Children's film turns clock back in city centre
The centre of Bath has become the backdrop for a new film this week as crews have taken over Bath Street and parts of Stall Street.
Mariah Mundi and the Midas Box, which is due to be released next year, is a children’s feature film set in the 1880s.
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Mariah Mundi
Last week crews were filming in and around the Assembly Rooms before moving to Bath Street and Stall Street.
Although Bath Street has been cordoned off to the public while the scenes are shot over the next two days, shoppers can still see some of the live action, complete with horses and carts.
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The film starring Michael Sheen, Keeley Hawkes and Sam Neill is being shot by production company Cinema One and follows the story of Mariah Mundi, a boy whose brother is kidnapped, and the adventures he has trying to rescue him.
The majority of the film has been shot at the studio in Bristol with other locations including London and parts of the west country.
Filming will be taking place in Bath Street, Stall Street and Hot Bath Street today and tomorrow.
Comments
by jezer
Thursday, June 14 2012, 12:11AM
“Ah, someone mentioned the Titfield Thunderbolt. My all time favourite because my father was an extra in it, and I remember being taken to Monkton Combe station and seeing the engine in the sidings. Mostly filmed on location around the villages, except that different ones were used and in the film they seemed to be joined up.”
by rogerh3
Wednesday, June 13 2012, 11:53PM
“Can't remember which film though!"
Vanity Fair: http://tinyurl.com/bul9qmn”
by BV_BV
Wednesday, June 13 2012, 10:46PM
“Okay - before anyone says it! We did not look at the films - We looked at the locations where the films were shot.”
by BV_BV
Wednesday, June 13 2012, 10:44PM
“I went on a great organised walk around Bath which looked at the films that had been made in Bath and the legacy that had been left - such as the lamp posts in Pulteney Street which are actually twice the size they would have been at the time the film was depicting. Can't remember which film though!! I had to book it through the Council ticket booking service.
I wonder what will be left from this film, if anything.”
by Mr_Nemo
Wednesday, June 13 2012, 8:29PM
“It seemed very realistic - even the horse droppings turned out to be real, as I discovered when I walked down Bath Street today!
I,m not quite sure tho' what publicity Bath gets from 'The Titfield Thunderbolt'. Monkton Combe or Limpley Stoke, maybe, even Midford, but otherwise.....?”
by joejohn
Wednesday, June 13 2012, 5:40PM
“Quite a few films have been made in Bath and around the area Remains of the Day,!000 Suspects,Inspector Morse , The Wrong Box, The Ghost Train,The Titfield Thunderbolt, to name just a few all good publicity for our beautiful city”
by iamtheuser
Tuesday, June 12 2012, 1:37PM
“Its great that lots of different films are filmed in and near bath!”
by rottidog
Tuesday, June 12 2012, 8:53AM
“But yet again Bath is being used not to portray Bath itself but Victorian London so please don't let us hear the usual "Millions of pounds benefit to the city" as very few people stick around to read the very small print at the end of the credits!”