Four Weddings and a Funeral

Date: 1994
Director: Mike Newell
Production Company: Working Title

Stars: Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell, Charlotte Coleman, Kirstin Scott Thomas, James Fleet, Simon Callow, John Hannah, David Bower, Rowan Atkinson, David Haig, Kenneth Griffith, Corin Redgrave, Jeremey Kemp, Sara Crowe
Location(s): Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, London, Surrey

Region(s): ,

Storyline:

Big break throuhg hit for Hugh Grant which was romantic, funny and sad as well as excellent for location hunting with all four weddings and the one funeral to be tracked down to make a nice set. SJ

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Callow and Hare with Fleet and Scott Thomas in the jeep.

Cranley Mews, London, SW7. SJ

Grant and Coleman at Betchworth, Surrey.

Outside the church: Church Street, off The Street, in the southern branch of Betchworth (it's quite stretched out). The Dolphin Inn is nearby for refreshment. SJ

Interior of St Nichael's, Betchworth. Fleet, Grant, Haig.

Yes it matches. SJ

Wedding number one complete

Just outside the church, improving slightly on my angle from 30/10/12. SJ

Fleet and Haig enjoy the first wedding. "Splendid, I thought."

A real cross and bench. SJ

Grant, Scott Thomas, Callow, Hannah, Coleman

And here's the tombstone Callow is leaning on. SJ

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Betchworth, Surrey or is it? Nothing like a farmyard there and the church has changed.

Reception number one.

Taken from a discreet angle. Goldingtons, New Road, Church End, Hertfordshire. SJ

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Grant has just entered the Crown Hotel, Amersham, Buckinghamshire.

The exterior of the inn Grant has entered.

But not the same as the interior. This is The King's Arms, High Street, Amersham. SJ (getting wrong angle)

Grant well inside the reception area of the Crown Hotel, Amersham.

And so was RJ.

In the four postered bedroom.

And it can be hired for the night, so no expense spared and indeed hired for the night, all to bring it to RS, RJ.

Rushing to wedding number two.

Now. 22 Highbury Terrace, London N5

Grant and Coleman in a rush: lots of street clutter but a valuable sign.

The permanent railings have gone (unusual but welcome: the temporary ones are for an Arsenal home game)if I have the right place. Highbury Place, N1. SJ

Rushing to wedding number two, Greenwich SE10

Actually the steps to and the door of the Painted Hall, Greenwich. (RL)

An interior taken from the main door of the old Royal Navy College Chapel, SE10.

From the same point now. (RL)

A shot from the altar as Atkinson prepares to give his nervous rendition of a marriage ceremony, uniting Haig and Thompson.

A similar shot of the Chapel now. (RL)

Fleet organising the snaps of the happy occasion.

The steps leading into Queen Mary Court. SJ

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Grant at Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire, for the reception of wedding number two.

The Dome, now Cafe Rouge, Wellington Street, WC2. Grant and McDowell discuss former lovers.

Taken from outside the Cafe Rouge and it's not completely convincing a match. SJ

At the National Film Theatre, SE1.

Now. SJ

Grant chasing after McDowell.

The South Bank with Waterloo Bridge in the background. Slightly wrong angle to be replaced, one hopes, but maybe not as it shows the tree well. Benches since filming have been added. SJ

McDowell.

Roughly the right place: a skateboarders' paradise, under the threat of redevelopment in 2013. SJ

Grant does forlorn.

And 10 years later after fourwf022n, the benches have gone again. Southwark needs to make up its mind. SJ

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Establishment shot of Scotland.

Albury Park, Albury near Guildford, Surrey. Wedding number three at St Peter and St Paul's Church and available for real ones too.

Albury Park is just east of Albury off New Road, and just west of Shere, a very popular filming location. SJ

Reception for wedding no3, supposedly set in Scotland. The interior is Rotherfield Park, East Tisted, Alton but I'm not quite so sure about this exterior shot.

Indeed this is Albury Park Mansion, next to the church above, now converted to private apartments. SJ

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The Queen Elizabeth Bridge from the Essex side of the Thames.

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Hannah leaving no17, Second Avenue on the corner of Fifth Avenue, West Thurrock, Essex.

St Clement's Church, St Clement's Road, West Thurrock where guests gather for Callow's funeral.

Note, same red hue in trees. Church now looked after by Procter and Gamble whose buildings loom over. RJ

A cut away shot.

And they do loom. RJ

Then with Grant

Now with better weather. RJ

Some good glum serious acting here.

A brighter picture. RJ

Coleman, Scott Thomas, Grant and Fleet

Now. RJ

Fleet and Grant

This is down the path from the church to the river. SJ

A sombre grey view.

Caught the tide at the right time. SJ

Grant at wedding no4, St Bartholomew the Great, Smithfields EC1, London.

Taken just in front of the gates on Cloth Fair. SJ

The gang gather for the nuptials.

Again, not quite the right angle but near enough for now until there's a superior replacement. SJ

The front entrance.

Taken at nearly the same time of day. SJ

The interior . . . also seen in 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves', 'Shakespeare in Love', 'The End of the Affair' (1999), 'Another Country', 'Sherlock Holmes' (2008) et al.

Now SJ

Reverse pov of 039 outside St Barts

Looking west towards Smithfield. SJ

Back at Highbury Terrace, N5 with MacDowell and Grant.

At the north end of Highbury Terrace. SJ

Tilting up but nevertheless taking in the crucial kiss.

Looking south down the terrace. SJ

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Coleman gets her man in the end titles.

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Back at Luton Hoo, also in the end titles. The house also appears in 'Never Say Never Again', 'Quills', 'A Shot in the Dark' and 'Portrait of Clare'.