Jerry Alan has passed away.Jerry Alan did stunts for the Bond films "Diamonds Are Forever" (1971), "The Man With The Golden Gun" (1974) and "Casino Royale" (2006)
He died on 26 September 2014 of throat and mouth cancer in Tampa, Florida.
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In Memoriam: Jerry Alan (James Bond stuntman)
Jerry Alan has passed away.Jerry Alan did stunts for the Bond films "Diamonds Are Forever" (1971), "The Man With The Golden Gun" (1974) and "Casino Royale" (2006)
He died on 26 September 2014 of throat and mouth cancer in Tampa, Florida.
Bond villain: Ernst Stavro Blofeld
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007 Film: From Russia With Love (1963)
Actors: Anthony Dawson (body), Eric Pohlmann (voice)
Mission: Humiliating MI6 for the death of Julius No by using Russian agent Tatiana Romanova and a Soviet decoding device as bait to lure James Bond into a trap, killing him and leaking compromising photos of Bond and Tatiana to the press before selling the decoder back to Moscow.
Fate of the Bond villain: Survives (No contact between him and Bond)
Mission: Use stolen nuclear missiles to extort money from the United Kingdom.
Fate of the Bond villain: Survives (No contact between him and Bond)
Actor: Donald Pleasence
Mission: Capture United States & Soviet spacecraft from orbit in order to provoke war between the superpowers on behalf of an undisclosed Asian country.
Fate of the Bond villain: Survives.
Actor: Telly Savalas
Mission: Extort the world with viruses that render crops and livestock totally infertile.
Fate of the Bond villain: Survives.
Actor: Charles Gray
Mission: Create an industrial laser attached to satellite and magnified by diamonds, which is capable of destroying targets anywhere on the face of the Earth. Used to target nuclear stockpiles of countries that refuse to pay him.
Fate of the Bond villain: Presumed dead.
007 Film: For Your Eyes Only (1981)
"Wheelchair villain"
(implied to be Ernst Stavro Blofeld)
Actors: John Hollis (body), Robert Rietty (voice)
Mission: To kill Bond as revenge by remotely hijacking Bond's helicopter and making it crash.
Fate of the Bond villain: Presumed dead after Bond drops him in a smokestack.
007 Film: Never Say Never Again (1983)
Actor: Max von Sydow
Mission: Hold world powers for ransom with nuclear weapons.
Fate of the Bond villain: Survives. No contact with Bond.
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007 Film: For Your Eyes Only (1981)
"Wheelchair villain"
(implied to be Ernst Stavro Blofeld)
Actors: John Hollis (body), Robert Rietty (voice)
Mission: To kill Bond as revenge by remotely hijacking Bond's helicopter and making it crash.
Fate of the Bond villain: Presumed dead after Bond drops him in a smokestack.
007 Film: Never Say Never Again (1983)
Actor: Max von Sydow
Mission: Hold world powers for ransom with nuclear weapons.
Fate of the Bond villain: Survives. No contact with Bond.
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007 Book location: John F. Kennedy Airport / several books
Bond books: Live And Let Die (1954), Diamonds Are Forever (1956), Goldfinger (1959), "007 in New York" (1964), For Special Services (1982), "Blast from the Past" (1997)
Place and location in the book: John F. Kennedy (JFK) Airport, New York, USA
Actual place and location: John F. Kennedy (JFK) Airport, New York, USA
What happens here in the books: Bond arrives in New York.
Visited by 007 Travelers: 2012
Raymond Benson: "Blast from the Past"
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Place and location in the book: John F. Kennedy (JFK) Airport, New York, USA
Actual place and location: John F. Kennedy (JFK) Airport, New York, USA
What happens here in the books: Bond arrives in New York.
Visited by 007 Travelers: 2012
"Bond arrived at Kennedy Airport mid-day and took a taxi into Manhattan. As it was a weekday, the city was alive with the energy that made New York the premiere cosmopolitan city. It was a sunny, unseasonably warm spring day, and the Manhattanites were out in force. Traffic was dense, horns were bellowing and endless swarms of pedestrians darted across intersections."
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007 Soundtrack: Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
SOUNDTRACK RELEASED: 1971
SCORE COMPOSER: John Barry
TITLE SONG: "Diamonds Are Forever"
COMPOSED BY: John Barry, Don Black
COMPOSED BY: John Barry, Don Black
PERFORMED BY: Shirley Bassey
Diamonds Are Forever is the soundtrack by John Barry for the seventh James Bond film of the same name.
Diamonds Are Forever, the title song with lyrics by Don Black, was the second Bond theme to be performed by Shirley Bassey, after Goldfinger. The song was also recorded in Italian by Bassey as Una Cascata di Diamanti (Vivo Di Diamanti); this version was only issued on 7-inch single in Italy, and was intended to be included in a (cancelled) 3-CD box set titled Shirley released in 2012.
