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Children of Men - 2006
Children of Men located part of its filming in Chatham Dockyard
Clive Owen and Julianne Moore in the Slip roof at Chatham Dockyards © Jaap Buitendijk ©2006 Universal Studios. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Universal Pictures
Director: Alfonso Cuaron
Writer: Alfonso Cuaron, Timothy J Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby
Kent Filming Locations: Chatham Historic Dockyard
Children of Men located part of its filming in Chatham Dockyards. The film was directed by Alfonso Cuaron (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban) and stars Julianne Moore, Michael Caine and Clive Owen and looks at a grim future 20 years from now: there are no more children. The youngest citizen of the world has died at the age of 18 and in a world without children, or the possibility of children, there is no hope.
Adapted from P.D James’ novel of the same title, Children of Men looks at the destruction caused by humans. When Kee (Clare-Hope Ashitey ) falls pregnant against all hope, a dormant activist (Owen) is forced to face up to his fears and fight for human survival by protecting mother and child.
- Clive Owen in Children of Men © Jaap Buitendijk ©2006 Universal Studios. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
The Historic Dockyard, Chatham is in the care of Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust, an independent charity, whose task is to restore and preserve this important part of Britain's national heritage.
The 80-acre estate of The Historic Dockyard has buildings and structures dating from the Georgian and Victorian periods to the present day. This is an attractive location in many ways for filming, both for the big screen and television.
Among the 100 buildings are:-
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fine residential buildings
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industrial buildings
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cobbled streets
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underground shelters
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Second World War Destroyer HMS Cavalier
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Cold War Submarine HMS Ocelot
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Victorian Naval Sloop HMS Gannet (1878)
Films made within the Historic Dockyard during the last year include:-
- Children of Men starring Clive Owen
- Amazing Grace based on the life of William Wilberforce, starring Ioan Gruffudd and Albert Finney.
- The Golden Compass a film adaptation of the bestselling trilogy 'His Dark Materials' novels by Phillip Pullman. Due for release in December 2007
- Many television dramas and documentaries including Coast and The Sally Lockhart Mysteries starring Billie Piper
[Pascale Blackburn]
Links
- For more information about Children of Men visit www.childrenofmen.net
- For information about filiming at the Dockyard www.historicfilmlocation.com
- Visitors Information on the Dockyard should go to www.Chdt.org.uk
- Dockyard logo © Chatham Dockyard
