2024-04-01 05:09:45
The exhibition “Bond in Motion” has opened at the International Spy Museum in Washington, Day.Az reports, citing American media.
It’s no secret that every fan of the James Bond franchise has his own favorite film from this series, favorite actor, favorite Bond girl and favorite gadget. But they all agree that the array of vehicles used by 007 and the villains he faces off against are extremely cool.
The Bond in Motion exhibition features 17 iconic 007 vehicles from the archives of EON Productions and the Ian Fleming Foundation.
Immediately at the entrance, visitors are greeted by the most beautiful and famous silver car – an Aston Martin DB5 with license plate JB007, which appeared in the 1964 James Bond thriller Goldfinger. Although it doesn’t have power steering, automatic handbrake and other expected features, this spy car is equipped with machine guns, tire changers, bulletproof shields, oil jets, a radar screen dashboard, a rotating license plate and an ejection seat.
And in the museum’s exhibition halls, car lovers can see the Aston Martin Vanquish and bright green Jaguar XKR from the film Die Another Day (2002), the Aston Martin DBS from Quantum of Solace (2008) and the AMC Hornet from Man with Gold pistol” (1974).
The Bond in Motion exhibit includes these and other spy vehicles that helped the world’s most famous movie spy make a quick escape during his exciting adventures. Visitors can get a closer look at the Tuk Tuk from Octopussy (1983), the submarine from For Your Eyes Only (1981), the Glastron boat with gadgets and hand glider from Moonraker (1979) and the snowmobile from Die Another Day Now” (2002), which have delighted audiences for six decades.
“The public’s first introduction to espionage is through pop culture—movies, television series and books that spark our imaginations and encourage our audiences to dream big,” said Amanda Oelke, director of adult programming at the International Spy Museum. “Even real intelligence agencies developing spy tools took inspiration from these fascinating films and vehicles.”
Along with cars, motorcycles, submarines and more from the Q Branch garage, the exhibit also features props, scale models and movie clips. Visitors are also invited to experience the museum’s popular Shark Tank interactive experience, clips from the movie franchise and two brand-new interactive experiences, including taking a selfie with an image once only seen in movie theaters.
The exhibition will last until April 2025.
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Bond in motion! He’s dead now. No Time To Die was a great wrap up for Daniel Craig but what happens to 007 and/or Bond next? Should Bond veer towards non-fiction and risk its escapism value or dare it risk reverting to the more incredulous make-believe of earlier years and face the tsunami of adverse criticism that the Gray Man got recently?
Maybe Bond should get back to the basics. If you’re an espionage aficionado, an Ian Fleming follower or a 007 devotee then you must know about puffer fish poisons and who wrote the Trout Memo and Beyond Enkription and why. If not, and you want to join the espionage illuminati, you had best Google “Trout Memo” and study The Burlington Files and Pemberton’s People in MI6.
If Bond doesn’t get real or more realistic we reckon the final nail in wee Jimmy Bond’s coffin may have been hammered in by Jackson Lamb. Mick Herron’s anti-Bond sentiments combine lethally with the sardonic humour of the Slough House series to unreservedly mock not just Bond but also British Intelligence which has lived too long off the overly ripe fruits Fleming left to rot! Time for a fresh start based on a real spy.
If that happens you had best browse through the news articles published after August 2021 in TheBurlingtonFiles website and then read Beyond Enkription as long as you don’t think all espionage thrillers should be written in John le Carré’s style.
PS I may be related to the author but I don’t profit from supporting his endeavours and TheBurlingtonFiles website is refreshingly advert free!