Can’t Wait Until December 1999 for Bond 19? Join us in Florida, USA, where key scenes and underwater sequences from “Goldfinger”, “Thunderball”, “Live and Let Die”, “Moonraker”, “Never Say Never Again”, “License To Kill” and “Tomorrow Never Dies” were shot, and in the
City of Gainesville, Florida, soon home to a new major motion picture studio with thousands of acres under a single roof, and where movies including “The Devil’s Advocate”, “Doc Hollywood”, “Cross Creek”, “Parenthood” and Sean Connery in “Just Cause” have been filmed, for the
Bond Collectors’ Weekend ’98!
Bring your trading items, your 007th sense of adventure and your war stories to the Inaugural Collectors’ Weekend! We promise friendly times, great talks and 007-ly fun at the lowest cost possible, (see below!) bringing Bond fans old and new together for a “Licensed to Thrill” time for all!
This will be an exciting an informal weekend of camaraderie and fun, by James Bond 007 collectors and fans, for James Bond 007 collectors and fans!
Schedule of Events Confirmed as of Monday, June 29, 1998
Friday, August 28 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM…Arrival and Check-in for 007 fans/meet with Weekend Hosts
4:00 – 9:30…”A View To A Kill” Reception pool side and dinner (bring your bathing attire, Mr. and Mrs. Bond!)
9:30 – 11:30…World Premiere of “The Spy Who Showed Me” (ultra-rare account of “The Spy Who Loved Me” filming in the famous 007 Studio at Pinewood)
Saturday, August 29 10:00 – 11:30…Shaken, Not Stirred Breakfast at Phil-Nick’s Restaurant, Sean Connery hang out from “Just Cause”
Noon – 6:00…Collectors’ Fun-Bring your trade items and photo albums of Bond events and places! Planned events include mini-toy show, rare book and magazine “Did you know?” discussion, rare video presentation, plenty of hang out time for collecting “small talk and chit-chat” and more!
6:30 – 9:00…The 007-worthy Bond-Be-“Q”-The only gadgets you need are a knife, fork and champagne glass!
9:00 – Midnight…Bondian Surprises with Fun and Games!
Sunday, August 30 9:00 – 10:00…Hotel Checkout if needed (we’ll help stow your traveling luggage at “MI-6” while you enjoy Sunday’s events!)
10:00 – 12:30…Bond Collectors’ Weekend Hosts an Exclusive 29th Anniversary Showing of “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” at the 270-seat Reitz Theatre
12:30 – 2:00…Lunch in the Reitz Food Court and a guided tour of UF campus including “Just Cause” location shooting and a visit with the “Live and Let Die Gators”
2:00 – Whenever!…Teary-eyed fans and friends stay for dinner with hosts or depart for home!
Your Hosts: Bryan Krofchok & Russell Mackenzie of “The Bond Index”, “The Golden Gleaner” and “Shaken, Not Stirred” Matt Sherman & Kees Boer of “Not Stirred Collectors” Steve Kulakoski of “For Your Eyes Only Books”
Cost Per Person: $69 Registration includes: Friday night reception and dinner, Gourmet “Bond-B-Q”, transportation to and from Gainesville, Daytona Beach or Atlanta airport or other point of entry, transportation to points of interest during weekend and to meals, etc., OHMSS Gala Tickets, prizes, surprises and more!
Accommodations: Hotel available inexpensively in Gainesville, plus we have room for a few Bond friends to stay with the hosts to help cut your costs…contact us for details!
Dress: Casual and comfortable for shorts weather (maybe a pair of slacks or jeans for air conditioned locations) and don’t forget your Walther PPKs!
Please contact us soon with your questions and to register. We’ll help you get best rates and times for air or other travel-thanks to Gator Country Travel for their help with travel arrangements.
Please contact Matt Sherman to register and help with your itinerary…please pass this invitation to your James Bond mailing list…we’ll make it happen! Let us know how we may help!
Matthew Sherman 007