007 Event: Club James Bond 007 France 20 Years & The Spy Who Loved Me 40 Years (24 June 2017)

What: Club James Bond 007 France 20 Years & The Spy Who Loved Me 40 Years
Where: Paris, France
When: 24 June 2017
Tickets: 130 EUR









Special Bond star appearances:

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Caroline Munro
Naomi in "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977)

Valerie Leon as Lady in Bahamas in
"Never Say Never Again"
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Valerie Leon
Hotel Receptionist in "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977) and Lady in Bahamas in "Never Say Never Again" (1983)

Shane Rimmer as Commander Carter in
"The Spy Who Loved Me"
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Shane Rimmer

Commander Carter in "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977)

Hawaii Radar operator (uncredited) in "You Only Live Twice" (1967)

Tom (uncredited) in "Diamonds Are Forever" (1971)

Hamilton (voice, uncredited) in "Live and Let Die" (1973)

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007 Event: Bond girl Irka Bochenko in Designing 007 Exhibition in Paris, France (10 July 2016)

What:  Bond girl Irka Bochenko in Designing 007 Exhibition in Paris, France
Where: La Grande Halle de la Villette, 211 Avenue Jean Jaurès, Paris, France
When: 10 July 2016 (14.00 - 18.00)

Irka Bochenko was Venini Glass Receptionist in "Moonraker" (1979) 

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She will be in the exhibition shop with her single "Happy Birthday Mister Bond" that she composed, and recorded a duet with Roger Moore 2012.



VIDEO: By Irka Bochenko

Irka Bochenko & Sir Roger Moore
"Happy Birthday Mr Bond"
Song for the 50th Anniversary of Mr James Bond and his Family





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007 Event: Paris Comics Expo 2016 (15-17 April 2016)

What:  Paris Comics Expo 2016
Where: Parc Floral de Paris, Route de la Pyramide, Paris, France
When: 15-17 April 2016
Prices: 
3 days 39 Euros
Friday 14 Euros
Saturday 16 Euros
Sunday 16 Euros

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Special Bond star appearance:

Andrew Scott
Max Denbigh in "SPECTRE" (2015) 
Andrew Scott participates on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th of April 2016.


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The Designing 007: Fifty Years of Bond Style exhibition to open in Paris

What: The Designing 007: Fifty Years of Bond Style exhibition

Where: Grande Halle De La Villette, Paris, France

When: 16 April - 4 September 2016

Grande Halle De La Villette, Paris, France
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The exhibition celebrates 50 years of the James Bond franchise focusing on its influence on art, music, lifestyle, automotive design, travel, technology and fashion.

More than 500 items will be on display including gadgets, costumes, storyboards and props from five decades of Bond. There will also be a chance to see exclusive items from "SPECTRE" (2015).

Designing 007 past cities
Mexico City, Mexico (24 Oct 2015 – 10 Jan 2016)
Madrid, Spain (8 May – 31 Aug 2015)
Rotterdam, Netherlands (12 Oct 2014– 8 Feb 2015)
Moscow, Russia (11 June – 7 Sep 2014)
Melbourne, Australia (1 Nov 2013 – 23 Feb 2014)
Shanghai, China (28 Mar – 30 Jun 2013)
Toronto, Canada (26 Oct 2012 – 20 Jan 2013)
London, UK (6 Jul – 5 Sep 2012)

007 Travelers visited Rotterdam, The Netherlands in January 2015: 

DESIGNING 007 - 50 YEARS OF BOND STYLE

 

007 Travel video: Eiffel Tower, Paris (FRANCE)

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007 Restaurant: Le Boeuf sur le Toit

LE BOEUF SUR LE TOIT

Location: Paris, France
Address: 36 rue du Colisée
Bond book appearance: James Bond, the Authorized Biography of 007 (1973)
Visited by 007 Travelers: 2013

A legendary temple of jazz music, Le Bœuf sur le Toit has successfully combined elegance and modernity while preserving its Art Deco soul. Come taste the latest trends in our original, typically Right Bank food, just a stone's throw from the Champs Élysées.

