Moonraker locations? Nisyros volcano?
Fred
Whilst on holiday I took a day trip to the Greek island of Nisyros and
walked in the crater of its volcano. The guide said that the volcano
had been used in a Roger Moore Bond film. He said that they absailed
down the volcano at the start of the film. I'm afraid I don't have an
encyclopedic knowledge of Bond films, so I went on the internet to
find out which film he meant.
The only thing I can find from googling Nisyros and Bond are posts
from other tourists who have visited and been told that the crater was
used to film the lunar scenes on Moonraker. I don't know moonraker
very well, being in space all seemed a bit far fetched to me (sorry if
that offends any fans) but I don't think it began with any abseiling,
so I think our tour have been told a different story about a different
film.
Since it seems different tour groups have been told different stories
and since I cannot find any web sites mentioning filming on Nisyros,
this makes me wonder whether it is a myth spread by tour guides.
Certainly one tourist posted "they'll tell you anything to get your
money", which makes me think he knew they were lying.
So can anyone definitely deny or confirm if Nisyros was ever used as a
Bond location and what Roger Moore film begins with an abseil?
TIA
gerard.morvan
"Fred" <fr...@no-email.here.invalid> a �crit dans le message de news:
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Well, if it was used, that was certainly not in Moonraker. IMDB doesn't list
it as a filming location.
The closest Bond has ever been to that place you visited was in For Your
Eyes Only, and it did feature a montaineering scene. But it was set in
Meteora. My guess is that the guide was making things up.
G�rard Morvan
"Kentoc'h Mervel!"
Nick Xylas
> The closest Bond has ever been to that place you visited was in For Your
> Eyes Only, and it did feature a montaineering scene. But it was set in
> Meteora. My guess is that the guide was making things up.
IIRC it wasn't actually filmed on Meteora, though, since Meteora is a
monastic community and the monks didn't want their privacy disturbed
by the filming of a major movie. I can't remember where it actually
was filmed, so it could have been at the place you visited, though I'm
inclined more towards the "tour guides making shit up" theory.
Matt L
Funny coincidence. I did a search for "James Bond Nisyros" and came
across this rather similar discussion.
http://forums.steves-digicams.com/landscape-photos/108347-stefanos-crater-greek-island-nisyros.html
From the looks of that crater off the cuff one might say You only live
twice but that was Japan. Might be a good location to plant
Shatterhand's "suicide garden" what with the the thermal fumerals and
all...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7QckTyI1lo
This states that Meteora was actually the location used in FYEO:
http://commanderbond.net/2875/greece-a-drive-in-the-country.html
The situation mentioned about the monks is accurate up to a point
though. They were not happy about the violence and tried to sabotage
filming. The scenes were filmed there after a bit of negotiation.
Regards,
Matt
"...Bond's eyes narrowed. He knew, at some point, he would have to
slay this particular dragon. He settled back in his chair, removing a
Morlands'
three ring special from the gunmetal cigarette case. As he waited for
the delicious Balkan/Turkish blend to take effect on his lungs, he
reflected that "they will tell u anything to get a bit of "£" off
u !!"
dgates
wrote:
>Hello,
>
>Whilst on holiday I took a day trip to the Greek island of Nisyros and
>walked in the crater of its volcano. The guide said that the volcano
>had been used in a Roger Moore Bond film. He said that they absailed
>down the volcano at the start of the film.
That's odd, if they describe it as "a Roger Moore Bond film," rather
than just "a James Bond film." Could you remember it wrong, and maybe
it's a non-Bond outing?
For example, there's a movie called "Escape to Athena" that might fit
the bill.
gerard.morvan
"dgates" <dga...@somedomain.com> a �crit dans le message de news:
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Indeed it might: there is an abseiling scene in that movie near the end
(even if Roger Moore is not involved in it). The exteriors, according to the
IMDB, have been filmed in Rhodes.
Fred
<mlaw...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>Funny coincidence. I did a search for "James Bond Nisyros" and came
>across this rather similar discussion.
>
>http://forums.steves-digicams.com/landscape-photos/108347-stefanos-crater-g=
>reek-island-nisyros.html
Sorry for the late reply. This is one of the URLs that I had found. I
also looked on IMDB and some Bond fan sites. None of the official
sites mention filming there but the URL above makes the comment
"they'll tell you anything to get your money off you", which suggests
he didn't believe it either, and that's what started me wondering.
I am puzzled why the reps made this up. We weren't told this until we
were there, so no-one gained any extra money from us. It wasn't as if
it was used to get us on the tour or anything. People did buy
postcards but I think everyone did so because they had never walked in
a volcano before and would have done so with or without a Bond
connection.
It wasn't some shady local guide either, it was a Thompson rep!
Thanks for all your help.
Fred
<gerard...@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
>> That's odd, if they describe it as "a Roger Moore Bond film," rather
>> than just "a James Bond film." Could you remember it wrong, and maybe
>> it's a non-Bond outing?
>>
>> For example, there's a movie called "Escape to Athena" that might fit
>> the bill.
>
>Indeed it might: there is an abseiling scene in that movie near the end
>(even if Roger Moore is not involved in it). The exteriors, according to the
>IMDB, have been filmed in Rhodes.
Thank you for your replies. I will have to see if I can watch this. We
were definitely told that it was a Bond film but I think reps. don't
stay at the same resort each year do they, so I guess that as the
story has been passed from old rep to new rep some sort of Chinese
whispers has distorted the story perhaps?
philippe....@gmail.com
Adam H. Kerman
>Just back from a holiday in Kos and the reps are still telling the same story !
all read the same story! It's ever so helpful to resurrect long-dead
threads then refuse to provide any context! Thank you so much!