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    Our recreation of the closing scene from Save A Prayer.
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    Save A Prayer… For Lankathilaka

    October 5, 2023 in Sri Lanka ⋅ ☁️ 32 °C

    Our next stop, Lankathilaka, features a headless Buddha statue encased in a brick enclosure, along with a white stupa and several brick stupas. Duran Duran filmed the closing scene from Save A Prayer here.

    For this scene from Save A Prayer, Jeff paid great attention to mimicking Simon Le Bon's body movements as he walked from a set of pillars and into the enclosure with the headless Buddha. This was our longest recreation, so we spent a fair amount of time here.    Read more