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Is there is a link to Fleming with the name "Skyfall"

Started by dgibby , Oct 27 2012 06:15 PM

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#1 dgibby

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Posted 27 October 2012 - 06:15 PM

Hello
Watched the film last night (brilliant) and it got me wondering if there is any connection to Ian Fleming with the word/name "Skyfall". Won't spoil anything on the use of the word in the film but checked some of my James Bond books (inc the James Bond Biography book) and couldn't see anything. Does anyone know more about the use of this word?

#2 MkB

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Posted 27 October 2012 - 06:16 PM

Nope, no Fleming link :)

"Skyfall" appears in the Bond canon only with this film.

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Posted 27 October 2012 - 06:20 PM

Hello
Watched the film last night (brilliant) and it got me wondering if there is any connection to Ian Fleming with the word/name "Skyfall". Won't spoil anything on the use of the word in the film but checked some of my James Bond books (inc the James Bond Biography book) and couldn't see anything. Does anyone know more about the use of this word?


I haven't seen the film so I'm not completely knowledgeable of the title's use in the context of the story, but I do know quite a bit about Fleming. From what I gather, the only connection to Fleming is in the way the name Skyfall mirrors the name Goldeneye, which Fleming used as the name of his winter retreat in Jamaica. Goldeneye was also the name of an operation Fleming was involved with during WWII while in Naval Intelligence. I'm not sure if Skyfall has any operational meanings however.

That's about the strongest connection I can make!

All the best,

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Posted 27 October 2012 - 06:24 PM

Actually, SOS, about the name of operation + name of house connection,
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Posted 27 October 2012 - 06:26 PM

Actually, SOS, about the name of operation + name of house connection,

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Bah!!! I'm tempted to sneak a peek but I can't! I won't! Argh!!!

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Posted 27 October 2012 - 06:28 PM

I'm sure I read that Purvis or Wade happened to throw it out there as the lodge name, and everyone thought it was great so it stuck.

Sounds very Fleming though, doesn't it? Always liked it as a title.

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Posted 27 October 2012 - 06:32 PM

Thanks for the responses. This kind of possible links to names or references always interests me - such as Goldeneye as described above
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