James Bond Moonraker question.

[Halb]

The Don of Croy said:

Halb said:

And it needs the best tagline.

And that means you smartarse!


Perfectly delivered in withering tones.

SmartASS is correct, I believe.

/southernmunkeemode

It is, I just couldn't bring myself to type it.

[SpudLink]

littlebasher said:

As for the quote, I thought you were thinking of this

What the Fu....

Edited by littlebasher on Thursday 22 September 14:54

My favourite Bond chase sequence.

[MrOnTheRopes]

SpudLink said:

My favourite Bond chase sequence.

Here comes my Billy Bob

As a kid I watched LALD a million times and swore when I was old I'd have a black boat like his (I failed BTW)

[AJH1972]

I Remember braces, check this out...

https://youtu.be/zb8enmbmkpM

[Biker 1]

Shakermaker said:

I also like that part of it was filmed in Amberley Chalk Pits, so I've seen the set many times when I have been there as a child which always fascinated me as it is quite local.

Couldn't resist it - I went for a spin yesterday & rode right past it en-route to Chichester. Brought the film to life weirdly!!

[Shakermaker]

Biker 1 said:

Shakermaker said:

I also like that part of it was filmed in Amberley Chalk Pits, so I've seen the set many times when I have been there as a child which always fascinated me as it is quite local.

Couldn't resist it - I went for a spin yesterday & rode right past it en-route to Chichester. Brought the film to life weirdly!!

Indeed. Only you don't take off in an airship and suddenly appear at the Golden Gate Bridge

[Biker 1]

Shakermaker said:

Indeed. Only you don't take off in an airship and suddenly appear at the Golden Gate Bridge

Ah yes - a slight problem... I'm amazed it made economic sense to use these two locations almost simultaneously.

[Halmyre]

Biker 1 said:

Shakermaker said:

Indeed. Only you don't take off in an airship and suddenly appear at the Golden Gate Bridge

Ah yes - a slight problem... I'm amazed it made economic sense to use these two locations almost simultaneously.

To be honest, I don't think the airship went anywhere near the Golden Gate in real life - IIRC it was just a badly composited effects shot. The San Franciscans are picky about filming on or near it; they vetoed the car chase in Bullitt from ending up on the bridge, or at least crossing it.

[Eric Mc]

Even Airfix cashed in in this film -



Nice to see Roger Moore predating Helen Sharman and Tim Peake with a Union Jack bedecked space suit

[jurbie]

Halmyre said:

To be honest, I don't think the airship went anywhere near the Golden Gate in real life - IIRC it was just a badly composited effects shot. The San Franciscans are picky about filming on or near it; they vetoed the car chase in Bullitt from ending up on the bridge, or at least crossing it.

Some of the fight scene looks like it was filmed on the actual bridge, at 56 seconds in this clip there are what looks like a couple of stuntmen hamming it up. They also had to chuck a Christopher Walken dummy from the top for the finale.

https://youtu.be/aSADSCCHDZg?t=56s

[Eric Mc]

I doubt it was shot on the actual bridge.

[papercup]

Europa1 said:

DoctorX said:

I like Moonraker too, top baddie with some great lines.

Yes, Drax was the redeeming feature of that movie. One of my favourite Bond baddie lines ever: "Mr Bond, you appear with the tedious regularity of an unloved season."

Drax is my favourite bond villain too. Makes the film for me.

'Mr Bond, you consistently defy my attempts to plan an amusing death for you'

[FourWheelDrift]

Eric Mc said:

I doubt it was shot on the actual bridge.

Pinewood Studios

[Eric Mc]

Thanks - that's what I suspected.

All those chaps who had trained with Gerry Anderson had a hand in that, no doubt.

[DoctorX]

Eric Mc said:

Even Airfix cashed in in this film -



Nice to see Roger Moore predating Helen Sharman and Tim Peake with a Union Jack bedecked space suit

I had that kit. I think you had the option to use a NASA livery instead but naturally I didn't. The black lines on the booster rockets had to be hand painted which didn't end well.

[The Hypno-Toad]

What I'd like to know is does zero gravity really have the same effect on young ladies breasts that it would appear to have if you believe the films poster. Lois Chiles looks like she could have someone's eye out with those.

[anonymous-user]

FourWheelDrift said:

Eric Mc said:

I doubt it was shot on the actual bridge.

Pinewood Studios

Was that not for the final shot of the demise of the airship though?
Would have to be a massive mock-up for the actors/stuntmen to be the right scale.

[SpudLink]

Crossflow Kid said:

FourWheelDrift said:

Eric Mc said:

I doubt it was shot on the actual bridge.

Pinewood Studios

Was that not for the final shot of the demise of the airship though?
Would have to be a massive mock-up for the actors/stuntmen to be the right scale.

Bond film were the benchmark for massive sets, from the hollowed out valcano onwards.

[FourWheelDrift]

Crossflow Kid said:

FourWheelDrift said:

Eric Mc said:

I doubt it was shot on the actual bridge.

Pinewood Studios

Was that not for the final shot of the demise of the airship though?
Would have to be a massive mock-up for the actors/stuntmen to be the right scale.

These stuntmen bits were on the real bridge, no different to the usual maintenance route up.


But every bit with Moore, Walken or the Airship was at Pinewood with the big models and green screens.

[Eric Mc]

DoctorX said:

Eric Mc said:

Even Airfix cashed in in this film -



Nice to see Roger Moore predating Helen Sharman and Tim Peake with a Union Jack bedecked space suit

I had that kit. I think you had the option to use a NASA livery instead but naturally I didn't. The black lines on the booster rockets had to be hand painted which didn't end well.

Airfix originally released the kit as a NASA version. It would have been as Enterprise at the time because the kit came out three years before Columbia made the first actual Shuttle space flight into orbit.

Here's the original box art from 1978 -