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• RichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.

  October 28 Posts: 13,750

  October 28th
  
  1971: Dedos de oro (Fingers of Gold) re-released in Argentina.

  
  

  1976: The Spy Who Loves Me films OO7 in Cairo's Karnak ruins, pursuing and pursued by Jaws.
  
  1991: James Bond Jr. in syndication releases episode 31 of 65 - "Hunt For Red Star One" in Russia.

  

  

  James Bond Jr - Hunt For Red Star One

  Season 1 - Episode 31
  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0807289/

  The Russian treasury reserve is in danger when Doctor Derange and the Chameleon seize control of a satellite laser system.

  Directed by Bill Hutten, Tony Love
  Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)
  Andy Heyward ... (developer)
  Robby London ... (developer) (as Robbie London)
  Jeffrey Scott ... (writer)
  Michael G. Wilson ... (developer)
  
  Cast (in credits order)
  Jeff Bennett ... Horace 'IQ' Boothroyd / Boris Grigorovitch (voice)
  Corey Burton ... James Bond Jr. (voice)
  Julian Holloway ... Mr.Bradford Milbanks / Dr.Derange (voice)
  Mona Marshall ... Tracy Milbanks (voice)
  Brian Stokes Mitchell ... Coach Mitchell (voice) (as Brian Mitchell)
  Alan Oppenheimer ... The Chameleon (voice)
  Jan Rabson ... Gordon 'Gordo' Leiter / Commander Ulanov / General Glasov (voice)
  Susan Silo ... Phoebe Farragut / Max / Jo (voice)
  Kath Soucie ... Additional voices (voice)
  Simon Templeman ... Trevor Noseworthy IV (voice)
  Mari Devon ... (voice)

  James Bond Jr Episode 31 - Hunt For Red Star One
  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  1994: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills screens Goldfinger on its 30th anniversary.
  
  2012: Premier Christianity asks Does The World Still Need James Bond?

  

  Skyfall: Does The World Still Need
  James Bond?

  See the complete article here:
  

  https://www.premierchristianity.com/home/skyfall-does-the-world-still-need-james-bond/3975.article

  By Martin Saunders28 October 2012
  
  50 years ago, Sean Connery's 007 burst into cinemas with an explosion of fast cars, politically-incorrect one-liners and an endless supply of beautiful women. In the years since, Bond has become the world's most popular and enduring movie franchise, and his high-adrenaline appeal remains to this day: latest instalment Skyfall has just enjoyed the second-biggest opening in UK box office history. Yet despite the universal appeal of star Daniel Craig, does the series really have much life left in it? Can a gun-toting, emotionally-stunted, sexist dinosaur still be a national hero in these liberated times?
  
  Skyfall doesn't just answer that question - it poses it.
  
  The first Bond movie to be set in and around London since the very first (Dr No), Skyfall isn't afraid to call the future of the series - and its central character - into question. The central theme of the film, which also gives an enlarged role to Judi Dench's 'M', asks whether old things (like these aging characters and their dated ways of doing things) are still relevant in the modern world. Chief Examiner in this is Raoul Silva (Javier Bardem), one of the best Bond villains ever, and also one of the most unlikely – marrying a thirst for violence and revenge with sexual liberation and computer hacking expertise. In one memorable scene, he doesn't just show off his technical prowess to Bond, he flirts with him; forcing 007 to realise that villainy has come a long way since 1962. Indeed, even Bond is forced to realise that without the aid of fresh-faced right-hand man 'Q' - a technical whiz-kid - he'd be left chasing shadows in an age of digital terrorism.
  
  The film hardly presents us with a new, modern-man Bond however. He's still driving those cars (Director Sam Mendes has included a treat for the fans in this regard): he's still bedding a different woman every night. Yet Craig's 007 is very different to previous incarnations - more ruthless, more believable as a real MI6 spy, and crucially, more physically vulnerable. Whereas Roger Moore barely received a scratch from his various enemies, Craig is frequently subjected to torturous pain (most men I know can't even watch a certain scene in Casino Royale without wincing) to the point that you often wonder if he's actually going to survive.
  
  While the series is becoming more realistic however, it isn't exactly being rehabilitated. The myth of redemptive violence still looms large, and for a 12A we see an awful lot of people machine-gunned to death; female characters are still either sex objects (some of whom have a brain, which just makes them sexier) or hard-bitten old matriarchs. So we return to that question: is James Bond really a hero for the modern generation?
  
  It's not just our flawed hero whom the film calls into question; it's the whole intelligence service, institutions, everything that represents the 'old ways' of doing things. In that respect, it asks a question even of the Church. Have we moved on and remained relevant to the fast-moving modern world? And are there some things from our past which are still worth fighting for and holding on to?

  An old friend of 007's tells him that 'sometimes the old ways are the best.' It's a poignant line which sums up the case for the defence. Yet if Bond knows that part of him needs to evolve, that if he simply stands still he'll become irrelevant, and this film seems to acknowledge that. Skyfall is fantastic; one of the most thrilling and intelligent action films of recent years. Perhaps it is by asking such hard-hitting questions of itself that it achieves the apparent aim of Daniel Craig and his producers, and reboots the franchise for a new generation. At one point, Bond states that his hobby is 'Resurrection'. On Skyfall's evidence, the tomb is empty: 007 is alive and kicking.

  2015: Daniel Craig and other cast attend the Berlin premiere of Spectre.

  
  
  
  

  
  2015: BBC's Timeshift airs its documentary Looking for Mr Bond 007 at the BBC.

  

  
  Timeshift (2002– )

  Looking for Mr Bond: 007
  at the BBC

  7.1/10
  1h | Documentary | Episode aired 28 October 2015
  Season 15 | Episode 5

  Directed by
  
  Matthew Thomas
  
  Cast (in credits order)
  Tamsin Greig ... Herself - Narrator (voice)
  Sean Connery ... Himself (archive footage)
  Geoffrey Boothroyd ... Himself - Armourer 'Q' (archive footage)
  Ian Fleming ... Himself (archive footage)
  Noël Coward ... Himself - Speaking in 1969 (archive footage) (as Noel Coward)
  Lois Maxwell ... Herself - Speaking in 1969 (archive footage)
  John le Carré ... Himself - Former MI6 Agent and Novellist (archive footage)
  Albert R. Broccoli ... Himself - James Bond Producer - speaking in 1967 (archive footage) (as Cubby Broccoli)
  Harry Saltzman ... Himself - James Bond Producer - speaking in 1967 (archive footage)
  Shirley Bassey ... Herself (archive footage)
  David Frost ... Himself (archive footage)
  Millicent Martin ... Herself - Presenter 'Mainly Millicent' (archive footage)
  Roger Moore ... Himself (archive footage)
  Joan Bakewell ... Herself - Interviewer (voice) (archive footage)
  Christopher Trace ... Himself - Presenter, 'Blue Peter' (archive footage)
  Patrick Campbell ... Himself - Presenter, 'Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life' (archive footage)
  S.J. Perelman ... Himself (archive footage)
  Alan Whicker ... Himself - Presenter, 'Whicker's World' (archive footage)
  Roald Dahl ... Himself - Novellist and Writer of 'You Only Live Twice' (archive footage)
  Lewis Gilbert ... Himself - Director, 'You Only Live Twice' - 'The Spy Who Loved Me' and 'Moonraker' (archive footage)
  George Lazenby ... Himself - Speaking in 1997 (archive footage)
  Diana Rigg ... Herself - Speaking in 1969 (archive footage)
  Barry Norman ... Himself - Film 73 Presenter (archive footage)
  Britt Ekland ... Herself (archive footage)
  Ken Adam ... Himself - Set Designer (archive footage)
  Timothy Dalton ... Himself (archive footage)
  Pierce Brosnan ... Himself (archive footage)
  Martin Campbell ... Himself - Director, 'Goldeneye' (archive footage)Stella Rimington ... Herself - Director General of MI5 - Speaking in 2006 (archive footage)
  Michael G. Wilson ... Himself - Producer, 'Casino Royale' (archive footage)
  Daniel Craig ... Himself (archive footage)
  Jonathan Ross ... Himself - Interviewer (archive footage)
  Eva Green ... Herself (archive footage)

  
  

  
  2020: Sotheby's begins a week focused on Fleming and Bond items.

  

  

  James Bond: A Collection of
  Books and Manuscripts, The
  Property of a Gentleman

  See the complete article here:
  

  https://www.sothebys.com/en/digital-catalogues/james-bond-a-collection-of-books-and-manuscripts-the-property-of-a-gentleman

  Online Auction: 28 October–11 November 2020 • 3:00 PM GMT • London
  
  Overview
  It has been said (by an auctioneer, I believe) that modern authors are collected less for the quality of their writing than the colour of their lives. A brutal reflection, perhaps, on the status of literature; but one that Ian Fleming would have appreciated. Nobody understood better than him the value of sensation. It infused his novels and marked every aspect of his career. While Foreign Manager at The Sunday Times he promised to hold the presses if a correspondent was delivering ‘dynamite.’ (Lot 2) He pestered his publishers, Jonathan Cape, with advice on how to improve sales. He sought constantly to make his dust jackets more striking and never hesitated to suggest improvements. Sometimes he designed them himself. But he was also a man who knew the importance of luck. In terms of collectability he has been very lucky indeed: not only did he write well but he lived well; and much of his life – wartime Intelligence officer, bon vivant, romantic - made its way into his books. He also had the unhappy fortune to have died before his time at the age of fifty-six, leaving not a diminishing trail of lesser works but the eternal cliffhanger: what might have happened next? It is this confluence of fact and fiction, life and death that sets him apart from other authors.

