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Ko Ta Pu gained prominence in popular culture through its depiction in the James Bond film, The Man with the Golden Gun, where it was described as a 'mushroom-shaped rock' housing solar panels by Francisco Scaramanga. It also appeared in another James Bond movie, Tomorrow Never Dies (identified as being in Vietnam), and in the Italian film Quo ...
The most famous of the many islands in the bay may be the pair of Khao Phing Kan and Ko Ta Pu, the so-called James Bond Island; in the 1974 movie The Man with the Golden Gun, Khao Phing Kan is the home base of the villain, with the needle formed limestone rock of Ko Ta Pu, 20 metres (22 yd) off the main beach, featured prominently.
The province, located on the western side of the Malay Peninsula, encompasses the islands within Phang Nga Bay.Among these, Khao Phing Kan and Ko Ta Pu, often referred to as "James Bond Island," gained prominence following their appearance in the 1974 film The Man with the Golden Gun.
Lazenby's next Bond film, Saltzman told a reporter, would be either The Man with the Golden Gun or Diamonds Are Forever. The producers chose the latter title, with Sean Connery returning as Bond after Lazenby's resignation. [24] United Artists greenlit another James Bond film after viewing dailies of Moore's performance in Live and Let Die. [25]
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Ko Tapu or James Bond Island, an island in the Phang Nga Bay, Thailand This page was last edited on 18 August 2022, at 21:50 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
Original – Ko Tapu (Tapu Island) is a 20 m tall islet in front of the Khao Phing Kan islands, in the Phang Nga Bay, in Thailand. The island belongs to the Phang Nga National Park and since 1974 is also known as James Bond Island, because the James Bond movie The Man with the Golden Gun was filmed there Reason
English language references to the names of the Thai islands should not have an additional "island" added to their names, or else the ko should be left off. For example, "Ko Phi Phi Island" would be redundant, since "Ko Phi Phi" already means "Phi Phi Island" Various maps commonly spell Thai names differently, using different transliterations.