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JAMES BOND CELEBRATES FIFTY INCREDIBLE YEARS Collectible box set featuring all 22 James Bond films on Blu-ray disc in one complete offering for the first time. Collection includes all 22 James Bond feature films from Dr. No to Quantum of Solace and more than 130 hours of bonus features including never-before-seen content from the Bond archives, and more. One disc of brand new bonus content approximately one hour in length. 9 titles available on Blu-ray for the first time ever: Goldeneye, Octopussy, The Spy Who Loved Me, You Only Live Twice, The Living Daylights, Tomorrow Never Dies, Diamonds are Forever, A View to a Kill and On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Find out about Amazon special pricing here: Category James Bond movies: a complete list of 007 films in order Click here to download now The impact of Dr No on cinema audiences of the time was dramatic. There had never been anything like it before. It took James Bond from being a successful series of books to an unprecedented worldwide phenomenon, hitting its peak in the mid-1960s. The actor may change. The style of eachÂ film reflects the time in which it wasÂ made.

But more than 50 years later we still eagerly await each new instalment in the series. While not every Bond film is great, that is still a huge achievement. And so below we take a look at every James Bond film produced by EON Productions. If you’re looking to buy the James Bond movies on DVD or Blu-Ray you can get some great deals on Amazon. Check out the Bond films at Amazon UK here or Amazon.com here . Dr No (1962) Screenplay Richard Maibaum, Johanna Harwood & Berkely Mather When in 1961 Albert R âCubbyâ Broccoli found that Harry Saltzman had a six-month option to film the James Bond novels he initially tried to buy him out. When Saltzman refused they teamed up to create Eon Productions and put 007 on the big screen. Their first Bond film was originally going to be Thunderball, but when Kevin McClory sued Ian Fleming for plagiarism the producers decided to film Dr No instead. While it remains a fairly faithful adaptation the screenwriters added a number of scenes, such as Bond visiting Miss Taro, and the addition of Felix Leiter, who did not appear in the book.

Sean Connery makes a memorable opening at the casino and many of the elements we now associate with 007 were introduced in Dr No; the gunbarrel sequence, the James Bond Theme arranged by John Barry, the exotic locations, the car chase, the women and the vodka martinis. However, it lacks the John Barry score and the music is, with the exception of the James Bond Theme and the use of Three Blind Mice, largely unmemorable. From Russia With Love (1963) Sean Connery Screenplay Richard Maibaum & Johanna Harwood When Dr No proved to be a hit Eon Productions quickly followed it up with From Russia With Love, considered by Fleming to be his best work. However, rather than the Cold War plot pitting the Russians and SMERSH against 007 the screenplay features SPECTRE play the Russians against MI6 in order to assassinate 007 and get hold of the Lektor code machine. The second Bond film makes great use of the location work in Istanbul, as well as the scenes on board the Orient Express as Bond, Tania and Kerim flee with the Lektor.

Bondâs claustrophobic fight with Red Grant, highlighted by Peter Huntâs groundbreaking editing, has rarely been equalled in the series. Screenplay Richard Maibaum & Paul Dehn In many ways the quintessential James Bond movie, in introducing the gadget-packed Aston Martin DB5 Goldfinger simultaneously began to shift the series away from Ian Flemingâs vision of James Bond and onto a trajectory of its own while turning the generations of boys that followed into avid collectors. While broadly faithful to the novel, the film improves on the book substantially by making a small but important change to the villainâs scheme. Rather than stealing the US gold reserves at Fort Knox, Auric Goldfinger plans on rendering them worthless by irradiating them, playing on the Cold War paranoia of the 1960s and the ever-present threat posed by nuclear weapons. It also features one of the most memorable Bond girls in the shape of Pussy Galore and a pre-title sequence to which few of the films that followed have even come close in equalling. Whether or not Goldfinger is the best film in the series is a moot point. Without a doubt though, it is the most iconic Bond film.

Screenplay Richard Maibaum and John Hopkins Where Goldfinger went big, Thunderball went bigger. Back came the DB5 for the pre-title sequence as well as a Bell-Textron jet pack in this story of SPECTRE holding the West to ransom after hijacking a Vulcan bomber loaded with two atomic bombs; again the series taps into the threat of vaporisation by nuclear weapons. The book landed Ian Fleming in court, sued by Kevin McClory and Jack Whittingham for plagiarism as it was based on unfilmed screenplays the three had contributed to without permission or attribution. The resulting settlement required future editions of the book acknowledge McClory and Whittingham and, crucially, McClory being awarded the film rights to Thunderball. Because of this, Broccoli and Saltzman brought in McClory to produce the fourth film in the Eon series. The move not only allowed them to film Thunderball, one of two James Bond stories they did not own the rights to (the other was Casino Royale) but also ensured he didnât set up a rival Bond series of his own; at least for the time being as it turned out.

Filmed largely in The Bahamas, the underwater scenes are sometimes criticised for slowing the film down and making it difficult to follow, but it has a great John Barry score and Sean Connery is in fine form as 007. You Only Live Twice (1967) Sean Connery Screenplay Roald Dahl After the success of Thunderball, Eon radically shifted the series in a new direction with You Only Live Twice, dropping Ian Flemingâs story completely and retaining the Japanese locations and the character names. Instead the producers brought in Roald Dahl to write a screenplay that sees SPECTRE meddling in the space race between the United States and USSR going on at the time. To put it in context, You Only Live Twice was released 18 months before Apollo 8 became the first manned spacecraft to orbit the Moon and a two full years before the Apollo 11 Moon landing. With Sean Connery announcing the film as his last appearance as 007 the pressure was really on the producers; Sean Connery WAS James Bond. How could the series continue without him?

