insideKENT Magazine Issue 24 - March 2014 | Page 107

The Darling Buds of May (1991–1993)

Die Another Day (2002)

Directed by: David Giles, Robert
Tronson, Rodney Bennett and
Tronson, Rodney Bennett and
Steve Goldie
Written by: H.E Bates, Paul Wheeler
and Stephen Bill
Kent locations used: Pluckley,
Folkestone and Tenterden
Tenterden

Directed by: Lee Tamahori
Tamahori
Written by: Ian Fleming (novel), Neal Purvis
and Robert Wade (screenplay)
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry,
Berry,
Rosamund Pike, Judi Dench, John Cleese
and Michael Madsen
Kent locations used:
Manston International Airport

One of Britain's best loved series, The
Darling Buds of May celebrated the
'perfick' life in the Garden of England.
Set in the 1950s, the series was filmed
on location in Pluckley, Tenterden
Folkestone.
Having starred David Jason, Phillip
starred David Jason, Phillip
Franks and Catherine Zeta Jones,
among others, the series was hugely
successful. For many, The Darling Buds
of May reflected the dream Kentish life that involved living in an oast
house and enjoying the countryside.

Die Another Day is not only the 20th film in
the James Bond series, but it also marks the
franchise’s 40th anniversary. The film sees
franchise’s 40th anniversary. The film sees
Bond captured on a mission in North Korea
after his true identity was leaked. A year later, he is released in exchange
released in exchange
for a terrorist but MI6 relieve him of his '00' because they suspect he gave
away secrets during his capture. In an attempt prove his innocence, Bond
sets off to find his betrayer, as well as the terrorist he was exchanged for.
betrayer, as well as the terrorist he was exchanged for.
The Die Another Day team visited Manston International
Airport in Ramsgate to film the Antonov cargo plane scenes towards the
end of the film.

The Mummy (1999)

Children of Men (2006)

Directed and written by: Stephen
Sommers
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz
and John Hannah
Kent locations used:
The Historic Dockyard, Chatham

Directed by: Alfonso Cuaron
Written by: Alfonso Cuaron,
Timothy J Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus
and Hawk Ostby
Starring: Clive Owen, Michael Caine,
Julianne Moore and Pam Ferris
Kent Locations Used:
The Historic Dockyard, Chatham

As punishment for embarking on an
affair with the Pharaoh’s wife, Imhotep
is mummified alive. His spirit survives
and once awoken, he wreaks a path
of destruction across Egypt. Meanwhile,
young Evelyn Carnahan and her brother
Jonathan discover a map to
Hamunaptra, the Egyptian city of the
dead.
Viewers may be surprised to learn that our very own Historic
Dockyard, Chatham made a cameo appearance in the film. Hollywood
transformed the popular location into Giza Port using CGI and an impressive
impressive
600ft-long set.

In 2027, after 18 years of global human
infertility, a young woman (Kee) is discovered
to be pregnant against all expectation. Former
activist Theo is then forced to decide whether
he will fight for humanity’s survival by
humanity’s survival by
protecting mother and child.
Slip 3 at The Historic Dockyard, Chatham is the setting for the rebel
safe house where Julian first enlists Theo’s help to protect Kee.
Theo’s help to protect Kee.

Great Expectations
(1946) (1989) (1999) (2012)
Directed by: David Lean
Written by: Charles Dickens (novel) and
(adaptation)
Starring: John Mills, Valerie Hobson,
Bernard Miles and Martita Hunt
Kent locations used: St Mary’s Marshes,
Medway and Restoration House
Great Expectations was the first of David Lean’s two adaptations of Dickens’
classic novels. The film tells the story of young Pip, a good natured orphan
who lives with kind blacksmith Joe Gargery and his often abusive wife.
Pip’ fortunes appear to change when a recluse named Miss Havisham
s
arrives in his life, and eventually a mysterious benefactor, who pays for him
to travel to London and learn to be a gentleman in the hope of him achieving
his 'great expectations'.
Dickens based Satis House, the home of Miss Havisham, on Restoration
House in Rochester. Featured several times throughout the film, some of
the most dramatic scenes in the story take place within its walls. The River
Medway and the adjacent St Mary’s Marshes also feature.
Four adaptations of Great Expectations have been made, each boasting
scenes filmed in Kent. Shots from the most recent version (2012) are pictured
here on location in Oare.
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