The Forgotten James Bond Resurfaces

KCBS radio ^ | 12/21/19 | Dan Mitchinson

[GOPsterinMA]

5 decades to be exact, Mr. Luddite...

:)

Seriously, it’s a good movie.

[EEGator]

I’d be scared of Woody Allen if I was a 13 y/o Asian girl...

[Kirkwood]

I had no idea he was married to Pam Shriver.

[Sans-Culotte]

As for the 1969 movie....the evil Telly Savalis, and the Swiss scenes made it a great movie, and toss in Diana Rigg...it was a fairly decent Bond-movie. The negative is the last five minutes where Bond marries ‘Tracey’ and then she gets killed off by Spectre. I think the ending plot really screwed up public reaction, and caused the movie to be regarded as a ‘loser’.

I don't think the ending caused any problems for the movie. For one, it is exactly out of Fleming's novel (In fact, the entire film followed the novel fairly closely). With a character like Bond, it is a given that if he gets married, his wife will die. Although the movie did not do as well as its predecessor (You Only Live Twice), it still did well at the box office. I think its problems were mainly due to having to replace Connery.

I think Lazenby was "OK" in the role. He looked good, but it is obvious that a lot of his lines are post-dubbed (and I don't mean when he is undercover as "Sir Hilary Bray". All of Bray's lines were dubbed by the actor - George Baker - who played him). Between dubs and edits, they managed to cobble together a pretty good performance from him. I think if Lazenby had stuck with the part, he would have made some good movies. Maybe the series would not have made the turn to mostly comedy as it did with Roger Moore.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I saw this at the theater in 1970, and later watched it for the first broadcast on TV. Almost like two different shows.

The first TV broadcast began in the middle of the film with Bond skiing to escape the bad guys, and ends up in a car race. Then comes on a narrator and says...”And how did I get here?” Then it suddenly reverts to the first of the movie.

I believe it was shown, part one week, and part the next week. Very confusing.

[Magnum44]

Rules...

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I saw several American movies on Okinawa back in 1968, at civilian theaters. They were all subtitled in Japanese, up and down on the right side of the screen.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

**a real earwig**

Brings back memories of a Night Gallery episode.

[Little Ray]

It is amazing how badly they butchered Flemming’s books to make the movies.

[Conan the Librarian]

What about the real first Bond?

Barry Nelson.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0310853/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_12

Pluto TV has a Bond Channel that shows all of the Bond shows/movies including Nelson. I haven’t seen the Niven one show up, yet.

Personally, I like them all up to Brosnan, and those aren’t bad.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks fieldmarshaldj. I picked that up on BluRay out of a bargain pile (probably at Sam's) and have never opened it. One of these days...

[wally_bert]

Reggie Perrin.

[L.A.Justice]

I had no idea he was married to Pam Shriver.
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It was Lazenby’s second marriage...

[L.A.Justice]

No doubt. I would recommend watching it if you can find it. (Actually looked it up, its on Hulu, not Netflix, and is titled, “Becoming Bond”). I think what I like about the him (or at least the impression he leaves) is how he seems to “own” his life, all the ups and downs, good decision and bad, extreme runs of luck, and misfortune, good decisions and bad, and their consequences. He just rides the wave...

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Thanks for the recommendation...I did watch BECOMING BOND.
I enjoyed watching it...After watching it,I agree with your points about Lazenby.

He did say that he should have done at least one more Bond film...just to show people that he was not “fired”.