Nick Knight has been there and captured a quieter scene. The station they pass through called 'Chur Ost' does not really exist. The actual train seen in the movie is the Pendolino tilting train of Czech Railways. The location is still the luxury Albany resort community on the island of New Providence in The Bahamas. As pointed out by Ian Johnson, the building shots were filmed at the then new (and unopened) Schengen terminal. Having won his car, Craig trails his target, Dimitrios, to the Bodyworlds exhibition in Miami, Florida. Also, there are no superhuman stunts, because the filmmakers wanted the action scenes to look like they obey the laws of physics. As much as fans will remember the laugh-out-loud moment where Mollaka draws his weapon, realizes he's run out of ammo, and throws his gun at Bond only to have him catch it and throw it right back at him, the most quintessential example of character-building in the early going comes when Foucan executes a flawless jump through a tiny opening in a wall ... Fitting for the much more grounded premise of the film, our first real look at Bond in action involves following a lowly bomb maker in Madagascar. Nicholas Knight again shows precision in replicating the angle used in the original movie. Great location pic from Nicholas Knight (one of many excellent images that he took) Nicholas Knight gets another pretty much perfect location angle. He also points out that you'd likely need something like a crane to replicate the exact angle from the movie. Hamilton McMurray snapped a great now shot of this location. Several of these updated location images from Nicholas Knight looks like they were taken just after the crew stopped filming! We are really still in the Czech Republic and this is the town of Loket. Still in the parking lot outside the Pupp Casino Club in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. He checks out the car and investigates the envelope left for him at the hotel. The 2006 comedy 'Last Holiday' featuring Queen Latifah also used the location. The pair are picked up in Montenegro (but really Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic) in a black Daimler taxi. Gary Miller provides this daylight shot of the back entrance to the Club. The location is Albany House, now part of the Albany luxury resort community on the island of New Providence in The Bahamas. His session as an unofficial valet at an end, Bond strides towards the building of the One and Only Ocean Club. When filming this model of Ford Mondeo was not available commercially anywhere in the world and so was shipped especially to the set under a veil of secrecy. Daniel is both relaxed and alert in The Bahamas with the buildings along Paradise Beach Drive in the background. In reality the building is still a hotel but it is called Hotel Goethe (but for the film the name seems to be displayed in Montenegrin letters). In real life this sequence was partly filmed at Ruzyne Airport in Prague and also at Dunsfold Aerodome in Cranleigh, United Kingdom. Nick provides a clearer picture of the building in daylight. 007 enters the clubhouse of the One and Only Club in The Bahamas to attempt to get close to his target during the first card game of the film. The real full name of the location is the 'One and Only Ocean Club' in The Bahamas. In reality there is no aircraft facilities at this location. Following some crane jumping and explosive embassy action in Madagascar (The Bahamas!) we are now back in the UK looking at the Houses of Parliament with Westminster Bridge, London SE1. The hotel closed not long after Casino Royale used it as a location and the Buena Vista estate was redeveloped. Mollaka runs towards the Nambutu embassy which in reality used to be the Buena Vista Hotel and Restaurant on Delaney Street, Nassau, New Providence Island, Bahamas. Website visitor Ian Johnson provided the more specific location info. We’ll tackle that tomorrow, but in the meantime, why not fix yourself a drink? It’s a nice piece of karmic justice, but more than that, it’s evidence that this version of 007 doesn’t exactly feel at home among the wealthy elite — even if he enjoys wearing that mask. He takes the car to pick up Dimitrios’s wife Solange and literally charms the pants off her. He plays high-stakes poker against criminal contractor (and generally shitty guy) Alex Dimitrios, beats him with pocket aces, and wins his damn car. On the other hand, the title of the song and the bravado of the lyrics make it equally possible that it’s from the point of view of 007 himself. These too are a departure from tradition, ditching the familiar mixed-media approach for a sequence that is almost entirely 2D-animated.
