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Bond villain: Karl Stromberg

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Bond villain: Karl Stromberg
007 Film: The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Actor: Curt Jürgens

Mission:
Destroy the world by using hijacked United States and Soviet submarines to fire nuclear missiles on New York and Moscow and luring the superpowers into a nuclear war; rebuild civilization under the sea once the war is over.

Fate of the Bond villain:
Shot four times by Bond

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RIP RICHARD KIEL

Richard Dawson Kiel

Born: 13 September 1939, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Died: 10 September 2014, Fresno, California, USA

Richard Kiel has passed away.
He had fallen and broken his leg a week earlier.

RIP "Jaws"

New event: James Bond 007 Film Fest

Event: James Bond 007 Film Fest
Where: Paramount Theatre, 213 North Schuyler Avenue, Kankakee, Illinois, USA
When: 5-6 September 2014

5 September 7.15PM:
50th Anniversary "Goldfinger" (1964)

6 September 4.00PM
40th Anniversary "The Man with the Golden Gun" (1973)

6 September 7.15PM
"The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977)

Special Appearances by:

* Richard Kiel
(Jaws in "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977)
and "Moonraker" (1979))

* Maud Adams
(Andrea Anders in "The Man with the Golden Gun" (1973) and Octopussy in "Octopussy" (1983)

* Raymond Benson
Bond Author:
"Blast from the Past" (short story, 1997)
Zero Minus Ten (1997)
Tomorrow Never Dies (novelisation, 1997)
The Facts of Death (1998)
"Midsummer Night's Doom" (short story, 1999)
"Live at Five" (short story, 1999)
The World Is Not Enough (novelisation, 1999)
High Time to Kill (1999)
DoubleShot (2000)
Never Dream of Dying (2001)
The Man with the Red Tattoo (2002)
Die Another Day (novelisation, 2002)

Autograph Session:
6 September 10AM - 2PM at The Majestic Theatre

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007 Vehicle: Lotus Esprit / The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

Bond vehicle: Lotus Esprit

Bond movie: The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

Bond´s Lotus Esprit is best known for its actions under water.
This "Water Nellie" is like a submarine, made of waterproof light fibreglass.
It can dive as deep as 100 meters and stay under water for two hours.
It is as amazing on land as well.

Engine: 907 1973 cm3 4-cylinder in-line
Top speed: 200 km/h (124 mph)
Acceleration 0-100 km/h: 8,6 seconds
Length: 4190 mm
Width: 1860 mm
Weight: 913 kg
Price 1976/2007: £ 7885 / £ 13 950

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007 Soundtrack: The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

FILM: The Spy Who Loved Me(1977)

SOUNDTRACK RELEASED: 1977

SCORE COMPOSER: Marvin Hamlisch

TITLE SONG: "Nobody Does It Better"
COMPOSED BY: Marvin Hamlisch, Carole Bayer Sager

PERFORMED BY: Carly Simon

The Spy Who Loved Me is the soundtrack for the tenth James Bond The Spy Who Loved Me. The soundtrack is one of only two Bond soundtracks to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score. The other score nominated was Skyfall (2013).

The theme song Nobody Does It Better was composed by Marvin Hamlisch with lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager and was performed by Carly Simon. It was is one of four Bond theme songs to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. The other three were Live and Let Die in 1973, For Your Eyes Only in 1981, and Skyfall, which won the award in 2013.

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TRACK LISTING

"Nobody Does It Better (Main Title)" – Carly Simon – (3:29)

"Bond 77" – (4:19)

"Ride to Atlantis" – (3:28)

"Mojave Club" – (2:13)

"Nobody Does It Better (Instrumental)" – (4:43)

"Anya" – (3:19)

"The Tanker" – (4:24)

"The Pyramids" – (1:37)

"Eastern Lights" – (3:22)

"Conclusion" – (1:37)

"Nobody Does It Better (End Title)" – Carly Simon – (3:25)

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007 Book: The Spy Who Loved Me (1962)

Bond book: The Spy Who Loved Me

Author: Ian Fleming

Publication date: 16 April 1962

The Spy Who Loved Me is the ninth novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series, first published by Jonathan Cape on 16 April 1962. It is the shortest (only 113 pages long) and most sexually explicit of Fleming's novels, as well as a clear departure from previous Bond novels in that the story is told in the first person by a young Canadian woman, Vivienne Michel. Bond himself does not appear until two thirds of the way through the book. Fleming wrote a prologue to the novel giving Michel credit as a co-author. The Spy Who Loved Me was written in Jamaica at Fleming's Goldeneye estate.

