On This Day

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November 24th

1959: Jack Whittingham meets Ian Fleming and Ivor Bryce in New York.

1965: Variety reports Tom Jones signed up for the Thunderball title song, plus (not entirely correctly) that Shirley Bassey recorded a John Barry-Leslie Bricusse tune for the end titles.
1966: You Only Live Twice films the throwing star and Blofeld. Actor Donald Pleasance is photographed on set.

1981: Altin Tabancali Adam (The Golden Gun Man) released in Turkey.

But not this one from 1970

1983: Octopussy released in Australia.

Australian Daybill

1983: Τζέημς Μποντ, πράκτωρ 007: Επιχείρηση Οκτάπουσι (James Bond, Agent 007: Enterprise Octopus) released in Greece.

1995: GoldenEye released in the UK, Ireland, and Poland.

2006: Casino Royale released in Austria, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Romania, and Sweden.
2006: 007: Casino Royale released in Spain.
2006: Казино Pоял released in Bulgaria.

2014: The Sony Corp. entertainment computer network is hacked, releasing sensitive information including details of the Spectre script. The biggest cyberattack to that date in the US. North Korea denies involvement. The FBI investigates.

2018: Ricky Jay (Richard Jay Potash) dies at age 70--Los Angeles, California.
(Born 26 June 1948--Brooklyn, New York City, New York.)

Ricky Jay, Master Magician and
Actor in ‘Deadwood,’ ‘Boogie
Nights,’ Dies at 72

https://variety.com/2018/film/news/ricky-jay-dead-dies-magician-boogie-nights-1203035879/
https://twitter.com/Variety_PatS

Ricky Jay 'Life of Pi' film premiere at the 50th Annual New York Film Festival, America - 28 Sep 2012
CREDIT: Dave Allocca/Starpix/REX/Shutter

Ricky Jay, a master magician who also acted in films and TV shows such as “Boogie Nights,” “House of Games” and “Deadwood,” died Saturday in Los Angeles. He was 72.

Jay’s manager, Winston Simone, said he died of natural causes, adding, “He was one of a kind. We will never see the likes of him again.”

His attorney Stan Coleman confirmed his death. His partner in the Deceptive Practices company, Michael Weber, tweeted, “I am sorry to share that my remarkable friend, teacher, collaborator and co-conspirator is gone.”

A New Yorker profile called him “the most gifted sleight of hand artist alive,” and Jay was also known for his card tricks and memory feats.

He appeared in several David Mamet movies, including “House of Games,” “The Spanish Prisoner,” “Things Change,” “Redbelt” and “State and Main.”

Steve Martin, with whom he appeared in “The Spanish Prisoner,” described Jay in the New Yorker profile, “I sort of think of Ricky as the intellectual élite of magicians. He’s expertly able to perform and yet he knows the theory, history, literature of the field.”

In “Deadwood,” he played card sharp Eddie Sawyer during the first season, and also wrote for the show.

In the 1997 James Bond film “Tomorrow Never Dies,” Jay played a cyber-terrorist to Pierce Brosnan’s Bond.

He also provided the narration for movies such as Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Magnolia.” His one-man Broadway show directed by Mamet, “Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants,” was recorded for an HBO special in 1996.

With Weber, he created the Deceptive Practices company, which provided solutions to movies and TV productions such as the wheelchair that hid Gary Sinise’s legs in “Forrest Gump.” They also worked on films including “The Prestige,” “The Illusionist” and “Oceans Thirteen.”

Jay, who was born Richard Jay Potash in Brooklyn, was introduced to magic by his grandfather. He began performing in New York, opening for rock bands. Jay first worked in film with on Caleb Deschanel’s “The Escape Artist.”

A documentary about his life, “Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay,” was released in 2012.

A student of all facets of magic, prestidigitation and trickery, he maintained a large library of historic works and wrote two books, as well as numerous articles for the New Yorker; he also frequently lectured at museums and universities.

