Ejector Seat in Goldfinger
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I was watching the US science experiment show "Myth Busters" on the Discovery Channel last evening, and the team set out to challenge the ejector seat. They were able to replicate it, but significantly better than the scene in Goldfinger. I didn't see how they built the ejector seat, but the end result using a late sixites Toyota Corona coupe and a mannequin was quite impressive. What impressed me most was that the team was able to conceal the seat and able to make it look pretty stock, although it sat a bit too high. The final test resulted in a nice action shot of the seat being fired as the car drove along at speed, and the deat cleared the entire length of the vehicle.
I was always disappointed with the scene in Goldfinger, at least the camera shot. It is from so far a distance that it is hard to see what really happened. Then of course the scene in Cannonball Run looks like they used wires to raise the victim from the car.
From what I have read in Steven Jay Rubin's book about the GF Aston-Martin, an actual fighter jet ejector seat was substituted in the one scene. I'll have to check "The Most Famous Car in the World" to get the actual details of how the ejector seat scene was filmed.
I was always disappointed with the scene in Goldfinger, at least the camera shot. It is from so far a distance that it is hard to see what really happened. Then of course the scene in Cannonball Run looks like they used wires to raise the victim from the car.
From what I have read in Steven Jay Rubin's book about the GF Aston-Martin, an actual fighter jet ejector seat was substituted in the one scene. I'll have to check "The Most Famous Car in the World" to get the actual details of how the ejector seat scene was filmed.
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