![]() The Man With The Golden Gun – A bridge too far? (86.19-87.13) The stunt set a then-record for the highest bungee jump from a fixed structure, and served as the 'Bond is back' opening sequence to 1995's GoldenEye, which came six years (the longest gap in the series' history) after its predecessor Licence To Kill. ![]() Director Martin Campbell knows he's dealing with something special, shooting the scene from a dizzying aerial angle and putting nothing in the soundmix but the whistling wind. This 720-foot jump was filmed at the Contra Dam in Verzasca, Switzerland and performed by stuntman Wayne Michaels. To infiltrate a Soviet chemical weapons facility, Bond (Pierce Brosnan) bungee jumps off a vast dam, fires a piton gun into the concrete roof of the building and hauls himself into the enemy’s top-secret base. This sequence, which took a total of six weeks to get in the can, was a perfect start. Foucan is no mere actor, of course – the freerunning pioneer incorporates the acrobatic discipline into the sequence, bouncing off rooftops and surfaces at high speed while a less nimble Bond relies on his brute strength to keep up with his enemy – at one point, battering his way through a wall.Īfter the nonsensical, poor CGI sequences in Die Another Day – (glacier para-surfing anyone?) – Casino Royale strived to present a more realistic edge to the action beats that are at the heart of the franchise. In this memorable chase set to David Arnold’s dramatic score, Bond (Daniel Craig) pursues terrorist bomb-maker Mollaka (Sébastien Foucan) up a huge crane, across rooftops and through a building site. Featuring car flips, speedboat racing, patriotic parachutes and crocodile jumps.Ĭasino Royale – Running on empty (11.38-16.05)
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