The history of Le Bœuf sur le Toit is closely tied to that of a joyful band of poets and musicians led by Cocteau and Milhaud who met on Saturday nights in the exuberant enthusiasm of jazz and triumphant Dadaism. When the young Louis Moysès enlisted Jean Wiener, a pianist friend of Milhaud, to play at the tiny bar he opened on Rue Duphot in 1921, these "Samedistes" made it their meeting place in spite of the cramped quarters. When it fell victim to its meteoric success, Le Gaya had to take its teeming, buoyant clientele elsewhere.

Reconvening at a new location, Moysès--awed by his good fortune--put his restaurant under the auspices of Cocteau and Milhaud. He named it Le Bœuf sur le Toit, after the Brazilian refrain that had recently inspired the two artists' composition and ballet of the same name. For nearly 20 years, through the noise and laughter and dances and cocktail parties, the Bœuf would jump to five different roofs in the 8th arrondissement before settling on the Rue du Colisée in 1941, followed by its elegant, loyal and trendy retinue.




Mika

As the after-hours stage for musicians who gathered for unending improvised concerts, the Bœuf gave jazz the expression "faire un bœuf" ("have some beef"), which probably has its origins in the invitations extended by Django Reinhardt to his colleagues after concerts: "Shall we have some bœuf?" ». Depending on the night, one might encounter Cocteau trying out the drum set offered by Coco Chanel, Juliette Greco warbling her greatest hits or Charles Trenet and Léo Ferré setting poems to music…

A witness to the Roaring Twenties in all their excess and a glorious home to the lust for life of the inter-war years: in times of feast and famine alike, Le Bœuf sur le Toit remained a convivial temple of avant garde ideas and a joyful, impertinent haven for triumphant freedom. Driven by the intoxication of an ever-celebratory Paris, it continuously honours fine arts and the culinary arts.



Pirita

007 Travelers had a table reservation at this lovely restaurant and we visited here on a nice November evening in 2013. We got a table number three and had a tasty dinner and desserts. During the meal we were able to hear someone playing beautiful songs with a grand piano. This was our last night in Paris this time and it was really a great way to end our visit in the capital city of France.

 

"During that Paris spring-time they went everywhere together – to see the horses run at Longchamp (where he was bored), to watch the twenty-four-hour race at Le Mans (where he wanted to drive) and to the latest show at Le Boeuf sur le Toit (where, for the first time in her life, she felt jealous)."

 John Pearson: "James Bond, The Authorized Biography of 007"

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007 Filming location: Eiffel Tower - May Day escapes

EIFFEL TOWER - MAY DAY ESCAPES

Bond movie: A View to a Kill (1985)
Place and location in the movie: Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
Actual place and location: Eiffel Tower, Pilier Nord, Paris, France
What happens here in the movie: May Day escapes after killing Achille Aubergine in Jules Verne Restaurant
Visited by 007 Travelers: 2013

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007 Restaurant: Le Petit Mâchon

LE PETIT MÂCHON

Location: Paris, France
Address: 158 Rue Saint Honoré
Bond book appearance: Never Dream of Dying (2001)
Visited by 007 Travelers: 2013

Close to the Louvre, this upbeat bistro serves some of the best Lyonnais specialities in town.

"He escorted her to Rue St. Honoré and further east until they came to a café called Le Petit Mâchon. It was a charming, quiet place painted yellow and brown. The day’s specials were listed on a blackboard that stood on the sidewalk with the small square tables. Tylyn and Bond were greeted warmly by the hostess, who allowed them to pick a table at the end, away from the other parties."

Raymond Benson: "Never Dream of Dying"

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007 Restaurant: Fouquet's

FOUQUET'S

Location: Paris, France
Address: 99 Avenue des Champs-Élysées
Bond book appearance: From a View to a Kill
Visited by 007 Travelers: 2013

This traditional restaurant, inextricably linked to film and cinema, has embodied the spirit of the French "high class brasserie" since 1899. On the corner of avenue George V and the Champs-Elysées in the 8th district, it is THE place to be in Paris and for more than a century has been a popular meeting place for people from the world of cinéma, arts and culture. Great classical traditional cuisine French dishes, created by the Chef Jean-Yves Leuranguer, a 'Meilleur Ouvrier de France' prizewinner, have given this legendary restaurant its first-class reputation.

