(I live in Picket Post Close and we did not demand money.)
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'''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 residents Warner Brothers used for filming the [[Dursleys]]' house.<ref>[http://www.londoncountrytours.co.uk/harrypotter.htm Harry Potter Tours]</ref>
'''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 residents Warner Brothers used for filming the [[Dursleys]]' house.<ref>[http://www.londoncountrytours.co.uk/harrypotter.htm Harry Potter Tours]</ref>
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[[Warner Brothers]] had to pay the residents of Picket Post Close a 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]], theresidentsofPicketPostClosedemandedtoomuch money, and Leavesden Studios built an actual [[Privet Drive]] set. Picket Post Close was used in the first and [[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)|fifth]] films.
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[[Warner Brothers]] had to pay the residents of Picket Post Close a 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]], itwasdecideditwaseasiertoshootat Leavesden Studios where an actual [[Privet Drive]] set was built. Picket Post Close was used in the first and [[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)|fifth]] films.
==Notes and references==
==Notes and references==
Latest revision as of 22:31, May 9, 2012
This article is not part of the Harry Potter universe. This article covers a subject that is part of the real world, and thus should not be taken as a part of the Harry Potter universe.
Picket Post Close was the real-life location for the filming of 4 Privet Drive in the firstHarry Potter film. 12 Picket Post Close is the house number of the residents Warner Brothers used for filming the Dursleys' house.[1]
Warner Brothers had to pay the residents of Picket Post Close a 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 to shoot at Leavesden Studios where an actual Privet Drive set was built. Picket Post Close was used in the first and fifth films.
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