9MMAR From Malaysia, joined Jul 2006, 1671 posts, RR: 19 Posted (2 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 13558 times:
I watched the much anticipated 007's Casino Royale on 15 Nov and boy I love it so much. There's a scene in the movie where the villain is planning to bomb the prototype of "Skyfleet", the largest passenger aircraft in the world on its launching ceremony at MIA (obviously referred to Airbus A380!). It caused a lot of chaos at MIA, from fire water sprinkler activation inside the terminal building, chasing and running at the pavement, mad driving of airport transportation facilities (oil tanker, police patrol cars etc) and also destruction of two trailers of passenger baggage which were being transported to its airplane and also a passenger bus which carries passengers from the terminal building to its airplane.
My question is, is the scene really being film at MIA? If it is, how long does the crew take to film it?
Since 007 is a British movie, Virgin Atlantic got into limelight several times during the scene. The first one is VS A346 which was parked at one of the gate while the second one is VS' 744 take off in a slow motion several second after that. I wonder why no BA plane being featured. Also featured was a CZA airplane and some others which I don't know belong to which carrier.
One more thing, there's a scene where a plane, a 744 is about to land where the tanker which was driven by the bomber and Bond suddently crossed the runway. The plane didn't land and start climbing rightafter. Which carrier is that? The logo at its tail is pretty clear but I don't know what it is. During that "delanding" process, the plane's engine also caused one of the police patrol car which is chasing the bomber and Bond, being blown away. Can it happens in real life?
Anyway, the film simply rocks and the new James Bond, Daniel Craig takes the role to a new level. That's what a 21st century Bond should look and behave. And also, a great theme song, "You Know My Name" by Audioslave's Chris Cornell. Not the ordinary Bond theme, it's rock!
MAH4546 From Sweden, joined Jan 2001, 25665 posts, RR: 75 Reply 1, posted (2 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 13531 times:
Parts of the film were actually filmed at MIA, though I'm not sure exactly which. It is possible that interior shots were filmed somewhere else, while exterior shots were filmed at MIA.
ElmoTheHobo From United States, joined Aug 2006, 1140 posts, RR: 1 Reply 2, posted (2 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 13536 times:
I think that scene was actually filmed in Prague... How they make Prague look like Miami, well kudos to the production folks.
There is a BA plane, though they did a good job of disgusing it!
YYZYYT From Canada, joined Apr 2005, 642 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (2 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 13466 times:
Quoting ElmoTheHobo (Reply 2): Quoting 9MMAR (Thread starter):
Can it happens in real life?
Most definitely - somewhere on the a.net there is a video of a United 747 blowing a car over with jet blast, set up for safety demo purposes. neat. unless you are in the car.
Quoting 9MMAR (Thread starter): Since 007 is a British movie, Virgin Atlantic got into limelight several times during the scene. The first one is VS A346 which was parked at one of the gate while the second one is VS' 744 take off in a slow motion several second after that. I wonder why no BA plane being featured
I suspect product placement gnomes at work behind the scenes.
Quoting ElmoTheHobo (Reply 2): I think that scene was actually filmed in Prague... How they make Prague look like Miami, well kudos to the production folks.
They can add or delete a lot of stuff with CGI these days... I think we would all be surprised to learn just how many movey scenes are not filmed where they appear to be.
9MMAR From Malaysia, joined Jul 2006, 1671 posts, RR: 19 Reply 4, posted (2 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 13448 times:
I checked on CZA's website. To my surprise, they don't serve MIA. So that CZA plane in the movie must be at the wrong airport, hey? I guess ElmoTheHobo is right, it was filmed in Prague. In the movie, the CZA plane was parked at the gate.
9MMAR From Malaysia, joined Jul 2006, 1671 posts, RR: 19 Reply 5, posted (2 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 13413 times:
And VS don't serve Prague. So it's basically a cut and paste scene filmed at both airports.
No wonder VS airplanes being highlighted in the movie. They are a partner of the film. There's a link of it at VS' website which says "Casino Royale: A Bonding Experience"
The article mentioned that VS' CEO, Sir Richard Bronson is also featured in that film. I think he is the guy at the screening machine. He apprears for maybe about 0.5 second. Anyone notice him?
TommyBP251b From Germany, joined Apr 2006, 389 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (2 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 13399 times:
Hi Guys!
