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For all things Canadian and James Bond.

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Harry Saltzman who produced the first 9 Bond films with Albert R. Broccoli was Canadian.

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Paul Haggis who was a screenwriter on CR and QOS is Canadian and created the Canadian classic television show, Due South. I loved the theme song to that show.

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Stana Katic is a Canadian actor who plays a Canadian agent, Corrine Veneau, in QOF.

[Pussfeller]

Canadian Bond trivia that I can remember:

- In the novel Dr No, Bond drinks Canadian whisky with soda.
- Lois Maxwell was Canadian.
- In Goldfinger, the Delta-9 nerve gas is smuggled from Canada.
- In Thunderball, M originally assigns Bond to Station C, Canada, with Group Captain Pritchard.
- Parts of The Spy Who Loved Me were filmed on Baffin Island.
- In Moonraker, the shuttle is hijacked over the Yukon.

[glidrose]

Bond mentions that he's been on assignment to Toronto Canada in Fleming's TSWLM.

[Jeff007]

In From A View To A Kill, Bond lands in Montreal and makes his way to Ottawa where he links up with the Mounties.
Brokenclaw: John Gardner takes Bond on Victoria where he has high tea!
Ian Fleming trained at Camp X in Whitby, Ontario during WWII.

[AMC Hornet]

Cec Linder (Felix, GF)
Shane Rimmer (Cmdr Carter, TSWLM; Thom (DAF) Hawaii space controller (YOLT)
Joseph Wiseman (Dr No, DN)

When Natalia spiked Boris' signal, she traced it back through sevearal cities - including Toronto - before narrowing in on Cuba.
Also in GE, Admiral Chuck Farrel was Canadian (played by Billy J. Mitchell, who also played Cmdr Pederson in NSNA)

Kronsteen's chess opponent represented Canada.

[Single-O-Seven]

The unmade third Dalton film allegedly considered Vancouver as a location.

Barbara Broccoli, in an interview from years back, said she would be OK with a Canadian actor playing Bond. (Wish I could cite this but I can't recall where I read it).

[DamnCoffee]

"Ya Canadian? You work in Canadian intelligence!? IT'S ALRIGHT I KNOW YOU DO!"

Edited by Mharkin, 15 April 2012 - 12:48 AM.

[Clements]

- Parts of The Spy Who Loved Me were filmed on Baffin Island.

Specifically, Mount Asgard on Baffin Island is where Rick Sylvester's ski free fall was filmed for the PTS.

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Roger Spottiswoode was born in Ottawa Canada.

TND's two editors were born in Quebec Canada.

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Gardner's FSS afterword mentions Sir William Stephenson, "the quiet Canadian".

In Fleming's QoS short story, Rhonda Masters marries a Canadian millionaire in Canada.

In FRWL (novel), Klebb tells Tatiana "We will supply you will certain answers which we would like to be given. You will probably be sent to Canada."

In OHMSS (novel) "Sable Basilisk wrote back that the date was not convenient to Sir Hilary owing to a prior engagement with the Canadian High Commissioner regarding a detail in the Arms of the Hudson's Bay Company."

Bond drinks "Canadian Club Blended Rye" in DN (novel).

Benson's TND novelisation mentions "stealth techniques" Bond "had learned long ago at a training camp in Canada"

[AMC Hornet]

Ice Hockey (FYEO) originated in Canada.

The modern 'Skidoo' style snowmobile (IB, AVTAK, DAD) was patented by Joseph-Armand Bombardier of Quebec.

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Ian Fleming trained at Camp X in Whitby, Ontario during WWII.

That is cool, that is only hours away from me.

The unmade third Dalton film allegedly considered Vancouver as a location.
Barbara Broccoli, in an interview from years back, said she would be OK with a Canadian actor playing Bond. (Wish I could cite this but I can't recall where I read it).

The 3rd Dalton 007 film comes back again to haunt us, that is pretty cool for Canadians though.

Roger Spottiswoode was born in Ottawa Canada.

I read somewhere that Spotswood from Team America: World Police, is a parody of Spottiswoode.

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St. James Bond Church; http://en.wikipedia....mes-Bond_Church


Sadly it was demolished in 2006.

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Production designer Dennis Gassner was born in Vancouver Canada.

I read somewhere that Spotswood from Team America: World Police, is a parody of Spottiswoode.

I seriously doubt that....

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Production designer Dennis Gassner was born in Vancouver Canada.

I read somewhere that Spotswood from Team America: World Police, is a parody of Spottiswoode.

I seriously doubt that....

