query: who was james bond in original casino royale

pos: Casino Royale (1967 film) Casino Royale (1967 film) Casino Royale is a 1967 spy comedy film originally produced by Columbia Pictures featuring an ensemble cast. It is loosely based on Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel. The film stars David Niven as the "original" Bond, Sir James Bond 007. Forced out of retirement to investigate the deaths and disappearances of international spies, he soon battles the mysterious Dr. Noah and SMERSH. The film's tagline: "Casino Royale is too much... for one James Bond!" refers to Bond's ruse to mislead SMERSH in which six other agents are pretending to be "James Bond", namely, baccarat master

pos: Casino Royale (novel) a 1954 episode of the CBS television series "Climax!" with Barry Nelson as an American Bond, a 1967 film version with David Niven playing "Sir James Bond", and a 2006 film in the Eon Productions film series starring Daniel Craig as James Bond. M, the Head of the British Secret Service, assigns James Bond, 007, to play against and bankrupt Le Chiffre, the paymaster for a SMERSH-controlled trade union, in a high-stakes baccarat game at the Royale-les-Eaux casino in northern France. As part of Bond's cover as a rich Jamaican playboy, M also assigns as his companion Vesper Lynd, personal

pos: Honey Ryder described as a "beautiful movie star". As such, Andress is the first of only two entertainers that have actually starred in a Bond film to be mentioned by Fleming in his James Bond novels. The other is David Niven who co-starred as James Bond in the 1967 film adaptation of "Casino Royale" which also starred Andress. Rider is a Jamaican shell diver, descended from an old-established colonial family. She was orphaned at the age of five when her parents' house was burned down. She then lived with her black nanny in a cellar until she was 15, when her nanny

pos: James Bond filmography by Connery, was selected as the third-greatest hero in cinema history by the American Film Institute. When Sean Connery had been cast in November 1961, David Niven had been Fleming's choice for the role as the actor reflected his image of the character. In 1965 producer Charles Feldman signed Niven to play Sir James Bond for "Casino Royale", a film not made by Eon Productions. Connery and Peter Sellers had both turned down the role. Niven was 56 when he played Bond and his characterisation was that of an elderly man who had won the Victoria Cross at the Siege

pos: Miss Moneypenny Day" (2002), she puts on Q's virtual reality glasses and sees Bond walking casually into her room and tossing his hat on the hook. He tells her how much he loves her and knocks everything off her desk and the two start to kiss. Q interrupts her, and she pretends she was using it as a combat simulation. In the original film version of "Casino Royale", actress Barbara Bouchet plays M's current secretary and explains to Sir James Bond (played by David Niven) upon their first meeting that she is actually Miss Moneypenny's daughter. She is referred to thereafter, and

pos: James Bond the films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe), and the single most successful adjusted for inflation. In 1967 "Casino Royale" was adapted into a parody Bond film starring David Niven as Sir James Bond and Ursula Andress as Vesper Lynd. Niven had been Fleming's preference for the role of Bond. The result of a court case in the High Court in London in 1963 allowed Kevin McClory to produce a remake of "Thunderball" titled "Never Say Never Again" in 1983. The film, produced by Jack Schwartzman's Taliafilm production company and starring Sean Connery as Bond, was not part of the Eon

neg: Casino Royale (novel) Eon Productions making the 2006 film "Casino Royale". The film stars Daniel Craig as Bond, supported by Eva Green as Vesper Lynd and Mads Mikkelsen as Le Chiffre; Judi Dench returned for her fifth Bond film as Bond's superior, M. "Casino Royale" is a reboot, showing Bond at the beginning of his career as a 00-agent and overall stays true to the original novel. Casino Royale (novel) Casino Royale is the first novel by the British author Ian Fleming. Published in 1953, it is the first "James Bond" book, and it paved the way for a further eleven novels and

neg: Casino Royale (2006 soundtrack) Casino Royale (2006 soundtrack) Casino Royale: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. The soundtrack to the 2006 film Casino Royale was released by Sony Classical on November 14, 2006. The music was composed by David Arnold and is Arnold's fourth soundtrack for the popular James Bond movie series. Frequent collaborator Nicholas Dodd orchestrated and conducted the score. Producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli announced on July 26, 2006 that Chris Cornell, the former Audioslave and Soundgarden lead singer, composed and would sing "You Know My Name", the "Casino Royale" title song. Cornell collaborated with David Arnold who composed the film's score.

neg: Casino Royale (Climax!) the ending (including credits) found afterward. Both copies are black and white kinescopes, but the original live broadcast was in color. The rights to the program were acquired by MGM at the same time as the rights for the 1967 film version of "Casino Royale", clearing the legal pathway and enabling it to make the 2006 film of the same name. Act I "Combined Intelligence" agent James Bond comes under fire from an assassin: he manages to dodge the bullets, and enters Casino Royale. There he meets his British contact, Clarence Leiter, who remembers "Card Sense Jimmy Bond" from when

neg: Bond girl the title character in "Octopussy" (1983). If the "unofficial" James Bond films, "Casino Royale" and "Never Say Never Again", are included, several actresses have also been a Bond girl more than once: Ursula Andress in "Dr. No" (1962) and "Casino Royale"; Angela Scoular in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1969) and "Casino Royale"; Valerie Leon in "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977) and "Never Say Never Again". Mary Goodnight was a supporting character in several Bond novels before graduating to full Bond girl in "The Man with the Golden Gun". Several short stories, such as "Quantum of Solace", "The Hildebrand

neg: Casino Royale (novel) Casino Royale (novel) Casino Royale is the first novel by the British author Ian Fleming. Published in 1953, it is the first "James Bond" book, and it paved the way for a further eleven novels and two short story collections by Fleming, followed by numerous continuation Bond novels by other authors. The story concerns the British secret agent James Bond, gambling at the casino in Royale-les-Eaux to bankrupt Le Chiffre, the treasurer of a French union and a member of the Russian secret service. Bond is supported in his endeavours by Vesper Lynd, a member of his own service, as

neg: Skyfall: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack time the label had released a Bond soundtrack, with the first being the "Casino Royale" soundtrack album. Unlike most other Bond soundtracks, the soundtrack album to "Skyfall" does not contain the title song performed by Adele. This marks only the second time that this has happened, the first being the "Casino Royale" soundtrack album. Despite this, at the producer's insistence Newman added an interpolation of "Skyfall" in the track "Komodo Dragon", used in a scene where Bond enters a casino in Macau. The CD booklet mentions that the score contains interpolations of the "James Bond Theme", written by Monty Norman.