It was really filmed in Prague. I remember a picture which I dont find now. It was here on A.net or on an other planepicture side. I clearly remember a picture where a Virgin 340-600 was parked next to two CSA A310 at the International terminal in PRA. It was also a topic here on A.net, cause someone wondered what a Virgin 346 is doing in PRA at that time. Just go and check it out. Don't have tome now. But I will check it later. Hope I could help you out.
Carduelis From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2001, 1567 posts, RR: 13 Reply 7, posted (2 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 13375 times:
Interestingly when I introduced a new thread on the same subject yesterday it has subsequently been removed . . . !
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Mush From United States, joined Jun 2006, 97 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (2 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 13345 times:
Quoting 9MMAR (Thread starter): Since 007 is a British movie, Virgin Atlantic got into limelight several times during the scene. The first one is VS A346 which was parked at one of the gate while the second one is VS' 744 take off in a slow motion several second after that. I wonder why no BA plane being featured. Also featured was a CZA airplane and some others which I don't know belong to which carrier.
It's not because Virgin is a British company...it's because Pan Am doesn't exist in the same incarnation as before. If you look at almost all of the earlier Bond films, the only plane he would fly on is Pan Am.
Sevenheavy From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2004, 711 posts, RR: 10 Reply 12, posted (2 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 13261 times:
Quoting 9MMAR (Reply 5): And VS don't serve Prague. So it's basically a cut and paste scene filmed at both airports.
VS sent an A346 to prague for the filming. IIRC it was the newest in the fleet at the time and was there for a few days.
Later on an A343 was sent to Dunsfold for additional filming.
9MMAR From Malaysia, joined Jul 2006, 1671 posts, RR: 19 Reply 13, posted (2 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 13257 times:
Oh, I forgot to ask this in the thread starter.
Is there a speed limit imposed to the airport transportation facilities (oil tanker, police patrol cars, airport bus etc) within the airport perimeter during normal operation?
Captaink From Mexico, joined May 2001, 4338 posts, RR: 15 Reply 14, posted (2 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 13241 times:
Quoting YYZYYT (Reply 11): Hold on. having been both to MIA and NAS, that would be like filing in Fargo ND, and using it as a stand-in for Manhattan...
Now THAT is great special effects!
Having been to both airports myself, i share you amazement.
Yirina77 From Czech Republic, joined Aug 2006, 566 posts, RR: 40 Reply 16, posted (2 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 13121 times:
Quoting 9MMAR (Thread starter):
My question is, is the scene really being film at MIA? If it is, how long does the crew take to film it?
It was filmed in Prague between 2nd May and 5th May 2006.
Luxair66 From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2002, 74 posts, RR: 0 Reply 17, posted (2 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 12910 times:
The airport scenes where the tanker crashes into a bus etc were filmed at Dunsfold. All the scenes with the modified 747 (ex BA) were also filmed there. I understand that the 747 will not leave there, it will be scrapped at some point.
Grimey From Ireland, joined Jun 2005, 227 posts, RR: 5 Reply 18, posted (2 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 12788 times:
I just seen the film, two thumbs up. Anyway I noticed during the film that the CSA aircraft had Airbus winglets, like that would be on a A319 or A320 and it got me wondering about the airport scene.
VS got some good advertisement out of this one, BA was in the last James Bond, when he flew back to London from Cuba.
Jfk777 From United States, joined Aug 2006, 3330 posts, RR: 0 Reply 19, posted (2 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 12735 times:
I travel fequently through MIA, AND NO PART OF THIS WAS filmed there. I loved Richard Branson going through security in the first scenes of the movie. This had to be filmed in Prague. The outdoor landside WAS NOT MIA nor were the airside shots of the ramp. A Czech A310 in Miami is as common as a JAL 747, never been there.
Jetfixr757 From Jamaica, joined Jan 2006, 56 posts, RR: 0 Reply 20, posted (2 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 12732 times:
Guys, great movie, but do you know what "blue screen" is, well it is just recent technology that allows them to do things like this movie, i worked in MIA, the south beach shots were realistic, however, if you notice at the end in the credits, there were no "credits" to the Miami film crew. So there's your answer.
