Does anyone think this is right behind the DB5 as the best looking of the Bond cars? Oh if only to drive that around in 1960s Tokyo.
Aki's car in YOLT
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, Mar 25 2010 07:06 PM
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Posted 25 March 2010 - 07:06 PM
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Posted 25 March 2010 - 07:58 PM
Agreed!Does anyone think this is right behind the DB5 as the best looking of the Bond cars? Oh if only to drive that around in 1960s Tokyo.
Though there was a hell of a lot of cool bluescreen work in that film and even some rope pulling crew members moving it - so it barely drove in Tokyo (!)
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Posted 25 March 2010 - 08:13 PM
Is there a reason it needed to be pulled?
But yeah, it is a great car.
But yeah, it is a great car.
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Posted 25 March 2010 - 08:30 PM
I'm surprised it didn't drive off a cliff whenever Aki tried the brakes... 
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Posted 25 March 2010 - 08:42 PM
Wasn't there a tale that AKI couldn't drive at all so in one scene (at OSATO CHEMICALS forecourt) some burly crew members had to pull or push the car into frame...?Is there a reason it needed to be pulled?
It was always my favourite toy on the Corgi Bond car shelf.
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Posted 25 March 2010 - 09:20 PM
Could be. Michael Caine's inability to drive caused problems when Get Carter was being shot.Wasn't there a tale that AKI couldn't drive at all so in one scene (at OSATO CHEMICALS forecourt) some burly crew members had to pull or push the car into frame...?
Never had the Corgi Toyota, but I did build an Airfix version. As I recall, it self-destructed when the tyres melted.
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Posted 25 March 2010 - 10:00 PM
It did drive a lot in Tokyo, but many of those scenes ended on the cutting room floor (and the Toyota bosses were not very happy with that).Agreed!Does anyone think this is right behind the DB5 as the best looking of the Bond cars? Oh if only to drive that around in 1960s Tokyo.
Though there was a hell of a lot of cool bluescreen work in that film and even some rope pulling crew members moving it - so it barely drove in Tokyo (!)
I did an article on the 2000GT for CBn a few years ago, but due to some unfurtante technical glitch it was lost. Will see that I get it restored and repost it.
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Posted 26 March 2010 - 12:22 AM
What a shame.... hopefully that article isn't lost.
It's amazing how 60s cars like the DB5 or 2000GT managed to be both outlandish and classy at the same time.
It's amazing how 60s cars like the DB5 or 2000GT managed to be both outlandish and classy at the same time.
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Posted 26 March 2010 - 10:42 AM
Beautiful car, wasn't it the only 2000GT that was a cabriolet?
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Posted 26 March 2010 - 11:55 AM
The cabriolets (or 'convertibles') where especially made for the movie and were never available for sale. The car interior was very small, and they couldn't have done proper shooting in a closed version with a tall man like Connery in it.Beautiful car, wasn't it the only 2000GT that was a cabriolet?
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Posted 27 March 2010 - 12:29 AM
Wasn't there a tale that AKI couldn't drive at all so in one scene (at OSATO CHEMICALS forecourt) some burly crew members had to pull or push the car into frame...?Is there a reason it needed to be pulled?
Now that you mention it that does sound familiar. Perhaps they mentioned it on one of the Bond documentaries on the YOLT DVD?