Romantic Film Locations Blog

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I’m loving the costumes and soft color palette of Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang.  You can see more photos here.

This Daily Mail article talks about Antony House in Cornwall providing the setting for some Alice in Wonderland scenes.  Also mentioned - the new Robin Hood.  Read the story here.

Hope you all have a wonderful holiday!

Mr. Darcy’s Pemberley in Pride & Prejudice (1995) was actually Lyme Park.

If you like Romantic Film Locations as much as I do, you may be interested in Brit Movie Tours, a new bus tour company launching in London, this February. The tours are divided up into themes like Romantic, Harry Potter, Spy, etc… and visit locations featured in movies like Bridget Jones’s Diary, HP, Notting Hill and the James Bond films.

You can find out more about the company at http://britmovietours.com.

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It may not be a fantastic film, but I love the movie Crush with Andie McDowell (sometimes known as Satan’s actress, but she’s ok in this). The film just fuels my fantasy of living in the Costwolds in a glorious cottage with charming avenues and shops. Just look at that doorway in the photo. Sigh. I managed to find a VHS copy of the film for $.99 and snapped it up, but I’d really like to get it on DVD so I can get some screen shots of the cottage/town.

Filmed in and around Chipping Campden, the film’s director was keen to choose a town that was “beautiful but very dull”. Not sure how the town reacted to the dull part of that comment, but it certainly is beautiful.

If you want to stay near Chipping Campden, try the Letter Box Cottage where Andie McDowell stayed during filming: http://www.cotswoldcountrycycles.com/cottage.htm

The real bonus of this film is that the gals go off for a weekend in Paris and stay at one of my “wish list” hotels, the Relais Christine. http://www.relais-christine.com/

All photos copyright Miramax.

Who doesn’t love the movie Finding Neverland? It’s so great, right? And not just because of Johnny Depp and his “och look at the wee bairn” Scottish accent. I loved all of the pretty locations filmed around Richmond, Surrey and the elegant sets, especially the interior of the Llewelyn Davies house. So I thought I would pull a few shots for you as a glorious example of Edwardian England décor. Kate Winslet’s bedroom is rather shabby chic – don’t you love it!

And I just have to throw in a shot of Mrs. Barrie’s room for those awesome curtains (and that sweater!).

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So I was just lamenting the lack of good romantic comedies (New In Town?) and suddenly I remembered my copy of Imagine Me & You. Not quite your average boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy get’s girl back… it’s more boy meets girl, girl meets girl… but all done in a very posh Primrose Hill (London) kind of way.

The photography and lighting is absolutely gorgeous and if you are starting to lament the heat of summer (as I am, hello 100 degrees this weekend), it will bathe you in the crisp cool air of a fantasy Autumn. I’ve included some captures for your viewing pleasure!

Luce’s adorable flower shop. Notice her retro delivery truck.

Rachel & Heck’s romantic lantern filled wedding. Lanterns and twinkle lights AND candles!

Rachel and Heck’s messy modern flat. Who can afford these places? Sadly not I.

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Last night I watched the film New In Town with Renee Zellwegger. I’m sure you already know that this is not her (or anyone else on the film’s) finest work. It got me thinking this morning that I can’t really remember the last really good romantic comedy. Could it be Bridget Jones’s Diary?

I peruse my DVD collection. Let’s see there’s Just Like Heaven or Wimbledon… possible candidates but uneven and not really in the same league as say a When Harry Met Sally. Waitress? Great film but doesn’t really tick all of the boxes for a rom com in my book.

I stretch my mind even further… Ratatouille? Not quite. Priceless? Good but a bit shallow. Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont? Okay so the point is… I’m getting desparate here for a quality romantic comedy. I’m not talking vapid chick flick (or anything with Kate Hudson) but rather quirky sparkling idealized romance.

Penelope?

I give up.

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Fifi Flowers is inspired by a couple of things that I love. Movies and travel. So I was very excited to stumble upon these charming notecards featuring village locations from the film Chocolat. She also does commissioned works so if you have a movie location that you’d like captured in canvas or notecards, please visit her site for more info.

I love to watch movie trailers.  I watch all of the latest and greatest on Apple.com and elsewhere.  Some movie trailers I watch over and over - especially when I used to work 9 to 5 {I had to get that escape somehow!}.

A great resource for movie trailer fans is Soundtrack.net.  You can find out what music was used in your favorite trailer.  For example I’ve always liked the music in the trailer for Cold Mountain which uses bits of the score for Snow Falling on Cedars and Anna & The King.