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969) George Lazenby Screenplay Richard Maibaum Although it may have been inconceivable for many that the James Bond films could continue without Sean Connery, the producers had every intention of ploughing on regardless. George Lazenby had huge shoes to fill after Connery and his lack of acting experience shows. However, offsetting that are some great action sequences in Swiss Alps, the terrific Piz Gloria and what many fans consider to be the best John Barry score. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service is also notable for returning the films to Ian Flemingâs work and is a faithful adaptation of the novel. Lazenby quit after just one film following bad advice from his manager, but if he had remained no doubt he would have grown into the role and had the physicality required of Bond. His determination in landing the role is a lesson to us all that if there is something you want badly enough you should just keep going and make it happen. That much he achieved absolutely.

Screenplay Richard Maibaum &Â Tom Mankiewicz Sean Connery negotiated hard for his $1.25 million salary in his comeback as 007 and then immediately gave it away, setting up the Scottish International Education Trust. In the four years since his last outing as 007 Connery had put on weight and with the 1970s came a new fashion sense for Bond. In many ways Diamonds Are Forever is the first film of what we typically think of as Roger Moore era, with an excessive use of comedy that verges on slapstick and further distances the series from Ian Fleming. While On Her Majesty’s Secret Service ended with the murder of Tracy, Diamonds Are Forever doesnât even acknowledge her death. Instead we get a mishmash that takes 007 first to Amsterdam and then Las Vegas in a sci-fi plot in which Blofeld plans on auctioning nuclear supremacy to the highest bidder after using his laser-equipped satellite to destroy weapons in the US, USSR and China. The film has its moments, such as the first fight in the lift in Amsterdam and Connery, although not at his prime, sometimes delivers some good one-liners.

But that car chase seems more Dukes of Hazard than James Bond and prefigures Sheriff JW Pepper, introduced with Roger Mooreâs debut as 007. Screenplay Tom Mankiewicz Eon Productionsâ second attempt at replacing Sean Connery was much more successful, with an actor they had considered years before and who had featured in the popular TV shows The Saint and The Persuaders! Roger Moore played Bond as very different character to Connery, playing up the charm and humour while downplaying the physicality. The Roger Moore era became known for the double entendre and girls falling into bed with him at the mere hint of an eyebrow raise. Live And Let Die has little to do with Ian Fleming, even dropping Jamaica as a setting (although partly filmed in Jamaica it was set on the fictional Caribbean island of San Monique) and much of the action takes place in Louisiana. Borrowing heavily on the Blaxploitation movies popular at the time, Live And Let Die was a world away from the films made just a decade before.

This is also the era of the bimbo Bond girl and it is unfortunately this portrayal of female characters in the series that seems to have stuck most in the public perception (and of all the recent Bond girls, who always claim âmy Bond girl is differentâ); no matter that recent Bond girls are entirely capable. Following on from Diamonds Are Forever, the film saw more of the same in substituting speedboats for cop cars in a high speed chase in the Louisiana bayous and the introduction of Sergeant JW Pepper; while he has some good lines, he is out of place in Bond film, stepping well over the line between humour and outright comedy. Roger Mooreâs first Bond film does at least retain the voodoo contained in the book, and even expands on it, making Baron Samedi one of the most recognisable characters of the entire series. The highlight though is the theme song, by Paul McCartney and Wings. Abandoning the style of all the early films, Live And Let Die boasts an energetic rock track later covered by Guns nâ Roses inspired and cited by Chris Cornell as the inspiration for Casino Royaleâs theme song, You Know My Name.

The Man With The Golden Gun (1974) Roger Moore Screenplay Richard Maibaum &Â Tom Mankiewicz Quickly following on from Live And Let Die came Roger Mooreâs second Bond film. While it is dismissed by many Bond fans as one of the weakest in the series it does at least have the benefit of a great villain in the shape of Scaramanga, played by Christopher Lee, and one of the most collectible items in the shape of the Golden Gun. While hardly a classic, it does at least have a John Barry score, but the film sees the return of JW Pepper and Mary Goodnight, played by Britt Ekland, appears to be in the film only so she can be rescued from whatever trouble she gets herself into. On the other hand, Bond is saved by two nieces of Lieutenant Hip, whose kung fu skills take out an entire dojo in pursuit of Bond; like Live And Let Die borrowed from Blaxploitation movies, The Man With The Golden Gun took its cues from early 1970s martial arts craze. There is another speedboat chase, played more for laughs than for thrills followed by a car chase through the streets of Bangkok.

But the filmâs great stunt, a 360 degree aerial twist across a broken bridge, is ruined by the comedy whistle, something John Barry later regretted. Set against this, it does have one of the great Bond villain lairs, an island northeast of Phuket now known as James Bond Island. As it turned out, The Man With The Golden Gun proved to be Harry Saltzmanâs final Bond film. He had borrowed heavily to finance the takeover of Technicolor in 1969 but the boardroom battles that followed saw him ousted. Eventually Saltzman defaulted on interest repayments and sold his 50 percent stake in Danjaq to United Artists. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) Roger Moore Screenplay Christopher Wood & Richard Maibaum Three years after The Man With The Golden Gun and the first with Cubby Broccoli as sole producer, The Spy Who Loved Me is the film in which Roger Moore found his feet as Bond; perhaps the reason he cites it as his favourite Bond. Early drafts of the script were worked on by a number of writers, but in the end Richard Maibaum and Christopher Wood received writing credits.

