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I don't understand your question. Please elaborate.
I think Getafix doesn't understand the purpose of your thread, Maybe you can elaborate? Interesting article to read - I guess you were just wanting to share with the community as oppose to us having a discussion / debate?
I thought it would be obvious to everyone here..... ;))
Just to be clear. Gibraltar is NOT in any way part of Spain. In the same way that Portugal is not in anyway part of Spain. All 3 share the Iberian peninsula.
[The Spanish crown ceeded Gibraltar to the British crown in perpituity (for ever) under the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713, and Spain recieved other things in return. It has been British for 300 years (and was only spanish for 200 before then anyway!) Whenever the Spanish economy goes through the floor, the Spanish govt kicks up a fuss about it - to distract their own population, a nationally rallying cry introduced by their dictator General Franco. Despite their own enclaves in North Africa.]
Gibraltar is British, the UK is also British, however Gibraltar is not part of the UK and the UK is not part of Gibraltar. They do have what is termed 'an integrated constitutional relationship'.
So, as for saying that 'Brits' in Gibraltar, of course they are - the people of Gibraltar are British. Don't mistake that for being 'UK people necessarily', British Gibraltarians may have nothing to do with the UK, etc. Both are British.
There is a popular misconception that the landrover going off the cliff was not filmed in Gibraltar. It was - I saw it! However, the cliff that it went off (no where near where the other action was), was quite low down, and it landed in swiming pool carpark. So there was not the 'height falling time' for anything with the parachute.
They wanted bond to leave the jeep in parachute, so first they tried dropping one from a helicopter over the Mojave desert, with a stuntman on top. I believe this was (again contrary to some reports) tested in advance of Gibraltar filming. However this didn't really work (and take 2 was a disaster).
So then, following the Gibraltar filming, they fired a series of models off Beachy Head in the UK with a remote control dummy and parachute, and explosion of jeep. All the shots of the dummy with parachute are Beachy Head. However all the shots of it going through the wall are Gibraltar. And the shots of the land rover in mid air are a mix of the two.
Having seen filming, I'm biased, but I agree it is one of the best. What bothers me about the boat is actually where the bits of the landrover landed! However if you want something interesting watch the trailer for the Living Daylihts, the woman on the boat originally had a TOTALLY different voice!
If you want to know more you could start here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_auxiliary_ship_Olterra
Basically, a ship with a hidden secret door, launching mini chariot style human submarines, transporting bombs underwater. So nobody on the survace could see anything.
Never mind just the books, the screenplays were very inspired by this.
A war film, The Silent Enemy was made about this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silent_Enemy_(film)
I haven't seen The Living Daylights for such a long time, been meaning for a watch, but time just hasn't allowed it. Next opportunity, will have another viewing, but this time will pay extra attention to the pre credits sequence. @StationG
Now that I think about it, as Dalton and the OO impostor are falling from the skies, and he explodes with the dynamite on board the truck, wouldn't the woman on the 'phone have heard the explosion as it was almost directly over the top of her boat? Dalton just lands and that's the biggest surprise she has..
"It's all so boring here Margo, there's nothing but playboys and tennis pro's, if only I could find a real man..."
She couldn't find a man or even hear a loud explosion directly above her head ?
I will say though, that I hope one day they film again in Gibraltar for the opening scenes, although I don't think they will ever surpass the 1987 one, so maybe it's best they don't try..