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My Name’s Clinton, Bill Clinton.

In a move that can only be described as STUNNING, MGM Studios announced Friday, June 29th, 2001, that former President of the United States, Bill Clinton, will take over the role of James Bond from Pierce Brosnan effective immediately.

Publicity photos, like the one shown to the left, have already been distributed to the press. Inside sources say that even though Brosnan’s 3 films had grossed over $1 billion, producers balked at the decision to pay him the $20 million dollars he was asking for to do the next film. “We basically got Clinton for a song”, said longtime Bond producer Barbara Broccoli. “In fact, i’m not even sure we’re paying him. All I mentioned was that he would have to have sex with several different women, none of whom were his wife, and before I could even finish my sentence, he had signed the contract. I still don’t know what we’re paying him.” “We plan on doubling the amount of women Bond snogs in his next film. I think the most he ever had was four or five in one film. We’re prepared to have Clinton’s Bond snog at least eight or nine,” said Corwin Feldman, Head of Production at MGM. “Also, Clinton’s Bond will be the first one to be tested for and come up positive for Herpes. We thought it would be more realistic in this day and age for Bond, just like Clinton, to have a sexually transmitted disease.”

Debbie McWilliams, longtime casting director for the Bond films, tells 007Forever that Miss Moneypenny will soon be getting a new assistant: an intern at MI6. “We haven’t been casting for the role yet, but obviously of course Monica Lewinsky is high on our list of actresses we’d like to audition. McWilliams put to bed rumors that Roger Clinton will turn up as Felix Leiter. “That is absolutely untrue. He’ll be in the film as Jack Wade, provided he doesn’t relapse into his cocaine addiction by then” McDonalds has already expressed interest in doing cross promotional tie-is with the next Bond movie.

“We’d like to release an adult version of the Happy Meal when the next Bond film comes out, said Terry Walsh, CEO of McDonalds. “The adult version of the Happy Meal will come with a Big Mac, large order of fries, large coke and a very naughty toy.”

New York (D) Senator- Hillary Rodham Clinton expressed her desire to play “M” should Judi Dench not return to the role. On her way to a bra burning rally at Wellsley College, Ms. Rodham released this statement to the press: “It is with great pride and pleasure that Chelsea and I can support Bill in his new job. Thank God he finally has one. I thought he’d never get out of the house. I look forward to taking, er, um, I mean, accepting the role of “M” should something untimely happen to Mrs. Dench before filming gets started. I’ve always bossed Bill around. Everyone knows I was the President during his 8 year term. Heck, they should have impeached me. Now i’ll get to boss 007 around. Oh, I mean of course, as long as nothing happens to Mrs. Dench in the next few months that would incapacitate her from playing the role herself.”

007Forever reporters already have found President Clinton’s dedication to learning his craft refreshing. 007Forever reporters spotted President Clinton rehearsing love scenes with several different women in his trailer on the MGM lot, despite the fact that the film is not officially in production. Apparently, the new movie will call for a midget, as one was spotted going into President Clinton’s trailer surrounded by several nubile young women. Our reporters were not allowed to go inside the trailer, but we can tell you it was rocking for several hours. The desire to have an American play Bond is not something new. MGM has put pressure on EON before to hire actors such as Burt Reynolds or Tom Cruise to portray the world’s most dashing spy.

The films, if nothing else, have become more Americanized with each passing film. “We think an American Bond is something that the whole world will be able to relate to”, says Producer Michael Wilson in an exclusive interview with 007Forever. “Barbara and I were going over story line ideas about how to make Bond 20 topical and current and once the decision to hire Clinton was made, we both came up with the scenario: ‘What if M pardoned Blofeld? ‘ So Bond 20 will find 007 taking matters into his own hands as he seeks revenge against Blofeld from Norway, to Kenya, to Australia. It’s going to be the biggest, baddest, most outrageous Bond yet.”

In related news, Kevin McClory has filed a lawsuit to stop production, which begins in December, from taking place. “It’s an abomination what they are trying to do to the character of James Bond that I created,” said McClory, reclining comfortably from his home with one foot in the grave. “I created Bond and Blofeld. MGM, nor EON has the right to make any Bond movies featuring James Bond or Blofeld. I’m going to sue them for the 23rd time and gosh dang it, this time i’m going to win! Can someone please help me find my dentures?.”

The next Bond film, tentatively titled “From Norway, With Herpes”, is set to begin filming in late December.

McClory/SONY Film Revealed

Culver City, CA (API) As a result of the legal battle between SONY Pictures and MGM/UA Studios over ownership of the James Bond 007 franchise, producer Kevin McClory was forced by the court to make public some tantalizing details of the controversial Bond film he planned to produce in partnership with SONY. The court ultimately blocked this effort, awarding sole control of Bond’s onscreen image to MGM/UA.

Confirming omni-present rumors, mellowing sex symbol Sean Connery was indeed scripted to reprise his role as the dashing international agent 007. In a surprising twist, the plot would revolve not around Bondian daring-do for the British Secret Service, but focus on a personal vendetta. It is assumed that by excising the usual cast—M (007’s boss), Monypenney (M’s secretary who pines for 007), Q (Bond’s gadget supplier), etc.— McClory sought to evade the copyright question arising from his use of author Ian Fleming’s characters.

Treading in the questionable footsteps of the “Batman and Robin” misadventure, the film would pit 007 against multiple villains acting in concert to poison the globe. Calling themselves The Five Horsemen (Violence, Insurrection, Anarchy, Genocide, Retribution, and Abner), their plot to decimate the world is fronted by a drug company promising eternal youth in a pill. In a bizarre turn of events, the questioning, septuagenarian Bond would himself be drawn into the deception.
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SONY were also caused to reveal some curious sponsors who had already contracted—and paid for—product placements within the then unslated production. Co-marketers included such names as Sustecal, Centrum Silver, Del Webb, and Hyatt Inns & Resorts retirement properties.

McClory flatly stated that more than the usual spectacular combination of stunts, chases, and locales would be on view in his epic and that the real screen thrills wouldn’t even start until Bond captured VIAGRA.

Madonna Out, Manson In For Bond 20

NEW YORK – Shock-rocker Marilyn Manson will compose and perform the title song for “Die Another Day,” the newest James Bond film, the producers announced today at a formal press conference at.

“Die Another Day,” starring Pierce Brosnan as Secret Agent 007, is the 20th James Bond adventure. The movie is set for release on Nov. 22. “We are thrilled that Mr Manson, who is recognized as the world’s leading expert on death and dying, has agreed to compose and sing the song for the first James Bond movie of the new millennium,” producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli said in a statement released last week. “Mr. Manson’s fixation with death and the macabre will provide that much needed edge to the trademark Bond theme.” When forced to defend his decision, Wilson became aggressive. “I mean honestly. Have you listened to what’s out there? I mean really listened? Could you imagine N’Sync doing this? Goodbye Bond, will you die, die, die. It would have been horrible. This is the only way. The ONLY way”. He refused further comment.
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We at 007Forever.com caught up with Mr. Manson during his recent tour and when asked about his involvement with the James Bond franchise he stared blankly. “Who?” You know, Bond 20, Die another day. He smiled. “Death rules”. Ah, yes Mr. Manson. Our thoughts exactly.

James Bond Dies!

By curious quirk of fate, it seems there was a crisis brewing in the South China Sea. EON Productions reported yesterday that the dashing secret agent known as “007” has passed on.

It is not yet known whether he succumbed to intense ennui or merely multiple veneral diseases from his lothario lifestyle. MI-6 leaked an obituary for the greatest spy who ever lived. The eulogy was printed in the London Financial Times under the name “James Stock” and burial was at sea. A full British Naval display was in attendance. The deceased’s coffin was oddly shaped with a protrusion which looked like scuba gear. Professors Bechmann and Markovitz were also in attendance. Also Timothy Dalton, Roger Moore and Pierce Brosnan attended the funeral but not Sean Connery or George Lazenby. Neither of them could be reached for comment. Dalton was heard to say to an adoring crowd that “LTK rocks, baby! Yes, yes, rock on! Casino Royale in 2002! Peace, out!”

“We will simply assign the name “James Bond” and the “Agent Oh-Oh-Seven designation” to another ‘fella,” a source at MI-6 was heard to say. “That’s what we always do, anyway,” the source went on to report. “And you know what, 006 was always better. And that crazy 008! Don’t get me started! Everytime seven screwed up something royally, Sir Miles would threaten that 008 would be called in to replace James Bond. Frankly, I think they’re all insane. Cheers.”

EON and MGM have responded to MI-6’s news since their initial obituary announcement in the Times with the exciting news that they will simply make ANOTHER formulaic Bond film of some sort starring Vic Armstrong as a leading stunt coordinator. Some guy named “PB” will be called in for shots when lighting doubles aren’t standing in.

“Let’s face it…Bill Clinton could take over this role and people would still buy tickets. We’re delighted that the moviegoing public has always accepted all the marvelous actors placed in the role of Bond. They have never calculated 007’s true age or relevance to contemporary culture or even the fathomlessly remote possibility of a actual secret agent who 1) drives an Aston Martin at breakneck speeds through London, 2) is known by all his enemies on sight and 3) wears $5,000 Brioni tuxedos on his civil servant’s pay,” said a gleeful MGM spokesperson. “And no more hollowed-out volcanoes or Mr. Goldfinger’s twin brothers on our watch, by gum. We want Bond to be REAL.”
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More than $500 million in advertising tie-ins are planned including those vehicle manufacturers blissfully hoping to see their new luxury sports cars demolished on screen. This calculates to approximately $1 million per film frame or $0.000001 per advertising impression via future DVD rentals. “We’re honored to have the world’s greatest spy perpetually demolish our…beautiful…new…cars, AND their beverage cup holders,” said “R” (codename for an anonymous source at MI-6).

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How old is the latest incarnation of 007? Since Bond looked grimly some eight years ahead to retirement in Ian Fleming’s Moonraker novel, fictional (?) events thought to have taken place in 1952, the real, fake James Bond (not the bird watching fellow) would today be 86 years old, thus making EVERY Bond a “retro” film. This gallant, very senior and very civil servant would also drive a Bently, golf with a handicap of 8, drink a fifth of liquor nightly, and smoke 70-odd unfiltered cigarettes each day. Who says old age brings ennui?

In any case, we look forward to Brosnan and company kicking some serious tail in Bond 20. Bond is dead–long live Bond! You go, boy!

Goldfinger’s Hidden Message? (Mature Audiences Only)

WARNING: This humorous story contains adult content as double entendres. Not for minors.

Strictly as an expert in the field of psychoanalysis as it relates to literary and film criticism, I have been exploring for sometime Goldfinger, how it resonated with audiences in the ‘60s, not just young kids, but older men wanting to “live the Bond lifestyle”.

I have concluded that much dynamic tension in Goldfinger between Bond and the main villain is due to the subtext of Goldfinger, which is that of an aging Bond threatened by the impotency an even older Goldfinger represents! And only the virile Oddjob can successfully aid Goldfinger’s frustrated plans involving gold, the ultimate sex metaphor!

Let us begin by examining an action synopsis of the third Bond film. John Barry’s background score beats the march of time as James Bond, covered in costume and with his duck head submerged (head covered and also body, in a full body “condom”) makes his move. 007 is successful (read: virile) at the plant (and we all know what Georgia O’Keefe used plants as metaphor for) and glancing at his watch, (casually so as to attract no one’s attention…but the audience’s…in a bar where Bond can drink afterward) Bond is pleased when his “giant explosion” comes off right on time.

IF BOND HAS ENOUGH TIME to spare, he can then be with an exotic woman, a dalliance he has had at least ONCE before. As they embrace, she is distracted. In her eyes, Bond can sense another man who will interrupt them, and who will not be able to use his gun, (either) which Bond finds “positively shocking”. (Incredible foreshadowing as both a ticking bomb and electric shock will all but complete the psychosexual circle/climax near the end of the film.)

Next, the “Gold finger” title track cues the mood (the most popular soundtrack ever at that time!) and it is a title sequence indeed filled with hidden subtext. “Gold finger” is a subtle warning to Bond and NOT the golden girl–her fate is sealed, and so the coming golden girl represents impotency in old age (words he will pour in your ear, but his lies can’t disguise what you [Bond] fear…).

Following the title sequence, in Miami, Florida, Bond is “back!” (from the plant) …And John Barry brings in a jazzy number overlooking Miami Beach. Jazz is appropriate indeed, for the smooth, world weary Bond (From Russia With Love psychosexual fetish-weary? See related articles linked below.) Bond is draped luxoriantly inside a counter-culture hip beach scene oozing youth itself. (Miami Beach and the Fontainebleau are also a double metaphor in the film, no doubt, for old age and retirement.)

Bond has been with the beautiful Dink (ONCE) and has no TIME for more. Felix Leiter (played by the oldest-looking and oldest acting character actor to try the role ever, Cec Linder) will try to now light a fire under Bond. 007 finds “Jill” and completes his mission–he knows how Mr. Gold-finger cheats at “success.” He’s done for the day and can be with “Jill.” But no! He first has to “have a little fun with Mr. Gold-finger.” “Jill” will be involved also. They enjoy ONE time together. Things are now cold, Bond is COMPLETELY satisfied, emulating his President-cum-hero-cum-lothario-cum-From Russia With Love fetish-reader John F. Kennedy, who has been replaced by the older President Johnson!

With a lady’s remark a younger Bond would have sexually cued on, by Jill, for a SECOND go round, Bond instead brushes sex off next to head for the fridge, an ice cold box. No, to be warm again would be too much attenuated to the Beatles (young 1964 sex symbols with their virile haircuts). Opening the ice cold box and still “joking,” Bond could reach for the six pack of soda within–enough caffeine for a an erotic jolt, surely–but instead he is about to rest his hand on the ice cold phallic symbol of champagne–when he is struck down at the hand of “Odd job.” (Author’s note: It is highly significant to Gold finger’s impotency subtext that differing from the Fleming novel here, Gold finger does not sexually kill his gold woman…but Odd job kills her instead on Gold finger’s behalf.

“M” will now foreshadow what is to come next. An older, somewhat impotent man, he is unable to perform well and Colonel Smithers agrees that their “Brandy” (a popular English girl’s name) is rather disappointing lately. Bond thinks he knows what the trouble is but M’s heated advice is to “shut up and let Smithers lecture…” (on the effects of age) …and of gold. Bond knows a little about “gold” and will learn more from the older Smithers at this time. (Luckily, the older man does not have to repeat himself as he does when a much older Connery is lectured in “Diamonds”–Diamonds being of course, a sex metaphor about which Bond can “remember” even less…other than that the girls love them like their best friend!

MI-6 and M agree that Bond has failed at many levels with Mr. Gold finger. Bond should have NEVER gone for the champagne, if he hadn’t he would have been alert to Odd job’s presence. Even “Q” warns Bond sexually, next. “Whatever you do, don’t touch [it].” “You must be joking” is responded to by “I never joke about my [work]. Now, pay attention and this [sexual fulfillment] will only take another 90 minutes or so.”

Out on the golf course next but not fully back in the sexual saddle, Bond confronts his nemesis, old age, represented by the mysterious Gold finger. Each hole conquered by these aging men will represent a small triumph of one shilling. It is important that what little we can see of the game echoes the novel quite closely, with Bond’s drive arcing straight down the middle of the “fair” way, with Gold finger’s ball quite “lost in the woods”.