  

  LOT 9, FLEMING | CASINO ROYALE, 1954, FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, SECOND ISSUE, THE COPY THAT FIRST PUT JAMES BOND ON SCREEN. ESTIMATE £2,000-3,000.

  The books presented here are remarkable not just for their rarity but for their biographical narrative. Here is Fleming’s life as told by a bibliophile: from his 1918 copy of Boy’s Own Journal to a book he owned at Sandhurst and his 1948 manual of journalism for Kemsley Newspapers; from Bond novels inscribed to friends and colleagues - also to his wife Ann, Bobby Kennedy and his hero Winston Churchill – to copies used by film and TV companies (Lot 9); from a corrected typescript of Diamonds Are Forever to a notebook used while researching one of his last novels, You Only Live Twice (Lot 110). There are nice touches, such as Raymond Chandler’s annotated copy of Moonraker (‘all padding’ he fumes on p.18) (Lot 16). There is a nod, too, to Fleming’s oft-unadvertised role as a bibliophile. During the 1930s he amassed a library of first editions charting milestones in human progress - ‘books that had started something’ - which was considered so important that it had to be evacuated from London during the Blitz. And in 1952 he set aside the manuscript of Casino Royale to launch The Book Collector, one of the most authoritative journals of its kind, which flourishes to this day. Its editor was the redoubtable John Hayward, to whom several of these volumes are dedicated.

  
  LEFT TO RIGHT: LOT 16, FLEMING | MOONRAKER, 1955, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED TO RAYMOND CHANDLER . ESTIMATE £70,000-100,00; AND LOT 110, FLEMING | MANUSCRIPT NOTEBOOK, HONG KONG, MACAO, AND JAPAN, 1959 . ESTIMATE £25,000-35,000.

  Fleming would have relished the irony of a collector becoming himself collectable. He would also have enjoyed the idea of his story being told through a collection of his own books. To him, stories were paramount whether on paper, in life or, in this case, posterity. Famously, he boiled down his recipe for a successful thriller to a few short words: you simply have to turn over the page. I think you’ll find this catalogue fits the bill.
  
  Fergus Fleming
  Timeline of Bond
  
  1953
  1954
  1955
  1956
  1957
  1958
  1959
  1960
  1961
  1962
  1963
  1964
  1965
  1966

  

  https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/007-a-collection-of-books-and-manuscripts-the-property-of-a-gentleman/fleming-casino-royale-1953-first-edition-3?locale=en
  Lot 5
  FLEMING | Casino Royale, 1953, first edition
  Estimate £25,000-35,000
  
  Lot 13
  FLEMING | Live and Let Die, 1954, first edition
  Estimate £4,000-6,000
  
  Lot 18
  FLEMING | Moonraker, 1955, first edition
  Estimate £2,000-3,000
  
  
  Lot 21
  FLEMING | Diamonds are Forever, 1956, first edition
  Estimate £2,000-3,000
  
  Lot 26
  FLEMING | From Russia, With Love, 1957, first edition
  Estimate £2,000-3,000
  
  Lot 31
  FLEMING | Dr No, 1958, first edition
  Estimate £800-1,200
  
  Lot 38
  FLEMING | Goldfinger, 1959, first edition
  Estimate £700-1,000
  
  Lot 42
  FLEMING | For Your Eyes Only, 1960, first edition
  Estimate £300-500
  
  Lot 45
  FLEMING | Thunderball, 1961, first edition
  Estimate £400-600
  
  Lot 53
  FLEMING | The Spy Who Loved Me, 1962, first edition
  Estimate £300-500
  
  Lot 60
  FLEMING | On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 1963, first edition, the rare "B" binding
  Estimate £150-200
  
  Lot 64
  FLEMING | You Only Live Twice, 1964, first edition, first state
  Estimate £200-400
  
  Lot 69
  FLEMING | The Man with the Golden Gun, 1965, first edition, first state with gilt gun design
  Estimate £3,000-5,000
  
  Lot 80
  FLEMING | Octopussy and The Living Daylights, 1966, first edition
  Estimate £200-300
  

  

  FLEMING | Diamonds are Forever. Estimate £80,000-120,000.
  A highlight of the sale is Ian Fleming’s final typescript of the fourth Bond novel, Diamonds Are Forever (1956). Replete with last-minute revisions made by the author as he honed his work for publication, this working text provides a fascinating insight into Fleming’s creative process.

  
  Inscriptions
  
  The sale includes inscribed first editions of every James Bond book including inscriptions to personal friends and literary inspirations.
  
  Ian Fleming
  fleming | live and let die, 1954, first edition, presentation copy inscribed…
  Estimate: 50,000 – 70,000 GBP
  
  Ian Fleming
  fleming | goldfinger, 1959, first edition, presentation copy inscribed…
  Estimate: 40,000 – 60,000 GBP
  
  Ian Fleming
  fleming | the spy who loved me, 1962, first edition, presentation copy to r…
  Estimate: 35,000 – 50,000 GBP
  
  Ian Fleming
  fleming | from russia, with love, 1957, presentation copy inscribed to the …
  Estimate: 24,000 – 35,000 GBP
  
  From the Library of Ian Fleming
  
  Beyond Bond, a remarkable selection of books from Fleming’s own library also feature, including a copy of The Boy’s Own Annual, given to a ten-year old Fleming at Christmas and a fine presentation copy of close friend Raymond Chandler’s Playback.

  
  
• RichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.

  October 29 Posts: 13,750

  October 29th
  
  1943: Margaret Nolan is born--Hampstead, London, England.
  (She dies 5 October 2020 at age 76-- London Borough of Camden, London, England.)

  

  Margaret Nolan dead: Iconic Goldfinger Bond girl has died aged 76

  See the complete article here:
  

  https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/breaking-margaret-nolan-dead-iconic-22829278

  Film director Edgar Wright has tweeted his sadness at the passing of Margaret Nolan, who starred in Goldfinger as well as Beatles movies and Carry On films
  By James Brinsford Overnight Showbiz/TV Reporter | 12 OCT 2020

  
  James Bond girl Margaret Nolan has died aged 76.

  She starred in 1964 film Goldfinger and was in the iconic credits of the movie and helped publicise the film, dancing in a gold bikini while painted head to toe in gold.
  
  Though she will always be associated with this image, Margaret did not play the role on screen as Shirley Eaton played the gold-painted Bond girl in the film.
  
  Film director Edgar Wright shared the news of her passing on Twitter in a lengthy tribute to the actress, who also starred in the Beatles' Hard Day's Night movie and a series of Carry On films.
  
  The 46-year-old filmmaker tweeted: "It's my sad duty to report that actress and artist, the magnificent Margaret Nolan has passed away.
  
  "She was the middle of Venn diagram of everything cool in the 60's; having appeared with the Beatles, been beyond iconic in Bond and been part of the Carry On cast too."

  
  Margaret Nolan will always be remembered for her part in Goldfinger

  Edgar continued: "She was the gold painted model in the iconic Goldfinger title sequence and poster (she also played Dink in the movie), she appeared in the classic A Hard Day's Night, Carry On Girls, No Sex Please We're British & many others, frequently sending up her own glamourpuss image."
  
  The film director continued to list some of the famous projects that Margaret was involved in.
  
  He added: "She also appeared in five Spike Milligan Q series, Steptoe & Son, The Likely Lads, Morecambe & Wise and The Sweeney.
  
  "She became deeply involved in political theatre and more recently created visual art; deconstructed her own glamour modelling in a series of photomontages."

  
  Margaret Nolan pictured with Bernard Bresslaw on set of Carry On at Your Convenience in 1971

  Edgar concluded his tribute with a personal note about working with Margaret last year.
  
  He wrote: "I worked with her last year as she plays a small role in Last Night In Soho.
  
  "She was so funny, sharp and, as you might imagine, full of the most amazing stories.
  
  "I’m so glad I got to know her. My heart goes out to her family and all that loved her. She will be much missed."
  
  Margaret's son, Oscar Deeks, confirmed that she passed away on October 5.
  
  She was born on October 29, 1943 in Somerset but grew up in London.
  
  Margaret began her career as a glamour model, going by the name Vicky Kennedy in the early ’60s, but switched back to her birth name once she began acting.
  
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  1974: Cecilie Thomsen is born--Bogø, Denmark.
  
  1991: James Bond Jr. in syndication releases episode 32 of 65 - "Scottish Mist" in Scotland.

  

  

  James Bond Jr - Scottish Mist

  Season 1 - Episode 32
  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0807118/?ref_=ttep_ep32
  

  James and Gordo help their science teacher Prof. What to find his former colleague who is abducted by Spoiler so that Baron Von Skarin can learn the formula to his secret catalyst for clearer fuel.

  Directed by Bill Hutten, Tony Love
  Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)
  Andy Heyward ... (developer)
  Robby London ... (developer) (as Robbie London)
  Michael G. Wilson ... (developer)
  
  Cast (in credits order)
  Jeff Bennett ... Horace 'IQ' Boothroyd (voice)
  Corey Burton ... James Bond Jr. (voice)
  Michael Gough ... Spoiler (voice)
  Julian Holloway ... Mr.Bradford Milbanks / Baron Von Skarin (voice)
  Mona Marshall ... Tracy Milbanks (voice)
  Jan Rabson ... Gordon 'Gordo' Leiter / Professor Angus McLellan (voice)
  Susan Silo ... Phoebe Farragut (voice)
  Simon Templeman ... Trevor Noseworthy IV (voice)
  Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
  Mari Devon ... (voice)

  James Bond jr Episode 32 - Scottish Mist
  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  1995: Fox television airs The World of 007 with host Elizabeth Hurley.

  Opening excerpt
  

  1996: The Propellerheads and composer David Arnold record "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" for Tomorrow Never Dies. A remix is released in 1997, becoming the only top ten hit for the Propellerheads.

