›

007 Days Of Bond: The Blu-Relay

gt007gt007 Station G
edited September 2012 in Bond Movies Posts: 1,182
Sir Roger Moore made the announcement last Friday that the first copy of the Bond 50 On Blu-Ray box set would embark on a seven day tour of Great Britain from September 17th-24th to celebrate the release of all 22 Bond films on Blu-ray from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.

This year marks the Golden Anniversary of James Bond on film and the seven-time Bond star unveiled the gold briefcase that will travel the length of the country in an Aston Martin DBS featured in QUANTUM OF SOLACE. Alongside Moore, it will also be carried by other 007 icons including iconic Bond girls Britt Ekland, Shirley Eaton, Tania Mallet and Eunice Gayson, classic villain Richard Kiel (Jaws) and legendary director John Glen.

From Scotland with love, the golden case will retrace the super-spy’s footsteps, with the first ever Bond girl Eunice Gayson (Sylvia Trench – DR. NO, FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE) starting the digital timer at Eilean Donan Castle in the western highlands, which doubled as the British Secret Service HQ in THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH.

It will then travel the length of the country and each location will be presented with a commemorative gold disc celebrating their part in 007’s 50-year history, with other stop-offs including Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire, home of many unforgettable Bond moments, and Nene Valley Railway in Peterborough, where Bond stunt performers will run with the case along a moving train celebrating the classic Bond action scene in OCTOPUSSY, introduced by John Glen, who directed five classic Bond instalments.

After seven days of adventure, the golden case will arrive at the HMV store on Oxford Street in Central London at 10.07am on September 24th. Britt Ekland and Richard Kiel will hand-deliver it with the Aston Martin DBS stopping in front of the store, welcomed by Britain’s biggest Bond fans.

Follow the briefcase on tour with daily updates here 007.com, the official home of James Bond.


DAY 001: SCOTLAND

614522_521000117914904_1000544428_o.jpg
Eunice Gayson and the gold Bond 50 briefcase.


530179_521000221248227_345547753_n.jpg

463143_521000381248211_1259297843_o.jpg

561706_521000397914876_704355535_n.jpg

401446_521000571248192_465629379_n.jpg
The QUANTUM OF SOLACE Aston Martin at Eilean Donan Castle, situated on the edge of Loch Duich, Scotland.

Comments

  • JWESTBROOKJWESTBROOK
    Posts: 5,745
    marketto007 wrote:

    THATS THE NEW BOND SCORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! At least, according to that guy on Twitter! MARKETTOOOOOOO!!!
  • marketto007marketto007 Brazil
    edited September 2012 Posts: 3,277
    What? I'm a little confused. :O
  • gt007gt007 Station G
    Posts: 1,182
    @JWESTBROOK you think that's the 28s @MrEON said was heard on ITV? I doubt it. First of all, this is obviously not ITV. Second, I assume that's just BBC News standard music. It was playing through the whole thing, not only during the Bond part.
  • DiscoVolanteDiscoVolante Stockholm, Sweden
    Posts: 1,347
    Hehe, could work pretty well as some kind of Bond theme though :P
  • JWESTBROOKJWESTBROOK
    edited September 2012 Posts: 5,745
    marketto007 wrote:
    What? I'm a little confused. :O

    Someone on Twitter said that a clip of audio would be aired on TV sometime soon, but wasn't clear how or where. I thought it was in this clip, but I was wrong.

    #Americanignorance
  • RogueAgentRogueAgent
    Posts: 12,526
    Looks a beautiful place to visit? Hope there is a much fuller version of this interview though?
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    Posts: 13,355
    Is day two coming soon?
  • RC7RC7
    Posts: 10,512
    JWESTBROOK wrote:
    marketto007 wrote:
    What? I'm a little confused. :O

    Someone on Twitter said that a clip of audio would be aired on TV sometime soon, but wasn't clear how or where. I thought it was in this clip, but I was wrong.

    #Americanignorance

    I have to say, for the Brits these comments about the BBC's news cue being the Bond score are pretty hilarious.
  • gt007gt007 Station G
    Posts: 1,182
    From Twitter:

    The #007DOB QOS Aston Martin will be at Parrs Wood Entertainment Centre, Didsbury, Manchester at 8pm this evening. Come and join us! #BOND50
  • JWESTBROOKJWESTBROOK
    Posts: 5,745
    Empire - "We met three Bond girls today. Tania Mallett brought her knitting, left the sniper rifle at home"
    A3U-BliCEAE7caQ.jpg:large

  • Monsieur_AubergineMonsieur_Aubergine Top of the Eiffel Tower with a fly in my soup!
    Posts: 642
    Sky news have been covering this all day, interview with Richard Kiel, Tanya Mallet et al.
    I committed the cardinal sin...i never posted on here to let others know. Sorry guys and gals.
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    edited September 2012 Posts: 13,355
    Any new information from them that came out way? Lots of talk of Skyfall no doubt?

