Bunch of Amateurs, A
Date: 2008
Director: Andy Cadiff
Production Company: Isle of Man Film, CinemaNX, Limelight
Stars: Burt Reynolds, Charles Durning, Samantha Bond, Imelda Staunton, Derek Jacobi, Peter Wight
Location(s): Buckinghamshire, Isle of Man
Region(s): North, South East A-D
Storyline:
Aging action film star opts for King Lear but finds himself at the wrong Stratford in an amateur production. SJ
Additional Information:
Very hard to spot any of the Isle of Man locations here yet the company spent 20 days filming.
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- Capture 1
- 'Now' required
Reynolds visits his daughter's alternative theatre venue. Set in LA, but could be London or even Isle of Man.
- Capture 2
- 01 Mar 2014
Reynolds finds himself in the wrong Stratford.
Would have been an awkward place for a real telephone kiosk. SJ
- Capture 3
- 01 Mar 2014
Bond and Reynolds in "Stratford, Suffolk", a reverse pov from the previous capture.
In reality Hambleden, Buckinghamshire, a real location favourite for sleepy villages for the last sixty years (imdb has managed to name a few of them). SJ
- Capture 4
- 01 Mar 2014
The press wait outside the pub for Reynolds.
Even in this sleepy village parking prevents accurate angles. SJ
- Capture 5
- 'Now' required
The pub interior
- Capture 6
- 01 Mar 2014
Reynolds and Bond enjoy Hambleden.
The road sign has faded a little. SJ
- Capture 7
- 'Now' required
Reynolds' guest house: now this could be in the Isle of Man. Indeed it is. Ballahott Farm, Malew found by Steve Randall.
- Capture 8
- 01 Mar 2014
But this is the centre of Hambleden, Buckinghamshire.
The church is just to the right. SJ
- Capture 9
- 01 Mar 2014
Panning right. Suffolk on the van won't fool us. Hambleden's church, St Mary the Virgin, may have enjoyed its first brush with the movies in 'The Captive Heart' from 1946 and has since appeared in many other productions including 'Murder is Easy', 'A Month in the Country', 'Nanny McPhee Returns', 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang', 'Into the Woods', 'Candleshoe', 'Rollin' with the Nines', ‘The Avengers’, ‘101 Dalmatians’, 'Child's Play', ‘The Legacy’, ‘Death on the Nile’, 'The Christmas Tree', ‘Another Country’, ‘The Witches’, ‘The Black Cat’, ‘The Blue Geranium’ and ‘Hampstead’.
Now.
- Capture 10
- 01 Mar 2014
Reynolds passes by the village post office and store.
Also seen in 'The Legacy'. SJ
- Capture 11
- 01 Mar 2014
Reynolds crosses a small stream.
This is in 'The Witches' area of the village to the west of the church. SJ
- Capture 12
- 01 Mar 2014
Back towards the Stag and Huntsman pub, just to the west.
The butcher's seen in both 'The Witches' as well as 'The Legacy' and passed by in 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang', 'Dance with a Stranger' and '101 Dalmatians' also glimpsed in 'The Black Cat' and 'The Avengers'. SJ
- Capture 13
- 01 Mar 2014
Outside the church on the main "square."
I do believe it's the same bench, and the same ivy. SJ