Tomb Raider
2001
Archaeologist and adventurer Lara Croft races against a secret society called the Illuminati to recover two halves of an ancient device that can control time, before a planetary alignment makes it usable. Angelina Jolie brings the iconic video game heroine to life in this action-packed blockbuster.
Director
- Simon West
Cast
- Angelina Jolie
- Iain Glen
- Daniel Craig
- Jon Voight
- Leslie Phillips
- Noah Taylor
- Chris Barrie
- Julian Rhind-Tutt
Filming Locations
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Battersea Power Station
The decommissioned power station was used as a filming location for industrial and action sequences in the film.
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Dulwich Hospital
The Great Hall of Dulwich College was used as the auction house where Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie) bids on the mysterious clock at the film's opening.
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Elveden Hall
The ornate Indian-style interior of Elveden Hall, with its elaborate carved stonework, was used to represent an exotic foreign location interior.
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Hatfield House
The exterior of Hatfield House served as Croft Manor, the ancestral home of Lara Croft, while the manor's library was also used for interior scenes.
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Leadenhall Market
Lara roars through Leadenhall Market on her motorbike after leaving the auction house, in a high-speed sequence through the Victorian iron-and-glass market.
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Royal Naval College
The magnificent Painted Hall at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich was transformed into the Venetian chamber where Lara meets with the Council of the Illuminati.
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Tower Bridge
Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie) rides her motorbike across Tower Bridge en route to the auction house in the opening London sequence.
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Windsor Great Park
Windsor Great Park briefly doubled as the Cambodian jungle for scenes of Lara sprinting through dense undergrowth.