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It takes a pretty important event to induce a producer to leave the set of a major film production underway in a foreign country, but Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson flew from the Panama location of the new James Bond movie Quantum Of Solace, to London to receive the prestigious OBE from Her Majesty, the Queen. The producers didn't have much time to savor the honor- they returned to the film location on the same day. Broccoli and Wilson walk in the footsteps of the late, legendary producer Albert R. Broccoli, father to Barbara and step-father to Michael, who also received the award. Broccoli and Wilson are American by birth but the award was in recognition of the enormous impact the Broccoli family has had on the British film industry. Broccoli and Wilson have continued to make Pinewood Studios the official home of the Bond films. With few exceptions, it has remained so since the filming of Dr. No in 1962.
Cinema Retro congratulates our old friends Barbara and Michael on a prestigious honor well-earned. For a full report, click here to visit the James Bond website www.mi6.co.uk
UPDATE ON BOND NEWS/RUMORS: Cinema Retro can confirm that sources close to the new Bond film have verified that recent British tabloid reports that the cast and crew have been virtually terrorized by rival criminal gangs in Panama are untrue. You will also recall that we told you to take widespread rumors that Al Pacino would play a small but pivotal role in the new film with a grain of salt. Our sources also confirm our skepticism: it appears there is no truth to these rumors either.