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Why Did Indian Railways Force James Bond Action Sequence to be Rewritten? |
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Tuesday, 06 September 2011 08:13 |
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For the past few months producers of the 007 franchise have been frantically negotiating with the powers that be in India. They've been trying to sort out a major action scene involving Bond and train. From the get go they've only be interested in filming this scene in India, but were making no headway. At first it was revealed that the delay was caused by concerns of shutting down a track for five to eight days during a busy time of year. But we are now learning is the railway ministry is more concerned about the image of the country.
The big hiccup in negotiations were actually a result of the scene involving passengers on the roof of the train, which is a common practice in India despite what officials say. Even so railroad officials would like no mention of or images of passengers breaking the law with rooftop travel.
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