Morocco town's Hollywood connection
Many Hollywood film-makers are drawn
to Morocco's landscapes

More than half of the 50,000 residents of Ouarzazate, a desert town in a valley at the foot of the Atlas Mountains in Morocco, rely for jobs on the film industry in one form or another. They get jobs as extras or stuntmen, or for work behind the camera as technicians, sound engineers or set decorators.
Many Hollywood film-makers are drawn to Morocco's landscapes
More than half of the 50,000 residents of Ouarzazate, a desert town in a valley at the foot of the Atlas Mountains in Morocco, rely for jobs on the film industry in one form or another. They get jobs as extras or stuntmen, or for work behind the camera as technicians, sound engineers or set decorators. [+] Link Aljazeera.net. Culture