October 2015
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GoldenEye (1995, Dir. Martin Campbell): When I started to write these books in 1952, I wanted to find a name that didn’t have any sort of romantic overtones… I wanted…
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Licence to Kill (1989, Dir. John Glen): There was the shape of a body on Leiter’s bed. It was covered with a sheet. Over the face, the sheet seemed to…
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The Living Daylights (1987, Dir. John Glen): ‘She was a blonde. She was the girl who carried the cello in that orchestra. Probably had her gun in the cello case.…
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A View to a Kill (1985, Dir. John Glen): Suddenly Bond caught a trace of movement behind the men. An extra leg showed — a woman’s leg. Bond laughed out…
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Never Say Never Again (1983, Dir. Irvin Kershner): Johnny Carson: Who was the first Bond villain? Sean Connery (after a beat): Cubby Broccoli. — The Tonight Show, 1983 Some things…
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Octopussy (1983, Dir. John Glen): As soon as he had walked through into the living-room and seen the tall man in the dark-blue tropical suit standing at the picture window…
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For Your Eyes Only (1981, Dir. John Glen): Now Bond realized why M was troubled, why he wanted someone else to make the decision. Because these had been friends of…
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The Martian (2015, Dir. Ridley Scott): Those familiar with Ridley Scott’s work will get a kick out of the opening moments of The Martian: the title of the movie morphing…
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Moonraker (1979, Dir. Lewis Gilbert): Suddenly Drax looked sharply, suspiciously up at Bond. ‘Well. Say something. Don’t sit there like a dummy. What do you think of my story? Don’t…
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The Man with the Golden Gun (1974, Dir. Guy Hamilton): ‘FRANCISCO (PACO) “PISTOLS” SCARAMANGA’: Known in his territory as “the Man with the Golden Gun” – a reference to his…