Fish Tank

Date: 2009
Director: Andrea Arnold
Production Company: BBC Films, UK Film Council, Limelight Communication

Stars: Katie Jarvis, Michael Fassbender, Kierston Wareing, Rebecca Griffiths, Harry Treadaway, Sydney Mary Nash
Location(s): Essex, London

Region(s): ,

Storyline:

Everything changes for a fifteen ear old when her mum brings home a new boyfriend.

Additional Information:

Screen captures and uncredited comparisons by Neil Webster

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  • 18 Sep 2022

Mia (Katie Jarvis) looks down from an empty flat in Templar House (part of the Mardyke estate) onto South Street, Rainham. Also featured in 'Made In Dagenham'.

Ground level view of South Street.

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  • 18 Sep 2022

Junction Walden Ave / Queens Gardens, Rainham. Dearsley (behind her), Perry (left) and Chantry (peeking out) high-rise blocks visible.

Low-rise now. "Bin-day" when I was there!

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Mia spots a shackled horse. New Road (Rainham) sweep of Marsh Way in the background.

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Enters to where some travellers are staying. New Road in Rainham.

Redevelopment underway.

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  • 18 Sep 2022

Dusk over Mardyke. View from New Road along Beam River. The estate also features in the 2010 film 'Made In Dagenham'.

Built in the 1960s, primarily for workers at the Dagenham Ford Car plant, the Mardyke Estate, now re-badged "Orchard Village", has since 2009, undergone major redevelopment work.

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Templar House over to Lowen Road.

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Mia's mission to free the horse. New Road.

Housing development on left known as Beam Park.

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Moving carefully on enemy territory. Large grey building in background can be seen in now shot 4.

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Connor (Michael Fassbender), mum's new boyfriend, takes them out for the day.

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Looking to catch a fish.

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At the pub afterwards.

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Heathway, Dagenham in Essex.

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Posting job application. Roman Close / Fredrick Road, Rainham.

Post box no more.

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Catching up with Billy. Opposite direction to previous capture.

Precinct dispensed with.

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Asking Billy (Harry Treadaway) about the horse. Frederick Road / Askwith Road, Rainham.

Developments on New Road visible.

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Charioteering. Wickes Superstore in Barking, Greater London.

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Connor leaves. Chantry Way looking towards Lowen Road.

Closest equivalent shot. Diversity Way towards Lowen Road.

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Trying to contact Connor she meets Billy. New Road, Rainham.

Not as much central reservation shrubbery

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Giving Mia directions to Tilbury, he carries on. New Road again.

Many more buildings.

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Heading for Connor's 1. Fort Road, Tilbury in Essex.

Looking towards Tilbury Docks.

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Heading for Connor's 2. Fort Rd / Brennan Rd, Tilbury.

Horses here too.

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Heading for Connor's 3. Cross Keys, Brentwood Road, Tilbury.

Cross Keys building on the left, once a pub now a Masonic Centre.

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Heading for Connor's 4. Cross Keys, Brentwood Road, Tilbury.

Clouds.

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Heading for Connor's 5. Linford Road, Tilbury.

Names changed to protect the innocent.

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Heading for Connor's 6. Cole Avenue, Tilbury.

Parched grass of a dry summer.

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Connor not happy to see Mia, takes her to the station. Tilbury Town Rail Station, St. Andrews Road, Tilbury.

Drop Off bay provided.

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Waiting for the train home. Platform 1, Tilbury Town railway station.

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  • 18 Sep 2022

Mia decides to head back to Connors and watches. Cole Avenue, Tilbury.

Hope Mia didn't break that!

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  • 18 Sep 2022

Keira (Sydney Mary Nash), Connor's daughter, and Mia having a stone throwing competition. I believe this to be Thames-side near Tilbury Fort looking over to old Tilbury B Power Station.

Somewhere around here I think! Tilbury B would have been to the right of the white building (substation).

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Attending her dancing audition. Circus Tavern, Meads Corner, Purfleet in Essex.

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Mia and Billy leave for Cardiff. Roman House to the right. Roman Close, Rainham.