Movie Locations
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While in New York I dragged the Mrs out to Flushing Meadows in Queens to see the UniSphere because it was on a Beastie Boys album, she was happy enough though as it's also in the Men In Black films, and she likes things like that, along with the towers next to it.
But New York and London you can't help but trip over movie locations.
But New York and London you can't help but trip over movie locations.
Me and the missus tend to do some movie location research whenever we are visiting somewhere. On a weekend in Paris we did some locations from "Bourne identity", "Amelie", and "Ronin" (the bar from that film - at the bottom of the steps - was a burnt-out wreck when we were there)
In Berlin went to the derelict fairground from "Hanna", and in Tokyo we had a (very expensive) drink and snack in the Park Hyatt hotel from "Lost in Translation", and I did some dreadful impressions of Bill Murray doing his Suntory advert.
In Berlin went to the derelict fairground from "Hanna", and in Tokyo we had a (very expensive) drink and snack in the Park Hyatt hotel from "Lost in Translation", and I did some dreadful impressions of Bill Murray doing his Suntory advert.
Not a movie location but I used to live just up the road from here... Colet Gardens in Hammersmith, apart from the waste ground to the left of the brick wall being built on, it hasn't changed much at all...
When we were visiting my Nan in 1975 we saw 'NHK 295M' driving round Hammersmith Broadway with a camera strapped to the bonnet.
When we were visiting my Nan in 1975 we saw 'NHK 295M' driving round Hammersmith Broadway with a camera strapped to the bonnet.
Edited by P5BNij on Wednesday 17th October 11:15
Civpilot said:
The opening scene for Avengers Age of Ultron was filmed in Hawley Woods in the UK. About a quarter of a mile from my folks house (they were hearing more explosions than normal for the weeks they were filming).
In fact the bit where Captain America rides his bike over a jump and round a banked corner... that was 'our' BMX track which a bunch of us from my school made when we used to use the woods as kids. It's a downhill snaking track and we marked it out with sticks first, then *may* or *may not* have dug dips slightly bigger to make jumps and piled the dirt we *may* have dug out to make the corners (obviously you not allowed to dig up army land so this is all hypothetical
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I remember going into the movie waiting to see if I could figure out the bits they filmed in 'my' woods and then seeing 'Cap riding a section of our track. I was even better when I watched it again and sat there thinking "he took the wrong line on that corner"
I know "your" BMX track well. I've ridden it myself many times. Hypothetically, of course, given that MTBing is in contravention of the MOD bylaws, according to their Range Warden... In fact the bit where Captain America rides his bike over a jump and round a banked corner... that was 'our' BMX track which a bunch of us from my school made when we used to use the woods as kids. It's a downhill snaking track and we marked it out with sticks first, then *may* or *may not* have dug dips slightly bigger to make jumps and piled the dirt we *may* have dug out to make the corners (obviously you not allowed to dig up army land so this is all hypothetical
)I remember going into the movie waiting to see if I could figure out the bits they filmed in 'my' woods and then seeing 'Cap riding a section of our track. I was even better when I watched it again and sat there thinking "he took the wrong line on that corner"
The 'Bear Pit' (bridging gaps) at the bottom of one of the bike trails was the location of the Bailey Bridge in Die Another Day, when Bond is traded for Zao.The MOD estate around Hawley, Minley, and Long Valley is just dripping with film locations. Loads of Bond films have had scenes filmed close by, plus movie makers love using the private terminal building and Hangars at TAG Farnborough.
Going back to the 1960s the bridge over the Basingstoke Canal that leads to the AAIB/RAIB was used in Dr Who. Minley Manor was used as a French chateau in Mosquito Squadron (1963 I think). More recently the opening (pre-credits) scenes for Sahara (loading the ironclad with gold) were filmed on Hawley Lake, and stunt development work for the Thames speedboat chase in The World Is Not Enough was done there too. More recently still, Rush and Criminal both had sets on the disused Blackbushe runways, and the latest Jurassic World built extensive sets at the top of "tarmac hill" in Hawley Woods... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WseAITQwTJQ
Stardust was partly shot at Minley Manor, and it was also used for the exterior shots in the 2017 film Crooked House with Glenn Close, Terence Stamp, and Gillian Anderson.
