tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37140589893819276212024-03-21T21:50:39.658+01:00James Bond LocationsR. Sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00956223497658438537noreply@blogger.comBlogger285125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714058989381927621.post-37697964747759560592021-09-27T23:06:00.002+02:002021-09-27T23:06:55.867+02:00Chateau d'AnetAfter the funeral in the pre-title of <i>Thunderball</i>, Colonel Bouvar arrives on the only road that leads up to the chateau, coming in from the garden. The chateau is still privately owned and the back of the chateau and the garden is not accessible for the public.<br />
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After the fake funeral, Jacques Bouvar posing as his widow goes back to his home in a Ford Continental limousine. Bond has observed that the widow opened the car door by herself outside the chapel, and has deducted that the widow actually is Jacques Bouvar himself.<br />
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Jacques Bouvar continues up the stairs and into the main drawing room where Bond is waiting in an armchair. These chairs and some furniture can still be found at the chateau and<br />
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Even the ceiling in the main drawing room is well recognizable from the film, seen as Bond is killing Jacques Bouvar by the fire place.<br />
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R. Sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00956223497658438537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714058989381927621.post-41472099801639485692019-08-10T00:04:00.000+02:002019-08-10T00:04:03.229+02:00Parliament and Rawson Square, Nassau - Thunderball<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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In <i>Thunderball,</i> Bond is meeting up with Leiter, Pinder and Paula in Nassau, before going to Pinder's secret warehouse where Q is waiting. They meet in downtown Nassau, right by Parliament square in front of the Churchill Building. Leiter is looking at some trinkets at a market held on the square.<br />
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The market is housed in a building enclosed by columns in pairs on the facade. In the background one old governmental building is visible. These flamingo colored buildings are excellent examples of the colonial architecture of old Nassau.<br />
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The building where the market is can still be found on location, in the middle of Rawson Square, although the building has received walls since 1965.<br /><br />
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After meeting up at the square, they follow Pinder to his warehouse in the harbour. The building with the columns in pairs can also be seen in <i>Never Say Never Again </i>when Bond meets with Small-Fawcett, covered <a href="https://jamesbondlocations.blogspot.com/2018/03/bond-and-small-fawcett-in-nassau.html" target="_blank">here </a>earlier. Thus, Connery is back at the same location 18 years after <i>Thunderball </i>when he returned as 007 in the unofficial film.<br />
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R. Sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00956223497658438537noreply@blogger.com0Nassau, The Bahamas25.0781825 -77.3404112-0.44385199999999969 -118.6490052 50.600217 -36.031817200000006tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714058989381927621.post-73265941158349350502019-08-03T00:51:00.000+02:002019-08-03T00:51:25.939+02:00Chateau d'Anet - Thunderball <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In the pre-title of <i>Thunderball </i>Bond is attending the funeral of a Spectre agent named Jacques Bouvar outside of Paris. The private funeral, with only a French general and a few other guests in attendance takes place at a small chapel, supposedly located in the French countryside. <br />
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"-<i>The coffin, it has your initials. JB.<br /> -At this moment rather him than me.</i><i>"</i><br />
<i> -</i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Mademoiselle La Porte and Bond-</span><br />
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Bond and Mademoiselle La Porte observe the funeral from the balcony in the small chapel. The interior has not changed at all since 1965 and all details can be found on location. The balcony can be found in- and outside above the entrance to the chapel. <br />
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<i>-At least you saved the effort of removing him. Colonel Bouvar passed away in his sleep so they tell me. You sound disappointed you did not kill him yourself?</i><br />
<i> - I am... Jacques Bouvar murdered two of my colleagues.</i><br />
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Jacques Bouvar is given a catholic funeral. The chapel can be found on the domains of Château d'Anet which is located near Dreux, in the Eure-et-Loir department an hour outside of Paris.<br />
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The chateau was built in the mid 1500's as a gift from King Henry II of France to his mistress, Diane de Poitiers.<br />
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The end credits of <i>Thunderball </i>state that the "widow" of Jacques Bouvar (played by Rose Alba), is named <i>Madame Boitier</i> in the film, thus not having the same last name as her deceased husband. The name Boitier (and not Bouvar) could be a reference to the original owner of the château, Diane de Poitiers. The role of colonel Bouvar during the fight with Bond in the château later was played by the famous stunt man Bob Simmons.<br />
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When Bond is tailing Patrice through Shanghai, one major road intersection is filmed, before it is cut to Bond's Mercedes and Patrice's taxi.<br />
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Bond is driving underneath the Yan'an Elevated Highway, which runs in a west-east direction straight through the center of Shanghai, in the Jing'an district. The particular scene was filmed close to the intersection of Huangpi Rd, with the park Yan Zhong Guang Chang Gong Yuan (Yanzhong Plaza park) located on the right side of the road up ahead.<br />
