London has been used as a film location more times than almost any other city in the world.^{[citation needed]} These have ranged from historical recreations of the Victorian London of Charles Dickens and Sherlock Holmes, to the romantic comedies of Bridget Jones's Diary and Notting Hill, by way of crime films, spy thrillers, science fiction and the "swinging London" films of the 1960s. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... This article is about motion pictures. ... Queen Victoria (shown here on the morning of her accession to the Throne, 20 June 1837) gave her name to the historic era The Victorian era of the United Kingdom marked the height of the British Industrial Revolution and the apex of the British Empire. ... “Dickens” redirects here. ... A portrait of Sherlock Holmes by Sidney Paget from the Strand Magazine, 1891 Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. ... Bridget Jones is a fictional character created by English writer Helen Fielding. ... Notting Hill is a 1999 romantic comedy film set in the Notting Hill district of London, England, UK. The screenplay was written by Richard Curtis who had previously written Four Weddings and a Funeral. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Swinging London is a catchall term applied to a variety of dynamic cultural trends in the United Kingdom (centred in London) in the second half of the 1960s. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ...

Because of the dominant role played by the city in the British media, the number of British films set in London is huge. It has also been used many times in American films, and often recreated on a Hollywood studio backlot. The purpose of this article is to identify some of the main topics in the cinematic depiction of the city. ... A backlot is an area behind or adjoining a movie studio with permanent exterior sets for outdoor scenes in motion picture and/or television productions. ...

Historical London

Historical recreations of London on screen have been relatively frequent. The Victorian, Tudor, Edwardian and Second World War periods in the city's history have all been regularly depicted. Queen Victoria (shown here on the morning of her accession to the Throne, 20 June 1837) gave her name to the historic era The Victorian era of the United Kingdom marked the height of the British Industrial Revolution and the apex of the British Empire. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The Edwardian period or Edwardian era in the United Kingdom is the period 1901 to 1910, the reign of King Edward VII. It is sometimes extended to include the period to the start of World War I in 1914 or even the end of the war in 1918. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...

Pre-Victorian London

London in the Elizabethan Era has often been portrayed in films, including Fire Over England (1937), The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) and Elizabeth (1998). Much of Shakespeare in Love (1998), a comedy involving Shakespeare in a fictionalised romance, was set around the original Globe Theatre, as was Laurence Olivier's 1944 Henry V. “Elizabethan” redirects here. ... Fire Over England is a 1937 film drama produced by London Film Productions. ... The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939), is a romantic drama film based on the relationship between Queen Elizabeth I (played by Bette Davis) and Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (played by Errol Flynn). ... Elizabeth is an Academy Award winning 1998 film loosely based on the early reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England. ... Shakespeare in Love is an award-winning 1998 romantic comedy film. ... This article is about the Globe Theatre of Shakespeare (commonly known as Shakespeares Globe Theatre). ... Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM, (IPA: ; 22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA and four-time Emmy winning English actor, director, and producer. ... Henry V is a 1944 film adaptation of William Shakespeares play Henry V. The on-screen title is The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France (the title of the 1600 quarto edition of the play). ...

The Tudor period has also been shown in other films, including the 1966 film of Robert Bolt's play A Man for All Seasons, and various versions of Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Robert Oxton Bolt (August 15, 1924 – February 12, 1995) was an English playwright and screenwriter. ... A Man for All Seasons is a 1966 film based on Robert Bolts play of the same name about Sir Thomas More. ... Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910),[1] better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American humorist, satirist, lecturer and writer. ... The Prince and the Pauper was first published in 1881 in Canada before its 1882 publication in the united states. ...

Cromwell (1970) is one of the few films to show the city during the English Civil War, but several have been set during the subsequent restoration of the monarchy under Charles II. These include Nell Gwynn (1937), Forever Amber (1947) and Stage Beauty (2003). The 1995 film Restoration incorporates both the Great Plague of London and the Great Fire of London of 1665-66. Cromwell is a 1970 film, based on the life of Oliver Cromwell, the Lord Protector of Great Britain. ... For other uses, see English Civil War (disambiguation). ... Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was the King of England, Scotland, and Ireland. ... Nell Gwyn (or Gwynn or Gwynne), (February 1650 - 14 November 1687), the most famous of the many mistresses of King Charles II, was called pretty, witty Nell by Samuel Pepys. ... Forever Amber is a romance novel by Kathleen Winsor that was made into a film in 1947 by 20th Century Fox. ... Stage Beauty is a 2004 romantic drama film set in the 1660s, starring Claire Danes and Billy Crudup. ... Restoration is a 1995 film which tells the story of a young doctor, Robert Merivel, who finds himself in the service of King Charles II of England after having saved the Kings favorite spaniel. ... A bill of mortality for the plague year of 1665. ... Detail of painting from 1666 of the Great Fire of London by an unknown artist, depicting the fire as it would have appeared on the evening of Tuesday, 4 September from a boat in the vicinity of Tower Wharf. ...

Late 18th and early 19th century London has been seen in a number of films, including Lady Hamilton (1941), Lady Caroline Lamb (1972), A Bequest to the Nation (1973), Princess Caraboo (1994), Sense and Sensibility (1995), and the various versions of The Scarlet Pimpernel. Emma Hamilton, in one of dozens of portraits by George Romney, at the height of her beauty in the 1780s Emma Hamilton (Lady Hamilton) (April 26, 1765 - January 16, 1815) is best remembered as the mistress of Horatio Nelson. ... Lady Caroline Lamb The Lady Caroline Lamb (13 November 1785–26 January 1828) was a British aristocrat, the only daughter of the 3rd Earl of Bessborough. ... A sketch of Princess Caraboo, by Edward Bird. ... Jane Austens novel Sense and Sensibility (1811) was adapted into a 1995 film by Emma Thompson, for which she received general acclaim as well as a 1996 Academy Award. ... For the eponymous flower, see Scarlet pimpernel. ...

Several 1960s films showed a grimier, more realistic depiction of 18th Century London, including Where's Jack? (1968), based on the true story of highwayman Jack Sheppard and crime boss Jonathan Wild. The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... Wheres Jack? is a 1969 film based around the exploits of notorious 18th century criminal Jack Sheppard and London thieftaker Jonathan Wild. ... Jack Sheppard in Newgate Prison Jack Sheppard (December 1702 – 16 November 1724) was a notorious English robber, burglar and thief of early 18th century London. ... Jonathan Wild in the condemned cell at Newgate Prison Jonathan Wild (baptised 6 May 1683–24 May 1725) was perhaps the most famous criminal of London — and possibly Great Britain — during the 18th century, both because of his own actions and the uses novelists, playwrights, and political satirists made of...

Victorian London

One of the most popular images of the city is the Victorian era of Charles Dickens, Jack the Ripper and Sherlock Holmes. There have been almost 200 films based on the novels of Charles Dickens alone, beginning with the silent short film Death of Nancy Sykes in 1897. The most memorable of these are probably the musical Oliver! and the two David Lean films of Oliver Twist (1948) and Great Expectations (1946). Other film adaptations include David Copperfield in 1935 and 1969, Nicholas Nickleby in 1947 and 2002, The Pickwick Papers in 1952 and Little Dorrit in 1987. There have also been many versions of Dickens' A Christmas Carol, the best known of which is probably the 1951 Alastair Sim film Scrooge. “Dickens” redirects here. ... Jack the Ripper is the pseudonym given to an unidentified serial killer active in the largely impoverished Whitechapel area of London, England in the second half of 1888. ... A portrait of Sherlock Holmes by Sidney Paget from the Strand Magazine, 1891 Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. ... Oliver! is an Academy Award winning film and 1968 musical film directed by Carol Reed and based on the stage musical Oliver!. Both the film and play are based on the famous Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist. ... Sir David Lean, KBE (March 25, 1908 – April 16, 1991) was an English film director and producer, best remembered for big-screen epics such as Lawrence of Arabia, The Bridge on the River Kwai, and Doctor Zhivago . ... Oliver Twist (1948) is the second of David Leans two film adaptations of Charles Dickens novels. ... Great Expectations is a 1946 British film directed by David Lean and based on the novel by Charles Dickens. ... David Copperfield or The Personal History, Adventures, Experience and Observation of David Copperfield the Younger of Blunderstone Rookery (which he never meant to be published on any account)[1] is a novel by Charles Dickens, first published in 1850. ... The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, & Observation of David Copperfield the Younger (aka David Copperfield) is a 1935 film based upon the Charles Dickens novel. ... David Copperfield is a 1969 film based on the novel by Charles Dickens. ... The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, (or Nicholas Nickleby for short) is a comic novel of Charles Dickens. ... The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, better known as The Pickwick Papers, is the first novel by Charles Dickens. ... Little Dorrit is a serial novel by Charles Dickens published originally between 1855 and 1857. ... A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Christmas (commonly known as A Christmas Carol ) is what Charles Dickens described as his little Christmas Book and was first published on December 19, 1843 with illustrations by John Leech. ... Scrooge (1951) is one of the best-known and most acclaimed film adaptations of Charles Dickenss A Christmas Carol. ...