Note that Bond KNOWS well of Gold finger’s ball problem, because HE IS standing on it himself. His caddy will now assist in the confrontation. “If that’s his original ball (the virility of Gold finger’s past youth) I’m Arnold Palmer (champion stud of the world)…” says the aging, near impotent caddy, Hawker. (The caddy at Stoke Poges was a friend to Bond in his virile one-time youth, of course, in the Gold finger novel.) “Come now.” says Mr. Gold (and finger). “You didn’t come hear to play golf (with your sticks and balls).” Bond now drops gold (the ultimate sex metaphor for the sophisticated tastes of Bond) onto the ground, and right out of his pants at that!
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007 is actually testing Gold finger to see if he can learn better from him about “smuggled gold” than he did from “M” (“mother” or “male”) or Smithers. Gold finger’s response? He is intrigued by the “gold,” certainly, but his own ball curves promptly away from the hole. Caught dead as impotent! Bond is trapped. Old age brings the dreaded impotency, even for the superlative Mr. Gold finger!

All is not lost, yet. Bond chooses to defeat old age (Gold finger) by SWITCHING BALLS. He can thus become Gold finger (or an older man someday) and still “win sexually”, or so he believes. It is therefore GOLD FINGER’s ball that the youthful, strong Odd job will crush symbolically and then discard for his impotent master as Bond watches and tries (unsuccessfully to the audience) to hide his fear of Gold finger’s crushed ball. This dramatic event of switching revealed will not occur, of course, until Gold finger has first used his virile stand in, Odd job, to sever the head from a statue (representing militant, raging impotency). “[Frighteningly impressive.] What does the CLUB secretary (not the club officer but a female secretary in subtext) think about such behavior?” “Nothing, Mr. Bond. I own the CLUB.” (Not the golf club but Oddjob as substitute male phallus, who can only grunt and snort to communicate, the ultimate “Monday Night Football” machismo.)

Things speed ahead fully, now. Gold finger is to be killed by a lesbian’s gun, which almost kills Bond instead when it “fires off” in an inappropriate manner. Bond tries to pick up the lesbian, knowing she is Jill’s sister (!) and falls flat or rather, two flat tires as the case may be. A series of cat and mouse games ensues at great length and with clever film pacing, much to the delight of the audience. Bond is watching Gold finger (will there be time for even a quick one on the watch?) … but poor old “Q” felt “it [sex in old age] is not designed entirely for that purpose”. Gold finger’s “incredible gold supply” is hidden, smuggled, dragged across the Channel, cut out of an automobile, mocking Bond’s “cut ejector seat mobile”, crushed and (a little of it, presumably) retrieved from a Mafioso, “wasted” on painting women, etc.

Bond’s coming “golden doom” seems sure. It would not take a rocket scientist to see the nefarious ejector seat and laser table for what they represent, though the laser represents an “emitted light” not found in “nature” (youth). Gold finger says “Come, I will show you…” [Bond’s questions regarding old age and impotency.] Gold finger is resigned to his fate, not frustrated or even mildly angered at Bond’s coming predicament of impotency, though he himself has been in love with “gold” lifelong. He would welcome ANY enterprise that would increase his stock…but he won’t take any gold from “Fort Knox”, as we shall see. (And you thought the laser table represented castration, but lasers sear and cauterize old wounds, my dear readers…!)

Exasperated and near desperate, Mr. Bond is now perhaps more vulnerable emotionally than he will ever be in TWINE or License To Kill. “Do you expect me to talk (about my recent impotency troubles)?,” asks Bond. “No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die…” (On your own, not “I will kill you…kill your vigor…time marching inexorably ahead will do it, just you wait. I will stand here, not killing you myself but I will watch you die.” Is it any wonder this is one of the most popular movie sequences ever?) “Ah, but doesn’t even Gold finger have one more “grand slam” left?” asks Bond as a follow-up question. Operation Grand Slam, as we will see shortly, is “Chance words meaning nothing to you [your sex troubles].”

Bond is now shot “dead” or “fully impotent” but rather wakes with a beautiful lesbian. A young girl wants to watch his transformation through time (the same clock shown in Gold finger and Thunder ball!) and Bond hides his transformation from her but onyl somewhat successfully. 007 wrestles with lesbian Pussy Galore, him on top, her on top, she his near-equal, while Leiter assures his younger and virile but inexperienced CIA colleague that Bond will be at Gold finger’s ranch all day with the girls. (I haven’t entirely formulated what the “palm trees in Kentucky” metaphor indicates here but have submitted my research thus far to the AMA.)

Only Galore’s “maternal instincts” save the day for Bond’s sexual prowess. Bond does manage though, ONCE. At last, “Grand Slam” is revealed, and also, why it means to nothing to Bond’s quest to not only serve MI-6 but himself, and find where “all the gold is”. It’s not that the aged Gold finger wants to re-acquire more potency or “gold”. He wants to keep the whole world from having it and makes his own, relatively smaller stock seem bigger! Remember, dear reader, Bond has spent several long hours taking stock of Gold finger’s plan and now has an added measure of respect for Gold finger’s plan, even underestimating the amount of time the “gold” will be “dead to the world”. (President Kennedy/Johnson’s “good gold” of the bank of America, of course.)

Finally, oh finally, things will turn about or even “up”. Pussy and the girls “kill” the American soldiers, Leiter included, though they will soon pop up fully erect to defeat Gold finger’s minions! Odd job will be killed using the very weapon that was to sever Bond’s head (Though, mind you, even Bond could not sever Odd job’s massive head with it directly) and Odd job will be “positviely shocked.”

A frustrated Bond is about to yank his own cord in two, however, when the bomb will be stopped by an older man who presses a button, more gently than Bond’s rough and desperate touch, stopping the countdown just as it is about to erase “007,” Bond’s “hot number.” Things are really looking up for Bond, (pun not intended) especially when he is to board a plane and have a few more beverages (“Brandies, perhaps?”) before he meets the President who was formerly entirely satisfied himself!

Bond sucks Gold finger out through a hole using Gold finger’s own impotent gun, which Gold finger may only wave about, idly. There is a final moment of frightened exhilaration, one last danger, when even Pussy Galore cannot turn the doomed phallic plane away from its arc, which is nearly straight downward. The plane explodes prematurely before hitting the “wet” and then Bond completes the pre-teaser picture by wrapping him and Galore in the parachute (full body condom again and ultimate closure).

James Bond’s virility will be back!

Then again, sometimes gold is just…gold.

Five James Bonds To Visit Fan Festival

**Historic Event Unites EON Film Legends In New York**

In an unprecedented event in 007’s history, all five principal actors who have portrayed the secret agent with a License to Kill will meet on Saturday, April 13, 2002 in New York City, to kick off a half-year-long official MGM fortieth anniversary celebration of the James Bond movie phenomenon, culminating in late 2002 with the release of the 20th Bond film. “Dr. No,” the first James Bond movie for the big screen, was first released to theatres in 1962.

The Bondlist staff and many member contributors will be present to witness this historic undertaking. One of the largest press cadres ever seen in New York is expected to be present at this special event, which will rival
the most popular theatre and film events in scope. Coney Island’s world famous amusement fair will be the setting for this incredible event honoring the 007 legacy and James Bond’s fans worldwide.

Richard Kiel, known to an adoring public mainly as the world’s most nefarious orthodontics patient, “Jaws,” will bite lustily into a delicious Coney Island frankfurter covered with five unique condiments to celebrate the five James Bonds of the EON films and begin the day’s schedule of events. Kiel’s foot-long frank and bun will be slathered with six eggs of choice Beluga “Thunderball Caviar,” seven wafer-thin slices of “Roger’s Smooth Foie Gras,” two gourmet “Daylights White Truffles,” three meager squirts of “Mars Attacks Ketchup” and one cheap dash of on “Her Majesty’s Secret Recipe Mustard”. “I plan to go to thish shinding to shee Richard again while jusht enjoying my favorite Nathan’sh hot dogsh,” shed [said] Shir Shean [Sir Sean] Connery.

The event will also celebrate (shellabrate?) the hoopla 49th anniversary of the publication of “Casino Royale”, Ian Fleming’s first novel, released for general distribution by Jonathan Cape on the afternoon of April 13, 1953. “I’ve yet to actually read any book of more than a few pages’ duration, but plan to browse quite carefully the dust jacket notes of the first edition Casino Royale on display in Brooklyn next April…That ought to do me nicely,” said suave Australian actor George Lazenby, who nearly killed single-handedly the James Bond movies in 1969’s “On Her Majesty Secret Service”, rescued only by an intense, dubbed performance by Gabriele Ferzetti as “Marc-Ange Draco”.

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Martin DB5 model from Johnny Lightning, made especially for this show and limited to only umpteen-jillion copies, will be presented to Sir Sean and “the other fellas”. It is not known whether the five Bonds will rip open their packages instantly to trade with each other to acquire the trading cards inside with their own likenesses.

Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, George Lazenby and Pierce Brosnan will then read aloud from the main stage podium a prepared tribute to their dear friend, Sean Connery, in honor of his knighthood by H.R.M. Queen Elizabeth,
with the first words of the text reading, “Thank you for making 16 hack spinoffs and more of “Goldfinger” possible, and for keeping an entire movie company, indeed the entire movie industry, gainfully employed.” Following the ceremony, Connery is expected to sue persons unknown for more than a quarter of a billion dollars.

More than five million fans are expected to crowd the world’s most famous beach late on Friday afternoon to receive autographed color still photos signed by all five Bonds personally, for only $5 apiece. Selected scenes from the twentieth EON opus, “Dr. Pepper Chancefinger,” will be later be shown on giant water sleds in the Atlantic Ocean offshore, following the event’s nighttime fireworks display over the New York City beach. The world famous Blue Angels will also flyover the show during the day, with, of course, five veddy British-like fighter pilots in tight formation thrilling the adoring crowds below. NYC Mayor Rudolph Giulani is expected to join Senator Hillary-Rodham Clinton in providing a commemorative Key to the City, shaped like General Ourumov’s GoldenEye passkey, along with substantial tax benefits and building permits within midtown Manahattan, to each of the five Bonds.

Diana Rigg is rumored to be the “Mystery” guest along with Barry Nelson at the closed party “Casino Night” for EON cast and crew on the evening of Friday, April 12. Meanwhile, Charles Gray, “Ernst Stavro Blofeld” in 1971’s “Diamonds Are Forever,” along with headliners Donald Pleasence and Telly Savalas, the three principal actors who portrayed the larger than life arch-villain onscreen with the Bonds, could not be reached for comment.

To sign up ahead of time for press passes to this historic event, visit the Five Bonds Historicity Website at www.aprilfoolednone.com.

Film Bloopers: The Eye That Never Sleeps

“The Eye That Never Sleeps” is more than a chapter designation in Ian Fleming’s novel, “Diamonds Are Forever”. It is an expression we coin at 007Forever to refer to the watchful eyes of line producers, directors, script editors, etc. who are vigilant to check on their films in progress for “bad matches,” moments when movie continuity or logic goes awry.

It stands as a great testimony to the staff of EON Productions these last 35-plus years that the Bond films are as outstanding as they are, with few goofs, though fanatics who have seen the movie 97 times always manage to catch something…

If you see bugaboos not reported here send them along to us online!

Cheers and happy viewing!

YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
While Bond is in the car with Aki and talking on the monitor with Tiger Tanaka, the background and foreground projection shows a bend coming up in the road but Aki doesn`t turn the steering wheel so technically they should have gone straight off.

DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
Gun barrel opening: Bond stumbles during his turn and shoot as in Thunderball and You Only Live Twice.

In the scene with “Marie,” the camera cuts to a shot of Bond, who moves too far away at one point, too close for a conversation and back again. Dubbing is not too hot here either. Check it out.

Q’s Amazing Jacket: During the teaser, Bond splashes mud on his jacket. He stands up and the jacket is spotless again. Squirting “Blofeld” with water in that scene, the “deceased” blinks and flinches.

Maurice Binder’s main sequence has Blofeld’s cat do a few strange moves across the titles. Watch closely.

As Sir Donald walks to his liquor table and Bond follows, the camera and crew are a reflection in Munger’s bookcase. Same thing happens as Peter Franks drives to the customs office and parks his car out front of an office window. The crew lingers even as Moneypenny grabs Bond’s car.

Sir Donald says, “The whole process, from start to finish, operates under an airtight security system. It’s an essential precaution, even though the industry prides itself on the loyalty and devotion of its workers.” The second time he repeats this entire line!, he adds the word “necessary” after “essential.”

Wint kills the dentist with a deadly and dreaded rubber scorpion. Beware this incredibly deadly beast in the Las Vegas desert also! Watch out!

The helicopter lands in the desert with a red stripe on the rear of the craft. Wint and Kidd hand the pilot a box containing diamonds as the red stripe changes to a green stripe.

The famous elevator fight is one of the finest action scenes ever shot on film. Peter Franks hefts a crowbar, however, that he mysteriously drops, re-lifts and drops again very quickly as he is sprayed with the fire extinguisher.

Shady Tree opens Bond’s smoking hot coffin with his bare hands. Ouch!
Willard Whyte spares no expense, even for his pipeline, inside which, underground at night, Bond can see quite well, thanks.
In the sideshow at the casino, the fellow running the action identifies “the beast” as originating from Nairobi, South Africa. Nairobi is in Kenya, not even in Southern Africa.

Bond’s famous rental, a ‘71 Ford Mustang, has California plates at the shop in Las Vegas. Bond leaves McCarrin Airport in the ‘Stang, driving it just down the street and into the lot of the “Whyte House”—a movie “fast trip” if ever there was one. If we can go that fast in July, we will see plenty of sights during our Bond Weekend 1999!

Bond sneaks aboard Dr. Metz’s minivan with a henchman in a car behind the minivan—the henchman does not bat an eye at Bond’s breaking and entering! The bumbling Metz does not notice Tiffany Case following close behind all the way to Techtronics, either.

The moonbuggy crashes through the wall of Techtronics through a rather small hole—watch closely. The famous buggy wheel flies off and back on again in two quick cuts. “Q” picked up a variation on this in a recent BMW sedan, you know—re-inflating tires, actually John Gardner’s idea.

Leaving Techtronics, 00-you-know-who says “If you see a mad professor in a mini bus, just smile.” The boom microphone on the shoot appears in the front windshield and throughout this entire scene.

During the car chase down Fremont Street, it appears as if people have gathered to watch the filming of a movie—not too much different from our Bond Weekends, really, when we wear our costumes on Friday night! During the chase, when cars go on the sidewalk, four people are nearly struck. They run out of the way just in time—actually disappearing like David Copperfield in the next shot! Watch closely.

Luckily, outside the Golden Nugget casino, a barricade is thoughtfully blocking pedestrians from injury! (Bond drives past the Golden Nugget Casino a dozen times in less than a few seconds, by the way—those Mustangs do go fast.)

When the police chase Bond and Tiffany through the parking lot, you can see wooden panels on the side of a building to cushion the impact of the police car, which crashes into it.

Need we mention that Bond tilts the Mustang to the right to get through the gap between buildings, but upon emerging, the car is tilted to the left? Probably not, but did you notice the fake alleyway was widened for the Mustang to pass through, then narrowed so the police car couldn’t give chase? The Mustang was angled wider on two wheels than on four.

When Bond rides the elevator outside the Whyte House, you can see his shadow on the street below. This is when he is at the top of the elevator. Now 007 casts a big shadow, but not that big. Apparently, his shadow is on the rear projection screen that shows the background of the street.

When Bond seeks help from Q in finding Willard Whyte, Q changes Bond’s voice so that he sounds like Blofeld’s accomplice, Bert Saxby. Blofeld gives “Saxby” an order to assassinate Willard Whyte. How does the real Saxby know to do so later?

When Bond is fighting Bambi and Thumper they throw him into a stack of metal tubes. You can see that all the tubes fall over Bond, but the last one takes a little longer time before it falls over completely. Once this tube hits the floor, there is no loud crash like there was for the previous ones—perhaps another of Q’s patented tricks.

During the fight between Bambi and Thumper, a close look at the black villainess’s dive into the pool shows her to be a different stunt actress, wearing a wig. Once she is in the pool, however, she is clearly a white stuntwoman in poor makeup!