  

  
  2008: Quantum of Solace UK premieres at the Odeon Theater, Leicester Square, London.

  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  2008: The Scotsman prints "A Quantum Leap" regarding the latest Bond film.

  

  A Quantum leap

  https://www.scotsman.com/news/a-quantum-leap-1-1144678
  Published: 18:38 Updated: 19:07 Wednesday 29 October 2008
  
  DANIEL CRAIG bounds into the room, his arm in a sling. "Damn, I was hoping you wouldn't notice," he says. Wound up like a coil from talking all day, he's eager to cut the crap when it comes to his interpretation of Bond. "I guenuinely just nicked a lot of stuff from Ian Fleming," he says. "His Bond is very psychological: he thinks, he's morally ambiguous, he's an assassin, he kills people for a living; at the same time he always gets his man and goes after the bad guys. But there's no deep and meaningful thing here. I don't approach it like some big dramatic piece."
  
  He's reluctant to claim any ownership over the character, though. "I think I'm only borrowing it, don't you? This is all great, but I think someone else is going to come along and hopefully do a better job than I've done. It's not mine. It's Ian Fleming's, it's the Broccolis' – I could say I'm the caretaker, but that's a really naff thing to say."
  
  Director Marc Forster also understands his relationship with Bond could be temporary. "If this film doesn't become a commercial success, I'm going to be on a very long vacation," laughs the German-born, Swiss-raised filmmaker.
  
  Craig and Forster probably don't have much to worry about, but such is the pressure of following up Casino Royale, the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed (albeit bafflingly so) Bond film to date, that even though they're holed up in five-star luxury at London's Dorchester Hotel before the world premiere of Quantum of Solace, they'd rather crack self-deprecating gags than pat themselves on the back.
  
  That's unsurprising, though. Before Bond, Forster was an art-house filmmaker in the enviable position of being able to make modestly budgeted pictures such as The Kite Runner, Monster's Ball and Finding Neverland with complete artistic freedom. It's little wonder, then, that he considers his move into the blockbuster arena something of a risk. According to producers Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli (the step-son and daughter of the late Bond producer Albert "Cubby" Broccoli), he took a lot of persuading, not least because when they approached him 18 months ago there was no script, no title, just Daniel Craig and a release date.
  
  "Yeah, that's true," says Forster. "It was only when I met Daniel that I was inspired enough to take it. I thought he was incredible. Then I got on a plane to Italy and I thought, what am I doing? Am I crazy? I started thinking maybe I should talk to Barbara and Michael and pull out because I was frightened. There was no script and suddenly I was scouting the world for Bond locations, going, OK, we could shoot here, here, here and here, and all I had was a release date in my head. It was intense."
  
  Nevertheless, he was soon buoyed by the realisation that doing action was not as difficult as "doing intense psychological scenes with actors". Which may be why, despite a CV that suggests he was brought on board to deliver a talkier, more character-driven Bond film, Forster has actually made the most action-packed installment to date. Kicking off just moments after the end of Casino Royale it barely stops for breath as 007 traverses the globe to find those responsible for the death of his lover Vesper Lynd. Indeed it's a film that cuts so ruthlessly to the chase it has already received flack for being a little too pared down, with rumours circulating that some of the performances – particularly Gemma Arterton's Bond girl, Agent Fields – are lying on a cutting-room floor somewhere.
  
  Not so, says Forster. Aside from a 45-second sequence involving Craig, everything that was scripted ended up in the movie. "I just wanted this to be a much shorter film. Casino Royale was way too long for my taste; that poker game was really slow, so I wanted to make this a really tight and fast film. It should be like a bullet."
  
  Still, even though Quantum of Solace is not the touchy-feely Bond film that was threatened, its makers make it sound as if they've shot a three-hankey-weepie. Ask Forster about Bond's relationship with M (played once again by Judi Dench) and he refers to 007 as an emotionally dysfunctional orphan in search of a parental figure. Get Broccoli on the subject of the film's relationship to Casino Royale and she expounds at length about how Lynd's betrayal of Bond in the previous film has left him broken-hearted and wondering if she ever really loved him. Blimey.
  
  It's a relief, then, when Craig finally bounds into the room, and a reminder that it is his bruising, brutal and brooding take on 007 that has really made Bond relevant again, especially in a cinematic landscape dominated by Jason Bourne. Bring up this comparison (which is even more pronounced this time out) to Forster, Wilson or Broccoli and you'll be treated to a weary, resigned acknowledgement that, yes, stylistically there is some overlap, especially in the use of handheld cameras to make the action more realistic and emotionally intense. But, says Wilson: "If you look at the character and the storylines they're really different. Bond has a kind of sophistication and a different approach."
  
  "Just having the Bond girls and the villains makes it different. There are certain things that are said in a Bond film that are iconic and you want to keep them in there," Forster says.
  
  A faster, more intense Bond is certainly preferable to another jump-the-shark moment such as the invisible car in Die Another Day. "That idea was based on real technology," protests Broccoli sheepishly.
  
  "Unfortunately it just looked a bit too science fiction-like when we executed it," Wilson chips in. "But that happens a lot in Bond films. Moonraker was another point where we went a bit too far and had to bring things back down to Earth with For Your Eyes Only. It's a constant cycle and if the Brosnan films got a little fanciful, these ones have given us the chance to strip them back again."

  Finally acquiring the rights to Casino Royale was actually the real motivation for the current reboot, says Wilson, though Craig reckons there was another good reason for starting again from scratch. "It's hard to believe, but there is a generation of people who don't know the Bond movies. They haven't watched them the way I watched them growing up, so just saying the lines and introducing the characters and expecting them to understand who these people are would have been the wrong thing to do. But I do think that means we can do anything in the next Bond movie. We can introduce Moneypenny and Q back into it, I think we've just got to get the best actors we can find, and ask them to do the best job."
  
  So, he'll definitely return as James Bond? "I don't know. I'd love to do another one. Maybe I'm just superstitious – or stupidly pessimistic. I just want to see how it goes and if I get the chance, I'll do it."

  • Quantum of Solace is in cinemas tomorrow. Read Alistair Harkness's full review of the film in tomorrow's Scotsman Review
  
  Read more at: https://www.scotsman.com/news/a-quantum-leap-1-1144678

  
  

  2009: Puffin Books publishes Danger Society: The Young Bond Dossier by Charlie Higson, with the short story "A Hard Man to Kill".

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  2012: Skyfall breaks existing UK box office records for a 007 opening weekend.
  2012: Sony Classical releases the Skyfall soundtrack in the UK, recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London. Thomas Newman's score is nominated for an Oscar and wins a BAFTA.
  
  2015: Spectre released in The Netherlands.
  2015: Screen Daily reports on an abandoned S.P.E.C.T.R.E. mission from 1984.

  

  James Bond's abandoned 'SPECTRE' mission from
  1984

  See the complete article here:
  

  https://www.screendaily.com/james-bonds-abandoned-spectre-mission-from-1984/5096117.article

  By Violet Acevedo29 October 2015

  
  Screen International ad from 1984 offers glimpse of what could have been a precursor to the latest Bond film.

  As Screen prepares to celebrate its 40th birthday, we have been busy trawling through the magazine’s archives in search of landmark moments from our history.
  
  This full-page ad from 1984, purchased by film producer Kevin McClory of Paradise Film Productions, reveals the company’s intentions to create a series of James Bond films - beginning with SPECTRE - stating that an important announcement is forthcoming.
  
  Evidently, the film never came to fruition, and the project is now consigned to Bond history.
  
  In 1965, Kevin McClory had helped develop the story for the third entry in the Bond franchise, Thunderball, which introduced arch villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld as the figurehead of evil organization SPECTRE.
  
  Following the film, a dispute arose over who owned the rights to those elements of the story, with a court eventually ruling after years of litigation that McClory was allowed to produce his own James Bond films.
  
  Following that decision, he created the ‘unofficial’ entry in the series Never Say Never Again (1983), featuring the one-time return of Sean Connery as 007.
  
  As shown by this advert in Screen, he clearly intended to follow up that film with multiple projects, of which SPECTRE would have been the first, but never managed to get them off the ground.
  
  In 2013, seven years after Kevin McClory passed away, the dispute was finally resolved, with MGM reaching a settlement with the late producer’s estate to take back the rights to Blofeld and SPECTRE.
  
  Now, the 2015 incarnation of SPECTRE, featuring the return of the titular organisation, is breaking records at the UK box office.
  
  However, if Kevin McClory had managed to garner more support for his future Bond projects, things could have been very different.

  2016: Inspired by Spectre, the Mexican government channels promotion of pre-Hispanic culture into a "Día de los Muertos" parade through Paseo de la Reforma and Centro Historico. 250,000 in attendance.

  

  

  Mexico City's James Bond-inspired Day
  of the Dead parade gets mixed reviews

  Thousands attend spectacle, but others bemoan changing face of
  festival traditionally marked by more intimately
  https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/29/day-of-the-dead-parade-james-bond-mexico-city
  David Agren in Mexico City @el_reportero
  Sun 30 Oct 2016 10.15 EDT

  Mexico City celebrates its first ever Day of the Dead parade

  Mexico City has held its first Day of the Dead parade, complete with floats, giant skeleton marionettes and more than 1,000 actors, dancers and acrobats in costumes.
  
  A tradition that normally takes place in private homes or at candle-lit cemetery sites was transformed this year by the silver screen – specifically the James Bond film Spectre.
  
  “Day of the Dead is always something in Mexico City that is celebrated, though in a more serious way,” Enrique de la Madrid, the country’s tourism secretary, told the Guardian. “It’s a deeply rooted tradition in Mexico, but what we decided to do is a festival.”
  