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Bond is tailing Patrice in a Mercedes limousine, which is a natural choice in Shanghai since the city is densely populated with limousines and especially Mercedes. <br />
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Bond tails Patrice from Shanghai's Pudong Airport which exterior is briefly seen in the film. The interior scenes however, were filmed at Ascot in England.R. Sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00956223497658438537noreply@blogger.com0Xizang South Road Exit, Yan'an Elevated Rd Exit, Huangpu Qu, Shanghai Shi, Kina, 20000031.225561593605516 121.4722054684314131.224713093605516 121.47094496843141 31.226410093605516 121.47346596843141tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714058989381927621.post-82161680365913326652019-02-20T00:09:00.000+01:002019-03-22T12:49:20.489+01:00Kiss Kiss Club - Nassau, Thunderball<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Bond is escaping from Largo's men in <i>Thunderball</i> after being taken captive at his hotel. After setting fire to a bottle of rum in the car, Bond escapes through the streets of Nassau. After making his way through the crowd at the Jankanoo, Bond arrives at a club, conveniently called Kiss Kiss Club, where he tries to blend in at the dance floor. Before arriving at the club, Bond runs down a regular street in central Nassau. This location was first identified by Thomas Gleitsmann in 2016.<br />
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What makes this location possible to identify is a house with five ground floor windows, actually seen in the film. The remains of this house can still be found in Nassau, more accurately in a part of downtown Nassau very close to Bay Street.<br />
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The name "Kiss Kiss Club" is a reference to a phrase which had become very famous in the mid 1960's, namely "Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" which was popularly symbolising James Bond at the time. The use of the phrase is usually attributed to Italy, but according to sources Ian Fleming had actually used the similar phrase 'bang, bang, kiss, kiss' already in the 1950's.<br />
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The street Bond runs down is called East Street and intersects with Bay Street, which is the main street that runs through downtown Nassau. Only about 100 meters south along East Street, you find the remains of the house and a small street going east. This is called Miller's Court and is the location where the sign for the Kiss Kiss Club was put up.<br />
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John Barry wrote a song called 'Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang' which was supposed to be the main theme for the movie which was later changed for 'Thunderball' by Tom Jones, when the producers felt that the movie title needed to be included in the song's lyrics. But John Barry's song was still recorded and was sung both by Dionne Warwick and Shirley Bassey. The instrumental music of this song is also widely used in the film.<br />
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In the scene leading up to Kiss Kiss Club, Bond escapes through a crowd on Bay Street. This is actually at the intersection of East Street, so Bond running down the street and arriving at the club is screen accurate.<br />
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The location of Kiss Kiss club however, was not filmed close to Bay Street in Nassau but somewhere on a beach in Nassau. There is only one establishing shot of the club in the film and it is obvious that it was not filmed close to where the entrance was filmed. The palm trees and sand indicate that this was shot on some beach, which also was confirmed by Luciana Paluzzi (Fiona Volpe) when we contacted her about the matter.<br />
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R. Sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00956223497658438537noreply@blogger.com0East St, Nassau, Bahamas25.075429202164411 -77.3396432455078325.07363120216441 -77.34216474550783 25.077227202164412 -77.337121745507829tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714058989381927621.post-90879096543310403772019-01-28T21:59:00.001+01:002019-01-28T22:06:11.582+01:00Skyfall - Shanghai<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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When Bond goes to Shanghai in <i>Skyfall</i> he follows the "Swedish" assassin Patrice, played by Ola Rapace, from Pudong Airport (interior scenes actually filmed at the Royal Ascot Racecourse in England) into Shanghai. Bond hides among the other chauffeurs at the airport and follows Patrice in a Mercedes.<br />
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At one point, Bond is driving down a main road, with skyscrapers seen in the background. The skyscrapers seen can be found in the Pudong area, Shanghai's business district. However, a few high rise buildings have been digitally added, which is apparent when comparing the pictures below.<br />
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Since the skyscraper filmed in the movie, the one that Patrice walks into killing the two guards, is located in London (Broadgate tower), previously covered <a href="https://jamesbondlocations.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-shanghai-skyscraper-broadgate-tower.html" target="_blank">here</a>, the exterior of this building had to be digitally added in this scene, to illustrate that it is located in Shanghai. In reality, this part of the skyline is empty.<br />
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The road where Bond and Partice are driving down is located in Shanghai's central business district, named Century Avenue. The closest subway station is Dongchang road. When you exit this station and walk on to Century Avenue, you will be close to the spot where Bond's car was filmed. The building making it possible to identify the spot is the NCB building located on the left of the road.<br />
