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CARLYLE RD CARLYLE Black wall wall THAMES Children of Men 2006 23 Blow-Up 1966 21 Brideshead Revisited 2008 12 22 Woolwich Town Centre was transformed into a Michelangelo Antonioni’s surreal thriller had David The memoirs of Captain Charles Ryder who is future vision of London during the filming of ‘Children Hemmings as a photographer who unwittingly stationed at Brideshead Castle during WWII and of Men’. Based upon P.D. James’ best-selling novel, snaps a murder in a quiet suburban park. The upper remembers his involvement with the owners of the the film is set a generation from now in a world that field of Maryon Park overlooking the Thames is the Brideshead estate: the aristocratic yet Catholic Flyte has fallen into anarchy on the heels of an infertility scene of the murder, while the tennis courts below family and in particular brother and sister Sebastian defect in the population. Over three days Woolwich feature in the eerie ‘pretend tennis match’ and Julia. Filmed on location at the Old Royal Naval Town Centre welcomed 30 sheep, three dogs, two sequences. The houses on the ridge, at the top of College and Eltham Palace. mules, one donkey, one horse, 600 extras and 250 Maryon Wilson Park, were also painted but in white cast and crew, while the streets were extensively and a huge arc light was used to make them Franklyn 2008 12 23 dressed beyond recognition. disappear from the shot. Set in contemporary London and a future metropolis Four Weddings and a Funeral 1994 12 dominated by faith, Franklyn weaves the tale of four Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix lost souls divided by two parallel worlds on course 2007 23 The biggest grossing cinema hit of the year, ‘Four for an explosive collision when a single bullet will Weddings and a Funeral’ features an all star cast With their warning about Lord Voldemort's return decide all their fates. Partly filmed on location at including Hugh Grant and Andie Macdowell. The scoffed at, Harry and Dumbledore are targeted by Mulgrave School on Macbean Street Woolwich chapel at the Old Royal Naval College was used for the Wizard authorities as an authoritarian bureaucrat and Old Royal Naval College. the wedding of Bernard and Lydia, which was the slowly seizes power at Hogwarts. The empty Co-op second wedding in the film, with Rowan Atkinson as building on Powis Street was used for plate 26 the Clergyman. Beyond the Rave 2008 photography to be cleverly transformed into a wizard’s hospital. Filmed almost entirely on location at White Hart Patriot Games 1992 12 Depot, an empty industrial site, in White Hart Road, Plumstead. ‘Beyond the Rave’ tells the story of an Fly Boys 2006 1 9 Children of Men The Old Royal Naval College doubled for The English soldier who must find and win back his Mall/Buckingham Palace in the scene of the IRA girlfriend from the clutches of a mysterious group of Filmed partly on location in Watergate Street, ‘Fly All or Nothing 2002 4 assassination attempt on the Queen’s cousin. It was hardcore ravers. Boys’ is set during World War I and focuses on a Filmed almost entirely on location at the Old Haddo also a stand in for the Naval Academy where CIA group of young Americans who volunteer for the Estate in Greenwich Town Centre ‘All or Nothing’ Analyst Jack Ryan (Harrison Ford) gives a lecture. French military before the U.S. enter the war and 8 follows the lives of a range of characters, over the Driving Lessons 2006 subsequently become the country's first fighter course of a long weekend. Mike Leigh chose the 12 ‘Driving Lessons’ is a coming of age story about a pilots. Crowley's Wharf was also used as a location Amazing Grace 2006 perfect time to film in the Greenwich estate as it was shy teenage boy called Ben Marshall trying to to recreate a dockside scene, set in New York, empty and about to be redeveloped. The original Filmed at the Old Royal Naval College ‘Amazing escape from the influence of his domineering during the war. graffiti work on the wall was used in the film. Grace’ tells the story of idealist William Wilberforce mother. His world changes when he begins to work who manoeuvres his way through Parliament in 19th for retired actress Evie (Julie Walters). Filmed on James Bond: century England, endeavouring to end the British location at two properties in Crooms Hill, one of transatlantic slave trade. which was used as the set for Evie's home. The World Is Not Enough 1999 15 The Millennium Dome, now the O2, was used as a Derailed 2005 29 location to film the pre-credits sequence for the 19th Filmed partly on the Thames River Path at the 007 film. The sequence involves James Bond Greenwich Peninsula, ‘Derailed’ follows the lives of chasing an assassin along the Thames as she two married business executives (Clive Owen and attempts to escape in a hot-air balloon tethered next Jennifer Aniston) who have an affair and are to the Dome. Bond steers his boat up a ramp, blackmailed by a violent criminal. jumps out in mid-air and clings to one of the balloon’s mooring ropes. There is a brief struggle after which he shoots down the balloon, lands on Vera Drake 2004 2 the Dome and slides to the ground. Filmed partly on location at a private residence in Egerton Drive, ‘Vera Drake’ is a powerful British film A Clockwork Orange 1971 28 27 written and directed by Mike Leigh and nominated In future Britain, charismatic delinquent Alex DeLarge for three Academy Awards. The films protagonist is jailed and later volunteers for an experimental Vera Drake is an abortionist who finds that her aversion therapy developed by the government in an beliefs and practices clash with 1950’s Britain, a effort to solve society's crime problem... but not all conflict that leads to tragedy for her family. Eltham Palace Entrance Hall goes to plan. Prior to development of the Thamesmead area; Binsey Walk, Tavy Bridge and 2005 22 About