After Bambi and Thumper have pushed Bond in the pool, he manages to get the upper hand and hold them underwater. His hair is a mess—obviously, Roger Moore was called in as a stunt double, though, for Bond’s coif is back to normal, moments later. During the pool fight, Bond holds Bambi underwater with his right hand and a moment later releases her from under his left hand. Following the above, Bond climbs out of the pool completely soaked yet his clothes are dryer than his martini when he meets Willard Whyte!

Saxby is shot in typical Bond style, with little blood and no bullet hole.

When Q uses his “RPM controller” in the Whyte House casino, no jackpot bells indicate any big wins.

It is essential to the plot that Tiffany is ignorant that Blofeld runs the smuggling pipeline. She tells Bond, “All I hear are voices on the phone…” yet she chooses to follow Blofeld walking through the hotel lobby with “her” white cat.

Master chemist and scientist Ernst Blofeld says, “Science was never my strong suit!” Charles Gray as Blofeld also has a full head of hair. Apparently, he is not just the President of SPECTRE, he’s also a member!

Q’s “inflatable container” for the oil rig scene is truly wondrous—its parachutes unhook and completely disappear without any aid from Bond. Did you catch those inflatables again lately in the movie The Avengers?

Bond escapes from confinement under the oil rig and bullets impact close to him. An explosives charge to simulate bullet hits can be seen in mid-air and a plume of smoke when the “gunshots” have ceased.

Five “good guy” helicopters fight the oil rig, including one carrying Willard Whyte, who manages to switch copters in mid-air. Watch closely for his “different” than “same” copter.

LIVE AND LET DIE
The high priest is bitten by his snakes when he fells into the coffin. But minutes later he stands with a snake above his head. (By the way – it is NOT a poisonus snake – it is a constrictor!!!)

THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
In the pretitle sequence an assasin is sent to kill Scaramanga. On his gun he carries a silencer, yet when he shoots it, you can clearly hear the sound of a gun without the silencer attached.

THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
When James takes the Lotus Esprit into the water, he askes her if she can swim and Anya lets out a scream of fright. Yet minutes later she is pushing buttons in the car and confessing she stole the blueprints to the car years ago. Well, if she stole the blueprints years ago, why was she so scared?

Bond is fleeing his pursuers on skis in Austria (actually Asgards Peak in Canada) when he skis off a cliff. Look closely and you will see the path had been cleared previously by the crew for the stunt to take place.

MOONRAKER
When Bond is fighting in the plane if you look at the flap at the back of his jacket there are two slits but when he has been pushed out of the plane the jacket changes to just one slit at the back.
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FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
Playing Chemin de Fer, 007 gets a five and an ace. Yet the croupier gives Bond the win by stating he accumulated a count of nine.

When Bond kicks Locques car over the cliff you can see that the car has no engine. Yet it was a fully functioning car just seconds before. Did Bond strip the car for it`s engine and other parts before killing Locque? And when Locque`s body is thrown from the car, it`s clear that the “body” is a dummy, or mannequin.

In the sunken ship sequence between Bond, Melina, and the intruder in the diving suit, a cable can be seen pulling Mrs. Bouqet up towards the ceiling in order to “tear” her wetsuit. The man in the diving suit was supposed to be strong enough to push Melina up towards the ceiling, but the producers obviously gave him a little help.

OCTOPUSSY
In the pre-credits sequence, as the Acrostar flies through the warehouse, you can see if you look carefully enough the pole upon which the mock jet is impaled on.

When Vijay is “fishing” (while James is with Octopussy), his shirt is 2 buttons shy of being buttoned to the top. When the intruders sneak attack him from front and behind, they rip his shirt 4 buttons down and nearly to the navel. Then when Gobinda walks down the steps and looks at Vijay, his shirt is back to being buttoned 2 buttons from the top. Then, when we look at Vijay from the vantage point of the goon with the buzzsaw, we see Vijay`s shirt is unbuttoned 3 or 4 notches again.

During the film`s climax, the stuntman doubling for 007`s parachute can clearly be seen when the wind blows open his jacket. Later, when Gobinda falls off the plane, you can clearly see the orange straps of his parachute underneath his jacket as he spins away.

A VIEW TO A KILL
Mayday and Zorin put Bond in the Rolls Royce and let it roll into the lake. Yet you can see the cable pulling the car into the lake (obviously gravity needed a helping hand).

In the mine shaft scene between Bond, Mayday and Stacy, Mayday grabs Stacy`s uniform and tries ripping it to shreds. Stacy slips out of it in an effort to give Mayday the slip, but Mayday rips the left side of Stacy`s skirt clear up the left thigh. And yet amazingly Stacy emerges from the shaft with skirt intact. She`s also wearing high heels, but on the Golden Gate Bridge her heels somehow managed to give way to flat heeled shoes.

How does Stacy manage to be snuck upon by a blimp? In any case, the harness that holds Christopher Walken in as he reaches out to grab Tanya Roberts can clearly be seen for about two seconds. Also, note the change in hair style between Mrs. Roberts and her stuntwoman as the stuntwoman gets swept up into the zeppelin.

THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
When James and Kara are surrounded by Czech police out on the large, icy lake, Kara yells out James` name. Yet he had never told her his name. How did she know? 007 would never have passed up an opportunity to say his famous line.

The hole in the ice that Bond`s tire rim cut is quite large when first cut. But when the police car falls into the lake, the circle seems to have shrunk. Also, notice how Bond`s car tire is blown off in one sequence but then later shows up when he makes the car jump over the Czech border patrol. Apparently “Q” invented re-inflating tires but failed to publcize the invention till Bond`s Tomorrow Never Dies mission.

Kara makes Bond a vodka martini at their villa in Tangier. She asks him: “Did I get it right?”, implying that they`d not only had drinks before, but that he`d taken the time to show her how he likes his martini made. Yet when was there ever time to stop for martinis?

During the climactic showdown in the C-130 Hercules (disguised to represent a Russian transporter), Necros and Bond fight in the bay doors. They are clearly open. But then in the very next wide shot of the plane, the cargo doors are closed. Not only are the doors closed, but the wire the model is hanging on shimmers ever so briefly in the light.

Bond tells Kara to get in the jeep quickly. There`s no place to land. The plane`s propellers stop twirling in mid air, yet before it crashes all four propellers are twirling again. What`s worse, when Bond and Kara propel out of the back of the plane, it`s mere feet off the ground. Yet when it slams into the mountain, it has managed to climb several hundred feet in seconds.

Bond infiltrates Whitaker`s villa in the dead of night. Yet when he knocks out the guard patrolling the pool area, it is daylight outside. Somone did a poor job of masking or filtering the time of day the scene was shot.

When Koskov`s plane lands in Afghanistan, it`s equipped with a kitchen, overhead compartments, and seated rows. The next day none of that is in the plane, and instead a jeep has been put in place. While this isn`t technically a blooper, did Koskov switch planes? Was the plane`s seating area portable? A little explanation wouldn`t have hurt. Then there`s the matter of Kara, Necros and Koskov and Saunder`s assasination at Prater Park. It`s hard to believe that Necros didn`t know that Koskov had a girlfriend, let alone that she was the sniper and was alive and well and with Bond in Prater Park. If he had, the whole dynamic of his plan would`ve changed because he then would`ve known Bond was on to the three of them (Necros, Koskov and Whitaker).

LICENSE TO KILL
Bond, in a stolen tanker truck, realizes he`s about to be shot at with one of the Stinger Missles. So he steers the tanker over a mini-hill and tilts the truck on it`s left wheels. This allows the Stinger Missle to miss Bond and hit a tanker Bond forced into the side of a mountain minutes earlier. The only problem with this sequence is the long shot that shows the area behind Bond is flat, straight and without a tanker truck.

Bond mentions to Lupe that he thought she hated “that thing” (the Iguana). How could he know that since he wasn`t around when she told that to Sanchez?

In “License”, Bond and Leiter can be seen circling the church at low altitudes in the chopper, but when they jump out, they are suddenly very high up!

In License To Kill, Sanchez gets back at Leiter for capturing him. Leiter is permanently maimed, and his new bride raped and murdered. The question is: Why wasn`t there retaliation against Bond? After all, it was Bond that reeled Sanchezes plane in. The writers threw in the line that Bond was “just along for the ride”, but that was essentially thrown in to make it look like Sanchez wouldn`t waste his time on a man like Bond, and thus allow Bond to track Sanchez down in Isthmus and kill him. This still doesn`t make sense because Bond goes to Isthmus and uses his real name. It`s highly unlikely that Bond`s name never came up when Killifer briefed Sanchez on who captured him. If Sanchez was only interested in Leiter, why kill Della? Essentially, this was one plot point injustice overlooked that eventually created even more plot holes.

GOLDENEYE
When Bond and Natalya slide down the dish, pads and rollers can clearly be seen underneath them in several key shots (particularly when Natalya`s legs are up in the air).

James and Natalya are nearly over the lake and into the woods, yet when then the missle hits the plane there manages to be enough water for the plane to skid across.

When Bond leaves the casino and runs up the stairs at the outdoor theatre, he views the yacht by putting the single lens of the binoculars to his LEFT eye. Then the scene cuts to the nameplate of the yacht (MANTICORE) and Bond is looking through the lens with his RIGHT eye–Alex Ayres

Why do Trevelyan’s guards shoot machine guns near 006’s gas tanks, the very thing someone was killed for earlier in Russia? Did Bond then slide a gun or a limpet mine across the floor? Watch carefully.

Bond somehow gets a pair of racing gloves on while riding the second motorcycle.

Questionable: When Bond is done racing Onatopp, the MI6 evaluator demands that Bond stop the car at once. Bond pulls the emergency brake, and stops the car. The problem is this: Bond is driving on the right side of the car, but he is shown pulling the emergency brake with his right hand. The emergency brake is in the middle, so how could Bond pull the brake with his right hand?

Answer: On all Aston Martin DB5s, the emergency brake is located between the driver’s seat and the door. It is perfectly normal for Bond to pull the emergency brake with his right hand. (Yes, you have to climb over it to get out of the car!)

The Aston Martin DBS and V8 cars have their brake in the middle, and the DB7 put it back out by the door again (though in recent models it retracts after being set).

It was, however, stupid of Bond to pull the brake–since locking the Aston`s rear wheels would make his car skid sideways–out of control. With four-wheel power disc brakes at his disposal, using the mechanical handbrake was reckless and irresponsible. Q would have told him that. –Tim Adams and Jim Sieff

Bond’s plane is just crossing the shoreline when he is struck by a missle yet his plane makes it safely to land.

Natalya’s gun in hand flips back and forth due to an editing error when she has boarded a helicopter.

TOMORROW NEVER DIES
When Bond first uses his Ericcson Cellular to drive the car remotely at the airport, you can see someone driving it in the floorboard. His shadow is briefly visible.

Bond and Wai Lin both take an outdoor shower in the slums of Vietnam. And yet when Wai Lin handcuffs Bond to the shower and walks off to retreive her flowery shirt, she is suddenly dry as a desert and her hair is wind blown and perfectly coiffed.

In Tomorrow Never Dies, Stamper is on a roof across Bonds hotel. First, there is a view from above with a black Merc SL in front of the Hotel, then it is gone only to reappear (after a quick spin arond the block?)

When the BMW goes off the roof of the parking deck, you can see that the car has a tinted glass moonroof – not the body-color metal sunroof that you see on the car in all the other scenes. Also, in the `driverless` chase scene, you can see black spots on the front of the side view mirrors which were the cameras the real driver used to see where he was going. (The info on the cameras came from a great article published in the BMW Car Club of America`s magazine — Roundel –around the time TND was released.) D. Ziglar contributed to this report.

THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
Elektra King’s earrings come on and off mysteriouslywithout explanation. This scene has another continutity error when Valentine bursts into through the door to see his nephew’s hat on a table. You see Elektra grab the gun and hat…twice!

How does Bond’s Z8 come back together again for the end of the film?

Bond and Jones jump out of the pipeline with Bond’s left jacket sleeve ripped and repaired again mysteriously.

The sunglasses that Bond wears while skiing are the CK 2007 shades. The sunglasses Bond wears in the casino are quite different. The CK 2007 has thicker, wider frames and arms around the wearer’s ear. The CK 2007 were not blue though the casino glasses were.

Dalton Replaces Brosnan

[Dalton brought in to replace injured Brosnan.] London AP reports:

In a surprise announcement today, Michael Wilson announced that current James Bond actor Pierce Brosnan is to be replaced by previous Bond star, Timothy Dalton. Suffering from a shoulder injury while carrying coffee across the set, Brosnan has been bedridden for the past three weeks and has rarely appeared on set. His body double has taken on some of the load but now that some close ups are due, he has agreed to step back and let Dalton take over.

When questioned about his decision, Wilson stated, “Come on. Do you really think anyone will even notice? I mean, it wasn’t until The Spy Who Loved Me that anyone even realized Sean Connery had departed the series.”

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When asked about his return to Bond, Dalton was quoted as saying he was “thrilled to finally be back in the series that dumped on him ten years ago”. He was then asked if he had any concerns about Brosnan returning to the set, and he smiled and said “that won’t be happening”.

It seems like the American Outlaws star is finally back where he wanted to be.

Below The Surface (Mature Audiences Only)

WARNING: This article deals with adult subject matter and may not be suitable for all visitors. Discretion is advised.

In May, 007Forever writer Nick Kincaid stunned the Bond community with his litany of sexual subtext and metaphors found in A VIEW TO A KILL. The result of the article wasa heightened awareness and increased interest in the subtext of all the James Bond films. If ALIEN 3 was really about Ellen Ripley as Jesus Christ, or the X-MEN about the way gay teenagers are treated in society, then you can bet a movie that seems as straightforward and simple as a Bond flick is bound to have some subtext, whether intentional or not.

Some films are more obvious than others. Some make more profound statements than others. But all of them have some common thread or underlying message that if you look closely enough you are bound to find.

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BELOW THE SURFACE
By: John Cox

Good films have subtext. What do I mean by subtext? On the surface Raiders of the Lost Ark is about an archeologist seeking to find the lost Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis do. That`s its TEXT. But is that all it`s about? Is this basic “plot” enough to tap into the worldwide public consciousness and produce a phenomenon? No way. What makes Raiders resonate, the reason we find ourselves saying, “That was a really good movie,” is we are having an unconscious reaction to the SUBTEXT. What Raiders is REALLY about is an atheist`s search for God. Now, you`re not necessarily supposed to know this is what Raiders is about, but you ARE supposed to feel it. It`s one of the ways movies manipulate you emotionally. And despite what some people will argue, good filmmakers use subtext the way they use lighting. It`s all very specific and intentional but designed to be invisible.

As a rule, subtext is communicated with metaphors. To continue with the Raiders example: In the beginning, when confronted with any mention of spirituality, Indy flatly says he doesn`t believe in “all that hocus-pocus” and calls the lightning coming from the Ark “the power of God OR SOMETHING.” He communicates skepticism without ever using the word atheist. But the Ark can prove the existence of God; therefore, metaphorically, the Ark IS God. By the end of the film, Indy has been “converted” by his experiences and commits the ultimate act of faith by closing his eyeswhen the Ark is opened. “Don`t look at it!” he screams to Marion. Indy demonstrates that he does not seek proof. HE BELIEVES, and therefore, God spares his life. Now, if this movie were about its text, the ending would be a letdown. After all, Indy loses the Ark. But that`s not the feeling we have at the end of Raiders because the REAL story has been resolved. Indy got what he needed and a girlfriend to boot! Raiders uses subtext masterfully as do most good films.