The latter was brought in by director Lewis Gilbert in order to move the character away from Sean Conneryâs portrayal of 007 and in a new direction and while the story is certainly over the top, gone is much of the silliness of the two previous films. Originally the film would once again see Bond pitted against Ernst Stavro Blofeld and SPECTRE, but faced with legal action by Kevin McClory over the use of SPECTRE and inevitable delays that would result, Broccoli decided to write SPECTRE out of the script. The film is the second by Lewis Gilbert as director and remarkably similar to You Only Live Twice in several respects. Rather than hijack spacecraft in orbit the villain captures submarines mid-ocean in a supertanker with a bow that opens in exactly the same way as Blofeldâs spaceship in You Only Live Twice. The film has what have become classic moments from the Bond films. There is the sickening leap into the abyss after the pre-titles ski chase, ending with a Union Jack parachute; there is Jaws; and of course there is the submersible Lotus Esprit.

While many Bond fans would not want this style of gadget to return to the series they do recognise them as being as iconic to the Roger Moore era as the DB5 and vodka martini were to Sean Connery. Screenplay Christopher Wood After the success of The Spy Who Loved Me, the next James Bond film planed For Your Eyes Only. However, after the huge success of Star Wars in 1977 Broccoli decided to ride the science fiction boom that followed and put 007 into space. Continuing with unrealistic gadgets, in Venice Bond is equipped with a gondola that turns into a hovercraft. Moonraker was the one Ian Fleming title that suggested space, although it has little to do with Ian Flemingâs book. Instead of Hugo Drax designing and building an independent nuclear capable ICBM for Britain, he finances a fleet of space shuttles out of his own pocket. The film is again directed by Lewis Gilbert who essentially remakes his previous film. Whereas the previous film sees the villain planning to wipe out humanity by starting a nuclear conflict, Drax plans on doing the same with nerve gas; he would eventually repopulate the planet with his crew of genetically perfect humans.

Today the film is widely thought of as one of the worst by Bond fans. For Your Eyes Only (1981) Roger Moore Screenplay Richard Maibaum &Â Michael GÂ Wilson After the excesses of Moonraker 007 was brought back to earth with a film that revisits the Cold War and successfully combines two of Ian Flemingâs short stories (the title story and Risico). John Glenâs directorial debut tones down the gadgets and instead relies more on action sequences and includes the scene from the novel Live And Let Die in which Bond and the girl are towed by a boat over razor-sharp coral, which had not been used in the film of the same name. After the threat of a lawsuit prior to The Spy Who Loved Me, the pre-title sequence features an unnamed character, clearly intended to remind the audience of Blofeld, who is unceremoniously dumped down a chimney; the message is clearly aimed at McClory. Despite having scenes with real tension in For Your Eyes Only the sight of Lynn-Holly Johnson lusting after the 54 year old Roger Moore can be hard to stomach.

However there is a memorable car chase in which Bond drives a Citroen 2CV, slightly spoilt by moments of comedy and the scenes set in Spain seem displaced as they feature Mexican mariachi music. Other memorable moments include the assault on the Monastery in Greece and the moment Bond flips Locke over the side of the cliff in his car. Moore didnât want to do that scene as he wanted to portray Bond as a reluctant killer, but here was Bond back with the same kind of ruthlessness that shot Professor Dent all those years previously in Dr No. Richard Maibaum & Michael GÂ Wilson After several years of legal wrangling, in 1983 Octopussy was in the unusual position of having a rival James Bond film to contend with. Taking the title of a short story by Ian Fleming the story takes elements of The Property of a Lady, while the game of backgammon in which Bond exposes Kamal Khan as a cheat is clearly inspired by Bondâs card game against Sir Hugo Drax in Moonraker. Little else of Fleming is retained in the film, although the back-story of the title characterâs father, completely thrown away in the film, is based on Flemingâs story.

Some of the Indian locations are memorable, but comedy sneaks in far too often, such as when Bond delivers a Tarzan yell or ordering a tiger to âsit!â. And James Bond really should have been spared the indignity of a gorilla costume or dressing as a clown. A View To A Kill (1985) Roger Moore Screenplay Richard Maibaum & Michael G Wilson Roger Mooreâs swansong is one of the more forgettable of the series, with the actor too old to be credible as either action hero or eyebrow raising seducer. The filmâs title comes from the short story From A View To A Kill, although for some reason it was felt necessary to shorten it. The only tenuous connection the film has with Ian Flemingâs original though is Paris, with neither characters nor plot being used in any form. Instead the story is contemporary, with villain Max Zorin planning to destroy Silicon Valley in order to monopolise the production of microchips.

While 007 is at least spared dressing as a clown, there is just too much wrong with the film; the car stunts in Paris are pure slapstick and Bondâs escape on a fire engine in San Francisco seems tired. All in all, it was definitely time to bring in a younger actor and rethink the direction of the series. Some years before, during the For Your Eyes Only shoot, Cubby Broccoli had been impressed by a young actor married to Cassandra Harris (Countess Lisl von Shlaf), whom he visited on set. Pierce Brosnan went on to star in the TV series Remington Steele and when it was cancelled in 1987 Broccoli offered him the role of James Bond. Unfortunately for Brosnan it was not to be, for the time being, at least; the publicity surrounding the offer revived interest in the TV series and the producers renewed it, forcing Brosnan to turn down James Bond. Screenplay Richard Maibaum & Michael G Wilson The next actor to land the role of 007 was Timothy Dalton, who had first been offered the role for On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.

