Cold Mountain (North Carolina) settlement on the real-life mountain. The peak is accessible only by hiking a spur of the strenuous Art Loeb Trail. A major motion picture based on the novel was distributed by Miramax Films in 2003. The movie was actually filmed in the Carpathian Mountains of Romania. A Miramax Films spokesperson cited higher production costs however director Anthony Minghella had said that the lack of old-growth forests and period buildings as well as the lack of dependable snowfall were the primary reasons he chose not to film in Western North Carolina. A 2015 opera production followed. "Cold Mountain Hunter" a 2004
Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln Magical Years" continued until March 15, 2009. Currently, the film is shown in intervals on a HDTV wide-screen in the gallery outside the "Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln" lobby. A new room-size model of Disneyland on opening day in 1955 was also added in the lobby. Mr. Lincoln returned in a new attraction called "The Disneyland Story presenting Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln" on December 18, 2009. The previous hydraulic-based audio-animatronic figure was replaced by an electronic audio-animatronic figure, which Disney Imagineers say greatly extends Lincoln's emotive capabilities. The new show features an abridged version of his autobiography, the first