Maps of Movies
Stardust (2007)
Where Stardust says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
A fairy-tale kingdom filmed mostly in England and Scotland, with one scene in Iceland
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Scenes and places
The letter to the Royal Academy of Science (2007)
A narrator opens the film at the Royal Academy of Science in London, where a strange letter has arrived from a boy in the village of Wall. The scientist who reads it assumes it is a joke and writes back politely that the question is nonsense. The reply is posted to Wall, setting the story in motion.
Set in Royal Academy of Science, London — Where the narrator says the story begins, with a letter from a country boy.
Filmed at Stowe School, Buckinghamshire — Stowe School was used for filming; the match to this scene comes from one location blog. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The guard at the gap in the wall (2007)
Dunstan Thorne asks the village guard to let him through the gap in the wall to the other world. The guard insists it is only a field and threatens to report him to the village council. Dunstan goes home, then tricks his way across anyway.
Set in The wall between Wall and Stormhold — A gap in a stone wall guarded day and night, said to lead to another world.
Filmed at Ashridge Estate / Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire — Filming took place in the woods and Golden Valley near Little Gaddesden; the match to the wall scene comes from one location blog. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The Stormhold market and the Slaughtered Prince (2007)
Dunstan crosses the wall and finds a market, where a stallholder leaves him in charge of the stall and goes off to the Slaughtered Prince for a pint. A woman, Una, offers him a glass snowdrop for a kiss. She tells him she is a princess enslaved by a witch.
Set in Stormhold market — A fantasy market street beyond the wall with a pub called The Slaughtered Prince.
Elm Hill has a mixture of Tudor and medieval buildings dating as far back as the 11th century.
Filmed at Elm Hill, Norwich — Elm Hill was dressed as the streets of Stormhold. The coordinates are for the street. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Briton's Arms tea house, Elm Hill, Norwich — The tea house became the Slaughtered Prince pub. The coordinates are for Elm Hill, not the building. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Wall village, Victoria and the falling star (2007)
Eighteen years on, Tristan is a shop boy who is hopelessly in love with Victoria, who is courted by the richer Humphrey. When a star falls from the sky, Tristan promises to bring it back to her in return for her hand in marriage.
Set in Village of Wall — Tristan's English village, where he works in a shop and courts Victoria.
Filmed at Arlington Row, Bibury — Arlington Row is documented as a Stardust location; which Wall scenes were shot here comes from one location blog. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Castle Combe, Wiltshire — Filming took place in the village of Castle Combe; which Wall scenes were shot here comes from one location blog. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The dying King of Stormhold (2007)
The dying King gathers his surviving sons to name his successor. He throws a ruby out of the window into the sky and says the first son to find it will inherit the throne. The ruby strikes a star and both fall to earth.
Set in Royal palace of Stormhold — The king's chamber, where his surviving sons gather.
Filmed at Elveden Hall, Suffolk — Elveden Hall's own article names Stardust (2007) as a film made here. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Lamia hunts for the fallen star (2007)
Three ancient witches learn that a star has fallen and resolve to eat its heart to win back their youth. Lamia, the eldest, sets out on foot to find it.
Set in Mountain where Lamia searches — Where the witch Lamia sets out to find the star.
Filmed at The Quiraing, Isle of Skye — Filming took place on the Isle of Skye around the Quiraing; the match to this scene comes from one location blog. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The princes gather after the King's death (2007)
The surviving princes gather and toast the new King of Stormhold, whichever of them it turns out to be. Each of them is watching the others, since only one can take the throne.
Set in A gathering of the princes — The surviving princes meet and raise a toast to the new King.
Tristan drags the star over the mountains (2007)
Tristan has found the star, who turns out to be a woman named Yvaine. He binds her with a magic chain and drags her along toward Wall, where he wants to hand her over to Victoria.
Set in Mountain path in the wild lands — The long road toward Wall.
Filmed at Black Mountain, Brecon Beacons, Wales — Filming took place in the Brecon Beacons; the exact spot comes from one location blog. Coordinates are for the nearby lake Llyn y Fan Fach, not the path. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Tristan and Yvaine in the woods (2007)
Yvaine grows tired on the journey, so Tristan chains her to a tree and promises to fetch food. The two keep arguing about where they are going and why.
Set in Woodland on the road — Where Tristan and Yvaine rest on their journey.
Filmed at Black Park Country Park, Buckinghamshire — Location blog names this park for the woodland walk. Single source. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Lamia meets Ditchwater Sal (2007)
Ditchwater Sal tries to trick the truth out of Lamia with a drugged herb. Lamia catches her and Sal swears she will not seek the star.
Set in Valley road — Where Lamia confronts the travelling trader Ditchwater Sal.
Filmed at Fairy Glen, Isle of Skye — Location blog names Fairy Glen for this scene. Single source. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Septimus consults the soothsayer (2007)
Prince Septimus pushes a soothsayer to say where the missing stone is. When the runes only point south again, he tests her with questions to see if she serves his brother.
Set in Place of the soothsayer — The barren shore where Septimus asks a soothsayer where the stone lies.
Filmed at Stokksnes, Iceland — The soothsayer scene was shot in Iceland; the exact spot Stokksnes comes from one location blog. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The pirate ship in the clouds (2007)
Tristan and Yvaine use a Babylon candle to escape into the clouds, where they are captured by pirates in a flying ship. Captain Shakespeare, the pirate leader, turns out to be friendlier than he first seems.
Set in Pirate ship in the sky — A flying ship above the clouds (computer effects).
Filmed at Loch Coruisk, Isle of Skye — The ship is computer effects; the loch is a background landscape according to one location blog. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Characters
- Tristan — A shop boy from Wall who promises to bring back a fallen star for the girl he loves.
- Yvaine — The fallen star, who has taken the shape of a woman.
- Lamia — The eldest of three witches who want the star's heart.
- Septimus — The youngest of the surviving princes, hunting the stone to take the throne.
- Dunstan — Tristan's father, who slips through the gap in the wall as a young man.
Questions answered on the map
- Where is the Slaughtered Prince pub from Stardust really?