Possession
2002
A modern American academic researching a 19th-century poet becomes entangled in a literary detective story as she and a British scholar uncover evidence of a secret love affair between two Victorian writers. This romantic mystery, based on A.S. Byatt's Booker Prize-winning novel, stars Gwyneth Paltrow and Aaron Eckhart.
Director
- Neil LaBute
Cast
- Gwyneth Paltrow
- Jeremy Northam
- Jennifer Ehle
- Toby Stephens
- Tom Hollander
- Trevor Eve
Filming Locations
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British Museum
The British Museum was used for scenes set in Roland's workplace, where he works as a research assistant to a professor specialising in the fictional Victorian poet Randolph Henry Ash.
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Leighton Hall
Leighton Hall in Carnforth, Lancashire was used as one of the period country house locations for the Victorian flashback sequences depicting the lives of the 19th-century poets.
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Pickering Station
Pickering Station on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway was used for Victorian-era railway scenes, with a period steam locomotive and vintage coaches providing the authentic 19th-century atmosphere.
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Stoner Park
Stonor Park in Oxfordshire was used as one of the English country house locations representing the Victorian-era settings in the film's period sequences.
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Thomason Foss Waterfall
Thomason Foss, a waterfall near Beck Hole in North Yorkshire, was used for a dramatic outdoor scene in the film, representing the wild natural landscape associated with the Victorian poet LaMotte.
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Whitby
Whitby and its Church Street were dressed to represent a Victorian fishing town for the 19th-century flashback sequences; the modern storyline also brings Maud and Roland to Whitby as they retrace the Victorian poets' journey.