Stardust (2007)
Date: 2007
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Production Company: Marv Films, Ingenious Film Partners
Stars: Charlie Cox, Claire Danes, Sienna Miller, Michelle Pfeiffer, David Kelly, Melanie Hill, Jason Flemyng, Mark Strong, Kate Magowan, Henry Cavill, Jake Curran
Location(s): Buckinghamshire, Carmarthenshire, Gloucestershire, Hertfordshire, Highland. Hornafjördur (Iceland), Norfolk, North Yorkshire, Oxfordshire, Powys, Wiltshire
Region(s): Midlands, Rest Of The World, Scotland, South East R-Z, South West, Wales
Storyline:
In a country bordering a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he’ll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the forbidden realm.
Additional Information:
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Young Dunstan Thorne (Ben Barnes) tricks a guard (David Kelly) and crosses the wall which forms a border to the magical kingdom of Stormhold. For the film a wall was temporarily constructed at Golden Valley, Ashridge Estate, Hertfordshire.
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Across the wall is the marketplace in Stormhold, where Dunstan meets and spends the night with an enslaved princess Una (Kate Magowan), resulting in a baby Tristan. Stephen Dean recognises the stable yard of Shadwell Court, Brettenham in Norfolk which was used for the marketplace scenes.
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Eighteen years later Tristan (Charlie Cox) emerges from his house in the village of "Wall" to woo Victoria. Arlington Row , Bibury, Cirencester, Gloucestershire.
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Tristan sets off down the road. The Street, Castle Combe, Wiltshire. The village famously features in 1967's 'Doctor Dolittle'.
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He approaches the house where Victoria lives. The Street, Castle Combe, Wiltshire.
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Victoria (Sienna Miller) looks down from her window. Castle House, The Street, Castle Combe.
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Tristan is beaten up by Victoria's boyfriend Humphrey (Henry Cavill). The Street, Castle Combe.
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The next day dawns. An aerial shot of The Street in Castle Combe.
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Victoria walks into the marketplace. Castle Combe, Wiltshire.
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She visits the village grocer where Tristran works. Market Place, Castle Combe, Wiltshire.
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A cottage is visited by Lamia the witch, searching for a fallen shooting star. Professor’s Cottage, Heights of Kinlochewe, Highland, Scotland.
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The owner calls in vain for her son, whom Lamia has turned into a goat. Professor’s Cottage, Heights of Kinlochewe.
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Tristan is also searching for the star to win Victoria's hand in marriage. He finds it in the form of Yvaine (Claire Danes). Black Mountain above Llyn y Fan Fach lake., Brecon Beacons National Park, Powys, Wales.
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Lamia rides into a glen. Fairy Glen on the Isle of Skye, Highland.
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Tristan and Yvaine walk through a forest. Black Park, Buckinghamshire, which appears in numerous films.
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At a beach Prince Septimus (Mark Strong) demands to see his soothsayer. Stokksnes near Höfn, Iceland, with Vestrahorn Mountain in the background, also seen in 'A View to a Kill'.
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Lamia (Michelle Pfeiffer) casts runes to determine the star's whereabouts. Quiraing, Isle of Skye, Scotland.
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Lamia conjures up a country inn with the help of magic (and set builders?). There she captures Yvaine planning to cut out her heart. Primus (Jason Flemyng) and Tristan arrive.
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Lamia kills Primus, leaving Septimus as the sole claimant to the throne.
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Tristan and Yvaine escape and are transported to a flying pirate ship. Bealach na Ba, Strathcarron, Isle of Skye.
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Tristan and Yvaine leave the ship and walk through a valley. Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve, Kinlochewe, Highland.
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Septimus and his men are in pursuit and reach the pirate ship. Picws Du, Black Mountain, Carmarthenshire.
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Tristan and Yvaine continue on their journey to Wall. Quiraing, Isle of Skye.
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Bernard (Jake Curran) waits for Septimus who has plunged into the lake after attempting to get information from the ship's captain. Loch Coruisk, Isle of Skye.
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Ditchwater Sal (Melanie Hill) rides towards a bridge.
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Tristan and Yvaine crouch under the bridge before getting a lift from Ditchwater Sal.
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The caravan arrives at the Slaughtered Prince. Britons Arms Coffee House 6 Elm Hill, Norwich, Norfolk. On the right is the former St. Peter Hungate, now Hungate Medieval Art, seen in 'Stalls of Barchester'.
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Leaving Yvaine at the inn, Tristan heads back to Wall. The Street, Castle Combe.
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Tristan walks towards Victoria's house. The Market Place, Castle Combe.
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Yvaine walks through the market town. According to the BBC Norfolk site, the arch we see in the film was sourced from another location in Norfolk and computer-generated onto Elm Hill. Stephen Dean has now established the location as the archway leading into the stable yard at Shadwell Court, Brettenham, Norfolk, with Elm Hill, Norwich, digitally inserted beyond it.
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Humphrey confronts Tristan outside Victoria's house. Castle House, Castle Combe.
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Tristan runs to find Yvaine. The Street, Castle Combe.
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Ditchwater Sal gives chase. Now identified by Stephen Dean as the entrance to the stable yard at Shadwell Court opposite the archway seen in capture 30. The house is in private ownership and is not accessible to the public.
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Yvaine heads for the gap in the wall. and the film heads for a studio-based conclusion. Golden Valley, Ashridge Estate, Hertfordshire.