Hampstead

Hampstead (2017)

Emily Walters is an American widow living a peaceful, uneventful existence in the idyllic Hampstead Village of London, when she meets local recluse, Donald Horner. For 17 years, Donald has lived—wildly yet peacefully—in a ramshackle hut near the edge of the forest. When Emily learns his home is the target of developers who will stop at nothing to remove him, saving Donald and his property becomes her personal mission. Despite his gruff exterior and polite refusals for help, Emily is drawn to him—as he is to her—and what begins as a charitable cause evolves into a relationship that will grow even as the bulldozers close in.

Date of release
2017-06-23
TMDB
6.1 / 10 (224)
Runtime
1h 42m
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Director
Joel Hopkins

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Highgate Cemetery

Hampstead is a 2017 comedy-drama film directed by Joel Hopkins and written by Robert Festinger. It is based on the life of Harry Hallowes who successfully claimed ownership of a half-acre plot of Hampstead Heath. The film stars Diane Keaton, Brendan Gleeson, James Norton, Lesley Manville, Jason Watkins, Hugh Skinner, and Simon Callow.

Production

The story is based upon the real life events surrounding Harry Hallowes who first squatted on the site in 1987 after being evicted from his council flat in Highgate. Hallowes, who died aged 80 in 2016, battled for the legal rights to own the land on which he had built his shelter arguing that he had gained ownership by adverse possession. He was eventually awarded title to 7,000 square feet (650 m2).

On 20 October 2015 Diane Keaton and Brendan Gleeson joined the cast of the film. On 13 May 2016 Lesley Manville, James Norton, Jason Watkins, and Simon Callow joined the cast of the film. Principal photography began on 22 May 2016.

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