27 Jul 2017

Tangier rooftops - Bond escapes


After "assassinating" general Pushkin at the trade conference in Tangier, Bond escapes over the rooftops. A very brief scene includes Bond jumping over the rooftop of an open courtyard, a sahn, where he is observed by some surprised ladies lounging in the courtyard. Whether this is a Harem, a bathhouse or some kind of hotel is not clear.





This scene was filmed at the same location as the trade conference. The courtyard can be found inside the Kasbah Museum, Musée de la Kasbah, which exterior was used as the exterior of the trade conference building in the previous scene. The museum is housed in the old sultan's palace (Dar el Makhzen) in the Kasbah. As a Bond location, the interior of the museum is only interesting for this brief scene, but since it has been untouched since 1987 it is well worth a visit. The Kasbah shouldn't be missed anyway since you can find so many nice Bond locations here.




The entrance to the museum, found in the alley to the left, was actually used in a deleted scene where Bond gains entry to the trade conference using his press ID.



An obvious blooper is the fact that Bond jumps across the corner of the courtyard only to end up on a balcony on the outside of a house. It is obvious when you examine the scene that the balcony is located somewhere else. Furthermore, when Bond runs across the rooftops in the following scene the courtyard is nowhere to be seen.



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