I’m sure you’ve all enjoyed Q’s amazing James Bond Gadgets over the years. However, have you wondered if any of the amazing gizmos ever made it into the real world? In You Only Live Twice (1967), Gyrojet rocket guns, which fired small missiles instead bullets, were featured. Around this time, both the British and American …
Yearly Archives: 2011
Claudine Auger “Thunderball”
Largo: “You’ve given me much pleasure Domino, but unless you tell me how much Bond knows I will be forced to cause you great pain.” The role of Domino in Thunderball was originally to be an Italian woman: Dominetta Petacchi. Auger impressed the producers so much that they re-wrote the part to that of a French …
Luciana Paluzzi “Thunderball”
Fiona: Some men just don’t like to be driven. Bond: No, some men don’t like to be taken for a ride. Paluzzi’s role might have been short but memorable in Thunderball playing the Spectre assassin Viona Volpe. Bond: [after making love to the evil Fiona Volpe] My dear girl, don’t flatter yourself. What I did …
Unleash Your Inner James Bond
Bond Ambitions is calling on all writers who happen to love James Bond books, films and of course the Bond Ambitions website to express their inner Bond by submitting James Bond fan fiction stories. Why should we wait for the next movie (November 2012) or the next book to satisfy the continuation of Quantum of …
A Gadget James Bond Would Envy
Remember when James Bond was able to maneuver his camera equipped 750 iL BMW through a multi-level car park from the back seat, avoiding and taking out bad guys by using his Q provided Ericsson phone which happen to have a camera viewer and remote control for the car in Tomorrow Never Dies . Now you …
The First 007
Before there was a James Bond or even an Ian Fleming novel there was John Dee(1527-1608) The original 007. Dee was a fascinating genius, considered a master spy for Elizabeth I as well as philosopher and cipher who captured the attention of the royal courts. John Dee originated the 007 insignia number for himself and …
Caroline Munro – “The Spy Who Loved Me”
In 1977, Munro turned down the opportunity to play villainess Ursa in Superman in favor of what would become her most celebrated film appearance, the ill-fated helicopter pilot Naomi in the Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me. In one of the franchise’s most memorable car chase sequences, she seductively winks at Bond while trying …
Olga Kurylenko “Quantum Of Solace”
Olga plays the Bond Girl, Camille Montes, in the 22nd James Bond film, Quantum of Solace and portrays Nika Boronina in the movie adaptation of the video game Hitman. Kurylenko was discovered by a female model scout while on vacation in Moscow at the age of 13. When she was 17, she signed a contract with the …
How To Be Like Bond….James Bond
I came across an article written by Richard Shelmerdine that narrowed down a few key points that show why Bond is Bond. Learning how to be like James Bond could fill volumes of books full of personality traits so I can appreciate an article that gets to the point. “#1 Mindset Bonds mind is completely …
Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
The Italian media called Sean Connery’s version of James Bond, Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. It so inspired the composer, John Barry that he and co-writer Leslie Bricusse decided to write a theme song for Thunderball as a description of the character of James Bond called Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. Unfortunately for Barry United Artists production team …