A much more serious actor that Roger Moore, Dalton had performed on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company in the early 1970s and, as a fan of Ian Fleming, reread the original books to prepare for the role. Although for many it was a change too far, The Living Daylights was still something of a missed opportunity, although Michael G Wilson has since said he wanted to reboot Bond at the time. Despite doing away with the juvenile humour the over the top gadgets were still there and all 007 often needed to do to get out of trouble was flip a switch; Wilson finally got his wish to reboot the series 20 years later with Casino Royale. The film uses the Fleming story from which it takes its title, although it is stripped right to its core and lacks the drama of the original short. And because this was the era in which AIDS first came to prominence, with doomsayers predicating the end of humanity, the producers decided that Bond wouldnât sleep with any women in the film; and it is only suggested towards the end.

Post 9/11 it seems out of place for James Bond to help the Mujahedeen, but it was made in a time when the West saw them as the good guys fighting the Soviet invaders. There are some good action scenes, particularly the fight on the cargo plane, and the film marks a welcome return towards taking themselves more seriously again. Screenplay Michael G Wilson &Â Richard Maibaum Although not everyone was convinced by Daltonâs take on James Bond, his first film beat Roger Mooreâs last two Bond films in box office takings. His second Bond film though, Licence To Kill, was not so successful and saw a considerable drop in box office revenue; in fact, when adjusted for inflation it is the least successful Bond film of all. Although it is the first Bond film not to use a Fleming title, Licence To Kill was once again partly based on Ian Fleming; part of the story, including Felix Leiter being fed to the sharks, is taken from Live And let Die. The film sees Bond go rogue after being suspended from MI6, a plot device overused in the recent films, and was more violent than any previous entry in the series.

Although in international markets the film performed relatively well, the film saw a big drop in the vital US market, often attributed to a couple of factors. These include a last minute title change from Licence Revoked after test screenings revealed that US audiences associated the phrase with a suspended driving licence, but also the stiff competition from films such as Lethal Weapon 2, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and Batman. Although it does have its fans many movie goers failed to connect with its grittier realism; perhaps in retrospect it was the right idea at the wrong time as the Daniel Craig era has been praised for exactly that. Whatever the reasons for it not performing well at the box office, legal wrangling meant that there would be a six year hiatus until the next Bond film hit the big screen. When the dust had settled Dalton decided not to return for a third film. Screenplay Michael France, Jeffrey Caine & Bruce Feirstein Pierce Brosnan was finally announced as 007 in June 1994 after Remington Steele had derailed him the first time and he became a massively popular choice over his four films.

Goldeneye not only introduced a new James Bond, but was the first film of the series to be released after the fall of the Berlin Wall and many wondered if James Bond was still relevant in a post-Cold War world. Apart from a new 007, the series brought in a female M for the first time in the series, played by Judi Dench, while Samantha Bond was brought in as the new Miss Moneypenny; and the real life MI6 headquarters at Vauxhall Cross was used for the first time. Not everything changed though and so Desmond Llewelyn appeared again as gadget-meister Q. Stylistically, Brosnanâs Bond was much lighter than Daltonâs and his films saw a return to some of the humour of the Moore era, such as when Bond is racing Xenia Onatop on the winding roads above Monte Carlo and a line of cyclists topple like dominoes.

This is also the first Bond film that was an all-out action movie, a long way from the seriesâ earliest films, but was a massive success and proved that whether or James Bond was a âsexist, misogynist dinosaurâ and a ârelic of the Cold Warâ, he could still draw audiences. Worldwide Goldeneye took more than double the box office of Licence To Kill, with takings in the US more than three times that of its predecessor, thus ensuring the continuity of James Bond, Cold War or not. Screenplay Bruce Feirstein Pierce Brosnanâs second Bond film starts out well but suffers from a largely bland villain, Elliot Carver, although he was modelled on larger than life media mogul Robert Maxwell. The story is inventive enough and brings 007 right up to date, something done frequently in the series, but somehow just isnât sufficiently Bondian. News broadcasters creating the news just doesnât compare well against nuclear blackmail or a simple Cold War thriller, despite Carverâs aim of provoking a war between China and the UK and the eventual aim of getting exclusive broadcast rights in China.

This is also the first attempt at featuring a female counterpart of Bond who is his equal in the shape of Michelle Yeoh as Wai Lin, an idea too politically correct for its own good. While all the best Bond Girls are strong, capable characters, this Chinese spy tries to outdo 007 in every respect. Brosnan does well enough in the role, although mostly canât get the hang of the one-liners. In the end it is Samantha Bond Miss Moneypenny who has the best line of the film (and probably the dirtiest of the entire series). In bed with his Danish tutor, Bond is summoned back to London. âYou always were a cunning linguistâ, says Moneypenny as she finishes the call. While Elliot Carver makes for a pretty uninteresting villain, there are some good characters. Terry Hatcher appears as his wife, Paris, eventually becoming the sacrificial lamb. A previous girlfriend of Bond, Paris Carver provides a glimpse into Bondâs past and, for him, some soul searching. At one point Bond is sitting in his hotel room drinking vodka, ruminating on meeting Paris for the first time since leaving her several years before.

