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Location Information:
Cortina d'Ampezzo (German: Hayden)
is a town and comune in the southern
(Dolomitic) Alps and the province of
Belluno, Veneto, northern Italy.
Located in the heart of the
Dolomites in an alpine valley, it is
a popular winter sport resort known
for its ski-ranges, scenery,
accommodations, shops and après-ski
scene. After the scheduled 1944
Olympics had been cancelled because
of WWII, it hosted the 1956 Winter
Olympics as well as various world
cup events and motion pictures. Much
of 1963 classic The Pink Panther,
the progenitor of the series, was
filmed in Cortina. One of the
memorable James Bond stunt sequences
in 1981's For Your Eyes Only,
gunners on spike-wheeled motorcycles
chasing Roger Moore on skis, was
filmed on its slopes, as were
several scenes in the film
Cliffhanger.
The
surroundings of Cortina have been
the location for a number of movies,
including mountain climbing scenes
for Cliffhanger, Krull and The Pink
Panther. The resort was a major
location for the James Bond 007 film
For Your Eyes Only, including action
sequences set against a backdrop of
various winter sports and one of the
most famous ski chase sequences in
film, where Roger Moore as Bond has
to escape a crew of assassins on
spike-wheeled motorcycles, his route
taking them all onto the bobsleigh
run. The actual town centre was the
scene of the first attack on Bond
and his partner Melina Havelock
(Carole Bouquet) by two
motorcyclists who attempted to run
them over, only for Bond to
eliminate them both.
Audrey
Hepburn was a frequent visitor to
the slopes of Cortina. Close to
Cortina d'Ampezzo is San Vito di
Cadore.
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