Velvet Goldmine

A baby Oscar Wilde is deposited on a Dublin doorstep by a UFO in a fairytale-like prologue. 15 Elder Street, London E1.

Parked cars and a lack of elevation combined to frustrate the angle but this captures the features on the east side of the street. SJ

A bunch of teenagers run past Jack Fairy (Micko Westmoreland). Unidentified location.

They run across Lambeth Bridge SE1.

The red of the bridge seems muter. SJ

The teenagers emerge at the Bank Station exit on Cornhill EC3.

Very tricky to reproduce the perspective. SJ

The teenagers run past Jack on Lothbury, with the Bank of China seen ahead.

Looking west with Throgmorton Street behind me. SJ

A reporter outside the "Lyceum" theatre tells of the excitement awaiting a glittery performance by glam-rock icon Brian Slade. Brixton Academy, 211 Stockwell Road, Brixton SW9.

Looking north-west along Stockwell Road.

Having faked his death on stage, Brian Slade contemplates his future. 302 Portobello Road looking east, spotted by SJ.

Needed a crane here. SJ

It is the age of glitter make-up, platform shoes and sexual liberation. 324 Portobello Road, W10 has borrowed the Indian Head design from 'Granny Takes a Trip', on the King's Road, while 'Valerie's Flowers' which was at number 337, is seen reflected in the car window.

Rather plain nowadays. SJ

Teenagers pose in front of number 343, which now hosts Portobello Dry Cleaning.

Doors and windows all intact. SJ

Brian Slade (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) performs in a video clip. SJ recognises the view as Portobello Road, looking south from the Spanish school opposite Capture 7.

Not so much activity today. SJ

Singer Curt Wild (Ewan McGregor) is interviewed outside the Lyceum. Outside the Brixton Academy, with Astoria Walk in the background.

Looking east with the backs of houses on Brixton Road. SJ

Action moves to the US. A caption confidently proclaims New York, where they are driving on the left? Wait a minute, in fact this is Wellesley Road, Croydon, Greater London, looking north.

Keith Prested comes up with the comparison and admits that the exact angle proved impossible as it would have meant venturing across a large flowerbed to a point immediately above the exit from the underpass. The tram lines are an addition since the time of filming.

Journalist Arthur Stuart (Christian Bale) is reluctantly assigned to track down Brian Slade. Paternoster Square, London EC4.

Arthur stops in front of a large screen. Paternoster Square, now much redeveloped, but can be seen from the same era in 'Zeta One', 'Hot Millions' and 'Crossplot'.

Arthur remembers his schooldays. Unidentified location.

We see Arthur's family home where he idolised Brian Slade. 35 Chelmsford Square NW10. (SR)

A Rolls-Royce draws to a halt. Albert Square SW8, facing south.

Rolls-free. SJ

Brian Slade's manager Jerry Devine (Eddie Izzard) steps out to face the press. Albert Square,

Looking south-east to the southernmost corner of the square with no5 facing us. Roger Moore lived at no4 the door of which can be seen on the far left before moving to no14 behind me, not too far from Joanna Lumley's. SJ

Arthur meets up with a girl in an alley, immediately before being attracted to a schoolboy. Stephenson Street NW10, at the north end of the alley that runs between it and Goodhall Street.

Antony Blair walked along the same back alleyway 26 years later and found it to be looking like a colourful jungle!

After seeing Curt Wild perform, Brian walks by a lake with his first manager Cecil (Michael Feast) and wife Mandy (Toni Colette). Black Park, Wexham, Buckinghamshire, adjacent to Pinewood Studios and used in numerous productions,

Revellers arrive at a New Year's Eve party in 1969. 17 Brigade Street, Blackheath SE3.

Looks rather bedraggled nowadays.

Jerry Devine directs Brian Slade in a lavish video. Chiswick House, Burlington Lane, Chiswick W4, also seen in 'Shooting Fish', 'A Jolly Bad Fellow', 'Vanity Fair' and 'A Nice Girl Like Me'.

A similarly sunny day. SJ

In flashback, Arthur recalls leaving home bound for London, as his mother (Sylvia Grant) chases after the bus. Location unknown.

Brian storms out of a recording studio. Brigade Street SE3, facing northwest.

Today it sports a sky blue door.

His view as he leaves. Brigade Street facing southeast.

The same corner on a sunny day.

Brian stares at Curt standing in the street. 10 Albert Square.

The blinds have gone but everything else matches. SJ

Arthur takes a taxi into town. Coventry Street facing east.

A daytime also with more taxis. The railings disappeared c. 2010. SJ

Mandy walks out of Brian's life. Looking down at the southern corner of Albert Square from number 10.

From the ground. SJ

Arthur rushes to deliver his story. Whitgift Centre Croydon.

Keith Prested captured the exit ramp from the Whitgift Centre car park. He explains that the blue panelled building in the capture has been redeveloped and is now the Leonardo Hotel. The building to the right remains although it has been extensively altered externally as part of the change from office to residential use.

Arthur catches up with Curt. Stanley Buildings, Kings Cross N1.

Arthur and Curt hang out on top of the Stanley Buildings.