Diamonds are Forever

Diamonds are Forever......

The big news about the movie was Sean Connery was back to the role of James Bond.
Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli tested other actors, but studio United Artists wanted Sean Connery back. In the story Bond discovers that the evil Ernst Stavro Blofield is stock pilling diamonds to use in his deadly laser satellite. The seventh film was an extreme departure from the
tone of the series. Director Guy Hamilton decided to veer away from the "seriousness " of the previous films and instead " go for fun ." Consequently, both humor and action were broadened,
resulting in a more lighter approach of Ian Fleming`s Bond Universe.


Cast :

James Bond : Sean Connery

Tiffany Case : Tiffany Case

Ernst Stavro Blofeld : Charles Gray

Willard Whyte : Jimmy Dean

Mr. Kidd : Putter Smith

Mr. Wint : Bruce Glover

Felix Leiter : Norman Burton

Plenty O'Toole : Lana Wood

Professor Doctor Metz : Joseph Furst

Peter Franks : Joe Robinson


Directed by : Guy Hamilton

Produced by Harry Saltzman
                     Albert R. Broccoli

Story by : Ian Fleming

Music by : John Barry

Bond song : Diamonds are Forever  - Shirley Bassey

Bond car : Ford Mustang Mach 1
                 Triumph Stag

Release date : 30th december 1971  ( UK premiere )

Running time : 120 minutes.

On her Majesty`s secret service...

On her Majesty`s secret service......


On her Majesty`s secret service is the sixth entry in the James Bond series and released in 1969.
After the decision of Sean Connery to retire from the role a new Bond was found.
George Lazenby does a mixed review of stepping into Sean Connery as 007. While filming ( Lazenby ) decided that he would play the role of Bond only once.The story involves Bonds efforts to track down Ernst Stavro Blofield, who, it is eventually discovered, is about to threaten the world with a new kind of biological warfare from his allergy clinic in the Swiss Alps.

Cast :

James Bond : George Lazenby

Ernst Stavro Blofield : Telly Savalas

Tracy di Vicenzo : Diana Rigg

Marc-Ange Draco : Gabriele Ferzetti

Irma Bunt : Ilse Steppat

M : Bernard Lee

Miss Moneypenny : Lois Maxwell

Sir Hilary Bray : George Baker

Q : Desmond Llewelyn


Directed by Peter R. Hunt

Produced by : Harry Saltzman
                       Albert R. Broccoli

Written by Ian Fleming

Music by : John Barry

Bond song : We have all time in the World - Louis Armstrong

Bond car : Aston Martin DBS

Release date : 18 December 1969

Running Time : 140 minutes

You Only Live Twice

You Only Live Twice

In 1967, Sean Connery announced that he`d had enough of playing 007 and that the fifth bond would be his last. An all out effort was made to pack this one full eg: James will die, James will marry, James will become japanese. 007 will also finally meet his faceless nemesis, Ernst Stavro Blofeld,
head of the organisation S.P.E.C.T.R.E. In the film James Bond is dispatched to Japan after American and Soviet manned spacecraft disappear mysteriously in orbit. With each nation blaming the other.

Cast :

James Bond : Sean Connery

Ernst Stavro Blofeld : Donald Pleasence

Aki : Akiko Wakabayashi

Kissy Suzuki : Mie Hama

Tiger Tanaka : Tetsurō Tamba

Dikko Henderson : Charles Gray

Hans : Ronald Rich

Helga Brandt : Karin Dor

M : Bernard Lee

Miss Moneypenny : Lois Maxwell

Q : Desmond Llewelyn


Directed by : Lewis Gilbert

Produced by : Albert R. Broccoli
                       Harry Saltzman

Written by : Ian Fleming

Screenplay by : Roald Dahl

Music by : John Barry

Bond theme : You only live twice : Nancy Sinatra

Bond vehicles : Little Nellie ( The heavily armed autogyro),
                         Toyota 2000GT

Release date : 12 June 1967

Running time : 117 mins

Thunderball

Thunderball....

The fourth Bond film carries a breezy air of confidence and dare as it pits 007 against S.P.E.C.T.R.E.

Bond`s mission is to find two NATO atomic bombs stolen by spectre, which  holds the world ransom for £100 million in diamonds, in exchange for not destroying an unspecified major city in either England or the United States (later revealed to be Miami.).The search leads Bond to the Bahamas,where he encounters Emilio Largo, the eye-patch wearing SPECTRE Number Two.

The title song was a strong follow-up to Goldfinger, and belted out by the great Tom Jones.

