Been to a Bond filming location?

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  • Sir Hillary BraySir Hillary Bray College of ArmsPosts: 2,174MI6 Agent
    Have driven on the FDR Drive many times..."Easy Hilly, let's get there in one piece." :D
    Hilly...you old devil!
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    edited March 2007
    I have managed to go to Akime (YOLT) in Japan on the second attempt. The first one failed as there are only 2 trains from Ibusuki to the direction: one at 7:00 in the morning and one at 16:30, but there is nothing to stay over the night there. Besides that, I have been to Tokyo and Kagoshima for the remaining YOLT spots Cortina, Venice, Hong Kong, Key West and some more. Lauterbrunnen and Piz Gloria have been exciting places for me, too.

    I am living nearby Hamburg and have been an extra in TND.


    Greetings

    Markus
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • SolarisSolaris Blackpool, UKPosts: 308MI6 Agent
    where were you an extra in TND?
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    When you see Pierce Brosnan entering the Atlantic Hotel, you see 2 old Mercedes S class driving by. I have been in the black one on the rear seat (You can't see my face). The later scenes, where the passengers of these cars attack 007 have been made somewhere else with other actors.

    But for 2 days, I have been pretty close to the first unit and have been able to see all the shots, which have been done around the hotel, and I have been paid with around US$ 100,-- for every day.

    Greetings

    Markus
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • TobiasTobias Chelmsford UKPosts: 115MI6 Agent
    This might sound a bit daft but i have been to Dover which was featured in DAF and we have been through the passport control where peter franks was arrested and Gibralter on the tip of Spain
  • chrisno1chrisno1 LondonPosts: 3,257MI6 Agent
    Hardly anywhere, I dont ski or do watersports so that counts me out big time, however:

    1. Las Vegas from DAF, when it looked like a one street town with casions and hotels
    2. Queen Mary from DAF, in a dry dock in LA
    3. San Francisco from AVTAK
    4. Bratislava, TLD (although I believe they used Vienna for the location shoots)
    5. Vienna, TLD
    6. The O2 Arena (ok, stretching that one) TWINE
    7. Iceland (though not the glacier they filmed on) DAD
    8. Karolov Varny (supposed to be Montenegro) CR
    9. Prague, CR
    10. Outer space... in my dreams, like every other Bond location, MR
  • chrisno1chrisno1 LondonPosts: 3,257MI6 Agent
    oops actually forgot I went to the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, where they filmed the climax of GE
    I forgot it coz in the film it's supposed to be in Cuba, and I havn't been there.
  • chrisno1chrisno1 LondonPosts: 3,257MI6 Agent
    edited November 2008
    oh yeh and Amsterdam from DAF
    i forgot that one coz i was either drunk or high, cant remember which, but it was a good raunchy holiday {[]-{
  • TobiasTobias Chelmsford UKPosts: 115MI6 Agent
    Oh yes been to Paris where AVTAK was made been there a few times would like to go to Amsterdam i have heard it is a great city
  • DOUBLE-00DOUBLE-00 ESSEX, ENGLANDPosts: 165MI6 Agent
    Like the others, i used to live in London , so been to many locations there, was also out jogging a few years back and came across P.Brosnans trailer at Surrey Quays where they filmed the indoor scenes when Bond fights with Carver in TND. Also found a lot of the Corfu locations from FYEO this year while on holiday there.
  • DOUBLE-00DOUBLE-00 ESSEX, ENGLANDPosts: 165MI6 Agent
    Like the others, i used to live in London , so been to many locations there, was also out jogging a few years back and came across P.Brosnans trailer at Surrey Quays where they filmed the indoor scenes when Bond fights with Carver in TND. Also found a lot of the Corfu locations from FYEO this year while on holiday there.
  • Troubleshooter007Troubleshooter007 Fighting an evil organizationPosts: 23MI6 Agent
    Hi first time post.

    I've been to Prague and Karlovy Vary, also various parts of London.

    Has anyone been to Venice?
  • Cynjin SmythCynjin Smyth Rocky MountiansPosts: 98MI6 Agent
    Grew up in Las Vegas, in the Army I was stationed in Alaska, Japan for a four hour lay over.
    Bond: You don't think I enjoyed what we did this evening, do you? What I did tonight was for King and country! You don't think it gave me any pleasure, do you?
    Fiona: But of course, I forgot your ego, Mr. Bond. James Bond, who only has to make love to a woman and she starts to hear heavenly choirs singing.
  • MailfistMailfist Posts: 240MI6 Agent
    Not as many as I would like to:

    London - loads of times. Been to see MI6 HQ.
    Portugal (OHMSS) - been across the Salazar bridge that Bond and Tracey drove over.
    Amsterdam (DAF) - did the boat trip. Lovely city - not for the narrow minded.
    Spain (FYEO)- been to lots of places in Spain including Madrid. OK I know the Spanish scenes were actually filmed in Greece.
    Corfu (FYEO) - been to Mouse Isalnd where the Triana was anchored and played roulette at the casino.
    OP - been to the railway line where the train sequence was filmed. Can't remember what it is called.
    Paris (AVTAK)- been up the Eiffel Tower.
    Gibraltar (TLD) - not a particuliarly nice place. Drove the mountain roads where JB came down on the landrover.
    Tangiers (TLD) - horrible palce. Not half as glamerous as it looks in the movies. One of the few places I have ever been to that I couldn't wait to leave.

