Bond On Bond: Reflections on 50 years of James Bond Movies

229 Pages·2012·60.002 MB·English

by  Roger Moore

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B
O
t he Bond movies remain the
longest continually running
N
film series in movie history, and
2012 marks its fiftieth anniversary.
D to celebrate these films and their
cultural heritage, Roger moore
has written a book that features

all the Bond movies, along with a
wonderfully witty account of his
B
own involvement in them. from the
girls to the villains, the cocktails
sir Roger moore is best known
O to the cars, and gadgets to the
for portraying British secret
from sean connery to daniel craig, a
locations and everything else, this
agent James Bond in seven films
celebration of 50 years of James Bond
beautiful book is illustrated with
N
between 1973 and 1985 and for
movies as told by the ever-popular and
hundreds of iconic images from
his role as simon templar in the
longest-starring 007, sir Roger moore
all the films plus many previously
long-running British television D
unseen photos from moore’s
series the saint. Born in london
personal collection. this is the
in 1927, he became a Unicef
ultimate James Bond book, written
goodwill ambassador in 1991
BOND
by the ultimate insider, with all the
and was knighted by Queen
R
affection and good humor we’ve
elizabeth ii in 2003.
o come to expect from Roger moore.
g
BOND
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Jacket design: Bret Kerr
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Front cover photo of Roger Moore licensed by Everett Collections
Jacket photographs © 1962-2012 Danjaq LLC and
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United Artists Corporation, All Rights Reserved Reflections on 50 YeaRs
Cover illustrations licensed by Shutterstock.com
R of James Bond movies
Printed and bound in China
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Lyons Press is an imprint of
Globe Pequot Press RogeR mooRe
Guilford, Connecticut
LyonsPress.com
LyonS
PRESS
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The Ultimate Book on 50 Years of Bond Movies
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For my favourite Bond girl – Kristina
First published in Great Britain in 2012 by
Michael O’Mara Books Limited
This Lyons Press edition first published in 2012
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CONTeNTS
INTRODUCTION 6
BOND ON BegINNINgS 10
BOND ON VILLaINS 26
BOND ON gIRLS 46
BOND ON gaDgeTS 66
BOND ON CaRS 88
BOND ON STYLe 108
BOND ON LOCaTION 130
BOND ON BONDS 150
BOND BeHIND THe SCeNeS 170
BOND ON SCReeN 184
BOND ON FILMS 196
INDeX 221
aCkNOwLeDgeMeNTS 224
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INTRODUCTION
T
he year 2012 not only witnesses the release of the twenty-
third James Bond film in the shape of Skyfall, but it also
marks fifty years since our intrepid hero first burst onto
cinema screens in Dr. No.
We’ve seen six incarnations of Jim Bond – whose name his
creator Ian Fleming borrowed from the author of a book entitled
Birds of the West Indies – in the official Eon-produced series of
below: The scene in which
the infamous line, ‘Bond, films: Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Timothy Dalton, Pierce
James Bond’, is first delivered Brosnan, Daniel Craig and ... erm ... oh yes, me!
by Sean in Dr. No. It has been suggested that over half the world’s population
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has seen at least one of the films in what has become the world’s above: Goldfinger was the
longest-running movie franchise; and a series in which 007 first Bond film to have a
has got to know over fifty-five ‘Bond girls’, has fought over 130 premiere, which was held at
villains and femme fatales, has knocked-back numerous vodka the Odeon Leicester Square.
The crowds went crazy and
martinis, has driven five different models of Aston Martin, has
had to be held back by the
visited over fifty different countries and has been armed with
police.
over one hundred gadgets and guns – a few of which he even
returned intact.
The escapism, entertainment, fun, beauty and thrills that so
encapsulate each and every film were set down by the blueprint
designed by producers Albert R. ‘Cubby’ Broccoli and Harry
Saltzman, who helmed the early movies together before Cubby
took the reins alone in 1977; which he in turn then handed over
to his daughter Barbara and stepson Michael in 1995.
The combined box office of the first twenty-two films has
exceeded $5 billion and while the Harry Potter and Star Wars
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above: Octopussy proved to films may come close, they have enjoyed more limited theatrical
be another crowd puller. life spans whereas Bond is very much set to continue indefinitely
and – who knows – maybe he too will even get a 3D retro-
makeover?
It isn’t just about cinema, either. I’m often told by people,
friends and fans, how they regarded it as a big occasion when
a Bond film first came on TV, in the dark ages before DVDs
and online streaming, that is, and I’m proud to say that when,
on Christmas Day in 1980, The Man With The Golden Gun
premiered, it attracted (and has since held the record of) the
largest ever audience of any Bond film on the box. In fact all the
007 films, not just mine, regularly attracted huge audiences on
broadcast, which, incidentally, the networks usually reserved for
Bank Holidays and Christmas. Coupled with those screenings,
the wide and affordable introduction of VHS (remember that?)
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