This is one of Pierce Brosnanâs best scenes as 007 and seems inspired by Ian Flemingâs sometimes brooding character. Dr Kaufman also had potential but his true menace is somewhat diminished when he is turned into a comedy act, berating henchman Stamper when he deafens Kaufman in a hail of static to let him know he is unable to get into Bondâs car, and later pleading for his life as Bond turns the tables on him. The film is also notable for being the first to feature music by David Arnold, who became the house composer until prior to Skyfall. The World Is Not Enough (1999) Pierce Brosnan Screenplay Neal Purvis & Robert Wade, Bruce Feirstein Pierce Brosnanâs third 007 movie opens with what could have been the almost the perfect pre-title sequence but it goes on for much too long, underlining that less is more when it comes to pre-titles. Interestingly, the pre-title sequence was originally planned to end just after he escapes from the office in Bilbao, with the London scenes following the titles.

These scenes are spoilt by being too jokey, with the introduction of John Cleese as Qâs assistant and not taking the action seriously enough; Bond straightening his tie underwater while in the Q-Boat for example. The ski case doesnât quite work either. Although James Bond and snow go well together, there is no point in overcomplicating the sheer thrill of a high speed ski chase shot well; that also applies to car chases. The film is the first to be written by the much-maligned Neal Purvis and Robert Wade (Bruce Feirstein also received a credit) and is notable for using some elements of Ian Flemingâs books, however small; Valentin Zukovskyâs gun stick is borrowed directly from Casino Royale, for example. The World Is Not Enough also appears to borrow from Colonel Sun (written by Kingsley Amis under the pseudonym Robert Markham), which also features M being captured and held by the villain, although no acknowledgement of this is made. It seems unlikely that Eon could have been unaware of this similarity.

Some other problems include Christmas Jones, played by Denise Richards; she isnât credible as nuclear physicist and her name seems to have been chosen only for Pierce Brosnan to utter a joke at the end of the film; as they watch the fireworks over Istanbul heralding the New Year (and New Millennium), Bond quips, âI thought Christmas only came once a yearâ. Renard would have made a pretty decent villain except for one thing. While it is plausible he cannot feel pain (which is what we are told), that doesnât mean he would be immune to injury, which is what he later demonstrates to be his superpower. In doing so a potentially memorable villain is rendered to the scrap heap of what could have been. Screenplay Neal Purvis & Robert Wade Die Another Day is one of the films held in least regard by Bond fans, which is curious since it is partly based on Moonraker, the film version of which is also reviled.

More than anything though it is an uneven film, with the first half being reasonable enough (except for the pre-title sequence, which once again is far too long); the point in which the film declines is when 007 is briefed by Q and the invisible Aston Martin introduced; âAston Martin call it the Vanquish. We call it the Vanishâ. The film coincided with the fortieth anniversary of Dr No and so it was decided to include a number of nods to previous films. While this may have seemed like a good idea, rather than take a subtle approach most were glaringly obvious. Perhaps the best was the inclusion of the book A Field Guide to Birds of the West Indies by the ornithologist James Bond while Bond is in Cuba. Part of the problem with the plot is that the audience is asked to believe that the villain, North Korean Colonel Tan-Sun Moon, could radically alters his appearance through gene therapy to become the western-looking Gustav Graves; it just isnât believable. And what is it about borrowing from Colonel Sun without acknowledgement again?

The film again introduces another Bond Girl with pretentions as would be equal of 007 in the shape of Jinx Johnson and their dialogue when they meet on the beach in Havana is some of the most squirm-inducing in the entire series. The film also introduces a treacherous MI6 agent, Miranda Frost (originally to be called Gala Brand, the heroine of Moonraker), and starts a sequence of Bond films in which the MI6 agent goes rogue. Pierce Brosnan was massively popular as 007 and widely expected to appear in a fifth Bond film and Barbara Broccoli says as much in a documentary included with the Die Another Day DVD. However, while negotiating his fee for the next film Brosnan suddenly stopped receiving calls from Eon. After Die Another Die, and perhaps because they now had the rights to Casino Royale, they decided to take the series in a new direction, one that required a new actor in the role. Despite his popularity as 007, Pierce Brosnan once again had the role of James Bond snatched from under his feet.

Screenplay Neal Purvis & Robert Wade, Paul Haggis Given that Brosnan was long the pretender to James Bond it is perhaps somewhat brutal that Eon disposed of him after just four films and for many the move was unthinkable, particularly when it was announced that blond haired Daniel Craig would take over the role. Craigâs introduction in October 2005 was greeted with outright hostility by some fans and when filming started in the following January the British tabloids had a field day with stories designed to undermine the actor, including that heâd had a tooth knocked out while filming and that he couldnât drive the Aston Martin DB5 as he could only drive automatics. While Cubby Broccoli had rejected Wilsonâs idea to reboot the series in 1987 with The Living Daylights, that is exactly what he and Barbara Broccoli decided to do with Casino Royale; and by bringing back the grittiness first seen in Timothy Daltonâs films it underlined that the back to basics approach could work as long as the timing was right.

