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ARTS: MOVIES / FILMS / CINEMA
List: Top 10 Greatest Uses Of British Film Locations
Date: September 2005
Source: UK Film Distributors Association
Base: Poll of 2,000 film critics, journalists and regional media editors
Notes: Top was Bill Forsyth's 1983 film 'Local Hero' produced by David Puttnam and starring Burt Lancaster, Jenny Seagrove, Denis Lawson and Peter Capaldi. The film was shot in the Scottish village of Pennan in Aberdeenshire.
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Rank
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Film
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Location
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1
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Local Hero
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Pennan (Aberdeenshire), Camusdarrach Beach
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2
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The Full Monty
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Sheffield
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3
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Trainspotting
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Edinburgh
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4
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The Railway Children
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Yorkshire
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5
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An American Werewolf in London
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London
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6
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The French Lieutenant's Woman
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Lyme Regis, Dorset
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7
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Brassed Off
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Barnsley, Doncaster, Halifax, Grimethorpe Colliery
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8
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Brief Encounter
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Carnforth Station, Lancashire
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9
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Kes
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Barnsley
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10
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Shadowlands
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Oxford and the Wye Valley
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