A Boy 2002 17 Revolver Southmere Lake form the backdrop to Malcolm Director Guy Richie tells the story of Gambler Jake McDowell and his fellow Droogs’ trail of violence. A cynical, immature young man is taught how to act Hot Fuzz like a grown-up by a little boy. The former Greenwich Green (Jason Statham) who after seven years of Hot Fuzz 2007 25 solitary confinement sets out to seek revenge District Hospital on Trafalgar Road was used as a 17 24 against gangster Dorothy Macha (Ray Liotta). The 28 Days Later 2002 location which was dressed to look like a call centre. Jealous colleagues conspire to get a top London large round Entrance Hall at Eltham Palace was Four weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus cop transferred to a small town and paired with a witless new partner. On the beat, the pair stumble used as Macha's bedroom during the scene when spreads throughout the UK, a handful of survivors The Flood 2007 20 30 Green stands over his bed deciding whether to kill try to find sanctuary. Filming took place at the former upon a series of suspicious accidents and events. him or not. Greenwich District Hospital on Trafalgar Road and Flood depicts a freak fictional 25 meter wave Oxleas Woods played host to a brief scene with Woolwich Arsenal East which was used for a scene sweeping up the Thames estuary, overwhelming the Simon Pegg, Bill Nighy and a helicopter. involving large scale special effects. Thames Barrier and consequently flooding London. Layer Cake 2004 10 16 Filming took place at Thames Barrier and the 12 11 A successful criminal, played by Daniel Craig, gets Thames River Path. The Duchess 2008 12 9 two tough assignments from his boss on the eve of Golden Compass 2007 Adapted from Amanda Foreman’s biography on his planned early retirement. Greenwich Park was In a parallel universe, young Lyra Belacqua journeys Georgiana Cavendish (Keira Knightley), the Duchess used in the scene when Craig stands beside the to the far North to save her best friend and other of Devonshire and her scandalous ways. This Statue of General Wolfe and fails to assassinate the kidnapped children from terrible experiments by a Georgian set piece was filmed on location at the Old Serbian Hitman. Filming also took place on the mysterious organization. The Old Royal Naval Royal Naval College. The National Maritime Thames River Path in east Greenwich. College was a key location in the movie; the Painted Museum was also used for the settings of an 18th Hall was used as a stand in for the Jordan College century street. dining room. Filming also took place at Crowleys Wharf and Christchurch Way. The Riddle 2007 14 A journalist investigates a series of murders that 2007 13 12 The Wolf Man follows the discovery of an unpublished novel by Lawrence Talbot (Benicio Del Toro), a haunted Charles Dickens in the cellar of an old Thames-side- nobleman, is lured back to his family estate after his pub. Filmed at Rangers House on Blackheath. brother vanishes. Reunited with his estranged father (Anthony Hopkins) Talbot sets out to find his brother and discovers that something with brute strength The Crying Game 1992 6 and insatiable bloodlust has been killing the villagers. This critically acclaimed thriller was written and Del Toro was on set at the Old Royal Naval College directed by Neil Jordan. It is famously known for its to film a scene where spectators of a Punch and dramatic plot twist at the end, when the male lead Judy show are horrified to discover the wolf man discovers his love interest is a transwoman. tearing through the performance box and running in Dartmouth Terrace, Blackheath SE3 was the set, to the crowd. Filming also took place in Greenwich for the building site, where one of the characters Park where extensive set dressing including fake Fergus finds work. stone walls, period lighting and horse drawn Four Feathers carriages set the scene. Four Feathers 2002 7 Sense and Sensibility 1995 13 5 28 Weeks Later A British officer resigns his post just before battle The Krays 1990 18 19 Starring Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, Alan and subsequently receives four white feathers from Pickman, Hugh Grant and Hugh Laurie. Emma 2007 3 Based on the lives of the most brutal gangsters of his friends and fiancée as symbols of what they 28 Weeks Later Thompson won an Oscar in 1996 for her adaptation the East End during the 1960s; twins Ron and believe to be his cowardice. This remake starring Six months after the rage virus was inflicted on the of Jane Austen’s novel. Filmed on location at Reggie Kray. The Krays original terrace house in Kate Hudson, Wes Bentley and Heath ledger population of Great Britain, the US Army helps to Greenwich Park and Gloucester Circus. Bethnal Green no longer exists due to featured the largest crowd scene of any film ever secure a small area of London for the survivors to redevelopments in the area. Caradoc Street, an made in London at the time. Around six hundred repopulate and start again. A second outbreak unaltered terrace street, was used as a stand in for extras dressed in early Victorian period costumes, 2007 1 12 forces a group of the uninfected to flee. In a nail- Eastern Promises the home of the twins. Woolwich Cemetery was surrounding the Cutty Sark, which through digital bitingly close escape, the group emerge on the When a Russian teenager dies in childbirth, Nurse also used in the film for the funeral of their mother, south side of the Greenwich Foot Tunnel seconds imagery, appeared to be docked in water. Anna is determined to track down the family and Violet Kray. before the pursuing inferno explodes in to the dome save the baby from foster care. The girl’s diary leads that covers the foot tunnel entrance. her to the bloody underworld of the Russian Mafia. Directed by David Cronenberg and filmed on location at the Watergate Street and Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich.