POPEYE Village Malta | Film Set Open-air Museum and Seaside Resort

Popeye Village, also known as Sweethaven Village, is a purpose-built film set village that has been converted into a small attraction fun park, consisting of a collection of rustic and ramshackle wooden buildings. It is located at Anchor Bay, 3 km from the village core of Mellieħa, Malta.

It was built as a film set for the production of the 1980 live-action musical feature film Popeye, produced by Paramount Pictures and Walt Disney Productions starring Robin Williams. It is open to the public as an open-air museum and seaside resort.

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The construction of the film set began in June 1979. A construction crew of 165 working over seven months was needed to build the village, which consists of nineteen wooden buildings. Hundreds of logs and several thousand wooden planks were imported from the Netherlands, while wood shingles used in the construction of the roof tops were imported from Canada. Eight tons of nails and 2.5 cubic metres (2,000 US gal) of paint were also used in construction.

In addition, a 60–75 m breakwater was built around Anchor Bay's mouth to protect the set from high seas during the filming. The set was completed in seven months, and filming commenced on January 23, 1980 and wrapped later that year on June 19. The film, based on the comic strips by E. C. Segar, is set around the fictional village of Sweethaven, where Popeye the sailor arrives in an attempt to find his long-lost father.

Although the film had mixed reviews, Popeye Village remains a popular tourist attraction. Popeye Village is open to the public seven days a week and, apart from the film set itself, has a number of family attractions for the visitor to experience. There are shows, rides and museums, as well as play houses where children can climb and explore the village. Children can meet the main characters from the show such as Popeye, Olive Oyl, Bluto and Wimpy. Every fifteen minutes when the weather permits, visitors can enjoy a fifteen-minute boat trip around Anchor Bay where one can photograph the scenery and view Popeye Village from the sea.

[RUS] Деревня Попай (англ. Popeye Village) — группа деревянных зданий в бухте Анкор-Бэй на северо-западе острова Мальта, около Меллиехи. Изначально была построена для съёмок в 1980-е годы мюзикла Попай, затем стала выполнять функции достопримечательности и комплекса развлечений.

Строительство деревни было начато в июне 1979 года и продолжалось семь месяцев, в результате чего были построены 19 деревянных домов. Сотни брёвен и несколько тысяч досок были импортированы из Нидерландов, а древесина для изготовления крыш — из Канады. При строительстве были использованы восемь тонн гвоздей. Был также построен мол в бухте для защиты от прибоя во время съёмок.

Съёмки начались 23 января 1980 года. Действие фильма происходит в мифической деревне Свитхевен на берегу моря, куда прибывает моряк Попай в надежде найти давно потерянного отца. Хотя фильм рассматривался как провал, деревня остаётся популярной туристической достопримечательностью Мальты.

Деревня открыта для посещения ежедневно. Кроме собственно домов, построенных для съёмок фильма, там имеется целый ряд развлечений, как то: шоу, музей, игровые залы для детей. Некоторые дома содержат обстановку, сохранившуюся со времен съёмки и имеющую отношение к фильму. Ежечасно в хорошую погоду проводятся двадцатиминутные круизы по бухте.

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