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.
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| 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.
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| 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 |
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