Bottoms Up Club

{{Short description|Girlie bar in Hong Kong}}

{{Short description|Girlie bar in Hong Kong}}

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The '''Bottoms Up Club''' was a [[Strip club|girlie bar]] in [[Hong Kong]]. The bar became notorious for its appearance in the 1974 [[James Bond]] film [[The Man with the Golden Gun (film)|''The Man with the Golden Gun'']].<ref name="close">[http://www.mywire.com/a/AFP/Hong-Kongs-most-famous-strip/398624?&pbl=27 AFP: "Hong Kong's most famous strip club Bottoms Up to close", Mar 22, 2004] (full article [http://www.cinemablend.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-9209.html here] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511223736/http://www.cinemablend.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-9209.html |date=May 11, 2013 }})</ref><ref>[http://www.boston.com/travel/articles/2007/07/15/hong_kong_feels_like_a_movie_set_because_it_is/ ''The Boston Globe'': "Hong Kong feels like a movie set because it is", July 15, 2007]</ref> The interior of the club evoked the interior of the club as seen in the film.

{{Infobox venue

| name = Bottoms Up Club

| type = [[Nightclub]]

| opened = {{Start date|1971|03|df=y}}

| closed = {{End date|2009|07|df=y}}

| address = 14 [[Hankow Road]] (1971–2004)<br />37–39 [[Lockhart Road]] (2004–2009)

| city = [[Hong Kong]]

| country = China

| coordinates = {{Coord|22.2966|114.1710|display=inline,title}}

}}

The '''Bottoms Up Club''' was a [[Strip club|girlie bar]] in [[Hong Kong]]. The bar became notorious for its appearance in the 1974 [[James Bond]] film ''[[The Man with the Golden Gun (film)|The Man with the Golden Gun]]''.<ref name="close">{{cite web |url=http://www.mywire.com/a/AFP/Hong-Kongs-most-famous-strip/398624?&pbl=27 |title=Hong Kong's most famous strip club Bottoms Up to close |publisher=AFP |date=22 March 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511223736/http://www.cinemablend.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-9209.html |archive-date=11 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boston.com/travel/articles/2007/07/15/hong_kong_feels_like_a_movie_set_because_it_is/ |title=Hong Kong feels like a movie set because it is |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=15 July 2007}}</ref> The interior of the club evoked the interior of the club as seen in the film.

==History==

==History==

The Club opened in the basement of Mohan's Building<ref>[https://gwulo.com/node/6133 Mohan's Building (1963–2013) at gwulo.com]</ref> at 14 [[Hankow Road]]<ref>[http://traveldk.com/hong-kong/around-kowloon/dk/bottoms-up-1 traveldk.com – Around Kowloon: Bottom's Up]</ref> in [[Tsim Sha Tsui]], [[Kowloon]], in March<ref name="night" /> or May<ref name="close"/> 1971. One of its early managers was Pat Sephton,<ref name="night">[https://web.archive.org/web/20090723053857/http://www.time.com/time/asia/2004/journey/hk.html ''TIMEasia'': "Night School", July 19, 2004] (archive)</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081123090256/http://www.maryellenmark.com/text/magazines/london_sunday_times/904G-000-009.html ''The Sunday Times Magazine'': "Jittery City – Hong Kong now the party's nearly over", October 19, 1986] (archive)</ref> a former [[Windmill Theatre|Windmill]] model.<ref>[http://www.ft.com/arts/travel/hongkong/nightclubs "DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide: Hong Kong", 2003], reproduced on ''[[Financial Times]]'' website</ref> A 1994 court ruling requested it to remove its naked-buttocks neon sign, and to have its naked dancers wear bras or negligees. The Tsim Sha Tsui location closed in April 2004. Rising rents were cited as possible reasons for the closure.<ref name="close"/><ref name="night" /> The Club re-opened at the first floor of David House, 37–39 [[Lockhart Road]] in Wan Chai<ref>[http://www.jamesbondhk.com/hkbond.html James Bong in Hong Kong] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091023112021/http://www.jamesbondhk.com/hkbond.html |date=October 23, 2009 }}</ref><ref>[http://smokefree.com.hk/?q=chai Smokefree.com.hk] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081020161516/http://smokefree.com.hk/?q=chai |date=October 20, 2008 }}</ref> in May 2004,<ref>{{cite news |date=21 May 2004 |title=Bottoms Up toasts its new location in Wan Chai |url=http://www.scmp.com/article/456494/bottoms-toasts-its-new-location-wan-chai |work=[[South China Morning Post]] }}</ref> this time mainly as a [[sports bar]], with one of the original bars being recreated in a back room.<ref name="night" />

