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Will's
antiseptic, hi-tech, 'island' apartment:
St James Walk, Clerkenwell
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ABOUT A BOY filming locations |
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CREDITS
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It
looked potentially horrible: the Weitz brothers, bakers
of American Pie, filming
Nick Hornby's London-set novel, with Hugh
Grant. Yet it turned out pretty good, with self-centred
Will (Grant.)
finding a life of determined isolation isn't as simple
as it seems.
The film's locations are all around central London.
Will's neighbourhood is oh-so-trendy Clerkenwell,
once a radical working-class district (Lenin edited
the Bolshevik newspaper Iskra here), now the
latest place for stylish conversion jobs. You won't
recognise the door to the stripped-down, antiseptic
flat, where Will attempts to lead his 'island' life,
as this was constructed specially for the film. The
real entrance is 16-18
St James Walk, at Sekforde Street (Tube:
Farringdon, Circle and Metropolitan lines).
Want to sample the hedonistic 'island' lifestyle? Follow
Will as he shops at luxurious French deli Comptoir
Gascon, 63 Charterhouse Street, nearby, opposite
the old Smithfield meat market. |
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Will's
disastrous dates:
Otto Dining Lounge, Maida Vale |
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Take your date to the spacious
and coolly minimal Otto Dining
Lounge, 215 Sutherland Avenue, Maida Vale,
but hope that you have a little more luck than the
hapless Will (Tube: Maida Vale,
Bakerloo line)
To report mistakes or to add further
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FILMING
LOCATIONS FOR ABOUT A BOY
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TRAVEL
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The
locations for About A Boy
are easily accessible by tube
from central London.
Clerkenwell
& Smithfield:
Tube: Farringdon, Circle, Metropolitan or Hammersmith
& City lines. One stop east from King's Cross.
Clerkenwell is to the north, Smithfield to the southwest.
Maida Vale:
Tube: Bakerloo line from Paddington
or Marylebone. Northwest.
Notting
Hill:
Tube: Circle, District or Central lines.
West.
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RESTAURANTS
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Hakkasan,
8 Hanway Place, W1.
Otto Dining Lounge, 215 Sutherland Avenue,
W9.
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SHOPS
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Comptoir
Gascon, 63 Charterhouse Street, EC1.
Parsons
Skott, 243 Westbourne Grove, W11.
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ASSOCIATED
FILMS |
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Clerkenwell:
Dance With A Stranger; Love, Honour and
Obey; A Fish Called Wanda
Smithfield: John
Boorman's directorial debut, Catch Us
If You Can; Fred
Schepisi's Last Orders; Richard
Attenborough's biopic Chaplin; Within
the market is the Cock Tavern, featured in Gangster
No.1
Maida Vale:
Georgy Girl; John
Wayne's only British movie Brannigan;
A Fish Called Wanda; Killing Me
Softly; A Maida Vale pub became 'New York'
for Warren
Beatty's Oscar-winning epic Reds
Notting
Hill: see
the Notting
Hill travel feature for details of this
popular location.
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