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The Kennedy's & James Bond

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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    Just in time for a few more documentaries.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    edited October 2017 Posts: 18,935
    Thunderpussy wrote: »
    Just in time for a few more documentaries.

    What else is Channel 5 for?!
  • ggl007ggl007 www.archivo007.com Spain, España
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    All Bond references to Kennedy: from GF to LTK. And AVTK?!!

  • RevelatorRevelator
    edited October 27 Posts: 2,993
    Some interesting trivia: a list of every movie John F. Kennedy watched in the White House movie theater (recently destroyed by Trump) can be found here (at the bottom of the page).

    As you can see, JFK watched Dr. No on Nov. 28, 1962 (in the company of his wife, as noted by the projectionist's log) and From Russia With Love on Oct. 23, 1963, this time with his wife, Robert Kennedy, and Ben Bradlee (future editor of the Washington Post during Watergate). More ominously, he screened The Manchurian Candidate on Aug. 29 1962, in the company of RFK.
  • RevelatorRevelator
    edited October 27 Posts: 2,993
    Additionally, a list of films screened for Richard Nixon during his Presidency suggests he shared JFK's liking for Bond, with screenings of Dr. No (March 3, 1972), Diamonds Are Forever (April 27, 1972), Goldfinger (May 11, 1972), From Russia With Love (May 18, 1972), and Live and Let Die (Oct. 31, 1973).

    Another President appreciative of 007 is Bill Clinton, who appears in the Everything or Nothing documentary.
  • ggl007ggl007 www.archivo007.com Spain, España
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    Very interesting info, @Revelator. Thanks!
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Somewhat unrelated but I've heard that the last film Elvis Presley saw before his death in August 1977 was The Spy Who Loved Me.
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