The Club opened in the basement of Mohan's Building<ref>{{cite web |url=https://gwulo.com/node/6133 |title=Mohan's Building (1963–2013) |website=gwulo.com}}</ref> at 14 [[Hankow Road]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://traveldk.com/hong-kong/around-kowloon/dk/bottoms-up-1 |title=Around Kowloon: Bottom's Up |website=traveldk.com}}</ref> in [[Tsim Sha Tsui]], [[Kowloon]], in March<ref name="night" /> or May<ref name="close"/> 1971. One of its early managers was Pat Sephton,<ref name="night">{{cite web |url=http://www.time.com/time/asia/2004/journey/hk.html |title=Night School |work=TIMEasia |date=19 July 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090723053857/http://www.time.com/time/asia/2004/journey/hk.html |archive-date=23 July 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.maryellenmark.com/text/magazines/london_sunday_times/904G-000-009.html |title=Jittery City – Hong Kong now the party's nearly over |work=The Sunday Times Magazine |date=19 October 1986 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081123090256/http://www.maryellenmark.com/text/magazines/london_sunday_times/904G-000-009.html |archive-date=23 November 2008}}</ref> a former [[Windmill Theatre|Windmill]] model.<ref>{{cite web |title=DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide: Hong Kong |year=2003 |url=http://www.ft.com/arts/travel/hongkong/nightclubs |website=[[Financial Times]]}}</ref> A 1994 court ruling requested it to remove its naked-buttocks neon sign, and to have its naked dancers wear bras or negligees. The Tsim Sha Tsui location closed in April 2004. Rising rents were cited as possible reasons for the closure.<ref name="close"/><ref name="night" /> The Club re-opened at the first floor of David House, 37–39 [[Lockhart Road]] in Wan Chai<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jamesbondhk.com/hkbond.html |title=James Bond in Hong Kong |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091023112021/http://www.jamesbondhk.com/hkbond.html |archive-date=23 October 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://smokefree.com.hk/?q=chai |title=Smokefree Hong Kong |website=Smokefree.com.hk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081020161516/http://smokefree.com.hk/?q=chai |archive-date=20 October 2008}}</ref> in May 2004,<ref>{{cite news |date=21 May 2004 |title=Bottoms Up toasts its new location in Wan Chai |url=http://www.scmp.com/article/456494/bottoms-toasts-its-new-location-wan-chai |work=[[South China Morning Post]]}}</ref> this time mainly as a [[sports bar]], with one of the original bars being recreated in a back room.<ref name="night" />

In July 2009 the club closed down.{{Citation needed|date=August 2009}}

In July 2009 the club closed down.{{Citation needed|date=August 2009}}

==In popular culture==

==In popular culture==

At the time of the film, the club was located in Tsim Sha Tsui, on the Kowloon side of [[Victoria Harbour]]. This gave rise to a movie [[blooper]] when Bond, played by [[Roger Moore]], is picked up outside the club by British agents posing as police, and is told he is being taken to a police station on the Kowloon side (of [[Hong Kong Harbour]]), when he is in fact already there.

At the time of ''The Man with the Golden Gun'', the club was located in Tsim Sha Tsui, on the Kowloon side of [[Victoria Harbour]]. This gave rise to a movie [[blooper]] when Bond, played by [[Roger Moore]], is picked up outside the club by British agents posing as police, and is told he is being taken to a police station on the Kowloon side (of [[Hong Kong Harbour]]), when he is in fact already there.

According to a former employee, while the film features footage of the exterior of the Club, the scenes inside the Club were actually filmed in a studio in the United Kingdom, where it had been recreated.<ref name="night" />

According to a former employee, while the film features footage of the exterior of the Club, the scenes inside the Club were actually filmed in a studio in the United Kingdom, where it had been recreated.<ref name="night" />

==References==

==References==

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{{Reflist}}

==External links==

==External links==

* [https://archive.today/20130123061157/http://www.flickr.com/photos/castlekay/3885745328/ 1973 advertisement for the Bottoms Up Club]

* [https://archive.today/20130123061157/http://www.flickr.com/photos/castlekay/3885745328/ 1973 advertisement for the Bottoms Up Club]

* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/mlorens/2286350329/ The sign of the Bottoms Up Club in 1985]

* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/mlorens/2286350329/ The sign of the Bottoms Up Club in 1985]

* Entrance of the Bottoms Up Club (Tsim Sha Tsui): [https://web.archive.org/web/20120328051106/http://bond.web.idv.hk/bond/image/scene/bottomsup2.jpg] [https://www.flickr.com/photos/tims/6370907/]

* {{cite web |url=http://bond.web.idv.hk/bond/image/scene/bottomsup2.jpg |title=Entrance of the Bottoms Up Club (Tsim Sha Tsui) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328051106/http://bond.web.idv.hk/bond/image/scene/bottomsup2.jpg |archive-date=28 March 2012}}

* {{cite web |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/tims/6370907/ |title=Entrance of the Bottoms Up Club |website=Flickr}}

* [http://www.corbisimages.com/stock-photo/rights-managed/JL002177/topless-french-hostess-in-the-bottoms-up/?ext=1 Inside the Bottoms Up Club (Tsim Sha Tsui)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930212223/http://www.corbisimages.com/stock-photo/rights-managed/JL002177/topless-french-hostess-in-the-bottoms-up/?ext=1 |date=2012-09-30 }}

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120930212223/http://www.corbisimages.com/stock-photo/rights-managed/JL002177/topless-french-hostess-in-the-bottoms-up/?ext=1 Inside the Bottoms Up Club (Tsim Sha Tsui)]

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20161015113100/http://www.panoramio.com/photo/33484199 Sign of the Bottoms Up Club (Wan Chai)]

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20161015113100/http://www.panoramio.com/photo/33484199 Sign of the Bottoms Up Club (Wan Chai)]

* {{cite news |title= Hong Kong's lavish nightclubs lose their appeal|first= Vaudine |last= England|url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/dec/12/hong-kong-nightclubs-lose-appeal|newspaper= [[The Guardian]]|date= December 12, 2012|access-date=October 15, 2013}}

* {{cite news |title=Hong Kong's lavish nightclubs lose their appeal |first=Vaudine |last=England |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/dec/12/hong-kong-nightclubs-lose-appeal |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=12 December 2012 |access-date=15 October 2013}}

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