Welcome 2 Ibiza

Welcome 2 Ibiza is an American Action comedy film, about a young American girl that inherits a rundown bar and then gets involved in a hostage rescue drama. Filmed on location on the Spanish Mediterranean Island of Ibiza in 2002.Infobox Film

name = Welcome 2 Ibiza

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image_size = 220px
caption = They Came. They Saw. They Partied.
director = David Winters
producer = Andre Bachtiari (executive producer), Marco Derhy (producer), Michael Gitelmaker (executive producer),David Winters, (producer)
writer = Sean Casey, James Shanks
narrator =
starring = Mariano Alameda, Mackenzie Astin, Gary Busey, Athena Cansino
music = Richard Archer
cinematography = James Shanks
editing = William Watts
distributor = Alpha Beta Films International
released = February, 2003Spain)
runtime = 95 min
country = USA
language = English
budget =
gross =
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followed_by =
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imdb_id = 0348364Infobox award
name = Audience Award - Best Picture
current_awards = http://www.bangkokfilm.org/


imagesize = 100
caption = Bangkok Film
description = Excellence
presenter = Bangkok International Film Festival
country = Thailand
location = Bangkok, Thailand
year = 1998
year2 = 2006
website = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangkok_International_Film_Festival
Gary Busey headlines the cast of this action comedy with romantic entanglements. Filmed on location on the Spanish island of Ibiza by David Winters. The film has been released in Spain & Thailand, and is currently making the film festival circuit.

Plot Summary

It is the story of Lauren (Athena Cansino), a young woman from America who learns that her Uncle Sam (director David Winters} has been missing at sea, and that as a result she has inherited his beach bar on the Mediterranean island of Ibiza. When she arrives, she meets Angelito, a young handsome artist. They go to the bar, only to find it in terrible shape.

Depressed, Lauren returns to town where she meets two more Americans, (Beth and Marilyn) and Crazy Larry.

Beth was currently working in a bar, and Marilyn, is a passionate young dancer who was fired after a altercation with a group of drunk buffoons. Crazy Larry, a wacky British DJ was also recently fired for accidentally throwing up on his boss.

Together, the four decide to renovate the bar and get the business running again. Meanwhile, Beth's ex, Nick has come from the States to try to get back together with her. But romance on the rocks is the least of their worries, when they discover that Angelito's father is being held captive by Cortez, a local gangster ( Busey).

Behind the scenes

The tiny island of Ibiza had an all out casting call for extras in the movie. The tourist season was over, so it was up to the locals and ex-patriots for the job [cite web
url= http://www.liveibiza.com/featured_articles/local_news_ibiza_closing_parties.htm
title= "Live Ibiza"
date= 2008-10-07
author= Louise Wright ] . :A name is a name. Multi-dialect Spain has multiple pronunciations of the Island title of this movie. (pronounced locally IPA| [əiˈvisə] and IPA| [əiˈβisə] in Standard Catalan), but the name in Spanish is "Ibiza", usually pronounced using the standard Spanish variation IPA| [iˈβ̞iθa] . .

Cast

Release Dates

Welcome 2 Ibiza was released in Spain in 2003, and in Thailand 2003.

Awards

*Audience Award - Best Picture 2002 Bangkok International Film Festival

External Links

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* cite web
url= http://www.gwstevensonline.com/
title= GW Stevens' Official Website

ee Also

* Ibiza Island coord|38.98|N|1.43|E|

References