Many films have also been made of the Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. Basil Rathbone played Holmes in a series of American films from 1939 to 1946, with London recreated in Hollywood at Twentieth Century Fox and later Universal Studios. Other notable Holmes films which have strongly featured London backgrounds and locations are Young Sherlock Holmes (1985), Billy Wilder's The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970), and the comedies The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes's Smarter Brother (1975) and Without a Clue (1988), as well as innumerable TV movies. A portrait of Sherlock Holmes by Sidney Paget from the Strand Magazine, 1891 Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. ... Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859–7 July 1930) was a Scottish author most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. ... Basil Rathbone (13 June 1892 – 21 July 1967), Military Cross, was a British actor most famous for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes and of suave villains in such swashbuckler films as The Mark of Zorro, Captain Blood, and The Adventures of Robin Hood. ... Related articles FOX Television Network Fox Searchlight Pictures Fox Entertainment Group List of Hollywood movie studios List of movies Variant of current 20th Century Fox logo External links 20th Century Fox Movies official site Twentieth Century Fox is also the punning title of a song by The Doors on their... This article is about the American media conglomerate. ... Young Sherlock Holmes (1985), directed by Barry Levinson and written by Chris Columbus, depicts a young Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson meeting and solving a mystery together at a boarding school. ... Billy Wilder (June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an Austrian-born, Jewish-American journalist, screenwriter, film director, and producer whose career spanned more than 50 years and 60 films. ... The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes is a 1970 film directed and produced by Billy Wilder, and starring Robert Stephens as Sherlock Holmes. ... Without a Clue is a 1988 comedy film starring Michael Caine and Ben Kingsley. ... A television movie (also TV movie, TV-movie, made-for-TV movie, etc. ...

Holmes also dealt with the notorious Whitechapel serial killer Jack the Ripper in A Study in Terror in 1965 and Murder by Decree in 1978. The Ripper was also featured in Pandora's Box (192]), Jack the Ripper (1958), Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971), Hands of the Ripper (1971), From Hell (2001) and several versions of The Lodger, including Hitchcock's silent film of 1926. Whitechapel is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, United Kingdom. ... Jack the Ripper is the pseudonym given to an unidentified serial killer active in the largely impoverished Whitechapel area of London, England in the second half of 1888. ... A Study in Terror is a 1965 Sherlock Holmes film in which the detective goes on the trail of Jack the Ripper. ... A still from Murder by Decree showing the Goulston Street graffiti containing the word Juwes, which is portrayed erroneously as a Masonic term. ... Pandoras Box (Die Büchse der Pandora) was a German silent film directed by G.W. Pabst and released in 1929. ... Jack the Ripper is the pseudonym given to an unidentified serial killer active in the largely impoverished Whitechapel area of London, England in the second half of 1888. ... Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde is a 1971 film made by Hammer Film Productions. ... Hands of the Ripper is a 1971 British horror film directed by Peter Sasdy for Hammer Film Productions. ... From Hell is a graphic novel by writer Alan Moore and artist Eddie Campbell speculating upon the identity and motives of Jack the Ripper. ... The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog often just called The Lodger was a 1927 silent film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. ... Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock KBE (August 13, 1899 – April 29, 1980) was an iconic and highly influential British-born film director and producer who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and thriller genres. ...

Much of the action in the Bram Stoker novel Dracula takes place in London, although several film adaptations have set it elsewhere. One notable exception is Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Abraham Bram Stoker (November 8, 1847 – April 20, 1912) was an Irish writer, best remembered as the author of the influential horror novel Dracula. ... This article is about the novel. ... Bram Stokers Dracula is a 1992 horror romance film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, based on the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. ... Francis Ford Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is a five-time Academy Award winning American film director, producer, and screenwriter. ...

Other films set in Victorian London include the 1945 version of The Picture of Dorian Gray, Victoria the Great (1937), Sixty Glorious Years (1938), The Mudlark (1950), The Wrong Box (1966), The Assassination Bureau (1968), The First Great Train Robbery (1978), Topsy-Turvy (1999), An Ideal Husband (1999), Shanghai Knights (2003), the 1956 and 2004 versions of Around the World in Eighty Days, and the black-and-white film The Elephant Man (1980), based on the life of Joseph Merrick. The Picture of Dorian Gray is the only published novel written by Oscar Wilde, and first came out as the lead story in Lippincotts Monthly Magazine on 20 June 1890. ... Victoria the Great (1937) is a biography of Queen Victoria in the early years of her reign with her marriage to Prince Albert. ... The Mudlark, made in England in 1950 by 20th Century Fox, is a completely fictionalized account of how Queen Victoria was eventually brought out of her mourning for Prince Albert. ... The Wrong Box is a 1966 British comedy film directed by Bryan Forbes based on a story by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne. ... The Assassination Bureau is a tongue-in-cheek film made in 1969 based on an unfinished book, by Jack London. ... The Great Train Robbery is a 1979 film directed by Michael Crichton and based on his novel of the same name. ... Topsy-Turvy is a 1999 film which tells the background story of the creation of The Mikado, a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta. ... An Ideal Husband is an 1895 comedy by Oscar Wilde which revolves around blackmail and political corruption, and touches on the themes of public and private honor. ... Shanghai Knights is an American action-comedy movie released on February 3, 2003. ... Around the World in Eighty Days (French: ) is a classic adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, first published in 1873. ... The Elephant Man is a 1980 biopic loosely based on the story of the 19th century British deformed celebrity, Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film). ... The Elephant Man redirects here. ...

Other British cities, such as Edinburgh, or locations in other countries, are now often used for period films instead of filming in London itself. From Hell (2001), The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) and Roman Polanski's 2005 film of Oliver Twist all recreated Victorian London in Prague in the Czech Republic. For other uses, see Edinburgh (disambiguation). ... From Hell is a graphic novel by writer Alan Moore and artist Eddie Campbell speculating upon the identity and motives of Jack the Ripper. ... For the film adaptation, see The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film). ... Roman Polański (born August 18, 1933) is an Academy Award-winning film director, writer, actor, and producer. ... Oliver Twist is a 2005 film directed by Roman Polański. ... For other uses, see Prague (disambiguation). ...

Twentieth century

Edwardian London has been depicted in several films, notably the Ealing comedy Kind Hearts and Coronets in 1949, the Merchant Ivory E.M. Forster adaptation Howards End (1992) and the biopic Young Winston (1972). The Edwardian period or Edwardian era in the United Kingdom is the period 1901 to 1910, the reign of King Edward VII. It is sometimes extended to include the period to the start of World War I in 1914 or even the end of the war in 1918. ... Ealing Studios, a television and film production company and facilities provider at Ealing Green in West London, claims to be the oldest film studio in the world. ... Kind Hearts and Coronets is a 1949 Ealing comedy film. ... Merchant Ivory Productions is a film company founded by director James Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant, best known for its period costume dramas. ... Edward Morgan Forster (January 1, 1879 - June 7, 1970) was an English novelist. ... Howards End is a 1991 (released in 1992) film adaptation of E.M. Forsters 1910 novel Howards End, a story of class struggle in turn-of-the-20th-century England. ... Young Winston is a 1972 film based on the early years of future British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. ...

