Watch Films that Feature Louisville, Kentucky with Satellite Tv

Kentucky is known for its Southern charm and its famed annual horse race, the Kentucky Derby. Louisville is the capital city of Kentucky that is perhaps the most mispronounced US capital after Des Moines, Idaho. This Southern state, along with its difficult to pronounce capital city have all the famed southern hospitality to boot. They open their door to newcomers as well as the rest of the world through the various film crews that have also come through. It is a little known fact that Louisville, Kentucky has been the on-location filming site featured in several Hollywood films.

If you’re a proud Kentuckian or someone who holds a pot in their heart for Louisville, you can revisit with new eyes on satellite tv by checking out the following films:

• Goldfinger (1964) – This is the third film of the original spy thriller James Bond series, featuring Sean Connery in his most famous role as "Bond, James Bond." It follows the smooth and debonaire international spy as he pursues a supposed gold smuggler, by the name of Auric Goldfinger. His mission takes him for Miami beach to Fort Knox in Kentucky, where the elusive criminal plans to leave a nuclear detonation device. For those who love Kentucky, you will see it in a whole new glamorized light as you watch the epic James Bond race the clock to get through Fort Knox to prevent disaster. The newly digitized version would be spectacular to watch in high definition.

• The Insider (1999) – As Kentucky is known for being one of the country’s leading producers of tobacco, it comes as no surprise that the epic take down the tobacco industry film takes place here, in Louisville. The film features Russell Crowe and Al Pacino as they become an unlikely pair to go up against big tobacco company Philip Morris. The action begins as Pacino’s character comes to Crowe to help him interpret a package he receives that contains the results of a scientific study about tobacco use. As they begin to work together and trust each other they learn together just how damaging this report would be to the company. What they are doing, however, does not go unnoticed. Soon they find themselves up against a giant. This revelationary film begins in downtown Louisville at tobacco headquarters and takes you on e whirlwind ride to show just how powerful and persuasive this menacing industry can be. Tune in to satellite tv to lean more.

• Elizabethtown (2005) – Provides for lighter movie fare than the other two films mentions. The film follows the main character, played by Orlando Bloom, as he deals with the death of his father. He has to return home, to Kentucky for the first time in years to reunite with his estranged family and deal with the passing of a man he never really knew. The film has a distant feel in the beginning but grows warmer as a love story develops between Bloom’s character and an eccentric flight attendant, played perfectly by Kirsten Dunst. The soundtrack to the film is incredible as it literally takes you on a cross country road trip of sights and sounds that leads to hometown Kentucky and eventually to the girl. The scenery and characters of this film really capture Kentucky life. Look for it now in your satellite tv listings so you can see and hear the sounds of Louisville.

With satellite tv you can visit Kentucky through each of these great films. They all have great land and cityscapes that capture three very different moods of Louisville, Kentucky. Watch them for yourself and decide which one best represents the real Kentucky.

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