Lighthouses in Films ...

Well, it is Christmas and all the old films are on TV ... and I never knew...
The Needles Lighthouse - bevore they built the helicopter platform - is shown in "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" ...

I did not know that either, but it has been a long, long time since I saw it.

Then there's the scene from "Forrest Gump" where he's running from coast to coast. He runs east and turns around at Marshall Point Lighthouse, then runs to the west coast.

I saw a lighthouse in a Campbell Soup ad on TV.
It was on and off the screen so fast if you blinked you would probably miss it!

I always wondered about the lighthouse in the movie Pete's Dragon. After watching it last week with my granddaughter it explained in the dvd extras that it was a faux light built in California and needed Coast Guard approval to place the lens in the tower for the filming.

Tom

The soup ad is Yaquina Head with "soup can coloring" added. The Fresnel lens shows up in another version.

We enjoyed seeing the Point Judith Lighthouse in the movie 'Dan in Real Life' staring Steve Carell. This was not just a fleeting glimpse of the lighthouse, but several minutes of the movie were spent at Point Judith as Steve Carell tried to explain to nieces and nephews how a lighthouse operates which turned into a very humorous scene.

I will have to see "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" again. I have not seen "Dan In Real Life" and will have to catch it. We had a thread on Lighthouses in Movies about a year ago; we posted tons of movies and tv programs on that. (Just in case someone wants to review the list.)

Has anybody else seen the promos for the remake of 10 Little Indians called "Harper's Island" that will be on CBS starting in April?

The LH in the logo looks to me to be Point Atkinson outside of Vancouver, BC.

I can't confirm it but I did confirm that the filming location was in and near Vancouver, BC.

I don't intend to watch the show just like the logo.

Dennis

Have seen the promos ("lighthouse, lighthouse!" reverberates through our TV room whenever one is seen on screen [cabin fever big time lately!]) but didn't know it was a remake of 10 Little Indians. Good eye Paul--I thought it was a faux light built for the show.

Your last statement has piqued my curiosity--can you share why you don't intend to watch the show?

Sandy

Well, first unless I'm mising something you are asking me- Dennis- the questions not Paul.

It's not listed as a remake of Ten little Indians but it's obvious that the storyline promoted is inspired at least in part by it.

I'm not 100% sure of my ID- which is why I asked so I could get confirmation, possibly.

Lastly- i don't intend to watch the show because the subject matter does not interest me in any way. I'm not going to watch something to possibly get a glimpse of a lighthouse now and again.

Dennis

That was a test to see if you knew who you were and I'm happy to report that you passed!! Sorry 'bout that, must have had too long a nap today.

Sandy

Point Atkinson Lighthouse Website

Harper\'s Island Website

Now nobody has to watch watch looks to be an awful show just to see the lighthouse..

If there's one of the forum viewers out there with a little time on their hands who also has a burning interest in lighthouses in movies then I have a challenge to offer up. Several years ago (try 8 or 9) I spent a little time assimilating a list of lighthouses seen in movies and on tv that would benefit from a little updating. I don't know how much space I can take here but I'll attempt to list what I had at that time. There have been a lot of movies released since this list was put together and it might be interesting to have members add to this list. There are also a lot of question marks where the exact lighthouse shown in the movie or tv show hadn't been identified. All it takes is someone with the interest and time to act as librarian. Here goes:

25 Lighthouse 1996 ?
1976 British Open 1976 Turnberry, Scotland Lighthouse in background
Amos & Andrew 1993 Sankaty Head, Nantucket, MA
Backbeat 1993 ?, Filmed near Hamburg, London, & Liverpool
Beast From 20,000 Fathoms, The 1953 ?
Birds II, The 1994 Cape Lookout Lighthouse
Blackbeard The Pirate 1952 ?
Bugsy 1991 Morro Castle, Havana, Cuba
Butcher’s Wife, The 1991 Bald Head Island, NC
Captain January 1936 ?
Castle Rock Productions ???? Trademark
Cleopatra’s Palace: In Search of a Legend ???? Pharos of Alexandria re-enactment
Color of Money, The 1986 Absecon Lighthouse
Commandments 1997 Montauk Point, NY
Dark City 1998 ?
Day of the Triffids, The 1962 ?
Dead Man’s Curve 1998 ?, aka The Curve, Baltimore, MD
Dead Reckoning ???? Point Atkinson, British Columbia
Death and the Maiden 1994 Chile?
Deep, The 1977 ?, Filmed in the Bahamas & Australia
Deeva Dandi 1950 ?, aka The Lighthouse, India
Desperate Crimes 1993 La Lanterna, Genoa, Italy
Diva 1981 Gatteville Lighthouse, Normandy, France
Double Jeopardy 1999 ?, Filmed in British Columbia
Eye of the Needle 1981 Isle of Mull, Scotland?
Fair Game 1995 Cape Florida
Farlig farvann 1995 ?, Norway
Faro, El 1998 ?, aka Faro del sur, El and a.k.a. The Lighthouse, Argentina/Spain
Final Analysis 1992 Pigeon Point, CA
Final Countdown, The 1980 Diamond Head Light
Fog, The 1980 Point Reyes Lighthouse, CA
Forever Young 1992 Point Arena, CA
Forrest Gump 1994 Marshall Point Light, ME
General’s Daughter, The 1999 Tybee Island Light, GA
Glaive et la balance, Le 1963 ?, aka Two Are Guilty, France
Good Son, The 1993 Split Rock, MN
Goonies, The 1985 Tillamook Rock, OR
Haunted Lighthouse, The ???? ? Superman Episode
Hear My Song 1991 Dun Laoghaire Harbour, Ireland
Hysterical 1983 Yaquina Bay/Head, OR
Jackal, The 1997 Chicago Harbor Light
Jaws 1975 Gay Head et al, Martha’s Vineyard, MA
Jaws II 1978 ?
Jeep Commercial 1999 ?
Jim Henson Hour, The (TV) 1989 Lighthouse Island, fictional
Kindergarten Cop 1990 ?
Lady Killer (TV) 1995 Point Abino Lighthouse, Ontario, Canada
Lady of the Lighthouse, The 1915 ?
Leuchtturm auf Chaos 1983 ?, aka Lighthouse of Chaos, aka Pharos of Chaos, W. Germany
Light at the Edge of the World 1971 Cabo de Creus, Gerona, Spain
Lighthouse 1947 ?
Lighthouse 1991 Lighthouse at Cornwall, England
Lighthouse 1999 ? England
Lighthouse at the End of the World ???? ?
Lighthouse by the Sea 1924 ?
Lighthouse Keeper, The 1911 ?
Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter, The 1912 ?
Lighthouse Keeping 1946 ?
Lighthouse Love 1932 ?
Lighthouse, The 1997 ?
Lighthouse Mouse 1955 ?, Fictional
Lightship, The 1985 ?
Live From The Lighthouse (TV) 1983 ?, England
Lives and Loves of a She-Devil, The 1990 ?, England
Losing Chase 1996 Gay Head, Martha’s Vineyard, MA
Love Light, The 1921 ?, Italy
Manina, la fille sans voile 1952 ?, aka The Girl in the Bikini, aka The Lighthouse-Keepers Daughter, Cote d’Azur, France
Message in a Bottle 1999 Chicago Harbor Lighthouse, Sequin Island, Pond Island
Monster of Piedras Blancas, The 1958 ?, New England
Needful Things 1993 Pt. Atkinson, British Columbia
Officer and a Gentleman, An 1982 North Head Light, WA
Ostra e o Vento, A 1997 ?, aka The Oyster and the Wind, Brazil?
Paperhouse 1989 ?, England
Pete’s Dragon 1977 Lighthouse replica built on Pacific location
Phantom Light 1935 Eddystone Lighthouse, Devon, England
Portrait of Jennie 1948 The Graves, Boston Harbor, MA
Practical Magic 1998 Admiralty Head Lighthouse, Coupesville, Washington
Price or Treachery 1914 ?, aka The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter
Rat Patrol, The (TV) ???? TV Series Episode, “The Lighthouse Raid”
Remo Williams 1985 Statue of Liberty
Rock, The 1996 Alcatraz, CA
Round the Twist (TV) 1989 Split Point Lighthouse, The Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia
Round the Twist 2 (TV) 1992 Split Point Lighthouse, The Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia
Sandy Seal ???? ?
Serpiente de mar 1984 ?, aka Hydra, aka The Sea Serpent, Spain
Seven Miles From Alcatraz 1942 ?, CA
Sh! The Octopus 1937 ?
Sneakers Alcatraz, CA
Snow Goose, The (TV) 1971 England?
Somewhere in Time 1980 Round Island Lighthouse, MI
Sopranos (TV) 1999 Hillsborough Light
Steamboats, The Fall River Line 1999 PBS Special, Rose Island & Point Judith Lighthouses
Stolen Life, A 1946 ?, Martha’s Vineyard, MA
Storm of the Century (TV) 1991 Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia, Minot’s Ledge Light
Superman (TV) ???? TV Series Episode, “The Haunted Lighthouse”
Theodore Tugboat (PBS) 1999 Lilly Lighthouse
Thinner 1996 ?, ME (filmed in Portland)
To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday 1996 Brandt Point, Nantucket, MA
To The Lighthouse (TV) 1983 Godrevy Lighthouse, St. Ives, Cornwall, England
To The Lighthouse 1985 ?
Tormented 1960 ?, New England
Truman Show, The 1998 ?, Filmed in Panama City & Seaside, FL
Ujed andjela 1984 ?, Yugoslavia
Under the Lighthouse Dancing 1997 Rottnest Main Lighthouse, Rottnest Island, Western Australia
Vingar Kring Fyren 1938 Gronskar Lighthouse, Sandhamn, Stockhoms lan, Sweden
VISA Commercial 1999 Pemaquid Point
Waking Ned Devine 1998 Two lighthouses on The Isle of Man, Ireland
Weekend at Bernie’s 1989 Bald Head Island Lighthouse
White Light 1991 Cape Florida, FL
Wine to Water (Music Video) ???? Portland Head)