So for my Bond brethren here at Forever, I`ve jotted down what I see as the subtext in three James Bond films: You Only Live Twice, From Russia with Love, and GoldenEye. What follows may forever change the way you look at these three films. Like Indy, you don`t have to believe in all this “hocus-pocus,” but I`m going to open the Ark of the filmmaker anyway. It`s up to you whether to look or close your eyes.

YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE (1967) — James Bond goes to Hell

You Only Live Twice is a perfect title for this Bond adventure. Having been “killed” in the beginning of the movie, it`s as if Bond is having an out-of-body experience. This is exactly what this movie is about. After the megapic Thunderball, where else could Bond go but to the afterworld? Never has a world seemed so out of Bond`s control; yet never has Bond seemed so utterly resigned to his fate. “I just might retire to here,” he tells Tiger. If one thinks I`m reading too much into YOLT, one only has to be reminded that the author of the screenplay is Roald Dahl, who wrote such psychedelic journeys as “Charlie & the Chocolate Factory” and “James & the Giant Peach.”

Bond starts the movie in familiar 007 surroundings — in bed with a woman — except this conquest is Asian, a fact unusual enough for Bond to comment on it: “Why do Chinese girls taste different from all other girls?” His instincts prove correct when this woman turns out to be the Angel of Death. Bond is “killed” before our eyes, and we drift into the title sequence. But are we seeing puffy clouds and harps? No. We`re in a world of volcanoes and lava. James Bond has gone to Hell. Or, at least, Purgatory. The movie opens with Bond being buried at sea. The movie, as a metaphor, really begins here as Bond`s corpse is retrieved by two divers (flying angels) who bring it not back to the surface but aboard a submarine (the first of many phallic symbols in this film). “Permission to come aboard?” asks Bond.

After a briefing (where M and all are dressed in white uniforms and Bond is in black) 007 is ejected from the sub`s torpedo tube. 007 as sperm? You bet. Appropriately, Bond surfaces in a world that`s entirely unfamiliar to him, a world in which he is constantly trapped and fooled usually by women. In this strange new upside-down world, Bond is called “Zero Zero” instead of 007, and even his martini order is mysteriously reversed, “stirred, not shaken,” which Bond confirms as “perfect.” Bond admits to Tiger that he`s never been to Japan, which is odd for a man as worldly as James Bond, and didn`t he mention an affair with “Ann in Tokyo” in From Russia with Love? Also revealing is the fact that YOLT is the only single location Bond film. Even Dr. No has scenes set in London. There`s no globetrotting here. He`s stuck.

Things get even more surreal when Bond must “become Japanese.” Die a little deeper? He`s operated on in a womblike room, married, and given a home in a pearl diving village where, strangely enough, he seems perfectly content! But a violent reminder of his own death (again in a bed) snaps Bond out of his passivity, and it`s off to the volcanic lair of the villain. Here, for reasons not fully explained, Bond thinks the answer to the crisis at hand is to go into outer space (ascend into the heavens). But just as Bond is about to finally leave this world, the master of the volcano recognizes him and shouts, “Stop that astronaut!”

It`s appropriate that Blofeld is seen for the first time in YOLT. Up to this point in the series, Blofeld has only been an unseen, omniscient presence, who motivates other men to commit his evil deeds. The clearest metaphor of the film is that Blofeld is the Devil. Who else would live in a volcano? The obviousness of this prompts Bond to pretty much admit to the subtext of the film when he tells Blofeld, “This is my second life.”

Of course, it all ends in a fiery destructive explosion caused not by Bond but by Blofeld, and Bond finds himself back where he was at the end of Thunderball: in a raft with a bikini-clad woman. Back to the familiar world of 007. Back to the surface. Resurrection.

FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE (1963) — Sex and the Secret Agent

In From Russia with Love, James Bond is sent to Istanbul to sleep with a Russian cipher clerk in order to get a decoder machine. “Just make sure you measure up,” warns M. The villain`s plot? Capture 007`s sexual performance on film and use it to discredit the Secret Service when his “suicide” is discovered. Kinky stuff? You bet. And there`s more. Much more.

From Russia with Love is really a catalog of “secret” sexual fetishes thinly veiled by the world of the `60s Secret Agent. Think about it. FRWL depicts sadism (making two fish fight to the death); oil massage (Grant on SPECTER island); S&M (Klebb`s handy riding crop and brass knuckles); pimp prostitution (Bond and Tatiana are both ordered to have sex); sexual fixation (Tatiana falls in love with a photo of Bond “like young girls fall in love with movie stars”); lesbianism (Tatiana`s “interview” with Klebb); polygamy (Kerim`s multiple children suggest multiple wives); stripping (or in this case belly dancing); catfighting (more on this later); menage a trois (Bond is delivered both gypsy girls to his tent); bondage (the dead Prussian in the back of the Renault is very well tied); oral sex (Tatiana`s mouth is just the “right size” for Bond); voyeurism (the men watch Bond and Tatiana as they secretly film them, among MANY other examples); public exhibitionism (Tatiana wants to wear her nightgown “in Piccadilly”); sadomasochistic homosexuality (the Grant-Bond confrontation); and yes, even foot worship (how else can you account for the appeal of that spike-tipped shoe or Grant`s insistence that Bond, “Crawl over here and kiss my foot!”). Much of this comes from the novel, and it`s no secret that Fleming enjoyed a taste of the whip from time to time.

The gypsy girlfight is FRWL`s most infamous and sadistic scene. Never has a Bond movie felt so much like a snuff film. Where most movies poke fun at “catfights,” this film puts it on a level of gladiatorial match. They don`t say the girls are fighting to death, but they don`t say they aren`t! In fact, the fight between the two women “in love with the same man” is so savage (or so arousing?) that Bond asks for it to be stopped. Strange that the only way we`re “saved” from this scene is by an explosion of good old-fashioned gunplay. Stranger yet is the relief we feel at the arrival of this “safer” movie violence. How sexually charged is this scene? When FRWL aired on ABC throughout the `70s and `80s, the ENTIRE gypsy camp sequence was cut from the film. I doubt it was because of the belly dancer. Related to the girlfight in its depiction of sexual violence not usually found in a Bond film is when Bond hits Tatiana in REAL anger aboard the Orient Express. It`s interesting to note that Bond is posing as her husband at the time. Her crime? She lied to him. Dark.

But the confrontation with Grant is the ultimate ordeal for James Bond in this sexually lethal world. Of all sexual terrors, being on the end of a homosexual rape certainly ranks high. The lead-up to the fight is highly charged with innuendoes. Grant has clearly been aroused by the footage of Bond and Tatiana`s lovemaking. A line which exists in the continuity script but is missing from existing prints is when Grant says, “What a performance!” Grant makes Bond get on his knees (waist level) and tells him it`ll be “painful and slow.” Let`s not forget that this whole confrontation is taking place in a train compartment (real bunk, real bed). And what`s the first thing that goes when they start their “struggle”? The light. There`s an orgasmic quality to Grant`s silent death, but maybe I should stop here before I lose the family audience, which, by the way, is what the movie does. In the book, the Grant-Bond fight is the climax of the story and rightfully so. But the filmmakers felt compelled to give us a helicopter and boat chase, which dilute the sexual subtext of the film. But maybe that`s the intent. After all, sometimes a boat chase is just a boat chance.

GOLDENEYE (1995) — James Bond Finds Himself

If GoldenEye had not been a huge success when it was released in the fall of 1995, the James Bond series would have ended then and there. After the disappointment of License to Kill and a six-year hiatus, the question facing MGM and the Bond empire was “Is James Bond still relevant?” Cleverly enough, the filmmakers decided to make a James Bond film that was specifically ABOUT James Bond`s struggle to find his place in the modern world. Not since YOLT was a Bond film so blatantly symbolic and so psychologically interesting.
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As if to erase the Dalton years, GoldenEye starts in 1986 (a year before The Living Daylights) and then jumps “Nine Years Later,” presumably to 1995, as a Bond film always takes place “today.” This time passage device (the only time it has been used in a Bond film) tells us right off the bat that this is a movie which puts character ahead of plot. In other words, it`s ABOUT James Bond and not the global repercussions of some event that we see in the pre-titles sequence or opening scene. When we first see Bond in this film, he`s hanging UPSIDE-DOWN. And what`s 007 doing when we meet him nine years later? He`s TURNING A CORNER. But the old Bond is still very much in evidence. He seduces a girl, wears a tux, drives the Aston Martin DB5, gambles in a casino, orders a martini “shaken not stirred,” and smokes out a crime syndicate — all this in the opening two scenes! He`s also back in the personage of Pierce Brosnan, whom the public has associated with James Bond from the time he lost the role in 1986. (Hey, there`s that year again.)

But after this nostalgic romp, Bond fails in his mission to stop the robbery of the Tiger helicopter, and we FADE OUT. Fade out? Is this the end of the movie? In a way, it is because now we begin the first postmodern James Bond film, a film in which James Bond is not the master of his universe. For the next hour, 007 is ridiculed for being a “sexist misogynist dinosaur,” out of touch and irrelevant in the post Cold War world. M is more than just a woman now. She`s a mother! (“If I wanted sarcasm, I`d talk to my children,” she tells Tanner.) Up to this point in the 33 year history of the James Bond series, the concept of motherhood has been as nonexistent as, well, children. As a rule, Bond conquers the girl, and we roll credits, fast. Any relationship beyond that short circuits the fantasy. Everyone Bond encounters in this film slams him in a similar way. Valentin asks him if he`s “decided to join the 21st Century,” Jack Wade makes fun of his “secret codes and passwords,” Trevelyan suggests his martini intake is a means of escape, and sexual harassment is even suggested in his treatment of Miss Moneypenny! How does Bond respond? He doesn`t.

Instead Bond embarks on a mission to defeat the cold warrior inside himself by going to the source: Russia, a former enemy now crippled (like Valentin Zukovsky). Here, the traditional Bond girls are split (as is everything in this film) into opposing halves. Natalya is a beauty with brains, and Xenia is pure danger with a kink for killing that`s worthy of From Russia with Love. (For the first and only time in a Bond film, we get to see a woman achieve an orgasm. You`ve come a long way, baby.)

But it`s in the graveyard of discarded Soviet statues (heavy symbolism, but, hey, it works) that Bond finally encounters the REAL enemy — his shadow. Like Bond, Alec Trevelyan, agent 006, is trapped in a time warp. Like Bond, he`s become both a myth (Janus) and a real man. But Trevelyan`s problem is he still clings to the hatred and suspicion that created the Cold War while Bond just clings to the sex appeal. Their struggle makes up the last half of the film, and the shadow nature of their relationship is so obvious that there`s hardly any need for metaphor. “James and I shared everything,” says Trevelyan. The most telling moment comes in the end of the film when Bond kills Trevelyan, not “for England” but “for me.” The cold warrior is dead. Mission accomplished. Welcome to the 21st Century, Mr. Bond.

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Thanks, John. Now we take a look at some of the more fascinating Freudian quirks (intentional?) of the Bond screenwriters.

BRINK vs. KRISTATOS
Who wanted Bebe more? Brink or Kristatos? That’s an interesting question if you allow for the possibility that Brink may have had more than just a professional interest in Bebe. Brink has almost all the characteristics of the stereotypical lesbian: short, butch haircut; dour face; militant attitude, particularly towards men. In For Your Eyes Only, Brink uses her job as Bebe’s coach to seduce her. The job is a convenient outlet from which she is able to express her rigid, militaristic attitude while allowing herself to get close to Bebe.

Notice that every time a male comes into the picture, Brink snaps at Bebe? When Bebe asks Bond to take her to the biathlon, Brink forces more work on her. When Bond later catches up with Bebe at the ice rink, Brink interrupts their conversation to announce that it is “time for your rubdown”. What were Bebe and Bond discussing? Eric Kreigler, a man! At the monastery in Greece, Brink successfully turns Bebe against her male sponsor, Kristatos. She then rubs Bebe’s back, strokes her hair, and tells her how innocent she is; how she needs a new sponsor. This last scene has the same sexual overtones as Rosa Klebb`s interrogation of Tatiana in FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE.

“ENGINES”
Male genitalia have been all over the Bond films, though in much more subtle ways than one would imagine. It’s often been said that men buy expensive sports cars to compensate for a small penis. If that’s the case, Bond’s history with cars such as the Aston Martin, Lotus Turbo Esprit and BMW Z-3 must indicate…. Well, you get the picture. His psychiatrist, Caroline, in GOLDENEYE made a very telling observation: “You’re just trying to show off the size of your…” Bond: “Engine?” Caroline: “Ego!”

Assuming this is true, the rocket Bond fires at Naomi’s helicopter in THE SPY WHO LOVED ME logically symbolizes Bond`s manhood. Motorcycles and gear shifts are often compared to and thought of as extensions of the male genitalia and if you can accept that theory, it becomes easier to see why a headlight firing rocket in THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS is a profound statement of Bond’s manhood, and not just another way to destroy the enemy.

This brings up an interesting scene from THUNDERBALL. When Count Lippe is being tailed by a motorcycle as he himself follows Bond, the viewer automatically assumes that the person on the motorcycle is a man. Why? Because a big, strapping piece of equipment like a motorcyle is always considered to be an extention of a man`s sexuality. The fact that it ends up firing an explosive rocket only confirms to the unsuspecting viewer that a man has been on the motorcyle. Even if the viewer hadn`t conciously told him/herself that the rider was a man, they were surely shocked to see the rider take off the helmet and reveal themself to be a woman.

CIGARS
This one is too easy. Only in the Brosnan films have the cigars had as much sexual subtext, and even they they’ve been used as cheap, easy jokes. The cigar in both GOLDENEYE and THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH are phallic symbols. Xenia strokes her cigar upright while telling Bond how she likes her martini. The flirtation and the message therein are obvious.

In THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH, Bond brings Moneypenny a cigar from Bilbao, Spain, enclosed in a phallic looking tube. The implication is again obvious. Moneypenny replies: “I know just where to put that” and then throws it into a trashcan, thus cutting off Bond’s masculinity quicker than Lorena Bobbitt.

GUNS
No metaphor for male genitalia is more common or more pronounced than a gun. In THE NAKED GUN, Jane Spencer asks Lt. Frank Drebin about his gun: “Aren’t you afraid it might go off accidentally?”. He replies: “That’s why I think about baseball.”

Scaramanga’s golden gun is his, metaphorically speaking, penis. There can be no doubt that when he used that gun to trace the curve of Andrea Anders lips in THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN, he was simulating oral sex. Even the lyrics to the title song back up this claim: “Love is required, whenever he’s hired, it comes just before the kill”. After Scaramanga kills the solar energy expert outside the Bottoms Up Club, he returns to his junk and caresses Andrea’s face with his gun. I think you get the picture.

The gun that comes out of the mouth of one Bond Girl during the credits for GOLDENEYE is another sly, sexual innuendo. Daniel Kleinmann admits in an interview with 007 Magazine that it was intentionally put into the credits as a sort of sexual joke, even though the gun is coming out of the mouth rather than going in. Again, a gun is transparently a metaphor for male genitalia.

THE ELEKTRA COMPLEX
It can’t be a coincidence that the writers of THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH chose the name of Elektra as their villain, for it is from Greek mythology that Neal Purvis and Robert Wade undoubtedly came up with the inspiration for this character.

The Elektra Complex is a term originated from this Greek story: there was a guy named Oedipus who, at birth, was destined by fate to kill his father (who also happened to be the King of Thebes) and marry his mother. The people in Thebes thought that this was a pretty big deal, so when Oedipus was an infant, he was sent away. As an adult, Oedipus returns to Thebes only to – you guessed it – kill his dad and marry his mom. In psychological terms, a man who wants to kill his mother so he can marry his mother is said to have an Oedipus Complex. The opposite of that, for women, would be the Elektra Complex.

