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From: Subject: This year marks the 50th anniversary of James Bond movies. Web of Stories presents a video archive of Bond's production designer and Oscar winner Sir Ken Adam Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2012 11:28:21 +0000 If you're having trouble viewing this message, click to view in our default browser Rlogo, Web of Stories :: Press Release 2<b>SIR KENNETH ADAMC/b> Web of Stones Middlesex House 34-42 Cleveland Street London WIT OLB 1+44 0 20 7323 0323 iw bofstones EFTA01181734 SIR KENNETH ADAM London, UK I Tuesday 2 October 2012 For immediate release This year marks the 50th anniversary of the James Bond franchise which began in 1962 with the innovative Dr No. To celebrate, you can watch the legendary production designer Sir Ken Adam's videos on Web of Stories where he shares his behind-the-scenes memories of the iconic movie brand. The world-famous spy movie franchise is set to release the 23rd James Bond film, Skyfall, to a worldwide audience in October and November 2012. Peek behind the scenes of the woiid's most- loved secret agent movies by watching the series of captivating video clips on Web of Stories. Sir Ken Adam OBE (born in Berlin, 5 February 1921) is a production designer who made his name with his ground- one of the most effective sets of that film, and several critics remarked on it and said that this set the style for future Bond films.' lie also recounts how sometimes things didn't go to plan with the Bond sets, and how he had to use his creativity: 'We had to do some shots on a real submarine, and the Americans had promised that we could use one of theirs and then they got cold feet.. and NOTES FOR EDITORS ABOUT WEB OF STORIES Everyone has a story to tell. Over time many stories become forgotten, but now Web of Stones offers members of the public the chance to tell their stones for future generations to enjoy. The project is built on the belief that we all have wonderful stories to share, and have family and friends whose tales we would kke to hear. Web of Stones began as an archive of life stones told by some of the great scientists. writers and artists of our time. As the number of stones grew. it became obvious that some were on related topics and that a web was slowly being created of connected stones. We welcome anyone to come and talk about virtually anything they like. Just like our famous speakers. we hope you will record your stories for others to enjoy. CONTACT For more information on Web of Stories or any other video interview with Web of Stories please contact the Press Desk on teld 0 20 7323 0323 or EFTA01181735 breaking semi•futuristic sets for the James Bond films of the 1960s and 197Os, including Goldfinger, Thunderball, Diamonds Are Forever and Moonraker. He also worked on Barry Lyndon and The Madness of King George, winning an Oscar for both films. Watch the set designer share his Bond experiences, including his first reading of the Dr No script: 'l got the first 100 pages of Dr No, and... I thought they were pretty awful, frankly' He reminisces about a set on Dr No that had slipped his mind which, thanks to his ingenuity, went on to be the most successful set of the film: There was a near disaster with the last set, which I'd forgotten about... So I came up with... a sort of a minimum set. I had one chair, had a copper door and I had a table in the foreground with the cage and the tarantula - the real tarantula - in the cage. And strangely enough, I Mink it was probably O2012 Web of Stories I For further information, please reply to then the Royal Navy turned us down as well, so we didn't have a submarine. And what we did... we cut one of the submarines into three or four pieces and put them on low loaders and took them somewhere down on the south coast, assembled the pieces and floated them on big drums, like a raft really, and if you look at the film you wouldn't tell the difference because Roger (Moore) and Barbara Bach are lowered down from a helicopter into the conning tower of the submarine, and you would really believe it's a... real submarine floating at sea.' Watch these fascinating, insightful recordings, and many more, as a number of short clips, with a fully searchable transcript. All Web of Stories videos are easy to share with friends and colleagues, and may be embedded into personal blogs and websites. To find out more click here ) Should you west" to refer to Web of Stories and our video nterviews please ensure that a link to Web of Stones is clearly viewable on your site. wIo Illr EFTA01181736