06 Sunday Aug 2023
Posted in The Spy Who Loved Me
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filming location, James Bond, James Bond location, movie location, Sardinia, The Spy Who Loved Me
Real filming locations together with screens of scenes filmed in these places. Film scene on top and my location photo at the bottom.
10 Monday Apr 2023
Posted in GoldenEye
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007, Brompton Cemetery, filming location, Fort Antoine Theatre, GoldenEye, James Bond, James Bond location, Langham hotel, London, Monaco, movie location, Petersburg, Somerset House, Soviet union
Real filming locations together with screens of scenes filmed in these places. Film scene on top and my location photo at the bottom.
18 Saturday Mar 2023
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Die Another Day, GoldenEye, Miss Moneypenny, Moneypenny, portrait, portrait session, Samantha Bond, The World Is Not Enough, Tomorrow Never Dies
Samantha Bond played Miss Moneypenny, M’s secretary at MI6, in the four James Bond films featuring Pierce Brosnan: ‘GoldenEye’, ‘Tomorrow Never Dies’, ‘The World Is Not Enough’ and ‘Die Another Day’.
Last month we’ve met for a portrait session at Corinthia Hotel in London.
I want to thank Corinthia Hotel London team, especially Director of communications Alice Jonsdottir for a possibility of organizing the portrait session in magnificent interior of the hotel.
11 Saturday Mar 2023
Posted in Die Another Day, London
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007, Die Another Day, filming location, James Bond, James Bond location, London, movie location, Westminster Bridge
In ‘Die Another Day’ James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) engaged in a ferocious duel of swords with Gustav Graves (Toby Stephens) in the corridors of the Blades Club. 007 won the match. When he was leaving the club consierge (Oliver Skeete) gave him an envelope with a key. It was the key that opened the door to secret MI6 base located at abandoned Vauxhall Cross tube station.
The entrance to a fictional abandoned London tube station was filmed at the Westminster Bridge. Pierce Brosnan opened the door located in pedestal of the South Bank Lion sculpture. While standing at the door you can see the Big Ben and the Palace of Westminster on the opposite side of the River Thames.
Go to LOCATIONS GALLERY – ‘DIE ANOTHER DAY’ to see location photo compared with the movie scene.
05 Sunday Mar 2023
Posted in Die Another Day, Die Another Day
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007, Buckingham Palace, Die Another Day, filming location, James Bond, James Bond location, London, movie location, Pierce Brosnan
Real filming locations together with screens of scenes filmed in these places. Film scene on top and my location photo at the bottom.
03 Friday Mar 2023
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007, filming location, Great Britain, James Bond, James Bond location, London, movie location, Spectre, UK
In ‘Spectre’ we get to take a look at James Bond’s apartment. He (Daniel Craig) was standing at the window wearing dressing gown while waiting for Monneypenny (Naomie Harris). She brought him a box with personal things recovered from Skyfall. After the meeting in the apartment Moneypenny walked down the street into the darkness of the night.
The exterior of the house was filmed at 1 Stanley Gardens in Notting Hill in London.
The entrance to the building is located at Stanley Cres.
The exterior of the townhouse was filmed on December 15th 2014 in the evening. It was a week after principal photography began. Interior of the apartment was filmed at Pinewood Studios.
Both Daniel Craig and Naomie Harris were on location. Daniel Craig was standing at the window in an apartment with a balcony. Naomie Harris walked down the Stanley Cres towards Ladbroke Gardens.
Source:
– www.mi6-hq.com
20 Monday Feb 2023
Posted in Brigitte Millar
Brigitte Millar played dr. Vogel in ‘Spectre’ and ‘No Time to Die’. Last week I had a chance to meet and photograph her in London.
21 Saturday Jan 2023
Posted in Daniel Craig
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Casino Royale, Daniel Craig, James Bond, No Time to Die, portrait, portrait photography, Quantum of Solace, Skyfall, Spectre
In 2012 Daniel Craig, who played James Bond 5 times in: ‘Casino Royale’, ‘Quantum of Solace’, ‘Skyfall’, ‘Spectre’ and ‘No Time to Die’, was present in Berlin at the premiere of ‘Skyfall’. I had a chance to photograph him at that event.
04 Wednesday Jan 2023
Posted in Pierce Brosnan
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Die Another Day, GoldenEye, James Bond, monochromatic portrait, photo, photography, Pierce Brosnan, portrait, portrait photography, The World Is Not Enough, Tomorrow Never Dies
In 2016 I had a privilege to photograph Pierce Brosnan (who played James Bond 4 times: ‘GoldenEye’, ‘Tomorrow Never Dies’, The World Is Not Enough’ and ‘Die Another Day’) at European Film Awards ceremony in Wroclaw, Poland.
27 Tuesday Dec 2022
Posted in Coast near Sapri, Italy, No Time to Die
At the beginning of ‘No Time to Die’ Madeleine Swann (Lea Seydoux) had flashback of her mother’s death while swimming in the sea in Italy. After that she and James Bond (Daniel Craig) in Aston Martin DB5 took the scenic road at the sea. After a few corners they entered the tunnel that led to Matera.
The sequence with Aston Martin DB5 was filmed from a helicopter in the south of Italy on road SS18 Tirrena Inferiore between Sapri and Acquafredda. It began near Canale di Mezzanotte on the border between Campania and Basilicata. It ended a few corners later below the tower called Torre dei Crivi. In the film Matera was right after the tunnel. In reality it would have to be 200 km long! Matera is located on the eastern side of the Apennine peninsula, about 60 km from the Adriatic Sea. The SS18 Tirrena Inferiore road runs along the Tyrrhenian Sea, on the opposite side of the peninsula. Filmmakers wanted to film the seqence in in the setting sun therefore, they sought a suitable route on the western side of the peninsula.
The tunnel they entered was not real. CGI was used to create it. In the film you can see the wall of the tunnel covering third arch of the bridge (photo below) and part of the road on the right.
There is real tunnel around the next corner but it is very short and there is no Matera behind it as you can see below.
The same location was used to film the very last scene with Madeleine Swann driving Aston Martin V8 Vantage.
To be continued in: ‘No Time to Die’ in Matera, Italy. Part 1: Arrival.
Go to LOCATIONS GALLERY – ‘NO TIME TO DIE’ to see locations photos compared with movie scenes.
