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…
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…
LOTR Deleted Scene: Eleven King Gil-Galad’s Fight to the Death With Sauron
The Elven High King Gil-Galad is a prominent character in Amazon Prime’s The Rings of Power. While portrayed by English actor Benjamin Walker, he is…
Alfred Hitchcock Subverted 1 Common Thriller Cliche In The Crop-Duster Sequence in North By Northwest
The man gunned down by thugs in a car while standing on the street corner in the middle of the night is a cliche Hitchcock…
Camera Angle Diagram For North By Northwest’s Crop Duster Sequence
North By Northwest hit theaters sixty-five years ago instantly earning its reputation as one of Alfred Hitchcock’s top spy thrillers. While filled with iconic imagery and…
James Bond Joins Villain to Solve Overpopulation In Rejected Script Pitch for ‘Tomorrow Never Dies’
James Bond has saved the world no less than 25 times. And in every film, Britain’s top spy is ideologically opposed to the villain’s plan….
The Stunts & Pyrotechnics of Licence To Kill’s Truck Chase
Learn the planning, staging, and filming of Licence to Kill’s truck chase and how Kenworth modified three trucks for Rémy Julienne and his stunt crew…
George Lucas Thinks Filmmakers Need to Embrace Artificial Intelligence
“It’s like saying, ‘I don’t believe these cars are gunna work. Let’s just stick with the horses.” In a ten-minute interview with French online media…
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Filming Goldeneye’s Bungee Jump: A Record-Breaking Stunt in the Making
Goldeneye opens with a perilous bungee jump of the Verzasca hydro-electric dam in Locarno, Switzerland. The jump off the 220 meter dam, performed by stuntman…
