Palace Pier but has been opposed by the West Pier Trust as unrealistic. Art In 2010, the West Pier was illuminated with 3D mapping lasers as part of a series of artworks by Josef O'Connor to celebrate the Chinese New Year of the Tiger. The pier was illuminated by computer-controlled laser drawings to make it appear and disappear on the horizon, giving the appearance of reconnecting it to the shore. Media appearances The pier can be seen in several films, including Oh! What a Lovely War (1968), Villain (1971) and Carry On Girls (1973) which was filmed on the pier and in locations nearby in Brighton. It was also prominently featured in the French comedy La Course à l'échalote (1975), starring Pierre Richard and Jane Birkin. In Nick Cave's novel The Death of Bunny Munro, Bunny's son speculates on a reason for the 2003 fires. The band James filmed the video for "Just Like Fred Astaire" on and around the West Pier. Mark Haddon's title story in the 2016 collection The Pier Falls concerns the fictional collapse of the pier in 1970. In Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert's 2022 film Everything Everywhere All at Once, the pier is featured in a montage of travelling through universes. The decline of the pier to its present ruinous state is the subject of the song "The West Pier" which features on the 2009 album, Gypsyhead, by Brighton-born Dogan Mehmet. See also National Piers Society List of piers in the United Kingdom References Notes Bibliography External links The West Pier Trust, charity which owns the West Pier History of the West Pier and its Theatre Photos of the West Pier 1980 to 2004 Piers in Sussex Grade I listed buildings in Brighton and Hove Articles containing video clips Burned buildings and structures in the United Kingdom 2003 fires in the United Kingdom Fires in England Pier fires 2003 in England