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Lot Essay
The Double-decker bus chase is one of the most unusual chase sequence of any Bond film. According to Pfeiffer and Worrall, Moore was given a 'crash course' in driving the bus, by Maurice Patchett, a London bus drivers' instructor. ..To achieve the stunt, production designer Syd Cain placed the top deck of the bus on rollers. Filmed in Montego Bay, these scenes, which last only minutes on film, took four days of intense work to achieve...
The boat jump, one of the most famous stunt sequences of any Bond film, was devised by Syd Cain, and arranged by Peter Lamont, whom Cain left in charge on location in Louisiana. Apparently, the jump took place in waterways outside New Orleans called the Harlem Back Levee, in an area which Lamont had to arrange to be dredged for the occasion. The ramp was built on oil drums which could be elevated to varying degrees of height. Jerry Comeaux who executed the jump, drove a Glastron GT150 boat, with a racing outboard engine, specially engineered by Evinrude. As soon as Comeaux hit the ramp he had to put the engine into the tilt position. The 87 ft. jump achieved for the film held the world record for such a feat for a number of years.
The boat jump, one of the most famous stunt sequences of any Bond film, was devised by Syd Cain, and arranged by Peter Lamont, whom Cain left in charge on location in Louisiana. Apparently, the jump took place in waterways outside New Orleans called the Harlem Back Levee, in an area which Lamont had to arrange to be dredged for the occasion. The ramp was built on oil drums which could be elevated to varying degrees of height. Jerry Comeaux who executed the jump, drove a Glastron GT150 boat, with a racing outboard engine, specially engineered by Evinrude. As soon as Comeaux hit the ramp he had to put the engine into the tilt position. The 87 ft. jump achieved for the film held the world record for such a feat for a number of years.