neg: Casino Royale (2006 film) from Bond. As he asks for the caller's identity, Bond shoots him in the leg, then introduces himself: "The name's Bond... James Bond." "Casino Royale" includes a cameo by British entrepreneur Richard Branson (seen being frisked at Miami International Airport). The cameo was cut out of the in-flight versions shown on British Airways' in-flight entertainment systems, and the Virgin Atlantic aircraft Branson supplied had its tail fin (bearing the company logo) obscured. "Casino Royale" had been produced as a 1954 television episode and a 1967 satirical film. Eon Productions gained the rights to "Casino Royale" in 1999 after Sony Pictures

neg: James Bond in film the Eon series, there have been three additional productions with the character of James Bond: an American television adaptation, "Casino Royale" (1954), produced by CBS; a spoof, "Casino Royale" (1967), produced by Charles K. Feldman; and a remake of "Thunderball" entitled "Never Say Never Again" (1983), produced by Jack Schwartzman, who had obtained the rights to the film from McClory. In 1954 the American CBS television network paid Ian Fleming $1,000 ($ in dollars) for the rights to turn his first novel, "Casino Royale", into a one-hour television adventure as part of the dramatic anthology series "Climax Mystery Theater", which

neg: Greg Williams (photographer) 2002 James Bond film "Die Another Day", "Bond On Set: Filming of Casino Royale" follows the production of 2006 James Bond film "Casino Royale", "Bond On Set: Filming of Quantum of Solace" follows the production of the 2008 James Bond film "Quantum of Solace" and "Bond On Set: Filming Skyfall" follows the production of the 2012 James Bond film "Skyfall". Williams use of a Red One digital camera to shoot Megan Fox for the cover of "Esquire" was the first use of a video camera still for portrait photography on a major magazine. His short film "Tell Tale" was the

neg: Casino Royale (2006 soundtrack) e.g. the tracks "I'm the Money" and "Aston Montenegro", feature two different instrumental renditions of its chorus. The "You Know My Name" CD single was released on December 11, 2006. Some cues for the movie that did not make the final selection of tracks for the soundtrack album are available as bonus track downloads in iTunes from the iTunes Store. The traditional James Bond Theme builds throughout the film before appearing in its full form over the end credits as track 25, "The Name's Bond . . . James Bond", on the "official album". Casino Royale (2006 soundtrack) Casino Royale:

neg: Casino Royale (2006 film) Casino Royale (2006 film) Casino Royale is a 2006 spy film, the twenty-first in the Eon Productions "James Bond" film series, and the third screen adaptation of Ian Fleming's 1953 novel of the same name. Directed by Martin Campbell and written by Neal Purvis & Robert Wade and Paul Haggis, it is the first film to star Daniel Craig as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond, and was produced by Eon Productions for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Columbia Pictures, making it the first Eon-produced "Bond" film to be co-produced by the latter studio. Following "Die Another Day", Eon Productions decided to reboot

neg: Casino Royale (Climax!) very few elements in common with the Eon series, Nelson's portrayal of "Bond suggests a realistically human vulnerability that wouldn't resurface until Eon finally remade "Casino Royale" more than half a century later." Casino Royale (Climax!) "Casino Royale" is a live 1954 television adaptation of the novel of the same name by Ian Fleming. An episode of the American dramatic anthology series "Climax!", the show is the first screen adaptation of a James Bond novel and stars Barry Nelson, Peter Lorre, and Linda Christian. Though this marks the first onscreen appearance of the secret agent, Nelson's Bond is played as

neg: Casino Royale (1967 film) around the world have been eliminated by enemy spies because of their inability to resist sex. Bond is also told that the "sex maniac" who was given the name of "James Bond" when the original Bond retired has gone to work in television. He then orders that all remaining MI6 agents will be named "James Bond 007", to confuse SMERSH. He also creates a rigorous programme to train male agents to ignore the charms of women. Moneypenny recruits "Coop", a karate expert who begins training to resist seductive women: he also meets an exotic agent known as the Detainer. Bond

neg: SMERSH (James Bond) KGB, says it has been inoperative for 20 years. SMERSH is also an element in the 1967 spoofed film adaptation of "Casino Royale" that centres upon Le Chiffre's attempted recovery of SMERSH monies via baccarat at the Royale casino. In the 2006 film adaptation of "Casino Royale", SMERSH's role in the plot is filled by a terrorist organisation called Quantum. Notable villains in the Bond novels who were SMERSH agents or associates, included: A number of other fictional spy organisations appear to be loosely based on SMERSH, some of them parodies, e.g., THRUSH in "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.", Schlecht in

neg: James Bond Theme concluding bars. An electronic rhythm was added to the gunbarrel of "The World Is Not Enough". The typical Bond guitar line can be heard during some action scenes. The "Die Another Day" gunbarrel recalls the version of "From Russia with Love" but with a more techno-influenced rhythm. It also contains the guitar riff of the "James Bond Theme". Craig's first James Bond film, "Casino Royale", does not feature the "James Bond Theme" in its entirety until the very end of the movie during a climactic scene. In "Casino Royale", the main notes of the song "You Know My Name" are

neg: Casino Royale (2006 film) receive a BAFTA nomination for a performance as James Bond. He also received the Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor. "Casino Royale" won the Excellence in Production Design Award from the Art Directors Guild, and singer Chris Cornell's "You Know My Name" won the International Press Academy Satellite Award for Best Original Song. The film was nominated for five Saturn Awards— Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film, Best Actor (Daniel Craig), Best Supporting Actress (Eva Green), Best Writing (Purvis, Wade and Haggis) and Best Music (David Arnold). The 2006 Golden Tomato Awards named "Casino Royale" the Wide Release Film of the

neg: Casino Royale (1967 film) Ratoff for $6,000 ($ in dollars). In 1956 Ratoff set up a production company with Michael Garrison to produce a film adaptation, but wound up not finding financial backers before his death in December 1960. After Ratoff's death, the producer Charles K. Feldman represented Ratoff's widow and obtained the "Casino Royale" rights. Albert R. Broccoli, who had a long time interest in adapting James Bond, offered to purchase the "Casino Royale" rights from Feldman, but he declined. Feldman and his friend, the director Howard Hawks, had an interest in adapting "Casino Royale", considering Leigh Brackett as a writer and Cary

neg: SMERSH (James Bond) operatives abroad in subversion of the West, with the additional goal of killing Western spies, particularly James Bond of SIS. SMERSH's headquarters are variously stated to be in Leningrad or in Moscow, Soviet Union. In the Bond film series, SMERSH is usually replaced with SPECTRE – a global terrorist organisation. The novel "Casino Royale" breaks SMERSH down into five departments or отделы (оtdyels): Within the world of James Bond, SMERSH is a Soviet counterintelligence agency that is a recurring threat to him and the British Secret Service. In "Casino Royale", the first Bond novel, SMERSH is described as the most

neg: Skyfall: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Arnold's arrangement of the "James Bond Theme" (which appears on the "Casino Royale" soundtrack as "The Name's Bond…James Bond") plays over "Skyfall"'s end titles (which begin with the film's gun barrel sequence); however, the track does not appear on the soundtrack album. Newman's arrangement of the theme plays over the reveal of Bond's Aston Martin and his escape with M to Scotland; the track appears on the album as "Breadcrumbs." Skyfall: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Skyfall: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack album to the 23rd James Bond film of the same name. Released by Sony Classical on 29

