MOVIES' SCENERIES. RYAN'S DAUGHTER

DINGLE PENINSULA. IRELAND

I love movies. A few years ago I travelled up and down the British Islands, looking at scenarios where famous films were shot.
I'll be posting some of the pictures of these places in my blog. I would like to start with Ryan's Daughter, the David Lean’s film that exploits all the wild beauty of Ireland, mostly filmed at the Dingle Peninsula. This is the little beach, where the protagonist, Sarah Miles, loses her umbrella that glides from the cliffs to the sand in a beautiful scene. It is also the place of the weapons landing during the night, in the middle of a storm similar to the picture I took at dusk.

HARRY POTTER Y LA CÁMARA SECRETA / MOVIES' SCENERIES. HARRY POTTER AND THE SECRET CHAMBER. MOVIES' SCENERIES

GLENFINANN

It happens in one of the most popular sagas in movie history, Harry Potter’s movies. In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the protagonist and his friends go on a flying car to Hogwarts and fly over the aqueduct of Glenfinann, a beautiful spot set in Scotland.

SHAKEASPEARE IN LOVE. MOVIES’ SCENERIES.

It's the final scene of the film Shakeaspere in love. In it, a happy Gwyneth Paltrow walks barefoot on the sands of the endless beach of Holkham, a nature reserve on the English coast of Norfolk, home of many wild birds. Knowing the English weather and considering my busy schedule - only had one day- I was very lucky to coincide with a beautiful day and a wonderful sunset.

MOVIES' SCENERIES. HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS

In the Scottish Highlands, to the other side of the viaduct which appears in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, there is a beautiful loch, Glenfinnan. In the same movie was filmed this scene, from a higher point of view than in my photography. As you can see, Harry's school, Hogwarts, in the back, was recreated digitally.

MOVIES'S SCENERIES. AYSGARTH FALLS. ROBIN HOOD, PRINCE OF THIEVES

AYSGARTH FALLS

In the county of Yorkshire there is one of 11 national parks in England and Wales, the Yorkshire Dales. The idyllic location is 100 miles far away from Sherwood Forest, where the legend of Robin Hood was born. This didn’t prevented the makers of Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves to shoot there one of his most famous scenes. Kevin Costner, acting as the famous bandit, faces Little John when they both try to cross the cascades of the River Ure, known as Aysgarth Falls, on a slippery log at the same time.

MOVIES' SCENERIES. CHARIOTS OF FIRE

This is the beach, near the famous golf course of St. Andrews in Scotland, where was filmed one of the most famous scenes of the film Chariots of Fire.

MOVIES SCENERIES. THE DA VINCI CODE

LINCOLN CATHEDRAL



For the film The Da Vinci Code, one of the key locations based on the book was the Westminster Abbey in London. But religious authorities did not like Dan Brown's book calling it "theologically unsound" and not acceded to the request to shoot there. The film's producers tried the Lincoln Cathedral. The imposing Gothic church is the landmark building of the city, visible over 30 miles far away from it. Their highest religious authority, the Rev. Alec Knight, accepted the proposal helped by the "donation of one hundred thousand pounds" (about a hundred and fifty thousand euros) from the producer. The vast nave was adapted as a replica of Westminster Abbey, and a small chapel, next to the cloister, was reconstructed as the tomb of Isaac Newton.
Although the book contains glaring errors, is a blessing that people visit the cathedral and ask questions- said John Campbell, the rector. The church’s responsibles have preserved the original temple fake paintings on cardboard used for the film along with photos of the shooting. And charge an entrance fee for the many visitors and the curious who want to see the film scene.

PINTURAS FALSAS DEL DECORADO DEL FILM / FILM STAGE'S FAKE PAINTINGS


Tom Hanks was charming, a person with whom to work was easy- explains Campbell- Audrey Tautou was very shy, and Sir Ian McKellen gave an autograph for my son, with a drawing of the film character that made him world famous, Gandalf the White from The Lord of the Rings.
However, not everyone thinks the same as the religious. I waited 4 days before the cathedral to take a picture of Tom Hanks. And when I had him at just one yard and was ready to photograph him, he turned and show me his back- said a disappointed resident of Lincoln.
It was fortunate for Lincoln- says Alan Ritson, owner of The Old Bakery, where the players ate several times during the day shooting- many people follow the path of the film locations between London and Scotland. And passing by get startled by Lincoln City and, very especially, about our cathedral -apostille Ritson.