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Films shot in Yorkshire
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The list Films shot in Yorkshire includes
The Full Monty, Testament of Youth, Wuthering Heights, The Railway Children and Rita, Sue and Bob Too!.
The list consists of 62 members
and 4 sublists.
Connections
Yorkshire
Historic county of Northern England
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Billy Elliot
2000 film directed by Stephen Daldry
Overview: Billy Elliot is a 2000 British coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Daldry and written by Lee Hall. Set in County Durham in North East England during the 1984–1985 miners' strike, the film ...
Release date: 19 May 2000Genre: Comedy, Drama, MusicDirector: Stephen DaldryProducer: Charles Brand, Greg BrenmanWriter: Lee HallA talented young boy becomes torn between his unexpected love of dance and the disintegration of his family.
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The Full Monty
1997 British comedy-drama film
Overview: The Full Monty is a 1997 British comedy film directed by Peter Cattaneo, starring Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, William Snape, Steve Huison, Tom Wilkinson, Paul Barber and Hugo Speer. The screenplay was ...
Release date: 13 August 1997Genre: Comedy, MusicDirector: Peter CattaneoProducer: Paul Bucknor, Polly LeysWriter: Simon BeaufoySix unemployed steel workers form a male striptease act. The women cheer them on to go for "the full monty" - total nudity. 0
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Chariots of Fire
1981 film by Hugh Hudson
Overview: Chariots of Fire is a 1981 historical sports drama film directed by Hugh Hudson, written by Colin Welland and produced by David Puttnam. It is based on the true story of two British athletes in the 1924 ...
Release date: 1 March 1981Genre: Drama, History, Sport, BiographyDirector: Hugh HudsonProducer: James Crawford, Jake EbertsWriter: Colin WellandTwo British track athletes, one a determined Jew and the other a devout Christian, are driven to win in the 1924 Olympics as they wrestle with issues of ... 0
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Testament of Youth
2014 British film
Overview: Testament of Youth is a 2014 British drama film based on the First World War memoir of the same name written by Vera Brittain. The film stars Alicia Vikander as Vera Brittain, an independent young woman ...
Release date: 2 January 2015Genre: Biography, Drama, History, WarDirector: James KentProducer: Rosie Alison, Andrew BoswellWriter: Vera Brittain, Juliette TowhidiA British woman recalls coming of age during World War I - a story of young love, the futility of war, and how to make sense of the darkest times. 0
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1920
2008 Indian film
Overview: 1920 is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language supernatural horror film written and directed by Vikram Bhatt. Set in the year 1920, the film stars debutant actors Rajneesh Duggal and Adah Sharma as a married couple ...
Release date: 12 September 2008Genre: Horror, Mystery, Romance, ThrillerDirector: Vikram BhattProducer: Vikram Bhatt, Amita BishnoiWriter: Vikram Bhatt, Girish DhamijaAfter forsaking his family and religion, a husband finds his wife is demoniacally possessed. 0
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Wuthering Heights
2011 British film
Overview: Wuthering Heights is a 2011 British Gothic romantic drama film directed by Andrea Arnold starring Kaya Scodelario as Catherine Earnshaw and James Howson as Heathcliff. The screenplay written by Arnold ...
Release date: 30 September 2011Genre: Romance, DramaDirector: Andrea ArnoldProducer: Robert Bernstein, Hugo HeppellWriter: Andrea Arnold, Olivia HetreedA poor boy of unknown origins is rescued from poverty and taken in by the Earnshaw family where he develops an intense relationship with his young foster ... 0
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The Railway Children
1970 film by Lionel Jeffries
Overview: The Railway Children is a 1970 British family drama film based on the 1906 novel of the same name by E. Nesbit. The film was directed by Lionel Jeffries and stars Dinah Sheridan, Jenny Agutter (who had ...
