Jude
Date: 1996
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Production Company: Revolution Films
Stars: Christopher Eccleston, Kate Winslet, Liam Cunningham, Rachel Griffiths, James Daley.
Location(s): Scotland, Northumberland, County Durham, North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, London, New Zealand
Region(s): London H-L, North, Rest Of The World, Scotland
Storyline:
Jude, a young stonemason dreams of becoming a scholar. He falls in love with his cousin Sue but their unconventional relationship and their struggles with societal expectations lead them down a path of tragedy and despair.
Additional Information:
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In black and white footage, Jude Fawley first appears as a youth (James Daley), running from an angry farmer.
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He runs into the story's Marygreen village. Blanchland, Northumberland, on the border with County Durham.
White cars replace the chicken and sheep in today's view taken by Tony Leighton.
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At the village school, the headmaster Mr. Phillotson prepares to take his leave. The Old School, Blanchland, now The White Monk Refectory & Tearoom.
Tony finds a similar view plus a few modern signs.
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Phillotson (Liam Cunningham) gathers his pupils for a school photograph. Old School, Blanchland.
Tony Leighton captures the view today.
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As the blacksmith (Adrian Bower) takes the photo, we see Consett Road behind, with the Lord Crewe Arms on the left.
Tony is the photographer today, finding a new sign for the Lord Crewe Arms.
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Jude accompanies Phillotson as he heads out of the village. Consett Road, Blanchland.
Tony Leighton signs off with this view, complete with a Christmas wreath.
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Jude is given a distant view of the film's Christminster with Phillotson extolling its virtues. Probably an artificial addition to the countryside by the filmmakers.
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An adult Jude (Christopher Eccleston) comes across his future wife Arabella (Rachel Griffiths), washing offal in a stream for her father, a pig farmer.
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Arabella takes Jude to her father's farmhouse. Later, pretending she is pregnant, she talks him into marrying her.
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Seeking a better life for herself, Arabella leaves Jude in the winter.
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Jude, travels to Christminster hoping to improve his lot, and gets a job as a stonemason. He spots Sue (Kate Winslet) through a shop window. Frederick Street, Edinburgh.
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Sue prepares to leave the store, where she makes religious artefacts. 67 Frederick Street Edinburgh.
An entrance has been added in Malcolm Tinnelly's comparison shot.
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Jude follows Sue as she walks through the city. Facing east on Northumberland Street, Edinburgh.
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Sue continues to walk, crossing Parliament Square, Edinburgh.
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Sue enters a market. High Street, Edinburgh, part of the Royal Mile, dressed for the film.
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Sue calls to Jude. A false front has been added to 377 High Street, Edinburgh, giving it an olde world look.
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Having discovered they are cousins, Jude and Sue walk together. Royal Mile, Edinburgh.
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Jude and Sue walk by the river.
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Sue pretends to jump in.
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Jude pauses on a bridge.
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Sue playfully tries to steal Jude's Latin book.
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As Jude watches, students emerge from a university building. George Heriot's School quad, Edinburgh.
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Jude points out John Wilkes' statue. This is George Heriot's School quad, Edinburgh, but for the film it is sporting a replica of the Wilkes statue in Fetter Lane London.
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Sue manages to lose her job. To prevent her leaving town, Jude seeks to help her. St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Palmerston Place, Edinburgh EH12.
It was the chimney pots that clinched the correct angle for Malcolm Tinnelly's shot which he reports is from the northern side.
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The cousins call on Mr. Phillotson, Jude's old headmaster, and he agrees to take her on as an apprentice. The adjoining building to St. Mary's Cathedral.
Malcolm Tinnelly's shot is taken from the other side of the building to the previous capture.
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Jude walks with Sue as she walks out from a school museum trip. Old College, University of Edinburgh.
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Sue accompanies Jude as he delivers an application for admission to the college. Back entrance, George Heriot's School, Edinburgh.
