The Dark Knight

[craigster59]

Not to rub salt in the wounds Hugh, but I just worked with Adam Kirley who rolled the AM DB 8, 7 times in "Casino Royale"for the Guiness world record for most rolls in 1 take. (thank God it wasn't a DB4)

[craigster59]

Found an article he was talking about:

Sydney, Nov 8(ANI): While Casino Royale has yet to make its world premiere, it has already broken a Guinness World Record.

The James Bond production team staged a dramatic car crash that saw 007’s Aston Martin roll seven times — a Guinness World Record for a single take.

The scene, which features in the movie, is performed by stunt double Adam Kirley in the Bond Aston Martin.

It beat the previous record of six rolls performed by BBC’s Top Gear stunt man last year.

Casino Royale's stunt coordinator Gary Powell, designed the maneuver for the film.

In his initial attempt Powell decided to raise the ramp to just under two feet in the end, but the car just literally took off in the air, leveled pretty much, and landed on all four wheels. The car had no chance of rolling whatsoever because of the stability of the car.

Eventually the special effects guys decided to use cannon which sits just behind the driver’s seat. It has a cylinder that, as you press a button, releases a load of air which punches the cylinder into the road which then, in turn, turns the car over.

“We rehearsed the stunt several times driving test cars, which were a similar weight to the Aston Martin, at 80mph towards a 10in ramp. That worked very well, causing the cars to flip over at least five times in rehearsal,” Press Association quoted him as saying.

"But we knew, due to the design and suspension of the Aston Martin DBS, it would probably level itself out in mid-air. When we came to filming the stunt on the night, as suspected, the Aston Martin DBS leveled itself out in mid-air refusing to flip over,” he said.

"Adam, the stunt driver, had to drive the cannon fitted Aston at high speed and hit the release at exactly the right moment, resulting in the record breaking stunt. We are thrilled to have broken the Guinness World Record," he added.

The movie sees Daniel Craig driving off the road in order to avoid Vesper Lynd, who is lying in the middle of the road. (ANI)

[berettafan]

Saw it last night as well. About as good as the previous movie which i just recently saw as well. I was certain the movie was over yet there was another 45 min or so left! A bit morbid and i never appreciate seeing children in harms way but that's just me.

Agree it's not very Disney-esque; they would have thrown in hints of anti-hunting, homosexuality and occult to make it more kid friendly.

The scarecrow guy reminds me of Martin Short.

[Tobra]

Originally Posted by Steve Carlton

Loved the movie, but thought it was 45 minutes too long. I'd love to see Heath Ledger get the Oscar posthumously. Amazing character.

I will be more surprised if he does not win

[Hugh R]

Craig, I'm pretty sure I met Gary and maybe Adam in London last summer while filming the London part of National Treasure 2. I heard they used a cannon.

[m21sniper]

I thought dark knight was ok, but Iron man was a hell of a lot better IMO.

[tabs]

The whole movie was Heath Ledger... The rest was convoluted. Didja knotice the buzzing sound everytime Heath was in frame .

[David]

I thought Dark Night was pretty good but not great, but if Heath doesn't win the oscar, I'll be really surprised.

Want'a see a magic trick?