Popeye the Sailor Man at Popeye Village aka Sweethaven Village (the film set of the 1980 musical "Popeye" now theme park) in Mellieha, Malta


Popeye Village, also known as Sweethaven Village, is a group of rustic and ramshackle wooden buildings located at Anchor Bay in the north-west corner of the Mediterranean island of Malta, two miles from the village of Mellieħa. It was built as a film set for the production of the 1980 live-action musical feature film Popeye, produced by Paramount Pictures and Walt Disney Productions starring Robin Williams. Today it is open to the public as an open-air museum and family entertainment complex. Popeye the Sailor Man is a cartoon fictional character, created by Elzie Crisler Segar, who has appeared in comic strips and theatrical and television animated cartoons. He first appeared in the daily King Features comic strip Thimble Theater on January 17, 1929; Popeye became the strip's title in later years. Over the years, Popeye has also appeared in comic books, television cartoons, arcade and video games, hundreds of advertisements and peripheral products (ranging from spinach to candy cigarettes), and the 1980 live-action film directed by Robert Altman that starred comedian Robin Williams as Popeye. In 2002, TV Guide ranked Popeye #20 on its "50 Greatest Cartoon Characters of All Time" list.


Size: 5760px × 3840px
Location: Popeye Village, Anchor Bay, Mellieha, Malta, Southern Europe, European Union
Photo credit: © DE ROCKER / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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