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Turned down by the college, Jude returns to Marygreen. He gets a letter from Sue saying that she has moved to Melchester with Phillotson but would love to see him again. Consett Road, Blanchland.
Tony Leighton provides the comparison.
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In Melchester, as Jude and Sue talk, she reveals Phillotson has asked her to marry him. Botanical Gardens, Edinburgh.
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Now married to Sue, Philliston walks through cloisters in Melchester. In the real world this is Durham Cathedral.
Tony Leighton visited the Durham Cathedral cloisters to reproduce the shots.
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The tower of Durham cathedral, visible through the cloisters.
Tony nimbly managed the contortions required for these shots in an area teeming with tourists.
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Jude returns to Marygreen, to visit his dying mother. Blanchland, Northumberland.
Tony's perfectly-matched shot adds speed limit signs.
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After the funeral, Sue joins Jude at the graveside. The Old School, Blanchland.
Tony Leighton provides a modern look at the former Victorian school, which closed in the 1980s and has become the characterful White Monk Tea Rooms.
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The story moves on to Shaston, where Sue has a job as a teacher. Richmond, North Yorkshire.
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Jude walks up the main street, on his way to pay a surprise visit to Sue. Frenchgate, Richmond, North Yorkshire,
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Sue decides to leave Phillotson to be with Jude, and they ride to the station.. The old Richmond Railway Station, Station Yard, Richmond, North Yorkshire. The station closed in 1969, but at the time of filming was a garden centre. Now the station has been restored with bar, cinema and art galleries.
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Jude and Sue engage in a seaweed fight, apparently filmed on a beach in New Zealand as no British summer was available.
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Jude finds work laying tiles.
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Down below, Sue has brought Jude's dinner.
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Jude and Sue travel by train. Keighley & Worth Valley Railway, West Yorkshire.
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They shop at a market.
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Sue answers a knock on the door but there is no one there. Beck Road, Hackney, London, also seen in 'Alien Autopsy' and 'Buster'.
Not quite capturing the evocation of the original. Looking east with the 'Buster" house on the left. SJ
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Jude loses his contract and he and Sue are forced to auction off their posessions. This is the back of the houses in Town Street at the Beamish Living Museum of the North, Stanley, County Durham.
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They move close to a construction site in a valley so that Jude can get employment.
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Jude and Sue return to Christminster, where they attend a graduation ceremony. Parliament Square, Edinburgh, with St. Giles Cathedral on the left.
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Jude and Sue with their children look for accommodation in a poor area of Christminster. Andy Biggs spotted the street he used to live on, Waverley Park, Edinburgh looking towards Arthur's Seat.
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They get repeatedly turned down because of the children. 18 Waverley Park, found by Andy Biggs.
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Eventually finding digs, Jude gets a good job and both are happy, but not for long. Andy Biggs recognises Waverley Park, Edinburgh.
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After a tragic incident at home, Jude and Sue watch as their children are buried. Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh.
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In her grief, Sue becomes deeply religious. St. Cuthberts Church, 50 Philbeach Gardens, London SW5.
A splendid interior. SJ
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Sue sees the deaths as divine retribution and walks back alone. 31 Northumberland Street, Edinburgh.
Malcolm Tinnelly had no chance of avoiding the parked cars here.
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Jude follows her at a distance. Northumberland Street.
Parked cars here, but Malcol Tinnelly found a safe spot further forward in the centre of the road for the comparison shot.
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Jude stares as Sue ignores him. Northumberland Street.
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Christmas Day, 1889, Jude is living alone. Jules Ballantyne finds Jude in Borthwick's Close, Edinburgh. (RL)
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He walks down the street, heading for the churchyard. Moray Place, Edinburgh
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He arrives at the churchyard to find Sue kneeling by the childrens' grave. Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh
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Jude implores Sue to come back. Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh
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Sue admits she loves Jude but cannot stay with him, as she leaves the churchyard. Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh