Thunderball - motorbike sequence where filmed?
Thunderball - motorbike sequence where filmed?
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Weslake-Monza

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Monday 26th April 2010
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Morningside

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Monday 26th April 2010
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Quick Google about says 'Silverstone Racetrack'?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059800/locations

Confirmed with more info:
http://www.obsessional.co.uk/ourmanin.htm

Actually thats quite an interesting site about Thunderball.


Edited by Morningside on Monday 26th April 20:26

Pat H

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279 months

Monday 26th April 2010
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The BSA A65 Thunderbolt is to be found in the Cars of The Stars collection in Keswick....

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williamp

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296 months

Tuesday 27th April 2010
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Looking at that website showsn above, this image is taken from thunderball:



I'm not sure it is silverstone- I cant picture it. I think it is a racetrack- you can just about make out grandstands in the background with adverts, and the paint could easily have been added.

Not with those trees there on the left hand side. There never has been that many trees around silverstone.

Fuchs

216 posts

218 months

Tuesday 27th April 2010
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Aintree ?

chriswhitlock

289 posts

240 months

Tuesday 27th April 2010
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Fuchs said:
Aintree ?
Thats where I always thought it was

strudel

5,889 posts

250 months

Tuesday 27th April 2010
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Fuchs said:
Aintree ?
Isatree!

Killer2005

20,453 posts

251 months

Tuesday 27th April 2010
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williamp said:
Looking at that website showsn above, this image is taken from thunderball:



I'm not sure it is silverstone- I cant picture it. I think it is a racetrack- you can just about make out grandstands in the background with adverts, and the paint could easily have been added.

Not with those trees there on the left hand side. There never has been that many trees around silverstone.
Looks like it to me, Hangar Straight over on the left, Stowe in the distance. However that picture looks like its been taking on the runway

Nic jones

7,182 posts

243 months

Wednesday 28th April 2010
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T'was definately Silverstone, I seem to remember hearing something about it being filmed there before.

Looks to me like the runway running from Club to Maggot/Becketts which is part of the Stowe circuit now.

Or maybe it's the runway from Stowe that runs (ran) all the way up to Copse. Can't remember off the top of my head if there is much in the way of elevation change on those two.

FreddyTheBigot

8,577 posts

260 months

Wednesday 28th April 2010
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Don't pay any attention to features like white lines, trees, fences etc. They are all easily added as 'set dressing' in a movie with a reasonable budget.

At least they didn't use CGI in those days.