|
James Bond legend Sir
Roger Moore today set the digital timer on a golden briefcase containing
the first box set of all 22 Bond films on Blu-ray, which will travel the
length of Great Britain from Monday 17th to Monday 24th September.
To mark the Golden Anniversary of James Bond on film, the golden briefcase
will set off in an Aston Martin DBS featured in Quantum of Solace
from Eilean Donan Castle in the Scottish Highlands at 10.07am on Monday
17th September, embarking on a seven-day journey.
After sending the briefcase off on its 900 mile journey, Moore said: “I’m
delighted to launch this Aston Martin on its tour of Great Britain with
its special golden cased cargo, marking 50 years of 007 movies and the
release of all 22 films on Blu-ray”
Alongside the seven-time James Bond legend, the case will also be carried
by other 007 icons including Bond actresses Britt Ekland, Shirley Eaton,
Tania Mallet and Eunice Gayson, classic villain Richard Kiel (Jaws), Oscar®-winning
Costume Designer Lindy Hemming, Stunt Co-ordinator Paul Weston and
legendary director John Glen.
Eunice Gayson, who played Sylvia Trench, in Dr. No and From
Russia With Love, said: “I am so proud to have worked on the first two
Bond films and to be part of the continuing James Bond legacy, launching
this relay, is an absolute honour. No-one could have predicted back in
1962 that five decades later it would be a huge global phenomenon.”
Eunice Gayson will be taking the case south from Eilean Donan Castle,
which doubled as the British Secret Service HQ in The World Is Not
Enough and in a helicopter over the scenic hills of Argyll that
featured in the thrilling chase in From Russia With Love.
It will then travel the length of the country in the Aston Martin, by
helicopter, train and on foot, stopping off at the most memorable British
locations, including Stoke Park, the scene of 1964’s classic golfing
encounter between Bond and Auric Goldfinger, and the Eden Project in
Cornwall, which doubled as villain Gustav Graves’ diamond mine in Die
Another Day.
Each location will be presented with a commemorative gold disc celebrating
their part in 007’s 50-year history, Nene Valley Railway in Peterborough,
where Bond stunt performers will run with the golden briefcase along a
moving train celebrating the classic Bond action scene in Octopussy,
introduced by John Glen, who directed five classic Bond films.
After seven days of adventure the golden briefcase will arrive in Central
London at 10.07am on September 24th, as Britt Ekland and Richard Kiel
hand-deliver it to the HMV store on Oxford Street with the Aston Martin
stopping in front of the store.
The relay will feature in blogs and videos here on the official home of
James Bond, 007.com, and will also stop by key locations and media houses
across the UK, giving local journalists, celebrities and fans the chance
to have their photographs taken with the Aston Martin.
007 DAYS OF BOND TOUR DATES
-
Day 001 (17 Sept):
North Scotland - From Russia With Love, The World Is Not Enough
(featuring
Eunice Gayson and
Bond expert Brian Pendreigh)
-
Day 002 (18
Sept): Travel, Photo Opportunities and Media Visits (Eunice Gayson)
-
Day 003
(19 Sept): Penbryn Beach, Ceredigion, Wales - Die Another Day
(Costume Designer Lindy Hemming)
-
Day 004
(20 Sept): Nene Valley Railway, Peterborough - Octopussy,
GoldenEye (Director John Glen, Stunt Co-ordinator Paul Weston)
-
Day 005 (21 Sept):
Stoke Park, Buckinghamshire-
Goldfinger, Tomorrow Never Dies (Richard Kiel, Britt
Ekland, Shirley Eaton, Tania Mallet, Eunice Gayson and mixologist Erik
Lorincz)
-
Day 006 (22
Sept): The Eden Project, Cornwall – Die Another Day
-
Day 007 (23
Sept): London - Media visits with Britt Ekland
-
FINALE (24 Sept):
HMV
Oxford Street, London (featuring Britt Ekland and Richard Kiel)
 |
