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About movies
Foreign producers spend up to $200 million annually
in Prague, but they also save tens of millions of
dollars, usually from 25 to 50 percent of their
overall budget including the added travel expenses,
just by doing some of their production in the Czech
Republic.
With the return of capitalism in 1989, domestic
film production dropped off dramatically. Only the
massive influx of foreign films, launched with "Mission
Impossible" in 1996, saved the Czech film community
from the financial collapse and artistic depression
that has afflicted its neighbours in Poland, Hungary,
and Slovakia.
2002
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (USA)
A sound of Thunder (USA)
Children of Dune (USA)
Doctor Jivago (UK)
Shanghai Knights (USA)
XXX (USA)
Tatort (Germany)
2001
Paradise Found (France, Australia, Germany)
Das Opfer (Germany)
Bad Company (USA)
Blade 2 (USA)
The Hart's War (USA)
The Bourne Identity (USA)
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (USA). |
2000
The Affair of the Necklace (USA)
About sports
The most popular sports in the Czech Republic are
football (soccer) and ice hockey, but we cannot
forget about tennis.
Football is the most popular sport in the Czech
Republic. The Czech Football Association has run
the country's top league, the 1st league, since
l925. The most popular club, AC Sparta Praha, have
been remarkably successful in both domestic and
European contests. F. Plánicka, I. Bican,
J. Masopust, I. Viktor, A. Panenka, Z. Nehoda, T.
Skuhravy, K. Poborsky, P. Berger and P. Nedvedare
among the most famous Czech footballers.
The national ice hockey team has won the World Hockey
Championship seven times (the last time in 1996
in Vienna). Today, Czech ice hockey suffers from
a mass exodus of its best players to foreign leagues,
especially to the NHL. Among the most famous players
to have left are J. Jágr, D. Halek, M. Straka,
R. Holík, R. Reichel, M. Rueinský
and V. Vujtek. V. Nedomanský, J. Holecek,
V. Martinec, I. Hlinka, J. Jágr and D.Hasek
are among the most famous Czech ice hockey players.
Tennis has been particularly attractive for the
Czech for years. Czech tennis players have been
remarkably successful in international competitions.
One of them, Martina Navrátilová,
is arguably the best female tennis player of all
time. Many other male and female tennis players
have appeared in the top 100 rankings of international
tennis including Drobný, J. Kodes, I. Lendl,
P. Korda, H. Mandliková, H. Suková
and J.Novotná.
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