Scotland’s vacationer board is hoping the £4 million movie trade within the Outer Hebrides will appeal to extra guests to mark the discharge of latest film The Street Dance.
Primarily based on a e-book by the identical identify, written by STV Information presenter and creator John MacKay, The Street Dance follows Hermione Corfield as Kirsty MacLeod, who desires of a greater life away from her small village within the Outer Hebrides.
The movie will likely be launched on Friday.
Nevertheless, the outbreak of the First World Battle and a fateful highway dance take her life on a dramatic and tragic flip.
VisitScotland is hoping the movie’s launch will appeal to extra guests to the Outer Hebrides.
It was shot solely on location throughout October and November 2020 and a particular preview screening was organised on the Isle of Lewis earlier this month.
Nevertheless, The Street Dance shouldn’t be the primary characteristic to be filmed on the island.
Lewis was remodeled into the fictional Isle of Eriskay within the 1949 comedy Whisky Galore!.
Practically 20 years later, the islands additionally featured in 2001: A House Odessy.
Jenni Steele, VisitScotland movie and inventive industries supervisor, stated: “It’s an exciting time for screen tourism in the Outer Hebrides and Scotland as a whole with a real boom in major film and television productions.
“Not only do these productions boost the local economy in the short term but give viewers a taste of the country’s amazing landscapes, heritage and culture which hopefully inspire them to visit in the future.
“It is perfect timing that The Road Dance, which is embedded in the island’s history and culture – and shot entirely on location – should be released in Scotland’s Year of Stories.”