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<i>Intel is he is going to be Shanghai in two days time, probably on a job.</i>"<br />
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The chauffeur driven Mercedes or Maybach is a relatively common car in Shanghai, which makes it an ideal choice for tailing someone around the city. Patrice is travelling in a Volkswagen Passat taxi, which actually is blooper since that VW model is not used in China. They have a Chinese version of the Passat, slightly different from the European version.<br />
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In <i>Casino Royale, </i>after Bond has killed Mollaka the Bomb maker at the embassy in Madagascar, M is summoned to appear in front of a committee in the Houses of Parliament. Bond's actions are questioned by the committee and they hold M responsible. M and Villiers are walking through what appears to be the Houses of Parliament after the meeting. <br />
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The scene in the film pictures the Parliament and then cuts to the Committee room where M and Villiers are walking out.<br />
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"<i>Christ I miss the cold war!</i>"<br />
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The library, however, is not located in London, but in a monastery in Prague. The hall where M and Villiers are walking through is called the Philosophical Hall, and can be found at the Strahov Monastery. The monastery was founded in 1143 and the Philosophical Hall dates back to the late 1700's. The entire hall was totally renovated between 2009-2010.<br />
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The Philosophical Hall is open for the public, but only through the main entrance. If you want to walk through the halls you need to call ahead and book a tour. Due to the temperature changes only small groups are allowed in the hall a the same time. The film team probably managed to film there due to the fact that the hall were to be renovated a few years later.<br />
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In the adjacent room to the Philosophical Hall, a fake wall with the committee room entrance was put up. It is quite obvious that the walls with the red wallpaper are backdrops. Especially when you look through the room in the background.<br />
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In the far background you can see a very small part of the the Theological Hall which is another library located parallel to the Philosophical Hall in the monastery.<br />
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"<i>I give Bond 00 status and he celebrates by shooting up an embassy! Is the man deranged?!</i>"R. Sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00956223497658438537noreply@blogger.com0Strahovské nádvoří 1/132, 118 00 Praha 1, Tjeckien50.0861478 14.389251524.5641133 -26.9193425 75.6081823 55.6978455tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714058989381927621.post-50225824238330985392018-07-08T00:24:00.000+02:002018-07-08T00:24:49.186+02:00The One & Only Ocean Club - Nassau <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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In <i>Casino Royale</i>, Bond checks in to The One & Only Ocean Club in the Bahamas. He follows a lead from the terrorist Mollaka, whom he tracked down and killed in Madagascar, which points him to Nassau in the Bahamas. Lucky Bond... The One & Only is a luxury resort, located on the northern shores of Paradise Island, connected to Nassau with two bridges.<br />
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All the scenes at the The One & Only were filmed at location at the hotel and the roundabout in front of the entrance still look like in the film. The One & Only is probably one of the most expensive hotels in Nassau but if you have cash like Bond, or the Mi6 bankrolling your visit, it is definitely worth it. The service is excellent and the location itself leaves nothing to be desired.<br />
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Bond leaves his car to the valet, leaving the front entrance unsupervised, enabling Bond to pretending to be the valet when two Germans drive up in a Range Rover.<br />
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As Bond crashes the Range Rover and walks into the hotel, the other guests look chocked towards the car park.<br />
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If you arrive by car to the One & Only, you can either leave it to the valet, for about $16 or you can park the car yourself at the same car park free of charge. You might want to leave it for the valet like Bond, but it is still satisfying to drive into the car park yourself. The car park is located quite close to the hotel, so the scenes in the film are quite screen accurate.<br />
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When this is posted, James Bond Locations has reached over one million page views since the blog inaugurations in 2011. This post should perhaps have covered a slightly more celebrated location, but as the summer has arrived, it is time to consider what kind of rental car one should choose for a trip abroad and a reminder of Bond's choice in 2006 felt appropriate.<br />
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In <i>Casino Royale,</i> when Bond arrives in Nassau in the Bahamas, he takes a rental car from the airport to the One & Only Ocean Club. On his way to the hotel, located on Paradise Island, he passes a row of houses with colorful rooftops as David Arnold's splendid soundtrack is played in the background. The houses are located on the northern shores of Nassau, at a place called Compass Point.<br />
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The entire scene is virtually a phone and car commercial, but it is nonetheless a very nice scene and Bond is guided by the GPS tracking system in his Sony Ericsson phone as he is listening to Radio Bahamas in the car. He ultimately ends up at the One & Only Ocean Club on Paradise Island, located on the other side of the island.<br />