British secret service agent James Bond appears at the door asking for a room, having had a flat tyre while passing. Bond quickly realises that Horror and Sluggsy are mobsters and that Viv is in danger. Pressuring the two men, he eventually gets the gangsters to agree to provide him a room. Bond tells Michel that he is in America in the wake of Operation Thunderball and was detailed to protect a Russian nuclear expert who defected to the West and who now lives in Toronto, as part of his quest to ferret out SPECTRE.

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007 Director: John Glen

Who: John Glen

Born: 15 May 1932, Sunbury-on-Thames, England

John Glen is an English film director, film editor, and author. He is best known for his directorial and editing work on eight James Bond films from the 1960s to the 1980s.

John Glen´s 007 production:

Director:
"For Your Eyes Only" (1981)
"Octopussy" (1983)
"A View to a Kill" (1985)
"The Living Daylights" (1987)
"Licence to Kill" (1989)

Editor and Second unit director:
"On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1969)
"The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977)
"Moonraker" (1979)

Other:
In 2001, John Glen published his memoir, "For My Eyes Only".

James Bond: 1969, 1977-89
During the 1960s and 1970s, Glen served as a film editor and second unit director, working on such films as "Superman" (1978) and "The Wild Geese" (1978); he also contributed to three James Bond films: "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1969), "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977) and "Moonraker" (1979). Following the release of Moonraker, Glen was promoted to the rank of official director of the series; he went on to direct all five Bond films of the 1980s. He holds the record for directing the highest number of films in the series to date, just one film more than Guy Hamilton.

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007 Director: Lewis Gilbert

Who: Lewis Gilbert
Born: 6 March 1920, Hackney, London, England

Lewis Gilbert, CBE is a British film director, producer and screenwriter, who has directed more than 40 films during six decades; among them such varied titles as "Reach for the Sky" (1956), "Sink the Bismarck!" (1960), "Alfie" (1966), "Educating Rita" (1983) and "Shirley Valentine" (1989), as well as three James Bond films: "You Only Live Twice" (1967), "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977) and "Moonraker" (1979).

Lewis Gilbert´s 007 production:
"You Only Live Twice" (1967)
"The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977)
"Moonraker" (1979)

Actor:
“Moonraker” (1979) (Man at St. Marks Square – uncredited)

James Bond: 1967, 1977-79
Although known for character dramas, Gilbert directed three of the James Bond films. After some reluctance, he was persuaded by Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli to direct "You Only Live Twice" (1967). Gilbert returned to the series in the 1970s to make "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977) and "Moonraker" (1979).

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007 Film: The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

007 Film: The Spy Who Loved Me

Release year: 1977

Directed by: Lewis Gilbert

Produced by: Albert R. Broccoli

The film takes its title from Ian Fleming's novel The Spy Who Loved Me, the tenth book in the James Bond series, though it does not contain any elements of the novel's plot. The storyline involves a reclusive megalomaniac named Karl Stromberg, who plans to destroy the world and create a new civilisation under the sea. Bond teams up with a Russian agent Anya Amasova to stop Stromberg. Curd Jürgens and Barbara Bach co-star.
It was shot on location in Egyptand Italy, with underwater scenes filmed at the Bahamas, and a new soundstage being built at Pinewood Studios for a massive set which depicted the interior of a supertanker. The Spy Who Loved Me was well received by critics. The soundtrack, composed by Marvin Hamlisch, also met with success. The film was nominated for three Academy Awards amidst many other nominations and novelized in 1977 by Christopher Wood as James Bond, The Spy Who Loved Me.

CAST:

Roger Moore as James Bond 007: A British MI6 agent assigned to investigate the theft of two submarines.
Barbara Bach as Anya Amasova/Agent Triple X: A Soviet KGB agent also investigating the theft. Her attraction to Bond is cut short when she learns he killed her lover. Bach was cast only four days before principal photography began, and performed her audition expecting just a role in the film, not the one of the protagonist.
Curd Jürgens (billed as "Curt" in the credits) as Karl Stromberg: The main villain, a megalomaniac planning to trigger World War III and destroy the world, then recreate a new civilisation underwater. Jürgens was cast on a suggestion of director Lewis Gilbert, who had worked with him before.
Richard Kiel as Jaws: Stromberg's seemingly indestructible juggernaut of a henchman, afflicted with gigantism and having a set of metal teeth. He would reprise the role in the subsequent Bond film, Moonraker.
Caroline Munro as Naomi: Stromberg's personal pilot and a would-be assassin. Munro's casting was inspired by an advertisement campaign she had made.
Walter Gotell as General Gogol: The head of KGB and Anya's boss. Gotell's debut in the role; he had previously appeared in From Russia with Love and would reprise the role of Gogol in the subsequent five films.
Bernard Lee as M: The head of MI6.
Desmond Llewelyn as Q: MI6's head of research and development. He supplies Bond with unique vehicles and gadgets, most notably the Lotus Esprit that converts into a submarine.
Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny: M's secretary.
Geoffrey Keen as Fredrick Gray: The British Minister of Defence. Keen's debut; he would appear in the role in the subsequent five films.
Milton Reid as Sandor: Stromberg's henchman.
Robert Brown as Admiral Hargreaves: Admiral of Royal Navy.
George Baker as Captain Benson: A British naval officer stationed at the Royal Navy's Faslane Naval Base in Scotland. Baker had previously appeared in On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
Edward de Souza as Sheikh Hosein: Bond's contact in Egypt, who was at Cambridge with 007.
Shane Rimmer as US submarine captain Commander Carter, who is in charge of the third and final submarine to be abducted and fights alongside Bond aboard the Liparus.

