Ammonite
Date: 2020
Director: Francis Lee
Production Company: BBC Film, British Film Institute (BFI), Cross City Films
Stars: Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Jones, James McArdle, Alec Secareanu, Fiona Shaw
Location(s): Dorset, Kent, London
Region(s): London A-B, South East A-D, South West
Storyline:
A partly fictionalised account of a speculative relationship between 19th century fossil hunter Mary Anning and Charlotte Murchison who is sent to convalesce by the sea.
Additional Information:
Screen captures, research and uncredited comparisons by Neil Webster
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- Capture 1
- 28 Mar 2024
Mary Anning (Kate Winslet, extreme left) returns from fossil hunting. This narrow thoroughfare is the southern end of Broad Street in Lyme Regis, Dorset.
Clive Rideout found a more colourful scene.
- Capture 2
- 28 Mar 2024
Arriving at her home and fossil shop. Broad Street, Lyme Regis.
Clive Rideout suggests that a sea view was clearly unwanted.
- Capture 3
- 28 Mar 2024
Roderick and Charlotte Murchison (James McArdle and Saoirse Ronan) taking the sea air. The Cobb, Lyme Regis.
The Cobb with its bollards revealed by Clive Rideout.
- Capture 4
- 'Now' required
Mary taking Charlotte fossil hunting. Eype Beach, Dorset, looking west towards Doghouse Hill.
- Capture 5
- 29 Jul 2025
After sharp words, Charlotte storms off. Charmouth Beach, Dorset, looking east towards Golden Cap.
Richard Winchester found that fossil hunting is still very much alive and well on this beach.
- Capture 6
- 'Now' required
Mary visits Elizabeth (Fiona Shaw) to purchase a salve for Charlotte. The Old Parsonage at Littlebredy near Dorchester in Dorset.
- Capture 7
- 28 Mar 2024
Charlotte leaving for London. Between numbers 41 and 42 Coombe Street, Lyme Regis.
The reality captured by Clive Rideout.
- Capture 8
- 28 Mar 2024
Watching Charlotte's coach disappear. Coombe Street, Lyme Regis.
Parked cars litter Clive Rideout's comparison.
- Capture 9
- 28 Mar 2024
Returning home. A reverse shot down Coombe Street.
Clive Rideout found the street just as quaint.
- Capture 10
- 28 Mar 2024
After an invite from Charlotte, Mary sails to London. The Cobb, Lyme Regis, which also features in 'The French Lieutenant’s Woman' while other parts of the town can be seen in 'Wreck Raisers' and 'All Over the Town'.
The tide didn't wait for Clive Rideout.
- Capture 11
- 09 May 2025
Arriving at a virtual 19th century Bankside in London.
Bankside, 21st century.
- Capture 12
- 'Now' required
Anchor Wharf, the Historic Dockyard at Chatham, Kent advises IMDb.
- Capture 13
- 07 Mar 2024
Approaching Charlotte's residence. No 3 Fitzroy Square in Fitzrovia, London W1 with the green door over her shoulder. (RL)
With the exact doorway established Paul Lincoln was quickly on the scene, he really wasn't expecting any major changes. (RL)
- Capture 14
- 09 May 2025
Visiting her famous Ichthyosaur fossil at the British Museum on Great Russell Street in London WC1.
Not a bonnet or top hat in sight.