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Summer 2023
1923
Perry Mason
Peaky Blinders
OUTSTANDING LOCATIONS IN A PERIOD TELEVISION SERIES
1923
Paramount
Capturing both the beauty and brutality of the
American West, this prequel to
Yellowstone brings
the struggles of early Dutton family members in the
era of Prohibition back to life. Montana's diverse
terrain delivers the dramatic charred landscapes
for a World War I battleground, and Uptown Butte's
historic architecture provides a period mining
community stuck in time. A back story takes
characters to the grasslands, wildlife and period
hotels of South Africa and Tanzania. Flashbacks to
the early 1900s are filmed in Malta.
PEAKY BLINDERS
Season 6 – Netflix
The sixth and final season of this gangster saga
culminates in an ambitious blaze of glory. Filming
took place across the United Kingdom for a story
set in Birmingham that stretches as far as Boston,
Massachusetts. Whether filming in Liverpool
Cathedral for Westminster Abbey or in the supremely
versatile Portsoy, Scotland, for a Boston prison yard,
a French harbour, and even Miquelon Island, an old
colonial outpost just off the coast of Newfoundland,
the varied locations deftly drive the story forward.
PERRY MASON
Season 2 – HBO I Max
In this noir crime drama, a detective-turned-lawyer
struggles to solve a sensational murder that involves
a powerful family and poor Mexican-American
brothers. Reaching almost 100 years into the past,
1930's LA is brought back to life. Period mansions,
working-class neighborhoods and shanty towns
describe a city of both extreme wealth and poverty.
Clues are revealed on deserted beaches, a docked
ship in the harbor and an oilfield. The fight for justice
amidst rampant corruption and anti-immigrant fervor
plays out in the courtroom and on the monumental
steps of LA's art deco City Hall.