The assistant director for the Italian locations, Victor Tourjansky, had a cameo as a man drinking his wine as Bond's Lotus emerges from the beach. As an in-joke, he would return in similar appearances in another two Bond films shot in Italy, Moonrakerand For Your Eyes Only.

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007 James Bond actor: Roger Moore

Who: Roger George Moore

Born: 14 October 1927, London, England

Sir Roger George Moore, KBE is an English actor. He is perhaps best known for playing British secret agent James Bond in the official film series for seven films between 1973 and 1985. He appeared as Bond in more official Bond films than any other actor, and is the oldest actor to play Bond. Moore also portrayed Simon Templar in The Saint from 1962 to 1969. He is also a Goodwill Ambassador for the charity organisation UNICEF.

Roger Moore trivia facts:

While a struggling young actor in the early 1950s, he briefly worked as a truck driver. Many years later, he impressed the crew on the set of A View to a Kill (1985) with his truck driving skills.

Ironically, for an actor who has played a weapons-wielding James Bond in no fewer than 7 movies, Moore suffers from hoplophobia (fear of firearms).

Has named The Spy Who Loved Me(1977) as his favorite Bond movie of the seven he starred in, and A View to a Kill (1985) as his least favorite.

Roger Moore´s 007 production:

Live and Let Die (1973)
The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)

TheSpy Who Loved Me(1977)

Moonraker (1979)

ForYour Eyes Only(1981)

Octopussy (1983)

A View to a Kill (1985)

James Bond: 1973–1985

Because of his commitment to several television shows, in particular the long-lasting series The Saint, Roger Moore was unavailable for the James Bond franchise for a considerable time. His participation in The Saintwas not only as actor, but also as a producer and director, and he also became involved in developing the series The Persuaders!. Moore stated in his autobiography My Word Is My Bond (2008) that he had neither been approached to play James Bond in Dr. No, nor does he feel that he had ever been considered. It was only after Sean Connery had declared in 1966 that he would not play Bond any longer that Moore became aware that he might be a contender for the role.
However, after George Lazenby was cast in 1969's On Her Majesty's Secret Service and Connery played Bond again in Diamonds Are Forever, Moore didn't consider the possibility until it seemed abundantly clear that Connery had in fact stepped down as Bond for good. At that point Moore was approached, and he accepted producer Albert Broccoli's offer in August 1972. Moore says in his autobiography that he had to cut his hair and lose weight, but although he resented that, he was finally cast as James Bond in Live and Let Die (1973).

Moore played Bond in Live and Let Die (1973); The Man with the Golden Gun (1974); The Spy Who Loved Me(1977); Moonraker (1979); For Your Eyes Only (1981); Octopussy(1983); and A View to a Kill (1985).

Moore is the longest-serving James Bond actor, having spent 12 years in the role (from his debut in 1973, to his retirement from the role in 1985), having made seven official films in a row. Moore is the oldest actor to have played Bond - he was 45 in Live and Let Die (1973), and 58 when he announced his retirement on 3 December 1985.

Moore's Bond was very different from the character created by Ian Fleming. Screenwriters like George MacDonald Fraser provided scenarios in which 007 was a kind of seasoned, debonair playboy who would always have a trick or gadget in stock when he needed it. This was designed to serve the contemporary taste of the 1970s. Moore's version of Bond was also known for his sense of humor and witty one-liners, but also an extremely skilled detective with a cunning mind.

In 2004 Moore was voted 'Best Bond' in an Academy Awards poll, and he won with 62% of votes in another poll in 2008. In 1987 he hosted Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond.

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