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This Contest only worked when Europe was seperated by the Berlin Wall. The day that came down the contest become null and void, and coincidentally very political. As a young kid my first memory was Sandie Shaw winning in 1967 with "Puppet on a St…
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Wasn't Indian actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan linked with Bond 24 also?
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Mendes4Lyfe wrote: After watching part 1 I was absolutely buzzing!! I won't spoil anything, but Turner was extremely Daltonesque from the start. I couldn't agree more, @Mendes4Lyfe. That was exactly the same thought that crossed my mind, to…
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Absolutely, @bondjames. That's always been both producer's stance on the casting of Bond. An "unknown" is better than an established actor, though there have been many stories about other more established actors being approached before and after Con…
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Yes, but Connery and Brosnan is all hindsight, @bondjames. They were both very successful at the box office and both very different in their roles, proving that Saltzman was right. Also, neither Connery nor Brosnan were A-list movie actors before Bo…
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It's probably much harder to find an actor nowadays that's both young and has a rugged look because actors look after themselves so much better today, and also they didn't live through the Post War Years of social hard knocks along with the bad eati…
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The "unknown actors" label came from the early days when it was Cubby and Saltzman's belief that James Bond was comparable to the Tarzan role, in that you didn't need a big name actor to play the role as it was the character that was the most import…
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I'm not sure I quite agree that LALD was pure Blaxploitation. Firstly, LALD was announced as the next Bond movie as far back as 1971 when Tom Mankiewicz thought it would be daring to use black villains, as the Black Panthers and other racial movemen…
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And yet, @echo, it was Haggis that originally wanted to have the story of QOS revolve around Vesper having a kid with Bond tracking down the little orphan. Fortunately Eon didn't like the idea. But I agree, good comments from @ProfJoeButcher.
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Without wanting to state the obvious and say that MR was just a rehashed TSWLM which was a rehashed YOLT, I'd like to point out the similarities to another Jack Whittingham 1939 scripted movie called Q Planes. YOLT and especially TSWLM all seem to b…
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Strange how the Metro, which is the early morning Daily Mail free addition for those that don't come from London, counters its own story the very next day. Most odd. Nevertheless, we're not going to get anything official for months (if not another y…
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That wasn't just before Craig was cast as Bond, @DaltonCraig007. That's a good 10 years before when he starred in Our Friends in the North.
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Yes, I wouldn't panic yet, @Mendes4Lyfe. Even if this meeting is true, they will still do a screen-test, and he will be one of the chosen 4 or 5 contenders that they will look closely at before making their final announcement. Though it's fair to sa…
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I've just done a little search for this Aidan Turner so-called meeting and it seems a little odd that they would fly him all the way out to LA for a meeting with the producers when Barbara Broccoli and Eon are based in the UK. The only glimmer of a …
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And yet Martin Campbell was involved as a creative consultant on CR when he wanted the screen-tested Henry Cavill over Daniel Craig for the role, as he felt the story was written for a younger Bond. He was overruled by Barbara Broccoli. I some how d…
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I'm hoping you're right, @Creasy47. But it wouldn't be too far fetched a notion for Barbara Broccoli to involve Sam Mendes in early creative discussions for the role of 007, considering there is no director in place as of yet for the next Bond movie…
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EXCLUSIVE: Tom Hiddleston spotted in 'meeting with director Sam Mendes and producer Barbara Broccoli'... fuelling speculation he's set to play James Bond... I'd still prefer Aidan Turner myself, but maybe those wanting Hiddy will get their wish. …
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Yes, I understand what you say, @bondjames. If I'm honest I don't really see any of that "quiet intensity" in Hiddleston via The Night Manager myself. I'm still waiting to see him deliver that performance. He always looks too comfortable to me. That…
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Just for you then, @bondjames. But remember, these are just clips taken out of context and he's NOT playing Bond but an altogether different character.
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That is true, @bondjames. I've watched both And Then There Were None and The Night Manager in their entirety and I'm firmly in Team Turner camp.
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I bet that made for some uncomfortable viewing with your dad, @DarthDimi. I have to admit I'm not a great fan of Italian cinema, with the exception of Sergio Leone, Frank Capra and Bernardo Bertolucci, I'm pretty hard-pressed to name another dire…
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I've also seen CALIGULA (Uncut version) too, @DarthDimi. It's certainly not as bad as the critics had us believe at the time. And as you point out, McDowell is very good in it, and I agree it's probably the most accurate depictions of that time peri…
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FoxRox wrote: » OTHER THAN A Clockwork Orange, Time After Time, Star Trek Generations, does anyone have a recommendation for a good Malcolm McDowell film to watch? A lot of his work looks mediocre, so I want suggestions on a good one if I'm missin…
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@Thunderfinger, I think you might be referring to an interview on this site done by MI6 where Lazenby was asked about his skiing abilities. He said: "I was skiing until I was 41 and then I took up motocross. And I did motocross until I was 57. I hav…
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Thunderfinger wrote: » identigraph wrote: » None of them are really tough, just big girls who need stuntmen. Doing the own stunts thing is just propaganda! The only scenes where Lazenby had a stuntman were the skiing scenes. He didn…
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To say Disney would not be interested in acquiring a hugely successful franchise like Bond is forgetting that Disney is foremost a corporation, and like any corporation their other purpose, apart from making movies and creating theme parks, is also …
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If I had been asked this question before I'd seen the Force Awakens, I'd have said Disney wouldn't be such a bad fit. Now that I've seen SW: TFA I withdraw any support I orginally might have had. Despite some here holding up Captain America as a shi…
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I remember all those VHS covers as I owned the majority of them at one time. I was never a huge fan of the photo montages. I much prefer these ones that used the orginal poster artwork. And there's this Thunderball laser disc boxse…
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@TripAces, TMWTGG used the 70's Energy Crisis as a subplot (McGuffin) with Bond sent after the Solex Agitator, a device that can harness the power of the sun and perhaps solve the Crisis. I have no idea what happened to this Solex Agitator? It clear…
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There's only real two contenders: Connery and Lazenby. Both have a history of being ready with their fists and coming out on top, though I think Connery has the edge as he's the only one that's taken on more than one guy and knocked them out. Again,…
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