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The fact that Bond drives past Compass Point after landing with the sea plane is a factual error, since the airfield where Bond disembarks the seaplane is located on Paradise Island, quite close to the Ocean Club where Bond ultimately is heading, which is illustrated in the map below. Compass Point is a seaside resort.<br />
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In <i>Casino Royale, </i>Bond arrives in Nassau, the Bahamas, in a small seaplane. He gets off at Paradise Island and the iconic Hotel Atlantis is seen in the background. Bond is on his way to the One & Only Ocean Club to track down Mr Dimitrios.<br />
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The small airport with a seaplane facility that once was located on Paradise Island is gone today and not a trace remains. But the airport was there at the time of filming in 2006 and the field is still accessible today.<br />
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Bond's seaplane lands in the canal in Nassau Harbour, between Paradise Island and Nassau. The opening shot pictures the British Colonial Hilton hotel by the beach as the seaplane flies over.<br />
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The scenes from <i>Casino Royale </i>were filmed in 2006. The airport in Paradise Island mainly operated one airline at the time, namely Chalk's Ocean Airways. Not much information about the airport is available, but Chalk's suspended operations in 2007 after a crash in 2005 and one can imagine that the sea-plane facility stopped being used regularly when Chalk's Ocean Airways ceased operations. <br />
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Chalk's was one the most legendary commuter airlines in America, it billed itself as "The World's Oldest Airline". Chalk's flew seaplanes in south Florida and the Bahamas for over 8 decades. The airfield actually played a small part in the Pierce Brosnan movie <i>After the Sunset</i> with Salma Hayek. As her character Lola is about to leave Max (Pierce Brosnan) and take the sea plane from the Bahamas, Brosnan stops her from getting on the plane and asks her to marry him. The seaplane is from Chalk's.R. Sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00956223497658438537noreply@blogger.com0Paradise Beach Dr, Bahamas25.083305700682185 -77.3310256004333525.081508200682187 -77.33354710043335 25.085103200682184 -77.328504100433349tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714058989381927621.post-43981499580542169092018-04-22T02:33:00.000+02:002018-04-22T02:33:05.611+02:00The Orient Express Station - Sirkeci station<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In <i>From Russia With Love</i>, when Bond and Tania arrives on the Orient Express in Belgrade, one of Kerim's sons is waiting for Bond at the platform. All the scenes in the Zagreb, Belgrade and Istanbul train stations were filmed at the same railway station in Istanbul, namely the Sirkeci Station in the Fatih district, from where the Orient Express departs on its journey to Paris.<br />
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The Sirkeci station doubled for the other locations in the Balkans, with scenes just shot at different platforms on the station. The building in the background is recognisable from earlier in the film when Bond and Tania arrive at the Istanbul station, catching the Orient Express.<br />
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The distinct windows are recognisable from the film and can still be found on location.<br />
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After escaping from Fiona Volpe and Largo's men in <i>Thunderball</i>, Bond manages to blend in with the Jankanoo parade which is marching through Nassau. The Jankanoo street parade is the little less commonly known Bahamian Mardi Gras, and the equivalent of the Carnival in Rio, which is celebrated every year on 26 December and 1 January.<br />
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The previous scene where Bond escapes from Fiona Volpe and Largo's men by setting rum on fire in the car, was actually filmed at the same location on the same street crossing. This is apparent in the picture below where you see the letter B (in Burns) on the building to the right.<br />
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The action sequence was filmed on East Street where it intersects with Bay Street in Downtown Nassau.<br />
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Largo's men chasing Bond was filmed on the large Bay Street, which runs in an east-west direction through Nassau. A few of the old colonial buildings can be found along Bay Street. I have yet to identify which part of Bay Street that actually were used in the film. None of the houses seen on screen can be identified with certainty. Central Nassau and more of Bay Street will be covered later.<br />
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R. Sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00956223497658438537noreply@blogger.com0East St, Nassau, Bahamas25.077805741068033 -77.33969449996948225.076008241068035 -77.342215999969483 25.079603241068032 -77.337172999969482tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714058989381927621.post-34954654353119783472018-04-03T23:21:00.003+02:002018-04-03T23:21:42.570+02:00Menton motorcycle chase - the tunnel<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In <i>Never Say Never Again,</i> the <a href="https://jamesbondlocations.blogspot.se/search/label/Menton%20-%20France" target="_blank">motorcycle chase through Menton</a> comes to a brief halt in a tunnel, as Bond is lured into the tunnel by Fatima Blush and her henchmen. Bond is captured but manages to escape and continues the chase of Blush.<br />
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A large part of the motorcycle chase, which has been covered earlier, was filmed in Menton on the French Riviera. Menton is the last village before the Italian border. The tunnel seen in the film is called the Pascal Molinari Tunnel and is located right next to Square Victoria, which contains a monument dedicated to Queen Victoria. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bond chased into the tunnel along Quai Bonaparte</td></tr>
