February 27th, 2010
After the stunning commercial success of Thunderball, Cubby Broccoli and Harry Saltzmann initially turned to Ian Fleming’s novel On Her Majesty’s Secret Service for the fifth instalment in the film franchise. However, problems with finding suitable locations for the book’s wintry setting led them to turn to Fleming’s twelfth novel, You Only Live Twice.
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You Only Live Twice soundtrack
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February 22nd, 2010
We only have to wait until Ian Fleming’s second James Bond novel, “Live And Let Die”, to find 007 scuba diving, when Bond is on the tail Mr Big. Ian Fleming was fascinated by the underwater world and sea life, probably the season it features prominently in two Bond novels.
Fleming had met underwater pioneer Jacque [...]
Essential skills for 00 agents – Scuba Diving
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January 31st, 2010
The success of the first three James Bond films in the early 1960s had led to a huge array of copycat spy thrillers. In an attempt to ensure the Bond franchise remained at the forefront of the action genre, Cubby Broccoli and Harry Saltzmann decided to make Thunderball, Fleming’s ninth James Bond book.
With a [...]
Thunderball soundtrack
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December 26th, 2009
By the time the production started on the third James Bond film, the 007 character was a box office sensation. Dr No and From Russia With Love had catapulted the secret agent to the top of the box office charts the world over, the movie going public expectantly awaited the release of the third [...]
Goldfinger soundtrack
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December 17th, 2009
Have you taken a James Bond related photo and want to share it with the world?
I’ve had a couple of people contact me with photos in the last few days and wondered how many others might also. So, all you have to do is leave a comment below with a link to where we can [...]
Share your James Bond photos with the world
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December 3rd, 2009
After the huge commercial success of the first Bond film, Dr No, producers Harry Saltzman and Cubby Broccoli could not wait to get back on location to start the filming of the second instalment.
Selecting Fleming’s fifth Bond novel, From Russia With Love (partly, it is said, as it was identified by President John F Kennedy [...]
From Russia With Love soundtrack
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November 14th, 2009
At 7.35am on 14th January 1962, a tired and eclectic group of British artistes assembled at London Airport for a gruelling twenty-hour flight to Jamaica. Amongst them were film producers Harry Saltzman and Cubby Broccoli, stuntmen, technicians and a talented young Scottish actor named Sean Connery. Also part of the group was a [...]
Dr No soundtrack
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October 27th, 2009
The James Bond Aston Martin DB5 displayed at a car show
Few cars get close to the style and class of an Aston Martin, but thanks to its appearance in Goldfinger the DB5 has been elevated to mythical status.
The standard DB5 coupe came with a 3,995 cc straight-6 engine with a top speed of 145 [...]
James Bond’s Aston Martin DB5
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October 8th, 2009
Although the film series has inextricably linked 007 with Aston Martin, in Ian Fleming’s books James Bond’s personal car was always a Bentley, one of three mentioned in the book series.
While a Bentley did make its way into the films – a 1939 4-litre Bentley Vanden Plas Tourer is seen at the beginning of From [...]
James Bond cars: Bentley
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September 28th, 2009
007 Lifestyle – Living Like James Bond is a digital lifestyle guide written by Derek Johanson that shares the essential ingredients of the 007 lifestyle.
It is supplied as three ebooks covering; Style & Image (45 pages); Lethal Seduction Techniques (34 pages); and Money, Wealth & Exotic Travel (29 pages).
In addition to these you currently receive [...]
Review: 007 Lifestyle – Living Like James Bond
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