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CONVENTION MEETING WITH GENERAL PUSHKIN
I was lucky to go to Gothenburg on March 13th 2004 with my Swiss friend, Zac, for the Scandinavian SciFi convention held at the Swedish Exhibition there.
This convention is much smaller compared to the English ones I have attended, but, the chance of meeting John Rhys-Davies, alias 'General Pushkin' in THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS, in person was a good reason for us to go!
Of course, Mr Rhys Davies has made plenty of other classic movies like 'Ivanhoe', 'Indiana Jones' and most recently 'Lord of the Rings'.
He turned out to be a most pleasant gentleman to meet and talk to, very friendly towards all the fans although the queuing bunch of people for him was huge, but worth waiting for I think.
Anders Frejdh, Sweden
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IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICER WITH NATALYA SIMONOVA
In August 2004 I went to Nybro in Sweden with my friends Julius, Carina, Marcus and Zac.
We had a pleasant fright - sorry - flight in the car down to a newly opened James Bond related exhibition.
The proprietor of the place met us but we checked the place rapidly as it wasn't many things I have myself or personally hadn't seen before. There were mostly items from generous sponsors but nice to at least see some of the Swedish posters for the James Bond films.
The highlight of the trip which was the main reason of going there was a ride in one of the original BMW Z3 used in the filming of GOLDENEYE, all of this according to the owner. He said he had bought this from the BMW museum in Munich for an unknown amount...
A memorable item although it but it was difficult to believe that both Pierce Brosnan and Izabella Scorupco once sat in the same seat.
I asked the proprietor if he had permission to use the 007 logo in the way he does, for example on his website and on the building, but I never got a reply on this...
For those of you who want to visit a proper and genuine museum I recommend Beaulieu Motor Museum in the South of England, much more interesting and some really interesting and old items. Or, equally interesting The Cars of the Stars museum in Cumbrian Town of Keswick in the Lake District, England.
I the marketing for the Swedish place the proprietor say that his place is the first James Bond museum in the world but this is not correct, both places in England have been longer in existence and also fully agrees in the terms of being proper and genuine museums.
Anders Frejdh, Sweden
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