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  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
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    Beautiful, @Agent_99. Very nice photo.

    I hope to have the chance someday. Next week I'll settle for Boston.
  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
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    Dr. No, Ian Fleming, 1958,
    Chapter XIV - Come Into My Parlour

    The electric clock in the cool dark room in the heart of the mountain showed four-thirty.
    Outside the mountain, Crab Key had sweltered and stunk its way through another day. At the eastern end of the island, the mass of birds, Louisiana herons, pelicans, avocets, sandpipers, egrets, flamingoes and the few roseate spoonbills, went on with building, their nests or fished in the shallow waters of the lake. Most of the birds had been disturbed so often that year that they had given up any idea of building. In the past few months they had been raided at regular intervals by the monster that came at night and burned down their roosting places and the beginnings of their nests. This year many would not breed. There would be vague movements to migrate and many would die of the nervous hysteria that seizes bird colonies when they no longer have peace and privacy.
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    The Man With the Golden Gun, Ian Fleming, 1965.
    Chapter 7 - Un-Real Estate

    He walked farther back on the property. He wanted to locate his car. He found it on a deserted lot behind the west wing. The sun would get at it where it was, so he drove it forward and into the shade of a giant ficus tree. He checked the petrol and pocketed the ignition key. There were not too many small precautions he could take.
    On the parking lot the smell of the swamps was very strong. While it was still comparatively cool, he decided to walk farther. He soon came to the end of the young shrubs and guinea grass the landscaper had laid on. Behind these was desolation--a great area of sluggish streams and swampland from which the hotel land had been recovered. Egrets, shrikes, and Louisiana herons rose and settled lazily, and there were strange insect noises and the call of frogs and gekkos. On what would probably be the border of the property, a biggish stream meandered towards the sea, its muddy banks pitted with the holes of land crabs and water rats. As Bond approached, there was a heavy splash and a man-sized alligator left the bank and showed its snout before submerging. Bond smiled to himself. No doubt, if the hotel got off the ground, all this area would be turned into an asset. There would be native boatmen, suitably attired as Arawak Indians, a landing stage, and comfortable boats with fringed shades from which the guests could view the "tropical jungle" for an extra ten dollars on the bill.
    Louisiana Heron, James Audubon print
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  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
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    Skyfall, 2012.
    Four Seasons Hotel in Heron Tower, Canary Wharf, London, doubled for Shanghai.

    Heron Tower at 110 Bishopsgate is 230 metres tall, owned by Heron International,
    is considered the center to Heron Plaza.
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  • Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
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    @Agent_99, cool storks, but where are the infants at?

    Already dropped down the chimneys, presumably! :D
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    Agent_99 wrote: »
    @Agent_99, cool storks, but where are the infants at?

    Already dropped down the chimneys, presumably! :D

    Oh, that's good to hear. I was worried.
  • Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
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    If that many storks are dropping babies off at church, someone needs to have stern words with the priest.
  • CommanderRossCommanderRoss The bottom of a pitch lake in Eastern Trinidad, place called La Brea
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    Interesting stuff!
    Dr. No, Ian Fleming, 1958
    Chapter XIII – Mink-Lined Prison
    While Bond took in the scene, the woman at the door twittered conventional phrases of welcome as if they had been caught in a storm and had arrived late at a party.
    "You poor dears. We simply didn't know when to expect you. We kept on being told you were on your way.
    First it was teatime yesterday, then dinner, and it was only half an hour ago we heard you would only be here in time for breakfast. You must be famished. Come along now and help Sister Rose fill in your forms and then I'll pack you both straight off to bed. You must be tired out."

    Fleming was way ahead of his time! Anyway, which birds do twitter?

    And did you do the Avocets as well? I know you did all the other birds mentioned in Dr. No.......

    Did I phrase that right?

  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
    edited June 2017 Posts: 13,807
    Thanks for calling it out. I noticed that, too, @CommanderRoss, and had the exact same thought: ahead of his time. It's easy to relish the modern reader discovering this term reading Fleming. Or hopefully reflecting on it.
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    To be clear to the audience: I do birding, as in birdwatching. Literally. And my wife if you consider her a bird and use the passionate sense of "do". But I will push back to protect her honor and hold a speaker to account if they propose such a thing. Just to be clear. In the spirit of self-protection, of course.
    In explanation, I didn't do ALL the birds from Dr. No, just pretty much what's been mentioned. Plus Boobies, of course. Can get to the rest over time, and welcome suggestions from completists. Will table Avocet on page 1 to return to. It should prove much easier (= shorter) than the one I'm piecing together at the moment: Falcon. (I'm thinking Ford Avocet coupé, Avocet fighter jet, Avocet intercontinental ballistic missile, or Avocet cigarettes aren't waiting in the wings for representation. But who knows.)