neg: Climax! series finished at #22 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1955-1956 season and #26 for 1956-1957. In 1954, an episode of "Climax!" featured Ian Fleming's secret agent James Bond in a television adaptation of "Casino Royale". It starred Barry Nelson as American secret agent "Jimmy Bond" and Peter Lorre as the villain Le Chiffre. This was the first screen adaptation of a James Bond novel, made before Eon Productions acquired the Bond film rights. Eon would later obtain the rights to "Casino Royale" in the late 1990s. This adaptation is available on DVD as a bonus feature on the MGM

neg: Nobody Does It Better "Casino Royale", commercials used the song's title, "Nobody Does It Better", as a catch phrase. Included in the March 2007 DVD release of "Casino Royale" was the documentary featurette "Bond Girls Are Forever"; a version of "Nobody Does it Better" performed by Faith Rivera is heard over the closing credits. Teaser posters for the 1983 Bond film, "Octopussy", featured the tagline: "Nobody does it better... thirteen times" (this was the 13th official James Bond film). The song was featured over a montage of James Bond film clips featuring the character Q; this was included on the VHS release (as well

neg: James Bond (literary character) have played Bond in these films. The central figure in Ian Fleming's work is the fictional character of James Bond, an intelligence officer in the "Secret Service". Bond is also known by his code number, 007, and was a Royal Naval Reserve Commander. During World War II, Ian Fleming had mentioned to friends that he wanted to write a spy novel. It was not until 1952, however, shortly before his wedding to his pregnant girlfriend, Ann Charteris, that Fleming began to write "Casino Royale", to distract himself from his forthcoming nuptials. Fleming started writing his first book, "Casino Royale", at

neg: Casino Royale (Climax!) Casino Royale (Climax!) "Casino Royale" is a live 1954 television adaptation of the novel of the same name by Ian Fleming. An episode of the American dramatic anthology series "Climax!", the show is the first screen adaptation of a James Bond novel and stars Barry Nelson, Peter Lorre, and Linda Christian. Though this marks the first onscreen appearance of the secret agent, Nelson's Bond is played as an American spy with "Combined Intelligence Agency" and is referred to as "Jimmy" by several characters. Most of the largely forgotten show was located in the 1980s by film historian Jim Schoenberger, with

neg: Terry Southern get "Casino Royale" made as an Eon Productions James Bond film, but Broccoli and Saltzman turned him down. Believing he could not compete with the Eon series, Feldman then decided to shoot the film as a parody, not only of James Bond but of the entire spy fiction genre. The casino segment featuring Peter Sellers and Orson Welles is the only portion based upon the novel. Southern and Gail Gerber moved to London in early 1966, when Southern was hired to work on the screenplay of "Casino Royale". The episodic "quasi-psychedelic burlesque" proved to be a chaotic production, stitched together

neg: James Bond filmography earlier portrayed him. The "Daily Mirror" ran a front-page news story critical of Craig, with the headline, "The Name's Bland – James Bland". Craig first played Bond in the 2006 film "Casino Royale", an adaptation of Fleming's novel of the same name and a reboot of the Eon series, which saw Bond earn his 00 status. Despite the negative press on his appointment, Craig was widely praised by critics and former Bonds after the release of "Casino Royale", believing him to have been the first actor to truly nail Fleming's character in the book: Todd McCarthy, reviewing the film for

neg: Royale-les-Eaux Royale-les-Eaux Royale-les-Eaux is a fictional town in Northern France. It features in the James Bond novels of Ian Fleming and others, particularly "Casino Royale" and "On Her Majesty's Secret Service". Royale-les-Eaux is a seaside resort, described in "Casino Royale" as being "just north of Dieppe" and lying "near the mouth of the Somme before the flat coastline soars up from the beaches of southern Picardy to the Brittany cliffs which run on to Le Havre". This would seem to place the town in the "département" of Somme, which takes its name from the river, but a telegram addressed to Bond

neg: Casino Royale (novel) Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress, Orson Welles and Woody Allen. The 1967 version is described by the British Film Institute as "an incoherent all-star comedy". "Casino Royale" was the first James Bond novel to be adapted as a daily comic strip; it was published in "The Daily Express" and syndicated worldwide. The strip ran from 7 July 1958 to 13 December 1958, and was written by Anthony Hern and illustrated by John McLusky. To aid "The Daily Express" in illustrating Bond, Fleming commissioned an artist to create a sketch of what he believed James Bond to look like. McLusky felt that

neg: Casino Royale (2006 film) Bond; the choice of Craig, announced in October 2005, drew controversy. Location filming took place in the Czech Republic, The Bahamas, Italy and the United Kingdom with interior sets built at Barrandov Studios and Pinewood Studios. "Casino Royale" premiered at the Odeon Leicester Square on 14 November 2006. It received an overwhelmingly positive critical response, with reviewers highlighting Craig's reinvention of the character and the film's departure from the tropes of previous Bond films. It earned almost $ worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing "James Bond" film until the release of "Skyfall" in 2012. MI6 agent James Bond gains his licence to

neg: James Bond (comics) of the miniseries was delayed due to concerns over the cover art for the issue, and ultimately Topps chose to discontinue publishing the adaptation, and also cancelled plans for an ongoing James Bond comic book series. A graphic novel adaptation of Charlie Higson's first Young Bond novel "SilverFin" was released in the UK on October 2, 2008. The book is illustrated by Kev Walker. Dynamite Entertainment's senior editor Joseph Rybandt, hinted that a graphic novel adaptation of Fleming's first Bond thriller, "Casino Royale" is in the pipeline, while they work on an original monthly series, but it wasn't officially announced

neg: James Bond in film the villains into the house. I don't know why but I thought that Vesper [Lynd] had to be in the sinking house and Bond has to want to kill her and then try and save her". In February 2005 Martin Campbell was announced as the film's director and the next Bond film was revealed to be "Casino Royale", although the identity of the new Bond was still unknown; the producers had chosen not to renew Pierce Brosnan's contract, and in October Eon announced that the part of Bond would be taken by Daniel Craig. Principal photography for "Casino Royale" commenced

neg: James Bond (comic strip) introductory chapters on the history of the strip and the Bond novels, and most of the books have also included special introductions written by Bond film actors, specifically Caroline Munro ("The Spy Who Loved Me"), George Lazenby ("OHMSS"), Shirley Eaton ("Goldfinger"), Eunice Gayson ("Dr. No"), Roger Moore ("Casino Royale"), Maud Adams ("Octopussy"), Britt Ekland ("Colonel Sun"), and Richard Kiel ("The Golden Ghost"). Titan's comic strip reprints were not initially published in the strips' original publication order; this changed as of the release of "The Spy Who Loved Me" volume. "The Harpies", included in "The Spy Who Loved Me", is the

neg: James Bond had planned to become an author and had told a friend, "I am going to write the spy story to end all spy stories." On 17 February 1952, he began writing his first James Bond novel, "Casino Royale", at his Goldeneye estate in Jamaica, where he wrote all his Bond novels during the months of January and February each year. He started the story shortly before his wedding to his pregnant girlfriend, Ann Charteris, in order to distract himself from his forthcoming nuptials. After completing the manuscript for "Casino Royale", Fleming showed the manuscript to his friend (and later editor)

