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007 Filming location: Drax's château in California - lobby

DRAX´S CHÂTEAU IN CALIFORNIA - LOBBY

Bond movie: Moonraker (1979)
Place and location in the movie: Drax´s château, California, USA
Actual place and location: Vaux-Le-Vicomte, Maincy, France
What happens here in the movie: Bond and Corinne Dufour arrive at Drax's château.
Visited by 007 Travelers: 2013





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Bond villain: Hugo Drax


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Bond villain: Hugo Drax
007 Film: Moonraker (1979)
Actor: Michael Lonsdale

Mission:
Destroy all human life on Earth by releasing a nerve agent from a space station before rebuild humanity with carefully-chosen breeding stock in accordance with his vision.
Fate of the Bond villain:
Shot with poison dart gun and ejected into outer space by Bond.
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Moonraker 35th Anniversary screening + exclusive Q&A (5 October 2014)

Event: 
Moonraker 35th Anniversary screening + exclusive Q&A

Where: 
Genesis Cinema 
93-95 Mile End Road, Whitechapel, London, England

When: 
Sunday, 5 October 2014, 3PM

Price: £20

Special Appearences by: 

John Richardson
Special effects - uncredited in "Casino Royale" (1967)
Special effects in "Moonraker" (1979)
Special effects supervisor in "Octopussy" (1983)
and "A View to a Kill" (1985)
Special visual effects in "The Living Daylights (1987) and "Licence to Kill" (1989)
Miniatures in "Tomorrow Never Dies" (1997) and "The World Is Not Enough" (1999)
Model effects supervisor in "Die Another Day" (2002).

Bill Cartlidge
Assistant director in "You Only Live Twice" (1967)
Associate producer in "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977) and "Moonraker" (1979).

Paul Weston
Space Fighter - uncredited in "Moonraker" (1979)
Gibraltar Soldier #3 - uncredited in "The Living Daylights" (1987),
Stunts - uncredited in "You Only Live Twice" (1967), "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1969), "Live and Let Die" (1973), "The Man with the Golden Gun" (1974), "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977)
Stunt Double: Richard Kiel / stunts in "Moonraker" (1979)
Additional Stunts - uncredited in "For Your Eyes Only" (1981)
Stunt double: Roger Moore - uncredited / The stunt team supervisor in "Octopussy" (1983)
Stunt supervisor in "The Living Daylights" (1987)
Stunt coordinator in "Licence to Kill" (1987)
Stunts in "Skyfall" (2012)

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RIP RICHARD KIEL

Richard Dawson Kiel

Born: 13 September 1939, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Died: 10 September 2014, Fresno, California, USA

Richard Kiel has passed away.
He had fallen and broken his leg a week earlier.

RIP "Jaws"


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New event: James Bond 007 Film Fest

Event: James Bond 007 Film Fest
Where: Paramount Theatre, 213 North Schuyler Avenue, Kankakee, Illinois, USA
When: 5-6 September 2014

5 September 7.15PM:
50th Anniversary "Goldfinger" (1964)

6 September 4.00PM
40th Anniversary "The Man with the Golden Gun" (1973)

6 September 7.15PM
"The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977)

Special Appearances by:

* Richard Kiel 
(Jaws in "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977) 
and "Moonraker" (1979))

* Maud Adams 
(Andrea Anders in "The Man with the Golden Gun" (1973) and Octopussy in "Octopussy" (1983)

* Raymond Benson
Bond Author: 
"Blast from the Past" (short story, 1997)
Zero Minus Ten (1997)
Tomorrow Never Dies (novelisation, 1997)
The Facts of Death (1998)
"Midsummer Night's Doom" (short story, 1999)
"Live at Five" (short story, 1999)
The World Is Not Enough (novelisation, 1999)
High Time to Kill (1999)
DoubleShot (2000)
Never Dream of Dying (2001)
The Man with the Red Tattoo (2002)
Die Another Day (novelisation, 2002)

Autograph Session:
6 September 10AM - 2PM at The Majestic Theatre

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007 Filming location: Drax´s château in California / Moonraker (1979)

DRAX´S CHÂTEAU IN CALIFORNIA

Bond movie: Moonraker (1979)
Place and location in the movie: Drax´s château, California, USA
Actual place and location: Vaux-Le-Vicomte, Maincy, France
What happens here in the movie: Bond visits Drax's château.
Visited by 007 Travelers: 2013





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007 Vehicle: Hispano-Suiza / Moonraker (1979)

Bond vehicle: Hispano-Suiza
Bond movie: Moonraker (1979)

Many supervillains like to have the newest luxury cars, but Hugo Drax wanted to show his better taste and sophistication, when he owned top elegant Hispano Suiza from 1930s.
Hispano's classic elegance suits perfectly to traditional aristocracy lifestyle, that Drax has adopted in his magnificent Californian chateau.

Engine: 9424 cm3, V12
Top speed: Approx. 160 km/h
Acceleration 0-100 km/h: Approx. 12,0 seconds
Length: 4877 mm (depending on body style)
Width: 1803 mm
Weight: 2275 - 2950 kg
Price 1935/2008: $ 12 500 / $ 750 000 - $ 2 000 000



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Posted at 11:39 PM
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007 Vehicle: MP Lafer / Moonraker (1979)

Bond vehicle: MP Lafer
Bond movie: Moonraker (1979)

MP Lafer represents elegance and good taste. This car is a perfect vehicle to Manuela, stylish agent of MI6, when she drives in sunny Rio de Janeiro. Bond is in Brazil, because he is tracking missing space shuttle.

Engine: 1,6 l, 4 cylinders
Top speed: 120 km/h
Acceleration 0-100 km/h: 21 seconds
Length: 3910 mm 
Width: 1570 mm
Weight: 760 kg
Price 1974/2008: $ 6200 / approx. $ 20 000





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