Showing posts with label Bernard Lee. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bernard Lee. Show all posts

Monday, November 16, 2015

Moonraker (1979)


"The action is out of this world"


Directed by Lewis Gilbert
Produced by Albert R. Broccoli
Screenplay by Christopher Wood
Based on "Moonraker" by Ian Fleming

Starring: Roger Moore, Lois Chiles, Michael Lonsdale, Richard Kiel, Corinne Cléry
Music by John Barry
Cinematography: Jean Tournier
Edited by John Glen
Production company: Eon Productions
Distributed by United Artists
Release date: 26 June 1979 (United Kingdom)
Running time: 126 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Budget: $34 million
Box office: $210.3 million


"Moonraker" is an action adventure thriller film directed by Lewis Gilbert and written by Christopher Wood, based on "Moonraker" by Ian Fleming. It's the eleventh installment of the "James Bond" film series which follows Secret Agent James Bond who investigates the mid-air theft of a space shuttle and discovers a plot to commit global genocide.

The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)


"Nobody does it better."


Directed by Lewis Gilbert
Produced by Albert R. Broccoli
Screenplay by Christopher Wood, Richard Maibaum
Based on "James Bond" by Ian Fleming
Starring: Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Curd Jürgens
Music by Marvin Hamlisch
Cinematography: Claude Renoir
Edited by John Glen
Production company: Eon Productions
Distributed by United Artists
Release date: 20 July 1977 (United Kingdom)
Running time: 125 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Budget: $14 million
Box office: $185.4 million


"The Spy Who Loved Me" is an action adventure thriller film directed by Lewis Gilbert and written by Richard Maibaum and Christopher Wood, based on "James Bond" by Ian Fleming. It's the tenth installment of the "James Bond" film series which follows Secret Agent James Bond who investigates the hijacking of British and Russian submarines carrying nuclear warheads with the help of a KGB agent whose lover he killed.

Live and Let Die (1973)


"Roger Moo7re is James Bond"


Directed by Guy Hamilton
Produced by Harry Saltzman, Albert R. Broccoli
Screenplay by Tom Mankiewicz
Based on "Live and Let Die" by Ian Fleming
Starring: Roger Moore, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Seymour
Music by George Martin
Cinematography: Ted Moore
Edited by Bert Bates, Raymond Poulton, John Shirley
Production company: Eon Productions
Distributed by United Artists
Release date: 27 June 1973 (United States)
Running time: 121 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Budget: $7 million
Box office: $161.8 million


"Live and Let Die" is an action adventure thriller film directed by Guy Hamilton and written by Tom Mankiewicz, based on "Live and Let Die" by Ian Fleming. It's the eighth installment of the "James Bond" film series which follows Secret Agent James Bond who is sent to stop a diabolically brilliant heroin magnate armed with a complex organization and a reliable psychic tarot card reader.

Diamonds Are Forever (1971)


"Bond is back...with the excitement"



Directed by Guy Hamilton
Produced by Harry Saltzman, Albert R. Broccoli
Screenplay by Richard Maibaum, Tom Mankiewicz
Based on "Diamonds Are Forever" by Ian Fleming
Starring: Sean Connery, Jill St. John, Charles Gray, Lana Wood, Jimmy Dean, Bruce Cabot
Music by John Barry
Cinematography: Ted Moore
Edited by Bert Bates, John Holmes
Production company: Eon Productions
Distributed by United Artists
Release date: 14 December 1971 (West Germany)
Running time: 120 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Budget: $7.2 million
Box office: $116 million


"Diamonds Are Forever" is an action adventure thriller film directed by Guy Hamilton and written by Richard Maibaum, based on "Diamonds Are Forever" by Ian Fleming. It's the seventh installment of the "James Bond" film series which follows Secret Agent James Bond who is led by a diamond smuggling investigation to Las Vegas, where he uncovers an extortion plot headed by his nemesis, Ernst Stavro Blofeld.

Sunday, November 15, 2015

On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)


"Far up! Far out! Far more! James Bond 007 is back!"


Directed by Peter R. Hunt
Produced by Harry Saltzman, Albert R. Broccoli
Screenplay by Richard Maibaum
Based on "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" by Ian Fleming
Starring: George Lazenby, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas, Bernard Lee, Gabriele Ferzetti, Ilse Steppat
Music by John Barry
Cinematography: Michael Reed
Edited by John Glen
Production company: Eon Productions
Distributed by United Artists
Release date: 18 December 1969 (United Kingdom)
Running time: 140 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Budget: $7 million
Box office: $64.6 million


"On Her Majesty's Secret Service" is an action adventure thriller film directed by Peter R. Hunt and written by Richard Maibaum, based on "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" by Ian Fleming. It's the sixth installment of the "James Bond" film series which follows Secret Agent James Bond who woos a mob boss's daughter and goes undercover to uncover the true reason for Blofeld's allergy research in the Swiss Alps that involves beautiful women from around the world.

