The first mention of Argentina in the films came from the lips of none other
than Ernst Stavro Blofeld in You Only Live Twice, when in the final scenes
he orders some of his agents to transfer large sums of money earned in
extortions to SPECTRE’s bank accounts in Buenos Aires, the opposite of
what criminals living in said city do, who send their dirty money to accounts
in Switzerland or the Caiman Islands in the Caribbean! |
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| In Thunderball SPECTRE celebrates a meeting in its secret base in Paris
and one of the issues to discuss is the drug traffic from China to the US,
then a SPECTRE agent makes a comment about SPECTRE losing market
from heavy competition coming from Latin America.
In the original script by Jack Wittingham based on Ian Fleming’s novel,
competition came from Bolivia and Argentina, but the producers chose to
make no reference to those nations in the final draft.
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Latin America threatens S.P.E.C.T.R.E. in these Thunderball scenes |
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For the shooting of Moonraker the production moved to Brazil & Argentina,
filming scenes in Rio and showing all its tourist attractions.
007’s boat chase sequence was shot in the Iguazu falls on Argentina’s side,
taking full advantage of the beauty of this location, the Iguazu National Park.
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| Even though no reference is made in the movie, in the end credits the producers
thank the Argentinian government and National Park for their assistance in the
making of the film. |
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In Die Another Day, M is the one making the reference when she threatens to send
Bond to an evaluation center in the Falklands Islands.
Then is M again who later in the movie explains to 007 details about millionaire Gustav Graves’ past involving business in an Argentinian diamond mine, a total
fabrication of writers Purvis & Wade since Argentina is notorious for being rich in
minerals but diamonds are only found in the finest and exclusive jewel stores!
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| When Die Another Day premiered in Argentina, local media wrongly informed
that the film’s main villain was an Argentinian, this is of course completely false
as anyone who saw the movie would confirm.
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By Patricio Carbajal (Pat006)
and Mario Frungieri (J.Bond)
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a few days ago, our artist PAT006, came back from Iguazu's
Falls with some Bond pics. Here they are, for you to
know the beauty of our country caught in Moonraker for
ever. All are 007 scenes... do yo remember them?
(Click on the left image to enlarge) |
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