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TRACK LISTING
Tracks 13-21 were not released on the original soundtrack.- "Diamonds Are Forever (Main Title)" – sung by Shirley Bassey
- "Bond Meets Bambi and Thumper"
- "Moon Buggy Ride"
- "Circus, Circus"
- "Death at the Whyte House"
- "Diamonds Are Forever (Source Instrumental)"
- "Diamonds Are Forever (Bond and Tiffany)"
- "Bond Smells a Rat"
- "Tiffany Case"
- "007 and Counting"
- "Q's Trick"
- "To Hell with Blofeld"
- "Gunbarrel and Manhunt"
- "Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd/Bond to Holland"
- "Peter Franks"
- "Airport Source/On the Road"
- "Slumber, Inc."
- "The Whyte House"
- "Plenty, Then Tiffany"
- "Following the Diamonds"
- "Additional and Alternate Cues"
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007 Book: Diamonds Are Forever (1956)
Bond book: Diamonds Are ForeverAuthor: Ian Fleming
Publication date: 26 March 1956
Diamonds Are Forever is the fourth of Ian Fleming's James Bond series of novels. It was first published by Jonathan Cape in the UK on 26 March 1956 and the first print run of 12,500 copies sold out quickly. Much of the background research undertaken by Fleming formed the basis for the non-fiction book The Diamond Smugglers, which was published in 1957. The story centres on how James Bond, an agent of the British Secret Service, closes down a diamond smuggling operation, the pipeline of which originates in the diamond mines of Sierra Leone and ends in Las Vegas. Along the way Bond meets and falls in love with one of the members of the smuggling gang, Tiffany Case.
The novel received broadly positive reviews at the time of publication and was serialised in the Daily Express newspaper, firstly in an abridged, multi-part form and then as a comic strip. In 1971 it was adapted into the seventh Bond film in the series and was the last Eon Productions film to star Sean Connery as James Bond.
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007 Director: Guy Hamilton
Who: Guy HamiltonBorn: 16 September 1922, Paris, France
Guy Hamilton is an English film director.Hamilton was born in Paris, France, where his English parents were living. Remaining in France during the Nazi occupation, he was active in the French Resistance. After the end of the war, he worked as an assistant to Carol Reed on films, including "The Fallen Idol" (1948) and "The Third Man" (1949), before turning to directing with his first film "The Ringer" in 1952. He made 22 films from the 1950s to the 1980s, including four James Bond films.
Guy Hamilton´s 007 production:
Director:
"Goldfinger" (1964)Director:
"Diamonds Are Forever" (1971)
"Live and Let Die" (1973)
"The Man with the Golden Gun" (1974)
Miscellaneous crew:
“The Spy Who Loved Me” (1977) (Director: pre-production – uncredited)
Other works:
DVD commentaries on the following James Bond films: ”Goldfinger” (1964), ”Diamonds Are Forever” (1971), ”Live and Let Die” (1973), ”The Man with the Golden Gun” (1974)James Bond: 1964, 1971-74
Hamilton was one of many directors who turned down "Dr. No" (1962), but he entered the series after Terence Young's departure from "Goldfinger" (1964). He left during pre-production of "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977).
007 Film: Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
007 Film: Diamonds Are ForeverRelease year: 1971
Directed by: Guy Hamilton
The film is based on Ian Fleming's 1956 novel of the same name, and is the second of four James Bond films directed by Guy Hamilton. The story has Bond impersonating a diamond smuggler to infiltrate a smuggling ring, and soon uncovering a plot by his old nemesis Ernst Stavro Blofeldto use the diamonds to build a giant laser. Bond has to battle his nemesis for one last time, in order to stop the smuggling and stall Blofeld's plan of destroying Washington DC, and extorting the world with nuclear supremacy.
CAST:
- Sean Connery as James Bond: MI6 agent 007.
- Jill St. John as Tiffany Case: A diamond smuggler.
- Charles Gray as Ernst Stavro Blofeld: The megalomaniac head of SPECTRE. (Gray had previously appeared in the Bond film series when he played Dikko Henderson in 1967's You Only Live Twice).
- Jimmy Dean as Willard Whyte: An entrepreneur, based on Howard Hughes.
- Bruce Glover as Mr. Wint and Putter Smith as Mr. Kidd: Blofeld's henchmen.
- Norman Burton as Felix Leiter: CIA agent and Bond's ally in tracking Blofeld.
- Joseph Furst as Professor Doctor Metz: A brilliant scientist and world's leading expert on laser refraction.
- Lana Wood as Plenty O'Toole: A beauty Bond meets who comes to an unhappy ending.
- Bruce Cabot as Bert Saxby: Whyte's casino manager in cahoots with Blofeld.
- Bernard Lee as M: The head of MI6.
- Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny: M's secretary.
- Desmond Llewelyn as Q: Head of MI6's technical department.
- Joe Robinson as Peter Franks: Diamond smuggler whose identity is taken by Bond.
- Marc Lawrence as Rodney
- Sid Haig as Slumber Inc. attendant
- Leonard Barr as Shady Tree: A stand-up comedian and smuggler.