In the story of Oedipus, his father was a “King”. In THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH, Elektra’s last name is “King”. In both the Greek myth and in the movie, the child comes back to kill the parent. The writers of The World Is Not Enough have taken some liberties with the mythos by having Elektra kill her father rather than her mother, but the symbolism is not lost on most viewers. Coincidentally, or not, Oedipus kills his father after having been banished for so many years. Elektra kills her father after having been kidnapped, not receiving a ransom (in effect, banishment) and eventually escaping.

TOMORROW NEVER DIES nods its head to the Oedipus Complex when Bond jokes about a skyscraper with Elliot Carver`s image on the side: `I always thought he had an edifice complex.`

Why The Six Year Gap Between LTK And GoldenEye?

If you want a quick, easy and condensed answer it would be because EON had to protect itself from what it felt were shady business practices that could potentially devalue the series; therefore a lawsuit was launched. And even after the new Bond film was given a start date to begin filming, it ended up having to be pushed back six months. The details of this tenuous, nearly seven year journey, would trace their roots back to studio unrest and lack of confidence extended towards License to Kill even before it had opened.

1988-1989
MGM/UA began to have serious concerns about bankrolling Bond films in which they had little creative input. Albert Broccoli had bought United Artists 50% stake in Danjaq in the early 80`s (UA bought the shares in 1975 from Harry Saltzman when he sold his interest in the series and got out of the business of making Bond films) and thus retained 100% total creative control over the direction the series would take. But with the studio facing internal financial problems, they needed more bang for their buck, and were becoming less enthralled with Broccoli`s decision making.

The tension began to manifest itself in the way in which MGM/UA marketed License To Kill, or should we say, didn`t market License To Kill. Bob Peak`s original artwork was scrapped in exchange for a low brow, lowest-common-denominator approach. His painted, “classic” style artwork was traded for a run-of-the-mill computer composite poster that featured Timothy Dalton, Robert Davi, Talisa Soto and Carey Lowell in a rather non-descript pose. The title was changed from the more poignant LICENSE REVOKED to the generic LICENSE TO KILL out of fear that the American audience was too stupid to differentiate a Bond film from a teenage driving flick. With the exception of a guest appearance on MTV by Talisa Soto, both she and Carey Lowell were conspicuously absent from print media, as well as television and radio talk shows to promote the film. It was enough to make Timothy Dalton, in 1989, declare to BONDAGE Magazine #16: “My feeling is this will be the last one. I don`t mean my last one. I mean the end of the whole lot. I don`t speak with any real authority, but it`s sort of a feeling I have. Sorry!”

Dalton probably knew more than he let on, but it was clear even to him that the series was already in danger and this was well before the messy legal action that would explode onto the scene one year later. Creative control issues were merely the beginning of Danjaq`s problems.

1989-1990
The North American box office receipts were abysmal: the film debuted in 4th place in its first weekend, dropped to 7th place in its second weekend and by the third weekend of release fell completely out of the Top 10. North American box office amounted to an underwhelming $34 million dollars (estimated). In August 1990 director John Glen and long time writer Richard Maibaum were unceremoniously dumped from the series. Variety Magazine quoted an anonymous, and apparently uninformed, EON insider as saying Maibaum was a “has-been” who had only contributed dialogue on the recent films.

The current script under development, which was to deal with robots run amok and take place in Scotland, Japan, and Hong Kong, was scrapped. At the same time, the August 8th issue of Variety reported that Cubby Broccoli put Danjaq, the company that holds the rights to the Fleming stories, up for sale and then handed over EON Productions to his daughter, Barbara Broccoli, and step-son Michael G. Wilson (to be fair, Michael and Barbara had been groomed for this responsibility for a long time and in conjunction with Cubby`s fragile health, this was as good a time as any to make a change). The asking price for Danjaq was a reported $200 million dollars, though conservative estimates placed the value nearer at $166 million. MGM/UA considered buying Danjaq, but balked at the steep price tag. Other big name players came and went on the financial scene, such as producer Joel Silver of “Lethal Weapon” fame. He was high on the idea of doing Bond and having his longtime friend and box office champ Mel Gibson play 007. But Silver, like others, found the exclusive distribution deal with MGM/UA too hard to swallow. No one wanted to be committed to a project that was tethered to a sinking studio.

The problems really began to pile up with the proposed merger of MGM/UA and Pathe Communications. Giancarlo Paretti, a corrupt Italian businessman with a long history of bank fraud and worthless checks, ran Pathe. Before Giancarlo even owned MGM/UA, he intended to sell off foreign television rights to the Bond series piecemeal in an effort to finance his takeover. He made outside deals with television networks in France, Spain, Italy, South Korea, and Japan without first consulting Danjaq. A deal with Ted Turner`s cable superstation TBS may have proven the most irksome. In his book “Bond and Beyond”, Tom Soter describes the prevailing attitude at the time towards the TBS deal for “James Bond Wednesdays”: “He (Cubby Broccoli) was angry about the way the previous movies had been sold to television–Ted Turner`s cable superstation TBS was running a Bond movie a week at one point-which Broccoli felt decreased the series value.” The TBS angle would become a side issue in a protracted two-year legal battle. Giancarlo Paretti bought MGM/Pathe on Oct. 22, 1990 for $1.3 billion and two days later signed a deal to sell 860 MGM/UA movie titles to Telecinco, a Spanish TV network. However, two weeks before that he signed a deal to sell 1,200 MGM/UA titles to Forta, another Spanish TV network.

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Kirk Kerkorian, who had sold MGM/UA to the Australian Company Qintex, sued over Paretti`s mismanagement. Kerkorian was in turn served with a shareholder lawsuit over his own sales of MGM/UA assets of back catalogue. In 1992, Crédit Lyonnais also brought a lawsuit against Kerkorian, claiming that Kerkorian had left MGM in financial disarray when he sold it to Paretti. Even Blake Edwards jumped in and sued MGM/Pathe over the rights to the Pink Panther series. Danjaq wasn`t the only company whose ties to MGM/Pathe seemed at times to be more of an albatross rather than a blessing.

1992-1993
After two years of litigation and negotiation Mr. Parretti lost control of MGM/Pathe to the French bank Crédit Lyonnais after defaulting on loan repayments in 1992. The French government in turn had to bail out Crédit Lyonnais to the tune of nearly $10 billion dollars. It had invested badly in the entertainment industry, and MGM/Pathe was just one of many bad judgement calls. Some Crédit Lyonnais bankers admitted they took bribes in exchange for overlooking Paretti`s questionable finances. Jean-Michel Raingeard, a spokesman for the Consortium de Realisation, the government company who liquidated Crédit Lyonnais assets, acknowledged: “This loss will be covered by the taxpayers at the end of the year”. Political heads rolled and a French Minister was sacked from his job. A consortium of buyers, led by Kirk Kerkorian, bought back MGM/UA. That deal left the French government, which took over MGM from the Crédit Lyonnais banking group, with roughly $1 billion dollars of losses.

Paretti had dropped out of sight for a while (thus prompting Crédit Lyonnais to declare him in default of his loan obligations) only to resurface in Italian court to answer to security fraud accusations. Paretti was wanted in both Europe and the United States.

In December of 1992 Pathe and Paretti were gone and MGM/Pathe went back to being MGM/UA. While the legal issues had dominated the Bond landscape for the better part of three years, it was now time to return to the issue of producing a new Bond film. By April of 1993 Michael France had been chose to write the new script.

1993-1995
Thinking the first draft would be turned in within twelve weeks, MGM/UA Chairman Alan Ladd proclaimed the project to be on the fast track. But that fast track had a few bumps along the way. France took longer to write the script than was originally expected. After rewrites by Bruce Feirstein, among others, it looked as if the project was all set. Filming was scheduled to begin August 1994 for a summer `95 release. Then, according to press reports at the time, TRUE LIES, Arnold Shwarzenegger`s 1994 film, came along and contained enough action sequence similarities to the current GOLDENEYE script that EON was forced to back off its August 1994 start date, rewrite the storyline and push production to January 1995. On January 16, 1995 principal photography began on GOLDENEYE in Leavesden, England. By the time GOLDENEYE was released in the United States on November 17th, 1995, nearly six and a half years had gone by.

Even if there had never been a single lawsuit filed and Paretti had never entered the picture, it is unlikely that another film would have been immediately made for release in 1991, nor would Dalton have returned to the role. The creative control issues became temporarily dwarfed by the litigation, but when the smoke and dust cleared from all of that, Dalton found himself right back where he started: on the hot seat. John Calley, CEO of MGM/UA in 1994 and 1995, was reportedly adamant that a new Bond be hired for the next film. Dalton was the “Bond of record”, but gracefully bowed out of the role, thus saving Albert Broccoli from having to make the hard call of firing Dalton.

Why Didn’t FYEO Follow TSWLM As In “Spy’s” Credits?

British actor Roger Moore, playing the title role of secret service agent 007, James Bond, is shown on location in England in 1972. (AP Photo)
With the success of “Star Wars”, Broccoli instead decided to film the only remaining Fleming title that could use an outer-space concept. (FYI, in the late 1960s EON hired the men responsible for the special effects in the British television series “Thunderbirds” to work on special effects for “Moonraker”. It`s interesting to contemplate what might have been done with Fleming`s novel had it been filmed as the follow-up to “OHMSS”.)

Some people claim that the “Thunderball” end-credits listed “OHMSS” as the next Bond film. It seems that all surviving copies sheer the credits before it gets to this spot. It`s also not clear whether “Dr No” said that Bond would return in “From Russia With Love”. This may be cialis in australia the reason why the market of the medicine. ED is a phenomenon which explains certain males’ inability to cialis prescription visit for source now keep the boner or erection sturdy. This tadalafil soft tabs then influences another side of you – being a man. First Manned Flight in a Hydrogen Balloon Just shortly after this spectacle Jacques Charles and the Robert Brothers managed to launch a new viagra 50 mg manned hydrogen balloon in Paris. Some claim it does, others that it doesn`t. “Octopussy” lists “From A View To A Kill” as the next Bond film; the “From” was subsequently dropped. “Octopussy” was the last Bond film to include the next film`s title. Since then, the credit simply reads “James Bond will return”. “License to Kill” was originally promoted as “License Revoked” until a title change by the marketing department.

Why Did GoldenEye’s DB5 Modify Goldfinger’s Aston’s License Number?

One of 007Forever`s visitors asked the question about the license plate so we put it out to our Newslektor subscribers to see if they could provide an answer. The general consensus from the Aston Martin experts that responded was that it was a legal reason that kept the producers from using the original license plate number.

Lydia said: “The car is supposed to be the same but they couldn`t use the plate number BMT 216A because of legal reasons.”

Rae Stewart concurs:”The explanation I remember being given for the change of number plate in Goldeneye was that the producers couldn`t use the original for legal reasons.”

DunphBoy007 and Tom Chappell seem to be on the right track, but are off slightly on the details.

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Tom Chappell goes further: “Due to British laws a registration number may only be issued once, in the intervening years between Thunderball and Goldeneye the car may well have been lost or destroyed so the number could not be used, either that or someone made a pretty big goof up in production.”

I think Stuart Basinger gets is correct when he writes: “The licence plate BMT 216A was registered by the owner of the Aston Martin and could not be seen in the film since it is legally a registered licence plate. Even the owner was upset they could not use the plate. They chose to deviate the 6 into a 4.”

DunphBoy007 was right: it was part of a private collection. Tom Chappell was also right: British registration law was at the root of the problem. And Stuart Basinger correctly describes the producers remedy. So there you have it! Now you know what Bond switches license plates.

Why Did General Orlov Smash A Costly Faberge Egg In Octopussy?

It`s unneccessary to assume that it was a mistake, and there`s no proof that the writers couldn`t keep track of who had which egg. It all started when 009 stole a fake from Octopussy`s traveling circus, at the time in East Germany. 009 managed to get the egg to the British embassy. MI6 then in turn sent Bond to investigate the matter by first going to Sotheby`s to view the impending auction of the real egg. Bond takes the real egg off the pillow, hides it under the table and replaces it with the fake recovered by 009. The eventual buyer, Kamal Kahn, is described by Jim Fanning as “usually a seller…(of) marginal quality from dubious sources”. In other words, because he usually sells, and does not know what to look for in a buy, the fake should “smoke” [force] him out.

Later, in New Delhi, Bond plays Backgammon with Kamal and shows him the egg as proof he can afford the high stakes game. Here is an interesting point that could be made: Kamal may have thought that Bond was the original thief. Perhaps the thief survived the fall into the river and was back to blackmail Kamal and his organization. This would explain his comments to Octopussy that Bond was `an adventurer with possible blackmail in mind`. In any event, it is quite clear that Kamal believed he had bought the real Faberge Egg at Sothebys and that 007 was in possession of a forgery. At no time did Kamal ever let on that he believed Bond`s egg was anything but the forgery. By the time Kamal had Magda steal the egg from Bond, Bond had Q place a homing transmitter into the minituare carriage of the egg. Even after Kamal saw the transmitter in the rubble of the egg Orlov smashed, Kamal never stated nor implied that he realized Orlov just crushed the real egg.

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So once again, there is nothing to back up the claim that the writers goofed. The storytelling, along with the facts as presented in the film, is consistent with the theory that Kamal, nor Orlov, ever realized the real egg was the one they destroyed.

Who Was Harold Jack Bloom For You Only Live Twice?

Harold Jack Bloom was a busy television writer in the 60`s and 70`s. Noteworthy of his body of work was the 1972 television show EMERGENCY. Bloom is suspected of having been commissioned to turn in a draft of You Only Live Twice that the producers ultimately rejected. Roald Dahl speculates as much in a 1980 interview he did with Tom Soter. Soter`s book, BOND AND BEYOND, would eventually get published in 1993.

Dahl credits Bond`s “death” and “burial at sea” to Cubby Broccoli, who suggested that this element be included in Dahl`s draft. But ultimately, Dahl believes it was part of a larger piece of work, turned in by Bloom, that Saltzman and Broccoli were unsatisfied with.

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Tom Soter`s full article on Roald Dahl was published in the August 1991 issue of Starlog Magazine.

Who Played Blofeld In The Films?

We assume you mean “who were the faceless actors” to play Blofeld, but for the sake of completeness we`ll list *all* the actors. The decision not to show Blofeld`s face, and just have him pet the white cat, was clever, even brilliant. Oddly, nobody has ever claimed credit for this idea.

“From Russia With Love” (no face) Eric Pohlmann (voice)Anthony Dawson (body; Dawson played Professor Dent in *Doctor No*)
“Thunderball” (no face) Joseph Wiseman (voice; Wiseman played Doctor No in the film of the same name) Anthony Dawson (body)

“You Only Live Twice” Donald Pleasance(face) Note: Jan Werich had been cast to play the part, but fell ill. Donald Pleasance was a last minute replacement.

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“Diamonds Are Forever” (Charles Gray (face) (he also played Dikko Henderson in *You Only Live Twice*)

“For Your Eyes Only” John Hollis (no face)

“Never Say Never Again” Max Von Sydow (face)

who Owns Blofeld?

People often claim that “EON can`t use Blofeld or Spectre because they don`t own the rights to them.” It`s more likely that EON doesn`t want to waste money on litigation over one character and one organization – they probably weighed the pros and cons and decided that it wasn`t worth the hassle. If EON had no right to Blofeld, then the FYEO pre-credit sequence would have been a copyright violation. The films FRWL, TB, YOLT, OHMSS, DAF, might either have to be edited or pulled from distribution (this might be a reason why EON doesn`t want to fight McClory in court over who owns the character).

There are enough details in the FYEO pre-credit sequence to prove that the bald man in the wheelchair is Blofeld. He`s bald, we never see his face, he has an Eastern European accent and he pets a white cat. Who else would it be? Would people who`ve seen all the Bond films have to be told that it was Blofeld? (Since people do realize that it`s Blofeld, this only prejudices EON. To prove his case, McClory, theoretically, only has to produce the alt.fan.James-Bond newsgroup postings where people refer to the character not as that unidentified bald guy, but overwhelmingly as Blofeld.)

