IN THE MOVIES – THE JUNK
(she’s also available for hire)
Image – James Bond – The Man with the Golden Gun outro scene (1974)
Lights. Camera. Action!
Movie and TV shoots on board Thailand’s most historic diving liveaboard.
007: Road to a Million (2025)
S2:E1
007: Road to a Million is a reality competition show spin-off of the James Bond franchise.
Hosted by Brian Cox, it features teams of two competing in a race to win £1 million each through a series of spy-themed challenges.
The series was made by 72 Films and MGM Television in association with Eon Productions for release on Amazon Prime Video.
The 8-part second series released on 22 August 2025.
Shanghai (2008)
After the makers of ‘Shanghai’ (released September 2009) were denied to shoot in Shanghai because of the subject of the movie (Shanghai 1941, drug lords and Japanese occupation) they shot in London and Bangkok instead.
We stripped and repainted the Junk in Phuket and sailed to Bangkok. That took us almost two weeks because we had to go all the way around Singapore! In Bangkok the Art department build a set on top of our deck and covering the wheelhouse to make her look really old and original. That took them almost three weeks.
We did one day with the main camera team and John Cusack on the Junk. And two weeks later two days of shooting with camera team two using stand inns and our own crew as extras.
It was a great experience to see how much work goes into a couple of minutes of movie time. On the day of the main shoot there were at least 150 people working.
Stranded (2001)
In 2001 she is in a Hallmark production, Stranded a remake of the famous movie “Swiss Family Robinson” by Walt Disney.
The Junk features as the “Albatross”, the ship used by the pirates.
The shooting was finished before August 2001. And the movie was released at the end of 2001 (2 x 2 hours TV release)..
The man with the Golden Gun (1974)
The Junk featured in movies as early as 1974 when she was still operational as a cargo vessel.
Everybody remembers the James Bond movie The Man with the Golden Gun. At the end James escapes with his Bond-girl on a Chinese Junk, the “June Hong Chian Lee”.
