“No hard feelings Mr Bond.” 007 faces off against Renard in The World Is Not Enough (1999). The main location for the Kazakhstan desert test-facility exterior, was meant to have been in Cappadocia in Turkey. Sets had been partially built, but the filmmakers were advised not to travel to Turkey because of a series of explosions in Istanbul. Production Designer Peter Lamont recced several sites across Spain before settling on areas at Tudela and Cuenca instead.
Live And Let Die Boat Chase
Bond takes to the water for the thrilling Live And Let Die (1973) boat chase. The scene used 26 boats, 17 of which were destroyed. Screenwriter Tom Mankiewicz said: “I knew there was going to be a boat chase and until we started shooting, it just said, ‘The most terrific boat chase you’ve ever seen,’ because I never got around to writing it. That really happened as a result of going around the bayous and seeing the different stunts they could do.”
The Living Daylights Cello Case Escape
That’s no way to treat a Stradivarius! Bond and Kara Milovyescape the police and KGB in a unique way in The Living Daylights (1987). To film the scene the case was made of fibreglass, had skis on the bottom and control handles on the sides. Special effects supervisor John Richardson said; “As long as you made sure there was nothing at the bottom of the hill they were liable to crash into, it was actually quite fun to ride it down.”
Bond And Goldfinger Golf Match
Cheats never prosper… as Auric Goldfinger discovers in this classic scene from Goldfinger (1964).
It was filmed on location at Stoke Poges and filming began on April 30, but the unit was plagued by five days of bad weather and was forced to return to the studio to shoot other scenes.
“The great joke about him (Sean Connery) was his absolute obsession about golf. He was mad about it. A real addict. The rest of us had to steer him away from the subject or he’d go on for hours, giving us a ball-by-ball replay,” said Honor Blackman.
Hinx v 007
It’s silent assassin versus superspy in this clip from Spectre (2015). Director Sam Mendes said of Hinx: “Dave Bautista is really scary when he does his stuff. He’s incredibly fast for such a huge man and there’s an unstoppable, unbreakable aspect to the characte
Bike Versus Helicopter
Bond vs helicopter? There’s only one winner. “I didn’t want to resort to the standard use of a motorcross bike, which is convenient for jumps and tricks. Instead, we went for the biggest, heaviest, and most unwieldy bike – the BMW R1200C Cruiser – and I built the chase around it,” said second unit director Vic Armstrong of Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) action sequence.
Moonraker Mid Air Fight
Is this the best mid air fight ever filmed? Moonraker’s ground-breaking Bond v Jaws mid-air pre-credits fight was filmed high above California in May 1978. The spectacular footage was shot with an ultra-light titanium camera body, with an experimental plastic lens, and took 83 jumps over five weeks to complete.
Meet Little Nellie
Is this the ultimate Q gadget? James Bond uses a Wallis autogyro, nicknamed Little Nellie, in You Only Live Twice (1967) in an attempt to locate Blofeld’s rocket base from the air. Real life Wing Commander Ken Wallis designed this unusual machine in the early 1960s. Unlike a helicopter, only the autogyro’s rear engine provides power during flight. Once airborne the top rotor spins freely due to the force of the air.
Sean Connery Dot To Dot Worksheet
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Octopussy Train Fight
Octopussy’s train chase wasn’t actually captured in East Germany, it was filmed at Nene Valley Railway in Cambridgeshire.
Villains Crossword
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Casino Royale Construction Site Chase
Introducing a new 007 in Casino Royale (2006) demanded a new kind of action sequence. The solution: an amazing foot chase through a perilous construction site in Madagascar with Bond pursuing bomb-maker Mollaka up and down scaffolding, including a jaw-dropping jump from the top of a crane. Screenwriter Neal Purvis said: “We wanted to establish the new Bond as gadget free, raw, slightly crazy, very physical and incredibly brave. We were also aware there had never been a foot chase in a Bond movie before.”