    Another picture from the relay here:

    A3RI0qVCMAAXoRE.jpg
  • marketto007marketto007 Brazil
    Posts: 3,277
    From @007.

    Britt Ekland, Richard Kiel and Eunice Gayson at Stoke Park for today's stop on the #007DOB Blu-ray tour. #BOND50

    A3VOHeNCAAADYyI.jpg
  • JBond007JBond007
    Posts: 36
    I'm a bit confused with this tour. Are these events open to the public? I contacted the Eden Project to see if there were any events taking place surrounding the arrival of the Aston or if it was purely a photo opportunity, and was told it was not open to the public. They have booked a room, and it is a private function, and they added that no film stars would be present. Seems a bit strange when the stops are advertised on the official James Bond Facebook page along with times of when they are expected there.

    Living down here in Cornwall, we don't get this kind of opportunity very often, so I was looking forward to going there tomorrow.
  • RogueAgentRogueAgent
    Posts: 12,526
    Must visit Stoke Park golf club! Classic setting! Always good to see Richard Kiel out and about! Such a nice guy!
  • dragonskydragonsky
    Posts: 2,491
    The pictures of all this old Bond stars together makes my hearth warm :x
  • JBond007JBond007
    Posts: 36
    Well, I found out the event today was open to the public, and it was advertised that the car would arrive at 2pm. However, at 11.30am, it was announced on Facebook that the car was there from 11am. I turned up to see it an hour later but it had already gone, having only shown up for 45 mins. The Aston was leaving as I was leaving.

    The organisation of this tour seems very strange. Why turn up to these places for small amounts of time? Cornwall is hardly en route, they could have easily publicised it and made a day of it at Eden.
  • 001001
    Posts: 1,575
    JBond007 wrote:
    Well, I found out the event today was open to the public, and it was advertised that the car would arrive at 2pm. However, at 11.30am, it was announced on Facebook that the car was there from 11am. I turned up to see it an hour later but it had already gone, having only shown up for 45 mins. The Aston was leaving as I was leaving.

    The organisation of this tour seems very strange. Why turn up to these places for small amounts of time? Cornwall is hardly en route, they could have easily publicised it and made a day of it at Eden.

    That sucks.

  • marketto007marketto007 Brazil
    edited September 2012 Posts: 3,277
  • marketto007marketto007 Brazil
    edited September 2012 Posts: 3,277
    th_152694731_zpsd0e6d0db.jpg th_152694732_zpsefb0d76f.jpg th_152696290_zps5fcf0b09.jpg

    th_152696292_zps775b28d0.jpg th_152696295_zps3388b0c2.jpg th_152696296_zpsd3e42806.jpg

    th_152696301_zps69168bd7.jpg th_152696302_zpsaf9cdfdb.jpg th_152696309_zpsb845088f.jpg

    th_152694737_zps0f0b19e6.jpg th_152696293_zpsa115486d.jpg th_152696305_zpse53fbdb8.jpg

    th_152696306_zps4ef44fe0.jpg th_152696307_zps6ff9226c.jpg th_152696311_zpsafe2e439.jpg

    th_152694740_zpsd593a101.jpg th_152694581_zps094a5734.jpg th_152694587_zps6022e693.jpg

    th_152694595_zps2bde28b8.jpg th_152694598_zpse20f643c.jpg th_152694619_zps1608ac8f.jpg

    th_152694613_zps2ada51f5.jpg th_152694588_zps10732880.jpg th_152694616_zpsf7848b38.jpg
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    Posts: 28,694
    I think @TheWizardOfIce was out of there by the time Britt came rolling in.
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    Posts: 13,355
    Thanks for the pictures and video @marketto007.
  • RogueAgentRogueAgent
    Posts: 12,526
    Thanks for the video and pics Marketto! Good job as always! :D
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    edited September 2012 Posts: 28,694
    And hats of to our agent @TheWizardOfIce, who endured heavy precipitation to relay intelligence regarding the event to us. =D>
  • marketto007marketto007 Brazil
    Posts: 3,277




  • marketto007marketto007 Brazil
    Posts: 3,277
    From the official Youtube account.

  • RogueAgentRogueAgent
    Posts: 12,526
    Nice blog, biggest part i enjoyed was listening to all that fabulous music! :-bd
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    edited September 2012 Posts: 13,355
    I didn't expect this so all the more reason for being given it. Thanks Marketto.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    Posts: 28,694
    Great blog, and I love that they went to so many iconic locations. I want to go to the field where they shot that FRWL scene and play on the course they shot GF on so badly.
Sign In or Register to comment.