Ever had any films shot near you?

Will_BennettsWill_Bennetts Posts: 3,054
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Just wondered if people had as parts of world war Z were filmed in Cornwall .
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  • welwynrosewelwynrose Posts: 33,666
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    Simon Pegg's new film had a lot of scenes shot where I live
  • fastest fingerfastest finger Posts: 12,862
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    I had a film and two TV shows shot in my home. (I lived in an old pub - oak beams, wattle & daub etc) Is that close enough?

    I think the film went straight to DVD though - can't even remember the name.
  • mrprossermrprosser Posts: 2,260
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    World War Z in Glasgow.

    And they are filming a film called '71 on the street I grew up in down in Blackburn.
  • Pistol WhipPistol Whip Posts: 9,677
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    Loads in Liverpool. Watched them filming The 51st State regularly as well as The Parole Officer, Going Off Big Time, Liam, Swing, Nowhere Boy, Alfie. All those Blockbusters (!)

    They filmed parts of The Dark Knight and Captain America in Liverpool, too.
  • MarkynottsMarkynotts Posts: 5,255
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    The Dark Knight Rises filmed a few scenes at Wollaton Hall in Nottingham near me.

    Not a movie but I was watching the BBC filming a car crash in Nottingham's market square on Sunday for their new series Truckers
  • Fairyprincess0Fairyprincess0 Posts: 30,038
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    Clockwise.
  • davethecuedavethecue Posts: 23,136
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    Had an episode of the Bill shot in the snooker club I used to work in.
    When I say episode I actually mean a scene. Started at 6am and finished at 10am and lasted less than half a minute on the tv

    Edit . Sorry I just realised this is a film thread and not a tv one
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 465
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    Brassed Off was filmed near where I grew up. When I asked my dad if he knew Ewan McGregor and Pete Postlethwaite were doing a movie so close to us, he said he had no idea. Ewan must not have been as well known back then. I was too young to know/care, but now I think it's kinda cool.

    Kes was filmed just near the house I grew up in. You could cross the road and see the same streets.
  • Danger CloseDanger Close Posts: 3,281
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    Scenes from Captain America and the Alfie remake were shot in Manchester city centre.
  • andy1231andy1231 Posts: 5,100
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    Not many films near where I am the most famous being Get Carter but also The Likely Lads film was shot round the corner. Lots of TV programmes though, Spender, Vera, SuperGran, in fact just about anjything shot in the North East, we even had an episode of The Bill shot at the Lighthouse, several years back, think it was called Thug on the Tyne.
  • pburke90pburke90 Posts: 14,754
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    A horror film called Shrooms was filmed in a forest down the road from my house in Ireland. The film is set in America so it makes you wonder why they just didn't film it in a forest there...!

    They are making a sequel and I believe they are returning to the forest for it.
  • Nessun DormaNessun Dorma Posts: 12,846
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    We live fairly close to a few major film studios, so a lot of the area is used for location filming. The more memorable movies shot in our area were,

    The Harry Potter series

    James Bond series

    Jack Ryan series (including the one currently in post-production)

    Four Weddings and a Funeral

    Carry On series

    Doctor series (Doctor in the House, Doctor in Love; starring Dirk Bogarde, etc.)

    Dads' Army

    Brief Encounter

    Star Wars: The Phantom Menace

    Maleficent (again, currently in post-production, starring Angelina Jolie)

    .....and many, many more that I am sure I will think of later.

    Re: Maleficent, Mrs Dorma and I met Sharlto Copley at a local hotel, whilst out dining with friends. He was absolutley charming and did not mind signing autographs and chatting. He was very intersted in the local sights and history, which is very rich and diverse.

    Of course, he stars in probably one my most favourite movies of all time, "District 9" He still beamed with pride at having been a part of it.

    There are also countless television programmes that are shot near us, but that might be for another thread. ;)
  • Nessun DormaNessun Dorma Posts: 12,846
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    Paddy C wrote: »
    A horror film called Shrooms was filmed in a forest down the road from my house in Ireland. The film is set in America so it makes you wonder why they just didn't film it in a forest there...!

    They are making a sequel and I believe they are returning to the forest for it.

    I think I remember that movie from about five years ago. Wasn't there a group of American students, on holiday in Ireland and one of them eats a mushroom that gives them the power to see into the future?
  • shelleyj89shelleyj89 Posts: 16,292
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    Some of Les Mis was shot in Greenwich.
  • GulftasticGulftastic Posts: 127,177
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    'Mischief Night' was partly filmed on the street where I lived in Leeds. Everybody on the street had to sign a release to allow them to film there.
  • Nessun DormaNessun Dorma Posts: 12,846
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    Forgot to mention:

    Thunderbirds

    Cody Banks

    Spy Kids

    Tomb Raider
  • treefr0gtreefr0g Posts: 23,595
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    There is a house just down the road from me that Jack Nicholson enters in a scene in 'The 'Passenger'.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 4,679
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    Clockwise.

    Same, oddly enough, you can almost see my house from the field/tractor sequence in "Northamptonshire" ;)
  • wolfukwolfuk Posts: 367
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    The Dark Knight Rises - the mason and garden/grave scene at Wollaton Hall in Nottingham near me.
  • nethwennethwen Posts: 23,374
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    Just a few films from the top of my head:

    Billy Elliot:

    filmed on location in Northumberland, County Durham and Newcastle Upon Tyne.


    Elizabeth:

    again from locations in County Durham and Northumberland, such as: Durham Cathedral; Alnwick, Bamburgh, Aydon and Raby Castles. And a little further down the road - York Minster.


    Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

    filmed on location at Durham Cathedral and Alnwick Castle.


    Get Carter

    filmed at Gateshead for that hideous car park (thankfully now demolished); and Newcastle.

    I'm sure there will be many more but these films are all I can think of for now. :)
  • darkthunder35darkthunder35 Posts: 5,016
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    One of the airport scenes in Casino Royale was filmed 5 minutes away from my house.
  • kimindexkimindex Posts: 68,247
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    Summer in February

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2184287/

    Also Straw Dogs, Ladies in Lavender, Coming Home, The Uninvited, Love Story (1944 one), Blue Juice, Frenchman's Creek, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, To The Lighthouse, Shell Seekers, Johnny English, Dracula etc

    (Those are around here - many more in rest of Cornwall).
  • AdsAds Posts: 37,037
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    I live in central London so have seen too many to mention
  • cazzzcazzz Posts: 12,218
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    Very Annie Mary, was filmed locally, lots of places I know, my uncle had a small part in it as well.
  • jeffiner1892jeffiner1892 Posts: 14,212
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    The Butcher Boy and parts of Your Highness are the only two I can think of.

    Quite a bit of Game of Thrones is filmed in nearby Tollymore Forest Park too.
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