Ricky Jay (1946–2018)

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0419633/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Trivia
Ricky Jay (Henry Gupta) is also an acclaimed magician, who holds a world record for the fastest throwing playing cards. The producers initially wanted a scene where he threw playing cards at Bond. They set up the scene to block, Ricky was fifty or seventy-five feet away, and was asked to hit Pierce Brosnan in the face. Ricky warned them it wasn't a good idea, safety wise. After they convinced him to do it, he agreed, and hit Pierce right above the eyes. To his disappointment, for some reason, they never asked him to repeat it on film. Gupta is shown throwing cards in the DVD deleted scenes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Cofb-jJiFk

Filmography

Actor (41 credits)

2019 Sneaky Pete (TV Series) - T.H. Vignetti
- The Sunshine Switcheroo (2019) ... T.H. Vignetti
- The Little Sister (2019) ... T.H. Vignetti
- The California Split (2019) ... T.H. Vignetti
- The Invisible Man (2019) ... T.H. Vignetti
- The Brooklyn Potash (2019) ... T.H. Vignetti (voice, uncredited)
- The Vermont Victim & The Bakersfield Hustle (2019) ... T.H. Vignetti
- The Stamford Trust Fall (2019) ... T.H. Vignetti
- The Huckleberry Jones (2019) ... T.H. Vignetti
2015 The Automatic Hate - Josh / Howard's son
2014 Getting On (TV Series) - Thoracic Surgeon
- Turnips... North Day... Yes, yes. (2014) ... Thoracic Surgeon
2013 Breathe Life Radio TV (TV Series)
2013 Teen Titans Go! (TV Series short) - Narrator
- Double Trouble (2013) ... Narrator (voice)
2011 The End of 'Sluggers' (Short)
2010 Lost Masterpieces of Pornography (Video short) - Narrator
2009-2010 Flashforward (TV Series) - Ted Flosso / Man in Warehouse
- Revelation Zero: Part 2 (2010) ... Ted Flosso
- Revelation Zero: Part 1 (2010) ... Ted Flosso
- Playing Cards with Coyote (2009) ... Man in Warehouse
2009 Lie to Me (TV Series) - Mason Brock
- Fold Equity (2009) - .. Mason Brock

2009 Intense - John
2007-2009 The Unit (TV Series) - Agent Kern
- Bad Beat (2009) ... Agent Kern
- Pandemonium: Part Two (2007) ... Agent Kern
- Paradise Lost (2007) ... Agent Kern
- Bedfellows (2007) ... Agent Kern
2008 The Brothers Bloom - Narrator (voice)
2008 Redbelt - Marty Brown
2008 The Great Buck Howard - Gil Bellamy
2006-2007 Kidnapped (TV Series) - Roger Prince
- Mutiny (2007) ... Roger Prince
- Gone Fishing (2007) ... Roger Prince
- Number One with a Bullet (2006) ... Roger Prince
- Pilot (2006) ... Roger Prince
2006 The Prestige - Milton
2005 Last Days - Detective
2004 Deadwood (TV Series) - Eddie Sawyer
- Sold Under Sin (2004) ... Eddie Sawyer
- Jewel's Boot Is Made for Walking (2004) ... Eddie Sawyer
- Mister Wu (2004) ... Eddie Sawyer
- No Other Sons or Daughters (2004) ... Eddie Sawyer
- Suffer the Little Children (2004) ... Eddie Sawyer
- Bullock Returns to the Camp (2004) ... Eddie Sawyer
- Plague (2004) ... Eddie Sawyer
- The Trial of Jack McCall (2004) ... Eddie Sawyer
- Here Was a Man (2004) ... Eddie Sawyer
- Reconnoitering the Rim (2004) ... Eddie Sawyer
2004 Incident at Loch Ness - Party Guest
2001 Heist - Don 'Pinky' Pincus
2001 Heartbreakers - Dawson's Auctioneer
2000 State and Main - Jack
2000 The X-Files (TV Series) - The Amazing Maleeni / Herman Pinchbeck / Albert Pinchbeck
- The Amazing Maleeni (2000) ... The Amazing Maleeni / Herman Pinchbeck / Albert Pinchbeck

