GoldenEye [SEP] narrative location
his role, as Q. It was the first Bond film made after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, which provided a background for the plot. Principal photography for "GoldenEye" took place in the UK, Russia, Monte Carlo and Puerto Rico; it was the inaugural film production to be shot at Leavesden Studios. The first Bond film to utilise computer generated imagery, "GoldenEye" was also the final film of special effects supervisor Derek Meddings's career, and was dedicated to his
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- The observatory was used as a filming location in the climax of the James Bond movie "GoldenEye" (1995), and as a level in the accompanying Nintendo 64 video game "GoldenEye 007"; both depict the location as a secret antenna cradle in Cuba that is used to control the titular GoldenEye satellites.
- The film "Contact" (1997), based on the Carl Sagan 1985 novel of the same name, features the main character using the observatory as part of