DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER: The Willard White Building
First officer Waddington
Anyone anything to add
Cheers
Roy
KLAUSINK
Funny you should phrase it that way ...
The hotel in Las Vegas used for the Whyte House was know as the International
in the '60 and '70s. It's now the Hilton.
However, the building never existed as it appears on film. That is, a matte
painter added extra floors to the top giving the International a penthouse it
never had.
Since then the Hilton has added on to the building in reality, but instead of
up, they expanded out, making two of the three "arms" of the hotel longer.
Alan D.Stephenson
The Poor Man's James Bond
Mike Feeney
> The hotel in Las Vegas used for the Whyte
> House was know as the International in the
> '60 and '70s. It's now the Hilton.
>
Yes. I was in Las Vegas just three or four
weeks ago, and as soon as I saw the Hilton I
immediately recognized it as the "Whyte House".
A very cool sight for a Bond fan to see!
What struck me the most, was that the Hilton
is more or less isolated from the rest of the
casinos along the famous strip. The Hilton is
almost at the very north end of the strip, but
not on the strip itself -- it is actually a (very
long) block east of the strip. There are no
other casinos adjacent to the Hilton, just empty
land on either side of it. This is what I found
odd, since in the film Diamonds Are Forever,
Bond uses his cable-firing pistol to travel from
his penthouse in the *neighboring* casino/hotel
to the Whyte House. This could not be
achieved today, because there simply are no
buildings next to the Hilton. And wasn't Bond
staying in the Tropicana? The Tropicana is
on the very south end of the strip, several
miles away from the Hilton.
Also of some interest to Bond fans would be
"Casino Royale" which is on the strip just
across the street from The Mirage. I didn't
go in, but I did get my picture taken in front
of the building. And in the old downtown
area, now known as the Fremont Street
Experience, you can see the neon smoking
cowboy which Bond passes while being
chased through the streets of Vegas by the
local police (got my picture taken under the
neon cowboy as well). That entire city block
is now covered by a computer controlled
electronic dome and the streets are open to
pedestrians only, so re-creating this classic
car chase is also not possible today.
--Mike
PS - I forgot to mention that when you are
inside the Hilton, for $5 you can ride the
Diamonds Are Forever service elevator.
After you step in, sleeping gas fills the
chamber and your unconscious body is
dragged to a neary construction site where
you are placed inside concrete piping.
A very fun experience and a must-do for
any Bond fan!
Richard Ashton
Whyte, but he could get him into see the President. Bond says to Felix
that "This isn't the real White House" - further compounding that
they're staying at the Whyte House.
RA
Richard Ashton wrote:
>
> Mike Feeney wrote:
> >
> There are no
> > other casinos adjacent to the Hilton, just empty
> > land on either side of it. This is what I found
> > odd, since in the film Diamonds Are Forever,
> > Bond uses his cable-firing pistol to travel from
> > his penthouse in the *neighboring* casino/hotel
> > to the Whyte House. This could not be
> > achieved today, because there simply are no
> > buildings next to the Hilton. And wasn't Bond
> > staying in the Tropicana? The Tropicana is
> > on the very south end of the strip, several
> > miles away from the Hilton.
>
> Nope. Bond used the piton pistol from the roof of the Whyte House. He
> and Tiffany had indeed moved into the Whyte House (LEITER: "Mr and Mrs
> Brown?" BOND: "That's what it says in register."). He then steps out of
> the window and onto the adjacent elevator.
>
> Richard
Richard Ashton
JD Wiseman (John Moore)
> What struck me the most, was that the Hilton
> is more or less isolated from the rest of the
> casinos along the famous strip. The Hilton is
> almost at the very north end of the strip, but
> not on the strip itself -- it is actually a (very
> long) block east of the strip. There are no
> other casinos adjacent to the Hilton, just empty
> land on either side of it. This is what I found
> odd, since in the film Diamonds Are Forever,
> Bond uses his cable-firing pistol to travel from
> his penthouse in the *neighboring* casino/hotel
> to the Whyte House.
I do not believe this is correct. He used the cable to get to the top
of the building, around the overhang of the penthouse.
> --Mike
> PS - I forgot to mention that when you are
> inside the Hilton, for $5 you can ride the
> Diamonds Are Forever service elevator.
> After you step in, sleeping gas fills the
> chamber and your unconscious body is
> dragged to a neary construction site where
> you are placed inside concrete piping.
> A very fun experience and a must-do for
> any Bond fan!
Now I would almost enjoy this. As long as your the men who "drag" you
do not take the dentist's advantage of your position.
jd
--
"Up to forty, girls cost nothing. After that
you have to pay money, or tell them a story.
Of the two it's the story that hurts the most...
Anyway, I'm not forty yet."
Mike Feeney
>
>
> Nope. Bond used the piton pistol from the roof
> of the Whyte House. He and Tiffany had indeed
> moved into the Whyte House (LEITER: "Mr and Mrs
> Brown?" BOND: "That's what it says in register.").
> He then steps out of the window and onto the
> adjacent elevator.
>
> Richard
>
Thanks, Richard! I stand corrected. Amazing that
I've watched DAF literally dozens of times and never
picked up on that.
--Mike
"That's a nice little nothing you're almost wearing.
I approve." -- James Bond to Tiffany Case
First officer Waddington
Mike Feeney wrote in message ...
>KLAUSINK <klau...@aol.com> wrote
>The Hilton is
>almost at the very north end of the strip, but
>not on the strip itself -- it is actually a (very
>long) block east of the strip. There are no
>other casinos adjacent to the Hilton, just empty
>land on either side of it. This is what I found
>odd, since in the film Diamonds Are Forever,
>Bond uses his cable-firing pistol to travel from
>his penthouse in the *neighboring* casino/hotel
>to the Whyte House. This could not be
>achieved today, because there simply are no
>buildings next to the Hilton. And wasn't Bond
>staying in the Tropicana? The Tropicana is
>on the very south end of the strip, several
>miles away from the Hilton.
I thought the method that he used to get tot he penthouse was by: Walking
out of his window and taking a ride to the top on the roof of an elevator.
Once the elevator reached the top he was right under the penthouse. He then
used the cable to get on top of the penthouse and then into the John he
went.
I think thats the way it went.....
Cheers
Roy
Rhino
shaken, not stirred, and added:
>Thanks, Richard! I stand corrected. Amazing that
>I've watched DAF literally dozens of times and never
>picked up on that.
I think it's just amazing that you've watched DAF literally dozens of
times
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Rhino <rh...@vossnet.co.uk> wrote :
>I think it's just amazing that you've watched DAF literally dozens of
>times
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