THE historic Dorset town of Sherborne has a starring role in two
potential blockbuster films and a new BBC series in the next 12 months.
The
Imitation
Game – to be released at
the beginning of November – is whispered to be a contender for Best Picture and
features Sherborne School in location shots for the biopic film starring
Benedict Cumberbatch as the WW2 Bletchley Park codebreaker Alan Turing.
Turing was
a Sherborne pupil, and film crews have been at school filming scenes depicting
his boyhood years.
Early spring 2015 will see the release of Thomas Vinterberg
adaptation of Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd, starring
Carey Mulligan, Tom Sturridge, and Mathias Schoenaerts.
The town’s streets were
transformed into an 1870s market square located in the town of Casterbridge.
This summer saw Sherborne School and the surrounding area used
again for a BBC adaptation of Wolf Hall,
Hilary Mantel's prizewinning novel.
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Picture Credit: From Top - 'Sherborne Castle and Lake' by John Allan via Wikimedia Commons; 'Dorset Sherborne, Conduit' by Joe D via Wikimedia Commons; 'Courtyard in Sherborne school' by Graham Horn via Wikimedia Commons
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