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Over 43 years after filming there, the actor George Lazenby (Bond for one movie only) has returned to the Schilthorn above Murren in Switzerland - 'Piz Gloria' in the movie On Her Majesty's Secret Service - to open 'Bond World'.
It's a new attraction themed on the most significant ski action in a Bond movie.
http://www.planetski.eu/news/5095
More about Bond World ...
http://www.bond-world.ch/
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Excellent article on the making of 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service', by Ian Sadler ...
http://iansadler.wordpress.com/2012/08/27/musings-on-bond-at-50-on-her-majestys-secret-service/
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| One of the new hands involved with On Her Majesty’s Secret Service was cameraman Willy Bogner Jr, a former Olympic downhill racer. Bogner’s role was to coordinate and filmed Bond’s escape from Piz Gloria and in the process he created the best ski chase of any Bond film, possibly all films. Though Bogner would return to direct snow sequences for The Spy Who Loved Me, For Your Eyes Only and A View To A Kill his masterpiece remains Bond’s flight from Blofeld’s lair. Bogner achieved his remarkable footage, including 007 fleeing on a single ski, by travelling backwards on special skis whilst filming. |
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Comedy Goldsmith, a bit slow with this one, non?
And why the Roller? I am sure there's at least one Aston Martin in Switzerland...
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| Comedy Goldsmith, a bit slow with this one, non? |
The opening of Bond World was three days ago, while I was walking a coastal footpath in South Devon, blissfully unaware of international Bond action (helicopter flying around a Swiss summit etc.). It's at times like these that global ski news reportage fails abysmally ... you're right.
Planetski was my source. According to their story (of yesterday Monday), 300 guests were present at the launch, presumably including journalists. It's amazing the lack of coverage the event has had - almost complete silence - given that it's a really brilliant story with so much background interest. Maybe they weren't journalists, but were just there for the drinkies!
Meanwhile, George Lazenby (famous for being known only for filming a chocolate commercial before becoming 007) continues to make the news on other fronts ... 43 years after being Bond! ...
20 June "007's License to Drink"
http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2013/06/george-lazenby-booze-ban/
22 June "007 returns to film in Australia"
http://www.thedrum.com/news/2013/06/22/007-returns-film-australia
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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OHMSS Still remains one of my favorite bond films, in that it shows Bond to be more than capable of doing the job without lots of complicated gadgets, plus it's filmed in a brilliant location, my parents had the opportunity to be in the crowd scenes in Lauterbrunnen as they were there at the time of filming, but choose not to go down, it would have been nice now they have both passed away to have still been able to see them over and over again in a location they both loved.
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Comedy Goldsmith, thanks for this. My parents are over visiting at the moment so might have a trip here this weekend.
For those that know the area, and to help plan the day, can you get off the cable car up from Stechelburg and wander round Murren for a while before rejoining the lift up to Schilthorn (or the same but on the way back down?)
Last edited by You'll need to Register first of course. on Thu 4-07-13 10:09; edited 1 time in total
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Whitters, yes, you have to change cablecars at Murren anyway so no problem going for a wander as far as I recall
jafa, can't disagree about that opening scene
OK which clever people can tell me what other Bond films have shot sequences in the area, I'm told 3 in total (including OHMSS) but other than OHMSS I only know of one other for certain - And the one I know of for certain is not listed in the Wiki of location shoots for that film 
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Was there on Sunday didn't realise it had just opened
If you are up the Schilthorn anyway give it a look but not worth going specially for the bond world
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Its quite sad. Hardly anybody I know actually knows there was a James Bond movie shot there.
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