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TONS OF NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN ON SET PHOTOS from "Licence to Kill" - shot in Key West, 1988

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  • OnlyManWhoCanOnlyManWhoCan Greater London
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    EHollander wrote: »
    Ohhhh yeaahhhh. You definitely won't be disappointed! I can't tell you, but trust me, I get it good."

    Ha ha! That's brilliant! I'd love to have a brutal death in a Bond flick!
  • BondFaninFLABondFaninFLA
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    as a fellow Bond fanatic, I must say thank you and also, You lucky SOB. Still in Jax? I live down in Ponte Vedra....moved down here about 8 years ago from metro NYC
  • EHollanderEHollander
    edited April 2015 Posts: 3,687
    Here are a few more pics...

    [img][/img]16423508074_50b48834af_o.jpg73_Chopper_Arriving by ErikHollander, on Flickr

    16838549507_e4368d0313_o.jpg77_Windshield by ErikHollander, on Flickr

    17044496592_fdea6d56ed_o.jpg74_Walking_Around by ErikHollander, on Flickr

    17019949436_46a64a5e72_o.jpg75_Bond_Team_Chairs by ErikHollander, on Flickr

    17019950126_236b8c6a29_o.jpg76_Glen_Dalton by ErikHollander, on Flickr
  • EHollanderEHollander
    edited April 2015 Posts: 3,687
    BondFaninFLA wrote: »
    as a fellow Bond fanatic, I must say thank you and also, You lucky SOB. Still in Jax? I live down in Ponte Vedra....moved down here about 8 years ago from metro NYC

    Yes, I'm back in Jax after living in Nashville for 14 years.
    You're welcome, ya fanatic! Ponte Vedra's a nice area! B-)
  • EHollanderEHollander
    edited April 2015 Posts: 3,687
    btw: Happy Resurrection Sunday everyone.
  • EHollanderEHollander
    edited April 2015 Posts: 3,687
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  • Gustav_GravesGustav_Graves
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    I think your topic deserves a separate article on the website MI6-hq.com. This is such unique behind-the-scenes the scenes material on "Licence To Kill". One could make a great tie-in article related to "SPECTRE". Something like "Nothing has changed much over the course of 27 years". @JamesPage? Are you around?
  • BondFaninFLABondFaninFLA
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    EHollander wrote: »
    BondFaninFLA wrote: »
    as a fellow Bond fanatic, I must say thank you and also, You lucky SOB. Still in Jax? I live down in Ponte Vedra....moved down here about 8 years ago from metro NYC

    Yes, I'm back in Jax after living in Nashville for 14 years.
    You're welcome, ya fanatic! Ponte Vedra's a nice area! B-)

    Still friends with anyone in the city's film office? Mr. Roobin and I go back a ways
  • EHollanderEHollander
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    Naw. It's been sooooo long. I do remember Todd though. Back when he was involved with the FMPTA.
  • NicNacNicNac Administrator, Moderator
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    Superb shots, really a unique record.

    I notice in the last photo where TD is laughing, someone is filming him? Do you know who that is?
  • aaron819aaron819 Switzerland
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    NicNac wrote: »
    Superb shots, really a unique record.

    I notice in the last photo where TD is laughing, someone is filming him? Do you know who that is?

    @NicNac Probably someone from NBC, he's wearing a NBC t shirt
  • grunthergrunther
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    EHollander wrote: »
    [img][/img]16956727746_83dc86e03d_o.jpg35_Bond_is_Thirsty by ErikHollander, on Flickr

    The guy in the Stunt baseball cap looks to be Simon Crane having had some medical attention!
    Amazing quality shots, and in the pre-DSLR days. I'll make sure I look out for you next time I watch the film!
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    Wow, @EHollander, what amazing photos and stories! As a tight-nit community of Bond fans who crave this stuff like nothing else, I must thank you deeply for taking the time to share and reminisce with us as witnesses to your past Bond journey.

    The photos are of such great quality, like they were taken just yesterday, and have such personality to them in every frame. You were lucky enough to be on a Bond set when the series was at a very interesting point in its cycle, going a drastically different tonal route after over a decade of camp, and it was of course one of Cubby's last productions besides being the last film shot before the infamous hiatus. It must have been a truly exciting time seeing all these legends in one space at one time, and judging by your comments, it still remains that way in memory almost three decades afterwards. How spectacular.

    Cheers, mate!
  • EHollanderEHollander
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    A few new scans...

    [img][/img]16906768850_45f119e6a6_o.jpg79_Fly_Off by ErikHollander, on Flickr

    17092822952_d29d62b587_o.jpg78_Inside_Terminal by ErikHollander, on Flickr

    [img][/img]17094507365_daecf1f403_o.jpg80_Conversation_Martinez by ErikHollander, on Flickr
  • EHollanderEHollander
    edited April 2015 Posts: 3,687
    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: »

    The photos are of such great quality, like they were taken just yesterday, and have such personality to them in every frame. You were lucky enough to be on a Bond set when the series was at a very interesting point in its cycle, going a drastically different tonal route after over a decade of camp, and it was of course one of Cubby's last productions besides being the last film shot before the infamous hiatus. It must have been a truly exciting time seeing all these legends in one space at one time, and judging by your comments, it still remains that way in memory almost three decades afterwards. How spectacular.