    Here's one collection of described bird sounds. Amazing how many could apply to old ladies in a state of excitement, pardon my sexism here. But I was led into it.
    Macmillan Dictionary says:
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    birdsong - the musical sounds that birds make
    chatter - short high noises that some birds, animals, or machines make
    chirp - a short, high-pitched sound made by a bird or insect
    cluck - a short low sound that a chicken makes
    cock-a-doodle-doo - the loud sound that a cock (=male chicken) makes
    cry - the noise that an animal or bird makes
    cuckoo - the sound made by a cuckoo
    hoot - the deep sound that an owl makes
    quack - the sound that a duck makes
    shriek - a loud high sound made by a bird or animal, or by a machine
    song - the musical sound that a bird makes
    trill - a sound similar to a musical trill, made for example by a bird or a piece of electronic equipment
    tu-whit tu-whoo - British, the sound that an owl makes
    tweet - the short high sound that a small bird makes
    twitter - a high singing sound made by a bird

    whistle - the high sound that some birds make
    Noted twitterers include forest birds a.k.a songbirds like Robins, Cardinals (my current state bird), Sparrows, Bluebirds (my home state bird), Tits, Buntings, and many many more. Very accepted social behavior for birds. Definitely predates smartphones.
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  • CommanderRossCommanderRoss The bottom of a pitch lake in Eastern Trinidad, place called La Brea
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    Now that's a hoot!

    I couldn't find the Avocet fighter jet, but I did find the Avro Avocet. And of course the ford-powered Avocet sportscar. And an avocet image on player's cigarettes. And there's at least a link to player's cigarettes in Bond, as it is I.I.R.C. Tiffany Case who makes up the story about the sailor in it's logo.

    Good luck with the Falcon. That'll take pages for sure!
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  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
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    Falcon - fal·kən or ˈfôl·kən/ - noun
    1. a bird of prey active in daytime, famous for speed and visual acuity and diving
    Related: Falconry, the use of birds of prey for hunting (formerly: hawking)

    Middle English (faucon). Old French (fauco). Latin (falco, from falx or sickle, as related to the talons). Also: male falcons are known as a tercel (English)/tiercel (American), as associated with the Latin tertius and the expectation the third of three eggs is male.

    Falcon (Falco): daytime hunters known for their keen vision and speed (more than 200 mph/320 kmh) and for diving at their prey. Found worldwide excepting Antarctica, once part of their range. From the largest Gyrfalcon there are variations to other Falcons, Hobbies, and the smaller Kestrals known to hover as a hunting tactic. Sexual dimorphism means female larger than male. Clearly the most recognized is the Peregrine falcon, which sets the existing speed record among animals and increasingly adapt to urban environments. Unlike other raptors using claws, falcons have a tooth-like extension of the beak used to kill prey.
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    Includes: Malagasy kestrel (Falco newtoni), Seychelles kestrel (Falco araeus), Mauritius kestrel (Falco punctatus), Spotted kestrel (Falco moluccensis), Nankeen kestrel or Australian kestrel (Falco cenchroides), Common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus), Rock kestrel (Falco rupicolus), Greater kestrel (Falco rupicoloides), Fox kestrel (Falco alopex), Lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni), Grey kestrel (Falco ardosiaceus), Dickinson's kestrel (Falco dickinsoni), Banded kestrel (Falco zoniventris), Red-necked falcon (Falco chicquera), African red-necked falcon (Falco (chicquera) ruficollis), Red-footed falcon (Falco vespertinus), Amur falcon (Falco amurensis), Eleonora's falcon (Falco eleonorae), Sooty falcon (Falco concolor), American kestrel (Falco sparverius), Aplomado falcon (Falco femoralis), Merlin or "pigeon hawk" (Falco columbarius), Eurasian merlin (Falco (columbarius) aesalon ), Bat falcon (Falco rufigulari), Orange-breasted falcon (Falco deiroleucus), Eurasian hobby (Falco Subbuteo), African hobby (Falco cuvierii), Oriental hobby (Falco severus ), Australian hobby or little falcon (Falco longipennis), New Zealand falcon or kārearea (Falco novaeseelandiae), Brown falcon (Falco berigora), Grey falcon (Falco hypoleucos ), Black falcon (Falco subnige), Lanner falcon (Falco biarmicus), Laggar falcon (Falco jugger ), Saker falcon (Falco cherrug), Altai falcon(Falco cherrug altaicus), Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus), Prairie falcon (Falco mexicanus), Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), Peale's falcon (Falco peregrinus pealei), Pallid falcon (Falco peregrinus cassini var. kreyenborgi), Barbary falcon (Falco (peregrinus) pelegrinoides), Taita falcon (Falco fasciinucha),