1999 Magnolia - Burt Ramsey / Narrator
1999 Mystery Men - Vic Weems
1997 Tomorrow Never Dies - Henry Gupta
1997/I Hacks - The Hat
1997 Boogie Nights - Kurt Longjohn
1997 The Spanish Prisoner - George Lang
1995 The Ranger, the Cook and a Hole in the Sky (TV Movie) - Hawkes
1993 Magiskt (TV Series) - Magic film clip
- Special guest: John Houdi (1993) ... Magic film clip
- Special guest: John Houdi (1993) ... Magic film clip
- Special guest: Lars-Peter Loeld (1993) ... Magic film clip
1990-1992 The Secret Cabaret (TV Series) - Special appearance
1992 Ring of the Musketeers (TV Movie) - Kerns (as Rickey Jay)
1992 The Water Engine (TV Movie) - Ratty Inventor
1991 Civil Wars (TV Series) - Lenny NiCastro
- Pilot (1991) ... Lenny NiCastro
1991 The Thrill Is Gone (TV Movie) - Dealer
1991 Homicide - Aaron

1988 Things Change - Mr. Silver
1987 House of Games - George / Vegas Man
1985/II A Midsummer Night's Dream (TV Movie) - Philostrate
1983 Simon & Simon (TV Series) - Bird
- Red Dog Blues (1983) ... Bird

Miscellaneous Crew (21 credits)

2008 The Great Buck Howard (technical consultant: magic)
2007 Ocean's Thirteen (consultant)
2006 The Prestige (technical advisor: magic)
2006 The Illusionist (technical advisor: magic)
2001 The Affair of the Necklace (technical consultant)
2001 Heist (technical consultant)
2001 Heartbreakers (technical consultant: con games)

1998 The Parent Trap (technical consultant)
1997 The Spanish Prisoner (technical consultant)
1995 Congo (illusion creator) / (technical consultant)
1994 Forrest Gump (illusion wheelchair designer)
1994 Wolf (technical consultant)
1994 I Love Trouble (technical consultant)
1992 Leap of Faith (consultant: cons and frauds)
1992 Sneakers (sleight of hand consultant)
1990 The Magic Balloon (Short) (technical consultant)

1987 House of Games (consultant: confidence games)
1987 The Believers (technical consultant)
1984 The Natural (technical consultant)
1983 New Magic (Documentary short) (magic advisor)
1982 The Escape Artist (technical advisor)
Hide Hide Writer (5 credits)
2007 The Unit (TV Series) (story - 1 episode)
- Bedfellows (2007) ... (story)
2004 Deadwood (TV Series) (written by - 1 episode)
- Jewel's Boot Is Made for Walking (2004) ... (written by)
1996 Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants (TV Movie)
1990-1992 The Secret Cabaret (TV Series) (12 episodes)

1989 Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women (TV Special)

Music department (1 credit)

1985/II A Midsummer Night's Dream (TV Movie) (music effects)

2020: Sotheby's auctions Lot 160 Italian James Bond film festival poster Tutti Contro James Bond (All Against James Bond) from 1975.

Tutti Contro James Bond / All
Against James Bond (1975)
Poster, Italian, James Bond film
festival

https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/original-film-posters/tutti-contro-james-bond-all-against-james-bond
Estimate: 1,000 - 1,600 GBP

2020: Yaroslav Horak dies at age 94--Sydney, Australia.
(Born 12 June 1927--Harbin, China.)

In Memoriam: James Bond comic artist Yaroslav
Horak

See the complete article here:

https://downthetubes.net/?p=123513&fbclid=IwAR2OztK1Hj9eCj16H9EVQrZag8EkYebdcpRSqcU9hC89hhm5JsT_La3IpR4

By John Freeman on December 5, 2020

We’re sorry to report the passing of James Bond newspaper strip artist Yaroslav Horak, who passed late last month, aged 93. He passed away peacefully at his rest home in Australia, after a decade-long battle with Alzheimer’s Disease.

Born in Manchuria to the son of a Russian mother and Czech father in 1927, Yaroslav was renowned for his dynamic black and white art for James Bond 007, which he drew for the Daily Express from 1966 to 1977, taking over from John McLusky.

James Bond – The Man with the Golden Gun

Horak and his family migrated to Sydney, Australia before World War Two, first working as an artist as a portrait painter but switching to illustration for the larger Australian magazine publishers. His appreciation for storytelling, art and adventure led him into writing and illustrating comic strips, and became one of Australian’s most prolific cartoonists, producing thousands of pages of comics in Australia before moving to England in 1962.

