Here's something I never noticed before until today when I was trawling through my screen grabs to see what to put up. The following is a shot from Enter The Dragon and is taken from the scene after the fighters board Han's junk and set sail for his island.
On the left hand side you can see the crumpled, original incarnation of the Jumbo Floating Restaurant. In case you weren't aware, the Jumbo Floating Restaurant was due to open in 1971 but caught fire and was gutted on 30th October 1971 - 34 people were killed by the fire.
Enter the Dragon was filmed in the first half of 1973 (approx March till May) and it looks as though even then, nearly two years after the fire, the burnt-out shell of the former Jumbo was still moored at the southern entry to Aberdeen Harbour (close to where the current one is currently sited in Sham Wan).
The Jumbo we know today (which gets far more bad reviews than I feel it deserves) was opened in 1976 and the "Kingdom" - as it is now called - encompasses the previously independent Tai Pak Restaurant as well.
On the left hand side you can see the crumpled, original incarnation of the Jumbo Floating Restaurant. In case you weren't aware, the Jumbo Floating Restaurant was due to open in 1971 but caught fire and was gutted on 30th October 1971 - 34 people were killed by the fire.
Enter the Dragon was filmed in the first half of 1973 (approx March till May) and it looks as though even then, nearly two years after the fire, the burnt-out shell of the former Jumbo was still moored at the southern entry to Aberdeen Harbour (close to where the current one is currently sited in Sham Wan).
The Jumbo we know today (which gets far more bad reviews than I feel it deserves) was opened in 1976 and the "Kingdom" - as it is now called - encompasses the previously independent Tai Pak Restaurant as well.
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