BOND FESTIVAL ONLY ADDS TO LURE OF JAMAICA.Byline: Jim Farber New York Daily News New York Daily News Morning daily tabloid newspaper published in New York City. It was founded in 1919 by Joseph Medill Patterson and his cousin Robert McCormick as a subsidiary of the Tribune Co. of Chicago. The first successful tabloid-format newspaper in the U.S. James Bond survived the collapse of the Cold War, a cease-fire in the sexual revolution and the onslaught of political correctness politically correct adj. Abbr. PC 1. Of, relating to, or supporting broad social, political, and educational change, especially to redress historical injustices in matters such as race, class, gender, and sexual orientation. . But could he survive the first James Bond festival in Jamaica? Last fall, about 200 revelers descended on the north coast of Jamaica, birthplace of the Bond books, to make one too many references to shaken-not-stirred martinis and trade campy retorts with some of the movie makers who made Bond into a pop franchise that would not die. For four days, the participants (some paying up to $2,000 for the privilege), imbibed at a beach party with 7-foot villain Richard (Jaws) Kiel, traded bon mots with Lois (Miss Moneypenny This article is about the fictional Bond character. For the British telephone answering service, see Moneypenny (answering service). Jane Moneypenny, better known as Miss Moneypenny ) Maxwell and stared at places where special-effects wizards blew everything up 35 years ago in the movie that started it all, ``Dr. No.'' Ocho Rios Ocho Rios (ō`chō rē`ōs), town, NE Jamaica, on the Caribbean Sea. It is a major tourist center, as well as a commercial port that exports mainly bauxite. made the ideal setting, since British ex-patriot author Ian Fleming wrote all his Bond books from his drop-dead beautiful coastal estate just east of here. It's easy to see what inspired him: The place offers a suitably Bondian mix of lush romance and sexy danger. Then again, you hardly need a love of spies, gadgets and girls named Octopussy to make the trip worthwhile. The white sand and turquoise turquoise, hydrous phosphate of aluminum and copper, Al2(OH)3PO4·H2O+Cu, used as a gem. It occurs rarely in crystal form, but is usually cryptocrystalline. water offer their own lures. Ground zero for the convention, the Jamaica Grande Resort, offers a range of water toys for rent - from jet skiing to power sailing. Just about everything else falls under its all-inclusive package. But even those out for the most resort-bound vacation should venture out. You must see Noel Coward's Firefly firefly or lightning bug, small, luminescent, carnivorous beetle of the family Lampyridae. Fireflies are well represented in temperate regions, although the majority of species are tropical and subtropical. estate, roughly a half-hour east from Ocho Rios. It's open to all, but provided special interest to the James Bond crowd, since Coward and Fleming were great chums. You'll find no more breathtaking view on the island than the one from Coward's porch high over the sea. His furniture stands in its original place; his witty verse hangs on the walls. Even his dirty sketches are displayed for your amusement. An equally glamorous place open to all is Irie Beach, which, despite its name, is high in the mountains. It's a rock-laden stream, with several peaks from which the brave can leap into the water. One Bond-fest party took place here, with John Glenn (director of the greatest number of 007 pictures), and Maude Adams
Maude Adams (born November 11, 1872; died July 17, 1953) was an American stage actress, most noted for her signature role, Peter Pan. (i.e. ``Octopussy''). The biggest Bond-related star-sighting, however, had to be Ursula Andress, the Swiss actress who impersonated an island girl (!) in ``Dr. No.'' and helicoptered in for this occasion. The only guy to fill Bond's tux who made it here was Australian actor George Lazenby (who starred in 1969's ``On Her Majesty's Secret Service''). Though still striking at 57, he couldn't steal attention from the still-stunning Andress. Between such demi-celebrity sightings
Sightings was a paranormal-themed television program that was first broadcast as an hour special entitled "UFO Report: Sightings" in October 1991. , the festival filled out with a black-tie dinner, a world-of-Bond feast and trivia contests The following is a list of trivia contests:
Ah, well. Even if the James Bond fest never becomes as successful as, say, the ``Star Trek'' conventions, Jamaica itself has its own pleasures. On Location Sponsors have not yet set a date for the next James Bond Festival. For information, call (800) 786-2877. For information on Jamaica, call the Jamaican Tourist Board, (212) 856-9727. CAPTION(S): Box Box: On Location (See Text) |
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