After the huge anti-Craig campaign it must have been gratifying for all involved for the film not only to be a commercial success, but also hailed as a critical success; this was completely unexpected. Make no mistake, moving away from the tired old formula was a brave move and one that alienated some fans. However, it revitalised the series and gave it the shot in the arm that it had needed since Roger Moore was still Bond and which neither Timothy Dalton nor Pierce Brosnanâs films had managed. Casino Royale was the Bond film many of the older fans had been waiting for decades. Returning to the first Ian Fleming novel as its basis and then enlarging the plot to allow much more action, it was the best Bond film for years and clear that James Bond could continue to remain popular for twenty-first century audiences. While Daniel Craig had not been an obvious choice and was unpopular with some, his portrayal of James Bond proved to be exactly what was needed. Screenplay Neal Purvis & Robert Wade, Paul Haggis After Casino Royale there was huge excitement that the follow up would be so soon after.

Initially planned for release in May 2008 with Roger Michell announced as director, the release was soon pushed back to late 2008 when Michell pulled out as the project lacked a script. Purvis and Wade returned to work on the screenplay with Paul Haggis, who had successfully polished the Casino Royale script, brought back to complete the final draft. However, this was rushed because of the planned writers strike with the result that Daniel Craig and director Marc Forster continued working on the script during filming. As well as being the first direct sequel in the entire James Bond series, Quantum of Solace is also the shortest Bond film, coming in at 106 minutes, and stylistically very different. On the whole fans were disappointed by the new film after the success of Casino Royale, and sequences like the car chase in the pre-title sequence were rendered less successful than might have been expected because of extremely fast cuts and shaky camera work. This technique had been used in the Jason Bourne films and Â Â designed to add a sense of urgency to the action, but was widely criticised for use in a James Bond film.

Despite not being as well received as its predecessor, Quantum of Solace still did well at the box office and underlined Craigâs popularity as James Bond and David Arnold provides the film with an excellent score. Screenplay Neal Purvis & Robert Wade, John Logan After Quantum of Solace audiences would be forced to wait four years until the next James Bond film. At the end of 2010 MGM entered into bankruptcy after running into financial problems and was subsequently taken over by the studioâs creators, seeing work on the next Bond film suspended for the better part of a year. This was the largest gap between films without a change in actor, but when Skyfall was released it was to phenomenal success. Skyfall marked the fiftieth anniversary of cinematic James Bond and perhaps because of that it became the biggest ever Bond film, the first to gross more than $1 billion at the box office. Directed by Sam Mendes, much of Skyfall was shot in the UK, and a large part of the film is set in London and Scotland.

However, it does get bogged down in the second act in the scenes in which M is questioned during a parliamentary inquest and while that may present a more realistic picture of what life at MI6 can be like for the top brass, it hardly makes for riveting viewing; and gone is David Arnold, with Sam Mendes using his usual composer Thomas Newman to provide the score. The London setting may have been done for budgetary reasons, but while London is an essential location to James Bond it should never be the main one. Ian Fleming made a similar mistake when he wrote Moonraker, which largely took place in London and Kent and led a number of readers to complain to Fleming. The good news is that the film picks up again as soon as James Bond turns on the engine of his Aston Martin DB5 and the success of Skyfall ensured that the producers went out of their way to entice Sam Mendes back for the next film. Who Played James Bond: A Complete History : Part 2 Who Played James Bond: A Complete History Summary If you asked someone who the first actor to play James Bond was, they would probably answer Sean Connery .

Similarly, if you were to ask how many actors had played the role, most people would say 5 or 6. You may be surprised to know that the above answers are wrong. Below, we give you the complete history of all of the actors who have played James Bond, not only in the official series, but in unofficial films, TV series and radio shows. « Back to Part 1 (1954-1967) 1969 George Lazenby After Sean Connery's departure from the series in 1967, the producers began the search for a new James Bond. They found Australian model George Lazenby, who was the highest paid model in the world at the time. During production, George's manager advised him against accepting a multi-movie contract, believing that the Bond movies would loose their popularity. How wrong he was. On Her Majesty's Secret Service was George Lazenby's first and last appearance in the Bond series, although in later years, he played Bond-like characters in several TV spoofs.

1971 Sean Connery When George Lazenby retired from the series after filming On Her Majesty's Secret Service, the producers became desperate to find a new James Bond, as they had already sold part of the new film's proceedings to investors. The head of United Artists told them to bring back Sean Connery at any cost. Sean eventually agreed to do one last film, getting paid a $1.25 million base salary plus an estimated 12.5% of the profits. Sean's performance in Diamonds Are Forever was as good as his prior Bonds, and the film was an enjoyable success. However, it would be the last time that he worked for EON Productions. Sean chose to donate his entire base salary to a Scottish education charity. 1973-1985 Roger Moore After Diamonds Are Forever , the hunt for a new James Bond was on. Roger Moore was at the top of the list of candidates, and luckily for him his TV show The Persuaders!, costarring Tony Curtis, wasn't renewed for a second series. This meant that Roger was free for the role, and he became James Bond in Live and Let Die .

Roger played the role with a sophisticated and slightly comical edge, and went on to star in The Man with the Golden Gun , The Spy Who Loved Me , Moonraker , For Your Eyes Only , Octopussy and A View to a Kill . With 7 movies, he currently holds the record for playing James Bond the most times in the official EON series (he would be tied for 1st place with Sean Connery if Never Say Never Again was counted as official). 1973 Christopher Cazenove Christopher Cazenove played James Bond in Omnibus: The British Hero, a documentary and literary review style show on the BBC. He acted out several scenes from Ian Fleming's novels, including the scene pictured on the left from Goldfinger, where James Bond is nearly killed with a chainsaw (as opposed to the laser in the film Goldfinger ). 1983 Sean Connery In the late 1950s, Ian Fleming, Kevin McClory and Jack Whittingham created a screenplay for a possible James Bond film or TV series. However, after another of McClory's films—The Boy and the Bridge—had bombed at the box office, the idea was scrapped.