- Laurence Naismith as Sir Donald Munger: Diamond expert who brings the case to MI6.
- David Bauer as Morton Slumber: President of Slumber Incorporated, a funeral home.
- Ed Bishop as Klaus Hergerscheimer: Health physicist for WW Techtronics.
- David de Keyser as Doctor
- Lola Larson and Trina Parks as Bambi and Thumper
007 James Bond actor: Sean Connery
Who: Thomas Sean ConneryBorn: 25 August 1930, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Sir Thomas Sean Connery Kt. (/ˈʃɔːn ˈkɒnəri/; 25 August 1930) is a Scottish actor and producer who has won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards (one of them being a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award) and three Golden Globes (including the Cecil B. DeMille Award and a Henrietta Award). He was knighted by Elizabeth II in July 2000, and received the Kennedy Center Honors in the US.
Connery is best known for portraying the character James Bond, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983 (six Eon Productions films and the non-Eon Thunderball remake, Never Say Never Again). In 1988, Connery won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Untouchables. His film career also includes such films as Marnie, The Name of the Rose, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Hunt for Red October, Highlander, Murder on the Orient Express, Dragonheart, and The Rock.
Connery has been polled as "The Greatest Living Scot" and "Scotland's Greatest Living National Treasure". In 1989, he was proclaimed "Sexiest Man Alive" by People magazine and in 1999, at age 69, he was voted "Sexiest Man of the Century".
Sean Connery trivia facts:
Sean Connery´s 007 production:
Dr. No (1962)
Connery is best known for portraying the character James Bond, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983 (six Eon Productions films and the non-Eon Thunderball remake, Never Say Never Again). In 1988, Connery won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Untouchables. His film career also includes such films as Marnie, The Name of the Rose, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Hunt for Red October, Highlander, Murder on the Orient Express, Dragonheart, and The Rock.
Connery has been polled as "The Greatest Living Scot" and "Scotland's Greatest Living National Treasure". In 1989, he was proclaimed "Sexiest Man Alive" by People magazine and in 1999, at age 69, he was voted "Sexiest Man of the Century".
Sean Connery trivia facts:
- Formerly worked as a milk delivery man. During his time as a milkman, Connery delivered to Fettes School in Edinburgh – the same school which James Bond attended in Ian Fleming‘s novels following his expulsion from Eton.
- Of the six actors who have played James Bond, he is the only one who, like Bond, served in the Royal Navy.
- His favorite Bond film is From Russia with Love(1963).
Sean Connery´s 007 production:
Dr. No (1962)
From Russia with Love (1963)
Goldfinger (1964)
Thunderball (1965)
You Only Live Twice (1967)
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
Never Say Never Again (1983, an unofficial 007 film)
James Bond: 1962–71, 1983
Connery's breakthrough came in the role of secret agent James Bond. He was reluctant to commit to a film series, but understood that if the films succeeded his career would greatly benefit. He played the character in the first five Bond films: Dr. No (1962), From Russia with Love (1963), Goldfinger (1964), Thunderball (1965), and You Only Live Twice (1967) – then appeared again as Bond in Diamonds Are Forever (1971) and Never Say Never Again (1983). All seven films were commercially successful. James Bond, as portrayed by Connery, was selected as the third-greatest hero in cinema history by the American Film Institute.
Connery's selection as James Bond owed a lot to Dana Broccoli, wife of Cubby Broccoli, who is reputed to have been instrumental in persuading Cubby that Sean Connery was the right man. James Bond's creator, Ian Fleming, originally doubted Connery's casting, saying, "He's not what I envisioned of James Bond looks" and "I'm looking for Commander Bond and not an overgrown stunt-man," adding that Connery (muscular, 6' 2", and a Scot) was unrefined. Fleming's girlfriend told him Connery had the requisite sexual charisma. Fleming changed his mind after the successful Dr. No première; he was so impressed, he created a half-Scottish, half-Swiss heritage for Bond in the later novels.
Connery's portrayal of Bond owes much to stylistic tutelage from director Terence Young, polishing the actor while using his physical grace and presence for the action. Lois Maxwell, who played Miss Moneypenny, related that, "Terence took Sean under his wing. He took him to dinner, showed him how to walk, how to talk, even how to eat." The tutoring was successful; Connery received thousands of fan letters a week, and the actor became one of the great male sex symbols of film.
During the filming of Thunderball in 1965, Connery's life was in danger in the sequence with the sharks in Emilio Largo's pool, which he had been in fear of when he read the script. He insisted that Ken Adam build a special Plexiglas partition inside the pool, but, despite this, it was not a fixed structure and one of the sharks managed to pass through it. Connery had to abandon the pool immediately, seconds away from attack.
Connery was forced to wear a toupee during each of the Bond movies because he had started balding at the age of 21.
In 2005, From Russia with Love was adapted by Electronic Arts into a video game, titled James Bond 007: From Russia with Love, which featured all-new voice work by Connery as well as his likeness, and those of several of the film's supporting cast.
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