Next Bond? Ewan McGregor!!
Ewan McGregor
“He fits [author Ian] Fleming’s 007 concept. He studied alongside Daniel Craig in London. He would be a hard and strong Bond.” — James Bond Gunnar Schäfer, founder of the James Bond Museum in Sweden
James Bond in the Eye of Tosca 007museum Sweden
31 AugJames Bond in the Eye of Tosca
Not only audiences at Bregenz were enthusiastic about the spectacular staging of Puccini’s opera Tosca last summer. In July 2007 a team from EON Productions, the production company responsible for the James Bond movies, visited one of the last rehearsals for Tosca. Producer Barbara Broccoli and director Marc Forster were impressed – by the unique location on the shore of Lake Constance, the imposing stage set with its hi-tech capabilities, and by the modern architecture of the Festspielhaus. In the first week of May a film crew came to shoot scenes for the new Bond movie Quantum of Solace and stayed for ten days. In the film Bond discovers his adversary for the first time during a performance of Tosca during a seven-and-a-half-minute, high-action sequence shot in the Festspielhaus and on the Seebühne. Director Marc Forster has incorporated the opera intriguingly into the action of the film: the chase through the Festspielhaus is at the end like an apocalyptic silent film – interspersed with dramatic scenes from the Bregenz Tosca
Kananga Crocodile Farm, Jamaica Bondmovie LALD
30 AugRoss Kananga, circa 1972
The charismatic American came to Jamaica from Florida in 1969 in search of a new adventure. Born Ross W. Heilman, he created the Ross Kananga persona for himself, even claiming part Seminole heritage. With the help of Jim Gore and Stafford Lue, his new Jamaican friends, he set out to establish a Crocodile Farm in virgin mangrove territory in Falmouth, Trelawny. By late 1970 the Jamaica Swamp Safari was born and was home to hundreds of the American Crocodile, 3 American Alligators, a pair of Black Leopards, a Python, a pair of Lion and a Chimpanzee.
Ross Kananga with his leopards Angel & Satan, circa 1974
The croc farm quickly became an attraction for locals and visitors alike who came to take in the daily shows that featured Ross wrestling the crocodiles and alligators, and playing with the leopards and lions. In 1972, while searching for a suitable location, scouts for the James Bond film ‘Live and Let Die’ stumbled across the crocodile farm. Intrigued by a sign that read “Trespassers Will Be Eaten”, they stopped to check out the place and after meeting Kananga quickly decided to have the farm double as the fictional San Monique.
Shooting began in November 1973 and it was in fact Ross Kananga who suggested the now famous croc-jumping escape to the producers. The directors engaged Ross to perform the dangerous stunt, which took five takes to complete and saw him suffering a number of injuries. Although it is said that movie execs considered Ross a bit eccentric, they so loved him that they even named the movie villain’s alter-ego after him. Kananga later worked as a stuntman in the 1973 movie ‘Papillon’, also shot on location at the Safari starring Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman.
Ross returned to South Florida in 1976 where he lived and trained wild animals at the Seminole Village on Stirling Road in Broward County. There are various news reports of him being attacked by his male leopard Satan, and how he was saved by 19-year old Brenda Surles, who was forced to shoot the animal on Kananga’s orders. Tragedy struck in 1978, when at the age of 32, Ross Kananga died of cardiac arrest while spear fishing in the Everglades.
Svensexa i James Bond Museet.
26 AugSvensexa i James Bond Museet.
Testa 5-kampen. 5-kamp (Softairgun, Flipperspel, Black Jack, Roulette, frågesport PC).
Övrigt: Mat och dricka på offert. Alla dagar 18.00-21.00 även dagtid 13.00-18.00.
Listen to the SMS alert sound to Vesper Lynd 007museum
25 Aug
Llisten to the SMS alert sound to Vesper Lynd
Listen to the SMS alert sound to Vesper Lynd
Ericssonmobiler på museer 2: James Bond museum i Nybro
25 AugEricssonmobiler på museer 2: James Bond museum i Nybro
I småländska Nybro finns en man vars fullständiga namn sedan 2007 (dvs 2 007) är Gunnar Bond James Schäfer.
Gunnar har sedan barndomen varit James Bond-fantast och har skapat ett museum med sin samling James Bond-prylar. Gunnar har av naturliga skäl ingen Ericsson JB888 men väl T68 som Jinx använde i Die Another Day. Det finns också en imponerande samling med Sony Ericsson telefoner som t.ex. C902 från Quantum of solace och Gunnars stolthet, den vita M600 som Vesper har i filmen Casino Royal.
http://www.harryhotline.se/mediearkiv/ericssonmobiler-pa-museer-2-james-bond-museum-i-nybro/