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Bond is captured inside the tunnel but manages to escape, using the tailgate lift of a lorry as a ramp to jump over the henchmens' cars with the motorbike.<br />
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Bond then continues to pursue Fatima Blush along the beach road, Quai Bonaparte, in Menton, before arriving in Villefranche-sur-mer where the chase ends at Port de la Darse, in an old warehouse. The building along Quai Bonaparte with its red and yellow wall, seen in the picture below, can still be found on location. </div>
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In the third Harry Palmer film, <i>Billion Dollar Brain</i> from 1967, Harry Palmer is sent to Helsinki by a mysterious voice on the phone, to deliver a package. Harry is meeting the treacherous Anya on lake Töölö after which she takes him to an island outside the city, to see Dr Karna. Harry and Anya are taking a ferry from the harbour in central Helsinki. Visible in the background, behind Harry, is the Helsinki City Hall (left picture below) and the Swedish Embassy (right).<br />
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In first scene in Helsinki, we find Harry Palmer on Mannerheimintie, which is the large central boulevard along which several of the city's main buildings can be found. In the background behind Harry in the picture below, is the Finnish parliament visible.<br />
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The building and the entrance seen in the film has been kept pretty much unchanged since 1967.<br />
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From the ferry Anya points Harry to an island which she claims is owned by her father. Through the snowy mist, the contours of Sveaborg is visible. Sveaborg was a Swedish fortification built in the 1740's and several other scenes were filmed at Sveaborg. One has been covered <a href="https://jamesbondlocations.blogspot.se/2018/03/harry-palmer-billion-dollar-brain.html" target="_blank">here</a> earlier. It is of course not a private island, but an UNESCO heritage site open to the public. Although several scenes were shot on this location, the real name of the island is never mentioned in the film.</div>
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"<i>Now is the winter of our discontent.</i>"<br />
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In <i>Never Say Never Again, </i>Bond goes to the Bahamas to track down the villain of the film, Maximilian Largo. In Nassau harbour, Bond meets with Nigel Small-Fawcett from the British Embassy, portrayed by Rowan Atkinson.<br />
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Bond and Small-Fawcett walk down a row of pillars in downtown Nassau as Small-Fawcett informs Bond about Largo. These columns can be found right by Prince George Wharf (the cruise terminal) and just north of Parliament Square in the very central part of Nassau.<br />
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The entire film itself is, like Rowan Atkinson's character, a joke and it is, should it be compared with the rest of the films in the official series, one of the worst Bond films made. The entire production was troubled with constant changes to the script, lack of funds and with Connery having to act as producer. The entire Bahamas section is uninspiring with boring and poor cinematography. </div>
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Due to the constant changes to the script, the reason for Bond's visit to the Bahamas is unclear and never really explained in the film. Bond does not do anything of relevance for the film there either, besides bedding two women and diving. Small-Fawcet informs him that Largo's boat has left for the south of France and Bond then takes the next <a href="https://jamesbondlocations.blogspot.se/2012/02/from-britain-with-love-british.html" target="_blank">British Caledonian Airways flight</a> out of Nassau. </div>
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Just as stupid as the film itself, is the performance of Klaus Maria Brandauer as Largo. I hope this video will convince you. Enjoy!<br />
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R. Sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00956223497658438537noreply@blogger.com0East St, Nassau, Bahamas25.077728001352085 -77.33978033065795925.075930001352084 -77.342301830657959 25.079526001352086 -77.337258830657959tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714058989381927621.post-70592536496124097632018-03-12T23:34:00.002+01:002018-03-12T23:34:23.839+01:00Harry Palmer: Billion Dollar Brain - Helsinki<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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There is probably no-one who is more associated with James Bond, without ever having played a part in a Bond film, than Michael Caine. He was probably, alongside Connery and Moore one of the coolest guys on the planet in the 60's (and I think still is today). One of Caine's most notable roles in the 60's is the anti hero/anti-Bond character named Harry Palmer which he played in a series of films. The spy thrillers were produced by the famous Bond producer Harry Saltzman in the 60's and there are several other connections to the Bond series. <i>Funeral in Berlin</i> was directed by the renowned Bond director Guy Hamilton (known for i.a. <i>Goldfinger</i>), who recently passed away.<br />
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In the third Harry Palmer film, <i>Billion dollar brain</i>, Harry has his own detective agency and is sent to Finland on a mysterious assignment. In one scene, after meeting with his former boss colonel Ross, Harry is riding in a car through the streets of Helsinki. They stop outside a police station where the famous Helsinki cathedral is visible in the background.<br />
