A Tour of POPEYE VILLAGE in Anchor Bay, Mellieha
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ส.ค. 2024
- Visiting Malta’s Popeye Village in Anchor Bay Mellieha where Popeye the Movie was filmed over 40 years ago! Set in Sweet Haven, Popeye Village is a fun day out in Malta for children and adults alike!
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Take a tour of Popeye Village in Malta with me and explore Sweet Haven village set on the banks of Anchor Bay in Mellieha. These days it’s one of Malta’s most popular tourist attractions but it hasn’t always been that way - in fact it started out as an ambitious and expensive production set for Disney’s feature length musical Popeye.
Popeye Village was constructed by the film crew during 1979 who ended up building 20 wooden structures, an access road from Mellieha and a breakwater in Anchor Bay to stop the film set from being flooded during stormy weather. It was an immense project for its time and a majority of the film’s $20 million budget was spent hand crafting and perfecting the village of Sweet Haven.
Popeye was filmed during the course of 1980 and starred Shelley Duvall and the late great Robin Williams - his first part in a major movie project. After filming had finished the Anchor Bay movie set was opened up as a tourist attraction and over the years has evolved into an amusement park. It’s an exciting place for adults and children alike as there are many old themed buildings in Sweet Haven to look around and lots of places to swim, play and relax in the bay. It’s also an educational experience with stories, photos and information about how Popeye was made and what its legacy is today.
I found Popeye Village to be an exciting day out and it was good to tour around such an interesting place. It was also personally gratifying for me as I had visited Popeye Village once before - in the summer of 1987 when I was a child travelling on a family holiday. I dug out a few old photos from that holiday and used them to create a few ‘then and now’ clips for this video - hope you enjoy seeing them as much as I did!
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I was looking forward to this video after seeing the sneak peak in the first of your Malta series. Like you, I visited this village when on a family holiday. Had no idea about so many of these things... like the breakwater. I LOVED seeing your recreated photos of the ones from 1987. I look forward to your Gozo video(s?) as it's somewhere I didn't make it to on my trip all those years ago!
It felt great to be back, especially after so much time! Incredible to think I'd walked up and down there as a kid - hope it brought back some good memories for you also. Yes I've got a few videos of my time in Gozo and Comino coming up, to be honest there was so much to see on Malta I nearly focused all my time on the main island but in the end I'm glad I didn't!
Pretty amazing that so much of it is still in that good a shape after over 40 years. Although a lot of the buildings look like they're ready to collapse at any moment, they were actually build to look like that. Sweet Haven was supposed to look cartoonishly decrepit. I can't image how frustrating that had to be to the construction crews to be told "No! We don't want it to be straight! Make it crooked!"
Haha perhaps that's the perfect job for any trades-person - nobody would pick up on the botches, in fact they're encouraged! Seriously though, I'm certain that what's there now isn't the actually set built for the movie. I added some photos to the video that were taken back in the late 1980's and compared them to what's there now - the results show plenty of differences between the two. At some point (probably in the 1990's) the set was modified and updated into a theme park. I'm pretty sure that when I visited with my family in the late 1980's none of the 'buildings' had insides, they were all just facades like they were part of a backlot production.
Love that movie 🎥
It's on my list to watch again!
A ga ga ga ga. What a fun place! Would have no idea that they had all this remaining from the movie and it was still so entertaining. 💪 ⛵️ Love the photo re-creations. Seems like a snippet of being at Universal Studios.
Glad you enjoyed it! I did keep my eyes peeled for some spinach flavoured ice cream but it wasn't to be! Definitely a cool place to visit and I really enjoyed learning about the movie. Incredible to imagine Robin Williams and Shelley Duvall down there acting out there parts, history in the making!
@@MattWhitingsEurope lol. I think I'll take the wine flavor over the spinach flavor any day! Lol. It is great history especially being Robin's first big movie.
Yes I think I'm with you on that! 😄
Your videos are detailed and very descriptive. Great job !!