neg: Casino Royale (2006 film) Year. "Casino Royale" was also nominated for, and has won, many other international awards for its screenplay, film editing, visual effects, and production design. At the 2007 Saturn Awards, the film was declared to be the Best Action/Adventure/Thriller film of 2006. Several members of the crew were also recipients of 2007 Taurus World Stunt Awards, including Gary Powell for Best Stunt Coordination and Ben Cooke, Kai Martin, Marvin Stewart-Campbell and Adam Kirley for Best High Work. Casino Royale (2006 film) Casino Royale is a 2006 spy film, the twenty-first in the Eon Productions "James Bond" film series, and the third

neg: Royale-les-Eaux Egyptians, the Mahomet Ali Syndicate. This is the context in which "Casino Royale" opens. Royale-les-Eaux Royale-les-Eaux is a fictional town in Northern France. It features in the James Bond novels of Ian Fleming and others, particularly "Casino Royale" and "On Her Majesty's Secret Service". Royale-les-Eaux is a seaside resort, described in "Casino Royale" as being "just north of Dieppe" and lying "near the mouth of the Somme before the flat coastline soars up from the beaches of southern Picardy to the Brittany cliffs which run on to Le Havre". This would seem to place the town in the "département" of

neg: James Bond Theme end credits is David Arnold's "Casino Royale" track "The Name's Bond…James Bond". Despite this, the film's score was composed by Thomas Newman, who also incorporated the "James Bond Theme" throughout the entire film. In "Spectre", the theme appears at the beginning of the film as part of the opening gunbarrel sequence, indicating a return to the franchise's classic roots of 1962–2002. Over 70 cover versions of the "James Bond Theme" have been recorded by artists such as: American electronica musician Moby produced a remixed version of the theme entitled "James Bond Theme (Moby's Re-Version)" for the Bond film "Tomorrow Never

neg: Casino Royale (2006 film) So impressed was Moore that he chose to buy the DVD. Raymond Benson, the author of nine "Bond" novels, called "Casino Royale" "a perfect "Bond" film." The James Bond Dossier proclaimed it the best since "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", highlighting its importance in the series.. However, the film met with mixed reactions from other critics. Rob Gonsalves of eFilmCritic.com gave the film a positive review, but commented, "When you strip the 007 films down for action and 'realism,' you lose the soul of those old beloved "Bond" movies – they might as well be Jason Bourne movies." John Beifuss

neg: Casino Royale (1967 film) is also kidnapped while pursuing her. Le Chiffre, desperate for the winning cheque, hallucinogenically tortures Tremble. Lynd rescues Tremble, only to subsequently kill him. Meanwhile, SMERSH agents raid Le Chiffre's base and kill him. In London, Mata is kidnapped by SMERSH in a giant flying saucer, and Sir James and Moneypenny travel to Casino Royale to rescue her. They discover that the casino is located atop a giant underground headquarters run by the evil Dr. Noah, secretly Sir James' nephew Jimmy Bond, a former MI6 agent who defected to SMERSH to spite his famous uncle. Jimmy reveals that he plans

neg: Casino Royale (1967 film) Grant as James Bond. They eventually gave up once they saw the 1962 film "Dr. No", the first Bond adaptation made by Broccoli and his partner Harry Saltzman through their company Eon Productions. By 1964, with Feldman having invested nearly $550,000 of his own money into pre-production of "Casino Royale", he decided to try a deal with Eon Productions and its distributor United Artists. The attempt at a co-production eventually fell through as Feldman frequently argued with Broccoli and Saltzman, specially regarding the profit divisions and when the "Casino Royale" adaptation would start production. Feldman approached Sean Connery to play

neg: You Know My Name You Know My Name "You Know My Name", performed by Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell, is the theme song to the 2006 James Bond film, "Casino Royale." Cornell wrote it jointly with David Arnold, the soundtrack's composer. The film producers chose Cornell because they wanted a strong male singer. Cornell and Arnold tried to make the song a replacement theme for the character instead of the "James Bond theme" reflecting the agent's inexperience in "Casino Royale", as well as an introduction to Daniel Craig's grittier and more emotional portrayal of Bond. The single sold 148,000 copies in 2006 in the UK,

neg: David Niven of justice. This was his only recurring role on television. "The Rogues" ran for only one season, but won a Golden Globe award. In 1965, he made two films for MGM: "Lady L", supporting Paul Newman and Sophia Loren, and "Where the Spies Are", as a doctor turned secret agent - MGM hoped it would lead to a series but this did not happen. After a horror film "Eye of the Devil" (1966) Niven appeared as James Bond 007 in "Casino Royale" (1967). Niven had been Bond creator Ian Fleming's first choice to play Bond in "Dr. No". "Casino Royale"

neg: Ian Fleming Publications Ian Fleming Publications Ian Fleming Publications is the production company formerly known as both Glidrose Productions Limited and Glidrose Publications Limited, named after its founders John Gliddon and Norman Rose. In 1952, author Ian Fleming bought it after completing his first James Bond novel, "Casino Royale"; he assigned most of his rights in "Casino Royale", and the works which followed it to Glidrose. In 1956 Ian Fleming hired literary agent Peter Janson-Smith to handle the foreign translation rights in the James Bond novels. He was the literary consultant and chairman of Ian Fleming Publications until 2001. Today, the Fleming family-owed

neg: Eva Green Vesper Lynd in the "James Bond" film "Casino Royale" (2006). Casino Royale (2006 film) Green was approached in mid-2005 but turned it down. Principal photography was already underway, and director Martin Campbell said casting the role was difficult because "we didn't have the final script and a Bond girl always had the connotation of tits 'n' ass." Campbell saw Green's performance in the director's cut of "Kingdom of Heaven", and approached Green again. She read the script, and found the character of Vesper far deeper than most Bond girls. Green's performance was well received: "Entertainment Weekly" called her the fourth-best

neg: Casino Royale (2006 film) of "The Commercial Appeal" said, "Who wants to see Bond learn a lesson about ego, as if he were Greg Brady in his 'Johnny Bravo' phase?" Anthony Lane of "The New Yorker" criticised the more imperfect and self-aware depiction of the character, saying, "Even James Bond, in other words, wants to be 007." Though American radio personality Michael Medved gave the film three stars out of four, describing it as "intriguing, audacious and very original ... more believable and less cartoonish, than previous 007 extravaganzas," he commented that the "sometimes sluggish pacing will frustrate some Bond fanatics." Similarly, a reviewer

neg: James Bond (comic strip) To wit, Fleming wrote: Regardless, Fleming later agreed, and to aid the "Daily Express" in illustrating James Bond, Fleming commissioned an artist to sketch whom he believed James Bond to look like. The assigned illustrator, John McLusky, however, felt that Fleming's 007 appeared too "outdated" and "pre-war", and thus changed James Bond to a more rugged and masculine appearance. The first strip, "Casino Royale", was published in 1958. The story was adapted by Anthony Hern, who previously had serialised "Diamonds Are Forever" and "From Russia with Love" for the "Daily Express". The majority of the early comic strips were adapted