In his detailed biography on Comics Down Under Kevin Patrick notes Horak’s first published comics work, “Grey Thorne, Counter Espionage Agent”, appeared in Frank Johnson Publications’ Gem Comics in 1947.

He created his first recurring character, “Rick Davis, Special Correspondent”, as a supporting feature in H.J. Edwards’ top-selling Action Comic. This was followed by “The Skyman”, which ran in both Action Comic and John Dixon’s Tim Valour Comic. This aviation-themed series was the first comic to carry the artist’s Anglicised by-line, “Larry Horak”.

(Documenting the holdings of Horak’s held by the National Library of Australia, Liesl Mitchell notes it was publisher John Edwards who gave Horak the name “Larry” by which he is also known. This was not to the artist’s liking and he only managed to shed this imposed name when he moved to Europe).

Art from Jet Fury #17 via Pikitia Press

Horak’s first solo comic book, Mr Combat, for Elmsdale Publications, was published in 1950, but his “globetrotting crime-buster” was cancelled after just three issues. But “Jet Fury”, a series which began as a supporting feature in Michael Chance Comic, about a masked aviator who flew to global trouble-spots aboard the Comet, an “anti-gravity” jet, firmly established his reputation as a comics artist. Its popularity led to the title being re-named as Jet Fury Comic with its 16th issue in 1951.

Other early credits include The Mask – The Man of Many Faces for Atlas Publications – but Comics Down Under notes the ran foul of Queensland’s Literature Board of Review, which objected to the character’s full-face mask, and imposed a state-wide sales ban on the comic, forcing Atlas Publications to reluctantly cancel the title with its third issue in 1954.

Disillusioned, Horak turned to newspaper strips, creating “Captain Fortune“, running in Sydney’s Sun-Herald from December 1957 until July 1962; and drawing “Mike Steel – Desert Rider“, for Woman’s Day magazine, written by editor Keith Findlay (under the pseudonym “Roger Rowe”), running from August 1962 until January 1969.

Moving to England in 1963, he secured work from DC Thomson his known credits including “Johny Hop” for The Victor, telling the adventures of Constable Bill Lennox and his Aboriginal tracker companion, Wally Omes, in Outback Australia in 1964, followed by “The Bent Copper” for The Hornet, about ex-Scotland Yard detective John Bright, who sought revenge against the criminal who framed him for a crime he did not commit, published in 1965.

Between 1963 and 1966, he also drew stories for Fleetway’s War Picture Library and Battle Picture Library, before replacing John McLusky on the James Bond newspaper strip, at the suggestion of writer Peter O’Donnell, drawing some 33 adventures starring the secret agent between 1966 and 1984.

Horak’s take on the secret agent resembled Timothy Dalton and Pierce Brosnan, long before either actor took up the role on the big screen.

He first drew adaptations of The Spy Who Loved Me, The Man with the Golden Gun, Octopussy, The Hildebrand Rarity, and The Living Daylights, followed by an adaptation of Colonel Sun (the Bond novel written by Kingsley Amis).

It was Horak’s acclaimed adaptation of The Man with the Golden Gun, published between January 1966 and September 1966, that led to writer Jim Lawrence being given permission by the Fleming Trust to write original Bond stories for Horak to draw, including River of Death, Trouble Spot and The Girl Machine.

Horak returned to Australia in 1975, drawing a newspaper strip adaptation of the Australian TV show Cop Shop for Sydney’s Sun-Herald, which ran from 1980 to 1983, collected in a tie-in magazine.

His final comics project was his own – the SF series, “Andea”, published by Australia’s Daily Mirror, centring on a glamorous female extra-terrestrial who travelled to Australia from the distant planet Xavax.

“‘Andea’ showcased Horak’s storytelling skills to brilliant effect,” notes Kevin Patrick, “with his intricate plots, fantastic characters, and exquisite artwork demonstrating his complete mastery of the medium throughout the series’ seven-year run. It was a fitting end to Yaroslav Horak’s incomparable career as one of Australia’s great comic artists.”

