Film locations
Carol
justcarol67 at yahoo.com
Fri Jul 25 20:05:59 UTC 2008
Geoff:
> IMDB is wrong on at least two counts with the information for the
"Philosopher's Stone" locations. The pedestrian bridge listed as York
is at King's Cross. As the scene opens, you can see down to the
terminal buffers with the glass screens above. York is famously built
on a long curve and is a through railway station.
>
> The second misinformation is that the exterior view (using St.
Pancras Station) does not occur in this film, it occurs in "Chamber of
Secrets".
>
> It is always a source of amusement in the UK that the film correctly
uses the interior of KX but the outside of St.Pancras. The two railway
stations are literally about 150 yards apart; perhaps they feel that
the Gothic exterior of the latter suits the mood of the stories?
Carol responds: Fascinating! I'm sure your'e right on the last point.
As for the errors, have you considered submitting the corrections to
the IMDb?
Speaking of errors, or rather, problems with the IMDb, their character
analysis for Snape has a link that's supposed to protect against
spoiler warnings (click it only if you don't mind spoilers, rather
like the Dark Marks in JKR's FAQ). Unfortunately, the death date isn't
concealed beneath the link. Talk about a spoiler! (I don't know
whether that's true for the other characters who died in the series; I
assume that it is.)
Carol, who had to figure out what "KX" meant and for some reason read
"St. Pancras" (whoever he was) as "St. Pancreas"!
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