Oh, and last year I rode my bike into the set of the as-yet unreleased J.J. Abrams produced war/horror movie Overlord (US release due in November 2018) in Minley Woods. No filming going on at the time, and the crew on that movie were quite happy letting folk wander around. Not so friendly on the second-unit shoot for the Pokémon: Detective Pikachu (due out in 2019) movie I bumped into there. But they were lobbing cars off the army demolition training bridge there, so they were understandably Health & Safety aware, not wanting to mix onlookers with explosions and fireballs.
I'm struggling to recall an extreme sport game show filmed at Hawley in the 70s/80s too. Like a relay race, parachuting down to the lake, racing in hovercraft, Supacats, off-road buggies, and even military trucks, topping off with a muddy foot race through an obstacle course in the "bear pit". A bit of a cross between Superstars/Kick Start/Death Race 2000. Name's not coming to me, but I have seen episodes on youtube in the past. Google isn't helping right now...
Shakermaker said:
Oh and of course I've been to Dunsfold several times where they shoot Top Gear, but more importantly where they shot the bit in Casino Royale which was supposed to be "Miami Airport" where they unveiled the plane, which is still at Dunsfold to this day
Is that the same "mildly facelifted" Jumbo Jet that featured in some boy-band video or other some years back?yellowjack said:
Shakermaker said:
Oh and of course I've been to Dunsfold several times where they shoot Top Gear, but more importantly where they shot the bit in Casino Royale which was supposed to be "Miami Airport" where they unveiled the plane, which is still at Dunsfold to this day
Is that the same "mildly facelifted" Jumbo Jet that featured in some boy-band video or other some years back?
I use to live opposite Hatfield sound stuidos/ arifield where they filmed Bad of Brothers, Watching the sets being built and the WW2 planes flying was rather enjoyable. The filming they did at night, especially the fighting was less fun, when you get the full effect of mortars and large calibre weapons.
I think in total they used 40k rounds of ammunition to film the series.
According to social media, part of next weeks Eastenders was filmed last week in the old Shredded Wheat factory in Welwyn Garden City, I didn't see anyone I recognized, but at the time I didn't know it was Eastenders, and I don't watch it myself.
I think in total they used 40k rounds of ammunition to film the series.
According to social media, part of next weeks Eastenders was filmed last week in the old Shredded Wheat factory in Welwyn Garden City, I didn't see anyone I recognized, but at the time I didn't know it was Eastenders, and I don't watch it myself.
yellowjack said:
I know "your" BMX track well. I've ridden it myself many times. Hypothetically, of course, given that MTBing is in contravention of the MOD bylaws, according to their Range Warden... The 'Bear Pit' (bridging gaps) at the bottom of one of the bike trails was the location of the Bailey Bridge in Die Another Day, when Bond is traded for Zao.
Yeah, I remember us sneaking things like gardening trowels and forks up there on Sat mornings to 'improve' things. The 'track' itself was largely natural but it took us ages to kind of make a route that we could follow all the way down the hill ending in a jump over the ditch onto the gravel road. On the opposite side of the road were all the fir trees which when I was at school were only about 6 or 7ft high. Lots of army dugouts in there that we used to sit in when not riding. The 'Bear Pit' (bridging gaps) at the bottom of one of the bike trails was the location of the Bailey Bridge in Die Another Day, when Bond is traded for Zao.One day we were sitting there chatting away and my mate was telling a story, right as he was getting to the punchline this deep voice said "and what happened next?" We all jumped out of our skins when we realised there were about 8 fully kitted out soldiers basically surrounding us
Turns out they were doing some training and asked us (politely) if we could 'bugger off'. We always moved as soon as they asked and I think as a by product of that we always tended to not get shouted at for being there
The game show filmed up there with the buggies, hovercraft and various challenges was called 'Run the Gauntlet' ? We went up to try and watch them film once and the TV security guys were far less polite than the army ever were.
Just down the road from me....
“Where’s my cigar commercial?! What happened to my agent?! b
d must have died!”
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.5572768,-2.75252...
“Where’s my cigar commercial?! What happened to my agent?! b
d must have died!”https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.5572768,-2.75252...
bloomen said:
There's something very satisfying about tracking down film locations.
I tracked down the Cave of Cerbannog from Monty Python and the Holy Grail which took some proper finding at the time. When I got there it was littered with stuffed rabbits.
See ' The Worldwide Guide to Movie Locations ', by Tony Reeves. Titan Books.I tracked down the Cave of Cerbannog from Monty Python and the Holy Grail which took some proper finding at the time. When I got there it was littered with stuffed rabbits.
All your fave movies, detailed information and photos of the locations. A great book!
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