"James Bond had his first drink of the evening at Fouquet's. It was not a solid drink. One cannot drink seriously in French cafés. Out of doors on a pavement in the sun is no place for vodka or whisky or gin. A fine à l'eau is fairly serious, but it intoxicates without tasting very good. A quart de champagne or champagne à l'orange is all right before luncheon, but in the evening one quart leads to another quart and a bottle of indifferent champagne is a bad foundation for the night. Pernod is possible, but it should be drunk in company, and anyway Bond had never liked the stuff because its liquorice taste reminded him of his childhood. No, in cafés you have to drink the least offensive of the musical comedy drinks that go with them, and Bond always had the same thing - an Americano - Bitter Campari, Cinzano, a large slice of lemon peel and soda. For the soda he always stipulated Perrier, for his opinion expensive soda water was the cheapest way to improve a poor drink."

Ian Fleming: "From a View to a Kill"

Sean Connery plate is in front of Fouquet's

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007 Restaurant: Le Jules Verne in Eiffel Tower

RESTAURANT LE JULES VERNE

Location: Paris, France
Address: Eiffel Tower, Avenue Gustave Eiffel
Bond film appearance: A View to a Kill (1985)
Visited by 007 Travelers: 2013

Alain Ducasse and the Jules Verne

"A restaurant at the very centre of the Eiffel Tower was a dream I held close to my heart. Even today, at every one of my visits, I feel the same emotion when I begin the climb to the second floor. This intense joy is one that I wish to share, while striving to ensure that a moment spent at the Jules Verne is forever etched into the memory of those who have lived it. Much more than a restaurant, this place is conductive to dreams and wonderful memories..."

The place

A contemporary and elegant space created by interior designer Patrick Jouin. In daytime, natural light pours throughout the restaurant.
In the evening, the atmosphere becomes more muted, more sensual. He explains: "I imagined a whole range of emotions composed of a number of intense moments and a decor that awakens a sense of escapism, using contemporary techniques."

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Bond meets Achille Aubergine in Restaurant Le Jules Verne.
Interior shooting was done in Pinewood Studios.
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007 Vehicle: Renault 11 / A View to a Kill (1985)

Bond vehicle: Renault 11

Bond movie: A View to a Kill (1985)

When May Day parachutes off Eiffel Tower, 007 steals Renault 11 taxi and goes after her. Bond chases May Day along Paris with his Renault 11.

Engine: 1,7 l, 4-cylinders
Top speed: 170 km/h
Acceleration 0-100 km/h: 12,0 seconds
Length: 3981 mm 
Width: 1660 mm
Weight: 900 kg
Price 1985 / 2008: € 16 550 / approx € 400

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007 Filming location: Max Zorin's stables / A View to a Kill (1985)

MAX ZORIN'S STABLES

Bond movie: A View to a Kill (1985)
Place and location in the movie: Max Zorin's stables, near Paris, France
Actual place and location: Musée Vivant du Cheval, Living Museum of the Horse, Chantilly, France
What happens here in the movie: Max Zorin's horse auction.
Visited by 007 Travelers: 2013

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007 Filming location: Staircase in Zorin's Château / A View to a Kill (1985)

STAIRCASE IN MAX ZORIN'S CHÂTEAU

Bond movie: A View to a Kill (1985)
Place and location in the movie: Max Zorin's Château, near Paris, France
Actual place and location: Grand Staircase, The Hall of Honour, Château Chantilly, Chantilly, France
What happens here in the movie: Bond, Tibbett and Jenny Flex climb the stairs.
Visited by 007 Travelers: 2013

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007 Filming location: Gas station where MayDay kills Tibbett / A View to a Kill (1985)

GAS STATION WHERE MAYDAY KILLS TIBBETT

Bond movie: A View to a Kill (1985)
Place and location in the movie: Gas station, near Paris, France
Actual place and location: BP Gas station du Parc Aumont, 38 Avenue du Maréchal Joffre, Chantilly, France
What happens here in the movie: May Day kills Tibbet, while he is in a car wash.
Visited by 007 Travelers: 2013

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007 Filming location: SPECTRE Headquarters / Thunderball (1965)

SPECTRE HEADQUARTERS

Bond movie: Thunderball (1965)
Place and location in the movie: SPECTRE Headquarters, Paris, France
Actual place and location: 35 Avenue d’Eylau, Paris, France
What happens here in the movie: Emilio Largo arrives at SPECTRE meeting.
Visited by 007 Travelers: 2013

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