WELCOME TO THE MOVIES!
Easter is upon us and Loch Ness is getting busier after the long winter.
Someone writting in the local paper said they were amazed that no-one had sighted 'Nessie' - as we know, that event will arise.
The highlight of the week so far is the arrival of a major Indian film company shooting a new psychological thriller called 'Purple Lake' directed by Vishal Pandya. Most of Sunday's filming took place at the Clansman Harbour and on the Jacobite boats on Loch Ness.
Loch Ness is no stranger to film companies using this amazing location from documentaries, adverts and promotions to full films.
In 1962 'What a Whopper' staring Adam Faith, Sid James and Spike Milligan - an early 'Carry- On' type movie was part filmed here and a very rare original poster of the film can be seen in the Loch Ness Clansman games-room.
Released in 1970, 'The Private Life of Sherlock Homes' directed by the world famous Billy Wilder was also shot here. In 1968 'Submarine X1' with James Caan; in 1996 'Loch Ness' with Ted Danson and Joley Richardson; in 2001 the horendous 'The Evil Beneath Loch Ness' staring Patrick Bergin was filmed between here and California as can be cheesily seen in the continuity matching. Water Horse, although filmed mainly in New Zealand, featured the Loch Ness story.
Cartoons like 'Skooby-Doo' and the 'Simpsons', commercials for Toyota, Abercrombie and Fitch, 'Orange' and 'Vodaphone' together with 'Kit-Kat' all features 'Nessie'.
So the magic of Hollywood or Bollywood is not a stranger to us here at Loch Ness - in fact it's pretty normal, so much so that we ran a PR stunt a number of years ago with a look alike Sean Connery and Julia Roberts photographed at a new road sign 'DRUMOLLYWOOD - Welcome to the movies'!!
Ken Your Country
Loch Ness attracts one million visitors per annum, generating £25 million sterling to the local economy.
Easter is upon us and Loch Ness is getting busier after the long winter.
Someone writting in the local paper said they were amazed that no-one had sighted 'Nessie' - as we know, that event will arise.
The highlight of the week so far is the arrival of a major Indian film company shooting a new psychological thriller called 'Purple Lake' directed by Vishal Pandya. Most of Sunday's filming took place at the Clansman Harbour and on the Jacobite boats on Loch Ness.
Loch Ness is no stranger to film companies using this amazing location from documentaries, adverts and promotions to full films.
In 1962 'What a Whopper' staring Adam Faith, Sid James and Spike Milligan - an early 'Carry- On' type movie was part filmed here and a very rare original poster of the film can be seen in the Loch Ness Clansman games-room.
Released in 1970, 'The Private Life of Sherlock Homes' directed by the world famous Billy Wilder was also shot here. In 1968 'Submarine X1' with James Caan; in 1996 'Loch Ness' with Ted Danson and Joley Richardson; in 2001 the horendous 'The Evil Beneath Loch Ness' staring Patrick Bergin was filmed between here and California as can be cheesily seen in the continuity matching. Water Horse, although filmed mainly in New Zealand, featured the Loch Ness story.
Cartoons like 'Skooby-Doo' and the 'Simpsons', commercials for Toyota, Abercrombie and Fitch, 'Orange' and 'Vodaphone' together with 'Kit-Kat' all features 'Nessie'.
So the magic of Hollywood or Bollywood is not a stranger to us here at Loch Ness - in fact it's pretty normal, so much so that we ran a PR stunt a number of years ago with a look alike Sean Connery and Julia Roberts photographed at a new road sign 'DRUMOLLYWOOD - Welcome to the movies'!!
Ken Your Country
Loch Ness attracts one million visitors per annum, generating £25 million sterling to the local economy.
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