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EON presumably decided that there would be less chance of litigation if they were somewhat vague. EON could probably get an American Judge to rule that they also have the right to use Blofeld and Spectre, if they didn`t mind spending money on litigation. One last point. It seems dubious to claim that only McClory owns Blofeld, when the character also appears in the Fleming novels On Her Majesty`s Secret Service and You Only Live Twice. EON owns the rights to these novels. The 1963 settlement was arranged before You Only Live Twice was published.

Who Has Directed The Bond Films?

Nine directors over the course of twenty Bond films (if you count Never Say Never Again) have been involved. John Glen holds the record for most Bond films directed with 5. Guy Hamilton comes in second with 4 films. Lewis Gilbert and Terrence Young tie for 3rd with 3 films each. Peter Hunt, Irvin Kershner, Martin Campbell, Roger Spottiswoode and Michael Apted are all members of the One Time Only Club (though Apted may return to direct the next Bond film).

Give each of these directors enough time and enough opportunity and they will inevitably direct a disappointing Bond film. Ironically enough, Guy Hamilton directed what is widely considered to be the best Bond film ever: Goldfinger. Ten years later he would direct what would widely be considered the worst Bond film ever: The Man with the Golden Gun.

Lewis Gilbert directed Roger Moore`s highs and lows. He directed Moore to his finest performance in The Spy Who Loved Me, only to turn around and direct Moore in his lowest point as Bond: Moonraker.

John Glen directed every Bond film of the 1980s. He book marked his tenure as Director with a fine effort in FOR YOUR EYES ONLY, and a woeful effort in LICENSE TO KILL.

Irvin Kershner directed the uneven Never Say Never Again amidst script problems and clashes with Connery (he wanted to tell Connery how to portray James Bond). Peter Hunt did an admirable job directing George Lazenby in the box office underperformer ON HER MAJESTY`S SECRET SERVICE but was never asked back.

Dr. No – Terrence Young
From Russia, With Love – Terrence Young
Goldfinger – Guy Hamilton
Thunderball – Terrence Young
You Only Live Twice – Lewis Gilbert
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Which Foreign Land Has Bond Visited Most?

Well, let’s break it down into two categories: the first category are locations that exist in reality in which James Bond has visited i.e. San Francisco, Venice…. The second category are actual locations that substitute for fictional locations i.e. Jamaica for San Monique or secondary locations that substitute for real locations i.e. The Bahamas substituting for The Mediterranean in The Spy Who Loved Me.

FIRST CATEGORY
The United States [8 cities over the course of 6 films]takes top honors for the most visits. Bond has been to Los Angeles in Moonraker, New York City and New Orleans in Live and Let Die, San Francisco in A View To A Kill, Key West in License to Kill, Miami and Kentucky in Goldfinger, and Las Vegas in Diamonds Are Forever. Los Angeles qualifies as a location in Moonraker since actual film crews went to Los Angeles International airport and did some shooting.

Italy [4] is the second most visited country. It was used in From Russia With Love, The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker, and For Your Eyes Only. Venice was used in ‘Russia’ and Moonraker, Cortina was used in For Your Eyes Only and Sardinia, off the coast of Italy, was used in ‘Spy’.

France [3] is the third most visited country both in the first and second categories. It was used in Thunderball and A View to A Kill; Bond visited Monaco in Goldeneye. [see SECOND CATEGORY for more visits]

Other multiple locations:
The Bahamas [2] Thunderball and Never Say Never Again

Germany [2] Bond visited Berlin in Octopussy and Hamburg in Tomorrow Never Dies.

Spain [2] Bond visited Gonzalez’s villa outside of Madrid in For Your Eyes Only (even though technically this scene was filmed in Italy) and Balboa in The World Is Not Enough.

Jamaica [1] Bond goes to Jamaica in Dr.No.

Turkey [2] Bond visits Turkey in From Russia, With Love and The World Is Not Enough.

Switzerland [2] Bond visits this country in Goldfinger and On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.

Thailand [1] Bond visits Bangkok in The Man With The Golden Gun.

England [3] Bond sees action at the Shrublands Health Clinic in Thunderball, Never Say Never Again; gets involved in a boat chase down the Thames in The World Is Not Enough.

China [2] Bond visits Hong Kong in You Only Live Twice and The Man with the Golden Gun.

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France [3]…doubles for parts of California in Moonraker (the Drax estate was filmed outside of Paris), Tomorrow Never Dies and The World Is Not Enough (in both TND and TWINE, mountainous ski resorts such as Chamoix doubled for Afghanistan and Khazikstan respectively).

The Bahamas [2] substituted for Sardinia’s underwater shots in The Spy Who Loved Me as well as underwater shots in For Your Eyes Only.

Spain [1] Substituted for the Azerbhijan desert in The World Is Not Enough.

United States …Gainesville, Florida’s swamps and lakes doubled for the Brazilian jungle during the riverboat chase in Moonraker. The mountainous region of Utah doubled for Cuba in Octopussy.

Jamaica [1] doubles as San Monique in Live and Let Die.

Thailand [1] Doubles as Vietnam in The World Is Not Enough.

Austria doubled for Czechoslovakia in The Living Daylights.

Quarzazate (Morocco) doubled for Afghanistan.

Switzerland doubled for Russia in the pre-credits sequence of Goldeneye.

Lebanon was doubled on the Pinewood Soundstage; Canada doubled for Austria in The Spy Who Loved Me and Siberia in A View to A Kill.

Acapulco doubled for Isthmus City, while the waters off Isla Mujeres, Mexico doubled for underwater shots off Key West. Rosarito, Mexico doubled for the underwater shots in Tomorrow Never Dies.

Puerto Rico doubled for Cuba in Goldeneye.

**Bond has traveled to five of the world’s seven continents. The only two he has visited are: Antarctica and Australia. He’s been all over Asia and primarily the United States when he has come to North America (curiously he’s never been to Toronto or Vancouver-Canada). He has traveled only once to South America (Isthmus does not count since it is fictional) and has been to nearly every country in Europe at least once. He’s been to parts of North Africa and South Africa, but never anywhere in between (thus missing beautiful locations such as Kenya, The Congo or Zaire).

Which Bond Stars Liked Which Films The Best?

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Albert R “Cubby” Broccoli said that “From Russia With Love”, “Goldfinger”, and “The Spy Who Loved Me” were his favourite Bond films. He hedged when asked his least favourite but admitted that he`d like to change parts of “The Man With The Golden Gun”. In interviews he claimed that “Moonraker” and “A View To A Kill” were tops among his output, though this might have been good PR since this was immediately prior to those films`s release.

Sean Connery said that Thunderball” and “From Russia With Love” were his favourites, while Roger Moore chose from amongst his own “The Spy Who Loved Me” and, as runner-up, “Octopussy” (Sean Connery praised the action sequences in that particular film). Timothy Dalton said that of his two, he preferred his first “The Living Daylights”, but admitted that his second, “Licence To Kill” had a better story. Pierce Brosnan`s favourite Bond film is “Goldfinger”, but “You Only Live Twice” has his favourite scene: the men scaling down into the mountain.

Bond director Terence Young considered “Thunderball” to be his weakest Bond film, while fellow Bond director Lewis Gilbert apparently once said that “OHMSS” was the worst Bond film.

Bond screenwriter Richard Maibaum considered “Moonraker” to be the worst (he once told an interviewer point blank that he “didn`t like” screenwriter and Bond novelizer Christopher Wood`s writing). He wasn`t much kinder to either “Live And Let Die” or “The Spy Who Loved Me”. He considers “OHMSS” to be his best Bond screenplay, and “A View To A Kill” his worst (he jokingly said that even Shakespeare had written “Two Gentlemen From Verona” by way of explanation). He considered “For Your Eyes Only” a failure, but a step in the right direction and liked both Dalton Bond films (though felt that the tanker chase at the end of “Licence To Kill” was overdone; he said that sometimes less is more). He considered “OHMSS” Fleming`s best novel, and “The Spy Who Loved Me” Fleming`s worst.

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Guy Hamilton regrets the Bond films he directed with Roger Moore (“Live And Let Die”, “The Man With The Golden Gun”).

Kim Basinger hated “Never Say Never Again”. In an interview she did with Adam Pirani in July 1989 to promote BATMAN, she said: “The worst experience I`ve ever had, except I got to live in Europe for a year. But that was it. It was absolutely horrible. Even Sean`ll tell you that. It was terrible and if it hadn`t been for Sean Connery, the film would never have happened. He had people telling him how to play James Bond. It was just pathetic.”

Lorenzo Semple, Jr. wrote Never Say Never Again, but lived to regret it. “I remember the panic that was starting just as I was leaving, so i`m very happy not to be further involved in Never Say Never Again. If I seem to be blaming Kersh (the Director, Irvin Kershner), I am. I think he`s extremely undisciplined. The script problems wouldn`t have occurred if we had a director who was a craftsman.” Kershner had directed Sean Connery in 1966`s A Fine Madness but even Connery didn’t trust Kershner or his sense of humor.

Which Bond Girl Underwent a Sex Change?

Caroline Cossey, other wise known as Tula, was a woman and working runway model by the time she had a small role in “For Your Eyes Only”. In the film, she had no speaking part, and was simply a pool girl enjoying the sun at the villa of Hector Gonzalez. Her claim to fame has been widely exaggerated by the press and entertainment media.

Caroline, or rather Barry, in her teen years physically matured as any other young man. Barry had the normal amount of facial/body hair for a 16 year old and functioning genitalia. Barry most likely had less testoserone and more estrogen then average but this is not abnormal.

Caroline`s being born a man was certainly a mistake by nature but the exact cause of transexuality is still not known by medicine – only theories. What is known is that it causes extreme emotional pain in the affected person. It`s not any different from many diseases where the cause is not known but the treatment relieves the suffering.

Caroline`s offical position is that she has a genetic abnormality called Mosaicism (also known as Klienfelders Syndrome). She has had genetic testing which has proven she indeed has this abnormality.

What happens is occassionaly extra `X` chromosones get pasted on. Some of her sex chromosones are `XY` but others are `XXY` and XXXY`. This syndrome, in more severe forms, can cause mental retardation. The medical community is not convinced that this necessarily causes transexuality and many people live life as normal males.

This is NOT the same as being a 100% `XXY` she-male(such as several athletes in the Olympics have been). It is not the same as being a hermaphrodite either (both sets of sex organs).
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The reason Caroline is so attractive is because she is a `first wave` transitioner. First Wave transitioners are transexuals who start female hormones in their school years(age 15-25). These tend to be the beautiful transexuals because the harsher male characteristics(facial hair, thick skin, thick big nose, thinning hair, prominent browbone, etc) have not happened. Yet, they tend to have the positive male characteristics of being tall and slender (think of how Super Models look). They also age very gracefully.

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Caroline is not making any public appearances or giving interviews currently. She still models and runs a business in Atlanta. The early 1990s were so tramatic for her that she is enjoying her life with her husband. She is 45 years old now (her handsome husband is 35 years old).

The “mayor`s office” of Atlanta gave Caroline Cossey the key to the city. The mayor later recieved some protests and he reponded by saying the office gave her the key without his authority. In reality he wanted to appease the gay community by giving her the key but still wanted an escape hatch in case the conservative community complained. And they did.

At one point Caroline wanted to open a night club in Atlanta similar to the Lido in Paris. This never happened. She is a private person and gets tired of the exposure.

Which Actors Appear Frequently In Recurring Roles?

Desmond Llewelyn has what may stand always as the most appearances. As “Q”, he appeared in 17 films.

In descending order: Lois Maxwell (13)
Bernard Lee (11)
Roger Moore (7)
Sean Connery (7)
Geoffrey Keen (6)
Walter Gotell (6)
Robert Brown (5)
Judi Dench (3)
Samantha Bond (3)
Caroline Bliss (2)
Albert Moses (2)
Jeremy Bulloch (2)
Martine Beswick (2)
Maud Adams (2)
Colin Salmon (2)
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Albert Moses played both Sadruddin in OCTOPUSSY and a bartender at the Mojave Club in THE SPY WHO LOVED ME.

Colin Salmon played Charles Robinson in TOMORROW NEVER DIES and THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH, while Michael Kitchens plays Tanner in GOLDENEYE and THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH.

Maud Adams was in both THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN and OCTOPUSSY. She also made a “blink-if-you-miss-her” appearance on the trolley car in A VIEW TO A KILL.

Jeremy Bulloch played Smithers, Q`s demolition assistant in FOR YOUR EYES ONLY and OCTOPUSSY. Rumor has it that two different Jeremy Bullochs played the same role, but we fail to see it.

Martine Beswick played a gypsy woman in FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE and Paula in THUNDERBALL.

There are others if you watch very closely…!

Where Was “Q” In Live And Let Die?

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Desmond answered the question in the July 1983 issue of Starlog Magazine: “Since I first appeared as Q, I`ve worked in all of the Bond films except Live and Let Die. When that film unit went to New Orleans on location, I was contractually involved in a weekly TV series and couldn`t leave England.”

Where Is Tracy, Bond`s Late Wife, Mentioned outside ohmss?

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When Has Bond Been Spoofed On “The Simpsons”?

Nearly a dozen and a half times at last count. Many Bond fans have wondered exactly who is it on THE SIMPSONS creative team that is the big fan and the answer, it would appear, is none other than the producer himself, Matt Groening. Both of his shows, THE SIMPSONS & FUTURAMA have paid tribute to the Bond series in their own unique, warped way.

In episode 3F23 “YOU ONLY MOVE TWICE”, Homer goes to work for the Globex Corporation, run by Hank Scorpio. Hank relocates the Simpson family to the Cypress Creek planned community, where it seems everyone who lives there also works for Globex. Hank`s office is actually at the base of a hollowed out volcano. Homer doesn`t realize what he`s gotten himself into when he decides to come work for Globex. The company aims to conquer the world with “the doomsday device” unless a ransom is paid. “James Bont” infiltrates Globex but only manages to get caught, strapped to a table spread eagle, and left for dead. He is nearly castrated by a laser but manages to deflect the laser beams with a quarter he tosses into the air.

Bont runs for his life but Homer tackles him, thinking he`s an employess loafing around on the job. Scorpio thanks Homer for a job well done and together they walk away. When Homer is out of sight, four armed guards with machine guns mow “Bont” down in a hail of bullets. Scorpio`s office is then overrun by military forces who invade the volcano by rapelling down through the crater. A bikini clad femme fatale squeezes the life out of a soldier between her legs. The episode even ends with a song called “Scorpio”, which is curiously similar to the tune of “Goldfinger”, sung by Shirley Bassey. Movies spoofed: Goldfinger, You Only Live Twice and Goldeneye. Characters spoofed: Blofeld, James Bond and Xenia Onatopp. For more biographical information on Hank Scorpio, be sure to visit The Globex Corporation.

In episode 5F08 “BART CARNY”, Homer and Bart become Carnies (carnival workers) to pay off a debt. Homer and Bart befriend and eventually take in a carnival worker and his son, Cooter. The two carnies eventually trick the Simpsons out of their home and begin rummaging through Homer and Barts belongings. At one point, Cooter`s dad (voiced by Jim Varney) tries on some of Homers clothing. Cooter is so impressed by his dad`s new look he says: “Gee Dad, you look just like James Bond”.

In episode AABF01 “Treehouse of Horror IX,” (annual Halloween special) Homer gets a hair transplant from Snake, Springfield`s chief hoodlum, who has just been executed via the electric chair. He shows Marge his new hairdo. Marge is impressed and replies: “If your fly was up you`d look just like Roger Moore”.