Your more then likely right.

Father Fleming, Pray for us.

Edited by S K Y F A L L, 21 April 2012 - 08:36 PM.

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Oh my God. So many Canadian facts I didn't know! Thank you guys for this!

Was the beginning of TSWLM filmed on Baffin Island? Damn, I hope Bond goes to Toronto sometime! Sorry for my overreaction, my Canadian-ness is getting overly excited at the connections between Bond and Canada!

- Parts of The Spy Who Loved Me were filmed on Baffin Island.

Specifically, Mount Asgard on Baffin Island is where Rick Sylvester's ski free fall was filmed for the PTS.

I knew it!

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Canada is within the Commonwealth of Nations that has Elizabeth II as its monarch and head of state.

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Bruce Boa - the commander of U.S. Air Force base Feldstadt in Octopussy.

(Also famous for the 'Waldorf Salad' episode of Fawlty Towers).

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James Bond gadgets and props headed to Toronto

Costumes, gadgets, props and photographs from the James Bond movie franchise will be part of a new exhibit bound for Toronto this fall.

TIFF Bell Lightbox says "Designing 007 -- Fifty Years of Bond Style" will celebrate the British spy's 50th anniversary.

Highlights include the steel teeth worn by Richard (Jaws) Kiel in 1997's "The Spy Who Loved Me," storyboards for 1971's "Diamonds are Forever," the overcoat worn by Sean Connery in 1962's "Dr. No" and multiple gadgets from Q Branch including the attache case given to Bond in 1963's "From Russia With Love."

The 007 franchise is the longest running in film history with 22 films produced since 1962. The next instalment, "Skyfall," is due for release in October.

The new exhibit is set to run Oct. 26 to Jan. 20, 2013.

"This in-depth examination of one of the most significant film and cultural icons of all time will offer new and familiar visitors an unprecedented look at the cutting-edge design and decor of the Bond legacy, charting its influence on contemporary society and on the action genre as a whole," said TIFF Bell Lightbox artistic director Noah Cowan.

http://www.ctv.ca/CT...toronto-120404/ http://ca.news.yahoo...-132619225.html

[AMC Hornet]

Is this the same exhibit that visited Vancouver in 2004? That was awesome! It was the Bond film fan's equivalent of a pilgrimage to Mecca.

If it's the same, I'll be sorry to miss it. If it's lesser, I can live without it.

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Wow now I'm pumped, it's relatively close to me so I"m in luck. I wonder how much it costs.

[DominicGreene]

Wow now I'm pumped, it's relatively close to me so I"m in luck. I wonder how much it costs.

I'm wondering the same thing. I'm in the GTA, so I'm pretty close as well. When I saw this in the paper, I was so excited. Can't wait for October!

Edited by DominicGreene, 25 April 2012 - 10:37 AM.

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The 50th Anniversary has been awesome in helping kill time until the release of SF, with all the re-prints, new books, exhibits, etc. Would be cool to meet other CBn members at the expo.

[Single-O-Seven]

Wow now I'm pumped, it's relatively close to me so I"m in luck. I wonder how much it costs.

I'm wondering the same thing. I'm in the GTA, so I'm pretty close as well. When I saw this in the paper, I was so excited. Can't wait for October!

I'm in the GTA too - just north-west of Toronto. There are scarcely any big Bond-related events that grace us here, so this will be an absolute must!

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I emailed the author of the article about more information on the event but all I got back was a link to the article. Just have to wait I guess until more information is available,.. when ever that is I don't suppose I have to worry about this event being sold out?

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http://ottawacitizen...-bond-in-ottawa

 

According to this article Ian Fleming had a knighthood, FYEO is a novel, novels can contain short stories, and this particular novel is mostly set in Ottawa. And the 1981 film has "little reference to the original story."

 

If anybody can spot any other errors in this article, I'm sure it'll be our own AMC Hornet.

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About fourteen months ago, Mrs. Tallon and I did a driving vacation following locations from various Bond stories in New York, New England, and Canada.  The article says that Echo Lake "Is an existing lake, exactly where Fleming describes it."  This is another error, I'm afraid.  There are, in fact, two Echo Lakes in Vermont.  One is in Plymouth, about 150 miles from Frelighsburg, and the other is in Charleston, some 55 miles away.  Neither is ten and a half miles from the Canadian town, as specified in the story.  There is a body of water near Enosburg Falls, Vermont in approximately (but not exactly) the place Fleming described..  It's called Lake Carmi, but the topography of the place doesn't fit the description in the story.