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Are you talking where it was shot? Or where it is supposed to be in the movie?
I always thought the wedding and celebrations were in Florida. The escape of Sanchez was in Florida as was the bar that Bond met Pam. That's why Sanchez isn't at the bar he can't enter the USA.
Nassau was used for the Wavecrest action sequence and everything else was shot in Mexico.
You’re right about the wedding and Felix house; key west.
I even looked at the direction the chopper started flying after picking up Felix and bond; provided the car was driving west towards key west, the chopper also started west, despite all this talk of the Bahamas.
My feeling was that his emotions were high after watching what they did to Sharkey. He was full of revenge and anger so he decided to get rid of the cocaine.
Gotcha. That makes sense.
Did Bond purposefully blow his cover as an astronaut so he could sabotage Blofeld’s commande center or did he really intend on going to space in that shuttle?
Once in that capsule, not only he would have been completely useless but on top of that he would have been blown up once the US shuttle had been captured.
As a kid, I always found that scene quite suspenseful, accompanied by John Barry’s magical score but now I find it quite amusing.
But I suppose it plays the other way too! Why go to all the trouble of being an astronaut if you are just trying to get captured. Interesting thought.
A few minutes later, we are seeing the space rockets from an empty and--presumably--camera-less spot in space.
It's just that kind of movie; they were making it up as they went. I attribute that to a case of laziness.
As nice as that would be, extremely unlikely.
On the other hand, updating some of the Fleming novels to the 21st Century remains an option. It's been almost 60 years since some of them were first filmed.
I agree. Re making 2006 CR I dont think can be done since the film was pretty much the perfect film. But other Bond novels can be re made to date.
That be awesome.
And they would never start another Bond actor with Casino Royale, after Craig did it, I don't think. Maybe Forever And A Day...?
- Taken at face value, it turns out to be the silliest scene of this awesome film: if she fell head over heels for Bond, love at first sight, I feel her mental balance was a bit wrong.
- If she was in cahoots with Sandor and repented at the last second, I can understand she preferred to die as an innocent rather than live as a murderess.
- Maybe she was just a very corageous lady who could have made that for anyone who visited Fekkesh: she was THAT pro and badass.
At one time, I thought Bond was using her as a human shield like Fiona in TB, but nope.
“Stand by for conversion...jettison cocoon!”
Could never make out that 2nd part all these years.
It's very non-sensical and I struggle to even think why have this character. Sandor could have jumped Bond in the room and then ran to the roof. Which is another point why be above and head up when he hit the girl. He should have gone down to either escape or attack Bond. Plus he shoots, Bond loses his shield why didn't he shoot again?
Cal Dyson also talked about it on his recent TSWLM video.
Speaking of TSWLM, I've read somewhere that Charles Gray, in his third Bond collaboration, is the narrator of the light and sound spectacle at the Pyramids. Is this a fact?
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076752/trivia
"Though not credited, Charles Gray has an offscreen cameo, as the narrator heard in the pyramid scene. This makes Grays third participation in an official Bond movie, with his first appearance as Henderson in You only live twice, and more noticable as Bonds arch nemesis Ernst Stavro Blofeld in Diamonds are forever." (text section after about 70% of the article)
https://www.tripadvisor.fr/ShowUserReviews-g294202-d1674855-r454778579-Sound_Light_Egypt-Giza_Giza_Governorate.html
Is that confirmed anywhere else? Apparently the one who narrates in Egypt is... Omar Shariff!
In "Thunderbook: The World of Bond According to Smersh Pod"
(John Rain) as well
In the following article of a travel agency, or so, they name Sharif as the speaker, but in the movie apparently it's Gray.
https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g294202-d1674855-r297058328-Sound_Light_Egypt-Giza_Giza_Governorate.html
I've researched this somewhat and if you listen carefully it appears to be both of them. Gray does part of the narration and another voice (presumably that of Omar Sharif) does the other part. If you listen carefully to the voices you can hear they're different. Possibly what happened was that Shariff did the narration at the actual Egyptian Pyramids show and Gray was used to add drama to the scene shown in the film. It does sound very dramatic when Gray speaks. You can clearly hear it's his voice if you listen carefully.
Some Kind Of Hero also states that Charles Gray is the voice on the Pyramids' show. So now it's just a jump to the left, and then a step to the right. Put your hands on your hips, and bring your knees in tight.
I like this theory ;)