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Bond villain: Ernst Stavro Blofeld

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Bond villain: Ernst Stavro Blofeld

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)


007 Film: Thunderball (1965)
Actors: Anthony Dawson (body), Eric Pohlmann (voice)
Mission: Use stolen nuclear missiles to extort money from the United Kingdom.
Fate of the Bond villain: Survives (No contact between him and Bond)

007 Film: You Only Live Twice (1967)
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.

007 Film: On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
Actor: Telly Savalas
Mission: Extort the world with viruses that render crops and livestock totally infertile.
Fate of the Bond villain: Survives.

007 Film: Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
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 Book location: Queen Mary's Rose Garden / You Only Live Twice (1964)

Bond book: You Only Live Twice (1964)
Place and location in the book: Queen Mary's Garden's, Regent's Park, London, England
What happens here in the book: James Bond relaxes and admires roses in Rose Garden
Visited by 007 Travelers: 2013



"But today, on the last day of August, just eight months, as he had reminded himself that morning, since Tracy had died, he sat in Queen Mary´s Rose Garden in Regent's Park, and his mind was totally occupied with just these things."
"James Bond got to his feet and went over and read the lead labels of the roses he had been gazing at. They told him that the bright vermilion ones were 'Super Star' and the white ones 'Iceberg'."

Ian Fleming "You Only Live Twice" 





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007 Soundtrack: You Only Live Twice (1967)

FILM: You Only Live Twice(1967)
SOUNDTRACK RELEASED: 1967
SCORE COMPOSER: John Barry
TITLE SONG: "You Only Live Twice"
COMPOSED BY: Leslie Bricusse, John Barry
PERFORMED BY: Nancy Sinatra

You Only Live Twice is the soundtrack for the fifth James Bond film of the same name. It was composed by Bond veteran John Barry. At the time, this was his fourth credited Bond film. The theme song, You Only Live Twice, was sung by Nancy Sinatra, with music by Barry and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse. The film's incidental music is regarded as among the finest of Barry's scores for the Bond series. Capsule in Space, an impressionistic cue of layered piano and strings ostinatos, is probably the most famous piece of incidental music from the Bond series after 007. The soundtrack has previously been available in two versions on CD – the first, a straight reissue of the LP soundtrack, and the second, an expanded reissue including several previously unreleased tracks.

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TRACK LISTING

  1. "You Only Live Twice (Main Title)" – Nancy Sinatra – (2:43)
  2. "Capsule in Space" – (2:39)
  3. "Fight at Kobe Dock/Helga" – (2:51)
  4. "Tanaka's World" – (2:04)
  5. "A Drop in the Ocean" – (2:15)
  6. "The Death of Aki" – (4:36)
  7. "Mountains and Sunsets" – (3:06)
  8. "The Wedding" – (2:42)
  9. "James Bond – Astronaut?" – (3:25)
  10. "Countdown for Blofeld" – (2:31)
  11. "Bond Averts World War Three" – (2:12)
  12. "You Only Live Twice (End Title)" – Nancy Sinatra – (3:28)
  13. "James Bond in Japan"
  14. "Aki, Tiger and Osato"
  15. "Little Nellie"
  16. "Soviet Capsule"
  17. "S.P.E.C.T.R.E. and Village"
  18. "James Bond – Ninja"
  19. "Twice Is the Only Way to Live"

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007 Book: You Only Live Twice (1964)

Bond book: You Only Live Twice
Author: Ian Fleming
Publication date: 26 March 1964

You Only Live Twice is the eleventh novel (and twelfth book) in Ian Fleming's James Bond series of stories. It was first published by Jonathan Cape in the United Kingdom on 26 March 1964 and sold out quickly. The book holds the distinction of being the last novel by Fleming to be published in his lifetime, with subsequent works being published posthumously. You Only Live Twice is the concluding chapter in what is known as the "Blofeld Trilogy".

James Bond is drinking and gambling heavily and making mistakes on his assignments when, as a last resort, he is sent to Japan on a semi-diplomatic mission.