Wartime London has featured in many films, with The Man Who Loved Redheads and Zeppelin (1971) among those set during the First World War. The 1943 film The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp covered 40 years in the city, including the Edwardian era, the First World War and the Second World War. Several others made during the Second World War itself, featured London locations, including Millions Like Us (1943) and Waterloo Road (1944). The Blitz featured prominently in the Ealing drama The Bells Go Down (1943), and in Humphrey Jennings' drama-documentary Fires Were Started (1943). The latter featured real firemen recreating scenes from the bombings. At the same time, a number of London-set films were being made in Hollywood, like Waterloo Bridge (1940), Mrs Miniver (1942) and Forever and a Day. The latter followed several generations of owners of a London house until 1943. Later films set in the city during World War II include The Man Who Never Was (1955), I Was Monty's Double (1958), Battle of Britain (1969), Hanover Street (1979), Hope and Glory (1987), Shining Through (1992) and The End of the Affair (1999), as well as some low-budget Italian-made war films like Stukas Over London (1970) and From Hell to Victory (1979). Zeppelin is a 1971 British action drama film starred by Michael York and Elke Sommer. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) is a film by the British writer-director-producer team of Powell & Pressburger under the banner of The Archers. It stars Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr and Anton Walbrook. ... The Edwardian period or Edwardian era in the United Kingdom is the period 1901 to 1910, the reign of King Edward VII. It is sometimes extended to include the period to the start of World War I in 1914 or even the end of the war in 1918. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... Millions Like Us is a 1943 British propaganda film, showing life in a wartime aircraft factory in documentary detail. ... Waterloo Road is a British film based on the Waterloo area of South London. ... For other uses, see Blitz. ... Ealing Studios, a television and film production company and facilities provider at Ealing Green in West London, claims to be the oldest film studio in the world. ... The Bells are down was a black and white film made by Ealing Studios in 1943. ... Humphrey Jennings, (August 19, 1907 Walberswick, Suffolk - September 24, 1950 Greece), was a British film-maker and one of the founders of the Mass Observation organization. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to document reality. ... Fires Were Started (1943) is a British film written and directed by Humphrey Jennings. ... Firefighter with an axe A firefighter, sometimes still called a fireman though women have increasingly joined firefighting units, is a person who is trained and equipped to put out fires, rescue people and in some areas provide emergency medical services. ... View of the old Waterloo Bridge from Whitehall stairs, John Constable, 18 June 1817 Waterloo Bridge granite stone in Canberra, Australia. ... Mrs. ... Forever and a Day is the debut album of Idols winner Karin Kortje. ... The Man Who Never Was is a 1954 book by Ewen Montagu and a 1956 2nd World War war film based on the book. ... I Was Montys Double is a 1958 film, directed by John Guillermin. ... Battle of Britain is a 1969 film directed by Guy Hamilton, and produced by Harry Saltzman and S Benjamin Fisz. ... Hanover Street is a 1979 movie written and directed by Peter Hyams, starring Harrison Ford and Lesley-Anne Down. ... I personally think that this is one of the best memoir of war films that you could ever watch. ... Shining Through is a 1992 film, based on the novel by Susan Isaacs. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ...

The 1950s has been recreated in several films including 84 Charing Cross Road (1986) and Shadowlands (1993). The 1960s has proved particularly popular with film makers in recent years, especially for crime films like Buster (1988), Scandal (1989), The Krays (1990), Honest (2000) and Gangster No. 1 (2000). Withnail and I (1987) economically recreated the Camden Town area in the 1960s. the first thing that was invented was the automatic DILDO. Education grew explosively because of a very strong demand for high school and college education. ... 84, Charing Cross Road is the title of a book by Helene Hanff, published in 1970 about the long correspondence (1949-1969) between Hanff, a resident of New York City, and Frank Doel of the Marks & Co. ... Shadowlands is a 1993 movie directed by Richard Attenborough and written by William Nicholson, adapted from Nicholsons play also called Shadowlands. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... Buster is the name of a 1988 comedy-drama film starring musician Phil Collins, Julie Walters, Larry Lamb and Sheila Hancock. ... Scandal (1989) is a [[[United Kingdom|British]] drama film, a fictionalised account of the Profumo affair. ... The Krays is a 1990 crime film based on the lives of the East End gangsters the Kray twins. ... Honest soundtrack Honest is a black comedy crime film released in 2000. ... Gangster No. ... Withnail and I is a British film made in 1986 by Handmade Films. ... For other uses of Camden, see Camden. ...

Ealing Comedies

The Ealing comedies of the 1940s and 1950s made particularly good use of locations in the city. Hue and Cry (1947) and Passport to Pimlico (1949) were memorably set in the ruins and bombsites of post-war London. In the 1950s The Lavender Hill Mob made extensive use of London locations, as did the dramas The Blue Lamp and Pool of London, while The Ladykillers used King's Cross Station and its surrounding marshalling yards as the backdrop to its story. , Ealing is a town in the London Borough of Ealing. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... the first thing that was invented was the automatic DILDO. Education grew explosively because of a very strong demand for high school and college education. ... Hue and Cry (1947) is a British film directed by Charles Crichton and starring Alastair Sim and Harry Fowler. ... A British comedy film Passport To Pimlico (Ealing Studios made in 1948). ... The Lavender Hill Mob is a 1951 comedy film from Ealing Studios. ... The Blue Lamp is a British crime film released in early 1950 by Ealing Studios. ... View of the Pool of London from London Bridge, 1841 Originally, the Pool of London was the stretch of the River Thames forming the south side of the City of London. ... The Ladykillers is a 1955 British film. ... Kings Cross station (often spelt Kings Cross on platform signs) is a railway station in the district of the same name in northeast central London. ...

Many other comedies have used locations in the city, some of the best known being The Ghosts of Berkeley Square (1947), Doctor in the House (1954), The Horse's Mouth (1958), Bedazzled (1967), Brassed Off (1996), Billy Elliott (2000) and Bend It Like Beckham (2002). Doctor in the House is a 1954 British comedy film, directed by Ralph Thomas and produced by Betty Box. ... The Horses Mouth is a 1958 film about a London artist trying to paint his grand vision. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Brassed Off (1996) is a British film written and directed by Mark Herman. ... Billy Elliot may refer to: The film Billy Elliot NASCAR driver Bill Elliott This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Bend It Like Beckham is a British film released in 2002 in the UK and released in the United States in March 2003. ...

Swinging London

With new developments in music, cinema and fashion, London found itself the centre of youth culture in the 1960s. The image of "swinging London", partly a creation of Time magazine, helped to fuel a production boom in the British film industry throughout the decade. The Beatles made memorable use of locations in the city in A Hard Day's Night (1964), and a huge number of other London-set films followed. These included The Pumpkin Eater, The Knack...and How to Get It, Darling, Arabesque, Kaleidoscope, Georgy Girl, Morgan!, Alfie, Blowup, I'll Never Forget What's 'Isname, Poor Cow, Up the Junction, Bedazzled, To Sir, with Love, The Jokers, Otley, Wonderwall, Salt and Pepper and The Italian Job, all in 1964-1969. The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... Swinging London is a catchall term applied to a variety of dynamic cultural trends in the United Kingdom (centred in London) in the second half of the 1960s. ... “TIME” redirects here. ... The White Album, see The Beatles (album). ... A Hard Days Night (1964) is a British comedy film originally released by United Artists, written by Alun Owen and starring The Beatles during the height of Beatlemania. ... The Pumpkin Eater is a 1964 film which tells the story of a multiply-married woman, with many children, who finds herself with husband number three and pregnant with child number seven, unsure of where her life is taking her. ... The Knack . ... Darling (1965) is a British film which tells the story of an amoral model who sleeps her way to success. ... Arabesque is a 1966 film starring Gregory Peck & Sophia Loren. ... Kaleidoscope is a 1966 crime film from Great Britain. ... Georgy Girl is a 1966 British film, based on a novel by Margaret Forster. ... Morgan! (also known as Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment) is a 1966 film which tells the story of a man, obsessed with Karl Marx and gorillas, who tries to stop his ex-wife from remarrying. ... Alfie is a 1966 film starring Michael Caine. ... For blowups in algebraic geometry, see blowing up. ... Ill Never Forget Whats Isname (also released as Ill Never Forget Whatsisname) is a 1967 British film directed and produced by Michael Winner. ... Poor Cow is a 1967 film directed by Ken Loach. ... Up The Junction was the third single released from Squeezes second album, Cool for Cats. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... To Sir, with Love (1967) is a British film starring Sidney Poitier that deals with social issues in an inner city school, written and directed by James Clavell and based on the memoir of the same name by E.R. Braithwaite. ... The Jokers is a 1967 comedy film written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, and directed by Michael Winner. ... Otley is a 1968 comedy thriller film in which the eponymous Gerald Arthur Otley, a hapless and light-fingered antiques dealer played by Tom Courtenay, is mistaken for a spy and grows into the part - to such an extent that the real spy played by Romy Schneider falls for him. ... Wonderwall is the title of a 1968 movie by then first-time director Joe Massot that starred Jack MacGowran, Jane Birkin, Richard Wattis, Irene Handl, and Iain Quarrier, and featured cameos by Anita Pallenberg and Dutch designers The Fool (who were also set designers for the movie). ... Salt-N-Pepa is an American R&B and hip hop group, consisting of Cheryl James and Sandy Denton (Salt and Pepa, respectively), and Deidre Dee Dee Roper (DJ Spinderella). ... The Italian Job is a British caper film, written by Troy Kennedy Martin, produced by Michael Deeley and directed by Peter Collinson. ...