    Common kestrel
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    American kestrel
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    Merlin or "pigeon hawk"
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    Gyrfalcon
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    Peregrine falcon
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    Pallid falcon
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    Barbary falcon
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    Miscellaneous
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  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
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    Casino Royale, Ian Fleming, 1953.
    Chapter 7 – Rouge et Noir

    'I may be able to help,' said Leiter. 'I was a regular in our Marine Corps before I joined this racket, if that means anything to you.' He looked at Bond with a hint of self-deprecation.
    'It does,' said Bond.
    It turned out that Leiter was from Texas. While he talked on about his job with the Joint Intelligence Staff of NATO and the difficulty of maintaining security in an organization where so many nationalities were represented, Bond reflected that good Americans were fine people and that most of them seemed to come from Texas.
    Felix Leiter was about thirty five. He was tall with a thin bony frame and his lightweight, tan coloured suit hung loosely from his shoulders like the clothes of Frank Sinatra. His movements and speech were slow, but one had the feeling that there was plenty of speed and strength in him and that he would be a tough and cruel fighter. As he sat hunched over the table, he seemed to have some of the jack knife quality of a falcon. There was this impression also in his face, in the sharpness of his chin and cheekbones and the wide wry mouth. His grey eyes had a feline slant which was increased by his habit of screwing them up against the smoke of the Chesterfields which he tapped out of the pack in a chain. The permanent wrinkles which this habit had etched at the corners gave the impression that he smiled more with his eyes than with his mouth. A mop of straw coloured hair lent his face a boyish look which closer examination contradicted. Although he seemed to talk quite openly about his duties in Paris, Bond soon noticed that he never spoke of his American colleagues in Europe or in Washington and he guessed that Leiter held the interests of his own organization far above the mutual concerns of the North Atlantic Allies. Bond sympathized with him.
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  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
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    Goldfinger, Guy Hamilton, 1964.
    1960 Ford Falcon Sedan
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    1964 Ford Falcon Ranchero Pick-up
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    1963 Ford Falcon Squire Wagon
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    Diamonds Are Forever, Guy Hamilton, 1971.
    1960 Ford Falcon Sedan
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    1960 Ford Falcon Ranchero Pick-up
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    Live and Let Die, Guy Hamilton, 1973.
    1968 Ford Falcon Wagon Wagon
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    Diamonds Are Forever, Guy Hamilton, 1971.
    Alan Falco ...driver (uncredited)
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    Nick Falco ...driver (uncredited)
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  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
    edited July 2017 Posts: 13,807
    The World Is Not Enough, Michael Apted, 1999.
    Gold sculpture of a Falcon on Zukovsky's desk., as reported on the excellent thread
    Bond Film Statistics Page 6 - THE ANIMALS OF BOND Part I initiated by @Birdleson.
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    Die Another Day, Lee Tamahori, 2002. (Damian Falco)
    F: How can he escape from a British warship, right in the middle of Hong Kong harbor, right under your nose?
    M: Interesting station, Moneypenny? All I got was a storm warning.
    F: You were supposed to throw away the key, not leave the door wide open.
    M: Are you implying I had a hand in his escape, Mr. Falco?
    F: Well, Bond got away real fast, didn't he?
    M: It is what he's trained to do.
    F: Your boy's been very busy in his training. He showed up in Cuba and torches a clinic.
    Listen, you put your house in order or we're gonna do it for you.
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  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    That falcon statue is...

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  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
    edited July 2017 Posts: 13,807
    I have it resting on top of my bookcase. The only one in the world, surely.
    And for the audience, what's referenced here is Detective Sam Spade's tough case. (Corrected by @0BradyM0Bondfanatic7)
    The Maltese Falcon, Dashiell Hammett, 1929.
    Just as much: The Maltese Falcon, John Huston, 1941.
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    And I gotta get to that restaurant. I had a business trip to San Francisco cancelled in 2014.
    Just a matter of time to get my chance, hopefully.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    Birdleson wrote: »
    I've seen the actual prop. It's at a restaurant in San Francisco. Actually, the original may have been lost or stolen and what I saw was a copy. The restaurant is actually mentioned in Dashiell Hammett's original story.

    I like that reality matches the fictional plot of the film there.
    I have it resting on top of my bookcase. The only one in the world, surely.
    And for the audience, what's referenced here is Detective Philip Marlowe's tough case.
    The Maltese Falcon, Dashiell Hammett, 1929.
    Just as much: The Maltese Falcon, John Huston, 1941.
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    And I gotta get to that restaurant. I had a business trip to San Francisco cancelled in 2014.
    Just a matter of time to get my chance, hopefully.

