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For Your Eyes Only, Ian Fleming, 1961. “For Your Eyes Only” … Now there was no trail and he had to pick his way slowly, watching the ground for dead branches. The trees were more mixed. Among the spruce and silver birch there was an occasional …
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Woodpecker / ˈwo͝od·pek·ər/ noun 1. a bird with a strong bill used in a drumming action English (wood+pecker). German (specht). Woodpecker (Picinae): birds with hardy bills that drill into wood for food or to bore out a nest. The drumming…
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Recognizing it and further contributing, yes, @Some_Kind_Of_Hero. Good fun.
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I expect it's guitar player Henry McCullough. Had to look it up. He's a doppelgänger in that video, though. (Spoiler)
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June 17th 1967: You Only Live Twice released in Japan. (Spoiler) 1993: Corgi Toys sponsors The World's Biggest Little Motor Show, its second tour of full-scale/model Bond vehicles. (Spoiler) 2012: George Leech dies at age 90--Cardiff, Wale…
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Thunderfinger wrote: » Basilisk reminds me of basillusk, which is Norwegian slang for bacill. Not to be confused with Basillicum. Or Basil. Well, we wouldn't want that, would we. (Spoiler)
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Ian Fleming's James Bond: Annotations and Chronologies for Ian Fleming's Bond Stories, John Griswold, 2006. Sable Basilisk: This was the name Fleming assigned as a cover for fictionalization of Robin de La Lanne-Mirrlees (b. 1925 – d.) who was t…
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On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Peter Hunt, 1969. Sir Hillary Bray (to Bond): Have a look at this--arms of Sir Thomas Bond. Baronet of Peckham. Died. Argent on a chevron sable. Three bezants. Good motto, eh? 'The world is not enough.' …
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On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Ian Fleming, 1969. Dedication: For SABLE BASILISK PURSUIVANT and HILARY BRAY who came to the aid of the party Chapter 6 - Bond of Bond Street (Spoiler) Bond said icily, 'I am from the Ministry…
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Basilisk / βασιλίσκ / ˈba·sə·lisk / noun 1. literally “little king” 2. in European myth, a serpent that kills with a look or a breath 3. a green lizard with a crest running head to tail 4. a large cannon Adjective 1. intense or frightenin…
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Surely we have the same pop culture influences as They Might Be Giants, @Agent_99. Song of the South, Harve Foster, Wilfred Jackson, 1945. "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah", Allie Wrubel (music), Ray Gilbert (lyrics). Performed by James Baskett. (Spoile…
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My regular US hardcover edition arrived yesterday from US Amazon. A surprise, it wasn't clear to me if I would have to wait until September. And ordering from Waterstones on line had complications I didn't have time to resolve yet. But I got it. …
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Casino Royale: great box office establishing a new Bond with Fleming's original story. Quantum of Solace: about the same. Successful, but I expected much more, really thought EON were building an audience with the 2006 film. Skyfall: blew …
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June 16th 1989: Premiere of Licence to Kill in Dublin, Ireland. 1997: Roger Spottiswoode films the fight scene in the bicycle shop.
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Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch Who watches over you Make a little birdhouse in your soul Not to put too fine a point on it Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet Make a little birdhouse in your soul A blue bird but not a Bluebi…
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Man on Fire... Man on Fire.
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June 15th 1959: In a letter responding to Ernest L. Cuneo's film outline, Ian Fleming suggests an organization called SPECTRE--vice SMERSH--be used to avoid the politics of the Soviets as the enemy. ("‘Since the film will take about two years t…
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"Bluebird of Happiness" by Sandor Harmati, lyrics by Edward Heyman. Additional lyrics, Harry Parr-Davies. "The Bluebird of Happiness", Jan Peerce, 1945. (Spoiler) "The Bluebird of Happiness", Gracie Fields, 1948. (Spoiler) "The Bluebird of…
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Venz.
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June 14th 2003: The Queen's Birthday Honours see Sir Roger Moore promoted to Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) for his philanthropic work with UNICEF and Kiwanis International. (He was already created a Commander of that…
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Early on the franchise was smart to skirt politics, with SPECTRE replacing SMERSH and villains playing East and West against each other. Yes it was the Cold War, but the Soviets weren't the villains. That's the Bond film formula. Modern approach…
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Good question, @BT3366 --the source I used had a reference called out. jamesbond.wikia.com/wiki/007_franchise_timeline#cite_note-Moore2009-56 June 13: Roger Moore and Producer Albert R. Broccoli meet and mutually agree that it is time for a you…
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June 13th 1940: During an air raid, Lieutenant (Sp) Ian Fleming RNVR on an RAF plane lands at a deserted airfield near Chateaudun, France, between Orleans and Le Man. 1967: General release of the fifth Bond film You Only Live Twice in the US …
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June 12th 1958: Ian Fleming writes a Bond television series outline later used for short stories collected in For Your Eyes Only. 1967: London premiere of You Only Live Twice. (Spoiler) 1972: Bond comic strip Isle of Condors begins its run …
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June 11th 1959: An article in The Daily Express proposes a Bond film production headed by Kevin McClory favors Trevor Howard as OO7. And that Fleming prefers Peter Finch. 1964: From Russia With Love released in Hong Kong. 2009: Announcement…
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The success of the film Casino Royale also had something to do with Ian Fleming's first Bond novel, the story that establishes the character.
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These are Bond films after all, @Dragonpol. They normally don't stop on mineutia. I also don't trust Elliott Carver's judgment on this point.
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It's unproven that the boat flipped? To me, it flipped. That's undeniable. I've never had a problem recognizing that the boat flipped. It's proven visually on screen. There is no issue with me that the boat flipped. @RichardTheBruce says it …
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Die Another Day, Lee Tamahori, 1995. Graves: Glad you could make it, Mr. Bond. How did you like my run? Bond: Looked like a man on the edge of losing control. Graves: It's only by being on the edge that we know who we really are, under t…
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