Romantic London

The city has often been used as the backdrop for romances like Indiscreet (1958) with Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman and A Touch of Class (1973), and has become popular for romantic comedies in recent years. This is at least partly due to the television and film writer Richard Curtis, who has written some of the most successful British films of recent years — The Tall Guy (1989), Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), Notting Hill (1999) and Love Actually (2003), all set or partly set in the city. The films follow the awkward love lives of largely upper-middle class characters (aside from The Tall Guy, always including one played by Hugh Grant). Look up Indiscreet in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Indiscreet is a 1958 romantic comedy in which Ingrid Bergman plays Anna Kaplan, a accomplished actress who has given up hope at finding the man of her dreams. ... This article is about the British actor. ...   (pronounced in Swedish, but usually in English, IPA notation) (August 29, 1915 – August 29, 1982) was a three-time Academy Award-winning and two-time Emmy Award-winning Swedish actress. ... Fawlty Towers episode, see A Touch of Class (Fawlty Towers). ... Richard Curtis in London, 1999 Richard Curtis CBE, (born 8 November 1956), is a New Zealand-born British screenwriter, best known for the TV programmes Blackadder and The Vicar of Dibley as well as movies such as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, and Love Actually. ... Thompson as Kate. ... Four Weddings and a Funeral is a 1994 British romantic comedy film directed by Mike Newell. ... Notting Hill is a 1999 romantic comedy film set in the Notting Hill district of London, England, UK. The screenplay was written by Richard Curtis who had previously written Four Weddings and a Funeral. ... Love Actually is a romantic comedy first released in cinemas in October and November 2003. ... Hugh John Mungo Grant[1] (born September 9, 1960) is a Golden Globe-winning English actor. ...

Curtis has been criticised for pandering to the American market by playing to the stereotype of the English as posh, socially awkward eccentrics. This hasn't stopped the films generally being a huge success in the American and British cinema box office charts. Other films which have followed in Curtis's footsteps include Sliding Doors (1998), Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence (1998), About a Boy (2002), Wimbledon, and the American movie What a Girl Wants (2002). Londinium (2001) used locations in Berkeley Square, Mayfair, Hyde Park, Primrose Hill Park and at Waterloo Station. For the term used in computing, see stereotype (UML). ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Sliding Doors is a 1998 film written and directed by former actor Peter Howitt. ... Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence (also released as The Very Thought of You) is a romantic comedy film first released in 1998. ... About a boy is a 1998 novel by British writer Nick Hornby. ... Categories: Stub | 2004 films ... What a Girl Wants is a 2003 film starring Amanda Bynes, Colin Firth, Kelly Preston and Oliver James. ... Londinium may refer to: An ancient Roman name for London (see History of London) Londinium (movie) A song by Catatonia A fictional planet in the TV show Firefly, (see moons and planets in Firefly) Londinivm, a free MMORPG. Londinium (album), an album by the band Archive This is a disambiguation... Berkeley Square in 1830. ... Mayfair is an area in the City of Westminster London, named after the fortnight-long May Fair that took place there from 1686 until it was banned in that location in 1764. ... “Hyde Park” redirects here. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ...

Woody Allen’s Matchpoint (2005), uses a very up-market view of the city to reflect the upper class lives of the protagonists, including locations in Notting Hill, Belgravia. Chelsea, St James Park and Tate Modern. Match point may refer to: Match Point, a 2005 movie directed by Woody Allen the point (tennis) in tennis and other sports that could result in the end of a match Matchpoint scoring, a form of scoring in duplicate bridge Category: ...

Thrillers

Alfred Hitchcock probably started the fashion for using London landmarks for spy films, starting with Blackmail in 1929, which was set entirely in the city and finished on the dome of the British Museum. Many of his other thrillers followed a similar pattern, including The Man Who Knew Too Much (both the 1934 and 1956 versions), The 39 Steps (1935), Sabotage (1937), Foreign Correspondent (1940), Stage Fright (1950) and Frenzy (1972). London has since featured in many other thrillers, including Sapphire (1959), Bunny Lake is Missing (1965), The IPCRESS File (1965), The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965), The Deadly Affair (1966), Arabesque (1966), The Black Windmill (1974), The Whistle Blower (1987), The Fourth Protocol (1987), Blue Ice (1992), The Innocent Sleep (1995) and briefly in Mission: Impossible (1996). This trend was spoofed in the films Otley (1968) with Tom Courtenay, and more recently in The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997) with Bill Murray and the Austin Powers films. Anthony Minghella's film Breaking and Entering (2006) with Jude Law is named also a Romantic drama. Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock KBE (August 13, 1899 – April 29, 1980) was an iconic and highly influential British-born film director and producer who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and thriller genres. ... For other uses, see Blackmail (disambiguation). ... The British Museum in London, England is one of the worlds greatest museums of human history and culture. ... The Man Who Knew Too Much DVD cover The Man Who Knew Too Much is the name of two suspense films, one released in 1934 and the other in 1956, and both directed by Alfred Hitchcock. ... The 39 Steps is a 1935 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, based on the adventure novel The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan. ... For other uses, see Sabotage (disambiguation). ... Foreign Correspondent is a 1940 film which tells the story of an American reporter who becomes involved in espionage in England during the onset of World War II. It stars Joel McCrea, George Sanders, Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall, Albert Bassermann and Robert Benchley. ... Stage Fright DVD cover Stage Fright is a 1950 Warner Bros. ... For other uses, see Frenzy (disambiguation). ... Sapphire is a 1959 British crime drama. ... Bunny Lake is Missing is a film in the psychological thriller genre directed by Otto Preminger. ... The Ipcress File is a 1965 film adaptation of Len Deightons novel the The IPCRESS File. ... The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is a 1965 film adaptation of the novel of the same name by John Le Carre. ... The Deadly Affair is a 1966 film, based on the story Call for the Dead, by John le Carre. ... Arabesque is a 1966 film starring Gregory Peck & Sophia Loren. ... The Black Windmill is a British spy thriller released in 1974. ... The Fourth Protocol is a 1987 movie starring Michael Caine and Pierce Brosnan, based on the novel of the same name written by Frederick Forsyth. ... Blue ice may refer to: Blue ice created by glaciers. ... Mission: Impossible (1996) is a film directed by Brian De Palma and featuring Tom Cruise, based on the television series Mission: Impossible. ... Otley is a 1968 comedy thriller film in which the eponymous Gerald Arthur Otley, a hapless and light-fingered antiques dealer played by Tom Courtenay, is mistaken for a spy and grows into the part - to such an extent that the real spy played by Romy Schneider falls for him. ... Tom Courtenay (pronounced Courtney) (born February 25, 1937) is a British actor who came to prominence in the early 1960s with a succession of critically-acclaimed films including The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962), Billy Liar (1963) and Dr. Zhivago (1965). ... The Man Who Knew Too Little is 1997 comedy starring Bill Murray. ... William James Bill Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an Academy Award-nominated, Emmy-winning and Golden Globe-winning American comedian and actor. ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... Anthony Minghella (born January 6, 1954) is an Academy Award-winning British film director, playwright and screenwriter. ... Breaking and Entering, a 2006 romantic drama, is Academy Award-winning director Anthony Minghellas first original screenplay since his 1991 feature debut, Truly, Madly, Deeply. ... David Jude Heyworth Law (born 29 December 1972) is an Academy Award-nominated English actor. ... A romantic drama film is a film that seriously studies the romantic nature of relationships between people. ...

Landmarks featured in some of these films include the Royal Albert Hall, Westminster Abbey and Trafalgar Square. Both Night of the Demon (1957) and The IPCRESS File (1965) feature scenes filmed in the famous reading room at the British Museum. The 1978 version of The Thirty-Nine Steps features a climax on the clock face of Big Ben, an idea borrowed from the 1943 Will Hay comedy My Learned Friend. A similar scene features in the 2003 Jackie Chan film Shanghai Knights. “Albert Hall” redirects here. ... The Collegiate Church of St Peter, Westminster, which is almost always referred to by its original name of Westminster Abbey, is a mainly Gothic church, on the scale of a cathedral (and indeed often mistaken for one), in Westminster, London, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. ... Trafalgar Square viewed from the northeast corner. ... Night Of The Demon is a 1980 low-budget horror movie directed by James C. Wasson and written by Mike Williams, presenting a gory and occasionally quite unsettling take on the Bigfoot legend. ... The Ipcress File is a 1965 film adaptation of Len Deightons novel the The IPCRESS File. ... The British Museum in London, England is one of the worlds greatest museums of human history and culture. ... The Thirty-Nine Steps is a 1978 thriller directed by Don Sharp, starring Robert Powell as Richard Hannay, based on the novel The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan. ... “Big Ben” redirects here. ... A publicity shot for the film The Ghost of St. ... A British film comedy by Will Hay, who stars and co-directs. ... Chan Kong-Sang (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), also known as Jackie Chan Sing Lung (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ) or Jackie Chan SBS, (born on April 7, 1954) is a Chinese martial artist, action star, actor, director, screenwriter, film producer, singer and stunt performer. ... Shanghai Knights is an American action-comedy movie released on February 3, 2003. ...

