Pinewood Studios
The Pinewood Studios are British film studios (English pinewood ) are between pine woods about 32 kilometers west of London on the former estate of Heath Hall earth near the village of Iver Heath ( Buckinghamshire ).
They were designed in 1934 by Charles Boot and built in just twelve months by the Henry Boot Company of Sheffield. Boot drew his inspiration from the studios in Hollywood. Later J. Arthur Rank took over the Pinewood and Denham Film Studios, which were often used by producer Alexander Korda.
Pinewood is now managed together with Shepperton Studios, which also play a leading role in the British film industry. Both studios are connected to the media network Sohonet and work with the Missing Ingredients Studio Catering together firmly to ensure the food - catering studios.
The name Pinewood is also mainly driven repeatedly by the James Bond series in the world, because almost for every new adventure of Secret Agent, built 1976 007 specially - Stage will be transformed into a new imposing backdrop. Immediately became a huge water tank installed for the interior of submarines absorbing supertanker for the film The Spy Who Loved Me. 1963 was built at Pinewood Studios for From Russia With Love, the SPECTRE Island.
With the filming of Ridley Scott's Legend burned in 1985 the 007 hall down to the foundation walls, but was rebuilt just four months later everything and renamed in honor of longtime Bond producers Albert R. Broccoli Albert R. Broccoli 's 007 Stage; just in time to start filming in the face of death (1985).
Some films have even left its mark, rather than to have been rotated only there. With a Studio Tour you can explore the legacies of these movies and immerse yourself in the world of big cinemas.
On 30 July 2006, the James Bond hall where the shooting had been completed at Casino Royale recently burned, again completely out.
Locations
The company operates several studios in several countries:
- Toronto, Canada
- Berlin and Hamburg, Germany
- Iskandar, Malaysia
Production history
Since its inception, the Pinewood Studios were off the popular UK Carry-on ... film series for many famous productions location, which provided with mostly impressive, hall -filling Setkonstruktionen a stir among the public.
The remarks after the film names refer to the stage design for the scene in the movie.