A couple of years back (October 2014 to be exact) Hollywood came to Ramsbottom in the form of a movie studio filming scenes for A Monster Calls. There was much fervor around the town with rumours of Liam Neeson due to show up with Sigourney Weaver in tow. In addition to shops being asked to leave their lights on in the evening to make it appear as though the town were still awake we had crowds of locals turn up to hopefully get a glimpse of Liam Neeson amongst other stars.
Well, I honestly don’t think Liam Neeson visited us, mainly because his part in the film appears to be voiceover only (not that I’ve seen it yet, but judging from the trailers he’s just the voice of The Monster).
The film seems to be a heart wrenching story of a mother who is dieing and her son. The story focuses on the son and the emotional rollercoaster he goes through with moving to a new school after going to live with his Grandma (Weaver) and having to deal with the loss of his mother. Ultimately though, residents of Ramsbottom will want to know which scenes contain Ramsbottom and if indeed those scenes are in the film or if they ended up on the cutting room floor!
You can see the official trailer on YouTube here:
A Monster Calls starring Felicity Jones, Sigourney Weaver and Liam Neeson as The Monster is due to be release on January 1st nationwide (it came out in October in Spain, I don’t know why).
A Monster Calls can be viewed on New Year’s Day in Bury Vue Cinema at the times below. Click the image below to see all the times and days.
Are you going to watch?
Here’s some great camera work on the scenes in Ramsbottom:
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