neg: Casino Royale (Climax!) this, however, Fleming grouped and adapted three of the outlines into short stories and released the 1960 anthology "For Your Eyes Only" along with an additional two new short stories. This was the first screen adaptation of a James Bond novel and was made before the formation of Eon Productions. When MGM eventually obtained the rights to the 1967 film version of "Casino Royale", it also received the rights to this television episode. The "Casino Royale" episode was lost for decades after its 1954 broadcast until a black and white kinescope of the live broadcast was located by film historian

neg: James Bond (ornithologist) Ian Fleming, who was a keen bird watcher living in Jamaica, was familiar with Bond's book, and chose the name of its author for the hero of "Casino Royale" in 1953, apparently because he wanted a name that sounded "as ordinary as possible". Fleming wrote to the real Bond's wife, "It struck me that this brief, unromantic, Anglo-Saxon and yet very masculine name was just what I needed, and so a second James Bond was born." He also contacted the real James Bond about using his name in the books, and Bond replied to him, "Fine with it." At some

neg: The Spy Who Loved Me (film) elements from his original book be used, the film characters of Jaws and Sandor are based on the novel characters Sol Horror and Sluggsy Morant, respectively. Horror is described as having steel-capped teeth, while Sluggsy had a clear bald head. Since Ian Fleming permitted Eon to use only the name of his novel and not the actual novel, Fleming's name was moved for the first time from above the film's title to above "James Bond 007". His name reverted to the traditional location for "Moonraker", the last Eon Bond film based on a Fleming novel before 2006's "Casino Royale". However,

neg: James Bond Theme in a tuxedo (accompanied by a few bars of the bridge), after he has survived the poisoned martini, when he wins the final match at Casino Royale, when Bond is following Vesper and one last time when Bond speaks with M on the phone. Then at the end of "Quantum of Solace", the theme appears with Craig's new official gun-barrel sequence, unusually shown at the end of the film. The theme here is very similar to the classic style in "Casino Royale". It appears sparingly throughout the score itself, never in an immediately recognizable variation. David Arnold said in an

neg: Casino Royale (2006 film) the series, allowing them to show a less experienced and more vulnerable Bond. "Casino Royale" takes place at the beginning of Bond's career as Agent 007, as he is earning his licence to kill. The plot sees Bond on an assignment to bankrupt terrorist financier Le Chiffre in a high-stakes poker game; Bond falls in love with Vesper Lynd, a treasury employee assigned to provide the money he needs for the game. The film begins a story arc that continues in "Quantum of Solace" (2008). Casting involved a widespread search for a new actor to succeed Pierce Brosnan as James

neg: James Bond in film not have accepted the project had he not seen "Casino Royale" prior to making his decision: he felt Bond had been humanised in that film, arguing that because travelling the world had become less exotic since the series' advent, it made sense to focus more on Bond as a character. Forster found "Casino Royale"s 144-minute running time too long, and wanted his follow-up to be "tight and fast ... like a bullet". Neal Purvis and Robert Wade returned as screenwriters and completed a draft of the script by April 2007; Paul Haggis also worked on the script, completing it two

neg: Casino Royale (2006 film) was given out to the first 500,000 PAL PlayStation 3 owners who signed up to the PlayStation Network. The DVD release includes the official music video for the film, and three documentaries detailing how Daniel Craig was chosen for the role of Bond, the filming, and an expanded version of the "Bond Girls Are Forever" documentary incorporating new interviews with "Casino Royale" cast members. A three-disc edition of "Casino Royale" on DVD was released in the United Kingdom on 31 October 2008, coinciding with the cinema release of the sequel, "Quantum of Solace" (the following week in the United States).

neg: SMERSH (James Bond) and by the time of "Casino Royale" was believed "to consist of only a few hundred operatives of very high quality", only one of whom had ever been captured by British agents. By the time of "From Russia, with Love", however, Fleming describes SMERSH as having 40,000 agents and being based in Moscow rather than in Leningrad. SMERSH makes its first impact on Bond in "Casino Royale": A SMERSH agent sent to kill the Communist agent Le Chiffre carves a Sha (ш), the initial Cyrillic letter of "Špion" (Russian for "spy") into the back of Bond's left hand. (Despite skin

neg: James Bond Theme Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1969), "The World Is Not Enough" (1999), "Casino Royale" (2006), "Quantum of Solace" (2008), "Skyfall" (2012), and "Spectre" (2015). Monty Norman has been credited with writing the "James Bond Theme", and has received royalties since 1962. Norman collected around £485,000 in royalties between the years 1976 and 1999. For "Dr. No", the tune was arranged by John Barry, who would later go on to compose the soundtracks for eleven James Bond films. Courts have ruled twice that the theme was written by Monty Norman, despite claims and testimony by Barry that he had actually written the

neg: James Bond (comics) period piece, expanding on his days prior to the events of "Casino Royale" with original stories. The other, by Warren Ellis and Jason Masters with a contemporary setting, has been published as a monthly comic since November 2015. The first six-issue story arc was titled "Vargr", followed by a second arc titled "Eidolon". The monthly ongoing series, as revealed in October 2016, was taken over by writer Benjamin Percy. The title was announced as "Black Box", written by Percy and illustrated by Rapha Lobosco. On 18 June 2018, "James Bond Origin" was officially unveiled by Dynamite as a long-lasting period-piece

neg: Casino Royale (Climax!) episode aired on October 21, 1954 as a live production and starred Barry Nelson as secret agent James Bond, with Peter Lorre in the role of Le Chiffre and was hosted by William Lundigan. The Bond character from "Casino Royale" was re-cast as an American agent, described as working for "Combined Intelligence", supported by the British agent, Clarence Leiter; "thus was the Anglo-American relationship depicted in the book reversed for American consumption". Clarence Leiter was an agent for Station S, while being a combination of Felix Leiter and René Mathis. The name "Mathis", and his association with the Deuxième Bureau,

neg: James Bond In 1957 the "Daily Express" approached Ian Fleming to adapt his stories into comic strips, offering him £1,500 per novel and a share of takings from syndication. After initial reluctance, Fleming, who felt the strips would lack the quality of his writing, agreed. To aid the "Daily Express" in illustrating Bond, Fleming commissioned an artist to create a sketch of how he believed James Bond looked. The illustrator, John McLusky, however, felt that Fleming's 007 looked too "outdated" and "pre-war" and changed Bond to give him a more masculine look. The first strip, "Casino Royale" was published from 7 July

neg: Vesper (cocktail) in the film "Casino Royale" – and by later books Bond is ordering regular vodka martinis, though he also drinks regular gin martinis. Felix Leiter ordered a Vesper for Bond in the novel "Diamonds Are Forever", albeit with Cresta Blanca in place of Kina Lillet, which Bond politely remarks is the "Best Vermouth I ever tasted." It may be that Fleming decided not to have Bond order a Vesper again due to the way in which "Casino Royale" ends. In actuality, the book version of the "Vesper" was created by Fleming's friend Ivar Bryce. In Bryce's copy of "Casino Royale"