In episode 2F10 “And Maggie Makes Three”, the show opens with the familiar white dot known to millions of Bond fans skipping across the screen. The dot then opens to reveal a portly gentleman walking right to left across the tv. At the halfway point, he turns and fires at the viewer. It is Homer Simpson.

In episode 9F03 – “Itchy and Scratchy: The Movie” Bart (as Blofeld) places a James Bond action figure in the microwave, bids him farewell, and begins the melting process.

In episode AABF23 “Beyond Blunderdome” The Simpson family rents a white car and drives it into and out of the water just like the Lotus Turbo Esprit in The Spy Who Loved Me. Additionally, Homer and guest star Mel Gibson steal a car just like the AMC Hornet in The Man With The Golden Gun.

In episode AABF13 “Maximum Homerdrive” Homer changes his name to max power and sings “Max Power” to the tune of Shirley Bassey`s “Goldfinger”. “Goldfinger” also served as the tune for “Scorpio” in “YOU ONLY MOVE TWICE”.

In episode 2F15 “LISA`S WEDDING”, Lisa consults a fortune teller, who predicts in the future she will marry someone from England. When Homer meets his son-in-law`s parents, he says: “You know what I love about the British? Octopussy”.

In episode 5F15 “GIRLY EDITION”, Lisa and Bart compete for a job as television anchors for an all-kids news show. Lisa comes up behind Bart on the set. He swivels around in his chair like Blofeld. Lisa tries to speak. Bart: “So, we meet again Mr. Bond”. Lisa tries to get him to get serious but Bart will have none of it. Bart: “Silence, Octopussy!”

In episode 3F31 “THE SIMPSONS 138th EPISODE SPECTACULAR” Bond henchmen Oddjob and Jaws make an appearance in a casino. The clip is actually a “previously unaired outtake” from “$pringfield (or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)” that was included as a bonus in 138th episode. The “lost scence” from Episode 1F08 – $pringfield featured James Bond in the casino.

Blofeld: 20. Your move, Mr. Bond

Bond: I`ll take a hit, dealer. [Homer gives him a card] Joker! You were supposed to take those out of the deck.

Homer: Oh, sorry. Here`s another one.

Bond: What`s this card? “Rules for Draw and Stud Poker?”

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Blofeld: Ho ho ho, I`m not going to fall for that one again!

In episode 4F21 “The Secret War of Lisa Simpson” – Bart and Lisa are at military school and learning how to fire a grenade launcher. Bart fires his launcher and appears to miss the target. The instructor: “You missed.” Bart replies:”Did I?” and the camera pans over to show a school building in ruins. Movie spoofed: MOONRAKER

In episode 8F05 “Like Father, Like Clown” Krusty`s secretary is named Lois Pennycandy (Mrs.Moneypenny was played by Lois Maxwell). Krusty walks by a porn theater playing “For Your Thighs Only”.

In episode 3F18 “22 Short Films About Springfield” the comic book guy has a photo of Sean Connery signed by Roger Moore.

In episode 9F14 “Duffless” Lisa tries to prove that Bart is dumber than a hampster for the school science fair. Bart strokes the hampster like Blofeld stroked his pussy cat (Bart, being the mischievous one in the series, often plays Blofeld in the spoofs).

In episode 3F12 “Bart the Fink”- Krusty has three nipples like Scaramanga in The Man With The Golden Gun.

In episode 9F22 “Cape Feare” Bart watches an episode of “Itchy and Scratchy” where Scratchy finds himself mounted to a table with a laser aimed at his crotch. Movie spoofed: GODLFINGER

In episode 8F04 – “Homer Defined” – Homer saves the nuclear plant from meltdown with 007 seconds left. Movie spoofed: GOLDFINGER

In episode 1ACV03 – “I, ROOMATE” of FUTURAMA, Bender and the gang decide to check out a movie at the local theater. They decide to see ALL MY CIRCUITS (a big screen version of the popular daytime drama ALL MY CIRCUITS). The credits open, only to reveal a bevy of scantily clad female robots in silhouette writhing and dancing around large laser guns. In one sequence, a female robot cartwheels over the barrel of a laser gun before jumping off the end. Movie spoofed: THE SPY WHO LOVED ME.

Possible connections:

In episode BABF09 “Saddlesore Galactica” Bart is racing a horse and jockeys start hitting Bart like Bond in A View To A Kill.

In episode 3F19 – “Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in `The Curse of the Flying Hellfish“” Grandpa Simpson fires a harpoon gun which latches onto Mr.Burn`s boat just like in License To Kill.

In episode 5F23 “The Joy of Sect” Marge attempts to flee a religious cult by jumping across alligator backs as in Live and Let Die.

If you know of any SIMSPONS or FUTURAMA spoofs of 007 not listed here, please email Icebreaker of 007Forever or John Fiedler of The Simpsons Sourcebook.

What Is The Plot of The Third Dalton-Bond’s Script?

“Bond removes his parachute harness and turns to find the decidedly unpleasant barrel of a pistol thrust against his temple. Mi Wai tells him to keep his hands in sight as she speaks into a small hand held radio. In a few moments Bond hears the distinctive beat of a helicopter…Mi Wai prods Bond forward…he sees the insignia of the Chinese Red Army on the side of the helicopter.”

What`s this? An old Bond story? In the present tense? At first glance, these excerpts sound like sentences from Colonel Sun but they actually form part of a treatment that nearly became the script for a third Timothy Dalton Bond film. Yes, it nearly did happen, and it`s a fascinating but underexplored aspect of the world`s most famous secret agent.

Not many fans realize how advanced the plans were for Bond 17 in 1989-90. We can pick up some really good clues on how the film would have taken shape from a little known outline treatment written by Michael G. Wilson and Alfonse Ruggiero. This was completed in May 1990 and, although it is not a full script, it contained a detailed outline story with descriptions of locations, key characters and plot concepts.

In August 1990, Broccoli decided to make some changes. Variety called it a “bloodless coup”, but this “bloodless coup” resulted in John Glen and Richard Maibaum being fired. Maibaum was the Roger Moore of the writing team; too old for the job and had over extended his stay. However, the loyalty of Cubby Broccoli is the stuff of legend, so the pressure from MGM/UA must have been extreme for him to take such drastic measures. Insult to injury was added when an “unnamed” spin-doctor inside EON implied to Variety that Maibaum was a “has-been”.

The London Daily Express reported that Broccoli was looking at Ted Kotcheff and John Landis as possible directors for the film. Kotcheff directed Rambo: First Blood and John Landis had filmed, among many projects, Animal House and the ill-fated 1982 Twilight Zone: The Movie, which resulted in the death of actor Vic Morrow and two children.

At times, word leaked out about the status of the script and depending upon when you heard it, the details were slightly different, though the essence remained the same. Early indications were that “the plot involved terrorists who want to stage a nuclear meltdown and industrialists who want to keep Hong Kong a capitalist stronghold” according to Tom Soter`s 1993 book Bond and Beyond. The treatment also brings in an ally for Bond: Denholm Crisp, an agent only 5 years from retirement (shades of Lethal Weapon?).

At one point in late 1990 Broccoli claimed that the next Bond film would be shooting in Hong Kong in early 1991 for a fall `91 release. Broccoli wanted to revise the treatment and considered writer-director John Byrum and screenwriters William and Gloria Huyck for the position. The thought that Broccoli even considered the Huyck`s sends shivers down the spine. They wrote Howard the Duck. Need we say more?

As envisaged in 1990, Dalton`s third outing, as 007 would have entailed a film moving in the realistic LTK direction but brimming over with ambitious high-tech concepts. Wilson and Ruggiero set out an outline using robotic designs and advanced electronic apparatus to give the film a scientific backdrop similar to some of the Connery and Moore films. At the beginning of the treatment there was an intriguing preface saying that the “robotic devices” referred to in the outline were “complex and exotic machines designed for specific tasks” and they would be designed “especially for the film for maximum and dramatic and visual impact.”

The opening sequence was set in a chemical weapons laboratory in Scotland and involved technicians performing tests with robotic devices. Suddenly one of the robotic machines would run amok and the building would explode. After a “bitter debate” in the House of Commons, the Prime Minister would be seen being questioned about the explosion and he would assure the House that the “full resources” of the Government were being used to investigate the incident. Enter 007 who, in the treatment, is summoned to HQ and M`s office. He meets his boss and Michael Yupland (also referred to as Nigel Yupland in a different draft), “a rising star in the Ministry of Defence”. Yupland has “no love for the double o section” and wanted to close the section down because of the end of the Cold War. A briefing for 007 follows:

A week earlier, a letter was received, threatening destruction of a chemical weapons testing plant in Scotland. It seemed like a prank, but only the previous day the laboratory had been destroyed (i.e. the opening sequence in Wilson and Ruggiero`s treatment). A second letter received that very morning threatened a serious incident in seventy-two hours at a Government base in Hong Kong (remember, this is 1990!). The only clue is that over the last six months there has been a rash of break-ins to high-tech government facilities. Bond is shown a blurred picture from a videotape at the Scottish plant, and he recruits Q to start work on reconstructing the image. The figure is revealed as Connie Webb, “a beautiful American adventuress in her early 30s.” The treatment gives some background about Webb. She was the only daughter of a master cat burglar and was recruited by the CIA to penetrate high security buildings to plant bugs and gather intelligence. Surprise, surprise, Bond is given the task of putting her under surveillance to find out whom she is working for. Interestingly, the treatment describes Q as allowing Bond to have his old Aston Martin DB5 back after Yupland ordered him (Q) to destory it. Yupland proclaimed: “The cowboy days are over”. The Aston would later feature in an action scene where Bond goes over a cliff but parachutes to safety by using the Martin`s ejector seat.

A specially designed antenna was attached to the bottom. In case of survival, recovery is slow, often taking more than several weeks or months. The condition has emerged as prevalent issue and targeted about 50% men in the world. The medicine will work effectively if you have a light diet. The rest of the treatment fleshes out the remaining story. Connie Webb has been breaking into various facilities to alter the controls on robotic apparatus and one scene involves her breaking into Kohoni Industries in Tokyo. She alters a robot in a crate that is destined for Nanking, China. She is discovered by the Kohoni Brothers, “two enormous Japanese brothers”, who are the heads of Kohoni Industrial Empire. She manages to escape; showing the skills handed down by her father.

While in Tokyo, Bond makes contact with Webb by booking into the same Japanese ski resort she is staying at. One scene envisaged by Wilson and Ruggiero describes Webb skiing down a mountain and Bond dropping from a helicopter to ski after her (sound familiar?). They challenge each other on the slopes with heart stopping stunts. After overstretching herself, Webb has an accident and is buried under a wall of snow. Naturally, our hero rescues her (shades of Bond and Elektra in The World Is Not Enough?)

There then follows a series of adventures involving Webb, Bond and the Kohoni Brothers. We are also introduced to the main villain, Sir Henry Lee Ching, “a brilliant and handsome thirty year old British Chinese entrepreneur” who, in traditional Bond sense, is a dab hand at science and electronic circuits and is also nicely demented. Sir Henry has a habit of arranging accidents at nuclear plants and demonstrates this by having a robotic device run amok at a Chinese atomic plant in Nanking. Using a combination of locations in Japan, Hong Kong and China, the treatment goes on to describe a tale of cross and double cross, involving microchips and robotic technology.

The main point to Wilson and Ruggiero`s treatment for Bond 17 is that Sir Henry wants Britain to withdraw from Hong Kong; his high tech empire has manufactured critical components for all navigation, communication, weapon and missile guidance systems in the world. With his expertise in electronics, Sir Henry plots to unleash a computer virus that can paralyze every military and commercial unit in the world. This power will be directed against Britain if his demands are not met. The climax of the treatment involves Bond putting a stop to this evil plan. Bond is led to Sir Henry`s base of operations through the sewer system under Hong Kong and gains access to the building via a waste pipe. There follows a classic confrontation between Bond and Sir Henry. Sir Henry is eventually killed when Bond turns a welding torch in his face.

Had MGM/UA not gone into financial trouble, and had EON not had to fight a legal battle of their own, Dalton would have gone on to film this as his third Bond movie in 1990 for a summer 1991 release.

Here are some more factors known about the proposed film:

The title was alleged to be The Property Of A Lady (a Fleming title but this is highly doubtful)
Locations included Hong Kong and perhaps Vancouver, British Columbia (depending upon which outline you read)
It was Disney`s IMAGINEERING division that was developing the robots.
Variety had reported that Anthony Hopkins was in talks to play the villain (yes, his name did come up again for GE and TND, but remember that Hopkins and Dalton have a relationship, they both debuted in THE LION IN WINTER)
Whoopi Goldberg was interested in playing a villainness (She was dating Dalton at the time).
It`s tough to make a critical assessment of a movie that`s never been made, but in retrospect, perhaps the fact that this film never got made is not such a bad thing. It doesn`t read particularly well and seems like a strong departure from the style of Bond film making that Dalton seemed comfortable with. Had this movie come out and bombed, it could have branded Dalton`s tenure a failure, rather than allowing a big question mark to hang over his reign as it still does today.

007Forever would like to thank Kenny Smith and Steve Woodbridge of Universal Exports Magazine for contributing to this article. Parts of Missing In Action were first printed in Universal Exports Magazine Issue Eight. Additional research provided by Nicholas Kincaid, Richard Ashton and Tom Soter of the 1993 book Bond and Beyond.

What Is The “Curse Of The Bond Girls”?

“My agent told me, ‘If you take that role you’ll never work again’. But what movie could you do that they’d still be interviewing you for 20 years later?”—Lynn-Holly Johnson on her role as Bibi Dahl in FOR YOUR EYES ONLY. (TV GUIDE 11/13-19/1999)

“I’ve always said that if I never work again because I played a Bond girl, then I probably was never going to work again anyway.”—Denise Richards on taking the role of Dr. Christmas Jones in THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH (Entertainment Weekly 11/19/99)

They have been socialites, assassins, pilots, mistresses, secret agents, smugglers, tarot-card readers, geologists, cellists, computer programmers, nuclear physicists and in some cases: unemployed. They are Bond Girls. For decades they have been admired, elevated, loved, sometimes scorned but in every case misunderstood. Why is it that the women who portray them seem to disappear off the face of the earth? Are Bond Girls doomed to a post-007 life of ignominy? Or is the myth that Bond Girls are cursed really just a myth and nothing more?

For decades the Bond Girls have gained a reputation as being chronically unemployable. For some, being a Bond Girl was considered the “kiss of death”, and many an agent warned his client not to take the role. Over time Bond Girls were considered to be cursed, as it seemed no actress went on to become a major star after being prominently featured alongside 007. How could this be? How could some of the most beautiful actresses on the planet not catapult to stardom after starring in such a high profile project as the James Bond films? To be fair, a number of Bond actresses have gone the low-budget, straight-to-video/cable movie route, but it hasn’t always been by choice. In her column “Bond Girls: Only Diamonds Are Forever” at film.com, writer Moira Macdonald reopened the debate, but missed several major reasons why Bond Girls have it so tough. And with some Girls, there is more than one reason why sustained, big screen success has eluded them.

EUROCENTRIST ATTITUDES
To be blunt, the number one reason why many of the Bond Girls have not gone on to have major careers in Hollywood is because so many of them aren’t English/American. Mie Hama, Karen Dor, Papillon Soo-Soo, Daniela Bianchi and Claudine Auger, to name just a few, have all run up against the ethnic brick wall. Hama was a Japanese actress, Dor was German, Soo-Soo and Auger were French, and Bianchi is Italian. American actresses find it tough enough to break into Hollywood. Why would foreign actresses find it any easier?

