 Skye has been used as a location for a number of feature films . The <unk> aerodrome was used for the opening scenes of the 1980 film Flash Gordon . <unk> , released in 2007 and starring Robert De <unk> and Michelle Pfeiffer , featured scenes near Uig , Loch <unk> and the <unk> . Another 2007 film , <unk> : The <unk> <unk> , was shot almost entirely in various locations on the island . Some of the opening scenes in Ridley Scott 's 2012 feature film <unk> were shot at the Old Man of <unk> . In 1973 The Highlands and Islands - a Royal Tour , a documentary about Prince Charles 's visit to the Highlands and Islands , directed by Oscar <unk> , was shot partly on Skye . 
