Do the Movie Tour of Brighton
Posted on | October 30, 2009 | No Comments
Brighton has been the sparkling and highly charged backdrop to a number of major movies and www.visitbrighton.com’s audio tour lets you in on the background to this fascinating subject.
If you’re anything like me then knowing that your home town is featured as the setting for a film always generates a much greater level of interest that just the latest Hollywood release. Visit Brighton, and organisation deidcated to promoting tourism to the area, and more importantly I think, making that tourist experience a first rate experience, have recognised that and created the Brighton Movie audio tour that residents and visitors alike can download and follow the trail around the city, taking in all the points of cinematographic interest at their own pace, and at a time they choose, rather than having to tag onto the back of an organised walking tour! 
Fiona Sturges of the Independent trialled it and her report on the 26th of September gave it the thumbs up! She did the tour and was not only intrigued by the film locations but mentions how suprised she was by just how influential Brighton had been to the actual development of the cinema industry and its early steps into mass entertainment.
The tour covers perennial favourites such as locations from Brighton Rock, Quadrephenia, Oh What A Lovely War, Genevieve and the Barbra Streisand movie On A Clear Day, which heavily featured the Royal Pavilion as a backdrop to the action.
In addition to the locations, the tour plays particular attention to addresses such as Victoria Hall where one of the earliest know projectors was used to show 10 one minute films to paying audiences, as well as homage to The Duke of York’s picture house, as being one of the oldest purpose built cinemas in Britain.
The podcast can be downloaded from www.visitbrighton.com and the beauty of it is that you can use it again and again, you can rewind it when you missed a bit, and you can then hand it to you nearest and dearest so they can enjoy it too, saving you the expense of a group tour!
If you’d like to arrange accommodation during the festival then check our our property pages and see what suits you best!
BrightonShortBreaks.com™ – 0845 500 9486
contact@brightonshortbreaks.com
Comments
Leave a Reply