  The city government and Mexican tourism officials were inspired by parts of last year’s Bond film, which were filmed in Mexico City and featured 007 chasing a villain through a Day of the Dead celebration in the historical centre.
  
  The official parade on Saturday attracted thousands of people with its full spectacle of skulls and skeletons, oceans of marigolds and catrinas (stylised skeleton costumes depicting high-society figures).
  
  “It’s great that we can celebrate and remember our deceased loved ones,” said Jesús Arreola, 21, a brewery worker who was strolling along the parade route.
  
  Day of the Dead dates back to the Aztec period and celebrants believe the spirits of their deceased loved ones return for a visit. Families build altars adored with photographs, votive candles and items the deceased enjoyed such as food and drink – even tequila or mezcal.
  
  Day of the Dead has remained popular despite predictions the US import of Halloween would wipe it out.

  
  Women wear skeleton masks during a procession organized by sex workers to remember their
  deceased colleagues ahead of the Day of the Dead parade.
  Photograph: Ginnette Riquelme/Reuters

  But Saturday’s parade did not go down well with everyone. Some on social media pointed to it as another populist pitch from a local government famous for opening the world’s biggest ice rink, building urban beaches and having a fetish for setting world records such as taking the biggest ever selfie.
  
  “This is a cheap stunt,” tweeted Esteban Illades, editor of the magazine Nexos. “They film James Bond here and now we have the ‘traditional Day of the Dead parade’. Let’s see what happens when (the mayor) finishes reading The Da Vinci Code.”
  
  The parade came as Mexico approaches the 11th the year of its crackdown on drug cartels and organised crime, a conflict that has cost an estimated 150,000 lives.
  
  “More than 100,000 dead: decapitated, disappeared, buried in clandestine graves, thrown in garbage dumps, reduced to ashes, drowned in sewage canals, dead by hanging in the public plaza … Why do with minimising what should give us all chills?” wrote Alma Delia Murillo in the online publication Sin Embargo.
  
  Some see a big parade – even one inspired by 007 – as part of an evolution already under way in Mexico.
  
  Shawn Haley, a Canadian who lives in southern Oaxaca state, and studies Day of the Dead, said the tradition had been evolving since 2000, when he started seeing parades and processions. He predicted it would continue its transformation into a less spiritual occasion, especially in urban areas.
  
  “We are seeing the transition from a private family celebration with folks who truly believed the dead family members returned home to a much more community oriented event [which] has removed much of the sincere belief,” Haley said.
  
  “In the smaller villages, the private family celebration of the Day of the Dead goes on … and family is what keeps the Day of the Dead going.”

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  2021: The Bird Museum's October Conservation Seminar Series hosts “Meet The Real James Bond”.

  

  

  The Bird Museum's October Conservation Seminar Series Fri Oct 29, 2021
  

  See the complete article here:
  

  https://allevents.in/online/the-bird-museums-october-conservation-seminar-series/10000176663724957

  The Bird Museum's October Conservation Seminar Series
  “Meet The Real James Bond” - 6:00pm - October 29th, 2021
  
  About this Event
  In 1952, Ian Fleming stole the name of a famous ornithologist and explorer named James Bond (1900-1989), the author of the trail-blazing Birds of the West Indies. This colorfully illustrated talk will focus on Bond, the Fleming connection, and some of the birds, bird eggs (including Harpy Eagle eggs from the WFVZ) and other species that Bond collected. There’ll be some 007 moments as well, in keeping with the new James Bond movie, No Time to Die.
  
  Please join us for an evening of history and intrigue with Jim Wright, the author of The Real James Bond, the acclaimed biography about the birdman who fell prey to the world’s most famous case of identity theft.
  
  The Wall Street Journal called it “slim and elegant -- like Bond himself."
  
  *Meeting information will be a Zoom Link on your Eventbrite digital ticket under: View Links, and will also appear at the bottom of your email ticket under: Additional Information
  
  Register with Zoom link for this event

  A long-time prize-winning journalist and former movie critic, Wright has written lavishly illustrated nature books about Central America’s largest rainforest, Pennsylvania’s legendary Hawk Mountain, and the New Jersey Meadowlands. He writes "The Bird Watcher" column for The Record and other USA Today newspapers in New Jersey.

  You can read Jim's Real James Bond blog here.
  
  You can order a signed copy of The Real James Bond, or order an unsigned copy, the ebook or audiobook from Amazon and other online sellers.

  

  2021: 007：无暇赴死 (007: Wúxiá fù sǐ ) released in Mainland China.

  
  
  
  
  

  
  
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  October 30th
  
  1943: Maud Russell writes about Ian Fleming in her diary.

  

  Spies, affairs and James Bond... The
  secret diary of Ian Fleming's wartime
  mistress

  https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/spies-affairs-james-bond-secret-diary-ian-flemings-wartime-mistress/

  Saturday 30 October, 1943
  
  Day in bed with cold in spite of four anti-catarrhal injections. Got up
  to have dinner with I. Talked about every kind of thing as usual:
  Admiralty, personalities, happenings, the funeral, love, death,
  marriage, houses, Tahiti – or any escape island – and the formidable
  future till after 12.

  

  
  1963: The Desert Sun prints a short article "Hero or Creator--James Bond? Nope, Only Ian Fleming."

  

  HERO OR CREATOR--
  James Bond? Nope,
  Only lan Fleming

  Desert Sun, Volume 37, Number 75, 30 October 1963 —
  https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=DS19631030.2.34&e
  
  LONDON (UPI - As he stood there, bemused in Fleet Street, the tall man m the dark blue suit with cuffs on its sleeves did not look like secret agent James Bond, holder of; the rare double-cipher number 007, which entitles its bearer to kill in the performance of duty.
  
  His suit fitted well, too well in fact for even an extra-flat Beretta automatic in a chamois skin holster hidden under the armpit. His shoes were certainly hand-made but on close examination too soft in the toes to be steel-tipped (for kicking out in emergencies, naturally).
  
  His bow tie? Now that might have been whipped off and used for a garrote in the event of a sudden confrontation with an assassin from SMERSH A Soviet agency set up to eliminate counterspies or "double” agents. And the hard grey-blue eyes in the battered handsome face would probably not flinch from such a routine encounter (or, for that matter, a duel with cyanide guns, throwing knives or poisoned brass knuckles.)
  
  But this was definitely not James Bond for the good reason that it was lan Fleming, the British journalist who created a fictional secret agent and gained a world wide audience that includes President Kennedy.
  
  All Things Possible
  In the world Fleming has created with the skill of his pen all things are possible, all characters are believable at least for the moment no matter how bizarre. This is a tribute to the sure instinct of his writing and to a trick of weaving the improbable within a solid framework of solid, practical information.
  
  Some interpreters of the Fleming cult allege that Bond is the way he sees his mirror-image. He was a commander in the Royal Navy. So is Bond. He was engaged in a highly secret work during the war. Bond is an agent of the British Secret Service. They dress alike, insist on the same drinks, smoke the same cigarettes, buy their clothes in the same stores and frequent the same restaurants.
  
  With three homes, a wife who is one of London’s leading hostesses, one of the fastest private automobiles in Europe and all the luxuries that royalties can provide, Fleming is willing to let the public think what it wants as long as it continue* to buy his books and patronize the series of films now being made from them.
  
  Millions Sold
  The James Bond novels have sold more than 14 million copies and the first film. "Dr. No,” was a box office smash.
  
  The second, “From Russia With Love" has now opened to equally enthusiastic notices. Fleming approved the star who portrays Bond, Sean Connery. But they do not resemble each other in any way. Fleming’s nose looks as though he had started his career with a left hook in his face instead of a silver spoon in his mouth. It is not, to be tactful, film-star photogenic, although at 55, Fleming has rugged good looks of his own.
  
  Fleming was born to a member of parliament and a mother who was regarded as the reigning beauty of England. He had a typically upper-class education at Eton, which he disliked, and later Sandhurst Military Academy the West Point of Britain. From there he went to the universities of Munich and Geneva where he learned fluent German and French.
  
  Later in his career, as manager of the Moscow bureau of Reuters, he added fluent Russian.
  
  But along came the war and someone remembered that he was a linguist, widely traveled, a man of many interests from golf to gambling. This added up to an invitation to join naval intelligence.
  
  Much of his war work is still secret although he had a staff under him assigned to moving in with the advance troops to seize codes and special equipment. He insists that he has never had to draw from his personal experience for his plots but the contracts he made then must be invaluable when it comes to checking accuracy or possibilities.

  
  

  
  1973: Thomas Wright in The Gleaner calls Live and Let Die “the poorest of the lot so far, though there were some great moments during the speed-boat chase”. He dismisses the idea the film was “insulting to black people."
  
  1991: James Bond Jr. in syndication releases episode 33 of 65 - "The Art of Evil" in Paris, France.

  

  

  James Bond Jr - The Art of Evil

  Season 1 - Episode 33
  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0807300/?ref_=tt_ep_nx

  Young Bond has to clear his name when the Chameleon uses his ability to frame him for the second museum robbery in Paris. At the same time, he has stop the Chameleon and his partner Lex Illusion from robbing the Mona Lisa and other priceless painting from the Louvre.

  Directed by Bill Hutten, Tony Love
  Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)
  Andy Heyward ... (developer)
  Robby London ... (developer) (as Robbie London)
  Jeffrey Scott ... (writer)
  Michael G. Wilson ... (developer)
  
  Cast (in credits order)
  Jeff Bennett ... Horace 'IQ' Boothroyd (voice)
  Corey Burton ... James Bond Jr. (voice)
  Brian Stokes Mitchell ... Coach Mitchell (voice) (as Brian Mitchell)
  Alan Oppenheimer ... The Chameleon / Lex Illusion (voice)
  Jan Rabson ... Hocus / Pocus (voice)
  Susan Silo ... Phoebe Farragut (voice)
  Kath Soucie ... Mimi Chaussée (voice)
  Simon Templeman ... Trevor Noseworthy IV (voice)
  Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
  Mari Devon ... (voice)

  James Bond Jr Episode 33 - The Art of Evil
  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  2008: Penguin Modern Classics publishes Quantum of Solace: The Complete James Bond Short Stories.