Saturday, November 14, 2015

Thunderball (1965)


"Look Out! Here Comes The Biggest Bond Of All!"


Directed by Terence Young
Produced by Kevin McClory
Screenplay by Richard Maibaum, John Hopkins
Story by Kevin McClory, Jack Whittingham, Ian Fleming
Based on an original screenplay by Kevin McClory, Jack Whittingham, Ian Fleming
Starring: Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Adolfo Celi, Luciana Paluzzi, Rik Van Nutter
Music by John Barry
Cinematography: Ted Moore
Edited by Peter R. Hunt (supr ed), Ernest Hosler
Production company: Eon Productions
Distributed by United Artists
Release date: 29 December 1965 (United Kingdom)
Running time: 130 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Budget: $9 million
Box office: $141.2 million


"Thunderball" is an action adventure thriller film directed by Terence Young and written by Richard Maibaum, John Hopkins, based on "Thunderball" by Ian Fleming. It's the fourth installment of the "James Bond" film series which follows Secret Agent James Bond who heads to The Bahamas to recover two nuclear warheads stolen by SPECTRE agent Emilio Largo in an international extortion scheme.

Goldfinger (1964)


"Miss Honey and Miss Galore Have James Bond Back For More!"


Directed by Guy Hamilton
Produced by Harry Saltzman, Albert R. Broccoli
Screenplay by Richard Maibaum, Paul Dehn
Based on "Goldfinger" by Ian Fleming
Starring: Sean Connery, Honor Blackman, Gert Fröbe
Music by John Barry
Cinematography: Ted Moore, BSC
Edited by Peter R. Hunt
Production company: Eon Productions
Distributed by United Artists
Release date: 18 September 1964 (United Kingdom)
Running time: 110 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Budget: $3 million
Box office: $124.9 million


"Goldfinger" is an action adventure thriller film directed by Guy Hamilton and written by Richard Maibaum, Paul Dehn, based on "Goldfinger" by Ian Fleming. It's the third installment of the "James Bond" film series which follows Secret Agent James Bond who uncovers a plot to contaminate the Fort Knox gold reserve while investigating a gold magnate's smuggling.

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

From Russia with Love (1963)


"The world's masters of murder pull out all the stops to destroy Agent 007!"


Directed by Terence Young
Produced by Harry Saltzman, Albert R. Broccoli
Screenplay by Richard Maibaum
Story by Johanna Harwood (adaptation)
Based on "From Russia, with Love" by Ian Fleming
Starring: Sean Connery, Pedro Armendáriz, Lotte Lenya, Robert Shaw, Bernard Lee, Daniela Bianchi
Music by John Barry
Cinematography: Ted Moore
Edited by Peter R. Hunt
Production company: Eon Productions
Distributed by United Artists
Release date: 11 October 1963 (United Kingdom)
Running time: 115 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Budget: $2 million
Box office: $78.9 million

"From Russia with Love" is an action adventure thriller film directed by Terence Young and written by Richard Maibaum, based on "From Russia, with Love" by Ian Fleming. It's the second installment of the "James Bond" film series which follows Secret Agent James Bond who willingly falls into an assassination ploy involving a naive Russian beauty in order to retrieve a Soviet encryption device that was stolen by SPECTRE.

Monday, November 9, 2015

Dr. No (1962)


"The first screen adventure for agent 007 - Bond, James Bond."



Directed by Terence Young
Produced by Harry Saltzman, Albert R. Broccoli
Screenplay by Richard Maibaum
Johanna Harwood, Berkely Mather
Based on "Dr. No" by Ian Fleming
Starring: Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Joseph Wiseman, Jack Lord
Music by Monty Norman
Cinematography: Ted Moore
Edited by Peter R. Hunt
Production company: Eon Productions
Distributed by United Artists
Release date: 10 October 1962 (United Kingdom)
Running time: 109 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Budget: $1.1 million
Box office: $59.5 million

"Dr. No" is an action adventure thriller film directed by Terence Young and written by Richard Maibaum, based on "Dr. No" by Ian Fleming. It's the first installment of the "James Bond" film series which follows Secret Agent James Bond who seeks answers in a case involving the disappearance of a colleague and the disruption of the American space program.