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The Helsinki cathedral is one of the few famous sights in Helsinki and it is located at Senaatintori, the senate square, in central Helsinki. On the street Katariinankatu, parallel to Sofiankatu where the scene was filmed, is one of the city's secret bars located, Trillby & Chadwick, which is well worth a visit.<br />
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The film's plot is significantly worse than the two previous Harry Palmer films, <i>The Ipcress file</i> and <i>Funeral in Berlin</i> but the Helsinki locations are interesting<i>.</i> At one point Harry and his friend Leo Newbigen are found on a rooftop where Leo is going to assassinate someone outside the Russian Orhodox church. The Russian Orthodox church is located quite close to the harbour and right next to the presidential palace, only a stone's throw away from the cathedral at the senate square.<br />
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At one point later in the film, Harry is captured by the Russians and taken to their military headquarters, supposedly located somewhere in Latvia, Soviet Union. These scenes were filmed at the UNESCO protected world heritage site Sveaborg, also known as Suomenlinna, which is a Swedish fortress built by the Swedes in the 1740's. Finland was then part of Sweden. Sveaborg is located on several islands in the waters just outside Helsinki. The boat ride takes about 20 minutes.<br />
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Harry's meeting point when arriving in Helsinki is the lake Töölö, located a short walk from the city centre. Harry is supposedly meeting with Dr Karna by the lake but a woman shows up and gives him the password - "Now is the winter of our discontent".<br />
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R. Sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00956223497658438537noreply@blogger.com0Sofiegatan 3, 00170 Helsingfors, Finland60.168969701834627 24.95213985443115260.167982201834626 24.949618354431152 60.169957201834627 24.954661354431153tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714058989381927621.post-6489797458471838402018-03-04T22:31:00.000+01:002018-03-18T13:37:34.801+01:00Slumber Inc. - Garden of remembrance, Las Vegas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In <i>Diamonds are Forever </i>Bond travels to LAX and on to Las Vegas with the dead Peter Franks in a coffin. Bond ends up at Slumber Inc., a mortuary and chapel supposedly located outside of Las Vegas.<br />
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The scenes were filmed at the 'Palm downtown cemetery' at 1325 North Main Street in Las Vegas. It is located in downtown Las Vegas, quite off the Strip, approximately 1 km north of the Golden Nugget and the Freemont Street which is the classic part of downtown Vegas.<br />
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Mr Wint and Mr Kidd are arranging flowers at a nearby niche when Bond walks past. Wint and Kidd have been sent out to kill Bond, believing that he is Peter Franks.<br />
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After collecting his $50,000 from the niche with the chartreuse curtains Bond is struck down by Wint and Kidd and ends up in a coffin. Afterwards, Shady Tree collects the fake diamonds from the niche where Bond has left them in exchange for the money.<br />
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The mystery of Bond's shaving kit <i>Skyfall</i> seems to have been solved by two dedicated Bond fans as was reported by <a href="http://www.jamesbondlifestyle.com/articles/james-bonds-grooming-set-skyfall" target="_blank">Jamesbondlifestyle</a> earlier this month. Identification was made possible thanks to a prop display at the Omega boutique on Regent Street in London. The two then managed to track down the different accessories from different shaving boutiques. The research appears to be quite extensive.<br />
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In <i>Noble House, </i>the Tai Pan, played by Pierce Brosnan, is living in a grand house up on the Peak, the most expensive land in Hong Kong. Several scenes take place in and around the house, including the big party and a few of the final scenes when Quillan Gornt comes to see the Tai Pan in the early morning before the stock exchange opens. The house is called Victoria House and is located on one of the most prestigious addresses in Hong Kong. </div>
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The house is located at 15 Barker Road on The Peak. During the British rule of Hong Kong, this house was the official residence of the British Chief Secretary. The position was called "Colonial Secretary" up until 1976 when it was renamed Chief Secretary. As <i>Noble House </i>was filmed in 1988 one can imagine that it was quite easy for the film team to borrow the house for the filming.<br />
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Since the handover in 1997 the house has been the official residence of The Chief Secretary for Administration, commonly known as the Chief Secretary of Hong Kong. The position currently held by The Honourable Matthew Cheung since since 16 January 2017. The house is, naturally, not open to the public.<br />
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A very nice way of getting to the house is by walking up the 'Central Green Trail', which is a nice walking path from Central in Hong Kong, all the way up to the Peak. The trail ends right below Victoria House and on your way up you will get spectacular views of the Hong Kong skyline as seen below.<br />
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After escaping Bond through the construction site, Mollaka ends up at the Nambutu Embassy in Madagascar.<br />
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Even the scene where Mollaka runs up to the guards by the entrance gate was filmed on the same location as the rest of the exterior of the embassy action, namely at the <a href="https://jamesbondlocations.blogspot.se/2018/01/the-nambutu-embassy-in-casino-royale.html" target="_blank">John Watling's rum destillery</a>, in Nassau, Bahamas. Formerly known as the Buena Vista estate in central Nassau.<br />