Cast :

James Bond - Sean Connery

Emilio Largo - Adolfo Celi

Dominique "Domino" Derval - Claudine Auge

Felix Leiter - Rik Van Nutter

M - Bernard Lee

Count Lippe - Guy Doleman

Q - Desmond Llewelyn

Miss Moneypenny - Lois Maxwell

Vargas - Philip Locke.

Directed by - Terence Young

Produced by - Kevin McClory

Written by - Ian Fleming

                    Kevin McClory
                    Jack Whittingham

Music by - John Barry

Bond theme - Thunderball - Tom Jones

Bond vehicles : Aston Martin DB5

                         Bell Rocket Belt

Release date - 9th December 1965

Running time - 130 mins

Goldfinger

 GOLDFINGER

Goldfinger premiered. With its high-profile images of a fully-armed Aston Martin DB-5, a nude women painted from head to toe in gold paint. Goldfinger is the third film to star Sean Connery

and was released in 1964.The powerful tycoon Auric Goldfinger has initiated 

 " Operation Grand Slam " a cataclysmic scheme to raid Fort Knox and obliterate the world economy. The film also stars Bond girl Pussy Galore and the mute Korean manservant Oddjob

with his steel rimmed bowler hat and don`t forget Gill Masterson.

Cast:

James Bond : Sean Connery

Auric Goldfinger : Gert Frobe

Pussy Galore : Honer Blackman

Oddjob : Harold Sakata

Jill Masterson : Shirley Eaton

Tilly Masterson : Tania Mallet

M : Bernard Lee

Felix Leiter : Cec Linder

Q : Desmond Llewelyn

Miss Moneypenny : Lois Maxwell.

Directed by : Guy Hamilton

Produced by :Harry Saltzman

                      Albert R. Broccoli

Written by : Ian Fleming

Music by : John Barry

Release date : 17 september 1964

Running time : 110 mins

Bond song : Goldfinger : Shirley Bassey

From Russia with love

From Russia with Love. Bond is back !!!

The evil S.P.E.C.T.R.E organisation have hatched a plan to steal a Russian decoder while James Bond is sent to assist in the defection of Soviet consulate clerk Tatiana Romanova in Turkey, where S.P.E.C.T.R.E plans to avenge Bond's killing of Dr No. From Russia with Love is the first of the Bond films to introduce spy gadgets with the first appearance of Major Boothroyd-better known as Q the supplier of 007`s gadgets. From Russia with Love is considered to be one the best in the series .......

Cast :


James Bond : Sean Connery

Tatiana Romanova : Daniela Bianchi

Red Grant : Robert Shaw

Rosa Klebb : Lotte Lenya

M : Bernard Lee

Ali Kerim Bey : Pedro Armendáriz

Money Penny : Lois Maxwell

Q : Desmond Llewelyn


Directed by : Terence Young

Produced by : Harry Saltzman / Albert R. Broccoli

Written by : Ian Fleming

Music by : John Barry

Bond song by :  Lionel Bart / Matt Monro

Running time : 115 mins

Release Date`s : 10th October 1963 ( London premier )
                           11th October 1963  ( UK )

Dr No

Dr No was released on the 5th of October, and was the first James Bond film. Sean Connery was given the role of 00 agent Bond. In the film James Bond is sent to the beautiful island of Jamaica to investigate the death of fellow British agent ( John Strangways ). The trail leads to evil genius Dr No, who is ploting to interfere with US missile launches using mysterious energy waves.

Cast

James Bond ( Sean Connery )

Honey Ryder ( Ursula Andress ) voiced by : Nikki van der Zyl

Dr No ( Joseph wiseman )

Felix Leiter ( Jack Lord )

M   ( Bernard Lee )

Quarrel ( John Kitzmiller )

Bond Car : Sunbeam Alpine 1961 series 11


Directed by : Terence Young

Produced by : Harry Saltzman / Albert R. Broccoli

Running time : 109 mins

James Bond theme : Monty Norman Orchestra

James Bond`s profile

Name : James Bond


Height : 183 centimeters


Weight : 76 kilos

Age :  ageless

Occupation : 00 agent

Title : Commander James Bond

Cover Story : works for Universal Exports

Nationality : British

weapon : Walther PPK

Special skills: Expert pistol shot, martial arts


Note : Licence to kill

Intoduction

Welcome to my Bond themed blog. I am a big fan of anything to do with
James Bond and so I decided to set up this blog to share all I know about
007. Please note this is a hobby of mine, I am by no means a professional!
Hope you enjoy, please feel free to leave a comment.