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  • Romantic movie moments in London

  • Photography Annie Collinge

    Posted: Wed Aug 2 2006

  • 'Brokeback Morden' or 'From Here To East Finchley'. On any date, what we're secretly trying to do is recreate the romance of the movies. But can reality ever match up to the magic of the silver screen? We set out to recreate four classic film moments – without leaving the capital

    Romantic movie moments in London

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    • From Here To Eternity (1953): Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr rolling in the surf is one of cinemas most famous images. To recreate it without forking out for flights to Hawaii, say Aloha! to this strip of sand at Gabriels Wharf (check a tide Manhattan 1979: Woody Allen and Diane Keaton enjoyed a famously soppy moment overlooking the Brooklyn Bridge in New York. But why travel to the Big Apple when a bench on the Embankment by Tower Bridge awaits you and your lover? Brokeback Mountain (2005): When they werent getting saddle-sore, Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger swapped smouldering glances while leaning nonchalantly on a pick-up truck in the wilds of Wyoming. Recreate the magic with the aid of a Ford Focus outside Titanic (1997): When Leonardo DiCaprio hoisted Kate Winslet onto the bow of the Titanic, somewhere in the mid-Atlantic, he was king of the world. Youll have to settle for being king of HMS Belfast (at least it never sank).

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