Refocusing on painting in later life, Horak was awarded the Ledger of Honour in recognition of his contributions to Australian comics, as part of the Ledger Awards for 2018.

Our sympathies to his family at this time, who requested that donations in his memory be made to Dementia Australia.

Yaroslav Horak, artist, born 12th June 1927, died 24th November 2020. Survived by his wife, Jacqueline and children Anton, Natasha and Damon

Comics Down Under

Yaroslav Horak: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

See the complete article here:

http://comicsdownunder.blogspot.com/2015/06/yaroslav-horak-portrait-of-artist-as.html

While recently browsing through a box of old magazines and newspapers in an antiques shop, I came across a tattered and torn copy of The News, a tabloid newspaper produced by the Australian Journalists Association and the Printing Industry Employees' Union during a wartime industrial dispute with Sydney Newspaper Proprietors' Association. This copy of The News, dated Tuesday, 17 October 1944, caught my eye because it contained a brief profile of a talented young high-school student from Sydney, Yaroslav Horak (See image). The text of the article reads as follows:

Sixteen-year-old Russian, Yaroslav Horak, of Centennial Park, pupil of St Mary's Cathedral High School, displays a poster he has entered in the Australia-wide Second Victory Loan School contests. Born in Manchuria, Yaroslav came to Australia four years ago. He has since learnt to speak English fluently.

Yaroslav Horak, of course, went on to become a talented and highly sought-after comic book artist in Australia following World War Two, creating such popular characters as Jet Fury (originally a back-up feature in Michael Chance Comics), along with The Mask, which was controversially banned by Queensland's Literature Board of Review in 1954, at the height of anti-comics hysteria in Australia (A comprehensive interview with Yaroslav Horak was published in the Australian Cartoonists' Association's Inkspot magazine in 2009).

Emigrating to Great Britain in the 1960s, Horak worked for British comics publishers, such as IPC's popular Battle Picture Library series, and went on to succeed John McLusky as the illustrator of the James Bond comic strip appearing in The Daily Express newspaper (An informative profile of Horak's work on James Bond appears on the Dave Karlen Original Art Blog).

Posted 25th June 2015 by Kevin Patrick

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Dave Karlen Original Art Blog

Yaroslav Horak on James Bond

See the complete article here:

http://davekarlenoriginalartblog.blogspot.com/2008/08/yaroslav-horak-on-james-bond.html

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Russian born Yaroslav Horak began his early career as a portrait sketch artist, but soon switched to illustration for the larger Australian magazine publishers after migrating to Sydney. His successful comic series The Mask, ran afoul with Victoria's State censors, but was soon followed by his daily outback adventure strip Mike Steel for Sydney's, The Woman's Day. A quick talent for animation and storyboards also kept Horak busy on many different projects. When given the James Bond strip in 1965, Horak's adaptation of The Man with the Golden Gun was highly praised in the new direction he approached the series. The syndicate was so pleased with their creative team that Jim Lawrence was given permission by the Fleming Trust to produce original stories for Horak to draw. Overall they worked on thirty-three thrilling Bond tales for the Daily Express and other various newspaper syndicates in Europe.

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In the UK recently he presented Pierce Brosnan with a portrait of the "Brosnan Bond", at a UK fan club occasion, in Horak's new rough style. I have a full size copy of it and he also did one of Ursulla Andress, which he didn't get to present to her for some reason, the large original ink on paper is of her in a bikini depicted from Dr. No. with two diving knives.

Yaroslav Horak

See the complete article here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaroslav_Horak

War Picture Library

WPL 214 Rough Justice 1963
WPL 303 Death Or Dishonour 1965
WPL 304 Battle Drill 1965
WPL 315 Cross For Courage 1965
WPL 323 Passage Of Arms 1966
WPL 648 The Curse 1971
BPL 156 The Savage Sands 1964
BPL 173 The Stronghold 1964
BPL 190 Killers Code 1965
BPL 197 Gun Crazy 1965
BPL 231 Victory Cry 1965

