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Filming in Las Vegas took place mostly in hotels owned by Howard Hughes, for he was a friend of Cubby Broccoli's.<ref name="booklet" /> Getting the streets empty to shoot was achieved through the collaboration of Hughes, the Las Vegas police, and the shopkeepers' association.<ref name="hamilton">{{cite AV media|title=Commentary track: Diamonds Are Forever Ultimate Edition, Region 4|people=[[Guy Hamilton]]|publisher=MGM Home Entertainment|medium=DVD}}</ref> The [[Las Vegas Hilton]] doubled for the Whyte House, and since the owner of the [[Circus Circus Las Vegas|Circus Circus]] was a Bond fan, he allowed the Circus to be used on film and even made a cameo.<ref name="cork" /><ref name="hamilton" /> The cinematographers said filming in Las Vegas at night had an advantage: no additional illumination was required due to the high number of neon lights.<ref>{{cite AV media |people=[[Peter Lamont]] |title=Commentary track: Diamonds Are Forever Ultimate Edition, Region 4 |medium=DVD |publisher=MGM Home Entertainment}}</ref> Sean Connery made the most of his time on location in Las Vegas.『I didn't get any sleep at all. We shot every night, I caught all the shows and played golf all day. On the weekend I collapsed – boy, did I collapse. Like a skull with legs.』He also played the slot machines, and once delayed a scene because he was collecting his winnings.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/history_press_daf_sean_connery_las_vegas_interview.php3 |title=Rare interview with Sean Connery on the set of Diamonds Are Forever in Las Vegas |website=[[MI6-HQ.com]] |access-date=30 March 2011 |archive-date=14 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314010104/http://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/history_press_daf_sean_connery_las_vegas_interview.php3 |url-status=live }}</ref> While shooting in Las Vegas, Connery dated his co-star Lana Wood and Jill St. John.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mi6-hq.com/news/index.php?itemid=9956|title=Bond girl Lana Wood talks about Sean Connery affair|website=MI6-HQ.COM|access-date=31 October 2020|archive-date=3 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603034549/https://www.mi6-hq.com/news/index.php?itemid=9956|url-status=live}}</ref>

Filming in Las Vegas took place mostly in hotels owned by Howard Hughes, for he was a friend of Cubby Broccoli's.<ref name="booklet" /> Getting the streets empty to shoot was achieved through the collaboration of Hughes, the Las Vegas police, and the shopkeepers' association.<ref name="hamilton">{{cite AV media|title=Commentary track: Diamonds Are Forever Ultimate Edition, Region 4|people=[[Guy Hamilton]]|publisher=MGM Home Entertainment|medium=DVD}}</ref> The [[Las Vegas Hilton]] doubled for the Whyte House, and since the owner of the [[Circus Circus Las Vegas|Circus Circus]] was a Bond fan, he allowed the Circus to be used on film and even made a cameo.<ref name="cork" /><ref name="hamilton" /> The cinematographers said filming in Las Vegas at night had an advantage: no additional illumination was required due to the high number of neon lights.<ref>{{cite AV media |people=[[Peter Lamont]] |title=Commentary track: Diamonds Are Forever Ultimate Edition, Region 4 |medium=DVD |publisher=MGM Home Entertainment}}</ref> Sean Connery made the most of his time on location in Las Vegas.『I didn't get any sleep at all. We shot every night, I caught all the shows and played golf all day. On the weekend I collapsed – boy, did I collapse. Like a skull with legs.』He also played the slot machines, and once delayed a scene because he was collecting his winnings.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/history_press_daf_sean_connery_las_vegas_interview.php3 |title=Rare interview with Sean Connery on the set of Diamonds Are Forever in Las Vegas |website=[[MI6-HQ.com]] |access-date=30 March 2011 |archive-date=14 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314010104/http://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/history_press_daf_sean_connery_las_vegas_interview.php3 |url-status=live }}</ref> While shooting in Las Vegas, Connery dated his co-star Lana Wood and Jill St. John.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mi6-hq.com/news/index.php?itemid=9956|title=Bond girl Lana Wood talks about Sean Connery affair|website=MI6-HQ.COM|access-date=31 October 2020|archive-date=3 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603034549/https://www.mi6-hq.com/news/index.php?itemid=9956|url-status=live}}</ref>



The home of [[Kirk Douglas]] was used for the scene in Tiffany's house, while the [[Elrod House]] in [[Palm Springs, California|Palm Springs]], designed by [[John Lautner]], became Willard Whyte's house.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hgtv.com/decorating/diamonds-are-forever/index.html |title=Decorating: Diamonds are Forever |publisher=[[HGTV]] |access-date=15 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100625022615/http://www.hgtv.com/decorating/diamonds-are-forever/index.html |archive-date=25 June 2010}}</ref> The exterior shots of the Slumber Mortuary were of the Palm Mortuary in [[Henderson, Nevada]]. The interiors were a set constructed at Pinewood Studios, where Ken Adam imitated the real building's [[lozenge (shape)|lozenge]]-shaped stained glass window in its chapel. The Garden of Remembrance scene was shot at Palm Downtown Cemetery, Las Vegas. During location filming, Ken Adam visited several funeral homes in the Las Vegas area, and the inspiration behind the gaudy design of the Slumber Mortuary, for example the use of tasteless [[Art Nouveau]] furniture and [[Tiffany lamp]]s, came from these experiences.<ref name="locations" /> Production wrapped with the crematorium sequence, on 13 August 1971.<ref name="cork" />

The home of [[Kirk Douglas]] was used for the scene in Tiffany's house, while the [[Elrod House]] in [[Palm Springs, California|Palm Springs]], designed by [[John Lautner]], became Willard Whyte's house.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hgtv.com/decorating/diamonds-are-forever/index.html |title=Decorating: Diamonds are Forever |publisher=[[HGTV]] |access-date=15 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100625022615/http://www.hgtv.com/decorating/diamonds-are-forever/index.html |archive-date=25 June 2010}}</ref> The exterior shots of the Slumber Mortuary were of the Palm Mortuary in [[Henderson, Nevada]]. The interiors were a set constructed at Pinewood Studios, where Ken Adam imitated the real building's [[lozenge (shape)|lozenge]]-shaped stained glass window in its chapel. The Garden of Remembrance scene was shot at Palm Downtown Cemetery, Las Vegas. During location filming, Ken Adam visited several funeral homes in the Las Vegas area, and the inspiration behind the gaudy design of the Slumber Mortuary, for example the use of tasteless [[Art Nouveau]] furniture and Tiffany lamps came from these experiences.<ref name="locations" /> Production wrapped with the crematorium sequence, on 13 August 1971.<ref name="cork" />



[[File:Moonbuggy from Diamonds Are Forever.jpg|thumb|Moon Buggy from ''Diamonds Are Forever'']]

[[File:Moonbuggy from Diamonds Are Forever.jpg|thumb|Moon Buggy from ''Diamonds Are Forever'']]

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