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007 Director: Peter R. Hunt

Who: Peter R. Hunt
Born: 11 March 1925, London, England
Died: 14 August 2002, Santa Monica, California, USA

Peter R. Hunt was an English film editor, director, and television producer. Hunt was known for his work on the James Bond films with his innovative editing style.

Peter R. Hunt´s 007 production:

Director:
"On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1969)

Editor:
"Dr. No" (1962)
"From Russia with Love" (1963)
"Goldfinger" (1964)
"Thunderball" (1965)
"You Only Live Twice" (Second unit director, supervising editor, 1967)

James Bond: 1962-69
He gained recognition for his film editing techniques when he utilized quick cutting, allowing camera swings during action and inserts interleaving other elements while working as editor on the first three Bonds.

Hunt then acted as second unit or action unit director until his directorial debut, the sixth James Bond film, "On Her Majesty's Secret Service". He also worked with Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli on the 1963 Bob Hope film "Call Me Bwana", and with Saltzman and a few other Bond veterans on the non-EON thriller "The IPCRESS File". "Call Me Bwana" is the only film produced by the James Bond production company Eon Productions that is not a Bond film. Hunt also directed some episodes of the 1971 British television series, "The Persuaders!", which starred future James Bond Roger Moore, and Tony Curtis.

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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: You Only Live Twice (1967)

007 Film: You Only Live Twice
Release year: 1967
Directed by: Lewis Gilbert
Produced by: Albert R. Broccoli, Harry Saltzman

In the film, Bond is dispatched to Japan after American and Soviet manned spacecraft disappear mysteriously in orbit. With each nation blaming the other amidst the Cold War, Bond travels secretly to a remote Japanese island in order to find the perpetrators and comes face to face with Ernst Stavro Blofeld, the head of SPECTRE. The film reveals the appearance of Blofeld who was previously a partially unseen character. SPECTRE is extorting the government of an unnamed Asian power, implied to be the People's Republic of China, in order to provoke war between the superpowers.


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    007 James Bond actor: Sean Connery

    Who: Thomas Sean Connery
    Born: 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:
    • 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)

    Other:
    007: From Russia with Love James Bond (voice and likeness) video game (2005)

    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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    007 Travel story: Paris (FRANCE) 2013, day 1/7: From London to Paris by Eurostar train


    Pirita´s, Mika's and 7 -year-old daughter's own family trip for three 12th - 18th October 2013.

    Airline: SAS 
    Flights: Helsinki-Stockholm-London
    Paris-Copenhagen-London
    Price: 627,24 € / 3 persons
    Flight times: 
    Helsinki-Stockholm 1 h 00 min, Stockholm-London 2 h 35 min
    Paris-Copenhagen 1 h 45 min, Copenhagen-Helsinki 1 h 35 min

    Train: Eurostar 
    London - Paris
    Price: 131,40 € / 3 persons
    Travel time: 2 h 22 min

    Hotels:
    Grand Hôtel Magenta, 129 Boulevard de Magenta, 
    90,00 € / 1 night, no breakfast included, reserved via booking.com

    Mercure Paris Terminus Nord, 12 Boulevard de Denain, 
    129,00 EUR / 1 night, no breakfast included, booked via booking.com

    EST Hotel Paris, 49 Boulevard Magenta, 
    400.00 euros / 4 nights, no breakfast included, reserved via booking.com. 
    This hotel charged a city tax of 1 EUR / person / night.


    12th of October 2013

    When on holiday, it's nice to wake up early...not!. We woke up at 3.20 AM and started preparations for the combined London and Paris trip. The flight departed from Helsinki at 7.05 AM and SAS airline didn't offer anything for free, not even one glass of juice, which cost one euro. Fortunately the flight was ahead of schedule and we had plenty of time to move to our connecting flight from Stockholm to London. London plane took off at 7.55 AM local time. We were told that we will arrive in London ahead of time, but there were some other planes in queue at Heathrow Airport so we had to wait for a while before landing. Finally we arrived in London about at 9.30 AM local time.

