Chateau d'Anet
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After the funeral in the pre-title of Thunderball, Colonel Bouvar arrives on the only road that leads up to the chateau, coming in from the garden. The chateau is still privately owned and the back of the chateau and the garden is not accessible for the public. The red stone building is the mausoleum of Madame de Poitier, the former owner of the chateau The funeral chapel is located on the same estate although it is supposed to be located far away from the chateau.  ..read more
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Château d'Anet - The chateau fight in Thunderball
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5y ago
After the fake funeral, Jacques Bouvar posing as his widow goes back to his home in a Ford Continental limousine. Bond has observed that the widow opened the car door by herself outside the chapel, and has deducted that the widow actually is Jacques Bouvar himself. Jacques Bouvar arrives at the château from the garden while a servant opens the door  Jacques Bouvar continues up the stairs and into the main drawing room where Bond is waiting in an armchair. These chairs and some furniture can still be found at the chateau and Even the ceiling in the main drawing room i ..read more
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Parliament and Rawson Square, Nassau - Thunderball
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An old governmental building is visible behind Bond at Rawson Square In Thunderball, Bond is meeting up with Leiter, Pinder and Paula in Nassau, before going to Pinder's secret warehouse where Q is waiting. They meet in downtown Nassau, right by Parliament square in front of the Churchill Building. Leiter is looking at some trinkets at a market held on the square. The market is housed in a building enclosed by columns in pairs on the facade. In the background one old governmental building is visible. These flamingo colored buildings are excellent examples of the colonial architecture of old ..read more
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Chateau d'Anet - Thunderball
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5y ago
In the pre-title of Thunderball Bond is attending the funeral of a Spectre agent named Jacques Bouvar outside of Paris. The private funeral, with only a French general and a few other guests in attendance takes place at a small chapel, supposedly located in the French countryside.  "-The coffin, it has your initials. JB.          -At this moment rather him than me."                 -Mademoiselle La Porte and Bond- Bond and Mademoiselle La Porte observe the funeral from the balcony in the small chapel. The interior has not changed at all since 1965 and all details can be found on locati ..read more
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Shanghai elevated highway in Skyfall
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5y ago
When Bond is tailing Patrice through Shanghai, one major road intersection is filmed, before it is cut to Bond's Mercedes and Patrice's taxi. Bond is driving underneath the Yan'an Elevated Highway, which runs in a west-east direction straight through the center of Shanghai, in the Jing'an district. The particular scene was filmed close to the intersection of Huangpi Rd, with the park Yan Zhong Guang Chang Gong Yuan (Yanzhong Plaza park) located on the right side of the road up ahead. Bond is tailing Patrice in a Mercedes limousine, which is a natural choice in Shanghai since the ..read more
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Kiss Kiss Club - Nassau, Thunderball
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5y ago
Bond is escaping from Largo's men in Thunderball after being taken captive at his hotel. After setting fire to a bottle of rum in the car, Bond escapes through the streets of Nassau. After making his way through the crowd at the Jankanoo, Bond arrives at a club, conveniently called Kiss Kiss Club, where he tries to blend in at the dance floor. Before arriving at the club, Bond runs down a regular street in central Nassau. This location was first identified by Thomas Gleitsmann in 2016. What makes this location possible to identify is a house with five ground floor windows, actually seen ..read more
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Skyfall - Shanghai
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5y ago
When Bond goes to Shanghai in Skyfall he follows the "Swedish" assassin Patrice, played by Ola Rapace, from Pudong Airport (interior scenes actually filmed at the Royal Ascot Racecourse in England) into Shanghai. Bond hides among the other chauffeurs at the airport and follows Patrice in a Mercedes. At one point, Bond is driving down a main road, with skyscrapers seen in the background. The skyscrapers seen can be found in the Pudong area, Shanghai's business district. However, a few high rise buildings have been digitally added, which is apparent when comparing the pictures below ..read more
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Houses of Parliament - Strahov monastery, Prague
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5y ago
In Casino Royale, after Bond has killed Mollaka the Bomb maker at the embassy in Madagascar, M is summoned to appear in front of a committee in the Houses of Parliament. Bond's actions are questioned by the committee and they hold M responsible. M and Villiers are walking through what appears to be the Houses of Parliament after the meeting.  The scene in the film pictures the Parliament and then cuts to the Committee room where M and Villiers are walking out. "Christ I miss the cold war!" The library, however, is not located in London, but in a monastery in Prague. The hall where M a ..read more
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The One & Only Ocean Club - Nassau
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5y ago
Bond drives up in his rental Ford Mondeo to the entrance of the hotel In Casino Royale, Bond checks in to The One & Only Ocean Club in the Bahamas. He follows a lead from the terrorist Mollaka, whom he tracked down and killed in Madagascar, which points him to Nassau in the Bahamas. Lucky Bond... The One & Only is a luxury resort, located on the northern shores of Paradise Island, connected to Nassau with two bridges. All the scenes at the The One & Only were filmed at location at the hotel and the roundabout in front of the entrance still look like in the film. The One & ..read more
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Bond arrives in Nassau - Compass Point
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5y ago
When this is posted, James Bond Locations has reached over one million page views since the blog inaugurations in 2011. This post should perhaps have covered a slightly more celebrated location, but as the summer has arrived, it is time to consider what kind of rental car one should choose for a trip abroad and a reminder of Bond's choice in 2006 felt appropriate. In Casino Royale, when Bond arrives in Nassau in the Bahamas, he takes a rental car from the airport to the One & Only Ocean Club. On his way to the hotel, located on Paradise Island, he passes a row of houses with colorful ro ..read more
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