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  Casino Royale | Video Review | Entertainment Weekly   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Still, The Silencers is more watchable than Casino Royale, the sort-of-official Bond parody (based on the one Ian Fleming novel producer Albert ''Cubby'' Broccoli didn't own) that drowns a zillion guest stars in lysergic plotting and visual go-go effects.
The movie's great joke is that it catches the casual sexism of the Bond genre and plays with it like a cat with a ball: Austin, the cryogenically frozen espionage agent from swinging London gets thawed out in 1997 and can't understand where the party has gone.
Somewhere, in some fictional hot tub, Derek Flint, Matt Helm, and James Bond are raising their glasses in brotherhood.
www.ew.com /ew/article/0,,290044,00.html   (775 words)

  
  MI6 :: PDA :: James Bond 007 In Your Pocket
James Bond remains an object of fascination, whose martini-fuelled antics continue to prompt analysis and spin-offs, writes Nick Bray in the Courier Mail.
Bond, who would have been aged in his 40s at the time, married Tracy Di Vicenzo, but she was killed just hours later by Ernst Blofeld.
Bond, on the other hand, would be more inclined to order caviar with plenty of toast, followed by very small tournedos, underdone, with Bernaise sauce, and a coeur d'artichaut, washed down with Taittinger Blanc de Brut, 1943.
www.mi6.co.uk /sections/pda/news/index.php?itemid=3281   (1511 words)

  
 List of James Bond vehicles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Bond upgrades the engine from a 4.5 L engine to a 4.9 L. The Mark II was also grey; however, the interior was fl leather.
The most famous Bond car of all, it came with all the usual Q refinements that have been copied from movie to movie including bulletproof front and rear panels, oil slick, smoke screen, machine guns, rotating licence plates, telescoping tire slashers, tracer receiving console and most famously, the passenger ejector seat.
Xenia Onatopp playfully races James Bond in his Aston Martin DB5 by chance on the mountain roads behind Monte Carlo in this vehicle, which is later revealed to have false French registration plates, hinting that it may be stolen.
toshare.info /en/List_of_James_Bond_vehicles.htm   (4856 words)

  
 Review | James Bond Music
The history books tell us that James Bond was born when Ian Fleming placed his fingers on the keys of his typewriter in the early 1950s at Goldeneye, his house in Jamaica.
His sound gave Bond a bed, if you will -- a musical bed -- that brought his world to life in a way that all the stunning sets and set-pieces could not ever hope to achieve on their own.
Vic Flick, whose incredible talents on the guitar helped make the Bond theme so unforgettable, has gone back to the drawing board, as it were, to see what he might do to augment a few of the original songs in the Bond oeuvre.
www.bluecoupe.com /soundtracks/bondmusic.html   (2715 words)

  
 James Bond!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
James Bond, also known as 007 (pronounced "double-oh seven"), is a fictional British spy created by writer Ian Fleming in 1953.
The James Bond franchise is currently the second all-time highest grossing film franchise in history, after Star Wars[2], and one of the longest running film series in history, spanning 20 official films, 2 unofficial films, 1 TV episode based on Casino Royale, and a cartoon television series spinoff.
James Bond", became a catchphrase after it was first muttered (with a cigarette in the corner of his mouth) by Sean Connery in Dr. No.
www.kipaddotta.com /james-bond.html   (4640 words)

  
 BondMovies.com: Opinion Essay: Here's Looking At You, Kid.
Bond movies and their premieres are events again, where people of all generations will flock, and Bond will once again be talked about in school with young kids, rather than just at office's lunch breaks.
Video games have brought Bond, and in some cases Brosnan, to a whole new audience, remakes, parodies, and spin-offs of 60's spy movies have flooded cinemas, and Brosnan and 007 have become one in the same.
Most importantly, thanks to Pierce Brosnan, I have learned to appreciate the James Bond character, and what the essence of it truly is, as that is what he always tried to explore.
www.bondmovies.com /opinion/16.shtml   (1210 words)

  
 Terence Young   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Young knew that if James Bond were going to differentiate himself from the standard, run of the mill hero, he needed three things that heretofore the character was lacking.
Bond would be a man of action like Flynn s Don Juan, but now, for the first time, he wouldn t just kiss the girl then swing out the window on a conveniently placed rope.
A Bond knowing that his life as a secret agent was over, sadly turning the keys of the Aston Martin over to a heartbroken Q, then walking silently out the door, leaving the ghosts of his adventures to haunt the faceless gray building off Regent s Park.
www.hmss.com /films/young.htm   (2336 words)

