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Sunday 24th June 2018 - Pinewood Studios, London, England |
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Sunday June 24th 2018 was one of the brightest, sunniest days of the year and ideal for the Bondstars summer BBQ celebrating all things Live And Let Die.
Cast and crew members joined 110 lucky Bond fans at the home of 007 – Pinewood Studios.
Following morning coffee, fans were able to browse the memorabilia stalls, mingle with our guests and take the opportunity to get some autographs and selfies, before they settled down in the studio’s magnificent ballroom to watch a tribute film to Sir Roger Moore.
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Dave Worrall on the garden tour |
The BBQ held on the ballroom terrace |
Dave Worrall then lead one of his informative Pinewood garden tours, relating some Bond history, anecdotes and following in the footsteps of not only 007 but scores of other films and film-makers from over 80 years of film magic.
A delicious BBQ lunch was served on the terrace, ahead of an hour of Q&As with cast and crew – Louis St Juste related his tales of working for four weeks on the tribal village sequences, where every move and dance step was carefully choreographed; Madeline Smith chatted about her bedroom scenes with Sir Roger Moore and ‘that dress’, and shrieked with joy when she realised the special effects technician she has so often spoke of and how he lay under her dress pulling down on a piece of fishing line was sitting in the front row – Ian Wingrove. They declined to re-enact the scene because Ian’s wife was in the audience! Ian then joined fellow special effects maestro Brian Smithies to share a few tales of working on the film and all that involved, before stunt performer Vic Armstrong and script supervisor Elaine Schreyeck entertained the assembled with insights into their involvement, as did Post-Production supervisor Graham Hartstone who revealed he’d worked on every Bond film from Dr No to Die Another Day. Finally, Gloria Hendry – who had flown in especially from LA – shared some of her memories and experiences in a very fun conversation.
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Madeline Smith and Louis St. Juste |
Gareth, Brian Smithies and Ian Wingrove |
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Gareth, Elaine Schreyeck and Vic Armstrong |
Gareth and Gloria Hendry |
After a break, where tea, coffee and cakes were served the guests all moved across the lot to the John Barry Theatre to enjoy a 4k print of Live And Let Die, introduced by Peter Lamont, Gloria Hendry and Madeline Smith.
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Madeline Smith introducing the screeing of Live and Let Die in 4k |
A wonderful day, with wonderful weather and wonderful guests!

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Bondstars would like to thank the following for their invaluable help...
Peter Lamont
John Glen
Vic Armstrong
Alan Tomkins
Madeline Smith
Gloria Hendry
Shane Rimmer \ Sheila Rimmer
Louis St Juste \ Junior Douglas
John Fenner
Graham Hartstone
Elaine Schreyeck
Ian Wingrove
Brian Smithies
Barbara Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson, Stephanie Wenborn and all at EON Productions Ltd
Park Circus
Pinewood Studios |
Bernard Vandendriessche
Remmert van Braam
Dave Worrall
Marc Pearce
Vipul Patel
Matthew Field
Robin Harbour
Dave Hinett
Deanna Hinett
Adrian Head
Paul Marchant-Smith
Sue Griffiths
Sean Lester at All Smart |
All photos (C) Marc Pearce \ Bondstars LLP, not to be used without prior permission.