Several American thrillers have also produced mangled versions of London's geography, including Twenty-Three Paces to Baker Street (1956), Midnight Lace (1960) and The Mummy Returns (2001), which features a chase across Tower Bridge on a double decker bus and several scenes inside the British Museum. The 1944 version of The Lodger also features a scene by Tower Bridge, although the film was set several years before it was built. Midnight Lace is mystery thriller made in 1960. ... The Mummy Returns is a 2001 American movie starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, and Arnold Vosloo, and is directed by Stephen Sommers. ... For the bridge of the same name in California, see Tower Bridge (California). ... A double decker is a bus, airplane, train, tram, ferry, or any public transit vehicle that has two levels for passengers, one deck above the other. ... The British Museum in London, England is one of the worlds greatest museums of human history and culture. ... The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog often just called The Lodger was a 1927 silent film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. ...

Britain's most famous spy, James Bond, generally spends little time in London, other than to receive his orders from his boss 'M'. However, some of the films do feature locations in the city. These include On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) in which George Lazenby as Bond visits the College of Arms and For Your Eyes Only (1981), in which Roger Moore experiences a hair-raising helicopter flight over the Docklands area. In the more recent Pierce Brosnan films, the Secret Service's headquarters are identified as being the new MI6 building on the River Thames at Vauxhall. The 1999 film The World Is Not Enough opens with an extended boat chase from the MI6 building down the river to the Millennium Dome, while in Die Another Day (2002) Bond visits a secret base in a disused Underground station, and makes a rare trip to his club Blades. “007” redirects here. ... For the Ian Fleming novel, see On Her Majestys Secret Service. ... George Robert Lazenby (born September 5, 1939) is an Australian actor best known for portraying James Bond only once in the 1969 James Bond film, On Her Majestys Secret Service. ... The entrance of the College of Arms. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... For other persons named Roger Moore, see Roger Moore (disambiguation). ... The Millennium Dome and Canary Wharf from the Royal Victoria Dock. ... Pierce Brendan Brosnan, OBE [1] (born May 16, 1953) is an Irish actor and producer best known for portraying James Bond in four films from 1995 to 2002: GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day. ... The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), more commonly known as MI6 (originally Military Intelligence Section 6), or the Secret Service, is the United Kingdom external security agency. ... This article is about the River Thames in southern England. ... Vauxhall is an inner city area of south London in the London Borough of Lambeth. ... For other uses, see The World Is Not Enough (disambiguation). ... The O2 redirects here. ... For the theme song of the same movie, performed by Madonna, see Die Another Day (song). ... For other uses of the word blade, see Blade (disambiguation) A blade is the part of a sword that is used to cut (as opposed to the hilt). ...

London Underground

London's underground railway system, known as the Tube, has featured in several films. The plot of the 1998 film Sliding Doors hinges on whether Gwynneth Paltrow's character catches a particular Tube train or not. Bulldog Jack (1934), Manhunt (1941) and The Good Die Young (1954) all include chase sequences across underground tracks. The London Underground is an underground railway system - also known as a rapid transit system - that serves a large part of Greater London, United Kingdom and some neighbouring areas. ... The year 1998 in film involved some significant events. ... Sliding Doors is a 1998 film written and directed by former actor Peter Howitt. ... Gwyneth Kate Paltrow (born September 27, 1972[1]) is an Academy Award-winning American actress and singer. ... Bulldog Jack is a 1935 film produced by Gaumont International, directed by Walter Forde and starring Jack Hulbert, Fay Wray, Ralph Richardson; it also starred Atholl Fleming as Bulldog Drummond. ...

A number of horror films have also used the subterranean network of tunnels as an atmospheric location, most notably the John Landis hit An American Werewolf in London (1981), which contains a famous scene set in Tottenham Court Road tube station, and the 2004 film Creep. The eerie 1973 horror Death Line stars Donald Pleasence as a Scotland Yard detective who traces a series of murders to cannibals living in the network's tunnels. John David Landis (born August 3, 1950) is an American movie actor, director, writer, and producer. ... An American Werewolf in London is a comedy/horror film released in 1981, written and directed by John Landis. ... Tottenham Court Road is a station on the London Underground, serving as an interchange between the Central Line and the Charing Cross branch of the Northern Line. ... Creep (2004) is a British slasher film directed by Christopher Smith, starring the German actress Franka Potente. ... // Events The Marx Brothers Zeppo Marx divorces his second wife, Barbara Blakely. ... It has been suggested that Raw Meat be merged into this article or section. ... Donald Pleasence, OBE (October 5, 1919 – February 2, 1995) was an English stage and film actor. ...

Excavations on the Underground unearthed an ancient alien spacecraft in Quatermass and the Pit (1967), and dormant dragons in Reign of Fire (2002). The 1967 advertising poster for the films UK release. ... Reign of Fire can refer to: Reign of Fire (album) Reign of Fire (film) Reign of Fire (video game) Reign of Fire Unreal Tournament Sniper Clan See also Ring of Fire Category: ...

The 2002 James Bond film Die Another Day features a secret MI6 facility in a fictional disused Underground Station called Vauxhall Cross. Another fictional station, Hobbs End features in the 1967 science fiction film Quatermass and the Pit. Shaun of the Dead features the fictional Crouch End station. This is a list of film-related events in 2002. ... “007” redirects here. ... For the theme song of the same movie, performed by Madonna, see Die Another Day (song). ... The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), more commonly known as MI6 (originally Military Intelligence Section 6), or the Secret Service, is the United Kingdom external security agency. ... Hobbs End is the name of a fictional location used in several works of speculative fiction. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... The opening titles of Quatermass and the Pit. ... Shaun of the Dead is a zombie-themed romantic comedy (or rom zom com as it dubs itself) or zombie comedy released in 2004. ... Crouch End is an area of north London, in the London Borough of Haringey. ...

Other films to have featured the Underground include Passport to Pimlico (1949), Georgy Girl (1966), The Fourth Protocol (1987), Hidden City (1988) and Tube Tales (1999). The makers of the children's film The Boy Who Turned Yellow (1972) managed to persuade London Underground to paint a tube train and large parts of Highgate Station a lovely shade of Yellow! A British comedy film Passport To Pimlico (Ealing Studios made in 1948). ... Georgy Girl is a 1966 British film, based on a novel by Margaret Forster. ... The Fourth Protocol is a novel written by Frederick Forsyth and published in August 1984. ... Hidden City was an acclaimed film by Stephen Poliakoff made in 1987. ... Tube Tales is a 1999 collection of short films with the common setting of the London Underground. ... The Boy Who Turned Yellow (1972) is the last film collaboration by the British filmmakers Powell & Pressburger. ...

A rare recreation of the network in the Edwardian era featured in the adaptation of Henry James's The Wings of the Dove in 1997. The London underground of the 1920s is also recorded in Anthony Asquith's silent classic Underground (1928), while the 1969 film Battle of Britain shows the tunnel network converted to provide shelter for Londoners during the Blitz. The Edwardian period or Edwardian era in the United Kingdom is the period 1901 to 1910, the reign of King Edward VII. It is sometimes extended to include the period to the start of World War I in 1914 or even the end of the war in 1918. ... For other uses of this name, see Henry James (disambiguation). ... The Wings of the Dove is a 1902 novel by Henry James. ... The year 1997 in film involved some significant events. ... The 1920s is a decade that is sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties, usually applied to America. ... The Honourable Anthony Asquith (November 9, 1902-February 20, 1968) was a respected British film director. ... Battle of Britain is a 1969 film directed by Guy Hamilton, and produced by Harry Saltzman and S Benjamin Fisz. ...

Aldwych tube station, formerly on a branch of the Piccadilly Line, has been used as the location for many films and television productions, especially since the branch and station closed in 1994 and the platforms have been left intact making it suitable for filming and photography purposes, due to the absence of a regular train service. A 1970s tube train is permanently based at the station and heritage rolling stock can be brought in for filming. Aldwych tube station is a disused station formerly on the Piccadilly Line of the London Underground. ... London Transport Portal The Piccadilly Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured blue on the Tube map. ...