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The entrance gate to the Buena Vista estate is located on Delancy Street, only a few hundred meters from downtown Nassau. The gate posts are still the same as in the film even though most of the estate has been renovated and is no longer recognisable. The trees seen in the film in front of the embassy building however, can still be found on location.<br />
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R. Sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00956223497658438537noreply@blogger.com0Delancy St, Nassau, Bahamas25.074809694095194 -77.348121960574325.073910694095193 -77.3493824605743 25.075708694095194 -77.3468614605743tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714058989381927621.post-70756226683734329172018-02-10T15:15:00.000+01:002018-02-10T15:15:07.436+01:00Water skiing in Nassau Harbour - Never Say Never Again<br />
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In <i>Never Say Never Again</i> Bond travels to the Bahamas to find Maximilian Largo, who Bond believes have stolen the nuclear missiles from NATO. Bond is having a Vodka Martini in the beach bar at his hotel when he notices Fatima Blush who is water-skiing in the harbour.<br />
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The bar was located at the same hotel where Bond also is staying in the film - the British Colonial Hotel - near Nassau Harbour. The bar used in the film was part of the British Colonial Hotel until 1999 when it supposedly was destroyed in a hurricane. The hotel is located on the only private beach in Nassau, on the site of the Old Fort of Nassau. The present hotel building was built in 1924 on the location of the former Old Fort of Nassau which had been built to protect the western entrance to Nassau Harbour.<br />
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"-<i>How reckless of me, I've made you all wet!</i><br />
-<i>Yes, but my Martini is still dry... </i>"<br />
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The pier where the bar was located can still be found on location. According to some sources, the pier and the bar was built for the film and was then kept by the hotel. I have not yet found confirmation for this information.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">A very brief glimpse of part of the British Colonial Hotel, its garden and </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px; text-align: left;">the beach </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">can be seen behind Bond through the bar</span></div>
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The long house which is seen through the bar, behind Bond in the picture above, is still part of the hotel and can be found on location today. </div>
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The footage in <i>Never</i> is uninspiring and not even Nassau looks exotic or colorful in the film. The film itself is a rush job and one of the few favourable things about the film is the casting of Barbara Carrera as Fatima Blush, the Spectre agent number 12. Blush is water-skiing in Nassau Harbour and then skis up on a ramp into the arms of Bond.<br />
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The British Colonial Hotel - today known as the British Colonial Hilton Hotel has sadly lost its former glory and is not something that Bond would stay at today. Of course we know that he rather chooses The One and Only Ocean Club when in the Bahamas. However, the hotel has a long history and has been an important institution in Nassau described as "the most elegant and most expensive hotel in town".<br />
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R. Sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00956223497658438537noreply@blogger.com0W Bay St, Nassau, Bahamas25.07959374091142 -77.34634637832641625.075998240911421 -77.351388878326418 25.08318924091142 -77.341303878326414tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714058989381927621.post-72664174686421576972018-01-30T22:58:00.000+01:002018-02-03T22:19:39.009+01:00Bond and Tracy in Lisbon - Palácio Fronteira, part 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In <i>On Her Majesty's Secret Service,</i> as Bond and Tracy are spending time together in Portugal, a few various sights in and around Lisbon are pictured. One of the first love scenes with Bond and Tracy<br />
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Bond and Tracy are first walking past the large fountain in the middle of the garden and then continue to the right, walking past a smaller, octagonal fountain where Tracy throws a flower in the water.<br />
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The Palace of the Marquesses of Fronteira was built between 1671 and 1672 as a hunting pavilion to Dom João de Mascarenhas, 1st Marquis of Fronteira and is currently owned by the 12th Marquis de Fronteira who also disposes of the house. However, some of the rooms including the library, and the garden, can be visited during opening hours.<br />
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In an adjacent part of the garden, to the left when facing the palace, is the smaller fountain located where Bond and Tracy are sitting down in an earlier scene. Tracy is holding a cat and Bond is wearing a black tie. This post is covered <a href="https://jamesbondlocations.blogspot.se/2017/12/bond-and-tracy-in-lisbon-palacio.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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This scene is supposed to take place in a different park at another time, given their change of clothes, but is consequently filmed at the same location, just a different part of the garden. The Palácio dos Marqueses de Fronteira is a must visit when in Lisbon, primarily because the location has been nearly untouched since 1969.<br />
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Range Rover has played a rather significant part in the later half of the Bond series. Bond has not only himself been seen behind the wheel of Range Rovers (in <i>Octopussy</i>, <i>Casino Royale</i> and <i>Quantum of Solace</i>) but Range Rover has been the car of choice for several of the villains in the series. Range Rovers have been useful to the villains' henchmen in not less than six films.<br />