neg: James Bond (literary character) yet very masculine name was just what I needed, and so a second James Bond was born". On another occasion Fleming said: "I wanted the simplest, dullest, plainest-sounding name I could find, 'James Bond' was much better than something more interesting, like 'Peregrine Carruthers'. Exotic things would happen to and around him, but he would be a neutral figure—an anonymous, blunt instrument wielded by a government department." After Fleming met the ornithologist and his wife, he described them as "a charming couple who are amused by the whole joke". In the first draft of "Casino Royale" he decided to use

neg: James Bond in film his fourth soundtrack for the Bond film series. Producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli announced on 26 July 2006 that Chris Cornell would perform the title song, entitled "You Know My Name", which he co-wrote with Arnold. In July 2006, as "Casino Royale" entered post-production, Eon Productions announced that the next film would be based on an original idea by producer Michael G. Wilson. In June 2007 Marc Forster was confirmed as director. He was surprised that he was approached for the job, stating he was not a big Bond film fan through the years, and that he would

neg: M (James Bond) relying on statistics and analysis rather than impulse and initiative. Following Pierce Brosnan’s departure from the role, Dench continued playing M for the 2006 film "Casino Royale", which rebooted the series with Daniel Craig playing Bond at the beginning of his career. In this new continuity, M has worked for MI6 for some time, at one point muttering, "Christ, I miss the Cold War". According to "Skyfall", M was previously in charge of MI6's operations in Hong Kong during the 1990s. Her ability to run MI6 has been questioned several times; in "Casino Royale", she is the subject of a

neg: James Bond in film as producer with Eon on "Thunderball" and had licensed his rights for the production of "Never Say Never Again" in 1983. In 2004, following severe financial troubles, MGM was itself acquired by a consortium backed by Sony for $5 billion. "Casino Royale" reboots the series, establishing a new timeline and narrative framework not meant to precede or succeed any previous "Bond" film. Barbara Broccoli stated that "For years, my father wanted to make "Casino Royale"—it's the Holy Grail ... We wanted to make a tougher film, the way it should have been made years ago". Fellow producer Michael G. Wilson

neg: Martin Campbell Martin Campbell Martin Campbell (born 24 October 1943) is a New Zealand TV and film director, best known for directing Bond movies "GoldenEye" (1995) and "Casino Royale" (2006). He also directed "The Mask of Zorro" (1998), "The Legend of Zorro" (2005), "Green Lantern" (2011), and "The Foreigner" (2017). Born in Hastings, New Zealand, Campbell moved to London, where he began his career as a cameraman in the late 1970s. He went on to direct two James Bond films, 1995's "GoldenEye", starring Pierce Brosnan, and 2006's "Casino Royale", starring Daniel Craig, and was the oldest director in the series' history, at

neg: Q (James Bond) first Q who is younger than James Bond. Featured in In the 1967 version of "Casino Royale", Q is portrayed by Geoffrey Bayldon, but instead of outfitting James Bond, he provides gadgets for Evelyn Tremble (who is portrayed by Peter Sellers). In the film, Q is assisted by Fordyce (John Wells). The sequence parodies the regular series' outfitting, and features Q presenting Tremble with an elaborate bullet-proof vest, laden with preposterous features ("a Beretta in the buttonhole, and a cute little mini-gun in the gusset"). Featured in In the 1983 film "Never Say Never Again", Q Branch is headed by

neg: Casino Royale (1967 film) by secret agents and a battle ensues. American and French support arrive, but just add to the chaos. Eventually, Jimmy counts down his atomic explosion. When it reaches the last hiccup, Jimmy/Dr Noah's atomic pill explodes, destroying Casino Royale with everyone inside. Sir James and all of his agents then appear in heaven, and Jimmy Bond is shown descending to Hell. Major stars, such as George Raft and Jean-Paul Belmondo, were given top billing in the film's promotion and screen trailers despite the fact that they only appeared for a few minutes in the final scene. Supporting cast: "Casino Royale"

neg: Casino Royale (Climax!) was given to the leading lady, who is named Valérie Mathis, instead of Vesper Lynd. Reports that toward the end of the broadcast "the coast-to-coast audience saw Peter Lorre, the actor playing Le Chiffre, get up off the floor after his 'death' and begin to walk to his dressing room", do not appear to be accurate. Four years after the production of "Casino Royale", CBS invited Fleming to write 32 episodes over a two-year period for a television show based on the James Bond character. Fleming agreed and began to write outlines for this series. When nothing ever came of

neg: Vesper Lynd Valerie Mathis, played by Linda Christian, who is depicted as an American. She also betrays Bond (played by Barry Nelson), but comes to his rescue after he is shot by Le Chiffre (played by Peter Lorre). Valerie does not die in this adaptation. Vesper Lynd Vesper Lynd is a fictional character featured in Ian Fleming's 1953 James Bond novel "Casino Royale". She was portrayed by Ursula Andress in the 1967 James Bond parody, which is only slightly based on the novel, and by Eva Green in the 2006 adaptation. In the novel, the character explains that she was born "on

neg: Quantum of Solace film's action sequences, but felt that the film was less impressive than its predecessor "Casino Royale". , it is the fourth-highest-grossing "James Bond" film, without adjusting for inflation, earning $586 million worldwide, and becoming the seventh highest-grossing film of 2008. James Bond is driving from Lake Garda to Siena, Italy, with the captured Mr. White (Jesper Christensen) in the boot of his car. After evading pursuers, Bond delivers White to M, who interrogates him regarding his organisation, Quantum. M's bodyguard, Craig Mitchell (Glenn Foster), is a double agent; he attacks M, enabling White to escape. Bond chases Mitchell and kills

neg: James Bond (literary character) Benson, who wrote six novels, three novelizations and three short stories. There have also been other authors who wrote one book each, Kingsley Amis (writing as Robert Markham), Sebastian Faulks, Jeffery Deaver, William Boyd, and Anthony Horowitz. Additionally, a series of novels based on Bond's youth – "Young Bond" – was written by Charlie Higson. As spin-offs from the literary works, there was a television adaptation of the first novel, "Casino Royale", in which Bond was played as an American agent. A comic strip series also ran in the "Daily Express" newspaper. There have been 26 Bond films; seven actors

neg: Daniel Craig the Forbes Meet II Conference that Craig had signed on to make four more Bond films, through to "Bond 25". Craig lent his voice and likeness as James Bond for both the Wii game "GoldenEye 007", an enhanced remake of the 1997 game for the Nintendo 64, and "", an original game for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo DS, and Microsoft Windows. In addition to "Casino Royale", Craig also appeared two more films in 2006: the drama "Infamous" as murderer Perry Edward Smith and as the voice of the lead character in the English-language version of the French animated film

