Went to see Submarine (Moss from The IT Crowd's movie) with Sarah yesterday, and thought I'd use this update to flag up a rather unusual example of California Doubling.
California Doubling is the phenomena whereby Hollywood films and TV shows will very often be filmed in California regardless of where they're set. This is mostly due to the cost of transporting the cast and crew - usually a fair number of people on large productions - to wherever the story is supposedly taking place. A good example is Friends: set in New York, filmed in Burbank, CA.
Well Submarine is set in Swansea, and for the most part I was perfectly happy to believe that that's where it was filmed. But then, at the start of Act 2, there's a scene where the main character takes his lady friend to see Joan of Arc at some artsy-looking cinema. At this point, Sarah leaned over and pointed out that they were in The Paget Rooms, which is in fact a cinema in - guess where?
P-Town. It had had a slight makeover for the movie, but from the outside it was unmistakable. Sarah could even see the place where she gets her hair done.
There may have also been a scene on Sully Island, but we weren't entirely sure of that one.
Joel.
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