Jet
SapphireLHR From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2006, 103 posts, RR: 0 Reply 21, posted (2 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days 8 hours ago) and read 12551 times:
IMDB (Internet Movie Data Base) web site gives all locations where the movie was filmed. All exterior shots of Miami Airport were filmed at Dunsfold, Surrey. All interior shots were filmed at either Prague or Nassau Airports.
OV735 From Estonia, joined Jan 2004, 777 posts, RR: 2 Reply 24, posted (2 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 10969 times:
Quoting SapphireLHR (Reply 21): IMDB (Internet Movie Data Base) web site gives all locations where the movie was filmed. All exterior shots of Miami Airport were filmed at Dunsfold, Surrey. All interior shots were filmed at either Prague or Nassau Airports.
I dunno... in the exterior shots you could see the CSA A310, a Travel Service 737 and an Atlantic Airways (?) Electra classic. Are those frequent visitors to Dunsfold?
Quoting MPDPilot (Reply 22): so it is pretty obvious that they didn't film in MIA, but why can't they. Why is it that hollywood never does things accurately.
Why bother if it's perhaps cheaper to do it in another location. 99.98% of the viewers couldn't tell the difference anyway. Just like the Skyfleet prototype was convincing enough for the same percentage of viewers.
Quoting Jfk777 (Reply 19): I loved Richard Branson going through security in the first scenes of the movie.
Yeah, Branson's cameo appearance was cool.
The whole film was so good that it got me out of that "Bond sucks" mentality that hit me after Die Another Day.
Cheers,
OV735
Airbus vs Boeing is for kids. I'll take Tupolev vs Convair.
Yirina77 From Czech Republic, joined Aug 2006, 566 posts, RR: 40 Reply 25, posted (2 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 10661 times:
Quoting OV735 (Reply 24): I dunno... in the exterior shots you could see the CSA A310, a Travel Service 737 and an Atlantic Airways (?) Electra classic. Are those frequent visitors to Dunsfold?
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26 Someone83: TopGear also tried this where a VS 744 absolutely blasted a few cars.....the cars were almost flying when getting into the jet-blast
27 Woady: And that was IIRC only one engine! Imagine 4 of them at full power?
28 TristarSteve: Yes, I have done it myself!! I was running a Tristar in BAH in 1985. Take off power, and we had no run bay. Behind the aircraft was a perimeter road
29 A345dtw: they also showed a Qantas 747 (not sure if it was taking off or landing) which clearly doesnt serve miami.
30 BCAL: I believe at the beginning of the film, Bond's boss told him he was becoming more of a liability than an asset (or something similar) so they downgra
31 MOW: I thought the movie was quite cheesy. No real villains, threating the world, no real heroes. All the fuss revolves around just a pile of cash. Way too
32 OB1504: As another Miami resident, I can also tell you that no part of this movie was filmed at MIA with the exception of the signs on the small freeway that
33 1stfl94: Sorry, but they're just so good for publicity!
34 WJ: Interesting though that with all of Virgin's involvment in the movie, that is not who he flew on for his recent publicity trip to America... http://w
35 TransIsland: Can't comment yet, as tonight's showing was sold out in Nassau, but I'll make sure to have a careful look. All I know the film crew were in town for
36 Kaitak744: Yes, it was him. I am surprised they didn't show him for a longer time. Well, its his little thing. Every time VS is featured in a movie. One notable
37 BA787: The film was excellent. I also noticed an unfamiliar 737 when the bad guy hit the fule guy, Bond looks underneath a 737 in an unfami9liar livery. Any
38 Shinkai: If I recalled correctly, part of the film was recorded at pinewood studios (which was inadvertently burnt down right after filming.) It was the stage
40 Hawaiian717: I'm doing this from memory, but I'm almost certain that this is incorrect. I'm pretty sure he flew Lufthansa in Diamonds are Forever and an Air Franc
42 OB1504: I was under the impression that it was a fictional livery and titles applied to the airplane just for filming. I never thought it was an actual airli
43 JayinKitsap: Was the plot and filming for the movie already underway when Airbus dropped the delay bomb last spring? Instead of a Skyfleet Wh***jet being blown up
44 San747: I agree! I love the song, its my new favorite just behind "Live and Let Die" and the original theme. And I am definitely a Daniel Craig fan, he is th
45 Lightsaber: In HUGE letters! I loved the CGI to make the 742 look about 20 meters longer... Not to mention the twin engine pods. The "drop tanks" were probably r
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