    We had planned to move quickly from Heathrow Airport to center of London, but there occurred some changes to our plan when we realized that Mika's suitcase was missing. It took some time to find out what has happened to the luggage. Finally the airport crew promised £100 credit against receipt to acquire some clothes and other necessary things before they were able to locate the bag.

    We traveled by subway to St Pancras station.Ticket cost 5.50 pounds / person, travel time approx 50 min. The daughter slept almost the whole time. When we arrived in St Pancras station we left Pirita's and daughter's bags to the storage. The cost was 9 pounds / bag. They asked do we carry any weapons or explosives in our bags. Well, we didn't. 


    This photo by: 7 -year-old daughter


    Originally, we planned to go by subway but due to delayed schedule, we took a taxi to the London Zoo.Taxi ride cost was £12. London Zoo opened at 10 AM and we were there at noon. Entrance fee for adults was £23,50 / adult and £17 / child.

    There were not much queues at 12 AM because they guided people via different entrances to avoid queues. The zoo photographer took pictures of people who wanted that. At a price of £20 we got our own photo with Zoo information booklet and a key chain. We took only the booklet at the price of 15 pounds.



    Then we fortunately found the Reptile House since there was no Reptile House in New York Central Park Zoo, and James Bond was also looking for it there due to his appointment.



    (Did you know: James Bond falls in front of the Komodo dragons in the movie "Skyfall".)



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    We also visited Aquarium, Gorilla Kingdom, Birds of prey, children's park planned by children, B.U.G.S. house and Penguin Beach.

    GoldenEye agent?





    The Zoo is located near The Regent's Park, so we went to explore the park.




    There were joggers, soccer players, people at a picnic and other passers-by. We were looking for the Inner Circle, where the Queen Mary's Gardens is.




    We went to the Queen Mary's Rose Garden where 007 was sitting on a park bench in the Ian Fleming book "You Only Live Twice". We also sat on a park bench and admired the roses. Roses called "Super Star" and "Iceberg" are mentioned in the book, but we didn't find them.


    Mika

    A funny coincidence was that we found roses called "Remember Me" (same name as Pierce Brosnan's movie)



    "But today, on the last day of August, just eight months, as he had reminded himself that Morning, since Tracy had died, he sat in  Queen Mary´s Rose Garden in Regent's Park, and his mind was totally occupied with just these things."
    "James Bond got to his feet and went over and read the lead labels of the roses he had been gazing at. They told him that the bright vermilion ones were 'Super Star' and the white ones 'Iceberg'."

     
    Ian Fleming: "You Only Live Twice"



    We were already in a hurry and needed to go back to St Pancras station, so Mika stopped the taxi. This time taxi ride cost was 10 pounds. Then we redeemed our bags from the storage and moved closer to Eurostar train. Before that we had to show the passports and pass the security check, which was at least on the same security level as at the airport.




    We bought warm filled Italian breads from Caffé Nero, so we didn't have to go to dining car, especially there was no certainty if there even was one in the train.  Even though top speed was about 280 km/h, we didn't notice that at all. Train went under the English Channel and that part went quickly.

    Did you know: In John Gardner book "Death Is Forever" James Bond warns leaders and government members of Europe not to travel by Eurostar train due to threat of explosion.

    We arrived in Paris Gare du Nord station and our hotel was located only 300 meters from the station. We checked in to Grand Hôtel Magenta and got a first floor room number five. The room had one double bed and an extra bed. Hotel had a friendly service!



    After leaving our luggage to our room, we walked to the nearby Carrefour Market Paris Turgot to redeem our pre-ordered Louvre tickets. Children have free access to Louvre, adult ticket price was 13,60 euros each. Mika also bought some clothes and toiletries. The daughter got some balloons, after saying "Bonjour" to everyone.
    Then we went to have a dinner at Villa del Padre. Food was good, but service slow. The staff ran back and forth all the time. They did try hard, you could say. After dinner, we were ready to sleep.



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