  
 James Bond - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
James Bond", became a catchphrase after it was first uttered (with a cigarette in the corner of his mouth) by Sean Connery in Dr.
Bond's superiors and other officers of the British Secret Service are generally known by letters, such as M and Q.
Bond's women, particularly in the films, often have double entendre names, leading to coy jokes, for example, "Pussy Galore" in Goldfinger (a name invented by Fleming), "Plenty O'Toole" in Diamonds Are Forever, and "Xenia Onatopp" (a villainess sexually excited by strangling men with her thighs) in GoldenEye.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Bond   (5509 words)

  
 BMW World - James Bond
James Bond 007 Collective includes posters and information on the films, the actors, the cars, and the weapons.
James Bond 007 Locations Page has info on where Bond's adventures were filmed.
James Bond Down Under has news, conventions, merchandise, monthly surveys, fan clubs and more.
www.bmwworld.com /media/bond/links.htm   (783 words)

  
 The kick-butt heroine sequel strategy - The Business of Bond - MSNBC.com
A sequel based on Jinx, the American spy played by actress Halle Berry in the new James Bond movie, is being considered by MGM.
The 40 year-old Bond franchise may show little signs of aging in terms of making money for MGM, but it’s curious that the movie studio hasn’t seriously tried to expand the film series before.
Bond parodies, such as New Line Cinema’s series or 007 knock-offs like Columbia Picture’s have been big moneymakers.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/3073510   (703 words)

  
 TIME Magazine | Bond - The Man with the Golden Run
When Bond first introduced himself onscreen in 1962, Britain's geographic Empire was breaking up, but its cultural one was burgeoning.
Tony Blair may be accused of being George W. Bush's lapdog, but in Bond's world, "the Anglo-American special relationship is turned upside down," says James Chapman, a film historian and author of Licence to Thrill, a cultural history of Bond.
Bond — part trad gentleman, part liberated hedonist, all Brit — is, in Chapman's words, "an exception to the rule of American cultural imperialism [and] the Coca-Colonization of global culture."
www.time.com /time/europe/bond2002/story_3.html   (481 words)

  
 BondMovies.com: News: Brosnan's Bond Ends At Four Films
After much speculation and a virtual tug of war for the role between Bond producers and Brosnan, it seems the 50 year old Irishman is done with the series.
Brosnan's stint as Bond can be seen as the 'middle child' of the 5 actors that have portrayed the secret agent.
Brosnan's last Bond movie, Die Another Day in 2002, was the 20th official instalment in the franchise, which started with Sean Connery in Dr. No in 1962.
www.bondmovies.com /news/37.shtml   (794 words)

  
 MR. KISS KISS BANG BANG! Die Another Tomorrow - Copying Success
True James Bond aficionados will probably remember Jean-Paul Belmondo's connection with the Bond series: He was the boyfriend of Ursula Andress in the late s'60s, and appeared as a legionnaire in Casino Royale - the Feldman version.
It's not to be taken seriously of course, but it is a good reflection of the creative process of a spy fiction writer, who casually uses his relatives in his story - only slightly modifying their characters to suit his scheme.
A sequence blatantly makes use of the James Bond theme when an elaborate scene is built around the violinist to make people believe he's really the finest secret agent in the world.
www.ianfleming.org /mkkbb/magazine/bondcopycats.shtml   (1954 words)

  
 DVD REVIEW: "UNDERCOVER BROTHER"
A silly, amusing and occasionally rather funny spoof of "blaxploitation" films of the 1970s (such as "Shaft" and "Superfly") as mixed with James Bond, the picture will obviously draw inevitable comparisons to the Austin Powers character and movies.
Both feature protagonists dressed and behaving as if from another era (although "AP" made more sense as to why) who are smooth yet dorky, hip with the period vernacular, popular with the ladies, and work as agents battling a villain who's set to destroy them or at least their way of life.
Like many spoofs and parodies, this one is filled with hit or miss humor and the main storyline feels episodic at best.
www.screenit.com /dvd/2002/undercover_brother.html   (963 words)

  
 Mutant Reviewers from Hell do "Spy Hard"
It came in the mid-90's era where parodies were passé (the time between Hot Shots Part Deux and the unfortunately popular Scary Movie).
Parodies must strike a balance between rapid, high-intelligence quips and the low-brow fare that common chimps hoot and holler over.
As it is, Spy Hard remains only as a predecessor to the other James Bond parodies, such as the riotious Austin Powers and the Rowanish Johnny English.
www.mutantreviewers.com /rspyhard.html   (902 words)

  
 Barnes & Noble.com - Interview
But I have an audience out there now that is growing up with Brosnan as James Bond, and I just don't think the symbol of a cigarette would be too cool.
Bond is somebody who travels well and has never really settled down, nor should he.
When he left Bond behind, Sean Connery expressed fears that he might be typecast.
video.barnesandnoble.com /search/interview.asp?CTR=580206   (891 words)

