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Schonbek crystal chandeliers play a pivotal role in the James Bond movie, “Die Another Day.” Here’s how it came about.
Filming was well underway for “Die Another Day.” The set was a cavernous Ice Palace constructed on the largest stage in Europe.
How to light it? The producers heard rumors of a crystal chandelier resembling a massive icicle on fire. They tracked it down. It was a Schonbek chandelier called “Jubilee.” It was a natural for the part.
Schonbek was asked to deliver 61 crystal chandeliers and wall sconces in little more than three weeks.
Impossible, most lighting manufacturers would say. But we were able to make the deadline because we maintain huge inventories of crystal and manufacture our own chandeliers. Challenging assignments present no problem. Much like Q, we relish the chance to exercise our ingenuity.
To quote set designer Simon Wakefield, “The Schonbek people were extremely quick off the mark whenever we asked them for anything.”
The firepower of the Schonbek crystal chandeliers rivals the firepower of Bond’s cars.
16,683 crystal jewels are displayed on the largest chandelier, which is 13 feet long. Counting the jewels in all the chandeliers and wall sconces, 150,610 crystal jewels bedazzle the eye (and stimulate the action) in the Ice Palace.
The chandeliers, according to Wakefield, were “well thought out and easy to assemble. There are always problems with lighting, but we had no trouble at all with these chandeliers.”
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