007 MAGAZINE reports from 'BOND IN MOTION' at Beaulieu.
#1
Posted 17 January 2012 - 08:38 PM
'BOND IN MOTION. 50 Vehicles. 50 Years.' held at the National Motor Museum at
Beaulieu, Hampshire on Sunday 15th January 2012.
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#2
Posted 18 January 2012 - 08:35 PM
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Posted 18 April 2012 - 12:24 PM
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Posted 22 April 2012 - 08:21 PM
#5
Posted 12 August 2012 - 02:53 PM
Would have been nice if Cars of the Stars was still going: it missed having a real Lotus there, although Eon's TLD Aston is in better nick than CoftS's one was! They have a little 'show' where clips of the chases are played alongside a few of the more significant cars with a few lighting effects etc. What I'd have loved is if the gadgets on the cars could have actually emerged on cue, but that's probably asking too much!
Lovely to see a genuine Z8 from TWINE there; I've never seen one before. It's not looking too well, though: the bonnet looks like it's got rust bubbles on it(!) and the gadget wing doesn't fit very well. Otherwise it's amazing to see the AMC Hornet, Tracy's Mercury, the LALD boat and the various models on display there; and I enjoyed seeing the little display of Skyfall bikes (they even describe how they're used in the film! Spoilers!!).
Funnily enough there was a meeting of the Jaguar XK owner's club on outside and they had Zao's Jaguar from DAD on display; which was funny because there's one on display inside too! I've seen the DAD Jag before, but never two of them at the same time!
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Posted 13 August 2012 - 03:13 PM
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Posted 20 September 2012 - 11:17 PM
#11
Posted 08 November 2012 - 08:46 AM
Thanks for posting.
#12
Posted 18 November 2012 - 12:36 PM
Notice the tape peeling off here where the 'bonnet' meets the windscreen.
The Skyfall DB5 also has similar tape; this time on the roof to make it look like there's an ejector seat panel.
#13
Posted 18 November 2012 - 04:12 PM
Yeah, the whole thing was a copy as the car wasn't ready in time.Visited it yesterday- I was amazed to notice that the TWINE BMW Z8 is a replica! I knew they made a copy (on a Cobra replica chassis) but I thought it was for the scene where it's cut up.
But a good spot on the bonnet tape - I missed that one.
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Posted 18 November 2012 - 04:36 PM
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Posted 18 November 2012 - 04:57 PM
#16
Posted 18 November 2012 - 06:02 PM
Yeah, the whole thing was a copy as the car wasn't ready in time.
Visited it yesterday- I was amazed to notice that the TWINE BMW Z8 is a replica! I knew they made a copy (on a Cobra replica chassis) but I thought it was for the scene where it's cut up.
But a good spot on the bonnet tape - I missed that one.
Yeah, amazing that presumably there aren't any real BMWs in the film. It's an incredible facsimile- obviously most of the visible parts are genuine BMW, but looks great all the same.
Another astonishing fake Z8 appears in the shot where we see Bond driving from the oil fields into the forest: it's all a model shot!
Makes one wonder why they don't just make some Aston DB5 replicas and bash them about for future Bond films! They clearly have the ability!
On the subject of tape, here's the vinyl 'ejector panel' on the roof of the Skyfall Aston:
#17
Posted 19 November 2012 - 02:12 PM
#18
Posted 19 November 2012 - 04:25 PM
Is it!! Totally missed that one too. What, a full size model shot or a miniature?? This means I now have to watch TWINE all over again - really testing the limits of my interest here.Another astonishing fake Z8 appears in the shot where we see Bond driving from the oil fields into the forest: it's all a model shot!
Wasn't the ejector panel placed more over to the area of the passenger seat in Gf and Th? This appears to be central and covering the whole area.On the subject of tape, here's the vinyl 'ejector panel' on the roof of the Skyfall Aston:
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Posted 19 November 2012 - 09:51 PM
Is it!! Totally missed that one too. What, a full size model shot or a miniature?? This means I now have to watch TWINE all over again - really testing the limits of my interest here.
Another astonishing fake Z8 appears in the shot where we see Bond driving from the oil fields into the forest: it's all a model shot!
