Filming at University College London - Film

Film

  • Doctor in the House (1954) used the Portico as the entrance to "St Swithin's Hospital"
  • The 1959 film version of The 39 Steps showed the quad and main building as "St John's Wood Hospital".
  • Raising the Wind (1961) uses the main quad and portico as the exterior of the fictional 'London Academy of Music and the Arts' ('LAMA').
  • The 1991 BBC film The Lost Language of the Cranes featured a fictional member of the staff at UCL and a few scenes were filmed in UCL.
  • Eyes Wide Shut (1999) uses the UCL GP practice as the clinic for Tom Cruise's character.
  • Gladiator (2000) used the main Quad as one of its models for ancient Rome.
  • The Mummy Returns (2001) uses parts of UCL (mainly the Main Quad) to masquerade as the British Museum
  • Thunderbirds (2004) used the main Quad and Building as the "Bank of London", sited on the north side of Trafalgar Square looking down Whitehall. On this site in reality is the National Gallery, designed by the same architect as UCL (William Wilkins).
  • Batman Begins (2005) features the DMS Watson library as "Gotham Print Room" and the exterior of the Medawar building as part of the police department headquarters; this film also uses the National Institute for Medical Research (as Arkham Asylum), and the cloisters of Senate House. The Thomas Lewis room in UCL, in the Rockefeller Building, was the setting for the courtroom scene.
  • The 2007 film Starter for 10 used the main quad, Gustav Tuck lecture theatre, parts of the history library and other areas of campus to masquerade as Bristol University.
  • Atonement (2007) uses the Physics Yard for shots of the casualty clearing area.
  • Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (2007 Bollywood film) - the stairs up to the portico are used for the title song
  • Some scenes of the 2008 film The Dark Knight were also filmed in and around UCL.
  • Inception (2010) - starring Leonardo DiCaprio, directed by Chris Nolan - Seen filming in the UCL Quad, a Lecture Theatre and Main library on the 15th July 2009.
  • "Desi Boyz' (2011) - starring John Abraham, Akhshay Kumar, Deepika Padukone- seen running up the UCL Portico steps. The Cruciform Building is also shown in the background.

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