Double-O-Spectacle
Helping to cut into the beer-basted tedium of Shelter Bay is the presence of James Bond. Indeed, the 22nd James Bond movie, currently titled “Quantum of Solace” (are they really going with that?), is filming here at the marina. There are probably 200 film-related personnel milling about and occasional outbursts of activity. We’ve managed to bump into Daniel Craig a couple of times (yes, he’s also quite handsome in real life), and the high-speed dinghy chases and stunt-boat hijinks have been a welcome diversion. There’s an outside chance that Spectacle might make it into the movie (we’ve had to remove our Panamanian courtesy flag, as the scene is allegedly occurring in Haiti, a fact that is fairly indicative of the quality of the surroundings here). They shot a scene just yards from the boat but in the opposite direction, and they’ve done all manner of aquatic chase scenes and the like inside the marina. Spectacle might get into the B-reel setup shots, but probably not in any readily identifiable way. Still, it’s pretty cool to have movie magic just outside your doorstep, er — cockpit.