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MI6 reports from Panama City, where Daniel Craig
and Gemma Arterton were shooting scenes for "Quantum
of Solace" in the Santa Ana district...
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Production Diary (12)
10th February 2008
Scenes for the new James Bond film "Quantum
of Solace" were filmed on Thursday 7th and Friday 8th February
in the popular neighborhood of Santa Ana, in the center of the
Panamanian capital.
Above: 007 (Daniel Craig) find his
way through the market to his taxi
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The shooting took place at 16 West Street in Santa Ana, a populous
area of old buildings and housing in which small businesses operate
as workshops, places of accommodation and modest restaurants.
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The traffic was
diverted and some of the entrances to the street of the
shooting were temporarily restricted. The walls of some
buildings had signs announcing the filming and warned about
the diversion of vehicles to avoid noise.
For one of the scenes, Daniel Craig (James
Bond) and Gemma Arterton (Agent Fields) arrived in a taxi
and went to the Hotel Bolívar, created especially
for the production.
Inside the building, which was dressed
as a hotel, was a small bar, a desk, newspapers, and
Bolivian flags. |
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Above: Bond and Fields arrive
at the Hotel Bolívar
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Above: Gemma Arterton as Agent Fields
awaits Bond in his taxi
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In the narrow streets, a hundred extras
were dressed in thick clothing, some as indigenous Bolivians
wearing coats, hats, and wool ponchos in line with the
fictional setting.
Market stalls selling fruit were constructed
with palm trees and parasols, and trucks loaded with bananas
and bags of food completed the scene. The vehicles had
registrations in keeping with Bolivia.
Filming comprised of scenes where 007's
enemies attempt to assassinate him in the hotel elevator,
but Bond escapes through the back of the building to
the by sea. Local press speculate that Bond is in Bolivia
on
the tail of drug traffickers.
As MI6
reported yesterday, filming will move on to various
locations in the city and further afield, including the
Institute of Culture (INAC) building in Panama City which
will be transformed into the Grand Hotel Andean. |
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Above: Gemma Arterton in Santa
Ana
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Briefing
Produced by Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli (Eon
Productions), QUANTUM OF SOLACE was released in the
UK on October 31st 2008 and is directed by
Marc Forster. Principal photography started on January
3rd
2008 at
Pinewood Studios and around the UK, and foreign locations
including Italy, Panama, Chile, Peru and Austria.
Paul Haggis completed the script based on a first draft
screenplay developed by regular scribes Neal Purvis & Robert
Wade, with later polish by Joshua Zetumer. The story
is a direct continuation of the events of Casino
Royale. 007 faces off against
villains Mathieu Amalric (Dominic Greene), Anatole
Taubman (Elvis) and Joaquin Cosío (General Medrano).
Olga Kurylenko (Camille) and Gemma Arterton (MI6 Agent
Fields) play the Bond Girls. Dame Judi Dench (M), Jeffrey
Wright (Felix Leiter) and Giancarlo Giannini (Mathis)
reprise their roles as Bond's allies. It is British
actor Daniel Craig’s second outing as James Bond,
following his debut film Casino Royale released November
16th 2006.
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