That is assuming, of course, that becoming a Bond Girl automatically means the actress wants to become a huge star or even a Hollywood celebrity. It’s very narrow-minded thinking to automatically assume that an actress isn’t a success simply because she’s not doing Hollywood blockbuster films. Many of the Bond Girls have gone on to have successful careers in their native countries (Carole Bouquet-France), while others chose not to pursue an acting career at all(Daniela Bianchi-Italy, her role in “Operation Kid Brother” notwithstanding). Some were models who only wanted the temporary spotlight, quite happy to fade into the background once their movie had premiered. Just because you aren’t working in Hollywood doesn’t mean you aren’t successful. Believe it or not, the entertainment industry does reach beyond Southern California.

Izabella Scorupco (Natalya-Goldeneye) is only the latest example of a Bond Girl hitting the ethnic brick wall, yet she’s part survivor, part victim. Scorupco is not only an exotic beauty (she has both Polish and Italian blood in her) but she’s an extremely talented actress. If the theory goes that Bond Girls simply can’t act and therefore are never able to get good work post-Bond, a theory Ms. Macdonald herself supports, then why has Scorupco found it so difficult to find work? Think I’m making too much out of this? Consider the following: Izabella’s new movie, “Vertical Limit” (which co-starts Chris O’Donnell and Bill Paxton), is her first big budget action film since 1995’s GOLDENEYE; it should be her second. Director Martin Campbell specifically requested Scorupco for the role of Elena Montero in his 1998 hit film MASK OF ZORRO. Campbell was overruled by studio execs and told to use Catherine Zeta-Jones, another relatively unknown actress at the time. Don’t let the name Zeta-Jones fool you. Catherine is a Welsh actress. She was no more suited for the part than Izabella was, yet Zeta-Jones was “English” and therefore got the greater consideration for the role (which was, ironically, that of a Mexican woman).

Then there is Michelle Yeoh. While critical reaction to TOMORROW NEVER DIES was mixed, there was almost universal praise for her role as secret agent Wai Lin. Immediately after the release of `Dies`, MGM/UA began developing a comedy/action film to star Yeoh and there was even talk of the Wai Lin character being spun off into her own series of films. So what happened? In typical American fashion, Yeoh got left behind so that studios could concentrate on other “Asian Invasion” stars such as Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Sammo Hung and Chow Yung-Fat. In other words, MEN.

Yeoh has had plenty of work since `Dies`, but it hasn`t all been film work. She`s been digitized for the Tomorrow Never Dies videogame for PlayStation, endorsed L`Oreal make up products and modeled Anne Klein`s fall line of clothing. Her next film, CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON is her first big film since TOMORROW NEVER DIES, yet look who is in it: Chow Yung-Fat, with Ang Lee directing. It took a male co-star and a male director, both of whom are Asian, to get the film off the ground. If Yeoh ever waits for Hollywood to find the right vehicle to showcase her talents, she`ll always be waiting. Hollywood can barely figure out what to do with American actresses i.e. white actresses, so to expect them to think globally is almost an illusion.

But even if you are American, that’s still no guarantee you’ll get your foot in the door to other film projects, especially if you are black. Trina Parks (Thumper-Diamonds Are Forever) and Gloria Hendry (Rosie Carver-Live and Let Die) represented the first appearance of any black actresses in the Bond series. Parks starred opposite Connery in 1971, and while Connery’s Bond acknowledged what a tasty treat Thumper would make, there was no kiss or other physical romantic interaction between the two. Bond wouldn’t get physical with a black woman until the next film, Live and Let Die (1973). After Mrs. Hendry’s performance, there would be a dearth of black actresses in Bond films until 1985’s A VIEW TO A KILL. For Parks and Hendry, they simply came of age as actresses in an era that still had yet to figure out how to use black talent. ‘Diamonds’ and ‘Let Die’ came out at the end of the Cultural Revolution and civil rights movements that marked the 60’s, but the 70’s would not be much of an improvement. It would take another decade or more before black talent would be able to command leading or supporting roles in mainstream Hollywood fare. Today, the casting of Halle Berry as Kurt Russell’s love interest in EXECUTIVE DECISION or Thandie Newton as Tom Cruise’s love interest in MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 2 barely raises an eyebrow, but it took actresses like Mrs. Hendry to break the racial barrier in a Bond film during a time when the world might still have not felt ready for it.

When you think about big, A-list female movie stars that are known all over the world, only a few come to mind. Right now that list would include Julia Roberts, Sharon Stone, Meg Ryan, Sigourney Weaver and Catherine Zeta-Jones to name just a few. In the past that list included Sophia Loren, Faye Dunaway, Racquel Welch, Bette Davis, Elizabeth Taylor and of course Marilyn Monroe. Notice that most, if not all, the biggest actresses in show business are American women. The world loves them. We export them to other countries and the men go wild. But how willing are Americans to embrace the women of other countries? When Pamela Anderson washed up on the shores of Cannes five years ago to promote BARB WIRE, she created a media firestorm by doing little more than wearing a tight black bustier and leather pants. Conversely, when French actress Sophie Marceau, extremely talented and equally as beautiful, came to America to promote LOST AND FOUND and THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH, she landed not with a bang, but a whimper. American studio heads love to sell and exploit American women to other countries, but are unwilling to take a chance on a similarly beautiful, talented, foreign actress.

The four most visible Bond Girls at the moment are Kim Basinger, Jane Seymour, Tanya Roberts and Carey Lowell. What do they all have in common? They are American/English. Ms. Macdonald, in her column, discounts Basinger as a legitimate Bond Girl since her film, NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN, wasn’t produced by MGM/UA and is therefore not “official”. If you discount Mrs. Basinger, you also discount her 1998 Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.

Jane Seymour found post-Bond success in such films as LASSITTER and SOMEWHERE IN TIME, and television work such as BATTLESTAR GALACTICA and DR.QUINN: MEDICINE WOMAN. Tanya Roberts has made her comeback in the hit television series THAT 70’S SHOW (and audiences are laughing with her, not at her, as opposed to her work in A VIEW TO A KILL). Carey Lowell followed up LICENSE TO KILL with THE GUARDIAN, a turn as a spokeswoman/model for L`Oreal and later, a two year stint on the highly acclaimed NBC show LAW AND ORDER (a show she chose to leave in order to raise a family with Richard Gere).

Lowell wasn’t the only one to take a break from acting in order to take care of a family. Barbara Bach (Anya-The Spy Who Loved Me) retired from acting in order to help herself maintain sobriety from drugs and alcohol and to support her husband’s road to recovery as well (she’s married to ex-Beatles Ringo Starr). Teri Hatcher (Paris-Tomorrow Never Dies) took time off from acting to raise a new son with husband Jon Tenney. In other words, not every actress who has played a Bond Girl feels the need to be a superstar. Some things in life are more important, and these actresses are showing what their priorities are.

EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK-NOT
The second biggest reason why Bond Girl careers have not shot off at a clip comparable to their contemporaries is because for the longest time Hollywood simply didn’t care about womens roles. Not that they care much now, but it hasn’t been until the past five years or less that actresses’ salary rates caught up with men. An A-list star such as Julia Roberts can now routinely command $20 million dollars a picture. Yet in the 60’s, 70’s and even the 80’s, Bond Girls as well as your normal, routine actress could never dream of earning that much money. Men always made the higher salaries because it was expected that the actors were what the audience came to see, not the actresses.

And let’s not forget the kind of attitudes that the Bond Girls had to put up with from the men. Despite the Cultural Revolution of the 60’s, women were still regarded as little more than sex objects (and though that hasn’t changed much even in the 90’s, women now have greater control over their image and can choose to or not to exploit their sexuality). They weren’t expected to have successful careers. Their identities were supposed to be formulated and cemented through their relationships with men. The 60’s were the height of hedonistic lifestyles, perfectly personified by the literary and film versions of James Bond, as well as the pages of Playboy Magazine. Women weren’t expected to be studio CEO’s, directors or even producers. No, the 60’s were a shagadellic era of free love, free sex, drugs and rock ‘n roll baby! The women were just supposed to come along for the ride. They weren’t taken very seriously.

Those perceptions have changed somewhat, as women break out from the traditional “chick flick” genre and move into more male dominated categories such as action. But even though women have tried to break into big budget, mainstream action flicks, the results have been less than enthralling. POINT OF NO RETURN, ALIEN RESURRECTION and THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT failed to motivate moviegoers because women generally prefer drama over action and most men, though loathe to admit it, are intimidated by women with a gun. For all the talk about how women are getting more control over their careers, the most talked about female roles in the 90`s were Sharon Stone`s Catherine Trammell in BASIC INSTINCT, Demi Moore in STRIPTEASE and Elizabeth Berkley in SHOWGIRLS. Michelle Pfeiffer won critical praise for her role as Catwoman in BATMAN RETURNS; an entire series of Catwoman films was in development. And yet even with Michelle Pfeiffer`s considerable star power, she was unable to get the project through. If an established Hollywood veteran finds it difficult to get a series made out of a popular character, what chance does an outsider, a foreign actress, have of getting a break in Hollywood?

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UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS
It’s the press that created the “Curse of the Bond Girls” and it’s the press that keeps it going. It’s become such an urban legend that every new Bond Girl, while doing publicity for her film, feels the need to explain why her character is not just some bimbo on Bond’s arm. It’s not enough anymore for an actress to simply explain her role in relationship to the rest of the film. She has to distinguish and differentiate herself from the Bond Girls that have come before her.

Look at the way the role of the Bond Girl has evolved over the years. DR.NO gave us Honey Ryder, a naïve island local who lived off the land. The film also gave us Sylvia Trench, the social climbing casino trawler who ingratiates herself into Bond’s presence by wearing his pajama top. Fast-forward 37 years. THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH gives us two very different portrayals of Bond Girls. One is an International Nuclear Physicist while the other heads up the world’s largest oil company (though she killed her father to get that position). As the role of women changed in modern day society, so did the portrayal of the Bond Girls.

The BatWomen, Kim Basinger, Michelle Pfeiffer, Nicole Kidman and Uma Thurman, have all found steady work since their respective films. Why? Because they were cast as already established actresses. Not so with Bond Girls. Many get picked out of virtual anonymity and then thrust into the spotlight of a guaranteed blockbuster. Do you have any idea how difficult it is to replicate that kind of feat?

Still, the perception that all Bond Girls were failures is unfortunate; as many went on to do a wide variety of work.

Lois Chiles (Holly-Moonraker) followed up MOONRAKER with a two year stint on DALLAS, playing J.R. Ewing’s nemesis Holly Harwood, as well as a southern belle in the Alan Alda comedy SWEET LIBERTY. Barbara Carerra (Fatima Blush-Never Say Never Again) also followed up her role as Bond Girl with a one year stint on DALLAS, playing the devious Angelica Nero.

Maryam D’abo (Kara-The Living Daylights) went straight from starring in THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS to starring in the very successful television mini-series SOMETHING IS OUT THERE. When NBC tried to turn the miniseries into a regular television series, it tanked. D’abo has continued to work in small budget pictures and on LIFETIME-TV movies of the week.

Diana Rigg (Tracy-On Her Majesty’s Secret Service) went on to do a variety of stage and screen work, including hosting PBS’ Mystery Theater Series.

Jill St. John (Tiffany-Diamonds Are Forever) went on to become a correspondent for the ABC-TV show GOOD MORNING AMERICA, as well as a celebrated cook book author. She retired from acting to be with her husband, Robert Wagner.

But to hear the press tell it, these women were failures who fell off the earth after doing Bond. Jane Seymour told TV Guide: “I would lose roles. Right after I was a Bond Girl, I went back to what I loved, theater. I did all the classics. Got some very good reviews. But the press made out like I was a failure because I was earning no money. I chose to do it because I did not want to run three paces behind the man with the gun anymore.”

Lois Chiles had a similar experience: “I went off afterward to do ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’ and there was an article in the L.A. Times basically saying “Poor pitiful her.” But now it’s OK to be a Bond Girl.”

But does anyone have the same expectations for the actresses of other high profile movie series? Does anyone ponder why RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK didn’t make a bigger star out of Karen Allen? Why ‘TEMPLE OF DOOM’ didn’t do more for Kate Capshaw (other than help her marry Hollywood’s most powerful director, thus securing her a lifetime of work?)? Why INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE didn’t make Allison Doody a household name? Does anyone stop to ask why neither Margo Kidder nor Annette O’Toole became superstars after appearing in the SUPERMAN films? Does anyone question why Carrie Fisher never parlayed the success of the STAR WARS films into a bigger career in front of the camera?

The fact is, the type of actress that wins an Oscar is usually the type of actress that would never qualify to play a Bond Girl in the first place. Most people will forget who won the Oscar for Best Actress in 1993, but you mention the name Pussy Galore and people instantly know who you are talking about.

THAT WAS THEN, THIS IS NOW
Today’s modern Bond Girl doesn’t necessarily carry the same baggage as her “sisters” did many films before. Feminists don’t criticize Bond like they used to, the Catholic Church doesn’t condemn Bond to hell like they once did, and women are taken a bit more seriously in Hollywood these days.

Famke Janssen is leading the pack of post-modern Bond Girls refusing to give in to some silly myth. She’s starred in a number of films after GOLDENEYE, such as DEEP RISING, ROUNDERS, and now the X-MEN. If she was supposed to crawl up in a hole somewhere and be ignored by Hollywood, someone forgot to tell her.

Izabella Scorupco returns to theaters December 8th, 2000 in the action thriller VERTICAL LIMIT. Denise Richards stars with Matt Damon and Ben Affleck in the comedy THE THIRD WHEEL, and then appears opposite David Boreanz in VALENTINE. Michelle Yeoh will soon be seen with Chow Yun-Fat in CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON. Sophie Marceau has chosen to work mostly in French cinema since doing THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH, while Teri Hatcher has come back into acting, this time to be the spokeswoman for Radio Shack as well as a co-starring role opposite Tom Selleck in RUNNING MATE.

Failure is all a matter of perception. Not every Bond Girl has had the successful career that Jane Seymour or Kim Basinger have had. But then again, not every Bond Girl has wanted that. Some have valued personal privacy and fulfillment with family to be more important than trying to top the role of a lifetime. Being a Bond Girl doesn’t automatically make you a big star. It can open doors, it can familiarize people with your name, but ultimately it is the actress that makes or breaks her own career. Being a Bond Girl won’t automatically send your career down the toilet either (regardless of how bad your performance is). The fact is, being a Bond Girl is a lot like being crowned Miss Universe. You get a lot of perks, recognition, publicity, fame, money (sometimes) as well as the thrill of living your life in a Bond adventure for 6 months of filming. You hold the title of current reigning Bond Girl until the next actress is cast for a new film and you hand over your crown and you get back on with life. Being a Bond Girl isn’t a make or break proposition, but it’s good work if you can get it.

What Are The Nationalities Of The Bond Directors?

All the official Bond film directors were essentially British until recent years. However, Terence Young was born in Shanghai, Guy Hamilton in Paris, France, Martin Campbell in New Zealand, and Roger Spottiswoode in Canada. Irvin Kersher (“Never Say Never Again”) and John Huston (*Casino Royale*) are Americans. All the other “Casino Royale” directors were British.

Richard Maibaum, who wrote most of the Bond films, was American. So too are Tom Mankiewicz, Lorenzo Semple, Michael France, Bruce Feirstein, and Kevin Wade (an uncredited writer on “Goldeneye”).
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Wasn`t An Ian Fleming Biography Filmed Over 40 Years Ago?

The January 5th, 1968 issue of the “London Times” reported that a film bio of Ian Fleming`s life was in the works. Producer [and presumably director] Michael Truman intended to show “the seemingly schizophrenic split in Fleming`s mind: Fleming was goaded on by James Bond, who finally killed him.” One actor (not yet cast) would play Fleming and Bond. Fleming would age from 30 to 56.

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Was On Her Majesty`s Secret Service Narrated?

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