Philippines in US movies/television

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The Philippines has been featured in different movies and television shows from the United States. Here is a list of some of them:

• The Amazing Race 5 (Filming location includes Coconut Palace, Luneta Park, and El Nido, Palawan)
• The Interpreter (The country name-plate Philippines in the United Nations) is seen in several shots
• The Cat In The Hat (Box with "Made in the Philippines)"
• 30 Rock (Tina Fey joking about how female Philippine presidents dress)
• The Amazing Race 11 (Rob Mariano wasn't able to spell Philippines in one of the tasks)
• Family Guy (Brian Said that Glenn Quagmire, Arrived from Manila, Philippines)
• Family Guy (Brian's Gay Cousin's partner, was from the Philippines)
• Back to Bataan, a 1945 film starring John Wayne, depicted the Battle of Bataan
• Her Alibi, a 1989 film starring Tom Selleck, featured a Tagalog-speaking maid for comic effect
• Goodbye America (A 1997 film about the closing of the Subic Bay naval base in the Philippines)
• Legacy (1998 film starring David Hasselhoff and Donita Rose)
• Man on the Moon, a 1999 biofilm starring Jim Carrey, depicts the treatment sought by the terminally-ill comedian Andy Kauffman from a Filipino faith healer.
• The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, a 2004 film by Wes Anderson, featured Filipino-speaking pirates
• A Dangerous Life (a six-hour mini-series aired on HBO in 1988; a film about the 1986 Philippine revolution)

The Philippines have often attracted Vietnam War film makers. Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July, and Apocalypse Now were all shot in the country.