Monday, January 27, 2003 12:24 GMT
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| | The varied landscapes and buildings around the South Coast mean that there are countless excellent locations for Hollywood movies. We've been hunting out some of the most famous movie locations. |
| | | Click on the areas below for details of films shot in each location:
Film: Mrs Brown(1997)
Location: Osborne House, Isle of Wight
 | | Billy, horse, Dame Judi |
Billy Connelly and Judi Dench stared as John Brown and Queen Victoria in the BBC Films production. Following the death of Prince Albert, Queen Victoria spent years at Osborne House on the Island. The film tells the story of how servant John Brown is summoned across the Solent in an attempt to lift her depression.
English Heritage - Osborne House
BBC Films - Mrs Brown Review
Film: Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
Location: Portsmouth Naval Base
 | | Pearce Brosnan filming Tomorrow Never Dies |
With James Bond being a Royal Navy Commander, 007's appearance at Portsmouth dockyard was only a matter of time. A deal was struck with the Royal Navy to film much of Tomorrow Never Dies aboard HMS Westminster. The bridge was blackened out so it looked as though it was night time in the South China Sea and some members of the crew were brought in to act as extras in the movie.
Film 2003 - Bond Special
HM Naval Base, Portsmouth
Films: Emma (1996)
Location: Mapperton House, West Dorset
 | | Mapperton House |
Mapperton Gardens was the perfect setting for the period dramas including Jane Austen's Emma, staring Gwyneth Paltrow. The house was also used in the BBC TV adaptation of Tom Jones. It is set in a valley among tumbling hills and unspoilt countryside. The house, Elizabethan in origin, was enlarged in the late 1670s and is currently the home of the Earl and Countess of Sandwich.
Mapperton
Wilde (1997)
Stephen Fry stared as the Irish playwright in the bio-pic. Scenes were shot around Lulworth & Studland Beaches and the spacious grounds of the 18th Century Houghton Lodge in Stockbridge in Hampshire.
BBC Films - Wilde Review
Houghton Lodge Gardens
Swanage
Film: Fierce Creatures (1997)
Location: Marwell Zoo
 | | Faces in the crowed: Michael Palin and Ronnie Corbett filming at Marwell |
John Cleese, Michael Palin, Jamie-Lee Curtis headed an all-star cast in the sequel to A Fish called Wanda. Filmed at Marwell Zoo near Winchester, it tells the story of how the hapless zookeeper tries to prevent the American owners from exterminating all the harmless, cute animals.
Marwell Zoo
Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves (1991)
Location: The New Forest
Burham Beaches in Buckinghamshire and The New Forest in Hampshire doubled up as Sherwood Forest for Kevin Cosner and co in the movie which spawned the monster No 1 hit Everything I do, for Bryan Adams.
The New Forest
Film: Titanic (1997)
Location: Mexico/Southampton Docks  | | Berth 44 at Southampton Docks |
The story of the ill-fated liner's trip from Southampton to New York was turned into one of the most successful films of all time. However scenes for James Cameron's epic staring Kate Winslett and Leonardo DeCaprio were shot in Fox Studios, Baja in Rosarito, Mexico.
Baja Films
BBC Films: Titanic
Titanic Tour of Southampton.
The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
Location: Lyme Regis, Dorset
Lyme Regis, was made famous as the Undercliff in the John Fowles romantic novel, The French Lieutenant's Woman. The 1981 film staring Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons made the Cobb (sea wall) at Lyme Regis world famous.
Jurassic Coast
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