    Hope to get to see more in the future.
  • Tilly Masterson 007Tilly Masterson 007 UKPosts: 1,472MI6 Agent
    Mailfist wrote:
    OP - been to the railway line where the train sequence was filmed. Can't remember what it is called.

    That is Nene Valley Railway which also was used in Goldeneye.
  • Walther PPKWalther PPK Posts: 180MI6 Agent
    I discovered from Scuba diving teacher (I am currently taking a semester long course in scuba at college.) that if you go to the Bahamas you can dive near the underwater sets from Thunderball and NSNA. After hearing him talk about seeing the mocked up Vulcan bomber in person I really want to go and see it myself.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    This isin't an exciting one but,
    when in london i got my wife to photograph me at the door for abandoned agents, she looked a little perplexed as she had no idea what it was and was more intrested in the london eye.
    still later we went on one of the thames boats so in my mind Bond has thundered up the thames in a speed boat, and so have i ( kinda )
    But i love walking around london as i'm also a fan of spooks so nearly everywhere is a location.
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • ke02ewwke02eww USPosts: 2,063MI6 Agent
    Hi first time post.

    I've been to Prague and Karlovy Vary, also various parts of London.

    Has anyone been to Venice?

    Hi TS007

    yes, well worth the visit...spectacular city

    So you went to KV eh?...

    recognise this?...
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    or this?..

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    bet you can recognise this...



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    When did you go?...
  • agent 00agent 00 Univex Station L Netherlands Posts: 340MI6 Agent
    Recognize this picture?
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    Jan

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  • Troubleshooter007Troubleshooter007 Fighting an evil organizationPosts: 23MI6 Agent
    Yes I recognize those pictures however unfortunately there was no Aston Martin DBS there when I went. I think the credit crunch has hit MI6. The Casino Royale sign has gone, it looks fairly similar to the film but it seems smaller. I went in July last year. There's a restaurant that has pictures of the cast and other actors who have visited there. Would recommend a visit.
  • ke02ewwke02eww USPosts: 2,063MI6 Agent
    agent 00 wrote:
    Recognize this picture?
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    Nice pic....Westminster Bridge, from DAD...

    Iconic...
  • ke02ewwke02eww USPosts: 2,063MI6 Agent
    edited February 2009
    Yes I recognize those pictures however unfortunately there was no Aston Martin DBS there when I went. I think the credit crunch has hit MI6. The Casino Royale sign has gone, it looks fairly similar to the film but it seems smaller. I went in July last year. There's a restaurant that has pictures of the cast and other actors who have visited there. Would recommend a visit.

    Cool....I was there for the filming, so the sign had just been put up.

    Actually, that's a vanquish, not a DBS...they are really quite different.

    The hotel pic is the Pupp, which doubled for the Spendide in CR, and if you blow up the balcony in the middle, you will spot some of the cast and producers...

    the other shot is Loket, which became Montenegro in CR...you can see the Goethe restaurant in the centre, where Bond and Vesper have lunch with Mathis.

    I loved the area, the people are wonderful, and KV is spectacular....the wife loved the spas...some of the best in the World.

    it's a crying shame that the casino wasn't preserved...it's the old Kaiserbad Lazne (czech for bathouse) spa, which is disused now...and falling apart....hence Eon were allowed to use it for the rump of the Casino.

    The whole area is well worth a visit, esp for the film festival...
  • PanachePanache xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxPosts: 89MI6 Agent
    Hi, as I often work around London I can't possibly list all the locations there, Vauxhall Cross, Tower Bridge, Buck House etc

    I have also visited

    Las Vegas (Freemont Street, Circus Circus Casino) DAF

    The Pyramids at Giza. TSWLM

    Vienna (The Reisenrad ferris wheel) TLD

    And then of course there was the one that got away.....

    On April 24th 1995 The production of Goldeneye moved to Epsom Racecourse in Surrey to film the scene where Bond arrives at St Petersburg airport in Russia and is met by Jack Wade (Joe Don Baker).

    Epsom Racecourse is less than a mile from my home and April 24th is my Birthday.

    I Didn't know anything about it until they were gone!!!

    Of course to add salt to the wound I now have to drive past the Racecourse every day to work.

    Anyway getting back to the topic - last week I happened to find myself via work in Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire and so I detoured and took a couple of quick pictures with my phone of the Royal Saracens Head Hotel where Major Froncois Derval was killed by Fiona Volpe in Thunderball.

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    And The Reisenrad....
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  • ke02ewwke02eww USPosts: 2,063MI6 Agent
  • PanachePanache xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxPosts: 89MI6 Agent
    The top two pics were taken with my 3G iPhone, the Reisenrad was taken with my Bond Girl's digital camera.
  • GrishenkojrGrishenkojr Posts: 15MI6 Agent
    London from all the various Bond films.

    Florida from LTK. Not quite Key West, but I did visti that main region

    Paris from AVTAK. Went through it on a coach to Spain so I didn't exactly "visit" saw the Eiffel Tower from a distance though.
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    I have just been returning from a trip to Asia, which included a visit at James Bond island at Phuket.

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    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • ke02ewwke02eww USPosts: 2,063MI6 Agent
    hey Markus

    my pressie arrived in the post...

    and it looks a lot like the pic above!....

    thx bro..appreciated...
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    edited March 2009
    hey ke02eww , glad that you like it!

    Don't throw away the sand from Scaramanga beach!
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • walther p99walther p99 NJPosts: 3,416MI6 Agent
    the best bond places ive been was Monte Carlo, inside the grand casino, the fort from DAD in spain, and a few places from NSNA
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