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
Olivier Ripley to leave everything he had in France to go to Los Angeles to study acting. He played in several films, including Axis of Evil directed by Anouar H. Smaine, winner of an Honorable Mention in the Los Angeles Movie Awards Film Festival 2010. He is a member of the AFTRA, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. Olivier Ripley Olivier Rippoll (born February 27, 1983), better known as Olivier Ripley, is a French film actor, director and producer. Ripley was born in France. Ripley was born in Frejus (South of France), his mother was a French and Latin teacher