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Jan 12, 2020 · Winner of Best Drama and Best Director at the Golden Globes and now a favourite for further glory at the Oscars, 1917 is the kind of film that reaffirms faith in the big-screen experience. Sam Mendes’s movie is a phenomenal undertaking, recreating the claustrophobia and constant danger of the World War I trenches in all too vivid horror and topping it with a spectacular conceit.
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1917 is a 2019 war film directed and produced by Sam Mendes, who co-wrote it with Krysty Wilson-Cairns.Partially inspired by stories told to Mendes by his paternal grandfather Alfred about his service during World War I, [6] the film takes place after the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line during Operation Alberich, and follows two British soldiers, Will Schofield (George MacKay) and Tom ...
1917 was made entirely in the UK, with Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, southern England, standing in for the flat, open landscape of ‘Northern France’. Salisbury Plain , covering 300 square miles of chalk grassland north of the city of Salisbury , is probably best known as the home of Stonehenge, the ring of prehistoric stones which have stood here for between four and five thousand years.
- 1917 Filming Locations
- Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire
- Other Locations in The U.K.
When the team first decided that they were going to film ‘1917’ as a continuous shot, they were told by everyone, including the studio, that it was impossible. But they proved everyone wrong and created something so staggeringly masterful and ambitious. It was all possible due to the collaboration between Mendes, cinematographer, Roger Deakins, and...
One of the most important and difficult locations where ‘1917’ was filmed is Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire. Filming began there in April 2019. Salisbury Plain is one of the biggest military training areas in the U.K. and has a long history of training military troops, dating back to the 19th century. Salisbury Plain is sparsely populated and remains o...
‘1917’ made use of several other locations in the U.K. including Hankley Common, Elsteadin the Scottish Highlands. Hankley Common is owned by the Ministry of Defence and managed by Surrey Wildlife Trust. It has been a film regular for a while now. In fact, Mendes also filmed one of the crucial scenes in ‘Skyfall’ in Hankley Common. It was the set w...
The 1917 river scene was filmed in the Low Force waterfall in Teesdale valley near Barnard Castle in County Durham. This section of the movie was shot using a drone. If you are a fan of long-take scenes, the 2002 film Russian Ark is a real one-shot movie that takes place in real-time in the Hermitage Museum. Alfonso Cuarón's 2006 movie ...
Feb 3, 2020 · Starring a cast lined with some of Britain’s most celebrated and up-and-coming actors, the new movie from the Skyfall director will focus on two young soldiers and their daring quest to save ...
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Jan 10, 2020 · Where in Scotland did 1917 shoot? Plans for the film to shoot extensively in Glasgow were submitted to Glasgow City Council early in 2019. Govan Docks was used in the production, and that planning ...
