The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus was filmed in London in the United Kingdom and Vancouver in Canada.
Locations
Carnival
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Street
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St. Paul's Cathedral
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Blackfriars Bridge
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Alley
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Market
Scene was shot Leadenhall Market is one of the oldest markets in London, dating back to the 14th century. The market is covered with an ornate roof designed by Sir Horace Jones in 1881.
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Theatre
Scene was shot Opened as a vaudeville house in 1927 and converted into a movie theatre in the early 1930s. Bought by the City of Vancouver in 1974 and converted into a live performance venue. Became a Vancouver heritage building in 1979.
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Rain on 5th
Scene was shot Completed in 1995, the Vancouver Public Library’s Central Branch takes up a whole city block in downtown and was designed by Moshe Safdie of DA Architects. The large central atrium is surrounded by the library on one side and several stories of reading spaces on the other. Attached to the main building is a 21-story office tower and retail space.
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Pratt National Bank
Scene was shot An Art Deco skyscraper built in 1930 which was the tallest building in the British Empire when it opened. A Vancouver heritage building.
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Ruins
Scene was shot Battersea Power Station is a pair of coal power plants constructed between 1929–41 by architects J. Theo Halliday & Giles Gilbert Scott in the brick cathedral style with lavish Art Deco interiors. The stations closed in 1975 and stood vacant for over 35 years as various redevelopment plans fell through. Redevelopment of the site finally began in 2013 with a Malaysian-backed developer and architect Frank Gehry partnered with Foster + Partners to restore the power station into offices primarily housing Apple's largest European offices and add over 4,000 homes to the land surrounding the facility.
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Medusa
Scene was shot The land in Southwark that houses Borough Market has served this purpose as far back as the 12th century. The present structures that make up the wholesale and retail market were constructed in the 1851 in the Art Deco style.
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