Visiting Filming Locations of "Repulsion" (1965) in London, England, UK

Directed by Roman Polanski
Produced by Gene Gutowski
Screenplay by Roman Polanski, Gérard Brach and David Stone
Story by Roman Polanski and Gérard Brach
Starring Catherine Deneuve, Yvonne Furneaux and Ian Hendry

Repulsion is a 1965 British psychological horror film directed by Roman Polanski, and starring Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry, John Fraser and Yvonne Furneaux. The screenplay was based on a scenario by Gérard Brach and Polanski. The plot focuses on a young woman who is left alone by her vacationing sister at their apartment, and begins reliving traumas of her past in horrific ways. Shot in London, it was Polanski's first English-language film and second feature length production, following Knife in the Water (1962). -Wikipedia

 Muriel’s Kitchen on background in South Kensington.

The Hoop and Toy, 34 Thurloe Place, South Kensington.

Around the South Kensington Underground Station

 

Thurloe's, 31 Thurloe Place, South Kensington

Visiting Filming Locations of "28 Days Later..." (2002) in London, England, UK

Directed by Danny Boyle
Produced by Andrew Macdonald
Written by Alex Garland
Starring Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Christopher Eccleston

The plot depicts the breakdown of society following the accidental release of a highly contagious virus and focuses upon the struggle of four survivors to cope with the destruction of the life they once knew. The title is a reference to the official amount of time for a retail purchase to be delivered to the recipient in the U.K. (similar to the U.S. business phrase "Allow 4-6 weeks for delivery"), possibly suggesting that a civilization could fall in the time it takes to send a package.

28 Days Later features scenes set in normally bustling parts of London such as Westminster Bridge, Piccadilly Circus, Horse Guards Parade and Oxford Street.

To depict these locations as desolate, the film crew closed off sections of street for minutes at a time, usually in early morning before sunrise on Sundays and would have typically around 45 minutes after dawn, to shoot the locations devoid of traffic and members of the public - to minimise disruption. Portions of the film were shot on a Canon XL1 digital video camera. DV cameras are much smaller and more manoeuvrable than traditional film cameras, which would have been impractical on such brief shoots.

For the London scene where Jim walks by the overturned double-decker bus, the film crew placed the bus on its side and removed it when the shot was finished, all within 20 minutes.

Much of the filming took place prior to the 11 September attacks and in the audio commentary, Boyle notes the parallel between the "missing persons" flyers seen at the beginning of the film at Piccadilly Circus and similar flyers posted in New York City in the wake of the attacks.
Boyle adds that his crew probably would not have been granted permission to close off Whitehall for filming after the terrorist attacks in New York. A clapperboard seen in one of the DVD extra features shows filming was still taking place on 8 October 2001. -Wikipedia

Visiting Filming Locations of "Eyes Wide Shut" (1999) in London, England, UK

Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Produced by Stanley Kubrick
Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick and Frederic Raphael
Based on Traumnovelle by Arthur Schnitzler
Starring Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Sydney Pollack and Marie Richardson


Eyes Wide Shut is a 1999 erotic thriller film loosely based upon Arthur Schnitzler's 1926 novella Traumnovelle (Dream Story). The film was directed, produced, and co-written by Stanley Kubrick. It was his last film, as he died six days after showing his final cut to Warner Bros. studios. The story, set in and around New York City, follows the sexually charged adventures of Dr. Bill Harford, who is shocked when his wife, Alice, reveals that she had contemplated an affair a year earlier. He embarks on a night-long adventure, during which he infiltrates a massive masked orgy of an unnamed secret society.


The film was mostly shot in the United Kingdom (aside from some exterior establishing shots), and included a detailed recreation of some exterior Greenwich Village street scenes at Pinewood Studios. The film spent a long time in production, and holds the Guinness World Record for the longest continuous film shoot period, at 400 days. -Wikipedia

 

Dr. Bill is stalked by a sinister man as he walks along Hatton Garden, where New York-style payphones were installed between numbers 32 and 38.

The stalker, who appears to be across the street, is actually on Worship Street.

The final Christmas shopping scene was filmed on the ground floor of London's famous West End toyshop Hamley’s, Regent Street.

source: movie-locations.com

Visiting Filming Locations of "Mission: Impossible" (1996) in Prague, Czech Republic & London, England, UK

Directed by Brian De Palma
Produced by Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner
Screenplay by David Koepp and Robert Towne
Based on Mission: Impossible by Bruce Geller
Starring Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Henry Czerny, Emmanuelle Béart, Jean Reno and Ving Rhames

Mission: Impossible is a 1996 American action spy film directed by Brian De Palma, produced by and starring Tom Cruise. Based on the television series of the same name, the plot follows Ethan Hunt (Cruise) and his mission to uncover the mole who has framed him for the murders of his entire IMF team. Work on the script had begun early with filmmaker Sydney Pollack on board, before De Palma, Steven Zaillian, David Koepp, and Robert Towne were brought in. Mission: Impossible went into pre-production without a shooting script. De Palma came up with some action sequences, but Koepp and Towne were dissatisfied with the story that led up to those events.

The film was a critical and commercial success, eventually becoming the third highest-grossing film of 1996. The film's success spawned four sequels, Mission: Impossible II (2000), Mission: Impossible III (2006), Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011), and Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015). -Wikipedia

 First shot of Prague. Platnéřská 4.

Tom Cruise In the embrace of colleague Kristin Scott Thomas while observe the enemy.

ul. Na Kampě.

When shit hits the fan.

Na Kampě and Karlův most.

All of the team are dead. Ethan is calling to his boss.

Dětský ostrov, Janáčkovo nábřeží.

Explosion in Aquarium restaurant: Ethan can escape now!

Staroměstské nám.

Ethan is coming back to the base after the escape from Aquarium restaurant.

Platnéřská 4.

Ethan wants to meet mysterious Max.

Na Příkopě 27.

The London safe house in which Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and Franz Krieger (Jean Reno) hole up, is above Liverpool Street underground station.

Hunt meets up with Phelps nearby, on Liverpool Street Railway Station. The row of telephones, where Hunt and Phelps meet, has been replaced by cashpoint machines.

 

The terrace pub, where Ethan finally unwinds, is the Anchor Tavern, Bankside on London’s south bank by Southwark Bridge.

source: movie-locations.com and filmovamista.cz