neg: Casino Royale (2006 film) Vesper Lynd's criticism of him; "and though it would be almost unthinkable now have a female character in a mainstream film stripped naked and threatened with genital mutilation, that is exactly what happens to Bond in [the film]." So although the film backed off from past criticism of Bond girls being sex objects, "the once invincible James Bond becomes just another joint at the meat market." This sentiment is shared by the University of Leicester's James Chapman, author of "License to Thrill", who also notes Craig's Bond is "not yet the polished article"; he felt his incarnation of Bond is

neg: Omega Seamaster "Casino Royale", "Quantum of Solace", "Skyfall" and "Spectre", also wears the Omega Seamaster: the Seamaster Planet Ocean and Seamaster Diver 300 M in "Casino Royale", and even goes so far as to mention Omega by name in the film when questioned by Vesper Lynd. In connection with the launch of the film, Omega released a 007-special of the Professional 300M, featuring the 007-gun logo on the second hand and the rifle pattern on the watch face, this being a stylized representation of the gunbarrel sequence of Bond movies. Omega released a second James Bond limited edition watch in 2006. This

neg: Casino Royale (1967 film) distributors of the official Bond movies by Eon Productions. Sir James Bond 007, a legendary British spy who retired from the secret service 20 years previously, is visited by the head of British MI6, M, CIA representative Ransome, KGB representative Smernov, and Deuxième Bureau representative Le Grand. All implore Bond to come out of retirement to deal with SMERSH who have been eliminating agents: Bond spurns all their pleas. When Bond continues to stand firm, his mansion is destroyed by a mortar attack at the orders of M, who is, however, killed in the explosion. Bond travels to Scotland to

neg: Frau Farbissina a Comedy at the BMI Film & TV Awards. Frau's look and demeanour are parodies of several female villains from early James Bond films, namely "From Russia with Love"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Rosa Klebb (played by Lotte Lenya), "On Her Majesty's Secret Service's" Irma Bunt (played by Ilse Steppat), and particularly the character of Frau Hoffner (played by Anna Quayle) in the 1967 Bond spoof "Casino Royale". Farbissina asserts that she would eventually like to get out of the criminal mastermind business and open a boarding school for girls. This is another reference to Quayle's "Frau Hoffner" role in "Casino Royale" in which

neg: Casino Royale (2006 film) omitting some of Le Chiffre's sadism and James Bond's reactions in the torture scene, the film received the desired BBFC 12A rating. In the United States, two fight scenes were censored to achieve a PG-13 rating: the fight between Bond and the traitorous MI6 agent's contact Fisher, and the fight between Bond and Obanno in the stairway at the Casino Royale. The German edit of the film cuts a sequence where the bomb-planter at the airport breaks a man's neck, instead replacing it with an alternative take. The mainland Chinese cut of the film also trims the torture scene and

neg: Americanization (foreign culture and media) country is Americanized by recasting its lead characters as American; an example of this was the first adaptation of the James Bond novel, "Casino Royale", which was produced for CBS Television in 1954. In this version, the character of Bond — a British agent in the original novel and subsequent movie series — is changed into an American agent for the TV version. Americanization (foreign culture and media) In American media, the term Americanization is used to describe the censoring and editing of a foreign TV show or movie that is bought by a U.S. station. This editing is done

neg: Casino Royale (2006 film) site's critical consensus reads, ""Casino Royale" disposes of the silliness and gadgetry that plagued recent James Bond outings, and Daniel Craig delivers what fans and critics have been waiting for: a caustic, haunted, intense reinvention of 007." It is the fourth-highest rating for a Bond film on the site behind "Goldfinger", which earned a 97% score, and "From Russia with Love", and "Dr. No", both of which earned a 96% score. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 80 out of 100 based on 46 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". "Entertainment Weekly" named the film as the

neg: Motifs in the James Bond film series instruction was honoured by the AFI as the 90th most-memorable cinema quotation. In order to distance his version of Bond from Sean Connery's, Roger Moore did not order a martini. The martini was present in the first Ian Fleming novel, "Casino Royale", where Bond eventually named it "The Vesper", after Vesper Lynd. The same recipe was then used for the 2006 film of the novel, with the martini ordered by Daniel Craig's Bond. Motifs in the James Bond film series The "James Bond" series of films contain a number of repeating, distinctive motifs which date from the series' inception with

neg: White bikini of Ursula Andress from "". It has also been emulated by Halle Berry, who wore an orange bikini with a toolbelt in the 2002 James Bond film "Die Another Day". When Daniel Craig took over the role of James Bond in the 2006 film "Casino Royale", he appeared in a similar scene, emerging from the ocean wearing only a pale blue pair of swim trunks. This thirteen-second shot, focused on Bond's body rather than that of a Bond Girl, was widely interpreted as a callback to Andress in "Dr. No" and featured heavily in the film's promotion, although Craig claims the resemblance did

neg: Quantum of Solace is based on both "Casino Royale" and "Quantum of Solace". It is the first Bond game to feature Craig's likeness and the first seventh-generation console game in the series. Swatch designed a series of wrist watches, each of them inspired by a Bond villain. Though the screenplay did not get made into a novel despite its original storyline, Penguin Books published a compilation of Fleming's short stories entitled "Quantum of Solace: The Complete James Bond Short Stories", with a UK release date of 29 May 2008 and a North American release date of 26 August 2008. The book combines the

neg: Casino Royale (novel) 1954 and starred Barry Nelson as secret agent "Card Sense" James 'Jimmy' Bond and Peter Lorre as Le Chiffre. A brief tutorial on baccarat is given at the beginning of the show by the presenter of the programme, William Lundigan, to enable viewers to understand a game which was not popular in America at the time. For this Americanised version of the story, Bond is an American agent, described as working for "Combined Intelligence", while the character Leiter from the original novel is British, renamed "Clarence Leiter". The agent for Station S., Mathis, does not appear as such; his surname

neg: James Bond in film a premise from Fleming's novel "Moonraker" as a basis, that of an industrialist villain who had two identities. With the planned release of the film being in the 40th anniversary year of the Bond film series, Tamahori named the Hong Kong hotel seen in the film the "Rubyeon Royale", for Eon's ruby anniversary, as well as Fleming's first novel, "Casino Royale". Second unit filming started on Christmas Day 2001 with Laird Hamilton, Dave Kalama and Darrick Doerner performing the surfing scene at the surf break known as Jaws in Peahi, Maui; the shore shots were later taken near Cádiz, Spain

neg: James Bond "Dr. No" with his arrangement of the Bond Theme. A Bond film staple are the theme songs heard during their title sequences sung by well-known popular singers. Several of the songs produced for the films have been nominated for Academy Awards for Original Song, including Paul McCartney's "Live and Let Die", Carly Simon's "Nobody Does It Better", Sheena Easton's "For Your Eyes Only", Adele's "Skyfall", and Sam Smith's "Writing's on the Wall". Adele won the award at the 85th Academy Awards, and Smith won at the 88th Academy Awards. For the non-Eon produced "Casino Royale", Burt Bacharach's score included "The