It's a miniature- the model Z8 is actually on show at Beaulieu too. It's about 600mm long I'd guess. It's that aerial shot where we see Bond drive from the oil fields on the left to the forest on the right.
Wasn't the ejector panel placed more over to the area of the passenger seat in Gf and Th? This appears to be central and covering the whole area.
On the subject of tape, here's the vinyl 'ejector panel' on the roof of the Skyfall Aston:
It's more on the passenger side- it's just a big panel. I just spotted it in that Top Gear programme in fact- the one Hammond drives on the mountain roads is the Skyfall one.
#21
Posted 21 February 2013 - 11:17 AM
That's a bit of a coup. Not sure there's been many exhibitions where they've had three 007 DB5s in the same place!
I don't follow the Goldfinger DB5s; wiki says this is a car mainly used to promote the movie...?
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Posted 22 February 2013 - 08:38 AM
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#23
Posted 12 March 2013 - 07:34 AM
express march 12 2013
movie-theme exhibition - the 50 years of James Bond cars - helped increase numbers at the motor museum at Beaulieu in Hampshire by 18% to more than 413,000 last year.
#25
Posted 24 April 2013 - 06:46 AM
femalefirst 24 April 2013
Richard Kiel was behind one of the most iconic film villains of all time as he brought Jaws to life in Bond movie The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker.
And he will be celebrating everything Bond next month when he visits the Bond In Motion exhibition at the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu.
- You are going to be heading to the Bond in Motion exhibition next month so how much are you looking forward to getting out there and what are you going to be up to at the festival?
Well I am going to be doing plenty of autograph signings and people are going to be able to purchase a photograph or one of my books called Making It Big In The Movies; everyone who does that I take a picture on their camera for free. I love talking to the fans and I have a good time talking to them about James Bond.
- The exhibition celebrates the cars that have been in the franchise over the fifty years - and there have been some great ones - is there one that is your favourite or particularly stands out for you?
The Lotus underwater car is going to be there and we are going to be taking photographs in front of that. They actually have fifty cars from all the different James Bond movies.
I have talked to people who have been there and they say that it is an absolutely beautiful place and a wonderful experience.
- Is it the first time that you have been to the exhibition?
Yes it is the first time that I have been to that particular car museum. But the day before we are going to be at the Mountbatten Centre in Portsmouth; Blanche Ravalec from Moonraker and Caroline Munro from The Spy Who Loved Me will also be there. So there are two events over the weekend and people can go there and experience both.
They will also have Star Wars memorabilia as well as some other very interesting movie props.
- Jaws is one of the most iconic movie villains of all time so what was it that appealed to you about this character?
Thank you. I was a big James Bond fan and that was why I wanted to get involved. But when they first described the character to me I was a little put off at the thought of a guy who kills people with his teeth.
But I thought that I just had to make the most out of it as I was such a big fan of James Bond.
I grew up as a young man watching Dr No, Thunderball and Goldfinger and I loved all of the beautiful women and the locations and the all the excitement of the gadgets, the cars and the action.
I did figure out how to make this work for me and make it entertaining for the audience.
- And how surprised are you at just how popular this character has been and how he has endured over the years?
I was very surprised, I had no idea. I was a little afraid of even doing it as it looked like it could be a monster role and it turned out to be a wonderful role and he turns into a good guy in the second film as he comes over on to the side of Bond; I couldn’t have asked for anything more than that.
- Bond was such a well established franchise when you came on board so how did you find stepping into this series of films for the first time?
As a matter of fact there was some question as to whether it was going to continue at that time as Cubby Broccoli’s partner wanted to be bought out as he wanted to invest some money in a real estate venture. United Artists did buy him out and partnered with Cubby Broccoli.
He talked that it was pretty much over with and I was just glad to be a part of it continuing on and being alive at the end of The Spy Who Loved Me so I could go on to star in Moonraker.
- And how was your whole Bond experience on The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker?
It was terrific. The director was a great guy and he has a great sense of humour and he incorporated humour and ad-lib acting that I wanted to do.
Roger Moore was such a pleasure to work with and he was such a gentleman. He would let me steal scenes; in fact he would help me do it (laughs).