Science fiction

Nigel Kneale's Quatermass films and television series helped to popularise London as the setting for science fiction stories. The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) ends with Professor Quatermass cornering an alien monster in Westminster Abbey, while Quatermass and the Pit (1967) begins with an alien space craft being discovered during the construction of a new London Underground station. The John Wyndham novel The Day of the Triffids was made into a film in 1962 which also features scenes in London, while the much-derided 1985 film Lifeforce involved vampires from space taking over the city. Nigel Kneale (born Thomas Nigel Kneale on April 18, 1922 in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England, UK) is a Manx television and film scriptwriter, who has worked mostly in the UK. He is best known for his creation of the character of Professor Bernard Quatermass, who has appeared in three... Professor Bernard Quatermass is a fictional character, created by the writer Nigel Kneale originally for BBC Television, who appeared in three influential BBC science fiction serials of the 1950s, and made his swansong in a final serial for Thames Television in 1979. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... The 1955 advertising poster for the films UK release. ... The Collegiate Church of St Peter, Westminster, which is almost always referred to by its original name of Westminster Abbey, is a mainly Gothic church, on the scale of a cathedral (and indeed often mistaken for one), in Westminster, London, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. ... The opening titles of Quatermass and the Pit. ... The London Underground is an underground railway system - also known as a rapid transit system - that serves a large part of Greater London, United Kingdom and some neighbouring areas. ... John Wyndham (July 10, 1903 – March 11, 1969) was the pen name used by the often post-apocalyptic British science fiction writer John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris. ... The Day of the Triffids is a post-apocalyptic novel (categorised by author Brian Aldiss as a cosy catastrophe) written in 1951 by the English science fiction author John Wyndham. ... The Day of the Triffids is a 1962 British film adaptation of the science fiction novel of the same name by John Wyndham. ... Lifeforce is a 1985 science fiction film directed by Tobe Hooper. ...

The 1950 thriller Seven Days to Noon featured a scientist who threatens to destroy London with a nuclear bomb, and was notable for its scenes of the city's evacuated and deserted streets. Despite the great difficulties involved in achieving this, the feat was repeated for the horror film 28 Days Later in 2002, which begins with the hero waking from a coma and wandering across a deserted Westminster Bridge. See also: 1949 in film 1950 1951 in film 1950s in film 1940s in film years in film film // Events February 15 - Walt Disney Studios animated film Cinderella debuts. ... Seven Days to Noon is a 1950 British drama / thriller film directed by John Boulting and Roy Boulting. ... 28 Days Later is a 2002 British post-apocalyptic science fiction horror film directed by Danny Boyle and starring Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris and Christopher Eccleston. ... Westminster Bridge and the Palace of Westminster, with a glimpse of Westminster Abbey behind the tower of Big Ben. ...

Another nuclear threat was explored in The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961) which has many notable scenes in London, including the Thames running dry. It also includes a lot of scenes inside the old Express Building on Fleet Street and Arthur Christiansen, the recently retired editor of the Daily Express, effectively plays himself. The Day the Earth Caught Fire is an British movie from 1961. ... Fleet Street in 2005 Fleet Street is a famous street in London, England, named after the River Fleet. ... Arthur Christiansen was the man who took Candy Roses vertical plate, thus resulting in the infamous injury to Gary OBrian. ... For other uses, see Daily Express (disambiguation). ...

Both Things to Come (1936) and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) begin with the city being destroyed, by war and alien attack respectively, while the 2004 horror comedy Shaun of the Dead is set in the city during a zombie attack. Things to Come is a 1936 British science fiction film, produced by Alexander Korda and directed by William Cameron Menzies. ... The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is a science fiction comedy film based on the book of the same name by Douglas Adams. ... Shaun of the Dead is a zombie-themed romantic comedy (or rom zom com as it dubs itself) or zombie comedy released in 2004. ...

The 1966 movie Daleks — Invasion Earth 2150 AD, based on the Doctor Who story The Dalek Invasion of Earth from 1964, is set in part in a future version of London, which has been nearly destroyed by alien invasion. Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD (1966) is the second of two films based upon the television series Doctor Who. ... For other uses, see Doctor Who (disambiguation). ... The Dalek Invasion of Earth is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which originally aired in six weekly parts from November 21 to December 26, 1964. ...

Futuristic London is terrorized in the 2006 film V for Vendetta by a mysterious, masked anarchist who wishes to destroy the fascist government. The film was based on the graphic novel V for Vendetta. In Children of Men (2006), the London of 2027 is a grim place, full of refugees, armed policemen and exploding bombs. Locations used include Tate Britain, Battersea Power Station, the Mall and Admiralty Arch. For the meaning in finance, see futures contract. ... V for Vendetta is a 2006 action-thriller film set in London, England, United Kingdom in a near-future dystopian society. ... Anarchism is a generic term describing various political philosophies and social movements that advocate the elimination of hierarchy and imposed authority. ... Fascism (in Italian, fascismo), capitalized, was the authoritarian political movement which ruled Italy from 1922 to 1943 under the leadership of Benito Mussolini. ... Trade paperback of Will Eisners A Contract with God (1978), often mistakenly cited as the first graphic novel. ... This article is about the comic book series. ... Children of Men is a 2006 dystopian science fiction film loosely adapted from P.D. James 1992 novel The Children of Men. ...

Criminals

Historic periods in the city's underworld have been portrayed in a small number of films. Examples include Where's Jack? (17th century), The First Great Train Robbery (Victorian era), Chicago Joe and the Showgirl (World War II) and The Krays (the 1960s), while 10 Rillington Place (1971) recreated 1940s London, filming in the actual street where John Christie carried out his infamous murders. For other uses, see Underworld (disambiguation). ... Wheres Jack? is a 1969 film based around the exploits of notorious 18th century criminal Jack Sheppard and London thieftaker Jonathan Wild. ... Justus D. Barnes in a famous still from The Great Train Robbery The Great Train Robbery is a 1903 western film. ... Queen Victoria (shown here on the morning of her accession to the Throne, 20 June 1837) gave her name to the historic era The Victorian era of the United Kingdom marked the height of the British Industrial Revolution and the apex of the British Empire. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... The Krays is a 1990 crime film based on the lives of the East End gangsters the Kray twins. ... 10 Rillington Place, Ladbroke Grove, Notting Hill, London, was the site of the crimes of John Reginald Christie, one of Britains most notorious serial killers, resulting in a miscarriage of justice which contributed towards the abolition of the death penalty in Britain. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... 10 Rillington Place, Notting Hill, Notting Hill Gate, London was the site of one of Britains most notorious serial killers, and a miscarriage of justice which contributed towards the abolition of the death penalty in Britain. ...

Other films have evoked London's underworld in the modern era, including Robbery (1967), Performance (1970), Villain (1971), Brannigan (1975), The Long Good Friday (1980), Mona Lisa (1986), Face (1997), Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998), Snatch (2000), Sexy Beast (2000) and Layer Cake (2004). Buskers perform in San Francisco A performance, in performing arts, generally comprises an event in which one group of people (the performer or performers) behave in a particular way for another group of people (the audience). ... Villain is a 1971 gangster film directed by Michael Tuchner and starring Richard Burton, Ian McShane, T.P. McKenna and Donald Sinden. ... Brannigan is a 1975 film set in London starring John Wayne and Richard Attenborough, directed by Douglas Hickox. ... The Long Good Friday (1980) is a British gangster film starring Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren. ... Mona Lisa is a 1986 British film which tells the story of a petty criminal who becomes entangled in the dangerous life of a high-class call girl. ... For other uses, see Face (disambiguation). ... Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) is a violent, English black comedy film directed and written by Guy Ritchie. ... Snatch (2000) is a film by British director Guy Ritchie. ... Sexy Beast (2001) is a British film directed by Jonathan Glazer, starring Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley and Ian McShane. ... For the novel, see Layer Cake (novel) Layer Cake (also spelled L4YER CAK3) is a 2004 British gangster thriller, directed by Matthew Vaughn. ...

The other side of London

A number of films have depicted the underbelly of the city away from the familiar tourist sites. Examples of these include Up the Junction, Nil by Mouth, Dirty Pretty Things, and two out of every three films directed by Mike Leigh. The East End meanwhile, was shown in The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934), Waterloo Road (1944]]), It Always Rains on Sunday (1947) and A Kid for Two Farthings (1955), among others. Up The Junction was the third single released from Squeezes second album, Cool for Cats. ... For other uses, see Nil by Mouth. ... Dirty Pretty Things (2002) is a movie by Stephen Frears, a drama about two illegal immigrants in London. ... Mike Leigh OBE (born February 20, 1943 in Broughton, Salford, Lancashire) is an award winning English film and theatre director. ... The term East End is most commonly used to refer to the East End of London. ... The Man Who Knew Too Much is a 1934 suspense film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. ... Waterloo Road is a British film based on the Waterloo area of South London. ... It Always Rains on Sunday is a 1947 film adaptation of the eponymous novel by Arthur La Bern, adapted and directed by Robert Hamer. ... A Kid for Two Farthings is a novel by the British writer Wolf Mankowitz, based on the authors experiences of growing up within a Jewish community in Londons East End. ...

