FIRM'S RIDE OFFERS VIEW TO A THRILL.Byline: Dave McNary Daily News Staff Writer Now you can be James Bond - at least for a few minutes on a motion-simulator ride being created by North Hollywood amusement park amusement park, a commercially operated park offering various forms of entertainment, such as arcade games, carousels, roller coasters, and performers, as well as food, drink, and souvenirs. specialist Landmark Entertainment Group. Landmark promises the ride, tentatively titled Licensed to Thrill, will first give customers the feel of watching the suave British secret agent dodge danger. Viewers will then assume 007's point of view in such stunts as hanging from a flying helicopter, piloting a speed boat and jumping onto a moving train. Landmark announced Wednesday at a trade show in Orlando, Fla., that it will start selling the ride and a spokesman said the company expects to announce several orders by next week. Landmark, which designed the ``Jurassic Park'' ride at Universal Studios and is working on a ``Star Trek'' ride in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , said the 70-millimeter format film will work on virtually all simulator (1) Software that enables the execution of an application written for a different computer environment. Same as emulator. (2) Software that models the interactions of hypothetical or real-world objects or business processes. systems. Licensed to Thrill is being produced in partnership with longtime long·time adj. Having existed or persisted for a long time: a longtime friend; a longtime resident of Detroit. longtime Adjective Bond film producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Danjaq LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control . ``Tomorrow Never Dies,'' MGM's 18th Bond movie, will open Dec. 19 starring Pierce Brosnan but it has not yet been decided whether Brosnan will also star in the ride film. Earlier this week, MGM MGM in full Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. U.S. corporation and film studio. It was formed when the film distributor Marcus Loew, who bought Metro Pictures in 1920, merged it with the Goldwyn production company in 1924 and with Louis B. Mayer Pictures in 1925. and Danjaq sued Sony Corp. over its plans to produce a competing series of Bond movies. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO (color) Landmark Entertainment has announced a Bond-themed motion-simulator ride. |
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