  
  

  2008: The Guardian prints "For Your Ears Only", a rundown of Bond title song near-misses.

  

  For your ears only

  https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/oct/31/james-bond-songs
  Jude Rogers | Thu 30 Oct 2008 20.01 EDT
  
  Amy Winehouse was lined up to sing the theme for Quantum
  of Solace, but it never happened. Jude Rogers looks down her
  gun-barrel at other tunes that nearly made the 007 title
  sequence

  
  The Bond girl that almost was: Amy Winehouse.
  Photograph: Dave Hogan/Getty

  Goldfinger
  Anthony Newley (1964)
  Shirley Bassey's gutsy performance nearly never was. Goldfinger's lyrics were co-written by Leslie Bricusse and singer Anthony Newley, and it was Newley - the Cockney pop impresario - who made the original recording. A light jazz version in which he delivers the lyrics in a sinister whisper was included on 1992's 30th-anniversary album, The Best of Bond, but Bassey's version, enhanced by composer John Barry's brassy arrangement, became the quintessential James Bond theme.
  
  Hear it: http://tinyurl.com/6b33qc

  Thunderball
  Johnny Cash (1965)
  Submitted on spec by Johnny Cash, this majestic country track paints Bond as a furious avenger, his arrival heralded by trumpets, female harmonies and urgent drums. The lyrics also refer to the nuclear bombs for which Bond was hunting in the film ("There's a rumble in the sky and all the world can hear it call/ They shudder at the fury of the mighty Thunderball"). Also rejected was Barry and Bricusse's Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, made as a demo by Bassey but recorded by Dionne Warwick. That was turned down at the last minute after producers decided the theme tune should share the film's title. Don Black, the lyricist who still works on Bond film soundtracks, was recruited, and Tom Jones's theme was written in a few days.
  
  Hear it: http://tinyurl.com/5qxatn

  You Only Live Twice
  Lorraine Chandler (1967)
  Discovered in the RCA vaults in the 1990s, Lorraine Chandler's northern soul floor-filler began life as a demo that the Detroit-born singer-songwriter submitted herself. It refers to the film's narrative, incorporating both Japanese scales, to reflect the film's location, and the bassline of Monty Norman's famous 007 theme. It was rejected in favour of Barry's song of the same name for Nancy Sinatra, and Chandler went on to write songs for the O'Jays and Eddie Parker.
  
  Hear it: http://tinyurl.com/5pmcr2

  The Man With the Golden Gun
  Alice Cooper (1974)
  Alice Cooper decided that he was Bond's next main man after Paul McCartney and Wings had international success with 1973's Live and Let Die. Cooper's track is four minutes of dirty glam-metal, and revels in the phallic imagery of the film title ("The man with the golden gun in his pocket/ The man with the golden gun in his case/ The man with the golden gun in your face"). Rejected out of hand by the studio, it appeared on Cooper's album Muscle of Love.
  
  Hear it: http://tinyurl.com/3vgdfb

  For Your Eyes Only
  Blondie (1981)
  Debbie Harry agreed to sing this film's theme tune, but pulled out after being told that the track would be written by Bill Conti, the composer of the Rocky soundtrack, rather than Blondie. Sheena Easton filled Harry's high heels, but Blondie wrote their own theme tune regardless, a strange, dramatic song that they included on their final album, The Hunter.
  
  Hear it: http://tinyurl.com/6nhtb7

  Never Say Never Again
  Phyllis Hyman (1983)
  Although Never Say Never Again was not an official Bond film, its original theme tune was also shelved late in the day. Stephen Forsyth wrote a smooth, sultry song, performed by American soul singer Phyllis Hyman. He claims it was dropped after the film's soundtrack composer, Michael Legrand, demanded that he also be allowed to write the title track. Forsyth finally released the track for free on the internet earlier this year, 13 years after Hyman committed suicide. Brazilian singer Lani Hall, the wife of Herb Alpert, sang the song that replaced it.
  
  Hear it: http://tinyurl.com/5r8bvb

  The Living Daylights
  The Pet Shop Boys (1987)
  After industry rumours that they were in the running to perform the next Bond theme, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe made a demo with a Bond-style guitar motif. But after Duran Duran's success with A View to a Kill, another pretty boy pop group, A-ha, were chosen to collaborate with Barry - an unpleasant process for both parties, which Barry later likened to "playing ping-pong with four balls". Tennant and Lowe later returned to their Bond demo, turning it into This Must Be the Place I Waited Years to Leave on their 1990 album, Behaviour.
  
  Hear it: http://tinyurl.com/5lx9k6

  License to Kill [sic]
  Vic Flick and Eric Clapton (1989)
  Vic Flick played lead guitar on Norman's original 007 theme, and had been contributing to Barry's Bond film soundtracks since the early 1960s. In 1989, Clapton had just released Journeyman, his successful album of guitar-and-vocal collaborations. Flick and Bond's two-man take on the theme was meant to reflect the grit of Timothy Dalton's Bond, but the producers thought differently. Elements of Flick's guitar work remain in the score, but Gladys Knight's Goldfinger homage took the opening credits.
  
  Hear it: Sorry, you can't.

  UPDATE:
  CONFIRMED! - Leaked Bond Theme Authenticated by Member of Licence to Kill Film's Production / 007 (3:19)
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt0AygxEshM
  
  ‘James Bond Theme’ by Eric Clapton (4:49)
  
  

  The Goldeneye
  Ace of Base (1995)
  Fresh from having international hits with All That She Wants and The Sign, Ace of Base were recruited to write and perform the theme for Pierce Brosnan's first Bond film. Their record company Arista pulled them from the project after the track was complete, because of fears the film would flop. The opposite happened: not only was it a critical and commercial success, but it rebooted the career of Tina Turner. Seven years later, the band reworked the song, renamed it The Juvenile, and released it on their 2002 album Da Capo.
  
  Hear it: http://tinyurl.com/66ms2t

  Tomorrow Never Dies
  Saint Etienne (1997)
  Swept up by the easy listening boom, Saint Etienne were one of many bands asked to compete for this Bond theme. Their exotica-flavoured song made much of Sarah Cracknell's breathy vocals, but it was rejected, as were entries by the Cardigans, Pulp and Marc Almond. Saint Etienne put theirs on their 1999 fanclub compilation, Built on Sand, and wrote in the liner notes that Pierce Brosnan had kept the master tape of their song, deeming it "seven times better than Sheryl Crow".
  
  Hear it: http://tinyurl.com/6ga5db

  The World Is Not Enough
  Straw (1999)
  Straw, a Bristol band formed by Mattie Bennett and Roger Power of the Blue Aeroplanes, were the bright hope for record label WEA in 1999. Their Bond theme nodded towards Radiohead's romantic ballads, but it was rejected in favour of David Arnold and Black's theme for Garbage. A specially recorded Scott Walker song for the closing credits was also dropped, though it did feature on the soundtrack album for the movie.
  
  Hear it: http://tinyurl.com/27vngo

  Quantum of Solace
  Amy Winehouse (2008)
  The theme tunes for Die Another Day and Casino Royale were agreed and recorded quickly, but the hunt for the latest Bond theme tune was protracted. Black and Arnold wrote a song for Quantum of Solace earlier this year, and Black says Amy Winehouse was approached to sing it, amid rumours she and Mark Ronson were also working on a track. Neither worked out.
  
  But Bond themes have changed now, as Black explains. "They're not about being seductive or provocative, with that whiff of the boudoir about them. They're also not as lyrically led." Black quite likes the new song by Jack White and Alicia Keys, but, like many other Bond fans, he's still a sucker for history. "I'm all for the music that makes you think of menace and drama, of spiders running across the pillow," he says. "And personally, I'd get Shirley Bassey to sing them all."
  
  Hear it: Sorry, you can't.

  
  2012: Skyfall premieres in Berlin, Germany.

  
  
  
  
  

  2015: In The Telegraph Tom reveals what it's like to be Blofeld.

  

  What it's like to live with the
  surname Blofeld

  See the complete article here:
  

  https://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/james-bond-spectre/real-blofeld-surname/

  
  Trying to take over the world since 1961: SPECTRE's leaders Franz Oberhauser and Ernst Stavro Blofeld
  Credit: EON/ Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

  Tom Blofeld 30 October 2015 • 7:00am
  
  Sharing a surname with a supervillain hasn’t been easy for Tom Blofeld. Here, he reveals the genesis of 007’s arch-foe
  

  

  
  2015: Spectre released in Denmark and Sweden.
  2015: 007 Spectre released in Finland.
  2015: James Bond: Spectre released in Norway.
  
  2018: British auction house Fellows puts the last Rolex screen-worn by Bond up for sale.

  
  https://www.classicdriver.com/en/article/watches/rolex-submariner-may-or-may-not-grant-you-a-licence-kill
  

  
  https://www.fellows.co.uk/james_bond_watch

  A Licence To Kill

  A Rolex Submariner worn by 007 could fetch a whopping £90,000 at auction. The magnificent timepiece - worn by Timothy Dalton’s stunt double during the British spy thriller, Licence to Kill, in 1989 – is estimated at £60,000 - £90,000 in the upcoming Watch Sale on Tuesday 30th October.
  
