Go Set Jetting

Stowe School

admin — Sat, 31 May 2008 14:57:54 +0000

Stowe School was used as the location of the Nazi rally where Hitler watches his followers burn books and Indy and his father reclaim the grail diary.

Haddon Hall

admin — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:37:26 +0000

Haddon Hall transforms into the “Inn at Lambton” in the movie Pride and Prejudice, while its dining hall becomes Elizabeth’s bedroom. It was also used for the internal scenes of the Boleyn house in The Other Boleyn Girl.

Galway

admin — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:28:20 +0000

Various locations in County Galway were used as locations as the Irish King’s City and the opening sequence.

Glassillaun

admin — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:25:42 +0000

Used as the location for the Irish King’s Castle in Tristan + Isolde.

San Clemente

admin — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:52:37 +0000

The bulk of Brick was shot in the director’s home town of San Clemente in California, particularly San Clemente High School.

Set Jetting in Forbes

admin — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 12:49:37 +0000

Forbes Traveler has a great article on set jetting, talking about a number of locations which are usually missed from most articles, but obviously remain a massive draw and it also goes to show that the effects of a film have a much longer-lasting and far reaching effect than many other forms of advertising.

It’s not easy getting to Dyersville, Iowa, especially since the picturesque town of 4,000 is 65 miles north of the state’s main highway. Nevertheless, it attracts roughly 65,000 visitors a year, from as far away as Japan and Australia. The reason? Dyersville is home to the Field of Dreams. “We encourage everyone to head to the corn, bring a bat, ball and play, or just sit on the bleachers and dream,” says Julie Kronlage of the Dyersville Area Chamber of Commerce.

Field of Dreams, starring Kevin Costner, was released back in 1989! The article also notes many companies and tourist boards are getting wise to the benefits for both parties:

Wise to the dollars involved, more and more tourism boards are planning promotions around major Hollywood releases. With The Da Vinci Code, Sony entered into partnerships with tourism boards in London, Paris and Edinburgh to market the film, as well as the specific destinations where it was shot. “We started working together in May 2005 because we knew that there would be such an interest in the film,” says Jenni Steele of Visit Scotland. “It’s not everyday that this comes along.”

I was at Cannes last year and a huge number of countries and French provinces had stands showing not only what films had been shot in that location but also the facilities, locations and support they could offer to try and draw more productions to their neck of the woods.

Set Jetting as Advertising

admin — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 12:58:26 +0000

The BBC has an article which mentions something I hadn’t seen before, those clever beggers at VisitScotland and Scottish Screen actually commissioned a short film produced to exploit the tourism spin-offs for Scotland from the Da Vinci Code movie. The film cost £50,000 and forms part of a £1.3 million campaign and was designed not only to show Scotland’s film links but also encourage people to visit other locations based on films, literature and legends.

Set Jetting Links

admin — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 12:40:43 +0000

Lindsay Hunt has written a great article on set jetting over at Visit Britain, but perhaps the best thing is the selection of links to other sources. Check it out to find our where even some of the most obscure films where shot, but beware it takes some trawling.

Jet Setting in Hawaii

admin — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:34:15 +0000

The Hawaii Film Blog has some interesting posts on set jetting in (you guessed it) Hawaii, with films such as Jurassic Park and Blue Crush, plus TV series like Lost, Magnum PI and Hawaii Five-O filmed on the islands they have an illustrious history packed into a small area.

Da Vinci Tour

admin — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:08:14 +0000

Welcome to Scotland has details of the Edinburgh city break from Dooley Vacations, which includes a 6 hour DaVinci Code and Scottish Borders Tour.

Your tour takes you south to the world famous Scott’s View, with stunning views over the Tweed Valley and the Eildon Hills. From here you travel to Melrose exploring the great Border Abbey of Melrose, burial place of Robert the Bruce, and important centre of the ancient order of the Knights of Templar. Following lunch in Melrose you will travel north to the spooky graveyard of Temple, named after the Templars. After a brief stop her you will make your way to the stunning Rosslyn Chapel, immortalised in Dan Brown’s “DaVinci Code” and you can find out more about the myths and legends surrounding the whereabouts of the “Holy Grail”. From here you return to Edinburgh.