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
Ripley Under Ground (film) Given the film's low-profile release, critical reviews have been scarce. "Variety"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s review was less than positive, saying: "Although it strives to push Patricia Highsmith's best-known bad man in a snarky direction, "Ripley Under Ground" is too fidgety and unsure to settle on a sustained tone and ends up in a no man's land between hysterical satire and sleek Euro thriller. As previous filmic Ripleys demonstrated, from "Purple Noon" and "The American Friend" to "The Talented Mr. Ripley" and "Ripley's Game", it's all in the casting, and the talented Mr. Barry Pepper is not capable of pulling off the demonically complicated