Match Point
2005
A young British tennis professional with working-class origins marries into a wealthy English family, but his obsessive attraction to his brother-in-law's fiancee leads him into an act of terrible violence to protect his carefully constructed new life. Woody Allen's dark London thriller was widely praised as one of his finest films in years.
Director
- Woody Allen
Cast
- Scarlett Johansson
- Jonathan Rhys-Meyers
- Emily Mortimer
- Matthew Goode
- Woody Allen
- Brian Cox
- Penelope Wilton
- James Nesbitt
- Alexander Armstrong
Filming Locations
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Covent Garden Hotel
The Brasserie Max restaurant in the Covent Garden Hotel on Monmouth Street was used for a restaurant scene in the film.
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Curzon Cinema
The Curzon Mayfair Cinema on Curzon Street was used for the scene in which Chris is disappointed when Nola (Scarlett Johansson) fails to appear for a screening of The Motorcycle Diaries.
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Queens Club
The Queen's Club in West Kensington served as the tennis club where ambitious Chris Wilton first meets his wealthy future employer Tom Hewett (Matthew Goode), establishing his entrée into upper-class London life.
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Tate Modern
The Tate Modern's distinctive Turbine Hall was used for a scene in which Chris Wilton (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) walks through London's contemporary art world, though some gallery interior scenes were shot in an East End warehouse.