neg: Pub Royale film has a 67% "fresh" rating according to internet rating site "Rotten Tomatoes". Pub Royale Pub Royale is a 1997 British comedy film starring Alan Carr. It spoofs Ian Fleming's 1953 James Bond novel "Casino Royale". The film loosely follows the central plot of Fleming's novel. British secret agent James Brum infiltrates the Pub Royale where he beats opponent Le Dough at a high-stakes Monopoly game. Escaping from Le Dough's beautiful mistress Lenya, Brum gives chase to Le Dough on a modified bicycle to rescue love-interest Lambretta. In the climax Brum sellotapes live hedgehogs to the road which puncture the

neg: Pub Royale Pub Royale Pub Royale is a 1997 British comedy film starring Alan Carr. It spoofs Ian Fleming's 1953 James Bond novel "Casino Royale". The film loosely follows the central plot of Fleming's novel. British secret agent James Brum infiltrates the Pub Royale where he beats opponent Le Dough at a high-stakes Monopoly game. Escaping from Le Dough's beautiful mistress Lenya, Brum gives chase to Le Dough on a modified bicycle to rescue love-interest Lambretta. In the climax Brum sellotapes live hedgehogs to the road which puncture the tyres of Le Dough's sports car and it hurtles over a cliff. The

neg: Ursula Andress Ursula Andress Ursula Andress (; born 19 March 1936) is a Swiss film and television actress, former model and sex symbol, who has appeared in American, British and Italian films. She is best known for her breakthrough role as Bond girl Honey Ryder in the first James Bond film, "Dr. No". She later starred as Vesper Lynd in the James Bond film "Casino Royale". Her other films include "The Southern Star, Fun in Acapulco", "She", "The 10th Victim", "The Blue Max", "Perfect Friday", "The Sensuous Nurse", "The Mountain of the Cannibal God", "The Fifth Musketeer" and "Clash of the Titans".

neg: No Deals, Mr. Bond No Deals, Mr. Bond No Deals, Mr. Bond, first published in 1987, was the sixth novel by John Gardner featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond. Carrying the Glidrose Publications copyright, it was first published in the United Kingdom by Jonathan Cape and in the United States by Putnam. It was the last Bond novel to be published in Britain by Jonathan Cape, ending an association dating back to the first Bond novel, "Casino Royale" in 1953. "No Deals, Mr. Bond" has the minor distinction of being the first and, thus far, only non-novelisation James Bond novel to incorporate the

neg: Roland Shaw 1965 UK album called "James Bond in Action". In 1966, his orchestra released a compilation entitled "Themes for Secret Agents". In 1967 "Themes from the James Bond Thrillers Vol.3" (released in the UK as "More James Bond in Action") followed the release of "Casino Royale" and "You Only Live Twice". Shaw came back in 1971 with a double album "The Return of James Bond in Diamonds Are Forever" (released as a single album in the UK as "The Phase 4 World of Spy Thrillers") for the release of Sean Connery's return as Bond in "Diamonds Are Forever". Shaw recruited guitarist

neg: Goldeneye (estate) plan Fleming had developed in case of a Nazi invasion of Gibraltar through Spain. Fleming joined "The Sunday Times" in 1946, for which he oversaw the paper's worldwide network of correspondents. He negotiated a contract whereby he could spend three months of each year at Goldeneye. Here he entertained Ann Fleming. Ann was then married to Lord Rothermere, who thought Ann was staying with Noël Coward. On 17 February 1952 James Bond appeared in the first Bond novel, "Casino Royale". For the next twelve years, Fleming wrote all his Bond stories there. A number of the Bond movies, including "Dr.

neg: Motifs in the James Bond film series Smith's "Writing's on the Wall" eventually winning the award. With the exception of the first two Daniel Craig films, "Casino Royale" and "Quantum of Solace", every Bond film has a sequence in which Bond interacts with Miss Moneypenny, the personal assistant to M, Bond's superior. Lois Maxwell was the first to portray Moneypenny and did so for fourteen Eon-produced Bond films from "Dr. No" in 1962 to "A View to a Kill" in 1985 opposite Connery, Lazenby, and Moore. She was followed by Caroline Bliss, Samantha Bond and Naomie Harris, who played opposite Dalton, Brosnan and Craig respectively. The four

neg: Motifs in the James Bond film series Motifs in the James Bond film series The "James Bond" series of films contain a number of repeating, distinctive motifs which date from the series' inception with "Dr. No" in 1962. The series consists of twenty four films produced by Eon Productions featuring the James Bond character, a fictional British Secret Service agent. The most recent instalment is the 2015 film "Spectre", which was released in UK cinemas on 26 October 2015. There have also been two independently made features, the satirical "Casino Royale", released in 1967, and the 1983 film "Never Say Never Again". Whilst each element has not

neg: Casino Royale (1967 film) for the co-distribution of this film as well as the entire Eon Bond series, including the 2006 adaptation of "Casino Royale". However, MGM Home Entertainment changed its distributor to 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment in May 2006. Fox has since been responsible for the debut of the 1967 "Casino Royale" on Blu-ray disc in 2011. Danjaq LLC, Eon's holding company, is shown as one of its present copyright owners. Alongside six other MGM-owned films, the studio posted "Casino Royale" on YouTube. Explanatory notes Citations Bibliography Casino Royale (1967 film) Casino Royale is a 1967 spy comedy film originally produced by

neg: Q (James Bond) Q (James Bond) Q is a fictional character in the James Bond films and film novelisations. Q (standing for Quartermaster as well as a reference to the deceptive Q-ships) is a job title, unlike M, which is a cypher for the character's name. He is the head of Q Branch (or later Q Division), the fictional research and development division of the British Secret Service. Q has appeared in 21 of the 24 Eon Productions James Bond films, the exceptions being "Live and Let Die", the 2006 "Casino Royale" and "Quantum of Solace". The character was also featured in both

neg: Motifs in the James Bond film series man Bob Simmons playing the part of Bond. The remake of the sequence for the wide-screen Thunderball featured Connery as Bond. This is accompanied by the opening bars of the "James Bond Theme", composed by Monty Norman, orchestrated by trumpeter and composer John Barry and Burt Rhodes. After Maurice Binder's death in 1991, Daniel Kleinman was responsible for the gun barrel sequence up to and including "Casino Royale". Design house MK12 supervised the graphics for "Quantum of Solace". Chapman has suggested that the sequence is a significant part of the James Bond mythos because it "foregrounds the motif of looking"

neg: James Purefoy due to an opportunity to play James Bond in the 2006 film "Casino Royale". He played Mark Antony in the HBO/BBC original television series, "Rome". At the time there were rumours that at least one nude body in the show had been digitally enhanced. When his Wikipedia entry, which at that time referred to the rumours, was brought up in an interview with Alastair McKay, published in the January 2007 issue of "Out" magazine, Purefoy said, "I won't say whose it was, but there was a penis in the series that may have been slightly enhanced. But it wasn't mine.