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We were there a few years ago. Everything was sun bleached and looking completely untouch. Do they still show the original making of this film 😂 it was a good place for a visit
I'm not sure if they still show it but they definitely should. The history of this place is what I love the most. It's a shame they haven't retained at least some of the original set though.
Thanks for sharing ,popeye village.Nice place.
Thank you! Enjoyed taking a walk around Sweet Haven!
I was there today...amazing place!
That's cool, hope you had a great day!
Awesome vid Matt 😁
Thanks, I appreciate your comment. Will check out your channel next week, I currently have limited internet access. Thanks again.
this is cool!
Thanks Jessica. Much appreciated.
The anniversary Of Robin William's death was just a couple of days ago. August 11, 2014. Really cool to see the movie set. Did not know it was filmed there. So many surprises in Malta!
It's crazy to think it was 7 years ago - unbelievable! So sad. Nearly a real coincidence with the timing, it certainly feels poignant for it to be so close. Yes it's amazing what you stumble across, these things do pop up in the most unlikely of places! Have you seen any of the movie?
Yep, saw it years ago.
i came here in 1980s as a kid too lol
Cool, it was a different park back then. In the 80's it would have been the remains of the movie set, not insides just the front panelling where they shot the outside scenes for the film. These days it feels like everything has been replaced.
I have been to malta twice. And I liked it each time. Love the heat there. It gets so hot. I always get a good tan. I like the people there they friendly and just nice. Food is lovely too. Did u visit the three cities at all. We did. Had an amazing pizza there. The best we have ever tasted. Amazing. I really like malta. I love Valletta. It is beautiful
Lovely city. Has a nice atmosphere and just calm. Even tho it is busy. It still beautiful.
Totally agree with everything you wrote - Malta is amazing and such a fascinating place. I personally loved the look of the landscape and the history blew my mind. It's a terrific island and although small is packed full of things to do and places to visit. I was there for a few and made quite a few videos including Valletta, the Three Cities, Gozo, Comino, the Blue Lagoon, the Blue Grotto, plenty of fishing villages, stunning beaches and limestone 😆. If you're interested you can see all of my Malta videos here --> bit.ly/mwt_Malta . Have a great day!
@@MattWhitingsEurope thanks. Not been to Malta for few years tho. My husband has this thing that when u been to one place in one country then u don't need to go again. We went to Malta twice though then he said we go elsewhere. But I like malta cos it quite familiar to me and I always look like I have been abroad when I been to Malta. Always get a great tan. If I was there for a monthI would be quite nicely tanned
Lovely sharing my friend. New friend here. Fully watched. See you around 😉
Thank you Delma, I'm away for a few days but will check out your channel when I'm back. Stay safe.
I went there with my parents, sister, and nan in 1989. Bit different then though.
Yes indeed, that's what I thought!
I went in 1987 aswell.
Cool, I trust you didn't see yourself in any of those old photos!
@MattWhitingsEurope sadly no. I was only 4 at the time, I vaguely remember popeye village and going over to Gozo on a boat trip,
It's actually pretty rare to meet some one who has visited popeye village but my wife also visited in the early 90's.
Yeah back then it was actually the remains of the movie set whereas these days its a theme park - hardly anything left of the original set. Incredible coincidence that your wife has also been there.
Are there hotels to stay in on the island or are they in another location?
Hello, there's plenty of hotels on Malta itself and quite a few close to the Popeye Village at Anchor Bay. There's also lots to chose from on Gozo but none on Comino that I'm aware of.
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There's a version with Robbie Williams and Shelly Duvell? Wicked shit, where can I see it?
Somewhere far far away, in a parallel universe... 😆
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Really? Robbie Williams
Me before hitting record:
ROBIN Williams
ROBIN Williams
ROBIN Williams
Hits record:
Robbie Williams & Shelly Duvall.... DOH!
Robbie? The singer?
Haha no, Robin! The actor!!