  The Rolex featured in a memorable scene - a car chase where 007 is driving a tanker truck in Mexico. Shot almost entirely in Mexico and the US, Licence to Kill pits Britain’s favourite spy against a fierce drug lord.
  
  The watch comes with photos of the cast and crew on set in Mexico, as well as paperwork from Rolex. There is also a book detailing the making of the movie, a soundtrack album, and a certificate of authenticity from EON Productions (the film company).
  
  Licence to Kill was Timothy Dalton’s final appearance as 007 in the franchise, before Pierce Brosnan took over the role as the famous British spy.

  Additional information on provenance
  
  • Filming of this scene in Licence to Kill took place at two locations in Mexico. Timothy Dalton was in one location wearing the Submariner 16610 which can be seen in the film.
  • Rodney Pincott (Stand-by propman 2nd unit) was in the second location with the stunt doubles.
  • Because the stunt double needed to wear a watch during the scene, Pincott’s own watch was used. Pincott’s watch was very similar to the 16610 worn by Timothy Dalton in the film - apart from the date which is not displayed. It is Pincott’s Rolex Submariner 5513 that is being offered for sale.
  • The watch was badly damaged during the filming of the tanker scene and was sent to Rolex for a full service. We have the service paperwork, showing the correct serial reference, to prove this. We also have all of the original parts that Rolex replaced. Rolex performed the service free of charge.

  
  

  2019: Dynamite Entertainment releases James Bond 007 #12.
  Robert Carey, artist. Greg Pak, writer.

  

  JAMES BOND 007 #12

  https://www.dynamite.com/htmlfiles/viewProduct.html?PRO=C72513027532512011
  Cover A: Dave Johnson UPC: 725130275325 12011
  Cover B: Khoi Pham UPC: 725130275325 12021
  Cover C: Ben Caldwell UPC: 725130275325 12031
  Cover D: Robert Carey UPC: 725130275325 12041
  Writer: Greg Pak, Art: Robert Carey
  Format: Comic Book
  Page Count: 32 Pages
  ON SALE DATE: 10/30/2019

  "Goldfinger" concludes. From GREG PAK (Agents Of Atlas, Star Wars) and ROBERT CAREY (Aliens: Resistance).

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  https://icv2.com/gallery/44368/1
  

  
  2022: Last day for the James Bond Corn Maze at Richardson Adventure Farm, Spring Grove, Illinois.

  

  The Largest Corn Maze in the World Celebrates the 60th
  Anniversary of James Bond

  See the complete article here:
  

  https://www.neatorama.com/2022/09/28/The-Largest-Corn-Maze-in-the-World-Celebrates-the-60th-Anniversary-of-James-Bond/

  Main Blog > The Largest Corn Maze in the World Celebrates the 60th Anniversary of James Bond
  Wednesday, September 28, 2022
  
  The name is Corn, James Corn.
  
  The world's largest corn maze, located the Richardson Adventure Farm in Spring Grove, Illinois, is celebrating the 60th anniversary of Agent 007 of Her Majesty's Secret Service, James Bond.
  
  The maze displays the images of (almost) all James Bond actors - Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Sean Connery, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig - as well as other details from the movie, including the gun barrel, an Aston Martin DB5 car and the Casino de Monte-Carlo.
  
  The "James Corn" (hah) maze was created by planting corn using GPS-equipped tractors, which automatically dropped seeds according to certain patterns. After the seed sprouted into corn plants, they get a maze with 10 miles of trail winding through 28 acres of live corn.
  
  The James Bond corn maze is open to the public from September 10 to October 30, 2022. Besides getting lost in the maze, visitors can also participate in pumpkin picking, zip lines and other activities.

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  
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  October 31st
  
  1948: Michael Kitchen is born--Leicester, Leicestershire, England.
  
  1966: You Only Live Twice films the rocket launch near film's end.
  1968: 007: Sólo se vive dos veces released in Mexico.

  
  
  
  
  

  
  1974: David Dencik is born--Stockholm, Sweden.
  1976: US television premiere of Live and Let Die on ABC.

  An awesome Sunday.
  

  1977: 007: O Espião que me Amava released in Brazil.

  
  

  
  1991: James Bond Jr. in syndication releases episode 34 of 65 - "The Heartbreak Caper."

  

  

  James Bond Jr - The Heartbreak Caper

  Season 1 - Episode 34
  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0807301/?ref_=tt_ep_nx
  

  Ms. Fortune uses the power of love on Mr. Milbanks so that she can get her hands on a new discovered painting of Da Shinci. But Bond and Tracy aren't fooled by her disguise.

  Directed by Bill Hutten, Tony Love
  Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)
  Andy Heyward ... (developer)
  Robby London ... (developer) (as Robbie London)
  Michael G. Wilson ... (developer)
  Marc Scott Zicree ... (written by)
  
  Cast (in credits order)
  Jeff Bennett ... Horace 'IQ' Boothroyd (voice)
  Corey Burton ... James Bond Jr. (voice)
  Julian Holloway ... Mr.Bradford Milbanks (voice)
  Mona Marshall ... Tracy Milbanks (voice)
  Brian Stokes Mitchell ... Coach Mitchell (voice) (as Brian Mitchell)
  Jan Rabson ... Gordon 'Gordo' Leiter / Snuffer (voice)
  Susan Silo ... Phoebe Farragut / Miss Fortune (voice)
  Kath Soucie ... Bella Spumone (voice)
  Simon Templeman ... Trevor Noseworthy IV (voice)
  Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
  Mari Devon ... (voice)

  James Bond Jr Episode 34 - The Heartbreak Caper
  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  2006: MTV video premiere of "You Know My Name". Director Michael Haussman contrasts "the lives of a professional spy and a rock star".

  MTV's Making the Video 2006 - You Know My Name by Chris Cornell
  

  2008: Quantum of Solace released in the UK, Ireland, France, Sweden.

  
  
  
  

  2008: EU release of the video game Quantum of Solace.

  

  
  Trailer
  
  
  "When No One Loves You", Kerli
  
  
  Soundtrack
  

  2008: Science Daily proposes "Once Improbable James Bond Villains Now Close To Real Thing."

  

  Once Improbable James Bond Villains Now Close To Real
  Thing, Spy Researcher Says

  https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081030075649.htm

  Date: October 31, 2008
  Source: University of Warwick
  Summary: Researchers say that the once improbable seeming villains in the Bond movies have become close to the real threats face faced by modern security services. One researcher said, "Remarkably, the Bond villains - including Dr No, Goldfinger and Blofeld - have always been post-Cold War figures. Bond's enemies are in fact very close the real enemies of the last two decades - part master criminal - part arms smuggler - part terrorist - part warlord."

  FULL STORY
  Professor Richard J. Aldrich, Professor of International Security at University of Warwick, who has just been awarded a £447,000 grant from UK's Art and Humanities Research Council to examine 'Landscapes of Secrecy' says that the once improbable seeming villains in the Bond movies have become close to the real threats face faced by modern security services.
  
  He says:

  "Throughout the Cold War, Bond's villains looked improbable, but now life imitates art. Indeed, in the early 1990s as the Cold War came to a sudden end, real MI6 officers worried about redundancy. Their boss, the real "M", Sir Colin McColl reassured them that the end of the Cold War would be followed by a Hot Peace. He was quite right. Within a few years they had joined with special forces to battle drug barons in South America and to track down war criminals in the former Yugoslavia."
  
  "Remarkably, the Bond villains - including Dr No, Goldfinger and Blofeld - have always been post-Cold War figures. Bond's enemies are in fact very close the real enemies of the last two decades - part master criminal - part arms smuggler - part terrorist - part warlord. They are always the miscreants of globalization, they endanger not only the security of single country, but the safety of the whole world. Like our modern enemies, they thrive on the gaps between sovereign states and thrive on secrecy."

  The full text of his comments now follows:

  "Spying is often thought of a Cold War phenomena. Ten years ago, in the film "Goldeneye", the stern figure of "M" told 007 that he was nothing more than a historical relic. Yet even before Ian Fleming's extraordinary hero first appeared on the screen, the world of James Bond was in fact looking forward to the twenty-first century - and not backwards."
  
  "Remarkably, the Bond villains - including Dr No, Goldfinger and Blofeld - have always been post-Cold War figures. Bond's enemies are in fact very close the real enemies of the last two decades - part master criminal - part arms smuggler - part terrorist - part warlord. They are always the miscreants of globalization, they endanger not only the security of single country, but the safety of the whole world. Like our modern enemies, they thrive on the gaps between sovereign states and thrive on secrecy."
  
  "Throughout the Cold War, Bond's villains looked improbable, but now life imitates art. Indeed, in the early 1990s as the Cold War came to a sudden end, real MI6 officers worried about redundancy. Their boss, the real "M", Sir Colin McColl reassured them that the end of the Cold War would be followed by a Hot Peace. He was quite right. Within a few years they had joined with special forces to battle drug barons in South America and to track down war criminals in the former Yugoslavia."
  
  "In "The Quantum of Solace" [sic] this forward-looking theme is continued. Counter-terrorism is already yesterday's business and instead Bond looks forward to the next decade when the enemies will be climate change, environmental hazard and global uncertainty. Here the villain - Dominic Greene - played by Mathieu Amalric - together with the mysterious Le Chiffre and Mr White - hide behind an organisation appropriately titled "Greene Planet". This looks like a foundation for global preservation and eco-friendly fundraising. In fact Greene Planet is a front for a secret criminal conspiracy and kleptocratic generals. 007 and the villain first come face to face at a lavish eco fund-raising cocktail party."
  
  "The role of film and fiction in shaping the public understanding of espionage is serious stuff. Curiously, although government secret services hide in shadows, the public somehow feels it knows more about them than the more mundane work-a-day civil service. This is because "007", together with television series such as "Spooks", "24" and the "X-Files" have allowed the viewer to spend literally hours inside their highly-secure buildings."
  