He had these ad-libs that were so funny; in Moonraker when Lois Chiles drops to the ground from the cable car when I am trying to kill them and they say ’who is that?’ And Roger Moore says ’his names is Jaws’ and she says ’you know him?’ And he says ’not socially, he kills people’.
There was always a wonderful ad-lib line that he would have. When Barbara Broccoli is trying to get away in the van when Jaws was ripping it apart and she grinds the gears and Roger Moore says ‘do you want me to drive?’ (laughs).
- You and Roger Moore clearly had a great working relationship…
We are still good friends and we had lunch together a couple of years ago at The Ivy in London along with Christopher Lee and my wife and Roger’s wife Christina.
He is a wonderful guy and he does a lot of work for Unicef and has in the past raising a lot of money for the poor children in the world. I can’t say enough good things about him. But one thing I will say is that his heart is a lot bigger than his ego.
- And how good a Bond was he when you look back on the franchise now?
He did the most James Bond movies of any of the actors who have played James Bond so he really did have the longevity of success.
- 2012 saw Bond celebrate it's fiftieth anniversary so what is that has made this franchise so enduring?
I think that it is the tender loving care that started off with Cubby Broccoli who was the only on set executive producer that I have ever seen in the business, I have been around for thirty five years.
Usually the executive producer raises the money and then hires people to produce the film but Cubby Broccoli really cared about the Bond films.
He was involved in the casting, supervising the sets and he was on set ever day making sure things were going the way that they were supposed to.
He and his wife would accompany my wife and I on trips to promote the movie all over the world and I became like his adopted son, it was wonderful (laughs).
- Did you ever thing that the franchise would reach fifty years?
No I did not and I am so happy for it. Skyfall has done $1.1 billion and that doesn’t include DVD sales around the world.
Barbara Broccoli also produced a play on Broadway that won eight Tony Awards, that is Cubby Broccoli’s daughter, including Best Musical and so me and my wife are going to go and see that when we are in London.
- Over the years we have seen the franchise change many times so what do you make of Daniel Craig's interpretation of the character?
I love Casino Royale but I like Skyfall the best, it really is one of the best Bond movies, I believe. The villain played by Javier Bardem was absolutely fabulous and really entertaining. I really did enjoy the movie a lot.
- Last year's Skyfall is the biggest movie yet - taking over $1 billion at the global box office - so how thrilled were you to see the franchise enjoy that kind of success and recognition?
I think that it has deserved it for a long time.
- You have mentioned already that you have been in the industry for thirty five years so what has kept you acting for so long?
Well the James Bond film really catapulted my career into a high gear and I ended up making films all over the world such as Taiwan, Hong Kong, Yugoslavia and I started doing commercials for Japanese companies and I did one for the UK.
It opened up doors for me as I went on to make Force 10 From Navarone with Robert Shaw and Harrison Ford. I also did a movie in Rome called L’umanoide and that took us to Israel and so we got to see a lot of the world.
Richard Kiel will be at the Bond In Motion exhibition at the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu Sunday 26th May.
#26
Posted 12 May 2013 - 02:30 AM
dailyecho 11 may 2013
How James Bond henchman 'Jaws' bit off more than he could chew
http://www.dailyecho..._he_could_chew/
#27
Posted 22 May 2013 - 04:34 PM
superbreak 21 may 2013
Beaulieu Named Best Large Visitor Attraction in England
The 2013 VisitEngland Awards for Excellence took place last night (May 20th), recognising the country's top tourist destinations for the 23rd year running.
Anyone thinking of taking a short break in the UK will therefore be interested hear that Beaulieu in Hampshire was named best large visitor attraction in England.
Located in the New Forest National Park, the abbey was originally founded by Cistercian monks in 1204 and is now home to the National Motor Museum which features a truly world-class collection of vehicles telling the story of British motoring.
Among the top displays currently on show at Beaulieu is a display called Bond in Motion, which is the world's largest collection of original vehicles from James Bond movies, with 50 in total.
The exhibition will be running until January 2014, and the attraction makes for a great day out for anyone staying in Southampton,Winchester or Bournemouth hotels.
http://www.superbrea...ion-in-england/
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