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Film Locations on the Isle of  Mull

The stunning scenery and beauty of this region of Scotland has inspired many film directors to choose the island as a location for their movies. The appeal seems to be the mountains, coast line, Castles, stunning beaches and lochs. Here follows a few details of films and their location on the Isle of Mull

 

I Know Where I'm Going

This film was made in 1945 and is a romance starring Wendy Hiller and Roger Livesey. It also features Pamela Brown, Finlay Currie and Petula Clark.

Most of the film was shot on the island and the Scottish inhabitants and their customs are strikingly portrayed. The whole atmosphere of the film is animate with the sound of violent storms and crashing waves on the rocky coast, not forgetting the haunting abandoned castles and the whining of the bagpipes!

The Western Isles Hotel in Tobermory was used in the filming as was Duart Castle, Torosay Castle and the ruin of Moy Castle at Lochbuie.

Kidnapped

Kidnapped is a historical fiction adventure novel by Robert Louis Stevenson which was actually set on the tidal island of Erraid, just of the south west tip of Mull. Robert Louis Stevenson spent many holidays on Erraid as his father and grandfather were Lighthouse Engineers.

The 1971 film adaptation of Kidnapped starred Michael Caine and Trevor Howard and many of the scenes were filmed on the Isle of Mull, particularly round the Calgary area. Calgary Bay is thought to be one of the most beautiful and most photographed beaches in Scotland.

When Eight Bells Toll

The thriller writer Alastair MacLean wrote the book and the screen play for the 1971 film 'When Eight Bells Toll'.

Brown's Ironmongers in Tobermory was featured, along with some wonderful footage of Bloody Bay and the helicopter flying over Tobermory Lighthouse. Tobermory was also used for the filming location of the port where Philip Calvert's (Anthony Hopkins) ship is moored.

Duart Castle and Fingal's Cave on the Isle of Staffa were used as filming locations and   Philip Calvert had a fight with two men in a graveyard which was filmed at the burial ground in Dervaig.

Entrapment

This 1999 romantic thriller starred Catherine Zeta-Jones as an investigator who works for a top insurance agency and Sean Connery as an international art thief who likes a challenge!

The building used for exterior shots of Mac's (Sean Connery) safe house is Duart Castle, the ancestral home of the chief of the Clan MacLean, which incidently is the maiden name of Connery's mother.

The Eye of the Needle

Eye of the Needle is a spy thriller novel written by British author Ken Follett which was made into a film in 1981 starring Donald Sutherland, Christopher Cazanove and Kate Nelligan.

The film is set during the Second world War and tells the story of a German secret agent trying to get back to Germany, whose boat is wrecked on a remote Scottish Island.

Most of the filming on Mull was undertaken on the spectacular Treshnish Headland and around Loch na Keal. There is also some footage of Oban and Connel Bridge. The Treshnish Headland is only accessible by foot, for details on guided walks in this area please click here. There are also some lovely holiday cottages on the Treshnish Estate.

 

Island (The Sea Change)

Part myth, part mystery, 'Island' (previously called The Sea Change) starring Colin Morgan, Janet McTeer and Natalie Press is a tale of love and hate between a brother and a sister, the murder of their mother, and the magic of a remote Scottish island - based on Jane Rogers' acclaimed novel 'Island'.

This film is still in production but should be released sometime in 2010. It was shot on the Ross of Mull, around Pennyghael and the south shore of Loch Scridain