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Glastron GT 150 Speedboat — Live and Let Die (1973)
James Bond’s stunt-laden escape by speedboat from Dr. Kananga’s crocodile farm formed a central action set piece in Live and Let Die.
The creative team led by director Guy Hamilton embarked on an extensive recce of the Louisiana bayous in 1972. The stunts and sequences were inspired by what they discovered on these locations. According to Art Director Peter Lamont the production purchased 29 boats for the chase of which 17 were destroyed.
Commandeering a Glastron GT 150, 007 makes his getaway down the bayous with Kananga’s henchmen hot on his tail. Several stuntmen were injured during this shoot, and even Roger Moore sustained a fractured tooth. The highlight of the sequence is Bond launching the Glastron out of the water, jumping over a parked police car and landing safely back in the waterway on the other side of the road. Two boats follow with one crash landing into the parked Chevrolet.
Both jumps were performed by Jerry Comeaux along the bayou Pointe á la Hache off Highway 39, south east of New Orleans. Comeaux hit a 40ft ramp at 75mph and jumped 110 feet setting a Guinness World record.
The Ian Fleming Foundation secured this boat on May 23, 1996, thought to be one of only 2 remaining. There was a large crack on front deck where the boat buckled upon landing from the jump. There is a ramp skid plate that can be seen under the back of the boat.
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