Lara Croft Tomb Raider Angkor Wat
Angkor wat angkor wat is the first area of cambodia in tomb raider.
Lara croft tomb raider angkor wat. When lara croft and tomb raider pushed hollywood images of ta prohm temple into cinemas around the world in 2001 they consolidated the case for cambodia as a tourist destination. The indiana jones myth. In fact this was used as a location during the filming of the 2001 movie lara croft. This cemented the temple s status as an iconic tourist attraction and helped lure millions more visitors to cambodia desperate to stand beneath the tree made iconic by angelina jolie in the movie after snapping the sunrise at angkor wat.
Unlike any of the other popular angkor temples ta prohm really gives you the feeling of discovering something hidden and truly ancient giving you a real tomb raider or indiana jones vibe. Winter quotes a canadian tourist who explained why she climbed over the temple s delicate rooftops by stating that it made her feel like lara croft exploring the jungled ruins of angkor. In 2000 the lara croft movie was filmed at various locations in the angkor park including phnom bakheng bayon and ta prohm. Ta prohm was catapulted onto the international stage when scenes of the ancient city engulfed by the jungle were screened across the world in lara croft.
In it lara goes on one of her first adventures in the company of werner von croy. Most of the filming was centred around ta prohm and the name stuck. Skip navigation sign in. Ta prohm is known as the tomb raider temple.