Ireland Filming Locations
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Cast: Tom Hanks (Captain Miller), Matt Damon (Private Ryan), Tom Sizemore (Sergeant Horvath), Edward Burns (Private Reiben), Vin Diesel (Private Caparzo), Ted Danson (Captain Hamill), Paul Giamatti (Sergeant Hill)
Crew: Steven Spielberg (director), Robert Rodat (writer)
Plot: This film is set during the WWII invasion of Normandy Beach. The film involves a search led by Captain Miller to find Private Ryan whose three brothers have previously died in the war.
Production Information: This film made $481,800,000 worldwide and won the Academy Award for Best Director.
Websites
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120815/
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/saving_private_ryan/
Videos
Curracloe Beach, Ballinesker, Country Wexford, Ireland
This Irish beach closely resembles that of Normandy Beach in France making it an appropriate filming location.
The crew erected WWII props onsite such as machine gun stations, fake blood, explosives, etc.
Filming at this location lasted fifteen days.
United Kingdom Filming Locations
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Cast – Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley), Emma Watson (Hermione Granger), Richard Harris (Albus Dumbledore), Alan Rickman (Severus Snape), Robbie Coltrane (Rubeus Hagrid), Maggie Smith (Minerva McGonagall)
Crew – Christopher Colombus (director), J.K. Rowling / Steve Kloves (screenplay)
Plots – The first of eight movies in the series, Harry learns that he is a wizard and embarks on his first adventure at Hogwarts.
Websites
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/harry_potter_and_the_sorcerers_stone/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0241527/
http://www.jkrowling.com/en_GB/
Videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geNlXmmIp7w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh95Ymn6F8c
King's Cross Station, King's Cross, London, England
London Zoo, Regent's Park, London, England
Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester, Gloucetershire, England
Shakespeare in Love
Cast – Geoffrey Rush (Philip Henslowe), Joseph Fiennes (Will Shakespeare), Martin Clunes (Richard Burbage), Judi Dench (Queen Elizabeth), Gwyneth Paltrow (Viola De Lesseps), Colin Firth (Lord Wessex), Tim Wilkinson (Hugh Fennyman)
Crew – John Madden (director), Marc Norman / Tom Stoppard (writters)
Plot – The story of how William Shakespeare meets his love who inspires him to write Romeo and Juliet.
Websites
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138097/
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/shakespeare_in_love/
Videos
Holkham Hall and Estate, Norfolk, England
Broughton Castle, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England
The Dark Knight Rises
Cast – Christian Bale (Bruce Wayne/Batman), Gary Oldman (Commissioner Gordon), Tom Hardy (Bane), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Blake), Anne Hathaway (Selina), Marion Cotillard (Miranda), Morgan Freeman (Lucius Fox), Michael Caine (Alfred)
Crew – Christopher Nolan (director), Jonathan Nolan / Christopher Nolan (screenplay), Bob Kane (creator)
Plot – The final installment in the Batman trilogy, Batman must fight to save Gotham for the final time and reclaim his reputation as a hero.
Websites
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1345836/
http://www.thedarkknightrises.com/dvd/
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_dark_knight_rises/
Videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GokKUqLcvD8
Stansted Airport, Essex, England
Wollaton Hall, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
