: Morgan Freeman, Nigel Hawthorne, Anthony
Hopkins, Matthew McConaughey, et al. Filmed in and around Newport,
Broadway, the green by Trinity Church was built into the prison.
Also filmed in Providence - RI State House was depicted as the US
Capitol Building.
True Lies (1994) -
Director: James Cameron, Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee
Curtis, et al. Filmed in and around Newport, Salve Regina, Goat Island
Wind (1992) - Director:
Carroll Ballard, Starring: Matthew Modine, Jennifer Grey, et al.
Filmed in and around Newport - the mansion is The Elms. Fantastic
scenes of yacht racing. VHS DVD
Thirteen Days (2000) -
Director: Roger Donaldson, Starring: Kevin Costner, Bruce
Greenwood, et al. DVD
The ex-USS JOSEPH P. KENNEDY (DD 850), was towed to Goat Island
from Fall River, MA where it has been in mothballs for years to
be used in the film. The number "753" has been
painted on the hull to make it appear as the ex-USS JOHN R. PIERCE.
The JOSEPH P. KENNEDY was the actual ship that stopped the Greek Freighter carrying
the Soviet missiles during the crisis. To make a political statement to
the Soviets during the crisis, the President ordered the ship that carries his
family namesake to intercept the freighter. Other destroyers shadowed the freighter
until the KENNEDY could steam down to the vicinity from its homeport in Newport.
The KENNEDY gained worldwide attention at that moment for intercepting and forcing
the ship to turn back.
For more information on the JOSEPH P. KENNEDY, see: http://www.maritime.org/hnsa-kennedy.htm.