James Bond strips

Title | Writer | Published date | Serial no.
The Man with the Golden Gun | Jim Lawrence 10 January 1966 – 9 September 1966 1-209
The Living Daylights | Jim Lawrence 12 September 1966 – 12 November 1966 210-263
Octopussy | Jim Lawrence 14 November 1966 – 27 May 1967 264-428
The Hildebrand Rarity | Jim Lawrence 29 May 1967 – 16 December 1967 429-602
The Spy Who Loved Me | Jim Lawrence 18 December 1967 – 3 October 1968 603-815
The Harpies | Jim Lawrence 10 October 1968 – 23 June 1969 816-1037
River Of Death | Jim Lawrence 24 June 1969 – 29 November 1969 1038–1174
Colonel Sun | Jim Lawrence 1 December 1969 – 28 August 1970 1175–1393
The Golden Ghost | Jim Lawrence 21 August 1970 – 16 January 1971 1394–1519
Fear Face | Jim Lawrence 18 January 1971 – 20 April 1971 1520–1596
Double Jeopardy | Jim Lawrence 21 April 1971 – 28 August 1971 1597–1708
Starfire | Jim Lawrence 30 August 1971 – 24 December 1971 1709–1809
Trouble Spot | Jim Lawrence 28 December 1971 – 10 June 1972 1810–1951
Isle Of Condors | Jim Lawrence 12 June 1972 – 21 October 1972 1952–2065
The League Of Vampires | Jim Lawrence 25 October 1972 – 28 February 1973 2066–2172
Die With My Boots On | Jim Lawrence 1 March 1973 – 18 June 1973 2173–2256
The Girl Machine | Jim Lawrence 19 June 1973 – 3 December 1973 2257–2407
Beware Of Butterflies | Jim Lawrence 4 December 1973 – 11 May 1974 2408–2541
The Nevsky Nude | Jim Lawrence 13 May 1974 – 21 September 1974 2542–2655
The Phoenix Project | Jim Lawrence 23 September 1974 – 18 February 1975 2656–2780
The Black Ruby Caper | Jim Lawrence 19 February 1975 – 15 July 1975 2781–2897
Till Death Do Us Apart | Jim Lawrence 7 July 1975 – 14 October 1975 2989-2983
The Torch-Time Affair | Jim Lawrence 15 October 1975 – 15 January 1976 2984-3060
Hot-Shot | Jim Lawrence 16 January 1976 – 1 June 1976 3061-3178
Nightbird | Jim Lawrence 2 June 1976 – 4 November 1976 3179-3312
Ape Of Diamonds | Jim Lawrence 5 November 1976 – 22 January 1977 3313-3437
When The Wizard Awakes | Jim Lawrence 30 January 1977 – 22 May 1977 1-54
Sea Dragon | Jim Lawrence 1977 55-192
Death Wing | Jim Lawrence 1977-1978 193-354
The Xanadu Connection | Jim Lawrence 1978 355-468
Shark Bait | Jim Lawrence 1978-1979 469-636
Snake Goddess | Jim Lawrence 1983-1984 822-893
Double Eagle | Jim Lawrence 1984 894-965

2022: The ice Q restaurant re-opens at Sölden, Tyrol, Austria.

Gourmet restaurant ice Q in Sölden, Tyrol
SOPHISTICATED GOURMET DELIGHTS & GREAT MOMENTS

See the complete article here:

https://www.iceq.at/en/

Welcome at Austria’s highest located toque-rated gourmet restaurant ice Q in Sölden, 3,048 metres above sea level. Surrounded by over 250 superb three-thousand metre mountains. Where freedom reaches for the stars. Where the skies are so close that you want to touch them. At the spectacular shooting location for the James Bond SPECTRE movie.

Where sophisticated gourmet delights combine with fine wines and dreamy panoramas to create one exceptional symbiosis. In the ice Q gourmet restaurant and in the ice Q Lounge, which has a panorama terrace, you get to re-experience what is unique.

In the mountain restaurant ice Q in Sölden – belonging to the 5-star hotel Das Central and awarded 2022 by Gault Millau with 2 toques – you get to feel life with all your senses. Right at the Gaislachkoglbahn in Sölden. For the most exclusive break in the Austrian Alps.