Release date: 21 December 1970Genre: Drama, FamilyDirector: Lionel JeffriesCast: Dinah Sheridan, Bernard Cribbins, William Mervyn, Iain Cuthbertson, Jenny Agutter, Sally ThomsettProducer: Robert LynnWriter: E. Nesbit, Lionel JeffriesAfter the enforced absence of their father, three children move with their mother to Yorkshire, where during their adventures they attempt to discover ... 0
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Rita, Sue and Bob Too!
1986 film by Alan John Clarke
Overview: Rita, Sue and Bob Too is a 1987 British comedy-drama film directed by Alan Clarke and starring Michelle Holmes, Siobhan Finneran, George Costigan, and Lesley Sharp. Set in Bradford, West Yorkshire, the ...Release date: 17 July 1987Genre: Drama, ComedyDirector: Alan ClarkeProducer: Andrea Dunbar, Oscar Lewenstein 0
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Blow Dry
2001 film by Paddy Breathnach
Overview: Blow Dry is a 2001 romantic comedy film directed by Paddy Breathnach and based on the screenplay Never Better by Simon Beaufoy. The film stars Alan Rickman, Natasha Richardson, Rachel Griffiths, Rachael ...Release date: 1 February 2001Genre: Comedy, Drama, RomanceDirector: Paddy BreathnachCast: Alan Rickman, Natasha Richardson, Rachel Griffiths, Rachael Leigh Cook, Josh Hartnett, Bill NighyProducer: Simon Beaufoy, Moritz BormanThe annual British Hairdressing Championship comes to Keighley, a town where Phil and son Brian run... 0
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Downton Abbey
Historical drama film directed by Michael Engler
Overview: Downton Abbey is a 2019 historical drama film directed by Michael Engler from a screenplay by Julian Fellowes, based on the television series of the same name created by Fellowes. The film continues the ...
Release date: 13 September 2019Director: Michael EnglerCast: Stephen Campbell Moore, Michael Fox, Lesley Nicol, Sophie McShera, Robert James-Collier, Hugh BonnevilleProducer: Kim Durham, Julian FellowesWriter: Julian FellowesThe continuing story of the Crawley family, wealthy owners of a large estate in the English countryside in the early twentieth century. 0
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Victoria & Abdul
2017 film by Stephen Frears
Overview: Victoria & Abdul is a 2017 British biographical historical drama film directed by Stephen Frears and written by Lee Hall. The film is based on the book Victoria & Abdul: The True Story of the Queen's ...
Release date: 22 September 2017Genre: Drama, Biography, HistoryDirector: Stephen FrearsProducer: Tim Bevan, Liza ChasinWriter: Lee Hall, Shrabani BasuQueen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim. 0
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Official Secrets
2019 film
Overview: Official Secrets is a 2019 British drama film directed by Gavin Hood, based on the case of whistleblower Katharine Gun who exposed an illegal spying operation by American and British intelligence services ...
Release date: 23 August 2019Genre: Drama, ThrillerDirector: Gavin HoodProducer: Even Berntsen, Claudia BluemhuberWriter: Sara Bernstein, Gregory BernsteinThe true story of a British whistleblower who leaked information to the press about an illegal NSA spy operation designed to push the UN Security Council ... 0
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Dad's Army
2016 British comedy film by Oliver Parker
Overview: Dad's Army is a 2016 British war comedy film, based on the BBC television sitcom Dad's Army. It is directed by Oliver Parker and set in 1944, after the events depicted in the television series. Catherine ...
Release date: 5 February 2016Genre: Comedy, WarDirector: Oliver ParkerProducer: Hugo Heppell, Ann CroftWriter: Hamish McColl, Jimmy PerryThe Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon deal with a visiting female journalist and a German spy as World War II draws to its conclusion. 0
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How to Talk to Girls at Parties
2017 film by John Cameron Mitchell
Overview: How to Talk to Girls at Parties is a 2017 science fiction romantic comedy film directed by John Cameron Mitchell from a screenplay he co-wrote with Philippa Goslett, based on the 2006 short story of the ...
