OK... here's what we know about the Bond Alpine to date.
The car was leased from a local woman for the film shoot. Therefore,
the director would not have repainted it.
The car was a Lake Blue S2. It has tall door posts and lake blue
interior.
We are 90% sure that car has been found... It was recently purchased in
Jamaica in the same town that the film footage was taken for the movie.
The owner is working on tracing the registration plate number back to
the original owner. Once he gets the registration plate number from the
original owner we will know for sure if it is the car. The car is a lake
blue S2 that is now painted red. We will of course let everyone know
once we know for sure if it is the actual car. My instincts tell me that
it is. - Ian
Ian Spencer
Client Services
University Hospital
Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati
(513) 584-0365
>>> "Jon A." <humbersnipe@cox.net> 06/26/02 08:47PM >>>
The other consideration is the discretion of the director. If the color
of
the car as supplied did not fit the director's mental image of the
scene,
the car could very well have been painted to suit. This is usually
painfully
obvious in modern films, when they don't bother to paint the door jambs
the
new color!
Since the film is in color, a close examination of the film (perhaps on
DVD,
where the action can be stopped with crystal clarity) might yield some
further evidence.
In a similar vein, old black-and-white moviemakers would choose a
color
based on how it looked on camera. Hitchcock's favorite "blood" was
purported
to be chocolate syrup - just the right texture, and in b&w, looked
just
right on the screen. Someone once tried to colorize Casablanca, using
the
original prop records to determine the colors actually used when the
film
was made. It was a dismal failure. Somehow, the bar just didn't look
right
with green walls and purple carpet!
Jon Arzt
Omaha, NE USA
----- Original Message -----
From: <Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com>
To: <alpines@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 6:48 PM
Subject: Bond Car Colors
> A couple people have told me that not only was the Bond Alpine not
black,
> it was not Wedgewood Blue, but Lake Blue. However, my books all say
that
> Lake Blue was a S1 color only. Wedgewood Blue is a S2 and on color.
The
> Bond Alpine was a S2. Thus, the Bond Alpine cannot be a Lake Blue
color.
> The only way it could be is (1) Lake Blue was not a S2 color only,
(2) it
> was a special order color on that car, or (3) the Bond Alpine was a
S1.
> Given the dramatic change in colors on film, new and old, not to
mention
> how personal TV sets are adjusted, I would not accept that the
> determination of the color is based upon viewing the movie.
>
> I do recall this was grandly discussed in previous Alpine list
e-mails,
> with no good conclusion.
>
> Oddly enough, this same issue exists with another famous Alpine in
the
> movies. Ever see "To Catch a Thief" and the Alpine on it? There is
a
> equally contentious dispute about the color of that car. The early
> Alpines only came in 4 colors, and each of the 4 only came with a
certain
> interior. There is no doubt many people believe that the Thief
Alpine is
> "Alpine Mist," a light silvery blue. However, the Alpine Mist cars
did
> not come with Fawn (light tan) interiors, only Red interiors. The
blue
> car that came with Fawn was "Sapphire Blue." This is not even a
year
> thing. So, similar to above, unless special order, which also has
been
> called unlikely, it is Sapphire Blue and it's just another instance
of the
> color not coming through true on film.
>
> Jay
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