Ridley Scott: Morocco offers most developed cinema infrastructure in region
Morocco, Local, 10/7/2003

Morocco has the most developed cinema infrastructure of the region, said British movie maker, Ridley Scott, currently participating in the International Film Festival, held in Marrakesh October 03-08.

Scott, who was extended on Friday the intellectual merit Wissam (medal), said at a dinner offered by King Mohammed VI to participants in the festival that besides the landscapes and architecture, the kingdom has a developed cinema community.

The artist recalled he had shot two movies in four years in Morocco (Gladiator, Black Hawk Down) and he will start shooting in January in southern Morocco his 20th century fox crusades-era epics "Kingdom of Heaven."

The Moroccan government has always showed a genuine will to help us, which created an atmosphere of confidence, he said.

It is a country where I feel good, the producer of Morocco-shot "Black Hawk Down" and "Gladiator" said.

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