Waiting for Bond

Gadget Meister

And that's the ONLY thing I have in common with Mr Wint or Mr Kidd



Now who can tell me what's wrong with this photo, apart from the ugly overweight buffoon in the mid ground?

Voituer

It's the ugl........... Oops, sorry you said don't say that )

Thunderbird 2

Well, if my eyes are holding up, for a start the rememberance wall is almost full compared to DAF. There is a large tree in the background and...

The corridor looks at least half the length it was in the film?

Technically you are wrong by the way GM. Mr Kidd also had a mustache!

Gadget Meister

Yes, sadly the wall has filled up quite considerably since 1970, but it is the very same one, remember perspectives change considerable with Panavision lenses. Something a bit more obvious though :v

always shaken

Gadget Meister wrote:

Yes, sadly the wall has filled up quite considerably since 1970, but it is the very same one, remember perspectives change considerable with Panavision lenses. Something a bit more obvious though :v

Your either badly dressed for a funeral or its not the Slumber funeral home ?

ACACIA_AVENUE

Is there an extra support pillar to your left?
Also noticed there is lawn to your left whereas in the film was stone square with a tree in it plus an addition of a stone seat.

Gadget Meister

I thought about the pillars as well but they're correct. The tree is still there but just can't be seen in this shot.

Thunderbird 2

Well, there is only one other visual element that stands out.

Is it something to do with the stain glass window? Have the colours been tinted?

Gadget Meister

Getting warmer

ACACIA_AVENUE

Gadget Meister wrote:

Getting warmer

Has the window been made bigger?

Thunderbird 2

Lol, I think I have it! Has the central panel, with the barren tree been reversed?

Thunderpussy

Have they cleaned the window ? )

Gadget Meister

Thunderbird 2 gets it {[] In the early eighties when the lawn on the far side of the window was being mown, a stone was thrown up into the window. It was decided to repair the window and fit a protective Perspex/Plexiglass/Lexan sheet on the far side. Unfortunately the workmen refitted the window reversed. And that is how it remains to this day. It's amazing the amount of trivia you file away as a Bond fan

thespyboys11

Andy!!! I know you were there looking for that Urn!!!!

Gadget Meister

Too right Ed, it's bugging me so much. It has become my personal grail. ?:)

Bond Collectors' Weekends

Urns that large are costly!

Took a tour group inside the funeral parlor in '99. We talked with the director about cremation! Very fascinating. There IS a Garden of Remembrance outside that Alan Stephenson found!

Gadget Meister

Yes but if you were out in Henderson it was the wrong place, only the exterior building shots were filmed there, as the hearse arrives. The actual Garden of Remembrance is in a totally different location in N Las Vegas.

Bond Collectors' Weekends

Sorry not to be more clear. They have their own Garden of Remembrance--it's what they call the exterior area near the fence overlooking the town--not used in the film.

I have photos from the inside, the window, the sketches from the original construction, etc.