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Picket Post Close was the real-life location for the filming of [[4 Privet Drive]] in the first Harry Potter film. 12 Picket Post Close is the house number of the residents Warner Brothers used for filming [[the Dursleys]] house.
 
 
 
[[File:Picket-post-close.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Picket Post Close]]
 
[[File:Picket-post-close.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Picket Post Close]]
 
'''Picket Post Close''' was the real-life location for the filming of [[4 Privet Drive]] in the [[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)|first]] ''[[Harry Potter films|Harry Potter]]'' film. 12 Picket Post Close is the house number of the residence Warner Brothers used for filming the [[Dursleys]]' house.<ref>[http://www.londoncountrytours.co.uk/harrypotter.htm Harry Potter Tours]</ref>
==Behind the Scenes==
 
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[[Warner Brothers]] had to pay the residents of Picket Post Close a large fee for using their neighbourhood in the film, as well as for the inconvenience of all the filming equipment. When it came time to shoot the [[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)|second film]], it was decided it was easier and cheaper to shoot at Leavesden Studios where an actual [[Privet Drive]] set was built, as the residents continued to demand further payments. Picket Post Close was used in the first and [[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)|fifth]] films.
   
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==Notes and references==
[[Warner Brothers]] had to pay the residents of Picket Post Close a fee for using their neighborhood in the film, as well as for the inconvenience of all the filming equipment. When it came time to film the second movie, the residents of Picket Post Close demanded too much money, and Leavesden Studios built an actual [[Privet Drive]] set.
 
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==Appearances==
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)]]''
 
 
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Revision as of 16:33, 1 February 2015

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Picket Post Close

Picket Post Close was the real-life location for the filming of 4 Privet Drive in the first Harry Potter film. 12 Picket Post Close is the house number of the residence Warner Brothers used for filming the Dursleys' house.[1]

Warner Brothers had to pay the residents of Picket Post Close a large fee for using their neighbourhood in the film, as well as for the inconvenience of all the filming equipment. When it came time to shoot the second film, it was decided it was easier and cheaper to shoot at Leavesden Studios where an actual Privet Drive set was built, as the residents continued to demand further payments. Picket Post Close was used in the first and fifth films.

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