These pictures may look as though the Great Flood of 2007, the worst flood to hit Britain in living memory, has finally hit the metropolis of London but they are actually scenes for a new British disaster movie which, coincidentally, is about a great flood, a movie in which Britain is trying to beat Hollywood at its own game......
Don't panic ... it's only the latest disaster movie
27th July 2007
Daily Mail
The Houses of Parliament lie half submerged after the Thames breaks its banks.
Where once were London's streets and parks, now there is just one vast waterway.
London after the latest rain? Relax - it's only a movie, and this is an image from new film, Flood, about what happens when a colossal tidal surge overwhelms the Thames Barrier.
Could this happen for real? Flood shows central London after a colossal tidal surge
Starring Robert Carlyle, Tom Courtenay and David Suchet, the film is based on a novel by Richard Doyle. The book imagines how events might unfold when a raging storm coincides with heavy seas.
Torrents of water pour into the city and the lives of millions of Londoners are put at risk.
Carlyle plays a marine engineer, Rob, who with his ex-wife Sam (Jessalyn Gilsig) and father Leonard (Courtenay) has only hours to save the city. The book - published in 2003 - describes how thousands die and millions are left homeless.
Author Richard Doyle believes it is a question of when rather than if the Thames Barrier will become obsolete
According to Mr Doyle, it is not a question of whether such a disaster could befall the city, but when.
He believes that the Thames Barrier is obsolete and should be replaced by a larger one at Tilbury. However, the
Environment Agency dismissed it as nonsense, saying: "It may make for a good read but it is not good science."
The film's producers, Justin Bodle and Peter McAleese, said they had tried to beat the big Hollywood disaster movies at their own game - but with a distinctly British approach.
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Don't panic ... it's only the latest disaster movie
27th July 2007
Daily Mail
The Houses of Parliament lie half submerged after the Thames breaks its banks.
Where once were London's streets and parks, now there is just one vast waterway.
London after the latest rain? Relax - it's only a movie, and this is an image from new film, Flood, about what happens when a colossal tidal surge overwhelms the Thames Barrier.
Could this happen for real? Flood shows central London after a colossal tidal surge
Starring Robert Carlyle, Tom Courtenay and David Suchet, the film is based on a novel by Richard Doyle. The book imagines how events might unfold when a raging storm coincides with heavy seas.
Torrents of water pour into the city and the lives of millions of Londoners are put at risk.
Carlyle plays a marine engineer, Rob, who with his ex-wife Sam (Jessalyn Gilsig) and father Leonard (Courtenay) has only hours to save the city. The book - published in 2003 - describes how thousands die and millions are left homeless.
Author Richard Doyle believes it is a question of when rather than if the Thames Barrier will become obsolete
According to Mr Doyle, it is not a question of whether such a disaster could befall the city, but when.
He believes that the Thames Barrier is obsolete and should be replaced by a larger one at Tilbury. However, the
Environment Agency dismissed it as nonsense, saying: "It may make for a good read but it is not good science."
The film's producers, Justin Bodle and Peter McAleese, said they had tried to beat the big Hollywood disaster movies at their own game - but with a distinctly British approach.
dailymail.co.uk