Bond, James Bond

Meet The Author

Ian Lancaster Fleming was born in Green Street in London on 28th May 1908. During World War 2 he worked as assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence in the Admiralty in London and was privy to many secrets. It was his experience in this job that was to provide many of the characters and incidents that he was to write about later in the Bond books.
In 1952, at the age of 43, he settled down in his house in Jamaica, and produced - in not much more than two months - Casino Royale, the first adventure of James Bond.
The rest, as they say, is spy history.

Sean Connery

Before James Bond, Sean Connery was a little-known actor just starting his career. He had some starring roles but never seemed to land that role that would make him a star. By the time he finally left the EON produced Bond series after Diamonds Are Forever (1971), he was both a household name and an actor of international repute.
Sean Connery starred as James Bond a total of 7 times.

DR.NO

Released in October of 1962, Dr No is the first in a long run of James Bond films.
Starring Sean Connery as agent James Bond.
Bond is sent to Jamaica to investigate a possible source of interference with American space launches. On the island of Crab Key, Bond and adventuress Honey Ryder (Ursula Andress) find the answer to the mystery and come face to face with the diabolical Dr. No.

This movie gave us the famous quote...."Bond, James Bond"

VILLAIN --- Dr. Julius No

FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE

Released in October of 1963.
Sean Connery is back as 007.
An letter arrives at MI6 from a Russian clerk in Istanbul. She claims to have fallen in love with a photo of James Bond. She wants to defect and bring a top-secret decoder, the Lektor, with her, on condition that Bond himself escorts her back to England. It's obvious that this is a trap, but M feels the prize of a Lektor is worth the risk. When 007 sees a photo of the cipher clerk, he also thinks the mission is worth it. Neither suspects the lengths to which SPECTRE would go to eliminate Bond.
We are introduced for the first time to SPECTRE's mastermind Blofeld and his iconic Persian cat.

VILLAINS --- Ernst Stavro Blofeld, SPECTRE and Rosa Klebb

GOLDFINGER

Released in September of 1964.
Agent 007, Sean Connery again, investigates a smuggling operation run by the obsessive Billionaire Auric Goldfinger and uncovers a plot to irradiate the entire gold supply of the United States by detonating an atomic bomb inside Fort Knox in Kentucky, causing a brutal increase of Goldfinger's gold stocks' value.

VILLAIN --- Auric Goldfinger and we are introduced to ODDJOB

THE Bond Car....

After the release of Goldfinger in 1964, I wonder what the sales figures were for Aston Martin.
How many people wanted to drive the James Bond car ??
There have been many cars since then, but this is truly the definitive 007 Vehicle !!

THUNDERBALL

Released in December of 1965.
A NATO Vulcan bomber carrying two atomic bombs has crashed in the Caribbean. SPECTRE informs the British government that it has hijacked the plane's cargo. Unless a ransom of 100,000,000 British Pounds is paid in seven days, a major city in England or the US will be laid to waste by the atomic bomb. Enter Sean Connery once again as James Bond, 007. With only four days to complete his mission, 007 flies to the Bahamas where a shark in human form called Emilio Largo awaits him.

VILLAINS --- Ernst Stavro Blofeld, SPECTRE and Emilio Largo.

YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE

Released in June of 1967.
Bond's, Sean Connery, successes against SPECTRE have made him a marked man, so MI6 decides to fake his death in order to throw his enemies off his scent. Bond is dispatched to Tokyo where, aided by the Japanese Secret Service, he infiltrates the headquarters of a corrupt industrialist, Mr. Osato. But 007's cover is blown and his "second life" is soon spiraling out of control. He finally escapes the clutches of Osato and reports to a secret ninja training base. Bond is trained as a ninja and then finds out that Blofeld, his arch nemesis, is hiding there. Blofeld's base is inside a volcano with a retractable roof. He then leads a party of ninjas to take out Blofeld's operation.

VILLAINS --- Ernst Stavro Blofeld and SPECTRE

George Lazenby

Although only playing 007 on one occasion, George Lazenby brought to the role a younger more physical James Bond in On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Lazenby was offered a 7 movie deal by the Bond producers EON, but quit the role, because he felt that the tuxedo clad Bond would die out in the new hippie culture that had permeated society in the late 60s and early 70s.
Bond producer Cubby Brocolli, remarked that Lazenby could have been the best Bond had he not quit after just one film.

ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE

Released in December of 1969.
This time starring George Lazenby as Agent 007.
Her name was Tracy di Vincenzo. Bond saved her from suicide and some dangerous killers. He never forgot her. Or her murder. This all started because after Bond saved Tracy, her father, crime lord of Corsican decent, Marc Ange Draco is looking for a husband to tame his rambunctious daughter. Bond fakes his identity and becomes Sir Hilary Bray and pretends to be visiting Blofelds "clinic" in the Swiss Alps. He arrives and is greeted warmly where he meets Blofeld's "patients." Girls from all over the world have come to this mountain-top "clinic" to "cure food allergies." Little to their knowledge, they are being brainwashed to release samples of "Virus Omega" that will destroy the world's crops and animals. Of course, Bond is successful in stopping Blofeld, but only after a harrowing escape.
Bond later proposes to Tracy. After their wedding, Blofeld, seeking revenge on Bond, murders Tracy in a drive by shooting

VILLAINS --- Ernst Stavro Blofeld and SPECTRE.

DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER

Released in December of 1971.
Sean Connery is back !
Resolved to avenge Tracy's murder, Bond tracks Blofeld to Egypt and watches him die in a mud pool.
Back in London, M assigns 007 to infiltrate a smuggling ring and find out who is stockpiling stolen diamonds. Impersonating a gang member named Peter Franks, Bond contacts Tiffany Case, and travels to Las Vegas. The diamonds are acquired by a hi-tech empire belonging to a reclusive tycoon. But lurking in the background, back from the dead, is Bond's most bitter foe, Blofeld.

VILLAINS --- Ernst Stavro Blofeld and SPECTRE

Roger Moore

Although Roger Moore's name was mentioned in the original Bond casting search, his commitment to the TV series The Saint precluded him from being seriously considered for the role. But he did eventually take over from Sean Connery in 1973.
Moore brought a new lightweight attitude to the role of 007. His Bond, which really came into its own with The Spy Who Loved Me, was more relaxed and lighter in tone than Connery's, and he brought a tongue-in-cheek humour to the series which gave the films a different dimension as he developed with the series.
Roger Moore was Agent 007 in seven films.

LIVE AND LET DIE

Releaesed in July of 1973.
The first of the Roger Moore series of James Bond films.
Three MI6 agents have died mysteriously - in New Orleans, on the island of San Monique and in Harlem, New York. M dispatches 007 to investigate. Bond's arrival in Harlem is predicted by a medium named Solitaire, and he is immediately a marked man. Her guardian, Dr. Kananga, rules the island of San Monique. Under the alias of Harlem hood, Mr. Big, he plans to flood US homes with home-grown heroin, relying on Solitaire's uncanny skill with a tarot pack to keep several steps ahead of the law. 007 has to find a way to get a couple steps ahead of Solitaire herself.

VILLAIN --- Dr. Kananga/Mr. Big

THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN

Released in December of 1974.
Roger Moore again as 007.
A golden bullet arrives at MI6 with "007" inscribed on it. Only one man was known to favor gold bullets: Scaramanga, the world's deadliest assassin. Bond sets aside his current assignment to get Scaramanga before he gets him. A bullet in a belly dancer's navel supplies one clue and Scaramanga's girlfriend Andrea provides another. However, Bond soon realizes that he is not Scaramanga's prime target after all. Scaramanga is more interested in obtaining the Solex Agitator--a device that could convert the sun's radiation into a deadly weapon. And he will kill anyone in his way.

VILLAIN --- Francisco Scaramanga.

THE SPY WHO LOVED ME

Released in July of 1977.
With Roger Moore as James Bond.
Two atomic submarines belonging to the British and Soviet navies have vanished. MI6 and the KGB assign their best agents to the case. And so James Bond, 007, finds himself working with Major Anya Amasova, Agent Triple X. Bond and Anya learn that plans for a new submarine tracking system are on sale for the highest bidder. Suspecting a link with the missing subs, they resolve to get hold of the plans. However, they face awesome competition from a monstorous killing machine called Jaws and his boss, Karl Stromberg.