Fleming didn't throw away the drafts though, and used some of the ideas in his next novel Thunderball. Fleming was sued by Kevin McClory, who won the rights to make a film adaption. He made a deal with Cubby Broccoli and Harry Saltzman to make the film Thunderball, for which he got a credit as producer. Kevin was obviously unsatisfied with the film, because with the help of producer Jack Schwartzman, he remade it 18 years later. Never Say Never Again was Sean Connery's last film role as James Bond, and is considered by most to be his worst outing as 007. ﻿ Main Title From James Bond: Diamonds Are Forever — The Secret Service Orchestra, The Studio Sound Ensemble, Secret Service Orchestra, Movie Sounds Unlimited, The CDM Chartbreakers. Слушать онлайн на Яндекс.Музыке Diamonds Are Forever (1971) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends.

Error A diamond smuggling investigation leads James Bond to Las Vegas, where he uncovers an evil plot involving a rich business tycoon. Director: From $10.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 22 titles created 09 Jul 2011 a list of 22 titles created 11 May 2012 a list of 28 titles created 26 Jun 2013 a list of 24 titles created 2 months ago a list of 24 titles created 1 month ago Title: Diamonds Are Forever (1971) 6.7/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 3 nominations. See more awards » Videos Agent 007 and the Japanese secret service ninja force must find and stop the true culprit of a series of spacejackings before nuclear war is provoked. Director: Lewis Gilbert 007 is sent to stop a diabolically brilliant heroin magnate armed with a complex organization and a reliable psychic tarot card reader.

Director: Guy Hamilton James Bond heads to The Bahamas to recover two nuclear warheads stolen by SPECTRE agent Emilio Largo in an international extortion scheme. Director: Terence Young James Bond is led to believe that he is targeted by the world's most expensive assassin while he attempts to recover sensitive solar cell technology that is being sold to the highest bidder. Director: Guy Hamilton James Bond woos a mob boss's daughter and goes undercover to uncover the true reason for Blofeld's allergy research in the Swiss Alps that involves beautiful women from around the world. Director: Peter R. Hunt James Bond investigates the hijacking of British and Russian submarines carrying nuclear warheads with the help of a KGB agent whose lover he killed. Director: Lewis Gilbert Agent 007 is assigned to hunt for a lost British encryption device and prevent it from falling into enemy hands. Director: John Glen James Bond willingly falls into an assassination ploy involving a naive Russian beauty in order to retrieve a Soviet encryption device that was stolen by SPECTRE.

Director: Terence Young A fake Fabergé egg and a fellow agent's death lead James Bond to uncover an international jewel-smuggling operation, headed by the mysterious Octopussy, being used to disguise a nuclear attack on N.A.T.O. forces. Director: John Glen James Bond investigates the mid-air theft of a space shuttle and discovers a plot to commit global genocide. Director: Lewis Gilbert Investigating a gold magnate's smuggling, James Bond uncovers a plot to contaminate the Fort Knox gold reserve. Director: Guy Hamilton A resourceful British government agent seeks answers in a case involving the disappearance of a colleague and the disruption of the American space program. Director: Terence Young Edit Storyline James Bond's mission is to find out who has been smuggling diamonds, which are not re-appearing. He adopts another identity in the form of Peter Franks. He joins up with Tiffany Case, and acts as if he is smuggling the diamonds, but everyone is hungry for these diamonds. He also has to avoid Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd, the dangerous couple who do not leave anyone in their way. Ernst Stavro Blofeld isn't out of the question.

He may have changed his looks, but is he linked with the heist? And if he is, can Bond finally defeat his ultimate enemy. Written by simon BOND IS BACK - Sean Connery is BOND [British advance quad poster] See more » Genres: 17 December 1971 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Ian Fleming's Diamonds Are Forever See more » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Trivia Ninth James Bond movie and the seventh movie in the EON Productions official film series. It was the seventh film to both feature Bernard Lee as M and Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny and the sixth to feature Desmond Llewelyn as Q. It was the sixth James Bond film to star Sean Connery as James Bond and the last for him in the EON Productions official film series. See more » Goofs When Mr Wint and Mr Kidd exit the tunnel, with Mr Bond in the trunk of the car, the cover that lifts up has a Saguaro Cactus on it. That type of cactus only grow in extreme southeastern California, southern Arizona and adjoining northwestern Mexico. See more » Quotes [first lines] James Bond : [tossing Japanese man around] Where is he?

I shan't ask you politely next time. Where is Blofeld? Japanese man: Ca-Ca-Cairo. Crazy Credits THE END of DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER James Bond will return in LIVE AND LET DIE See more » Connections BOND#7: What Doesn't Stay in Vegas? Bond! 2 June 2007 | by Bogmeister (United States) – See all my reviews MASTER PLAN: steal a lot of diamonds to fashion an orbiting super-duper laser to, guess what, blackmail the world! The pre-credits teaser functions as an epilogue to "On Her Majesty's Secret Service," with Bond hunting his arch-nemesis, Blofeld, in a quick series of scenes throughout the world. The filmmakers tried to recapture the best of "Goldfinger" in this one, using the same director and singer Bassey on the credits again. Ending up with even a pale imitation of the best Bonder is not such a bad thing, but it also points to the lack of originality besetting the series by this time. This one probably breaks the record for unusual types of killings, mostly courtesy of gay assassins Wint & Kidd, who go through a bunch of victims very quickly early on.

