PRGLY From Czech Republic, joined Dec 2004, 494 posts, RR: 1 Posted (7 years 3 weeks 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 3353 times:
346 of VS payed first ever visit to PRG on 02MAy and will stay here till 05MAY. Unfortunatelly not commercial purpose, but will be used for shooting sequences for new James Bond movie, that is mostly done in PRG Barrandov studios and PRG exteriors. Two catering trucks were painted with Virgin Atlantic Catering logos and one pax steps are wearing Miami airport marking.
I don t see any more other occasions for PRG to see this bird but it suits here.
VC10DC10 From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 960 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (7 years 3 weeks 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 3306 times:
Out of curiosity, how would VS do this? It must play hob with scheduling to take an aircraft off the line for three whole days -- just as the summer touring season is getting underway -- to park it in Prague. How would an airline plan for this, and how would it calculate what it would charge?
Scrappy74 From United States of America, joined May 2006, 97 posts, RR: 3 Reply 4, posted (7 years 3 weeks 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 3198 times:
Perhaps Sir Branson is getting a bit role in the new film...
I toured the interior of a VS 346 on the ground at BOS in July '04...their "three class config" puts most others to shame. My fave VS a/c scheme though was the "Austin Powered" 744 a few summers ago, saw it at IAD and got lots of crummy thru-window pics
They are also using Travels Service's 737 OK-TVQ. I guess the bad guys will use that a/c, because I just can't imagine Bond setting a foot aboard an aircraft with such horrible liverly.
Deaphen From India, joined Jul 2005, 1418 posts, RR: 1 Reply 6, posted (7 years 3 weeks 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 3095 times:
Thats just amazing if you think about it. I mean the A346 is a perfect aircraft for a movie like that. I mean its long, its royal and its just MASSIVE! I dont know but i think that is a great way for Virgin to advertise. I wouldnt be surprised if VS paid the movie makers a decent sum for having their aircraft in the movie.
What if Virgin is funding a part of the movie and their only clause is that they must use VS stuff in the movie. Quite possible!
I want every single airport and airplane in India to be on A.net!
MOW From Italy, joined Dec 2005, 179 posts, RR: 2 Reply 7, posted (7 years 3 weeks 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 3081 times:
Funny enough, but 2 world famous movie spies - James Bond and Austin Powers - are now exclusively affiliated with VS. Shame on BA that they didn't get involved this time.
Quoting MOW (Reply 7): Funny enough, but 2 world famous movie spies - James Bond and Austin Powers - are now exclusively affiliated with VS.
Apart from the fact that Mr Branston would do anything for a bit of free publicity, Bond and (to a smaller extent) Austin Powers are no longer the top box office stars now that they have to compete with other superior characters and movies with better action or comedy, so it is only fitting that they dowgrade from BA First to Virgin Upper Class.
MOL on SRB's latest attack at BA: "It's like a little Chihuahua barking at a dying Labrador. Nobody cares."
Dogfighter2111 From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2004, 1968 posts, RR: 1 Reply 11, posted (7 years 3 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 2809 times:
Heya,
Richard Branson usually get's a small part in some movies/TV Shows if his aircraft is used.
I remember the Only Fools and Horses special 'Miami Twice', whre they are heading to Miami and it is a VA Gate, with VS B747 and Richard Branson is in the queue to board and Del has no idea that he owns the aircraft...lol
Also, in a 'Friends' series when they come to London, there is a set with a VA gate and Richard Branson is a Market Dealer when Joey and Chandler go out for a walk in the park.
So, Richard Branson may get a little role in this new movie.
MOW From Italy, joined Dec 2005, 179 posts, RR: 2 Reply 12, posted (7 years 3 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 2781 times:
Quoting BCAL (Reply 8): Apart from the fact that Mr Branston would do anything for a bit of free publicity, Bond and (to a smaller extent) Austin Powers are no longer the top box office stars now that they have to compete with other superior characters and movies with better action or comedy, so it is only fitting that they dowgrade from BA First to Virgin Upper Class.
In which top box office movie can we see BA, then?
BCAL From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2004, 3384 posts, RR: 18 Reply 14, posted (7 years 3 weeks 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 2751 times:
Quoting MOW (Reply 12): In which top box office movie can we see BA, then?
You got me there - no recent top box office movies immediately come to mind. But then perhaps BA respects their passengers' privacy far more than VS does, and as a rule does not allow filming on their aircraft?
MOL on SRB's latest attack at BA: "It's like a little Chihuahua barking at a dying Labrador. Nobody cares."
LeonB1985 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 15, posted (7 years 3 weeks 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 2741 times:
Quoting BCAL (Reply 14): You got me there - no recent top box office movies immediately come to mind. But then perhaps BA respects their passengers' privacy far more than VS does, and as a rule does not allow filming on their aircraft?
Surely aircraft get filled with extras and not real passengers!