  "Programme-makers often go to obsessive lengths to get things right, albeit in reality "M"s office on the south bank of the Thames is a little less glitzy than the one portrayed in "Quantum of Solace". Secret services have come to recognise that film and fiction play an important part in the public understanding of intelligence work and the CIA has gone so far as to appoint a Hollywood liaison officer to assist film-makers whose wish to portray the agency. "
  
  "Many films, like "The Good Shepherd", are retrospective and are praised for their historical accuracy, and some, like "The Bourne Conspiracy", seek to capture the present. But few capture the wave of the future with the wonderful insight of Ian Fleming. His villains, drawn half a century ago, are truly the miscreants of globalisation. Far fetched in the 1960s, they are now the stuff of reality. We need James Bond more than ever."

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  University of Warwick. "Once Improbable James Bond Villains Now Close To Real Thing, Spy Researcher Says." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 31 October 2008. <www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081030075649.htm>.

  
  2012: Skyfall released in Spain, Italy, The Netherlands, and The Philippines.
  2012: Skajfol released in Serbia.
  
  

  2020: Sir Thomas Sean Connery dies at age 90--The Bahamas.
  (Born 25 August 1930--Fountainbridge, Edinburgh, Scotland.)

  

  Sean Connery, Oscar Winner and James Bond
  Star, Dies at 90

  See the complete article here:
  

  https://variety.com/2020/film/actors/sean-connery-dies-oscar-winner-and-james-bond-star-dead-at-90-1234820498/

  By Richard Natale, Manori Ravindran

  
  Sean Connery Dr No James Bond
  Courtesy Everett Collection

  Sean Connery, the Scottish-born actor who rocketed to fame as James Bond and became one of the franchise’s most popular and enduring international stars, has died. He was 90.
  
  Connery, long regarded as one of the best actors to have portrayed the iconic spy, was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2000 and marked his 90th birthday in August. His death was confirmed by his family, according to the BBC, which notes that the actor died in his sleep while in the Bahamas. It’s believed he had been unwell for some time. His last acting role had been in Stephen Norrington’s “The League of Extraordinary Gentleman” (2003).

  Connery was an audience favorite for more than 40 years and one of the screen’s most reliable and distinctive leading men. The actor was recently voted the best James Bond actor in an August Radio Times poll in the U.K. More than 14,000 voted and Connery claimed 56% of the vote. Global tributes poured in for Connery on Saturday following news of his death.
  
  In a statement, Bond producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli said Connery “was and shall always be remembered as the original James Bond whose indelible entrance into cinema history began when he announced those unforgettable words, ‘The name’s Bond… James Bond.’
  
  “He revolutionized the world with his gritty and witty portrayal of the sexy and charismatic secret agent. He is undoubtedly largely responsible for the success of the film series and we shall be forever grateful to him,” said the producers.

  However, Connery — who made his debut in the first Bond film, “Dr. No” (1962) — also transcended Ian Fleming’s sexy Agent 007, and went on to distinguish himself with a long and mature career in such films as “The Wind and the Lion” (1975), “The Man Who Would Be King” (1975) and “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” (1989).
  
  His turn as a tough Irish cop in Depression-era Chicago in Brian De Palma’s “The Untouchables” (1987) brought him a supporting actor Oscar.
  
  Even as he entered his seventh decade, Connery’s star power remained so strong that he was constantly in demand and handsomely remunerated. In 1999 he was selected People magazine’s Sexiest Man of the Century, and from his 007 days to “Entrapment” (1999), opposite the much-younger Catherine Zeta-Jones, his screen roles more than justified the choice. Age seemed only to intensify his sex appeal and virility.
  
  In his early career, his physique was his main asset as he modeled and picked up acting jobs where he could. In 1956, he landed the role of a battered prizefighter in the BBC production of “Requiem for a Heavyweight.” Good notices brought him to the attention of the entertainment community, and his first film was “No Road Back,” a B crime movie in 1956. He seemed doomed to play the hunk to ageing leading ladies, as he did opposite Lana Turner in “Another Time, Another Place,” or roles that stressed his looks such as “Tarzan’s Great Adventure” in 1959.
  
  It was easy to dismiss him in films like “Darby O’Gill and the Little People,” but his Count Vronsky to Claire Bloom’s Anna Karenina on the BBC brought him some respect and the kind of attention needed to raise him to the top of the Daily Express’ poll of readers asked to suggest the ideal James Bond.

  After an interview with producers Albert Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, he landed the role without a screen test, according to Saltzman. It was a controversial choice at the time, as Connery was an unknown outside Britain. But 1962’s “Dr. No,” the first of the Bond films, made him an international star.
  
  His stature grew with the ever more popular sequels “From Russia With Love,” “Goldfinger” and “Thunderball,” which arrived over the next four years. Bond gave Connery a license to earn; he was paid only $30,000 for “Dr. No” but $400,000 for Alfred Hitchcock’s “Marnie” and was soon getting $750,000 a film.
  
  His initial efforts to break out of the Bond mold, however, proved fruitless. Films like “A Fine Madness,” “Shalako” and “The Molly Maguires” were well-intentioned attempts that did nothing to shake Connery as Bond from the public consciousness. After 1967’s “You Only Live Twice,” he left the Bond franchise, but he was coaxed back for 1971’s “Diamonds Are Forever.” He looked old for the role, and the series seemed tired, so with that, he left Bond behind — though money would tempt him back once last time in 1983 for “Never Say Never Again.”

  
  He took a major misstep with sci-fi film “Zardoz,” and his career seemed to be foundering.
  

  
  Sean Connery and Luciana Paoluzzi filming “Thunderball” at Pinewood Studios in the U.K. (AP)

  
  But he bounced back in 1974 with a supporting role in “Murder on the Orient Express” and the following year with “The Wind and the Lion” and “The Man Who Would Be King,” two bold adventures featuring a mature, salt-and-pepper-bearded Connery. “Robin and Marian” (1976) opposite Audrey Hepburn was not a popular success, but critics embraced it, and the film cemented Connery’s reputation as a versatile, serious screen actor.
  
  In the late 1970s, there were more missteps such as “Meteor,” “A Bridge Too Far” and “Cuba.” But he scored in Terry Gilliam’s “Time Bandits.” It wasn’t until after his last Bond film that his standing as a box office star caught up to his critical reputation, thanks mostly to two huge worldwide hits: “Highlander,” which was not a big hit in the U.S., and “The Name of the Rose,” which was also much more popular abroad.
  
  BAFTA gave him a best actor award for “Name of the Rose,” and he received his Oscar for “The Untouchables.” After that, he was an instant greenlight any time he agreed to take a role even if some of them, such as “The Presidio,” and “Family Business,” were not so hot.
  
  Pairing Connery and Harrison Ford as father and son in the third “Indiana Jones” film was an inspired move, and the film grossed almost half a billion dollars worldwide.
  
  Meanwhile, “The Hunt for Red October,” in which Connery played a defecting Soviet sub captain, was also a major hit in 1990.
  
  By the 1990s, he was so popular that his uncredited cameo as King Richard in “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves” became one of the film’s highlights.
  
  He was still a force to contend with in the foreign market, as “Highlander 2,” “Medicine Man,” “Rising Sun,” “Just Cause” and “First Knight” proved over the next several years. His salary was regularly $5 million and above.

  One setback was a bout with throat cancer in the early 1990s, but Connery rebounded with a burst of activity. He starred with Nicolas Cage in 1996 actioner “The Rock,” playing a character that drew more than a little on his history as James Bond. In 2000, he essayed a very different role and received positive reviews for “Finding Forrester,” playing a reclusive writer who bonds with a young black basketball player who’s an aspiring scribe himself.
  
  Nevertheless, he continued with action roles well after his 70th birthday, playing the legendary adventurer Allan Quatermain in 2003’s “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.” He announced his retirement in 2005. He voiced a James Bond videogame the same year, and he subsequently did some other voice acting, playing the title character in the animated short “Sir Billi the Vet” and reprising the role in 2010 for “Sir Billi,” which he also exec produced.

  Thomas Sean Connery was born of Irish ancestry in the slums of Edinburgh on Aug. 25, 1930. Poverty robbed him of an education, and by his teens he’d left school and was working as an unskilled laborer.
  
  At 17, he was drafted into the Royal Navy, but he was discharged three years later due to a serious case of ulcers.
  
  He returned to Edinburgh and worked a variety of jobs, including as a lifeguard. He took up bodybuilding and placed third in the 1950 Mr. Universe competition.
  
  After moving to London, he learned of an opening in the chorus of “South Pacific.” He took a crash dancing and singing course and, surprisingly, landed the role, in which he stayed for 18 months. He was “hooked,” he said, but spent several years paying his dues in small repertory companies in and around London before anyone else became hooked on him.

  Connery was devoted to his native Scotland and used his stature to press for the re-establishment of a Scottish parliament. When the body reconvened in 1999, 296 years after its last meeting, Connery was invited to address the first session, where he was greeted with a thunderous ovation. The next year, when he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II — an honor he called “one of the proudest days of my life” — he asked that the investiture be performed in Edinburgh.
  
  Connery published his autobiography, Being a Scot, co-written with Murray Grigor, in 2008. Besides his knighthood and his Academy Award, he received many kudos over his long career, including the Kennedy Center Honors in 1999 and the American Film Institute’s lifetime achievement award in 2006.

  Connery was married to actress Diane Cilento from 1962-73. The couple divorced in 1973 and Cilento died in 2011. Connery is survived by his second wife, painter Micheline Roquebrune, whom he married in 1975; his son by Cilento, actor Jason Connery; and a grandson from Jason’s marriage to actress Mia Sara.
  

