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Pinewood Studios, London, England. 19th October 2008
On a crisp October morning over 100 Bond fans descended on the world famous home of James Bond - Pinewood Studios to celebrate a classic of the Moore era - The Spy Who Loved Me. Upon arrival guests were greeted by the Lotus Espirit (the film road car), a replica wetbike and Naomi's helicopter which were all on display and kindly loaned to us for the day by Cars of the Stars Motor Museum.
At 9:45 the doors opened and attendees enjoyed refreshments and mingled with our special guests - Richard Kiel, Valerie Leon and Albert Moses. Memorabilia dealers were also on hand to satisfy the needs of the eager Bond fans and The Shrubrook Brothers launched their new book dedicated to the late special effects genius - Derek Meddings. More special guests were to arrive during the day including Shane Rimmer, Caroline Munro, Paul Weston, Christopher Wood, June Randall, Malcolm Christopher, Peter Lamont, Alec Mills, Alan Hume, Martin Grace, John Glen, Sir Kenneth Adam and Edward De Souza.
Dave Worrall and Gareth Owen then treated visitors to an hour long studio tour visiting many locations used in the Bond films such as the ornamental bridge used in From Russia With Love, Pinewood's sound stages doubling as Auric Goldfinger's factory complex and the famous Albert R Broccoli 007 Stage which has housed such sets as the tanker in The Spy Who Loved Me and the interior of the Ice Palace in Die Another Day. It was then back to the house for a delicious buffet lunch served in Pinewood's ballroom.
After lunch it was over to Theatre 7 - Pinewood's state of the art cinema where Roger Moore's stunt double Martin Grace talked about working on The Spy Who Loved Me and introduced a special screening of a short animated film - The Fly Who Loved Me for which Sir Roger Moore provided the voice. It was now time for the main event and thanks to our friends at MGM and Park_Circus loaning us the digital master copy we could present The Spy Who Loved Me in all its remastered glory..the audience were literally blown away!!
Following refreshments, Cinema Retro's very own Lee Pfeiffer hosted a Q & A session with John Glen, Richard Kiel and Christopher Wood; and Valerie Leon, Caroline Munro, Shane Rimmer and Edward De Souza. It was then back to the house for more mingling and signings. Sir Kenneth Adam had also arrived to sign copies of his new book - Ken Adam Designs The Movies: Bond Beyond.
At 7:00pm the doors to the ballroom were opened and each guest was served a glass of Bollinger champagne and personally greeted by Sir Roger himself, there was even time for everyone to have their photograph taken with the great man himself.
A sumptuous 3 course meal was then served and then at 9pm Gareth Owen (co-author of Sir Roger's autobiography - My Word Is my Bond) introduced Sir Roger Moore for 45 minutes of chat and questions from the audience. Sir Roger was on fine form and had the audience in hysterics.
Just before wrapping, Lee Pfeiffer and Dave Worrall of Cinema Retro presented Sir Roger with their 'Retro' Award for his contribution to the Motion Picture Industry.
"I'm overwhelmed" said Sir Roger, before adding with a wry smile "how wonderful to receive this award. I truly deserve it! Thank You!"
It was an unforgettable day for all involved and many many dreams were realised. We would like to say a big thank you for supporting the event and for all your kind comments.
Bondstars would like to thank...
Sir Kenneth Adam, Richard Kiel, John Glen, Valerie Leon, Edward De Souza, Caroline Munro, Paul Weston, Shane Rimmer, Albert Moses, Martin Grace, John Willis, Alan Hume, Alec Mills, Christopher Wood, June Randall, Peter Lamont, EON Productions, Lee Pfeiffer, David Wight, Alan Harbud, Nick Varley from Park Circus, Yvonne Dickens at MGM, Lucy Fleming, Mark Mawston, Peter Nelson at Cars of the Stars, Dave Worrall, Matthew Field, Adrian Head, Paul Marchant-Smith, Martijn Mulder, Denis Ahmet at The Vintage Magazine Shop, Remmert van Braam, Niclas Elvingsson, Vipul Patel, Robin Harbour, Ajay Chowdhury and the James Bond International Fan Club, The Coca Cola Company, Bernard VandenDriessche Fine Wines, Cadbury, Michael O’Mara Books, Penguin Books Ltd and Empire Magazine.
And finally...
We would also like to say a big big thank you to Sir Roger and Lady Moore for generously giving us their time and making many peoples dreams come true...you really are the best.
All photos (c) Mark Mawston 2008. Not to be used without permission. Report content (c) Bondstars.com, not be used without permission.
