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  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
    edited December 2022 Posts: 14,601
    zebrafish wrote: »
    Kingston Jamaica, Liguanea Club, the opening scene of DN.
    Good one.

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  • zebrafishzebrafish <°)))< in Octopussy's garden in the shade
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    The parking lots rang a bell...
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
    edited December 2022 Posts: 9,044
    I must admit I have never heard of it, nor remember the scene in DN. One can tell that those people drive on the wrong side of the road (probably Commonwealth nation) and that it is probably closer to the equator (many more white cars than over here). But I was thinking of Asia, actually. So, good job in finding out, @zebrafish.

    PS: The aerial picture shows palm trees, the movie capture, deciduous trees (maybe those on the right-hand side), but still.
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
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    So, @QBranch, we're waiting for your divine inspiration for the next question...
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    From The Liguanea Club website:

    The Club has been used extensively in media promotions and feature films the most notable being the making of the "James Bond Movie – Dr. No" which featured the entrance to the (Queens) Club in its opening shots and the lead actor, Sean Connery, was a guest at the Club.

    https://theliguaneaclub.com/our-history/
    j_w_pepper wrote: »
    So, @QBranch, we're waiting for your divine inspiration for the next question...
    It's @zebrafish turn, chap. Let's see what he comes up with!
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
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    QBranch wrote: »
    It's @zebrafish turn, chap. Let's see what he comes up with!
    Yep, sorry. Slight mixup.
  • zebrafishzebrafish <°)))< in Octopussy's garden in the shade
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    I'm on it, still researching...
  • zebrafishzebrafish <°)))< in Octopussy's garden in the shade
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    Which film and scene?
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  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
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    Centre Pompidou, Paris. Parts used as Drax's space-shuttle plant headquarters.
  • zebrafishzebrafish <°)))< in Octopussy's garden in the shade
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    Voila, there's no fooling the sheriff, he knows the sights!

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  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
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    I must admit that before ever watching MR for the first time (in the 90s!), I had been on that walkway at least five times, and thought that looked very familiar...

    ...e.g. from 1978...
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    ...1983...
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    ...and later in 2003
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    I'll revert for the next guessing image.
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
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    OK, here we go. Movie location.
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  • CharmianBondCharmianBond Pett Bottom, Kent
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    Is it the Swiss petrol station in Goldfinger?
  • zebrafishzebrafish <°)))< in Octopussy's garden in the shade
    edited December 2022 Posts: 4,341
    That would have been my guess as well and I just confirmed it.
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
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    I had a hunch you would guess it quickly. Hotel Aurora, Andermatt, Canton of Uri, Gotthardstrasse 163. Of the petrol station, there is basically only the roof once over the pumps left, and the hotel behind it. Judging from the colours, they also must have switched to Shell from being a BP station after GF.

    Your turn again, @CharmianBond.
  • CharmianBondCharmianBond Pett Bottom, Kent
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    This next one is a film location, sorry I couldn't get a better image of it. eIQEXhP.jpg
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
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    So I dare say for now that this is in the UK, most likely in London. But that's how far I would go at this time. Is that the National Gallery in the far background? I just can't seem to find the side street that this is.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    Hmm, I'm gonna say safehouse from SP.
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
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    I just don't expect there to be a garage where one could keep a vintage DB 5 for about fifty years in these surroundings...
  • CharmianBondCharmianBond Pett Bottom, Kent
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    QBranch wrote: »
    Hmm, I'm gonna say safehouse from SP.

    It is the 'Hildebrand' safe house, and where Maddie walks off into the night.

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    Over to you @QBranch
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    Nice one. Love how Mallory spots Bond and declares it safe.

    I have to pass the round on to you folks as I'm on my phone. Happy hunting!
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
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    All right, I'll just pick it up. This is once more related to a movie.
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  • zebrafishzebrafish <°)))< in Octopussy's garden in the shade
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    A Louisiana swamp? LALD?
  • zebrafishzebrafish <°)))< in Octopussy's garden in the shade
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    Or the Iguazu Falls, possible upstream of the falls. MR?
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
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    You're not entirely off. But I would rather hear from you what exactly this picture shows, and why. It is obviously not the Iguazu Falls (and no, it is not the LALD location).
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
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    I'm coming out of retirement; is it where the GoldenEye satellite dish is found in Cuba?
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
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    Welcome back, Nick...I hope my retirement (the real one) won't be as short-lived. But no, it is not GE and Cuba.
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
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    I understand forum breaks have very short life expectancies... so my retirement was short lived... ;)
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
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    Hint: The image is a screen capture from Google Street View. So don't expect it to be somewhere in the deepest jungle. Or rain forest.
  • zebrafishzebrafish <°)))< in Octopussy's garden in the shade
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    So I gather it's LALD, but it's not the croc farm, there are no Google Earth images of that (I checked). Is it where the double decker upper section ends? That would be cool research, to pinpoint that location.
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