Opening hours - Winter 2022/2023
Unique ice Q restaurant in Solden in Austria
Highest located gourmet restaurant in Austria

ICE Q IS OPEN AGAIN ON NOVEMBER 24 2022!
Open daily from 9 am to 4 pm
Warm meals served from 11.30 am to 3 pm
Reservation time: from 12 noon to 1.45 pm & from 2 to 4 pm

CONTACT & RESERVATIONS
Phone: 0043 664 96 09 368
E-Mail: [email protected]

GOOD TO KNOW
Reservations are recommended at anytime!
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We ask for understanding, that a table by the window cannot be guaranteed. Except in combination with a Chef’s Table booking.

LOCATION & GETTING HERE
Car parking available at the valley station of the Gaislachkogl cable car.

Cuisine. Panorama. Experience.
FINE DINING & HEARTY TAPAS IN OUR MOUNTAIN RESTAURANT ice Q

ice Q Restaurant
Treat yourself to some exquisite food & wine at the ice Q gourmet restaurant at an altitude of 3,048m. In addition to our special history, ice Q is also defined by a fascination for sophisticated gourmet cuisine. From exquisite wines from the best winegrowers to the finest cuisine, exquisite snacks and the breath-taking backdrop of the Ötztal Alps.

Wine & Tapas Lounge
The ice Q Tapas Lounge is one of the best-kept insider tips of the winter. Snazzy snacks, exquisite tapas and sophisticated refreshments for the fastidious gourmet means gourmet time at the summit of alpine lifestyle. Enjoy some time out at the peak of the Alpine lifestyle while soaking up the unique panoramic views.

Summit Dinner
Every Wednesday at sunset – from the end of December until the end of March – the ice Q restaurant is transformed into a beaming paradise. Up at 3000m sea level we serve you a toque-awarded menu as part of our Summit Dinner. Please make your reservation in advance!

PINO 3000
3 COUNTRIES - 3 WINEMAKER'S = 1 WINE

Wine PINO 3000 on the Gaislachkogl
Bringing together the mountains & vines
Our exceptional Pinot Noir
A great idea of the 5-star hotel Das Central in Sölden meets the passion of three renowned winegrowers from Austria, Germany and Italy here. The result – one outstanding Pinot Noir, which matures on the summit of the Gaislachkogl at 3,048 metres in precious ‘barrique’ oak barrels, portraying the unique altitude climate and the spirit of the Ötztal Alps.

5-star hotel DAS CENTRAL in Sölden, Tyrol
Das Central - Alpine. Luxury. Life.
Sölden’s 5-star hotel Das Central impresses with its combination of Tyrolean cosiness and Alpine lifestyle. Fastidious Alpinists and gourmet aficionados alike from across the globe cherish what is offered. Especially the culinary fare in the à la carte gourmet restaurant Ötztaler Stube which is devoted to Alpine cuisine and knows just how to forge a link between the traditional and the luxurious in a manner which is unique, and has been rightly awarded with 3 toques by Gault Millau. Accompanied by over 30,000 bottles of fine wines from the superb range available in the hotel. With the ice Q restaurant, Das Central now carries on with this great passion up above 3,000 m altitude.

CINEMATIC INSTALLATION '007 ELEMENTS'
On a secret mission
James Bond in ice Q in Sölden
Fast. Adrenaline-charged. Explosive – the coolest agent of all time in Sölden. The ice Q restaurant is the most spectacular shooting location in the Austrian Alps. Find out everything about the James Bond’s SPECTRE here with us.

James Bond cinematic installation 007 ELEMENTS in Sölden, Austria
In the footsteps of James Bond
007 ELEMENTS
Discover the cinematic installation ’007 ELEMENTS’ on the summit of the Gaislachkogl in Sölden in Tyrol! State-of-the-art technology, puristic architecture and a concomitant sound backdrop make the new James Bond adventure realm the ‘place-to-be’ in the Tyrol Alps. 007 ELEMENTS puts the focus primarily on SPECTRE and the scenes shot in Sölden, but also touches upon other chapters of the 24 James Bond movies. Our recommendation: Combine your visit in our ice Q restaurant with a visit at 007 ELEMENTS!

Action Hall with the original aircraft from James Bond SPECTRE



Tech Lab - a unique place in 007 ELEMENTS