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Austrian town hit by James-Bond-fever

Apr 29, 2008, 14:32 GMT

Vienna - Residents in the western Austrian town of Bregenz were keeping their eyes peeled Tuesday for actor Daniel Craig who is shooting several scenes for the upcoming James Bond movie in the town. A cardboard cutout of Timothy Dalton as James Bond in the centre of Feldkirch, Austria, 28 April 2008. Feldkirch will host shooting for the new James Bond movie from 29 April 2008. Cardboard cutouts of the main Bond characters have been erected around the city centre. EPA/DIETMAR STIPLOVSEK

A cardboard cutout of Timothy Dalton as James Bond in the centre of Feldkirch, Austria, 28 April 2008. Feldkirch will host shooting for the new James Bond movie from 29 April 2008. Cardboard cutouts of the main Bond characters have been erected around the city centre. EPA/DIETMAR STIPLOVSEKA film crew will be in town until May 9 to shoot scenes for Quantum of Solace, the latest instalment in the movie series featuring the British secret agent. Filming Tuesday started with a chase scene in the city's festival hall, a spokesman for the Bregenz opera festival said. The city's annual opera festival, with its signature floating stage on Lake Constance, will play a prominent role in the movie. In the evening several streets in the medieval town, with a population of 30,000, will be closed off for filming, before filming on the floating stage Wednesday. For James Bond to chase his adversaries across the huge stage, which is dominated by elaborate props and a huge eye, festival organizers set up a complete performance of Puccini's Tosca, complete with audience. The movie's plot remains a closely-guarded secret until it hits cinemas in November.

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