I seem to have been to a fair few in my time - atm I am working on LALD, as I have been in New Orleans and New York recently. Golden gate bridge and the rest of SF last year, plus when I was younger I went often to the location of Main Strike mine.
I was in Vienna late last year in the Prater Park.
The secret entrance to MI6 is my most recent London location and I drove past the College of Arms just before Christmas. And I visited Stoke Poges earlier in the summer (not to play golf ).
I have yet to go to the Bahamas or the Caribbean, but one day ... one day
I just came back from a holiday in Florida, and took the opportunity to visit some of the Key West locations from LTK - the Harbor Lights (Barrelhead) Bar, Mallory Square, places like that. Strangest one was finding Krest's ratty warehouse is now a fish restaurant!
I've also been all over London in search of filming locations (the book James Bond's London is an invaluable resource!), plus on various trips I've checked out locations in Paris, New York, San Francisco and Amsterdam. Put it this way: my poor partner knows that if we go on holiday, he's going to be dragged around in search of some obscure back alley that Tanya Roberts once popped up in!
Let's see. . .London, the Swiss Alps, Las Vegas, New York, New Orleans, Paris, and San Francisco. Not as well traveled as some other Bond fans here, I see!
Heck I forgot I'd been to Las Vegas! My bf was extremely amused at the fact that I wanted to take a picture of a petrol station (the one where "Curly" works). He kept saying, "We have petrol stations in England, you know"
Quoting JACKIE:
Si, I cant believe there was ever a time that you were NOT a Bond fan?! Surely you were Born into fandom inherited down a long and noble bloodline of pure bred Bondonians created by EON itself?
I have been to London many many many times (well it only takes me 20 mins to get there). I used to go to Holliwell Bay for holidays when I was a kid, thats where they filmed the beach and surfing scenes in DAD.
My mate Chris' uncles worked as plane handlers and where consultants on the pre-titles of TND, the plane Bond is in was theirs actually. He brought photos into school years ago to show me the shots they had taken of Pierce, brown leather jacket and all. In fact when Pierce was in the cockpit standing and shooting the plane started to move and his uncle got the honour to shout at Bond to "GET YOUR FOOT OFF THE PEDAL!"
The surfing scenes in DAD were actually filmed in Hawaii, not London - don't think they get the killer waves like Hawaii!
I've been to Sugar Loaf in Brazil, a location in Moonraker. It's very cool watching Moonraker because I was there twice, in 1977 and 1985. Moonraker was filmed in between them so it is exactly as I remember it.
Living in the US I've been to Vegas many times (i live three hours away) and San Francisco.
Locations I would like to visit: Piz Gloria and Istanbul, although I imagine the latter is quite different now...
I have been to San Fransisco (AVTAK) and I frequent Nassau on an annual vacation (THUNDERBALL). I know that the film was shot in Nassau and Port Lacaya, and I have been to both, and also I went to Coral Harbour, just for the sake of it. Even though the film crew never touched Coral Harbour. They also filmed briefly on Cable Beach on Paradise Island, I went there, too. I also have been to Hong Kong Harbour and Kowloon (Both featured in DAD novel).
I have been to
San Francisco: Golden Gate Bridge, Fisherman's Wharf (AVTAK)
New York (LALD)
Berne, Switzerland (OHMSS)
Nassau, Bahamas (TB, NSNA)
Fontainbleau Hilton Hotel, Miami Beach (GF)
Those are the ones I can think of. There may be more (especially in Switzerland).
Does anyone know a website with the exact locations where each Bond film was shot?
I am planning to go to the Bahamas again if CR will be shot there since it's only a half hour flight away.
I've mentioned it in other parts of the forum, I have been to all the New York Locations in Live and Let Die. Just for fun, when I pass one of the locations, I put the Soundtrack CD into the car stereo. My friends who are Bond fans always enjoy this. The Pan Am Terminal at Kennedy Airport in Queens is now the Delta Terminal. The portion of the FDR Drive in Lower Manhattan, where Bond has to take the wheel of the auto from the back seat is the same, as is the crash location near Water Street. The drive North through Central Park leading up to Lenox Ave with a wrong turn on 125th St looks the same, and the Filet O Sole restaurant at 142nd St and Lenox Ave is presently abandoned. The area is STILL a sh*thole. Until about 10 years ago the back alleys looked exactly like they did in the film. Flemming wasn't far off when he wrote the chapter "Seventh Avenue" in LALD. Yeah, I know that the British version has a different title for that chapter, but if you know that then you know what I am talking about.
