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A golden briefcase containing the first 007 Blu-Ray
box set will tour the UK next week to promote the
BOND 50 launch...
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Blu-Ray UK Tour
13th September 2012
Press Release
James Bond legend Sir Roger Moore yesterday set the digital timer
on a golden briefcase containing the first box
set of all 22 Bond films on Blu-ray, which will travel the length of Great
Britain from Monday 17th to Monday 24th September.
To mark the Golden Anniversary of James Bond on film, the golden
briefcase will set off in an Aston Martin DBS featured in "Quantum
of Solace" from Eilean Donan Castle in the Scottish
Highlands at 10.07am on Monday 17th September, embarking on a
seven-day
journey.
After sending the briefcase off on its 900 mile journey, Moore
said: “I’m delighted to launch this Aston Martin
on its tour of Great Britain with its special golden cased cargo,
marking 50 years of 007 movies and the release of all 22 films
on Blu-ray”
Alongside the seven-time James Bond legend,
the case will also be carried by other 007 icons including Bond
actresses Britt
Ekland, Shirley Eaton, Tania Mallet and Eunice Gayson, classic
villain Richard Kiel (Jaws), Oscar-winning Costume Designer
Lindy Hemming, Stunt Coordinator Paul Weston and legendary director
John Glen.
Eunice Gayson, who played Sylvia Trench, in "Dr. No" and
"From Russia With Love", said: “I
am so proud to have worked on the first two Bond films and to
be
part
of
the
continuing
James
Bond legacy,
launching this relay, is an absolute honour. No-one could have
predicted back in 1962 that five decades later it would be a
huge global phenomenon.”
Eunice Gayson will be taking the case south from Eilean Donan
Castle, which doubled as the British Secret Service HQ in "The
World Is Not Enough" and in a helicopter
over the scenic hills of Argyll that featured in the thrilling
chase
in
"From Russia With Love."
It will then travel the length of the country in the Aston Martin,
by helicopter, train and
on foot, stopping off at the most memorable British locations,
including Stoke Park, the scene of 1964’s classic golfing
encounter between Bond and Auric Goldfinger, and the Eden Project
in Cornwall, which doubled as villain Gustav Graves’ diamond
mine in "Die Another Day."
Each location will be presented with a commemorative gold disc
celebrating their part in 007’s 50-year history, Nene Valley
Railway in Peterborough, where Bond stunt performers will run
with the golden briefcase along a moving train celebrating the
classic Bond action scene in "Octopussy", introduced by John
Glen, who directed five classic Bond films.
After seven days of adventure the golden briefcase will arrive
in Central London at 10.07am on September 24th, as Britt Ekland
and Richard Kiel hand-deliver it to the HMV store on Oxford Street
with the Aston Martin stopping in front of the store.
