Moonraker’s Freefall: The Template For All Skydiving Action Sequences
In the heart-stopping opening sequence of 1979’s Moonraker, James Bond is pushed out of a plane without a parachute. This is long before CGI, long…
James Bond Enters a New Era with Producers David Heyman and Amy Pascal
In a seismic shift for one of cinema’s most enduring franchises, Amazon MGM Studios has officially tapped David Heyman and Amy Pascal as the new…
Sorry James, A Person Painted Gold Won’t Die Of Skin Suffocation
British agent James Bond, the spy who knows almost everything on any subject does sometimes get it wrong. Or at least his screenwriter does. In…
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“Goldprick”: The Feud That Created An Iconic Bond Villain
The James Bond novels—and the films they inspired—are not exactly known for their realism, but creator Ian Fleming often took inspiration from real life. Ernst…
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Bell-Textron Rocket Belt: James Bond’s Jetpack Never Quite Took Off For Military Use But Inspired The Ones That Will
In May 1964, Bill Suitor was about to become famous. Soon he’d make a legendary flight in a real-life jetpack for the latest James Bond…
Mexico City’s Day of the Dead Parade Invented By the James Bond film SPECTRE
Eight minutes in SPECTRE changed the way Mexico City celebrates the Day of the Dead. For almost ten years, the capital has marked the holiday with a…
Why Quentin Tarantino Hates Skyfall
Quentin Tarantino wanted to direct Casino Royale starring Pierce Brosnan. Although vocal about his intentions, EON Productions never called and soon after Brosnan was let…
How A Russian Thief Bought the Rights to ‘Casino Royale’ and Turned James Bond into a Woman
In 1955, flamboyant Russian actor and director Gregory Ratoff was in Cairo, Egypt, acting and directing a film entitled The Royal Bed, which was about…
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The name’s Secretan, James Secretan. James Bond’s Original Name Just Might Have Been the Death of Him
It’s arguably the greatest introduction by a movie character. “The name’s Bond. James Bond” was first uttered by Sean Connery in Dr. No. There’s something…
From Russia With Love’s Helicopter Attack Vs. North By Northwest’s Crop-Duster Sequence: Why The Bond Sequence Isn’t a Rip-Off of Hitchcock’s Famous Set Piece
The helicopter attack in From Russia With Love is often unfairly dismissed as a rip-off of the celebrated crop-duster chase in Alfred Hitchcock’s North By…