  
  
  
  

  

  
  2021: The Day of the Dead parade commences in Mexico City, the fourth since Spectre.
  
  
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  1945: Lani Hall is born--Chicago, Illinois.
  
  1964: The Sunday Gleaner reports Kingston cinemas still showing Dr. No as they anticipate Goldfinger.
  
  1982: Octopussy films OO7 playing dead at Kamal Khan’s fortress.
  
  1991: James Bond Jr. in syndication releases episode 35 of 65 - "Mindfield."

  

  

  James Bond Jr - Mindfield

  Season 1 - Episode 35
  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0807109/?ref_=ttep_ep35
  

  Ms. Fortune kidnaps a female Warfield student who has telepathic ability for her latest plot.

  James Bond Jr Episode 35 - Mindfield
  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  1992: This month Marvel Comics releases James Bond Jr #11 "Indian Summer".

  Featuring Baron von Skarin.

  

  
  James Bond Jr Issue 11 Indian Summer
  http://readallcomics.com/james-bond-jr-011/

  
  1995: Esquire magazine prints Will Self's James Bond Story "License to Hug".

  

  LICENSE TO HUG
  In a smoke-free world of nonviolent solutions, 007
  must fight to the death just to stay unevolved

  November 1 1995 WILL SELF

  See the complete article here:
  

  https://classic.esquire.com/article/1995/11/1/license-to-hug

  
  As Bond watched the secretaries, he thought not of unbridled, unfettered carnality but of melanoma.
  
  Bond looked up, straight into the most captivating pair of eyes he had beheld for... at least two weeks.
  
  "I see, so Mister Secret Agent has become Mister Flop-on Merchant, has he?” exclaimed Blanche.
  
  License to Hug
  
  Fiction In a smoke-free world of nonviolent solutions, 007 must fight to the death just to stay unevolved
  
  WILL SELF
  
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  1995: This month Topps Comics releases James Bond 007 Goldeneye #0 as a limited edition preview at the James Bond Convention.

  

  James Bond 007 Goldeneye #0

  https://comicvine.gamespot.com/james-bond-007-goldeneye-0-special-james-bond-conv/4000-246134/
  
  James Bond 007 Goldeneye #0 - Special James Bond Convention Limited Preview Edition released by Topps Comics on November 1995.
  
  This preview issue had a limited edition run and was only given away at the James Bond Convention.
  
  Creators: Don McGregor, writer. Rick Magyar, artist.
  Characters: James Bond
  Locations: England, London, Monte Carlo, Russia

  

  

  KILLED IN ACTION — UNRELEASED BOND
  COMICS

  https://www.comicsroyale.com/

  Topps Comics’ GOLDENEYE AND OTHER CANCELLED
  ADVENTURES

  Originally released by American publisher Topps Comics as an adaptation of the 1995 EON Productions film of the same name, only one issue of a planned three-issue series made it to publication, along with a black-and-white teaser issue #00 for the convention circuit. Despite this, issues #2 and #3 were written, illustrated, inked, and lettered, and they are now here for your enjoyment! Adapted by writer Don McGregor, with art by Claude St. Aubin, inks by Rick Magyar, and covers painted by Brian Stelfreeze.
  
  Support your local comic shop and seek out back issues of GoldenEye #00 and #1 to complete the story, and for more James Bond action by Don McGregor, check out the Dark Horse/Acme Comics limited series James Bond 007: The Quasimodo Gambit!
  
  Also included in this gallery, unpublished art and issue synopses for Dark Horse’s James Bond 007: A Silent Armageddon, another story sadly cut short just when things started to get interesting.

  GoldenEye #2

  https://www.comicsroyale.com/goldeneyetopps-comics#/weite/
  Originally Published: Never released, intended to be published by Topps Comics as GoldenEye #2
  Writer: Don McGregor
  Artist: Claude St. Aubin
  Inks: Rick Magyar
  Cover Artist: Brian Stelfreeze
  
  Notes: Reportedly, the plan was to continue this series after the three-issue film adaptation as an ongoing James Bond 007 series. It’s a shame this never came to pass, but if you’d like to read more Bond work by Don McGregor then check out his three-issue limited series James Bond 007: The Quasimodo Gambit, published by Dark Horse/Acme Press.

  
  
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  https://www.comicsroyale.com/goldeneyetopps-comics#/schwane/
  Originally Published: Never released, intended to be published by Topps Comics as GoldenEye #3
  Writer: Don McGregor
  Artist: Claude St. Aubin
  Inks: Rick Magyar
  Cover Artist: Brian Stelfreeze
  
  Notes: Reportedly, the plan was to continue this series after the three-issue film adaptation as an ongoing James Bond 007 series. It’s a shame this never came to pass, but if you’d like to read more Bond work by Don McGregor then check out his three-issue limited series James Bond 007: The Quasimodo Gambit, published by Dark Horse/Acme Press.

  
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  1995: This month Berkley publishes the GoldenEye novelisation by John Gardner (from the screenplay by Michael France and Jeffrey Caine) in paperback.

  https://bookfrom.net/john-gardner/41223-bond_-_29_-_goldeneye.html

  

  1997: This month Hodder & Stoughton publishes the Tomorrow Never Dies novelisation by Raymond Benson (from the screenplay by Bruce Feirstein) in hardcover.

  

  TOMORROW NEVER DIES

  Pierce Brosnan stars again as
  James Bond in 007's most exciting
  screen adventure. The cars -- and
  motorcycles -- are fast, the women
  are fascinatingly seductive and
  Bond's enemy is the most deadly he
  has ever encountered.
  
  From the snowy Khyber Pass to the
  sultry South China Sea, TOMORROW
  NEVER DIES is a breathtaking all-
  action story that pits Bond -- and
  Britain -- against a power-mad global
  media mogul who is determined to
  destroy the world's peace.
  
  Partnered with a Chinese secret
  agent who also happens to be a
  stunningly beautiful woman, 007
  uncovers the secrets of a high-tech
  modern TV studio and the
  underwater wreck of a sabotaged
  warship. His objective: to prevent
  the outbreak of World War III. If he
  can stay alive for long enough . . .
  
  This is the story all Bond's fans
  have been waiting for, with all the
  action, the excitement and the
  glamour of the screen's bravest
  and most enthralling secret agent.

  Raymond Benson is the author of THE
  JAMES BOND BEDSIDE COMPANION, which
  was shortlisted for an Edgar Allan Poe
  Award for best biographical/critical
  word and is considered by 007 fans to
  be the definitive book on the world of
  James Bond. His is a director of the
  Ian Fleming Foundation and served as
  vice-president of the American James
  Bond 007 Fan Club for several years.
  Mr Benson is also the designer and
  writer of several award-winning
  interactive software products and
  spend over a decade in New York
  directing stage productions and
  composing music. He has taught film
  theory classes at the New School
  for Social Research in New York
  and interactive screenwriting at
  Columbia College in Chicago. Mr
  Benson is married, has one son and
  lives in the Chicago area. ZERO MINUS
  TEN, his first novel, is published by
  Hodder & Stoughton.

  
  

  
  1999: Garbage performs "The World Is Not Enough" on the Late Show with David Letterman.

  

  
  2002: 007 Ice Racer video game developed published by Vodafone, using the Die Another Day ice chase.

  

  

  007 Ice Racer

  https://jamesbond.fandom.com/wiki/007_Ice_Racer
  
  007 Ice Racer
  Game information:

  Developer(s): In-Fusio
  Publisher(s): Vodafone UK
  Designer(s): Marc Pestka
  Released: 1st November 2002
  Genre: Action-adventure, racing video game
  Mode(s): Single-player
  Platform(s): ExEn
  
  Preceded by: 007 Racing
  Followed by: Agent Under Fire

  

  
  2012: Skyfall released in Austria, Bolivia, Switzerland, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Croatia, Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Slovenia, El Salvador, Thailand.
  2012: Skaifoli released in Georgia.
  2012: Operacija Skyfall released in Lithuania.

  
  

  2012: 007: Operación Skyfall released in Argentina, Chile, Peru and Uruguay.

  
  

  2012: 007: Координати Скайфолл (007: Skyfall Coordinates) released in Ukraine.

  
  
  

  
  2021: Author Jim Wright speaks to his book The Real James Bond at Hillsdale Library, New Jersey.

  

  Nov
  1
  The Real James Bond - Hillsdale Library

  See the complete article here:
  

  https://patch.com/new-jersey/westwood-hillsdale/calendar/event/20211101/1497442/the-real-james-bond-hillsdale-library

  Event Details

  • Mon, Nov 1, 2021 at 7:00 PM
  • Hillsdale Library, 509 Hillsdale Avenue, Hillsdale, NJ, 07642
  • Event listing from Hillsdale Library: Monday, November 1 from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM

  From the author Jim Wright:

  "Whatever happened to him actually outshines
  anything I’ve had my James Bond do."
  —Ian Fleming

  James Bond: author, ornithologist, marksman, and . . . identity-theft victim? When James Bond published his landmark book, Birds of the West Indies, he had no idea it would set in motion events that would link him to the most iconic spy in the Western world and turn his life upside down. Born into a wealthy family but cut off in his early twenties, James Bond took off to the West Indies in search of adventure. Armed with arsenic and a shotgun, he took months-long excursions to the Caribbean to collect material for his iconic book, Birds of the West Indies, navigating snake-infested swamps, sleeping in hammocks, and island-hopping on tramp steamers and primitive boats. Packed with archival photos, many never before published, and interviews with Bond's colleagues, here is the real story of the pipe-smoking, ruthless ornithologist who introduced the world to the exotic birds of the West Indies.

  https://www.realjamesbond.net/