Release date: 25 May 2018Director: John Cameron MitchellProducer: Iain Canning, Hugo HeppellWriter: Philippa Goslett, John Cameron MitchellAn alien touring the galaxy breaks away from her group and meets two young inhabitants of the most dangerous place in the universe: the London borough ... 0
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The Damned United
2009 film
Overview: The Damned United is a 2009 sports drama film directed by Tom Hooper and adapted by Peter Morgan from David Peace's bestselling 2006 novel The Damned Utd – a largely fictional book based on the author's ...Release date: 27 March 2009Genre: Drama, SportDirector: Tom HooperCast: Michael Sheen, Colm Meaney, Giles Alderson, Mark Bazeley, Christopher Boulstridge, Bill BradshawProducer: Peter Morgan, David PeaceA look at Brian Clough's 44-day reign as the coach of Leeds United. 0
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Threads
1984 television film
Overview: Threads is a 1984 British apocalyptic war drama television film jointly produced by the BBC, Nine Network and Western-World Television Inc. Written by Barry Hines and directed and produced by Mick Jackson ...
Release date: 23 September 1984Genre: Drama, War, Sci-FiDirector: Mick JacksonProducer: Mick Jackson, Graham MasseyWriter: Barry HinesThe effects of a nuclear holocaust on the working class city of Sheffield, England and the eventual long-term effects of nuclear war on civilization. 0
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Wuthering Heights
1970 British film
Overview: Wuthering Heights is a 1970 British period romantic drama film directed by Robert Fuest, based on the 1847 Emily Brontë novel of the same name. It stars Anna Calder-Marshall as Cathy and Timothy Dalton ...Release date: 9 June 1970Genre: Adventure, Drama, RomanceDirector: Robert FuestCast: Anna Calder-Marshall, Timothy Dalton, Harry Andrews, Pamela Brown, Judy Cornwell, James CossinsProducer: Samuel Z. Arkoff, Louis M. HeywardWriter: Emily Brontë, Patrick TilleyThe Earnshaws are Yorkshire farmers during the early 19th Century. One day, Mr. Earnshaw returns from a trip to the city... 0
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Les soeurs Brontë
1979 film by André Téchiné
Overview: The Brontë Sisters (French: Les Sœurs Brontë) is a 1979 French biographical drama film directed by André Téchiné, who co-wrote the screenplay with Pascal Bonitzer and Jean Gruault. The film stars Isabelle ...Release date: 9 May 1979Genre: Drama, BiographyDirector: André TéchinéCast: Isabelle Adjani, Marie-France Pisier, Isabelle Huppert, Pascal Greggory, Patrick Magee, Hélène SurgèreProducer: Yves Gasser, Klaus HellwigWriter: Pascal Bonitzer, André Téchiné 0
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FairyTale: A True Story
1997 American film
Overview: FairyTale: A True Story is a 1997 fantasy drama film directed by Charles Sturridge and produced by Bruce Davey and Wendy Finerman. It is loosely based on the story of the Cottingley Fairies, and follows ...
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, MysteryDirector: Charles SturridgeProducer: Albert Ash, Bruce DaveyWriter: Albert Ash, Tom McLoughlinIn 1917, two children take a photograph, which is soon believed by some to be the first scientific evidence of the existence of fairies. 0
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Another Man's Poison
1951 film by Irving Rapper
Overview: Another Man's Poison is a 1951 British drama film directed by Irving Rapper and starring Bette Davis, Gary Merrill and Emlyn Williams. The screenplay by Val Guest is based on the play Deadlock by Leslie ...
Release date: 20 November 1951Genre: Crime, Drama, Film-NoirDirector: Irving RapperProducer: Daniel M. AngelWriter: Leslie Sands, Val GuestA mystery writer becomes involved in a tangled web of murderous deception not unlike the plots of her novels. 0
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