    Thanks for the kind words. Glad you enjoyed them. It makes it worth the time to have scanned all these negatives.

    As a kid I used to play James Bond with friends in the neighborhood. In 1988, it was as if we were invited to come and play in the REAL James Bond universe for a few days - intersecting our mundane lives with the canonical world of 007 - however briefly. Yes, it does remain a highlight memory for the three of us.

    The fact that some pics I took on set more than half my lifetime ago are still relevant, and valued by viewers is a testament to the longevity, and awesomeness of James Bond and the family that makes them. The films seem as immortal as Bond himself.
  • GetafixGetafix
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    Magical moments. Great Bond.


    Respect.
  • CommanderRossCommanderRoss The bottom of a pitch lake in Eastern Trinidad, place called La Brea
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    effin' cool pick of that Douphin flying off!
  • EHollanderEHollander
    edited April 2015 Posts: 3,687
    16794953768_cb927e46a3_o.jpg

    With all the fantastic locales featured in the Bond films over the decades, can you imagine what it must have been like for the owners of those stilt homes to have gotten a knock on the door by EON saying "We'd like to film an exciting 007 PTS action sequence in your front yard??"

    Imagine seeing YOUR house in a Bond film - in the line of fire of Bond shooting his gun. Theoretically if he missed the jeep, he could've hit your satellite dish. :-O
  • Lancaster007Lancaster007 Shrublands Health Clinic, England
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    EHollander wrote: »
    She is not one to wear her "Bond girl" status on her sleeve, or bikini strap as it were...
    Little known trivia, she told me she was actually being groomed for the main Bond girl for TLD when Pierce Brosnan was originally cast - before his contract was renewed for a few more episodes of Remington Steele. When Dalton was cast as his replacement, she was reduced to the small role she presently has. in the opening.

    She was dubbed, by the way in her scene. That is not at all what her voice sounds like.

    If you watch the trailer for TLD she's not dubbed, Sounds okay to me, don't know why the dubbed her.
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    "Won't you join me". " Better make that 2".
  • EHollanderEHollander
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    Some more scans...

    16475854674_cbe82057fb_o.jpg81_Wilson_Martinez_Erik by ErikHollander, on Flickr

    17098298455_0267f83a27_o.jpg82_Black_Copter by ErikHollander, on Flickr

    [img][/img]17098410525_df1678c11b_o.jpg83_Black_Copter_Erik by ErikHollander, on Flickr

    This bottom picture was taken at Daytona (Spring Break, 1989) where there was a promotional display of this black helicopter. We had seen it flying around in Key West, (above photo) but were not sure what it was used for. (We assumed it would be the villain's copter) But it must have been used for camera work. Note the "revised" title decal subsequently placed on it.
  • ggl007ggl007 www.archivo007.com Spain, España
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    When was exactly the title changed from "revoked" to "to kill"?
  • EHollanderEHollander
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    I think that was how I first found out. Spring of 1989. I don't know when it was officially decided.
  • EHollanderEHollander
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    It must have been during the test marketing because I heard the original poster design painted by Bob Peak was scrapped and quickly replaced with the cheap looking rush job version when the title changed.
  • Gustav_GravesGustav_Graves
    edited April 2015 Posts: 11,119
    I'm looking at Bob Peak's original poster art for "Licence To Kill" now:
    bob_peak_licence_to_kill_unused_artwork.jpg

    Just look at the upper right poster. That...that design has been used completely for the final "GoldenEye" poster. Even Lupe Lamora's clothes were later worn by Xenia Onatopp.

    And then the poster on the bottom left. Can you see the 007-logo? That's....that's the redesigned logo that would later appear on the poster art for "GoldenEye".....and is until today still the same!

    Here are more poster designs from early 1988:
    LicenceRevoked-Strip.jpg
    license+to+kill+poster+concept+artwork.jpg


    By the way, I think this is my favourite final poster from "Licence To Kill". Just compare it with the "Casino Royale" teaser poster. And look in the eyes of both Daniel Craig and Timothy Dalton: Both ruthless, deadly asassins:
    007LTKposter.jpg
    james_bond___casino_royale_film_poster_by_kjormond-d4wm3d8.png
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    Love it.
  • EHollanderEHollander
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    Nice! Great finds. Haven't seen a couple of these before.
  • GetafixGetafix
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    why couldn't they just change the film title on the original posters?
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    Posts: 28,694
    Getafix wrote: »
    why couldn't they just change the film title on the original posters?

    Or supply a mini-dictionary with every ticket purchase made in the United States. ;)

  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    To be fair I think LTK is a stronger title than LR anyhow. The poster with TD and the gold gun is excellent.
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