Thus far: UK: London (College of Arms OHMSS/Vauxhall Cross), Eilean Dolan Castle TWINE, Amsterdam, Las Vegas DAF, New Orleans, New York LALD, San Francisco AVTAK
When I was much younger I practically lived part time in Hong Kong, where my grandmother's old apartment was right across the Bottoms Up club of TMWTGG fame. Sometimes we'd have tea at the Peninsula Hotel, which was a real treat for me. In those days I think they still had the green Rolls Royces at the Peninsula.
They still do! I was there only a month or so ago!
Just back from Spain during which we took a trip to Gibraltar. Interesting place with appalling 60's UK architecture in the flats as you come through customs. The film makers carefully avoided these aspects when thay used it for filming in TLD!
Don't you find it surprising when locations don't make the most of their Bond connections for tourist purposes. I mean, surely an 'as featured in', picture board with a montage of images would be a good idea. Is there any Bond location that does this?
Hi, of the most inspiring locations I would recommend going to Meteora, in Greece, one of the locations in for FYEO. the monks really do live on top of these strange pillar mountains. the bond set/monastery is still there and derelict, tho its a climbing job if you want to take a look.
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Thanks...well it is pretty hard getting to the place.
You never know. Mt. Rushmore could be featured one day.
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Ooh, good point. Way to keep my spirits up, Martini!
I was in Vienna late last year in the Prater Park.
The secret entrance to MI6 is my most recent London location and I drove past the College of Arms just before Christmas. And I visited Stoke Poges earlier in the summer (not to play golf
I have yet to go to the Bahamas or the Caribbean, but one day ... one day
I've also been all over London in search of filming locations (the book James Bond's London is an invaluable resource!), plus on various trips I've checked out locations in Paris, New York, San Francisco and Amsterdam. Put it this way: my poor partner knows that if we go on holiday, he's going to be dragged around in search of some obscure back alley that Tanya Roberts once popped up in!
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You can go visit the missle silo in North Dakota that blows up in DAF!
I fear that might have just been a model shot with some blue screen work at Pinewood, but I would just being mean ...
The surfing scenes in DAD were actually filmed in Hawaii, not London - don't think they get the killer waves like Hawaii!
London - Every film!
Paris - avtak
Corfu - FYEO
Pinewood - Does that count?
Living in the US I've been to Vegas many times (i live three hours away) and San Francisco.
Locations I would like to visit: Piz Gloria and Istanbul, although I imagine the latter is quite different now...
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I would love to visit Hong Kong, Cortina, Piz Gloria, Phuket, and Corfu.
PS Speaking of Hong Kong...I hear the original Bottoms Up Club form the film has moved to Kawloon Island.
San Francisco: Golden Gate Bridge, Fisherman's Wharf (AVTAK)
New York (LALD)
Berne, Switzerland (OHMSS)
Nassau, Bahamas (TB, NSNA)
Fontainbleau Hilton Hotel, Miami Beach (GF)
Those are the ones I can think of. There may be more (especially in Switzerland).
Does anyone know a website with the exact locations where each Bond film was shot?
I am planning to go to the Bahamas again if CR will be shot there since it's only a half hour flight away.
http://www.locationspage.com (£8ish registration fee but it's an excellent, detailed site with photos and well worth the money)
http://www.007locations.com (only has a few locations)
http://www.movie-locations.com (only has some films)
http://www.universalexports.net
http://www.famouslocations.com (£5 registration fee, not tried)
I'm currently compiling a collated list (with pictures when possible) so if anyone has any other sites I would be grateful if you would pass these on.
The beach scenes were filmed in Britain- only the sea was filmed in Hawaii. In fact pretty much all of DAD was filmed in Britain. Travelogue, my arse!
I've been to the Main Strike Mine from AVTAK- it's in Sussex. They even still have the Zorin mine carts lying about!
They still do! I was there only a month or so ago!
Don't you find it surprising when locations don't make the most of their Bond connections for tourist purposes. I mean, surely an 'as featured in', picture board with a montage of images would be a good idea. Is there any Bond location that does this?
Ah yes the god ole GGB. I'll be near there tomorrow, maye get a pic or two minus the Zorin blimp (hopefully)