The 1968 documentary The London Nobody Knows, presented by James Mason, attempted to show some unfamiliar aspects of the city, as did Patrick Keiller's 1994 documentary London. James Neville Mason (May 15, 1909 – July 27, 1984) was a three-time Academy Award nominated English actor who attained stardom in both British and American films. ... The year 1994 in film involved some significant events. ...

Other films have tried to use less familiar locations in a new way. The 1995 version of Richard III, starring Ian McKellen, which is set in a fictional 1930s fascist version of England, makes imaginative use of London locations such as St Cuthbert's church, St Pancras chambers (the old Midland Grand Hotel), the University of London's Senate House, and the two Gilbert Scott power stations — Bankside serving for the Tower and the decrepit Battersea Power Station as the setting for the final battle scenes. Terry Gilliam's 1985 Orwellian fantasy Brazil also used the cooling towers of the same power station as a location, as did Michael Radford's 1984 film version of George Orwell's novel 1984. Richard III is a 1995 film adaptation of William Shakespeares play Richard III, starring Sir Ian McKellen, Annette Bening, Jim Broadbent, Robert Downey Jr. ... Sir Ian Murray McKellen, CBE (born May 25, 1939) is an English stage and screen actor, the recipient of a Tony Award and two Oscar nominations. ... The University of London is a university based primarily in London. ... Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, OM, FRIBA (November 9, 1880 – February 8, 1960) was an English architect known for his work on such buildings as Liverpool Cathedral and Battersea Power Station. ... For other uses, see Power station (disambiguation). ... Bankside Power Station after conversion to the Tate Modern, from the Millennium Bridge Bankside Power Station is located on the south bank of the Thames in the Bankside district of London. ... Battersea Power Station viewed from the north bank of the River Thames at Pimlico. ... Terrence Vance Gilliam (born November 22, 1940) is an American-born British filmmaker, animator, and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe. ... // Back to the Future, starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd and Lea Thompson Rambo: First Blood Part II, starring Sylvester Stallone Rocky IV, starring Sylvester Stallone The Color Purple, starring Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey, Margaret Avery, Rae Dawn Chong, Adolph Caesar Out of Africa, starring Meryl Streep and... Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 [1] [2] – 21 January 1950), better known by the pen name George Orwell, was an English author and journalist. ... Michael Radford was born February 24, 1946 in New Delhi, India to a British father and Austrian mother. ... 1984 (sometimes Nineteen Eighty-Four, which is how the title appears on screen) is a British film based upon the 1949 novel of the same name by George Orwell; the film was made in the year imagined by the author. ... Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 [1] [2] – 21 January 1950), better known by the pen name George Orwell, was an English author and journalist. ... (Redirected from 1984 (book)) Nineteen Eighty-Four (sometimes 1984) is a darkly satirical political novel by George Orwell. ...

London Kills Me (1991) portrays the city's immigrant and drug subcultures in the early Thatcher years, in a similar vein as My Beautiful Laundrette (1985). London Kills Me is a 1991 film written and directed by Hanif Kureshi. ... Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS (née Roberts; born 13 October 1925) served as British Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990 and leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 until 1990, being the first and to date only woman to hold either post. ... My Beautiful Laundrette is a 1985 film directed by Stephen Frears. ...

Breaking and Entering, a 2006 romantic drama, by Academy Award-winning director Anthony Minghella, shot and set in King's Cross, a blighted, inner-city neighbourhood of London, examines an affair which unfolds between a successful British landscape architect and a Bosnian woman – the mother of a troubled teen son – who was widowed by the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Breaking and entering is defined as the crime of illegally entering a residence or other enclosed property using any amount of force (even pushing open an unlocked door). ... // Please note that following the tradition of the English language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 2006; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing... A romantic drama film is a film that seriously studies the romantic nature of relationships between people. ... // The Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best script not based upon previously published material. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... Anthony Minghella (born January 6, 1954) is an Academy Award-winning British film director, playwright and screenwriter. ... Kings Cross is an place in the London Borough of Camden. ... Urban decay and renewal in Cincinnati Urban decay is the popular term for both the physical and social degeneration of cities and large towns. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Landscape architecture. ... Combatants  Bosnia and Herzegovina Volunteers from Islamic countries HVO  Croatia Volunteers from Western Europe Republika Srpska  Yugoslavia Various paramilitary units from Serbia and Montenegro Volunteers from Eastern Europe Commanders Alija Izetbegović (President of Bosnia and Herzegovina) Sefer Halilović (Army chief of staff 1992-1993) Rasim Delić (Army chief of Staff...

Kids' London

London has been a popular location for children's (and especially Disney) films over the last 40 years. The animated features Peter Pan (1953), One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) and Basil, the Great Mouse Detective (known in North America as The Great Mouse Detective) (1986) were all set in the city, as were Mary Poppins (1964) and Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971). These, however, were all filmed in the U.S.. Old logo from 1985-2006 Walt Disney Pictures refers to several different entities associated with The Walt Disney Company: Walt Disney Pictures, the film banner, was established as a designation in 1983, prior to which Disney films since the death of Walt Disney were released under the name of the... Peter Pan is the fourteenth animated feature in the Disney animated features canon. ... This article is about the 1961 film. ... North America North America is a continent[1] in the Earths northern hemisphere and (chiefly) western hemisphere. ... The Great Mouse Detective is a 1986 animated feature produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation, and originally released to movie theaters on July 2, 1986 by Walt Disney Pictures. ... For the 2004 stage musical, see Mary Poppins (musical). ... Bedknobs and Broomsticks is a 1971 musical film produced by Walt Disney Productions, which combines live action and animation; it premiered on October 7, 1971. ... For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ...

In more recent years The Parent Trap (1998 version), Winning London, The Great Muppet Caper and the 1996 live-action remake of 101 Dalmatians all used actual locations in the city, as did the 1975 Disney comedy One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing, which was largely set around the Natural History Museum in the early 20th Century. The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) was set in Victorian London, but largely used Shepperton Studios. The film Melody (1970) (also known as SWALK) was filmed in and around Lambeth and Vauxhall and reunited Mark Lester and Jack Wild after their appearance in Oliver!. The Parent Trap is a (1998) family film remake of 1961s The Parent Trap. ... Winning London is a 2001 film starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. ... The Great Muppet Caper is the second of a series of live-action musical feature films, starring Jim Hensons Muppets. ... The year 1996 in film involved some significant events. ... This article is about the 1996 film. ... One of our Dinosaurs is Missing is a British comedy film released in 1975, about the theft of a dinosaur skeleton from the Natural History Museum. ... For other similarly-named museums see Museum of Natural History. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Shepperton Studios, located in Shepperton, Middlesex, England is a film studio with a long history of film making. ... Look up melody in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Mark Lester (b. ... Jack Wild (30 September 1952 – 2 March 2006) was an English actor who achieved fame for his roles in both stage and screen productions of the Lionel Bart musical Oliver!. For the latter performance (playing the Artful Dodger), he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the... Oliver! is an Academy Award winning film and 1968 musical film directed by Carol Reed and based on the stage musical Oliver!. Both the film and play are based on the famous Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist. ...

The Harry Potter films also feature some London locations. The London Zoo, King's Cross station, and Leadenhall Market (Diagon Alley) are among those used. This article is about the Harry Potter series of novels. ... The giant ZSL London Zoo aviary ZSL London Zoo is the worlds oldest scientific zoo. ... This GNER train serving Kings Cross is named White Rose after the traditional symbol of Yorkshire. ... Leadenhall Market is a covered market in the City of London. ... “The Leaky Cauldron” redirects here. ...

Stormbreaker, the first novel in the bestselling Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz, was turned into a film in 2006. It features locations in London such as Hyde Park, Piccadilly Circus, and the Science Museum. The film also features several action sequences in the city, including a horse chase through central London and the main characters fighting on the rooftop of a skyscraper. Stormbreaker is the first novel in the Alex Rider series by author Anthony Horowitz. ... For the title character of the series, see Alex Rider (character). ... Anthony Horowitz (born 5 April 1956) is an English author and television scriptwriter. ... “Hyde Park” redirects here. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Image:Science Museum bernoulli exhibit. ...