VILLAIN --- Karl Stromberg and we meet JAWS.

MOONRAKER

Released in June of 1979.
Roger Moore once again as 007.
James Bond confronts billionaire industrialist Hugo Drax, who plans to destroy human life on Earth and establish his own super race in outer space. Drax attempts to rid Earth of humans while harboring a select race of people to repopulate the planet.
This is the only Bond film in which James Bond goes into outer space.

VILLAIN --- Hugo Drax.

FOR YOUR EYES ONLY

Released in June of 1981.
Roger Moore plays James Bond once again.
A British spy ship has struck a mine and has sunk in Albanian waters. On board was a vital piece of defense equipment, the ATAC transmitter. Bond has to recover it before the Russians get hold of it and use it for no good. The murder of Havelock, a marine archaeologist helping MI6 locate the wreck, gives Bond a lead. He goes after the assassin and encounters the late archaeologist's daughter, Melina, who is on the quest for revenge. She and Bond discover another villain, Emile Locque. But who is he working for? A gang boss called Columbo? Or Kristatos, a legitimate shipping magnate? Bond and Melina, menaced by killers at every turn, need some quick answers.

VILLAINS --- Aristotle Kristatos and Ernst Stavro Blofeld.

OCTOPUSSY

Released in June of 1983.
Starring Roger Moore as Agent 007.
A clown -- 009 in disguise -- gatecrashes an embassy party and dies, a knife in his back... Clutched in his hand was a Faberge egg. MI6 discovers that this priceless jewel was a clever fake, and that another is to be sold at auction. Bond pursues Prince Kamal Khan, the buyer of the egg, to India, and not only uncovers a high-class smuggling racket, but also a plan to start WWIII involving a fanatical Russian general who intends to set off a nuclear weapon in West Germany and blame it on the US. Help comes from a beguiling source: the mysterious Octopussy and her traveling circus.

VILLAINS --- Prince Kamal Khan and General Orlov .

A VIEW TO A KILL

Released in May of 1985.
The last of the Roger Moore Bonds.

Multimillionaire psychopath Max Zorin is the mastermind behind a scheme to destroy Silicon Valley in order to gain control over the international microchip market. With the countdown ticking toward a cataclysmic disaster, James Bond must stop this madman from achieving his goal and killing millions.

VILLAIN --- Max Zorin.

Timothy Dalton

Out went the humor and in came a more serious 007 in a style more imagined by author Ian Fleming.
James Bond was now living on the edge.

Timothy Dalton starred as James Bond in two films.

THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS

Released in June of 1987.
Enter Timothy Dalton as the latest James Bond.
James Bond must prevent renegade KGB General Koskov and his ally, American arms dealer Brad Whitaker, from enriching themselves through a complicated weapons scheme to cause all-out war between Soviet and British intelligence agencies.
Not only does this film usher in a new Bond (Timothy Dalton) but also a new Miss Moneypenny (Caroline Bliss).

VILLAINS --- Brad Whitaker and General Georgi Koskov.

LICENCE TO KILL

Released in July of 1989.
Timothy Dalton again as 007.
Bond seeks revenge for the maiming of Felix Leiter and the murder of his wife.

Following the mutilation of Felix Leiter and the death of Della Leiter at the hands of drug baron Franz Sanchez, 007 disobeys orders and pursues Sanchez with a vengeance. Bond's obsession costs him his licence to kill - and nearly his life.

VILLAIN --- Franz Sanchez.

Pierce Brosnan

While playing the title role in Remington Steele, a private investigator who was charming, sophisticated, frequently inept and always wittier than wise in the ways of detecting, Pierce Brosnan was offered the role of James Bond in 1986.
When he couldn't break his contract, the role went to Timothy Dalton.
After a few years of legal battles Brosnan became Agent 007 in the very successful GoldenEye.

Pierce Brosnan starred in four James Bond thrillers.

