Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Film Nicole Kidman and Colin Firth Need to Know: Can You Find This House in Tennessee?
Posted by Jim Ridley on Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 5:07 PM
If we're Googling correctly, the Fox Searchlight project sounds awesome: It's Stoker, the first English-language film by Oldboy's Park Chan-wook, a mystery starring Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth and Mia Wasikowska, written by Prison Break star Wentworth Miller, and produced by Ridley Scott's production company. Now that's the kind of movie Tennessee could get behind!
First, though, the commission needs photos, and it needs 'em fast. If you know of such a place, take a picture or at least pass along the address. All photos need to be in JPEG format and sent to bob.raines@tn.gov by Thursday. Spread the word!
UPDATE, 4/21: This from the film commission: "Fox Searchlight has expanded their location needs and is also looking for an 'old money' estate with expansive grounds (can't have been built within the last 20-30 years). I have already sent Cheekwood." Send to the same email address above in JPEG format.
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Ridley, I thought you'd Photoshopped Christ Church, Scarritt-Bennett, and something else together in an attempt at civic boosterism until I Googled Lyndhurst.
I hideousness a requirement?
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No, just an overindulged architectural bent that suggests Biltmore designed by Tim Burton.
Colin Firth, you say? Time for me to build a castle with my bare hands!
BT Dubs, the best-ever houses-as-characters in film are Lyme Park for Pemberley in the '95 "Pride and Prejudice" (hi Colin, again!) and, duh, Castle Howard as Brideshead in "Brideshead Revisited."
Personally, I think Castle Howard is a bit on the tacky side, but Lyme Park? Good lord, it's worth crying over. I want it.
I don't know. The manses in THE RULES OF THE GAME and THE REMAINS OF THE DAY are pretty nifty.
Actually, I think the best house-as-character in a movie may be Pee Wee Herman's.
Well, this is pretty obvious: Hundred Oaks Castle near Winchester, TN, former home of the Decherds of railroad fame... http://hundredoakscastle.com/
I would say just film at Tarrytown but if a TN location can secure Nicole Kidman, go for it!
Can they actually film at Lyndhurst? Got friends in upstate NY who say this place was in disrepair for a while but have gone down there for events on the grounds in years past. You only ever see photos of the outside. Maybe the inside aint so good.
What about the Grindstaff castle in Johnson City, TN...I are sure they rebuilt after the fire~
The Biltmore is in North Carolina. What about the Grindstaff castle outside of Johnson City, TN on the lake (between Bristol and JC)...I don't know if they still own it or not.
Hope a link to the Grindstaff Castle will follow: http://www.dupontcastle.com/castles/grinds…
