Suffice to say Lois Maxwell, Bernard Lee, and Sean Connery embody these characters so effortlessly that the series has never quite stepped out of their shadows. This was the graphically simple, conceptually ambitious idea that Maurice Binder presented to film executives Harry Saltzman and Albert R Broccoli in , during the making of the first James Bond movie. She dubbed actresses in ten 10! And there are two film versions. It won Brownjohn the prestigious gold pencil at the Design and Art Director Awards the following year. Ultimately I am writing about the Bond films, not the Bond books — and I will treat the films as entirely independent creations.

The mission — investigate the disappearance of Commander Strangways — is more private-eye than superspy. Censors scaled this back to two total shots, with just one to the back. Simply put, the very concept of a "bikini body" not to mention countless beach montages all began with Andress. Puss-Feller's name means he wrestled an octopus, but the film changes this to an alligator, rendering the name meaningless. Barbarella cut her hair and became an activist. Please refresh the page and retry.

Bardot retired in Rightly, crucially, this belongs to Bond himself. Yes, I have already read a rather fascinating Len Deighton short piece about Thunderball She was persuaded to film Fun in Acapulco with Elvis Presley, more or less against her will though she and Presley would remain lifelong friends , and replaced Gina Lollobrigida in 4 for Texas, a Sinatra-Martin clan western. A white dot blinks across the screen, from left to right.

He wins at cards, is called away on a mysterious assignment, chats up a beautiful woman as he waits for his cash and disappears into the night. Its iconography is unmatched by most other films, but its problematic racial politics make it a harder film to enjoy today. Her look was startling; unlike Marilyn Monroe who had died that year , whose quicksilver luminescence came from within, Andress glowed with health and with attitude. Bryce came away convinced that the trip had been a disaster. It's a scene so iconic, they've tried to ape it twice just in the Bond franchise once with Halle Berry, once with Daniel Craig , and elsewhere including Austin Powers. Location manager Chris Blackwell who was uncredited was later the founder of Island Records. Placing a damp hair across the closet door and powdering the catches of his suitcase to giveaway if his hotel room is searched.