RJ111 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 16, posted (7 years 3 weeks 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 2704 times:
For the record. He uses a BA 757 to St Petesburg in GoldenEye and a 744 on the way home from Cuba in the last on. Though he does use a Pan Am 707 to Cuba in Dr No.
RedChili From Norway, joined Jul 2005, 2053 posts, RR: 2 Reply 17, posted (7 years 3 weeks 1 day ago) and read 2616 times:
Quoting RJ111 (Reply 16): Though he does use a Pan Am 707 to Cuba in Dr No.
He was flying to Jamaica.
And in Moonraker, he was on an AF Concorde to Rio.
I saw a DVD of Die Another Day with comments by Brosnan and the director. When Bond is on board the An-124 in the end of the movie, both of them claimed that the An-124 was the world's largest airplane.
Leezyjet From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2001, 4041 posts, RR: 55 Reply 18, posted (7 years 3 weeks 21 hours ago) and read 2487 times:
VS is also heavily featured in the film 51st State. They feature the old J-2000 seats on a B744.
Quoting VC10DC10 (Reply 1): How would an airline plan for this, and how would it calculate what it would charge?
There is quite alot of flexibility built into the schedule to allow for maintanence anyway, and they would just work the schedule around it like they would if the a/c was out for a check. Don't know how much they would charge though, but I'm sure they would be making a nice little sum from it.
Quoting BCAL (Reply 14): You got me there - no recent top box office movies immediately come to mind. But then perhaps BA respects their passengers' privacy far more than VS does, and as a rule does not allow filming on their aircraft?
Ha ha surely you don't think they use REAL passengers when filming a box office movie on an a/c do you ?. BTW BA DOES allow filming on it's a/c. Never seen the episode of Top Gear where they are on a BA A320 or many times on the news when they are filming sports teams or when they were filming on the flight that Ken Bigley was on ???.
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BCAL From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2004, 3384 posts, RR: 18 Reply 19, posted (7 years 3 weeks 21 hours ago) and read 2461 times:
Quoting Leezyjet (Reply 18): Ha ha surely you don't think they use REAL passengers when filming a box office movie on an a/c do you ?.
No. However, if the aircraft interior scene is a short scene (e.g. a la Bond where the character sips his Vodka Martini and eyes up the F/A), I do not think that they would waste money chartering a whole aircraft to shot a couple of minutes. More probably, they would book the entire First/Club/Upper Class cabin and have 'extras' as First/Club/Upper Class passengers. This might inconvenience passengers in the other classes, who will no doubt wonder what all the activity is in First/Club or Upper Class, and regular passengers who find that First/Club or Upper Class is full for that particular flight.
MOL on SRB's latest attack at BA: "It's like a little Chihuahua barking at a dying Labrador. Nobody cares."
Justplanecrazy From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2003, 536 posts, RR: 2 Reply 21, posted (7 years 3 weeks 12 hours ago) and read 1411 times:
i would have thought Bond would have flown a virtual airline like BAV as he's not a real person.Real people should fly real airlines,fictional and virtual people should fly virtual airlines.
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Leezyjet From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2001, 4041 posts, RR: 55 Reply 22, posted (7 years 2 weeks 6 days 22 hours ago) and read 1024 times:
Quoting BCAL (Reply 19): However, if the aircraft interior scene is a short scene (e.g. a la Bond where the character sips his Vodka Martini and eyes up the F/A), I do not think that they would waste money chartering a whole aircraft to shot a couple of minutes. More probably, they would book the entire First/Club/Upper Class cabin and have 'extras' as First/Club/Upper Class passengers. This might inconvenience passengers in the other classes, who will no doubt wonder what all the activity is in First/Club or Upper Class, and regular passengers who find that First/Club or Upper Class is full for that particular flight.
As AeroWesty said, they would either shoot it in a real a/c on the ground or build a mock up on a film set. It is highly unlikely they would do as you suggested on a normal flight, lugging all that heay camera eqp etc with them - and what would happen if the hit turbulence with all that heavy eqp set up ?? Just wouldn't happen for a blockbuster movie - the news yes when they just use one camera, one sound guy but not a blockbuster movie.
"She Rolls, 45 knots, 90, 135, nose comes up to 20 degrees, she's airborne - She flies, Concorde Flies"
AeroWesty From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 18880 posts, RR: 64 Reply 24, posted (7 years 2 weeks 6 days 22 hours ago) and read 1004 times:
Quoting Leezyjet (Reply 22): lugging all that heay camera eqp etc with them - and what would happen if the hit turbulence with all that heavy eqp set up ??
It's more complicated than that. First, lighting would be unpredictable on a real flight, and that's the number one thing you want to control. Secondly, you're paying a crew to film, and if they did it on a real VS flight to say NY, you're sending an expensive crew to go somewhere they don't need to be. A foley artist will create any background sounds that are necessary, so they don't even need to be inside a real plane to get the same effect possible on the ground.
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