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Would you rather time travel to the premiere of GF (64) OR the premiere of TSWLM (77)?

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  • MakeshiftPythonMakeshiftPython “Baja?!”
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    GF, just because there was nothing like it at the time and it's what put Bond on the map.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    GF for sure. Who'd miss the chance to witness Bondmania as well as the 1960s?
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
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    Both of them really went up on my personal enjoyment scale after my recent rewatches.
    I enjoyed TSWLM a tad more though. The locations, cinematography and ratio are also more cinematic, so seems to me that that one is just a film that is better suited to a cinema experience.
  • CommanderRossCommanderRoss The bottom of a pitch lake in Eastern Trinidad, place called La Brea
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    Wow, that's a difficult question. It's either this:



    https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/goldfinger_premiere

    or this:

    https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/tswlm-premiere

    considering I'm not very good with crowds, I'd have to be one of the attendees, as otherwise I wouldn't even notice what was going on, trying to get away from the masses as quickly as possible.

    But as an attendee, I really don't know. The film experience itself, I think, has TSWLM on edge, especially with the parashute jump, something that even impressed my better-yet-not-interested-in-Bond-half.

    If I'd have time to look around further, and perhaps alter some small bits in history, I'd definately cross the pond, buy some left-over warsurplus still on the market and park some unique WW@ aircraft in a barn, to collect them in this day and age (notably, a newzealander has done so, and has given us the only airworthy Mosquito. Just saying!), so it'd have to be 1964. Can I stick around for Thunderball as well?
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    Are there records about who attended the premieres, out of interest?
  • CommanderRossCommanderRoss The bottom of a pitch lake in Eastern Trinidad, place called La Brea
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    mtm wrote: »
    Are there records about who attended the premieres, out of interest?

    It was hard to keep track

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    (source: https://www.realtime1960s.com/post/goldfinger-london-premiere-draws-huge-crowds)
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    I mean in terms of famous folk of course :)
    I think ITV were probably broadcasting them by the time of TSWLM.
  • 007HallY007HallY
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    The GF premiere looks like a big event, with the stars all being driven up to the theatre in Aston Martins and crowds flocking up to them. I actually can't find too much about TSWLM's premiere.

    To be honest, I think it comes down to which film I prefer. I'll go TSWLM as I prefer it (although both are great) and I'd love to see the audience reaction to the parachute jump.
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