I have a Word document that's a little clearer if anyone is interested.

Gary

Gary, Pretty impressive list. If I get some time I'll add a few recent ones. Right now I'm just glad to be working again.

By the way, did anybody watch last Fridays episode of the Sarah Conner Chronicles?
Several scenes took place in Point Vicente Keepers house.
Doubt they were actually filmed there, but there were some great views of the lighthouse.

The Lighthouse, 1997 is Bishops's Rock Lighthouse

http://dockyardventurers.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/bishop_rock.jpg?w=322&h=519

Wouldn't you like to be stranded at the top during a storm?

I'm weird, I know. I would also like to ride out a category 3 or 4 hurricane in the Oak Island Lighthouse.

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Thanks, Gary, for a great list. There was a Hallmark movie called "The Blackwater Lightship" in 2004 but I think the lighthouse was digitally created and I don't remember a lightship!

Judy

Look for updates on a new movie "The Lightkeepers" at the following web site:

http://www.thelightkeepersmovie.com

Looks like Richard Dreyfuss will be the lighthouse keeper. Movie promo on their web site shows Highland Light, but most of the filming will actually be at Race Point Lighthouse

Jim

Looking forward to it. I can see Richard Dreyfuss as a Keeper.

Tell him to watch out for sharks!

Look forward to seeing it! Wonder where it's being filmed?

Lighthouse (setting) movie on TCM 5/15 12:30pm ET

Thunder Rock (1942)

A disillusioned writer moves into a lighthouse where some ghostly visitors restore his faith.

Michael Redgrave
Barbara Mullen
James Mason
Lilli Palmer
Frederick Valk
Frederick Cooper
Finlay Currie
Sybilla Binder

TCM replay 7/26 4am ET

"The Lightkeepers" movie website now has some still photos from the movie posted.

'Fred Claus' Portland Head

We were watching The History Channel a couple of days ago and one of the boundary stones of the original District of Columbia was shown on-site in the seawall just south of Jones Point, VA Lighthouse. Lighthouse Friends description of Jones Point Light indicates it was installed by George Washington. A marker designating the boundary between Maryland/Virginia is located north of the lighthouse.

This link gets you to pictures and some of the historical information:

http://oha.alexandriava.gov/archaeology/jonespoint/ar-jpt-dc.html

Men in Black II was on last night. Agent J had 'retired' at the end of MIB and in II was shown as the 'postmaster' at Truro MA. He needed to be 'deneuralized' and called back into service.

The exteriors of the Post Office were shot at Fire Island NY. (And all the postal workers, as it turned out, were aliens.)