Haven't we all at some point in time fantasized about stepping through a cinema/TV screen and into the world of our favourite movies and television shows? I certainly have!

With its modern, urban setting and stunning harbour, it is easy to see why Sydney leads the way as an ideal and versatile shooting destination. Movies shot here have been set in New York (Godzilla: Final Wars, Kangaroo Jack), Chicago (The Matrix and sequels), London (Birthday Girl), Seville (Mission Impossible 2), Bombay (Holy Smoke), Darwin (Australia), Myanmar (Stealth), Mars (Red Planet) and the fictitious city of Metropolis (Superman Returns, Babe: Pig in the City).

Whether popular landmarks or off the beaten track locations that are often hard to find, you can now explore Sydney in a fun and unique way with the SYDNEY ON SCREEN walking guides. Catering to Sydneysiders as much as visitors, the guides have something to offer everyone, from history, architecture and movie buffs to nature lovers.

See where productions such as Superman Returns, The Matrix and sequels, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Candy, Mission Impossible 2, Mao's Last Dancer, Babe: Pig in the City, Kangaroo Jack, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Muriel's Wedding, The Bold and the Beautiful, Oprah's Ultimate Australian Adventure and many more were filmed.

Maps and up-to-date information on Sydney's attractions are provided to help you plan your walk. Pick and choose from the suggested itinerary to see as little or as much of the city as you like.

So, come and discover the landscapes and locations that draw filmmakers to magical Sydney, and walk in the footsteps of the stars!

A GREAT ALTERNATIVE TO EXPENSIVE TOURS, YOU CAN NOW ENJOY EXPLORING SYDNEY FOR UNDER $10 WITH THE SYDNEY ON SCREEN WALKING GUIDES. FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT US AT SYDNEYONSCREEN@HOTMAIL.COM

Subscribe to the blog and keep up with all the latest Aussie film and entertainment news. Read about what the stars are up to, who's in town, what movies are currently filming or being promoted. Locate us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/sydneyonscreen and "like" our page!

Sydney on Screen walking guides now on sale!

Click on the picture above to see a preview of all four walking guides and on the picture below to see larger stills of Sydney movie and television locations featured in the slideshow!

Copyright © 2011 by Luke Brighty / Unless otherwise specified, all photographs on this blog copyright © 2011 by Luke Brighty


Sydney on Screen guides are now available for purchase at the following outlets:

Travel Concierge, Sydney International Airport, Terminal 1 Arrivals Hall (between gates A/B and C/D), Mascot - Ph: 1300 40 20 60

The Museum of Sydney shop, corner of Bridge & Phillip Streets, Sydney - Ph: (02) 9251 4678

The Justice & Police Museum shop, corner of Albert & Phillip Streets, Sydney - Ph: (02) 9252 1144

The Mint shop, 10 Macquarie Street, Sydney - Ph: (02) 8239 2416

Hyde Park Barracks shop, Queen Square, Sydney - Ph: (02) 8239 2311

Travel Up! (travel counter) c/o Wake Up Sydney Central, 509 Pitt Street, Sydney - Ph (02) 9288 7888

The Shangri-La Hotel (concierge desk), 176 Cumberland Street, The Rocks, Sydney - Ph: (02) 9250 6018

The Sebel Pier One (concierge desk), 11 Hickson Road, Walsh Bay, Sydney - Ph: (02) 8298 9901

The Radisson Plaza Hotel Sydney (concierge desk), 27 O'Connell Street, Sydney - Ph: (02) 8214 0000

The Sydney Marriott Circular Quay (concierge desk), 30 Pitt Street, Sydney - Ph: (02) 9259 7000

Boobook on Owen, 1/68 Owen Street, Huskisson - Ph: (02) 4441 8585


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Winslet lands major role in film adaptation of Australian novel The Dressmaker

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British actress Kate Winslet seen here with partner Ned Rocknroll, will star in the film adaptation of the Australian novel The Dressmaker. Picture: AFP PHOTO / ANTONY DICKSON Source: AFP


Vicky Roach, News Limited Network, reports

Kate Winslet is to star in The Dressmaker, a gothic tale of love, hate and haute couture set in Outback Australia in the 1950s and directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse (Proof).

The Oscar-winning actress will play Tilly, an avenging angel who returns to the country town where she grew up to care for her mad mother.

No other cast members have been confirmed.

Produced by Sue Maslin (Japanese Story), the bitter-sweet tragi-comedy will employ a top local crew including director of photography Don McAlpine (X-Men: Wolverine), costume designer Janet Patterson (Bright Star) and editor Jill Bilcock (Moulin Rouge).

According to Variety, which broke the news of Winslet’s casting from Cannes, pre-production will start in spring.

The Dressmaker is based on the novel by Melbourne-based author Rosalie Ham and is set in the fictional golden wheatbelt town of Dungatar. Location scouting has included the Wimmera region of north-west Victoria.

The Dressmaker will be Moorhouse's first film since her ill-fated 2005 adaptation of the Murray Bail novel Ecalyptus, starring Russell Crowe and Nicole Kidman, which imploded three days before filming was scheduled to start.

"Creative disagreements" was the official line at the time.

According to industry insiders, the project was scuttled by an irreconcilable breakdown between Crowe and Moorhouse. Complicating the situation was Crowe's position as executive producer.

Moorhouse, who recently directed her first play, Sex With Strangers, for the Sydney Theatre Company, had previously worked with the Oscar-winning actor on Proof.

Thematically, The Dressmaker finds Moorhouse on familiar turf.

In 1997, she directed Michelle Pfeiffer and Jessica Lange in a film adaptation of Jane Smiley's novel A Thousand Acres, described as "King Lear in Iowa."

Prior to that, she pulled together an illustrious female cast, including Winona Ryder, Ellen Burstyn and Anne Bancroft, for the film version of Whitney Otto's novel How To Make An American Quilt.

Most recently, she produced husband PJ Hogan's film Mental, starring Toni Collette.

Winslet's last worked in Australia in the late 1990s, on Jane Campion's film Holy Smoke, which filmed in outback South Australia.

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