  
 Bright Lights Film Journal | Casino Royale, James Bond
Bond purists have always loathed the film, while others have preconceived notions of a spy parody and miss the point.
The often criticized inconsistencies of the film's multiple James Bonds, including the banal 007 of Terence Cooper, brought in to cover Sellers’s unfinished characterization, intentionally work to confuse the issue of Bond, to overwork the paradigm until it has no value.
This femme fatale character (she has Sellers's Bond and still kills him), along with, as the ad for the film proclaimed, "a Bondwagon of the most beautiful and talented girls you ever saw," attempts to defeat the objectification of the female so prevalent in the "real" Bond.
www.brightlightsfilm.com /28/casinoroyale1.html   (2729 words)

  
 Parodies & References - ajb007.co.uk
The James Bond films have been parodied and referenced in many TV programmes and films browse through our guide to the most prominent James Bond parodies and references.
The first of the Austin Powers movies was clearly meant to parody the James Bond franchise.
The second of the Austin Powers films took it one step further and parodied a Bond films title, The Spy Who Loved Me. Again the film is set arounf Austin Powers and Dr. Evil with numerous references to James Bond 007.
www.ajb007.co.uk /parodies   (291 words)

  
 Absolutely James Bond - The definitive unofficial James Bond 007 community
Explore the forums to find out more about James Bond 007, his missions, gadgets and more.
Discuss all things James Bond, from past to present.
All users are responsible for the content of their posts, by using this website you agree to the terms of use.
www.ajb007.co.uk   (294 words)

  
 James Bond Movies Free Trivia Test Quiz Online
James Bond, also known as 007 (pronounced "double-oh seven"), is a fictional British spy created by writer Ian Fleming in 1952.
The twenty-first official film, Casino Royale, with Daniel Craig as James Bond, is in post-production and is scheduled for a November 17, 2006 release.
In addition to novels and films, Bond is a prominent character in many computer and video games, comic strips and comic books, and has been the subject of many parodies.
teststeststests.com /jamesbond.htm   (395 words)

  
 Jack Yan: the Persuader Blog: Evangelizing the James Bond brand
When New Voyages was made, the executive producer had spent $100,000 reconstructing the bridge of the USS Enterprise in his garage.
Bond movies, we are told by insiders, are a communal affair—which may be why they have lasted so long.
No doubt we will know this year as the fans follow the progress of the film—producing far fewer red herrings at their sites than the mainstream media (the Murdoch Press was particularly guilty with naming Eric Bana and several others as the new James Bond).
www.jackyan.com /blog/2006/01/evangelizing-james-bond-brand.html   (432 words)

  
 Am I Right - Song Parodies, Seasons of James Bond
For the record, the first James Bond film, "Dr. No," was released in Britain in late '62, but not in the U.S. until early '63, so that's not an on-purpose typo to fit the rhyme.
The parody authors spend a lot of time writing parodies for website.
While Connery defined the movie Bond, I thought Dalton came the closest to Ian's Bond.
www.amiright.com /parody/70s/terryjacks6.shtml   (404 words)

  
 James Bond… SimpsoniZed ! - CBn Forums
Bond like music plays, accompanied by the traditional Bond gunbarrel opening, and then Homer walks on to the screen and shoots, causing the gunbarrel to turn red, except they fall to the floor with a thump rather than moving from side to side.
It wasn't as good as it other parodies of Bond, "You only move twice" - is and always will be my favorite.
Or perhaps it parodies the extensive use of conveyor belts in aeroports which are for the lazy....
debrief.commanderbond.net /index.php?showtopic=18005   (1149 words)

  
 UGO.COM - Greg the Bunny: Best of the Film Parodies DVD Review
Just last year, Greg, Warren, Count Blah and a few other cast members headed back to their old IFC stomping grounds for a series of new episodes that spoofed popular movies, which is now available as Greg the Bunny: Best of the Film Parodies.
For those of you that love furry comedy, the two-disc set offers up 14 parodies that cover everything from Pulp Fiction and Fargo to The Godfather and Eraserhead.
The disc excels in every capacity and offers a solid and stable DVD experience along with a ton of pop-culture parodies.
www.ugo.com /ugo/html/article/?id=15791   (569 words)

  
 Film & TV: Shaken, Stirred, Whatever (Metro Pulse . 11-10-97)
And, of course, there are the James Bond references, like Dr. Evil's massive underground complex, complete with an army in silly "mod" uniforms and a super-weapon that requires a monotone countdown over the P.A. system.
Speaking of which, you can still see Austin Powers' influences in the original James Bond parodies from the '60s on tape or cable.
Then there's James Coburn's Our Man Flint and In Like Flint—which is even more fun because you can kind of believe that Coburn is a genius-level sleuth and fl belt who lives in an amazing bachelor pad populated by lingerie-wearing assistants.
weeklywire.com /ww/11-10-97/knox_video.html   (500 words)

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