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Since 1848, OMEGA has built a loyal worldwide following as a maker of distinctive luxury timepieces. Since 1995, they’ve enjoyed a special relationship with the James Bond films that could serve as a textbook case of how-to tie-in to a global movie franchise. What people might not know is that Omega also publishes a magazine as luxurious as its watches - LIFETIME.
Published: 2020-11-21
FSWL contrubutor and The James Bond Movie Encyclopedia author Steve Rubin celebrates Mie Hama, Kissy Suzuki in You Only Live Twice, on her 77th birthday. “Prior to 1967, if Japanese actresses were seen in American films they were more often portrayed as Geisha girls, or terrified citizens running from giant beasts like Godzilla.”
Published: 2020-11-20
Juliens Auctions has announced a sale of the Walther PP handgun used by the late Sir Sean Connery as 007 in the very first Bond film, 1962's Dr. No. The auction will take place on December 3, 2020, with an estimated sale price of 150,000 - 200,000 USD. One of two employed on the film, this prop was identified by the original film armorer, BAPTY in the UK, which had it until the official BAPTY Archive auction in 2006. It has since been archived in the collection of that buyer for the last 14 years.
Published: 2020-11-20
James Bond will once again be coming to a console and computer screen near you. IO Interactive - an independent videogame development and publishing studio with offices in Copenhagen, Denmark and Malmö, Sweden - in collaboration with MGM, EON Productions and Delphi announced today that they are developing the very first James Bond origin story with the working title Project 007. Project 007 will feature a wholly original Bond story exclusively as a video game.
Published: 2020-11-19
Back in 2008, Sir Sean Connery joined other icons - like Mikhail Gorbachev, Catherine Deneuve, Keith Richards, and Francis Ford Coppola - to go before the Louis Vuitton lens as the new face of the label's Core Values campaign beautifully photographed by Annie Leibovitz.
Published: 2020-11-18
The James Bond Movie Encyclopedia author Steven Jay Rubin presents This Day in James Bond 007 Movie History - wishing French actress Sophie Marceau a very happy 54th birthday. Steve's totally revised and updated encyclopedia is published today by Chicago Review Press. A must-read for all Bond scholars!
Published: 2020-11-17
On this day 25 years ago, the first James Bond film 007 starring Pierce Brosnan premiered at cinemas. GoldenEye was first released in USA on 17th November 1995. Then in the UK on the 24th and later in Sweden on 8th December.
Published: 2020-11-17
50 Greatest Bond Cars (hardcover) edited by Ben Robinson takes a closer look at 50 legendary cars from 25 movies, including the cars from the newest No Time To Die movie starring Daniel Craig and Rami Malek.
Published: 2020-11-17
The iconic James Bond film Goldfinger from 1964 starring Sean Connery as Ian Fleming's agent 007 is back at cinemas in Sweden under the direction of Filmstaden to honour Sean's work after his sad passing on 31 October 2020. The film opens on 16th November.
Published: 2020-11-16
The Lost Adventures of James Bond är en ny 304-sidig skriven av FSWL-läsaren Mark Edlitz som han själv publicerar den 27 november 2020. För ett år sedan publicerades Marks första bok om Bond, The Many Lives of James Bond: How the Creators of 007 Have Decoded the Superspy.
Published: 2020-11-16
The James Bond Movie Encyclopedia author and FSWL contributor Steve Rubin celebrates actor Yaphet Kotto, a magnificent morsel in the Bond villain buffet. “Yaphet brings an understated grace to Dr. Kananga – which disguises the evil he’s bringing to bear.”
Published: 2020-11-15
The absolutely fabulous Joanna Lumley made a wonderful appearance on Fredrik Skavlan's talk-show (the biggest in Scandinavia) last night. Questioned about kissing all the James Bond actors at various social events over the years she spoke fondly of each one of them. She also recalled the good memories of filming On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) opposite George Lazenby as Ian Fleming’s 007.
Published: 2020-11-14
One of the three screen-used Mercury Cougar Convertible XR-7 cars from On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) starring George Lazenby as Ian Fleming's James Bond 007 is offered in Bonhams Bond Street sale on 16th December 2020.
Published: 2020-11-13
FSWL contributor Steven Jay Rubin profiles Valerie Leon who portrayed the girl in the Bahamas in the 1983 James Bond film Never Say Never Again.
Published: 2020-11-12
This beautiful new edition of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang from The Folio Society pays tribute to Ian Fleming's brilliant creation for children and contains all of John Burningham's unforgettable illustrations from the first editions. The author's nephew, FSWL reader Fergus Fleming, has written a new exclusive afterword and this is illustrated with previously unpublished sketches and photographs, some from the family archive, as well as Amherst Villier's original design of the Chitty model.
Published: 2020-11-10
As devastating as news of Sean Connery’s passing was to James Bond fans, it had an especially emotional impact on the Scottish actor’s film co-stars. Yvonne Shima and Pat Gill remember their work with the great Scot.
Published: 2020-11-08
To celebrate their relationship with 007, British shirtmaker’s Turnbull & Asser have launched a refined and expanded James Bond collection. Included are five new products, each piece a homage to those created for and worn by Bond on screen.
Published: 2020-11-07
The second and final part of John Cork's memories of dining with Sir Sean Connery. This time in the Bahamas talking about the day James Bond creator Ian Fleming died. Golf. And much more. “My doctor tells me that it’s no good at my age to have one’s ass lower than one’s knees for too long.”
Published: 2020-11-06
American FSWL friend and supporter John Cork, co-author of three official books about the James Bond franchise and producer of multiple documentaries for the DVD/Blu-ray editions of the films, shares his memories of dining in the presence of Sean Connery exclusively for our readers. Part 1: Never Say Underneath the Mango Tree Again.
Published: 2020-11-05
FSWL reader Reuben Wakeman (the man behind Toys of Bond) has worked as a professional graphic designer for 20 years and been a James Bond collector for 25. He's now combined the two and created some truly unique artworks.
Published: 2020-11-04
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