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That would be an interesting addition to the growing library of Casino Royale scripts. Stewart gave an interview to Doctor Who Magazine (#443, Jan. 2012) discussing the project: "Because I'd written Danger Man, 20th Century Fox hired me to write …
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Ah, thanks for your comment--I'll lower my expectations. I guess we'll have to wait until IFP publishes the script...if it does at all. You'd think an unpublished James Bond story by Fleming would be in stores by now, ahead of the spin-off continuat…
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I just learned that the October 2024 issue of MI6 Confidential Magazine has an article on Ian Fleming's recently rediscovered Moonraker screenplay from 1956. I shall have to buy the issue, but I'm eager to hear the reactions from anyone who's read i…
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I've often thought that if Connery had appeared in OHMSS then Olivier would have been an excellent Blofeld. I love Savalas and his physicality, but Olivier would have perfectly fit Fleming's vision of a phony-aristocrat villain putting on airs. He w…
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SIS_HQ wrote: » The Bond books were literally written when Fleming was getting married to Ann Charteris and she's pregnant at the time to Caspar, Fleming at the time who was used to Bachelorhood felt anxious and nervous at the thought of him havin…
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thedove wrote: » One wonders what Fleming might have done with the child. Would Fleming explore Bond as a father? To my limited knowledge it was not mentioned in TMWTGG. I doubt Fleming would have done anything with the child. Its chance of…
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10 best books I read in 2024, in no real order: The Infernal Machine and Other Plays (1964) by Jean Cocteau. Myth meets modernity and surrealism in six plays by an exquisite magician and master of playful enchantment. The American Political T…
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I didn't get out to the theater much, but here are the 10 best older films I saw for the first time in 2024, in random order. Paths to Paradise (1925, dir. Clarence Badger). Among the great silent comedians, the dapper and unflappable Raymond Gri…
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Fleming also de-aged Bond in the later books to make sure he didn't reach 45, though Bond seems to be approaching middle-age in TMWTGG.
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Bond was inspired by the 30 Assault Unit commandos Fleming directed during WWII, so it's not surprising that his duties are more along the "search and destroy" line than those of a spy. Amis writes: "Its inaccurate, of course, to describe Jame…
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Buck. James Buck.
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Interestingly, Fleming's original typescript of FRWL ended with Bond in perfect health and Klebb defeated. He added the cliffhanger ending later, which suggests he didn't write the book with the intention of killing off Bond, but decided to revise t…
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As the year draws to a close, so does my stock of Fleming interviews. Here is the final one, which is also the only surviving motion picture recording of Ian Fleming. In early 1964, sometime between January and March, the Canadian Broadcasting Corpo…
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From SpyVibe: On November 25th a new paperback was released by Kadokawa called Tiger Tanaka (part 1) by Keisuke Matsuoka. From the press release: "Japan's first full-fledged 007 sequel! A sequel to Ian Fleming's You Only Live Twice, this work res…
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thedove wrote: » One of the best exchanges. Fatima "I'm sorry for making you all wet." Bond "But my martini is still dry." It's just a rewrite of the old quip "I've got to get out of these wet clothes and into a dry martini." The line…
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Here's Fleming's description of her, from chapter 7: "Her face was pale, with the pallor of white families that have lived long in the tropics. But it contained no trace of the usual exhaustion which the tropics impart to the skin and hair. The e…
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Solitaire is white in the book, and portraying a black man in a relationship with a white woman was off-limits in American media until the late 60s (and several other countries). Technically Solitaire is still a virgin in both media; in the book Mr.…
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DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » Sometimes I think about why they didn't choose this novel to adapt first...Maybe it was problematic in the early 60s. Like all commercial filmmakers, EON played it safe with potentially controversial content, and by 195…
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moneyofpropre2 wrote: » So, are they censored text or not? What is the title of LALD chapter 5? From what I've read elsewhere, these are the recently censored texts, so the text of the LALD is the old American one. The bonus material consis…
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mtm wrote: » I found them really boring I'm afraid. Roger is good in them as always, but I'm not sure I enjoyed Hunt as a director outside of OHMSS. To each his own. I consider Shout at the Devil an excellent adventure film, though perhaps …
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Baltimore_007_ wrote: » Took in a non-Bond Moore movie recently, the one with screen time with Lee Marvin, Shout at the Devil... Shout at the Devil was one of two Moore films (the other being Gold) directed by Peter Hunt, who helmed OHMSS. …
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moneyofpropre2 wrote: » Problem is that shouldn't be a question. IFP cruely lack of transparancy in what thay announce. It's always vagues or incomplet. I'm guessing IFP's silence on this question means it's using the redacted texts. It doe…
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The Bond films he scripted or polished definitely have their share of witty dialogue, and I'll always appreciate his reference to La Rochefoucauld in DAF (which Cubby wanted to cut). So points for dialogue. But story? Barely any. Characterization? N…
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Pretty much every major film released in theaters still receives a Blu-Ray release. And Blu-Rays of older films are still being continually released by the Warner Archive, Kino Lorber, Arrow, Indicator, VCI, Flicker Alley, Imprint, Criterion, etc. I…
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Neither the book nor the film of DAF have particularly strong plots--both mostly rely on Bond following the diamond plotline, but the film comes apart after the satellite reveal. You'd think the idea of Blofeld setting off nukes and holding the worl…
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mtm wrote: » Just been watching the new cartoon on Prime; seems good fun. I wish the character animation was a bit more sophisticated though- characters keep one expression and it often doesn't match the voice performance very well. The stories se…
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mtm wrote: » But as I say, he's a soldier- he doesn't have to love his superiors to respect them and follow their orders, because of his sense of duty. In that way I'd say LTK got Bond more wrong than the Craig films did. No matter how much he arg…
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