Where was Willow filmed?

1988 film directed by Ron Howard

Willow (1988) was filmed in Tongariro National Park, Mount Shasta, Powerscourt Waterfall, Dinorwic Quarry, Elstree Studios and Burney Falls, 6 places named in its Wikipedia article, in New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the United States. Wikidata itself records the shoot only as New Zealand. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a statement, and every claim on this page says which it is.

Part of the Willow franchise

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Places per Wikipedia's article

The article names 6 places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.

Places whose own article says it was shot there

3 places whose own Wikipedia article names this film as something shot there, where Wikidata records nothing and this film’s own article does not say so either. The weakest evidence on this atlas: no pin on the map, and nothing in the downloads. Each sentence is quoted whole and linked to the article it came from, so it can be judged rather than taken on trust.

• Queenstown New Zealand

  “Queenstown was the base for filming the 1988 film Willow.” Wikipedia

• Tongariro National Park New Zealand

  “Tongariro National Park landscapes were used as backgrounds for Queen Bavmorda's castle in the 1988 film Willow.” Wikipedia

• Burney Falls United States

  “Some of the waterfalls scenes for Willow (1988) were shot at the falls, although Powerscourt Waterfall in Ireland was also used for filming.” Wikipedia

Recorded only at country level

Wikidata also records this film as shot in New Zealand, without saying where. Those statements are true but unmappable — a pin in the middle of a country would claim something nobody wrote — so they are listed here instead of guessed at.

Filming locations that are mapped there: New Zealand

Also shot in these places

• Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981
• Moby Dick 1956

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