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  • 2013: Wing Commander Kenneth Horatio Wallis MBE dies at age 97--Reymerston, Norfolk, England. (Born 26 April 1916--Ely, Cambridgeshire, England.) (Spoiler) 2014: Gottfried John dies at age 72--Munich, Bavaria, Germany. (Born 29 August 1942--Be…
  • September 1st 1943: Don Stroud is born--Honolulu, Hawaii. 1965: Variety reports the cancellation of the Thunderball world benefit premiere (dropped from 21 Oct 1965) at London’s Odeon, Leicester Square Theatre. 1978: Moonraker model uni…
  • mtm wrote: » Pascal was a good baddie in Kingsman, but I don’t really imagine them going for him. And in Equalizer 2.
  • August 31 1954: Caroline Cossey is born--Brooke, Norfolk, England. 1962: Chris Ware photographs Sean Connery in his own basement flat. (Spoiler) 1972: The Daily Gleaner reports on Harry Saltzman's 26 August arrival in Jamaica. He promi…
  • Q thought so. Said so.
  • August 30 1963: Time magazine reviews the latest Fleming novel On Her Majesty's Secret Service. (Spoiler) 1971: James Bond comic strip Starfire begins its run in The Daily Express. (Finishes 24 December 1971. 1709–1809) Yaroslav Horak, a…
  • mtm wrote: » DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » MSL49 wrote: » Bond shouldnt be a gymrat, Craig pushed the boundaries too much especially in CR. Welcome to the 21st century. The next actor is going to hit the gym That's all we need, a Mr U…
  • Thunderball. Ian Fleming, 1958. Chapter 5 - S.P.E.C.T.R.E. It is appropriate that among this extremely respectable company of tenants, suitably diversified by a couple of churches, a small museum and the French Shakespeare Society, you should als…
  • August 29th 1928: Charles Gray is born--Bournemouth, Dorset, England. (He dies 7 March 2000 at age 71--Brompton, London.) (Spoiler) 1942: Gottfried John is born--Berlin, Germany. (He dies 1 September 2014 at age 72--Utting, Germany.) (Spo…
  • August 28th 1970: Comic strip Colonel Sun ends its run in The Daily Express. (Started 1 December 1969. 1175–1393) Yaroslav Horak, artist. Jim Lawrence, writer. (Spoiler) 1971: Comic strip Double Jeopardy ends its run in The Daily Express.…
  • Specs and specifications are part of my career field and have been around for hundreds of years. Spectacles, even longer. There used to be a very funny specification-style write-up for a book. For accessibility. Backwards compatibility. Many …
  • Tarantino for a McClory production would be instant Bond history, with or without Brosnan. But not CR.
  • 27th August 1947: Barbara Goldbach (Barbara Bach) is born--Queens, New York City, New York. 1967: Tom Ford is born--Austin, Texas. 1977: The Spy Who Loved Me LP (Long Play Album) soundtrack makes US music charts, later reaching #40. (Spo…
  • August 26th 1941: Akiko Wakabayashi is born--Tokyo, Japan. 1966: Shirley Manson is born--Edinburgh, Scotland. 1978: Charles Boyer dies at age 78--Phoenix, Arizona. (Born 28 August 1899--Figeac, France.) (Spoiler) 1988: Licence to K…
  • August 25th 1925: Maurice Binder is born--New York City, New York. (He dies 9 April 1991 at age 65--London, England.) (Spoiler) 1930: Sir Thomas Sean Connery is born--Fountainbridge, Edinburgh, Scotland. (He dies 31 October 2020 at age 9…
  • Traveling in Europe I tried Puschkin [sic] Vodka. Good for me. Which confirms I like cheap vodka and cheap gin. Still, pairing with caviar is pretty much out of the question at the moment. https://jamesbond007.net/Categorie/pushkin-j…
  • August 24th 1937: Connie Mason is born--Washington, District of Columbia. 1967: Casino Royale released in Uruguay. 1982: Octopussy's first day of circus filming. 1989: A magányos ügynök (The Lone Agent) released in Hungary. (Spoiler) …
  • Halle Berry. She was capable, if not served well by the film. Salma Hayes is great but would have been saddled with the same type of material. And it might date even more poorly over time.
  • August 23rd 1963: Last day of principal photography for From Russia With Love. 1966: The New York Times reports the Japanese Cultural Assets Protection Committee suspended filming of You Only Live Twice due to damage caused by Japanese actors…
  • August 22nd 1925: Honor Blackman is born--Plaistow, London, England. (She dies 5 April 2020 at age 94--Lewes, East Sussex, England.) (Spoiler) 1950: Toshirô Suga is born--Tokyo, Japan. 1959: Ivar Bryce writes partner Ian Fleming. (Spoil…
  • August 21st 1916: Geoffrey Keen is born--Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England. (He dies 3 November 2005 at age 89--Denville Hall, Northwood, Hillingdon, London, England.) (Spoiler) 1940: Leon Trotsky is assassinated in Mexico. Likely by SMER…
  • August 20th 1963: Ian Fleming writes "OO7 in New York" (original title "Reflections in a Carey Cadillac"). (Spoiler) 1964: Singer Shirley Bassey, guitarist Vic Flick, and songwriter John Barry record the title song for Goldfinger at London'…
  • LucknFate wrote: » Death Cap Respectfully for consideration. Death Capo.
  • I'm relieved that the Vesper recipe of the novel made it into the film. To me there's no conflict in the slightest for that.
  • Mr. Helpmann: Bad sportsmanship. A ruthless minority of people seems to have forgotten certain good old-fashioned virtues. They just can't stand seeing the other fellow win. If these people would just play the game, they'd get a lot more out of lif…
  • August 19th 1940: Jill Arlyn Oppenheim (Jill St. John) is born--Los Angeles, California. 1942: The Dieppe Raid in Northern France targeting cipher codes and Enigma repair parts, as planned by Ian Fleming and Admiral John Godfrey, plays out as …
  • Pierce Brosnan insists new James Bond ‘has to be a man’ after saying a woman should be cast So the time came and went. No harm no foul for Mr. Brosnan.
  • August 18th 1934: Rafer Lewis Johnson is born--Hillsboro, Texas. (He dies 2 December 2020 at age 86--Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California.) (Spoiler) 1957: Carole Bouquet is born--Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine, France. 1960: Ian Fleming's …