The stunning scenery and beauty of this region of Scotland has inspired many film directors to choose the island as a location for their movies. The appeal seems to be the mountains, coast line, Castles, stunning beaches and lochs. Here follows a few details of films and their location on the Isle of Mull.
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Kidnapped
Kidnapped is a historical fiction adventure novel by Robert Louis Stevenson which was actually set on the tidal island of Erraid, just of the south west tip of Mull. Robert Louis Stevenson spent many holidays on Erraid as his father and grandfather were Lighthouse Engineers. Read more
I Know Where I'm Going
Most of the film was shot on the island and the Scottish inhabitants and their customs are strikingly portrayed. The whole atmosphere of the film is animate with the sound of violent storms and crashing waves on the rocky coast, not forgetting the haunting abandoned castles and the whining of the bagpipes! Read more
The Eye of the Needle
Eye of the Needle is a spy thriller novel written by British author Ken Follett which was made into a film in 1981 starring Donald Sutherland, Christopher Cazanove and Kate Nelligan. Read more
When Eight Bells Toll
The thriller writer Alastair MacLean wrote the 1965 novel and the screen play for the 1971 action film 'When Eight Bells Toll', starring Anthony Hopkins and Jack Hawkins. Read more
Entrapment
This 1999 romantic thriller starred Catherine Zeta-Jones as an investigator who works for a top insurance agency and Sean Connery as an international art thief who likes a challenge! Read more
Mull and Iona wildlife blog
- Return of the Whales May 2, 2012Despite frequent reports of sightings from fishing boats in the area, none of the trip boats from Tobermory had managed to get a view of one of our larger summer migrants yet, however today the skipper of Silver Swift took local Wildlife photographer Nic Davies out on a trip which resulted in 2 different Minke Whales being seen. Reports back from Nic was tha […]
- Dolphins occurring regularly off Mull May 1, 2012We are still to get our first Whale sighting of the year from any of the trip boats, but we are having sightings reported by the fishing boats so they are definitely out there somewhere! One of the main reasons is that the island seems much quieter than at the same time in recent years, which means there are less trips going out and recently all the interest […]