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  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited January 28 Posts: 17,197
    It's a Morris Minor van by the looks of it (or Morris O Type). It's Royal Mail one. As I remember in the titles, hasn't it got a gunner or something in it?

    EDIT: Yes, here you go, from 007 magazine:

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  • zebrafishzebrafish <°)))< in Octopussy's garden in the shade
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    Nice find! I wonder where in the film the scene would have taken place. Does anyone know this or are there screenplays around that contain Q's Royal Mail lorry?
  • moneyofpropre2moneyofpropre2 France
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    zebrafish wrote: »
    Nice find! I wonder where in the film the scene would have taken place. Does anyone know this or are there screenplays around that contain Q's Royal Mail lorry?

    From my book Scripting 007 :

    "Unlike the film, gas parking meters were the fourth gadget Bond and the audience were supposed to see in the Q-lab. In the script there are three others before: a small fire truck whose fire hoses do not spit water but flame-thrower style fire, a long stick with an artificial hand at the end which is used to activate a switch on a wall (there is an explosion when it is activated and the hand disintegrates), and a General Post Office van whose sides fall and reveal two men behind machine guns and a radio operator. On the other hand, there is no bulletproof vest "gadget" in the script".
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited January 29 Posts: 17,197
    That's cool. By the looks of the clip in the opening titles the van gag was cut out just before Bond starts talking to Q.
    It probably tightened the scene up, plus maybe they thought it undermined the Aston Martin having machine guns a bit? This was the very first armed Bond car, so I guess seeing a humble van with a much bigger machine gun in it seconds before rather stole its thunder!
  • mattjoesmattjoes
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    When Bond enters Montelongo's office, he's got his hand on his secretary's waist.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    mattjoes wrote: »
    When Bond enters Montelongo's office, he's got his hand on his secretary's waist.
    From memory she's a beauty pageant winner, which makes Montelongo also a winner. Love how those two frown/smile in sync.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    When the guys in the seaplane do the drug deal by loading the drugs into Sentinel, you can see that its periscope is already smashed, before Bond smashes it with his knife.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    mtm wrote: »
    periscope is already smashed
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  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
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    I had no idea that the fire juggler from Octopussy was played by the comedic actor from spaced.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Mendes4Lyfe wrote: »
    I had no idea that the fire juggler from Octopussy was played by the comedic actor from spaced.

    Yes, Mark Heap. He's a great comic actor. I only found out that was him a few years ago myself. I believe Octopussy was his first film role. I liked him as the character Leonard Hatred in Look Around You 2.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    Adolfo Celi was only 43 when he made Thunderball!
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    mtm wrote: »
    Adolfo Celi was only 43 when he made Thunderball!

    He must've had a tough paper round!
  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
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    Dragonpol wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    Adolfo Celi was only 43 when he made Thunderball!

    He must've had a tough paper round!

    🤣🤣🤣
    Maybe that’s how he lost his eye.
    That bloody cat at number 69. Mrs. Deauville.



  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Benny wrote: »
    Dragonpol wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    Adolfo Celi was only 43 when he made Thunderball!

    He must've had a tough paper round!

    🤣🤣🤣
    Maybe that’s how he lost his eye.
    That bloody cat at number 69. Mrs. Deauville.



    Now that's a villain origin story I could get on board with! :))
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    mtm wrote: »
    Adolfo Celi was only 43 when he made Thunderball!
    Wow. I'll be that age later this year. Really puts things into perspective.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    QBranch wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    Adolfo Celi was only 43 when he made Thunderball!
    Wow. I'll be that age later this year. Really puts things into perspective.

    Have you acquired the eye patch yet?
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    Dragonpol wrote: »
    QBranch wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    Adolfo Celi was only 43 when he made Thunderball!
    Wow. I'll be that age later this year. Really puts things into perspective.
    Have you acquired the eye patch yet?
    Yes, I have wet patch and poor eyesight.
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
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    Just watching Skyfall and what do you know, the infamously vile Huw Edwards turns up in a 'news report' about the exposed agents list....
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    LeonardPine wrote: »
    Just watching Skyfall and what do you know, the infamously vile Huw Edwards turns up in a 'news report' about the exposed agents list....

    Yeh mate! Another reason to dislike this Bond movie 😂
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    They actually just made rather a lot of effort to edit him out of an old Doctor Who episode from 2006 or so and replace him with a different actor, and reuploaded it to iPlayer.
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
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    Mathis1 wrote: »
    LeonardPine wrote: »
    Just watching Skyfall and what do you know, the infamously vile Huw Edwards turns up in a 'news report' about the exposed agents list....

    Yeh mate! Another reason to dislike this Bond movie 😂

    I still like it mate 😁

    But it just goes to show they should always use actors for these things, otherwise it can come back and bite them on the arse..😄
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
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    DAF's oil rig climax takes place in Mexico!

    I always figured Baja was in California, USA. But apparently 'Baja California' is the full name of a Mexican state.

    And I found that out watching the extras on my QOS Bluray :))
  • goldenswissroyalegoldenswissroyale Switzerland
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    Nice one @GoldenGun , I thought the same. Always good to learn new things.
  • StirredNotShakenStirredNotShaken Toronto
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    I have been under the impression for 3½ years that NTTD's gunbarrel was the first time you could see the reflection of the scene against the "metal" of the barrel.

    You can actually see the bathroom tiles reflected in the gunbarrel in Casino Royale.

    Yes, it took me nearly 20 years and about 100 viewings to notice this.
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