Thursday, June 10, 2010

Theme Thursday - Candy

As soon as I saw the theme for this week the first word to enter my tiny brain was... chocolate! And in Newport we have a real, live chocolaterie - Newport Chocolates. Hand-made chocolate goodies made on the premises, specializing in Belgian chocolate. So I marched over there yesterday and asked permission to photograph the displays so you all can drool over the shots today!





And given the direction this has taken, I guess you can guess what I've chosen. Yup, one of my favorite movies, Lasse Hallström's 2000 movie Chocolat, starring Juliette Binoche, Johnny Depp, Alfred Molina, Judi Dench, and Lena Olin. Here's the trailer:


And here's a nice little slideshow of scenes from the movie set to one of the tunes in the soundtrack, Django Reinhardt's "Minor Swing", arranged by Rachel Portman and guitar played by Depp. Really! Enjoy!


Photos & text © 2010 by A. Roy Hilbinger

20 comments:

  1. i gained 5 pounds simply looking at these photos! beautiful shop!

    since you focused on chocolate, you didn't post the song i thought for sure you'd highlight today (even mentioned it on the mouse)

    chocolat was a thoroughly enjoyable movie, probably worthy of seeing again!

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  2. Love the movie....love chocolates...oh my!

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  3. And drool we did. Wonderful photographs, full of richness and colour.

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  4. ...sorry I had to step away from the screen~LOL! This is one place I'll be sure to stop by, if I ever make it to Newport! We have Hebert's Candy Mansion in Shrewsbury, tho'...

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  5. I loved the film! And not because of Johnny Depp, nor the chocolate... but because it was like it's name: a treat.
    Thank you for reminding me. :)

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  6. yum! so are you taking orders? smiles.

    happy tt roy!

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  7. good movie, and what a display...giving out smaples were they?

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  8. That looks awesome.

    My sister lives near a hand-made chocolate place in NV. Love that stuff. And I eat too much of it.

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  9. That is my kind of shop!

    Love that movie. One of my favorites. I haven't seen it in too long...

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  10. Like Subby, I am stepping away from the chocolate pictures. I think I would go on a chocolate high if I lived near a shop like that. I would not be able to stay away and would be there all the time. I am okay with store bought chocolates in the house but these hand made ones would be my undoing. How could anyone resist these.

    Okay, going to move away after I have one more looksie.

    Big giant sigh.

    God bless.

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  11. Well that second look was not good. I enlarged the pictues and saw chocolate covered fresh cherries and those turtles. Yummy.

    Not good at all. Dang it I need some choclate. Lots of praying is now going on.

    God bless again.

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  12. Awww now yer talkin' I keep saying I don't have a sweet tooth but that's enough to tempt a saint. And sweet Johnny Depp to boot, I've died and gone to heaven!

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  13. that was a superb movie.

    we have a lovely chocolatier here as well and the treats just slide down easy. yum.

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  14. ive put on half a Stone just looking at your photos!

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  15. all that chocolate looks great! my favorite has always been the chocolate covered pretzels. and chocolate covered oreos. and chocolate covered strawberries. okay... so i just love chocolate.

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  16. ...I just watched this movie a few weeks ago. One of my favorites too. Now I'm sitting here craving chocolate! Gorgeous displays...yum, yum, yum. Chocolate is king with me. It's definitely a good thing I don't live near that shop....

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  17. I was never a fan of the movie Chocolat, but I love chocolate, and right now I find it a pity I'm not headed for Newport, RI tomorrow!

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  18. I really hope you don't have to leave Newport. It's so much a part of you.

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