    @RichardTheBruce, that'd be Sam Spade, not Marlowe. ;)
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    We also must note, a big influence on Fleming when he started his novels. You can see all the pulpy, detective influences and he injects that genre in well.
  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
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    Absolutely, moving fast, I'll correct my post. I actually loaned a bunch of noir movies to my brother and just got them back. I guess I need a refresher. Not least THE LONG GOODBYE mentioned on another trail.
  • Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
    edited July 2017 Posts: 3,176
    While we're sleuthing, here's Roman detective Marcus Didius Falco. (Lindsey Davis named him after falx, the sickle, to follow the tradition of detectives called after implements, e.g. Spade, Hammer.)

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  • CommanderRossCommanderRoss The bottom of a pitch lake in Eastern Trinidad, place called La Brea
    edited July 2017 Posts: 8,266
    Apparently, this bird and detective work go hand in hand..
    https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falco_(televisieserie)

    '(can't post the link to the original French page as it has symbols this forum's software don't recognise)

  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
    edited July 2017 Posts: 13,807
    Yes, a good time to focus on The Falcon as 40s-era detective. An unexpectedly twisting and turning tale.

    Stand by.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Another detective, Ric Hochet, is called Allan Falk in Norway.
  • Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
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    Is it also a pun in Norwegian, @Thunderfinger?
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    No, falk=falcon. No pun, I guess the name just didn t resonate. I believe it is the same in Denmark.

    There are several examples of French/Belgian comic strip heroes with altered names in Scandinavia.
  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
    edited July 2017 Posts: 13,807
    Introduced in Michael Arlen's short story "Gay Falcon", his character The Falcon was taken on by RKO Studios as a deliberate replacement for...The Saint. To the point that actor George Sanders (star of a series of Saint films) was hired on as The Falcon (for a series of Falcon films). Lacking much of any existing material, the films created their own stories (or bought them, see below) and made him more of a suave British character. Like The Saint. Maybe you can see the similarities between the 1940 and 1942 films.
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    Leslie Charteris himself took legal action against RKO based on extreme similarities for Saint and Falcon. And lashed out in print with The Saint Steps In (1943), calling out The Falcon as a cheap substitute for Templar. Fair enough.
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    Sanders starred in three, then his character's brother played by Tom Conway took over and became The Falcon. And other actors stepped in before the series ended with a total of 16 films. So The Falcon exists across different characters and actors--without any explanation for "The Falcon" as a name.
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    Of note are the first three films The Gay Falcon (1941), A Date With the Falcon (1942), and The Falcon Takes Over (1942). Interestingly and confusingly that third one is based on...Raymond Chandler's tale Farewell, My Lovely. As with the first Chandler story filmed (Time to Kill, 1942), the Philip Marlowe character is included out of the second Chandler story filmed. So familiar territory with Moose, Goldie, and Velma. But Philip Marlowe was dropped as inconsequential, and the filmmakers also didn't hesitate to capitalize on the name association with...the success of The Maltese Falcon (1941).
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    I'm more familiar with the Old Time Radio dramas dating from 1943 to 1954 (70 episodes, check the link below).
    https://oldradioprograms.us/Falcon.htm

    And there was a TV show 1954-1955 (39 episodes) starring Charles McGraw. Now on YouTube.


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  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    No, falk=falcon. No pun, I guess the name just didn t resonate. I believe it is the same in Denmark.

    There are several examples of French/Belgian comic strip heroes with altered names in Scandinavia.

    I do like how, when said speedily, the name sounds like ricochet.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    That was of course intentional.

    Another iconic falcon:
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  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    That was of course intentional.

    Another iconic falcon:
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    I love the Starship Enterprise!
  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
    edited July 2017 Posts: 13,807
    Going with icons, I have more Ford Motors history on the Falcon.

    The Ford Motor Company is a US-based car manufacturer that for many years also produced cars in other countries around the world, sometimes tailored to the international market. For the Ford Falcon that means in North America (1960-1970), Argentina (1962-1991), and Australia (1960-2016).
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    Specific to Australia, the Ford Falcon is popular with motorists, plus is commonly used as a taxi or police car.
    1973 Ford Falcon GT Sedan XB
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    Then there's the even sportier 1973 Ford Falcon Coupé XB GT V8.
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    Now clearly the Coupé shares lines and inspiration with the 1971 Ford Mustang Mach 1 model
    used in Diamonds Are Forever.
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    Which leads to one of the most iconic cars in film history. The Black on Black.

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  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
    edited July 2017 Posts: 13,807
    That's The Falcon Takes Over (1942), noted above, using Raymond Chandler's book Farewell, My Lovely.
    But he really didn't take over, they're exaggerating. He's also no Saint.
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