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 Turistas Production NotesTagline: Go home.
"Turistas" is a tense, unsettling thriller centering around a diverse group of young adventure travelers. After a terrifying bus accident maroons them in a remote Brazilian beach town, they slowly discover that the white sand beaches and lush jungles are concealing a darker, unsettling secret...
Brazil. Beautiful women, pristine beaches, a friendly, open culture. Alex (Josh Duhamel) is accompanying his sister Bea (Olivia Wilde) and her best friend Amy (Beau Garrett) for their first time abroad - young Americans who have come to exotic Brazil for fun, adventure and the promise of foreign pleasures. On a rickety bus rocketing up a twisting mountain road, they meet the beautiful Pru (Melissa George), who speaks the native language Portuguese, and Finn and Liam (Desmond Askew and Max Brown), in Brazil for the sole purpose of experiencing the beautiful Brazilian women they've heard so much about first hand.
After enduring a harrowing bus crash which strands them in what seems to be the middle of nowhere, Alex, Bea, and their band of traveling companions attempt to salvage their day by seeking out a cabana bar on a nearby beach rather than wait an endless amount of time for the next bus to come by. This seemingly small decision will change all their fates forever.
The discovery of the beautiful and secluded beach gives way to a day in the sun and surf, an afternoon at the bar, and a night of exotic liquors and hot dancing with the locals. It's everything their vacation is supposed to be, until they wake up face down in the sand the following morning, drugged and robbed, their possessions gone, and the trace of very real danger in the air. There are places where Americans can travel without worry or fear, but this remote paradise is not one of them.
The farther the group travels into this mysterious and isolated Brazilian community, the further they are from the possibility of escape...and the closer they come to the dark secret that waits for them in the lush jungle and underground caverns of the Brazilian jungle, and they must fight a primal battle for their lives in the most terrifying of all human traps.
"TURISTAS" is the first American production to shoot entirely in the country of Brazil.
Production Notes
Brazil. Beautiful women, pristine beaches, a friendly, open culture. Alex (Josh Duhamel) is accompanying his sister Bea (Olivia Wilde) and her best friend Amy (Beau Garrett) for their first time abroad – young Americans who have come to exotic Brazil for fun, adventure and the promise of foreign pleasures. On a rickety bus rocketing up a twisting mountain road, they meet the beautiful Pru (Melissa George), who speaks the native language Portuguese, and Finn and Liam (Desmond Askew and Max Brown), in Brazil for the sole purpose of experiencing the beautiful Brazilian women they’ve heard so much about first hand.
After enduring a harrowing bus crash which strands them in what seems to be the middle of nowhere, Alex, Bea, and their band of traveling companions attempt to salvage their day by seeking out a cabana bar on a nearby beach rather than wait an endless amount of time for the next bus to come by. This seemingly small decision will change all their fates forever.
The discovery of the beautiful and secluded beach gives way to a day in the sun and surf, an afternoon at the bar, and a night of exotic liquors and hot dancing with the locals. It’s everything their vacation is supposed to be, until they wake up face down in the sand the following morning, drugged and robbed, their possessions gone, and the trace of very real danger in the air. There are places where Americans can travel without worry or fear, but this remote paradise is not one of them.
The farther the group travels into this mysterious and isolated Brazilian community, the further they are from the possibility of escape…and the closer they come to the dark secret that waits for them in the lush jungle and underground caverns of the Brazilian jungle, and they must fight a primal battle for their lives in the most terrifying of all human traps.
About the Production
“Turistas” spins a dizzying tale of escalating terror that overcomes a group of American tourists whose sense of ease and security are perhaps too great when they set out to have an adventure in exotic Brazil.
Director John Stockwell experienced firsthand this kind of awakening to the potential dangers inherent in traveling after shooting his last film, “Into the Blue.” His adventure into Northern Peru, “went from being an amazing, culturally enriching expedition to a near death experience when I was robbed and shot at by a group of 13-year-olds with guns,”
The experience left him shaken and when he picked up the screenplay to “Turistas,” his reaction was immediate. “After what I experienced, the story really resonated with me,” he says. “There’s something universal about the idea of the fearless, 'lonely planet', off-the-beaten-track traveler having a long-awaited journey that goes totally off the rails. Taking that kind of journey is a fantasy for a lot of people, but the reality, it turns out, can be completely different.”
The film begins with a group of loosely connected strangers brought together in the cramped quarters of a bus carrying both tourists and locals. Amongst the group are an American brother and sister, Alex and Bea, played by Josh Duhamel and Olivia Wilde. Stockwell sees Alex as “the kind of guy who will order a coke and a burger in the best restaurant in Brazil. He has probably never been outside of the US. If he has, it's been to Cancun. He's a smart, physically-capable guy but very, very cautious and believes everything he hears about the dangers facing Americans around the world.”
“Alex is a paranoid American who is thrust into a situation in which his worst fears come to life,” says Duhamel. Like Stockwell, Duhamel responded to the script’s twists and turns but also some of the darker themes present in the story. “There is an edge and grittiness to it, and it just moved me,” he says. “I always wanted to be a part of a movie that was about survival at great odds, the type of movie where all you can do is keep going, no matter how painful or scary the circumstances.”
Duhamel, says the director, did not have to reach far to find the character’s inherent strength. “There's a lot of overlap between Josh and the character he plays in ‘Turistas,’” says Stockwell. “Josh grew up in North Dakota, hasn't spent a lot of time outside of the United States and is generally a pretty cautious and thoughtful guy. But he's also incredibly gifted physically and would be the sort of person you want backing you up if you were fighting for your life in the Brazilian jungle.” Adds his co-star, Olivia Wilde, “Josh’s self deprecating sense of humor and fearless physical dedication always made his scenes so nuanced and exciting.”
Younger and free of their parents, Bea and her best friend Amy are having the time of their lives on this holiday. “Bea and Amy are up for any adventure and always looking to go down the dark unexplored alleys,” Stockwell explains. “They have always dreamed of going to exotic Brazil, with its beautiful beaches, people, music, and food. They are up for any and all adventures.”
Olivia Wilde, who made a splash as Mischa Barton’s love interest on “The O.C.,” plays Alex’s naïve and carefree sister. “Bea is a 17-year-old girl from a small town who has spent her life dreaming of traveling to photograph other cultures,” explains Wilde.
“She wants to ride the buses, stay in hostels, drink the water, and dance with the locals. She's never been a huge risk-taker, and this is her chance to let loose and be free. She loves her best friend Amy, whom she has known since childhood, like a sister. They do everything together! I loved that sense of family that exists between the three American characters, Alex, Bea, and Amy. They come from somewhere small and safe, and they would do anything for each other.”
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Olivia Wilde, Melissa George, Josh Duhamel in Turistas , directed by John Stockwell in Turistas.
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