The odd flavor and juxtaposition (detail of diamond smuggling over surreal liquidations) is an attempt to make Bond edgy & relevant now that the seventies began. The danger with all the attempts to be unusual, whether in regard to deaths or chases, is that it dips into a cutesy atmosphere a bit too far. Those fans fond of the seriousness in the previous film would probably not be amused, since it comes across as a dark parody of the usual spy stuff. That being said, Wint & Kidd, who represent the worst excesses of this film, end up as the highlights. From their very first scene in the desert, where they seem to draw inspiration from a scorpion, these two oddballs have the audience guessing on what they would do next - they are goofy, yes, but also lethal - interesting because they are somewhat original. Bond's mission, tracking an involved diamond smuggling operation, takes him briefly to Amsterdam, but he ends up in Las Vegas for most of the story. A subplot involves a missing billionaire, obviously patterned after Howard Hughes, who was still living as a recluse at this time.

M and, especially Moneypenny, have less screen time in this one, though Q pops up in an amusing scene testing one of his gizmos on some one-armed bandits (Vegas is no match for Q). Though the scenes in Vegas itself are less exotic than those of most Bond films, the film also makes good use of the surrounding desert terrain and there are numerous grand sets, notably a huge futuristic lab building, complete with tests of a fake moon landing, as well as a house built into the rocks. There is a good auto chase on the streets of Vegas, which has the infamous 'two-wheely' by Bond thru an alley. The two weird assassins pop up every now and then; they even have their own theme score, an eerie yet playful little tune. One of them looks very strange (Smith, a jazz musician with no acting experience), while the other (actor Glover, father of Crispin Glover) looks more normal but has very strange inflections to his speech. Every time they show up, a strange tension surfaces for the viewer. Besides Wint & Kidd, other outrageous foes for Bond include Bambi & Thumper, two wild martial arts girls who nearly knock his teeth in.

Their scene has a lot of energy and you won't soon forget them. The story is well-paced for the most part, with less of those slow spots that afflicted many of the later Bonders. However, a couple of deleted scenes with the Plenty character makes things a bit confusing for her character arc. Connery is, of course, several years older since his last Bonder, but he looks pretty much the same as he did in "You Only Live Twice." There may be a hint of grey around the edges and, in his scenes with M, it no longer comes across as 'the old man and the wiseguy kid' repartee, despite their best efforts. But Bond is still the ideal male here and it's still believable that femme fatale Tiffany falls for him by the end. She's a curious mixture of flaky girl and worldly woman, usually flippant in her approach, sort of reflecting the trivial nature of this Bonder, where nothing happening is really of grave import. That's why, when Blofeld's (him again) real plan is revealed, it's a bit out of left field; all of sudden, we see a super laser detonating missiles around the globe and everything has changed into matters of international import.

Blofeld, as played by Gray, is more urbane and effeminate than the previous two versions, more attuned to a villain planning world domination, but he's also too civilized, too polite to Bond in the climactic sequence, diffusing his threatening presence. CIA liaison Leiter recalls the non-descript Leiter of "Goldfinger," as well. The climax on that oil rig sea platform in Baja is not very well done, with Blofeld's end especially disappointing (he would not return, except in the teaser of "For Your Eyes Only"). But, the epilogue is excellent. Bond, but not Connery, would return in "Live and Let Die." Bond:8 Villain:7 Femme Fatales:7 Henchmen/women:8 Leiter:6 Fights:8 Stunts/Chases:8 Gadgets:6 Auto:7 Locations:6 Pace:8 overall:7 16 of 22 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you?

Yes Audience Reviews for Diamonds Are Forever ½ After George Lazenby decided not to appear in another James Bond movie after OHMSS, Eon Productions offered Sean Connery a boat-load of money to come back to the role...and Connery was only too happy to phone it in. Yeah, I'm not going to be too subtle about this, I am really not a big fan of this particular entry in the series. It ranks up there with "Die Another Day" as one of the absolute low-points of the series. The plot is pretty boring and un-invovling, Jill St. John is absolutely irritating as Tiffany Case, Charles Gray feels completely miscast as Blofeld, and the Las Vegas setting is pretty drab despite it's overload of glitter. The whole thing feels more like a big budget Saturday-morning cartoon and most of the action sequences are a complete joke. The only action sequence that is sincerely great is the elevator fight. But worst of all is Connery's completely indifferent and charmless final performance in the official 007 movie cannon. What a way to go!! Regardless, some shining spots can be found on this crappy diamond. Mr. Kidd and Mr.

Wint are a great villainous pair and the actors knock it out of the park, preventing this film from completely falling flat in the villain department. There are also some sincerely funny moments of witty dialogue (Right idea Mr. Bond, but wrong pussy). After this, Connery officially steps down as James Bond for good...at least until the unofficial Bond entry "Never Say Never Again." Coming up, Roger Moore!! Christopher Heim

Question: Complete the title of this James Bond film: "Diamonds Are ... "?
Answer: Forever