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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 3,830 |
| | Posted: | | | | (English) By COLLEEN BARRY, Associated Press Writer MILAN, Italy - A stuntman was seriously injured in a car crash while filming an action sequence for the new James Bond movie on a famously winding lakeside road in northern Italy, a local official said Thursday. (Dutch) JNS ROME - Twee stuntmannen raakten woensdag in Italië gewond tijdens de opnames van de nieuwste James Bond-film, 'Quantum of Solace'. De auto die door de twee werd bestuurd raakte eerst een opnamevrachtwagen en reed daarna tegen een muur. Opvolging: Filmopnames James Bond stilgelegd na stuntman in comaDe opnames van de nieuwe James Bondfilm liggen stil sinds een stuntman in coma ligt. De film lijk... | | | | Sources for one or more of the changes and/or additions were not submitted. Please include the sources for your changes in the contribution notes, especially for cast and crew additions. | | | | Last edited: by ? |
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| Registered: June 9, 2007 |  Posts: 1,208 |
| | Posted: | | | | That English translastion in abysmal  |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 811 |
| | Posted: | | | | "Two stunt men touched" Ooooh  |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 5,917 |
| | Posted: | | | | From english or to english, automatic translations are a crap-shot and tend to still be unreadable. | | | | Last edited: by Dr. Killpatient |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 3,830 |
| | Posted: | | | | babelfish let me down, anyway, replaced the text by article. | | | | Sources for one or more of the changes and/or additions were not submitted. Please include the sources for your changes in the contribution notes, especially for cast and crew additions. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 811 |
| | Posted: | | | | Here it is from the L.A. Times:
Stuntman gravely injured on James Bond set in Italy
From the Associated Press
8:36 AM PDT, April 24, 2008
MILAN, Italy — A stuntman was seriously injured in a car crash while filming an action sequence for the new James Bond movie on a famously winding lakeside road in northern Italy, a local official said today.
The London-based production company for "Quantum of Solace" said that an experienced stunt driver of an Alfa Romeo car remained hospitalized in serious condition following the accident Wednesday. A second stunt driver in the same car also was injured, but less seriously.
"Filming with the second unit on 'Quantum of Solace' will be suspended while the accident is investigated," the statement said. It noted that neither director Marc Forster, Daniel Craig nor any other cast members were at the location when the accident occurred.
The identities of the stunt drivers weren't released.
A spokesman for the town of Limone sul Garda, where crew have been filming for the past two weeks, said the Alfa Romeo crashed into a wall during a chase sequence involving a truck and Bond's Aston Martin along the Gardesana, a curvy, two-lane lakeside road with gorgeous panoramas and many tunnels.
A helicopter on standby during the filming flew the seriously injured stunt driver to Verona, where he underwent surgery, said town spokesman Marco Girardi, who also was acting as a liaison to the production company.
He said the driver suffered serious head injuries.
"They chose this road because it is full of curves and tunnels. It will give the film a lot of impact," Girardi said.
He said that the filming was scheduled to wrap up Wednesday, and that they were in the final hours when the accident occurred.
The accident was the second on the Bond set in four days, after an Aston Martin being delivered to the set skidded off the road in heavy rain and landed in Lake Garda on Saturday. No one was injured and the car was later fished from the lake.
On Thursday, the production company was packing up equipment, including cars, to close the set. Workers and officials refused any comment to an Associated Press photographer. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 525 |
| | Posted: | | | | I wonder if it was the same stuntman that totalled the DBS over the weekend. If so, the guy should think about a career change. | | | 
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| | Posted: | | | | | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 |  Posts: 742 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting ajm: Quote:
I wonder if it was the same stuntman that totalled the DBS over the weekend. If so, the guy should think about a career change. Nah, the guy that totalled the DBS was a mere technician, not a stunt driver. At least the technician understood enough of physics to drive the car into the lake and away from the wall on the opposite side... Yup, maybe both of them should consider a career change... Looks like the folks from the production company picked a really "hot" spot for the car chase... | | | | Lutz |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,917 |
| | Posted: | | | | They'll probably take it to CGI - be less costly. |
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