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The tradition started with Max Zorin, played by Christopher Walken, in <i>A View to a Kill</i> 1985. After having disposed of Bond and his car in the lake near Zorin's chateau outside Paris, Zorin and May Day are picked up by Zorin's men. In the film, the Range Rover that was used is the first generation Range Rover from 1983. This first generation model was produced between 1970 and 1996.<br />
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<b><i>Tomorrow Never Dies</i></b><br />
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In <i>Tomorrow, </i>Carver sends his men after Bond and Wai Lin, after they both have jumped off his skyscraper in Saigon and escaped on a BMW motorcycle. The chase, with the spectacular motorcycle jump over Carver's helicopter in the finale, supposedly set in Vietnam was actually filmed in Bangkok.<br />
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Carver's Range Rover cars feature rather prominently in the film, and consequently this was the second time in the Bond series that the villain had purchased Range Rovers for his henchmen. The assassin in <i>The Living Daylights</i>, who is driving a Land Rover down the rock of Gibraltar does not count as that Land Rover is stolen from the British Army.<br />
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The Range Rovers chase Bond and Wai Lin through the streets of Saigon crashing into almost everything. This second generation Range Rover was produced between 1994 and 2002 and was replaced by the model seen in <i>Die Another Day</i>.<br />
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This model was seen again in <i>Casino Royale </i>when Le Chiffre's men are driving a Range Rover Series III from 2005 alongside the Jaguar in Montenegro, parked in the picture below.<br />
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Earlier in <i>Casino Royale </i>three Land Rover Defenders model 110 from 2005 are also used by Le Chiffre while he is in Mbale in Africa.<br />
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The third generation Range Rover was introduced in 2002 and was produced for ten years. This model was also driven by Bond in Bolivia in <i>Quantum of Solace</i>.<br />
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Silva's henchmen in <i>Skyfall </i>have chosen a Range Rover Police car in London, before driving to the inquiry M is attending. The car is a 2011 Land Rover Discovery of the fourth generation. A Land Rover Defender Pick Up was also driven by Eve in the pre-title sequence.<br />
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In <i>Spectre</i>,<i> </i>Hinx and his henchmen are kidnapping Dr Swan in the Austrian alps. The henchmen are driving off in two Land Rover Defenders Big Foot and Hinx is riding in a Range Rover of the fourth generation. The model is a Range Rover Sport SVR from 2015. Both models have been customized for an alpine drive. Blofeld himself keeps two Mercedes-Benz AMG models in the Moroccan desert.<br />
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The fourth generation Range Rover was introduced in 2012 and is still being produced.<br />
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In the beginning of <i>Casino Royale</i> Bond is sent out to track down the bomb maker and terrorist Mollaka, who is hiding in Madagascar. After chasing Mollaka though a construction site, Mollaka escapes into the embassy of the fictive African country Nambutu.<br />
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The action at the Nambutu embassy was filmed in the Bahamas, like all other action that was supposed to take place in Madagascar. The embassy building, being a former hotel, does no exist in its original form, since it was renovated after <i>Casino Royale. </i>Not much of the original building seen in the film can be recognised<i> </i>but the features of the building is still recongisable and the trees, entrance gate and the street outside the property are still the same.<br />
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Nambutu is supposedly some form of former French colony with an embassy in Madagascar and which coat of arms bears a strong resemblance to the coat of arms of Kenya. The road that leads from the house towards the main entrance gate has been moved so it is not possible to drive up to the house anymore and a roundabout has been put in.<br />
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Many scenes in the film were filmed in the Bahamas which was also the home of Dimitrios, the villain who works in collaboration with Le Chiffre to blow up the Skyfleet prototype at Miami airport.<br />
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The house today is belongs to the Bahamian rum maker named John Watling's and houses their rum distillery, showroom and shop. Shortly after the scenes were filmed in 2006, the estate was sold to the National Insurance Board and in 2013, after sitting derelict for many years and undergoing a major restoration, the Buena Vista Estate opened as the home to John Watling’s Distillery.<br />
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The scene where Bond jumps over the fence into the garden was also filmed on location.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">A small sign in the garden makes visitors aware of the estate's significance in the Bond history.</td></tr>
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Besides being part of the Bond history, the distillery is located on an historic estate which history goes back to 1789. The estate is called the Buena Vista Estate and has served as both the residence of the British colonial secretary in the 19th century and numerous other dignitaries as well as a famous hotel from the 1920's, called the Buena Vista Hotel.<br />
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The history of the estate is most interesting and can be found on the homepage for John Watling's.<br />
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