The Living Daylights sucks with geography
Railer 505
Albany, NYPosts: 61MI6 Agent
I must say this was one of the better bond films, but there were some mistakes made with geography that I found were just inexcusable. One mistake is where Bond crosses into Austria on the cello case makeshift sled. I learned that the border there is flat as a pancake despite Austria's mountainous terrain.
But by far most of all, right after the plane crashes and Bond drives off in the jeep, you see as sign saying "Karachi 250 km", "Islamabad 325 km". The two cities are actually about 1,140 km apart on a straight line, and probably much further when taking into account the complications of Pakistan's road network. I mean given how much work they put into that movie, how could they have not gotten it right?
But by far most of all, right after the plane crashes and Bond drives off in the jeep, you see as sign saying "Karachi 250 km", "Islamabad 325 km". The two cities are actually about 1,140 km apart on a straight line, and probably much further when taking into account the complications of Pakistan's road network. I mean given how much work they put into that movie, how could they have not gotten it right?
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(P.S. I am joking, friends. In fact, I got an A in Geography!)
Most of the Czech scenes were filmed in Austria including the defection and trams outside Maryam's apartment.
Ditto NSNA, the horseback in North Africa was in fact a place near Nice, where much of it was set. Saves on travelling expenses of course.
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As for the road sign,it does not really matter to me as I long ago learned to take information presented in non documentary film and television with a grain of salt.