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==In popular culture== [[File:Game of Thrones - Dubrovnik Quay.jpg|thumb|Location of Kings Landing from ''[[Game of Thrones]]'']] [[Roger Corman]]'s 1964 war thriller ''[[The Secret Invasion]]'' is set in Dubrovnik and was filmed on location there.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Secret Invasion|url=https://www.timeout.com/movies/the-secret-invasion|access-date=2021-06-13|website=Time Out Worldwide|date=10 September 2012 |language=en}}</ref> Although the story is fiction the fighting between Italian and German troops depicted at the end is based on fact.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Shelah|first=Menachem|date=1991|title=The Occupation of Dubrovnik by Waffen SS Division 'Prinz Eugen' on 12 September 1943|journal=Mediterranean Historical Review|volume=6|pages=105β111|doi=10.1080/09518969108569605}}</ref> The [[HBO]] series ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' used Dubrovnik as a [[filming location]], representing the cities of [[King's Landing (A Song of Ice and Fire)|King's Landing]] and [[Qarth]].<ref>[http://www.jaywaytravel.com/blog/2012/dubrovnik-game-of-thrones/ Dubrovnik in the spotlight] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130311124626/http://www.jaywaytravel.com/blog/2012/dubrovnik-game-of-thrones/ |date=2013-03-11 }}, jaywaytravel.com.</ref> Parts of ''[[Star Wars: The Last Jedi]]'' were filmed in Dubrovnik in March 2016, in which Dubrovnik was used as the setting for the casino city of [[List of Star Wars planets and moons#Cantonica|Canto Bight]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.croatiaweek.com/video-star-wars-episode-viii-starts-shooting-in-dubrovnik-this-week/|title=[VIDEO] Star Wars Episode VIII Starts Shooting in Dubrovnik this Week|work=Croatia Week|date=8 March 2016|access-date=20 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/star-wars-bringing-global-prestige-for-dubrovnik-02-12-2016|title=Star Wars Adds Shine to Croatian 'Pearl' Dubrovnik|first=Sven|last=Milekic|publisher=Balkan Insight|date=15 February 2016|access-date=20 March 2016}}</ref> Dubrovnik was one of the European sites used in the Bollywood movie ''[[Fan (2016 film)|Fan]]'' (2016), starring [[Shah Rukh Khan]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tsering |first=Lisa |date=April 18, 2016 |title='Fan': Film Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/fan-film-review-884589/ |access-date=June 5, 2024 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> In early 2017, ''[[Robin Hood (2018 film)|Robin Hood]]'' was filmed on locations in Dubrovnik.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nottinghampost.com/take-a-look-around-the-set-of-the-new-robin-hood-movie-being-filmed-in-dubrovnik/story-30016420-detail/story.html|title=Take a look around the set of the new Robin Hood movie being filmed in Dubrovnik|date=29 December 2016|work=[[Nottingham Post]]|access-date=6 March 2017}}{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In Kander and Ebb's song "Ring Them Bells", the protagonist, Shirley Devore, goes to Dubrovnik to look for a husband and meets her neighbor from New York.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ring Them Bells Lyrics|url=http://www.metrolyrics.com/ring-them-bells-lyrics-liza-minnelli.html|website=MetroLyrics|access-date=24 October 2017|archive-date=11 July 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711152020/http://www.metrolyrics.com/ring-them-bells-lyrics-liza-minnelli.html }}</ref> The text-based video game ''[[Quarantine Circular]]''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-05-22-mike-bithell-follows-up-subsurface-circular-with-quarantine-circular | title=Mike Bithell follows up Subsurface Circular with Quarantine Circular | work=[[Eurogamer]] | first=Wesley | last=Yin-Poole | date=2018-05-22 | access-date=2018-05-22}}</ref> is set aboard a ship off the coast of Dubrovnik, and a few references to the city are made throughout the course of the game. The [[Dubrovniks]] were an Australian Independent rock band formed in 1987. Often regarded as a 'Supergroup' due to the band members having played in various established bands such as [[Hoodoo Gurus]], [[Beasts of Bourbon]], and [[The Scientists]]. The band chose their name due to two members of the band [[Roddy Radalj]] (guitar vocals) and Boris Sujdovik (bass) being born in Dubrovnik.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia | last = McFarlane | first = Ian | author-link = Ian McFarlane | encyclopedia = [[Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop]] | title = Whammo Homepage | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040405231007/http://www.whammo.com.au/index.asp | url = http://www.whammo.com.au/index.asp | archive-date = 5 April 2004 | access-date = 4 May 2014 | year = 1999 | publisher = [[Allen & Unwin]] | location = [[St Leonards, New South Wales|St Leonards, NSW]] | isbn = 1-86508-072-1 }}</ref>
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