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Actually, Scrappie, he wasn't the first. But definitely the one who left the best impression and established the persona. George Lazenby was first.
Whoops! Looks like you are right, Scrappie! Lazenby came in for On Her Majesty's Secret Service in '68. I was WAY OFF! The franchise started in '62. I wasn't paying any attention to Bond at the time, not being born until November of '62
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Actually, Scrappie, he wasn't the first. But definitely the one who left the best impression and established the persona. George Lazenby was first.
Whoops! Looks like you are right, Scrappie! Lazenby came in for On Her Majesty's Secret Service in '68. I was WAY OFF! The franchise started in '62. I wasn't paying any attention to Bond at the time, not being born until November of '62
Indeed, you were. Sean first appeared as the original Bond in "Dr. No.".
James - You have quite the way with word spelling. She (Horny Rider), was married to John Derek. I enjoyed watching films starring Bo Derek. I’m sure John had a wonderful life - Linda Evans also as I recall.
Actually, Scrappie, he wasn't the first. But definitely the one who left the best impression and established the persona. George Lazenby was first.
Ya know, that is what I thought too, and almost posted, but I looked it up first and saw the dates. So why did we think Lazenby was the first? I am certain I heard/read that somewhere in the past, and apparently you did as well.
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I'm going to need to look it up, but as I recall, this was the time Sean became disgruntled with his contract salaries and elected to stop. Then, Lazenby was offered the Bond position? Somewhere around On Her Majesty's Secret Service time frame I believe.
Here's the best recollection and account I believe to be nearly correct. This period of time I was in high school and the Ian Fleming Bond Series was what many of us followed throughout the years as we chased down all novels and the movies appeared at the Drive-In theaters. I do recall there was a dispute regarding the producer, the location, timing of the movie production, but I (we) had always read and heard it was the apathy Sean Connery developed for the Bond role and the salary he was being offered which was the reason he left. There are many stories out there.
Ian Fleming, an ex British Intelligence Officer, who wrote the 14 James Bond books, actually had James Bond portrayed as a TV series episode in Great Britain and Sean Connery is the third James Bond.
Though Sean Connery, with his trademark Scottish accent and thick chest hair, is typically known as the first Bond, two other actors actually got to the role first. In 1954, CBS paid Fleming $1,000 for the rights to Casino Royale and turned the novel into a one-hour TV special for the series Climax! For the first glimpse of Bond in the flesh, they cast Barry Nelson (pictured above), an actor who starred in a ton of TV shows. But you'll probably recognize him best as Stuart Ullman, the guy who hires Jack Nicholson to take care of the Overlook Hotel in The Shining.
After the TV version, a South African radio station produced an adaptation of Moonraker, featuring the vocal talents of Bob Holness. If you're American, that name might not mean much, but if you're from the British Isles, you'd know him as a hosts of various game shows, particularly of the long running, Trivial Pursuit-like Blockbusters. Basically, Bond was played by a British Alex Trebek...which doesn't really sound all that sexy.
Bond, James Bond, was in many movies and commanded them all. Even the badly written ones. He was a pure talent. And a very nice human, from what I have read.
It was ***** Galore (Honor Blackman) for me. Then, to my surprise, they released The Avengers in the U.S. and; yep, more *****!
How the hell did they get away with that name years ago? I remember watching the movie as a kid years ago and being shocked when I heard her say her name. My parents were there and I was embarrassed and felt like I was watching a **** or something with them.
The U.S. would not allow her character role name, ***** Galore on any advertising; instead, they insisted on Ms. Galore. More precisely addressing your question though, remember, this is an Ian Fleming novel brought to screen in Great Britain - not the U.S. I suppose it's how you define community standards. IMO, having been raised during this period, Western Europe had more normal community standards than the U.S. where we tend to hide (sheepishly) everything behind closed doors.
Connery's first job was as a milkman in Edinburgh with St. Cuthbert's Co-operative Society.[21] In 2009, Connery recalled a conversation in a taxi:
When I took a taxi during a recent Edinburgh Film Festival, the driver was amazed that I could put a name to every street we passed. "How come?" he asked. "As a boy I used to deliver milk round here," I said. "So what do you do now?" That was rather harder to answer.[15]
Best. Bond. Ever. I've got every 007 movie made on DVD or Blu-Ray. I didn't realize until his passing that we share the same birthday, that explains a lot. Sir Connery will be missed.
Added bonus James Bond tears up the streets of Las Vegas in some American muscle...
The next time you watch this movie, watch for the famous continuity error in the scene involving this car. Towards the end of the chase, Bond is driving down a too-narrow alley, so he drives up a ramp to tip the car onto two wheels. When he goes IN to the alley, the car tips up on its right-side wheels. But when it comes OUT of the alley, it's on its left-side wheels.
As the story goes, the scene had to be re-shot later, and a different stunt driver was used. No one told him which wheels to tip up on, and he picked the wrong side.
On its right side wheels going into the alley.
On its left-side wheels coming out of the alley.
I've always wondered which of these would be easier to actually do. Drive on the right-side wheels, so the driver is up in the air? Or drive on the left-side wheels so the driver is down near the ground? My guess would be the latter.
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Interesting that the clip has a brief shot showing Connery when the car shifts from one set of wheels to the other. It's apparently an attempt to fix the continuity problem. Was that in the original print of the film? Or did they add it after they discovered the continuity error? It's right at the 4:10 mark in the video.
Of course, what would have happened in that narrow alley to cause the car to shift from its right-side wheels to its left-side wheels? Nothing I can think of.
October 31st, 2020, 07:23 AM
The franchise started in '62. I wasn't paying any attention to Bond at the time, not being born until November of '62 
I also really enjoyed The Hunt For Red October.
Sir Connery will be missed.
