PHOTO – ASTRO SPIRAL

Photos (150 x 100mm) From The Swiss Art Installation “Astro Spiral” By Michael Meier & Christoph Franz (Luma / Westbau) Löwenbräu Area Zurich 2013. Related To The Iconic AMC Hatchback Stunt In The James Bond Film “The Man With The Golden Gun” In 1974 (Special Thanks To Markus Edelmann, Technical Manager Of The Exhibition) The Hornet Hatchback Was Produced By The American Motors Corporation (AMC) From 1970 To 1979

The James Bond “The Man With The Golden Gun” Film Sequence Featuring The Car Starts With Sheriff J.W. Pepper (Clifton James), Who Is Admiring A New Red AMC Hornet In A Bangkok Showroom, While On Holiday In Thailand With His Wife. He Is About To Test Drive The Car, When James Bond (Roger Moore) Suddenly Enters And Steals The Hornet From The Dealership To Chase Villain Francisco Scaramanga (Christopher Lee). The Most Famous Moment Comes When The Hornet Performs A 360-Degree Mid-Air Twisting Corkscrew Jump Across A Broken Bridge

The Guinness World Records Book Describes The Jump As The “First Astro Spiral Used In A Movie” And Lists It As Third Among The Top Ten James Bond Film Stunts

PHOTOS BY MARKUS EDELMANN, SWITZERLAND 2013 2016_04_18 (WEEK16/2016)

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