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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 e R m Jacket design: Bret Kerr o Front cover photo of Roger Moore licensed by Everett Collections Jacket photographs © 1962-2012 Danjaq LLC and o 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 e Lyons Press is an imprint of Globe Pequot Press RogeR mooRe Guilford, Connecticut LyonsPress.com LyonS PRESS BOND on BOND_final2.indd 1 6/15/12 9:26 AM 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 e R m Jacket design: Bret Kerr o Front cover photo of Roger Moore licensed by Everett Collections Jacket photographs © 1962-2012 Danjaq LLC and o 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 e Lyons Press is an imprint of Globe Pequot Press RogeR mooRe Guilford, Connecticut LyonsPress.com LyonS PRESS BOND on BOND_final2.indd 1 6/15/12 9:26 AM BOND ON BOND 001-005_USPRELIMS_BonBpage•.indd 1 9/5/12 16:04:18 001-005_USPRELIMS_BonBpage•.indd 2 9/5/12 16:04:27 BOND ON BOND The Ultimate Book on 50 Years of Bond Movies ROgeR MOORe with gareth Owen 001-005_USPRELIMS_BonBpage•.indd 3 9/5/12 16:04:33 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 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 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Designed and typeset by Design 23 The James Bond films, and all images within, are © 1962-2012 Danjaq LLC and United Artists Corporation, All Rights Reserved 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Printed and bound in China 001-005_USPRELIMS_BonBpage•.indd 4 9/5/12 16:04:33 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 224 001-005_USPRELIMS_BonBpage•.indd 5 9/5/12 16:04:33 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 001-009_PRELIMS+INTRO_BonBpage•.indd 6 9/5/12 16:09:44 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 INTRODUCTION 7 001-009_PRELIMS+INTRO_BonBpage•.indd 7 9/5/12 16:09:48 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?) 8 INTRODUCTION 001-009_PRELIMS+INTRO_BonBpage•.indd 8 9/5/12 16:09:52
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