GOLDENEYE

Released in November of 1995.
The first of the Pierce Brosnan series.
World security is imperilled when an international terrorist organization calling itself Janus, steals a classified top secret Russian satelite EMP first strike weapon system called GoldenEye and threatens to use it to to destroy a major city unless paid off. Bond's mission is to recover the GoldenEye - no easy task, for he is faced by an array of utterly ruthless foes: beautiful but sadistic assassin Xenia Zaragevna Onatopp, treacherous General Arkady Grigorovich Ourumov, obsessive computer expert Boris Grishenko, and most devious of all, Bond's former MI6 colleague and friend, Alec Trevelyan (006).

VILLAIN --- Alec Trevelyan.

TOMORROW NEVER DIES

Released in December of 1997.
More Pierce Brosnan as Agent 007.
A deranged media mogul, Elliot Carver, is staging international incidents to pit the world's superpowers against each other. Now 007 must take on this evil mastermind in an adrenaline-charged battle to end his reign of terror and prevent global pandemonium.

VILLAIN --- Elliot Carver.

THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH

Released in November of 1999.
When 007, Pierce Brosnan, is assigned to protect a beautiful Billionaire oil heiress, Elektra King, he is catapulted into a passionate, adrenaline-charged, non-stop adventure that pits him against one of his most deadly and dangerous adversaries: Renard, a ruthless anarchist whose total imperviousness to pain makes him a virtually unstoppable enemy who wants total control of the Caucasian oil supply.

VILLAINS --- Victor Zokas/Renard and Elektra King.

DIE ANOTHER DAY

Released in November of 2002.
Pierce Brosnan's last stint as James Bond.
When his top secret mission is sabotaged, James Bond finds himself captured by the North Korean enemy, abandoned by MI6 and stripped of his 00 licence. Determined to get revenge, Bond goes head-to-head with a sultry spy, a frosty double agent, and a shadowy billionaire whose business is diamonds.....but whose secret is a diabolical weapon that could bring the world to its knees!

VILLAINS --- Gustav Graves and Colonel Tan-Sun Moon.

Daniel Craig

In 2000 Daniel Craig was named as one of European films 'Shooting Stars' by European Film Promotion.
One of the many actors considered to take over James Bond from Pierce Brosnan. He officially accepted the role in October, 2005.

Daniel Craig has starred in two Bond films so far and he is the likely candidate for the future films.

C A S I N O ROYALE (2006)

Released in November of 2006.
The first of the Daniel Craig series of James Bond thrillers.
James Bond achieves his "00" status after killing corrupt MI6 section chief John Dryden and his underworld contact Fisher. Afterwards, he frustrates the schemes of terrorist financer Le Chiffre by defeating him at a high-stakes game of Texas Hold 'Em at C a s i n o Royale in Montenegro.

VILLAINS --- Le Chiffre, Mr. White, Quantum and Steven Obanna.

QUANTUM OF SOLACE

Released in November of 2008.
More Daniel Craig as James Bond.
Quantum of Solace continues a few minutes after the conclusion of Casino Royale. Because of Vesper's death, 007 fights the urge to make his latest mission personal. Pursuing his determination to uncover the truth, Bond and M interrogate Mr. White, who reveals the organization which blackmailed Vesper is far more complex and dangerous than anyone had imagined.

VILLAIN --- Dominic Greene, Mr. White and Quantum.

NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN

Released in 1983, this is one of the unofficial James Bond films.
Sean Connery returns as 007.
A SPECTRE agent at the conmand of Blofeld infiltrate a US air force base located in the UK and steal two Tomahawk cruise missiles. When NATO is held to a huge ransom, the British reactivate their "00" agents and send James Bond to retrieve the warheads.

C A S I N O ROYALE (1954)

C a s i no Royale is a 1954 television adaptation of the novel of the same name by Ian Fleming. The show is the first screen adaptation based around a James Bond novel and stars Barry Nelson.
Though this marks the first onscreen appearance of the character of James Bond, Nelson's character is credited as Jimmy Bond.

C A S I N O ROYALE (1967)

Another film that was made for TV and the movies.
Not in the Bond franchise of films.
Released in 1967 and starring David Niven as Sir James Bond.

The Music of James Bond...

The James Bond series of films has had numerous signature tunes over the years