Musical London

"Hey kids, let's put on a show!" The immortal (or at least lastingly sprightly) Cliff Richard was, briefly, a genuine movie star with three successful musical comedies in the early 1960s. The first of these, The Young Ones (1961), was set in London. Cliff, The Shadows, and his other chums need money to save their youth club, so they set up a pirate radio station to generate publicity and put on a show. They sing! They dance! They wear brightly-coloured tapered slacks! Robert Morley does martial arts! Cliff's second hit, Summer Holiday (1963) also deserves a mention, because although most of the action takes place driving across Europe, it has a starring role for a red London Routemaster bus. Sir Cliff Richard OBE (born Harry Rodger Webb on 14 October 1940) is an English singer, actor and businessman. ... The Young Ones is a British musical released in 1961, featuring singer Cliff Richard. ... The Shadows were an English instrumental rock n roll group active from the 1950s to the 2000s. ... The term Pirate Radio usually refers to illegal or unregulated radio transmission. ... Robert Morley CBE (May 26, 1908 – June 3, 1992) was an Oscar-nominated English actor who, often in supporting roles, was usually cast as a pompous English gentleman representing the Establishment. ... Summer Holiday is a British musical released in 1962, featuring singer Cliff Richard. ... First London AEC Routemaster, RML 2473 (JJD 473D), on route 7 towards Ladbroke Grove tube station, April 2002. ...

The success of some of these 1960s films helped to make up for London Town, Britain's first Technicolor musical, which was an embarrassingly high-profile flop in 1946. London Town is one of the most infamous flops in the history of British cinema. ... Logo celebrating Technicolors 90th Anniversary Technicolor is the trademark for a series of color film processes pioneered by Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation (a subsidiary of Technicolor, Inc. ...

Mary Poppins (1964) is memorable for its famous songs, (A Spoonful of Sugar, Chim-Chim-Cheree, Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious), technical excellence (notably the scene combining live action and animation) and one of the worst accents in the history of cinema. Dick Van Dyke's mangling of a cockney accent is painful to hear. For the 2004 stage musical, see Mary Poppins (musical). ... Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (IPA pronunciation: ) is a word in the song with the same title in the musical film Mary Poppins (The Sherman Brothers). ... Richard Wayne Dick Van Dyke (born December 13, 1925) is an Emmy-Award winning American actor of film, stage, and screen, comedian and dancer. ...

Also in 1964, Audrey Hepburn starred in My Fair Lady, the film of the musical of the George Bernard Shaw play Pygmalion. George Cukor's decision to award the role of Eliza Doolittle to Hepburn was perceived by many as a snub to Julie Andrews, who had played the part to great acclaim on Broadway. In the event, Andrews won an Oscar for Mary Poppins while Hepburn was not nominated. This is another film with some famous songs, including Wouldn't it be Loverly, I Could have Danced all Night and Get Me to the Church on Time. Marni Nixon's voice was used in place of Audrey Hepburn's for the songs. Audrey Hepburn (4 May 1929 - 20 January 1993) was an Academy Award and Tony Award winning Anglo-Dutch actress of film and theatre, Broadway stage performer, ballerina, fashion model, and humanitarian. ... My Fair Lady is an Academy Award-winning 1964 film adaptation of the stage musical, My Fair Lady, based in turn on the play Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw. ... George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856–2 November 1950) was an Irish dramatist, literary critic, and socialist. ... Play cover, depicting Mrs Campbell as Eliza Pygmalion (1913) is a play by George Bernard Shaw based on Ovids tale of Pygmalion. ... George Dewey Cukor (July 7, 1899 – January 24, 1983) was an American film director. ... For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... Marni Nixon (born February 22, 1930) is a singer whose renown for dubbing the singing voices of featured actresses in movies earned her the sobriquet The Ghostess with the Mostess. She was born Margaret McEathron in Altadena, California and began singing at a young age in choruses. ...

In Half a Sixpence (1967), professional cheery cockney Tommy Steele plays Arthur Kipps, a cockney who unexpectedly comes into some money, in a musical version of H.G. Wells's novel Kipps. Half a Sixpence is a musical comedy, written as a vehicle for British pop star Tommy Steele. ... Young Love by Tommy Steele Tommy Steele OBE (born December 17, 1936 in London, England) is a English entertainer. ... H. G. Wells at the door of his house at Sandgate Herbert George Wells (September 21, 1866 - August 13, 1946) was an English writer best known for his science fiction novels such as The War of the Worlds and The Time Machine. ... Kipps is a book by H.G. Wells, based on elements from his own life. ...

Oliver! (1968), the musical based on Oliver Twist, includes the songs Food, Glorious Food, Consider Yourself and You've Got To Pick A Pocket Or Two. Two more Dickens stories turned into musicals were A Christmas Carol (filmed as Scrooge in 1970) and The Old Curiosity Shop, which became Mr Quilp in 1975. Oliver! is an Academy Award winning film and 1968 musical film directed by Carol Reed and based on the stage musical Oliver!. Both the film and play are based on the famous Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist. ... Oliver Twist (1838) is Charles Dickens second novel. ... A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Christmas (commonly known as A Christmas Carol ) is what Charles Dickens described as his little Christmas Book and was first published on December 19, 1843 with illustrations by John Leech. ... Scrooge was a 1970 musical film adaptation of Charles Dickens classic 1843 story, A Christmas Carol. ... The Old Curiosity Shop is a novel by Charles Dickens. ...

The musical adaptation of Goodbye, Mr. Chips with Peter O'Toole and Petula Clark made use of several London locations, including the dining room at the Savoy Hotel and the Salisbury pub in the heart of the West End. Goodbye, Mr. ... Peter Seamus OToole (born August 2, 1932, uncertain but presumed correct date[1]) is an eight-time Academy Award-nominated Irish actor. ... Petula Clark, CBE (born November 15, 1932), is an English singer, actress and composer best known for her upbeat popular international hits of the 1960s. ... Savoy Hotel, Strand entrance, 1911 The Savoy Hotel is a five-star hotel located on the Strand, in the City of Westminster in central London that opened in 1889. ... The interior of Covent Garden Market in the West End The West End of London is an area of Central London, England, containing many of the citys major tourist attractions, businesses, and administrative headquarters. ...

Quadrophenia (1979) draws its soundtrack from the album of the same name, a rock opera by The Who. It tells the story of Jimmy, a disaffected teenager, taking his scooter to Brighton for the August bank holiday with a group of Mods, and taking part in on of the notorious 'battles' between Mods and Rockers. Quadrophenia is a 1979 British film based on the 1973 rock opera album Quadrophenia by The Who. ... Alternate cover Original soundtrack version Quadrophenia is a double album released by The Who on October 19, 1973, one of the groups two full-scale rock operas. ... The Whos Tommy, the first album explicitly billed as a rock opera A rock opera is a rock music album or stage production that resembles the form of an opera. ... The Who are an English rock band that first formed in 1964, and grew to be considered one of the greatest[1] and most influential[2] bands in the world. ... Brighton is located on the south coast of England, and together with its immediate neighbour Hove forms the city of Brighton and Hove. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Mods and Rockers were two conflicting British youth subcultures of the early-mid 1960s. ...

Punk, one of London's notable contributions to pop music, is the subject of Sid and Nancy (1986), a biopic of Sid Vicious, bassist with the Sex Pistols. Gary Oldman stars as Vicious. Also see the punk-rockumentaries directed by Julien Temple, the first being band manager Malcolm McLaren's take on 'his' invention of punk in his The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle and the more recent return volley by the estranged band members in The Filth and the Fury. Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... For other uses, see Pop music (disambiguation). ... Sid and Nancy, originally titled Love Kills, is a 1986 film directed by Alex Cox. ... For the professional wrestler, see Sid Eudy. ... The Sex Pistols were an iconic and highly influential English punk rock band, formed in London in 1975. ... Leonard Gary Oldman (born March 21, 1958) is an English actor, writer and director who initially came to prominence for his portrayal of Sid Vicious in the 1986 film Sid & Nancy. ... Julien Temple (born November 26, 1953 in London) is an English film, documentary and music video director. ... Malcolm McLaren (born Malcolm Robert Andrew Edwards, 22 January 1946, in London) is an English impresario, musician and self-publicist who is best known as being the manager of the punk rock band Sex Pistols. ... The Great Rock n Roll Swindle (1980) is a fictional documentary (a mockumentary) film directed by Julien Temple about the seminal British punk rock band Sex Pistols. ... The Filth and the Fury is a reference to a headline featured on British tabloid paper the Sun after an interview on BBC Televisions Today with Bill Grundy; Siouxsie Sioux (of Banshees fame) was a 17 year old groupie who was on the show with the drunken Pistols when...

The South London reggae scene is notably represented in Babylon (1980). Reggae is a music genre developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. ...

SpiceWorld (1997) is a Spice Girls vehicle rushed out to cash in on their success. It failed to gain critical acclaim. Spiceworld is the second album by British pop group the Spice Girls, released in 1997 (see 1997 in music). ... The Spice Girls are an English all-female pop group, formed in London in 1994. ...

References

External links

• http://www.reelstreets.com/index.htm