Cinema Retro has received the following official press release from the National Motor Museum and Eon Productions:
London, October 2011. The National Motor Museum, Beaulieu and EON
Productions are proud to announce that Bond
in Motion, the exclusive official exhibition of 50 original James Bond
vehicles, will be unveiled to the public on 18th January 2012.
The exhibition, the largest of its kind staged anywhere in the world,
will showcase 50 of the best loved and most iconic James Bond vehicles in
celebration of the 50th year of James Bond films. Bond in Motion
will run from January to December 2012 at the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu.
In addition, 2012 also marks the 40th
anniversary of the world-famous National Motor Museum, a fitting year to be
hosting a major new car exhibition with some of the most recognised vehicles from
the Bond films.
Bond in Motion will feature a whole range of vehicles
which have appeared in Bond films over the years including cars, boats,
motorbikes, sleds, jets and many more. This collection of iconic movie vehicles
will include the 1964 Aston Martin DB5 and the 1937 Phantom lll Rolls-Royce both
from Goldfinger, the Lotus
Esprit S1 affectionately nicknamed ‘Wet Nellie’ from The Spy Who Loved Me, the Bede Acrostar jet famously flown in Octopussy, the BMW 750iL from Tomorrow Never Dies, the original
villain Parahawk featured in The World is
Not Enough and the original SFX Cello Case Ski famously navigated by
Timothy Dalton in The Living Daylights.
Beaulieu’s Commercial Director, Stephen Munn said, “2012 is going to be a very exciting year for Beaulieu. After
many months of planning, the preparation of the Bond exhibition area is about
to begin and the first consignment of vehicles will be arriving in a few weeksâ€.
The world-famous National Motor Museum at Beaulieu has a collection of
over 250 vehicles telling the story of motoring on the roads of Britain from
the dawn of motoring to the present day. There are historic racing cars, modern rally cars
and the latest F1 machines as well as World
Land Speed Record Breakers and family cars from every motoring era. Visitors to
Beaulieu can also explore Palace House, home of the Montagu family since
1538 and 13th century Beaulieu Abbey as well as World of Top Gear. Open
every day, except Christmas Day, from 10am. For more information Tel: 01590
612345 or visit www.beaulieu.co.uk
EON Productions
EON Productions Limited and Danjaq LLC are wholly owned and controlled
by the Broccoli/Wilson family. Danjaq is the US based company that co-owns, with MGM, the
copyright in the existing James Bond films and controls the right to produce
future James Bond films as well as all worldwide merchandising. EON
Productions, an affiliate of Danjaq, is the UK based production company which
makes the James Bond films. The 007 franchise is the longest running in film history with
twenty-two films produced since 1962. Michael G Wilson and Barbara
Broccoli took over the franchise from Albert R ‘Cubby’ Broccoli in 1995 and
have produced some of the most successful Bond films ever including CASINO
ROYALE and QUANTUM OF SOLACE.