It has been 50 years since British secret service most avid agent 007 first appeared on the big screen in the James Bond movie Dr. No
The rise of James Bond
For five decades, the Broccoli family has held on to its 50 per cent stake in the “007” movies, while studio partner Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer owns the other half. Looks like decisions about the franchise are not made lightly by these two partners cause sure looks like they have made it work over this past 5 decades.
007 Agents
· SIR SEAN CONNERY
· GEORGE LAZENBY
· ROGER MOORE
· TIMOTHY DALTON
· PIERCE BROSNAN
· DANIEL CRAIG
Latest 007 Girls
· Rachel Grant and Halle Barry from “Die another day”
· Eva Green and Caterina Murino from “Casino Royale”
007 Villains
· ERNST STARVO BLOFELD
· LE CHIFFRE
· AURIC GOLDFINGER
· JAWS
· MR. BIG, DR. KANANGA
· MAYDAY
· ODD JOB
· MAX ZORIN
007 Films
· Dr. No (1962)
· From Russia with Love (1963)
· Goldfinger (1964)
· Thunderball (1965)
· You Only Live Twice (1967)
· Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
· Live and let die (1973)
· Never Say Never Again (1983)
· On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)
· The Man With The Golden Gun (1974)
· The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
· Moonraker (1979)
· For Your Eyes Only (1981)
· Octopussy (1981)
· A View To A Kill (1985)
· The Living Daylights (1987)
· Licence To Kill (1989)
· GoldenEye (1995)
· Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
· The World Is Not Enough (1999)
· Die Another Day (2002)
· Casino Royale (2006)
· Quantum Of Solace (2008)
· Skyfall (2012)
Do you have a favorite so far?? Or you rather wait like me to watch “Skyfall”??
James Bond Soundtracks
· 1962 Dr. No “Kingston Calypso” played by John Barry & Orchestra Monty Norman
· 1963 From Russia with Love “Opening Titles: James Bond Is Back/From Russia with Love/James Bond Theme” played by John Barry, Matt Monro
· 1962 Goldfinger “Goldfinger” played by Shirley Bassey
· 1965 Thunderball “Thunderball” played by Tom Jones
· 1967 You only live twice “You only live twice” played by Nancy Sinatra
· 1969 On her majesty’s secret “We have all the time in the world” played by /Louis Armstrong
· 1971 Diamonds are forever “Diamonds are forever” played by Shirley Bassey
· 1973 Live and let die “Live and let die” played by Paul McCartney & Wings
· 1974 The man with the golden gun “ The man with the Golden gun” played by Lulu
· 1977 The spy who loved me “Nobody does it better” played by Carly Simon
· 1979 Moonraker “Moonraker” played by Shirley Bassey
· 1981 For your eyes only “For your eyes only” played by Sheena Easton
· 1983 Octopussy “All time high” played by Rita Coolidge
· 1985 A view to a kill “A view to a kill” played by Duran Duran
· 1987 The living daylights “The living daylights” played by A-ha
· 1989 License to kill “License to kill” played by Gladys Knight
· !995 Golden eye “Golden eye” played by Tina Turner
· 1997 Tomorrow never dies “Tomorrow never dies” played by Sheryl Crow
· 1999 The world is not enough “The world is not enough” played by Garbage
· 2002 Die another day “Die another day” played by Madonna
· 2006 Casino Royal “You know my name” played by Chris Cornell
· 2008 Quantum of solace “Another way to die” played by Jack White-Alicia Keys
· 2012 Skyfall “Skyfall” played by Adele
I don’t know about you but some of these songs I’ve heard of course, but never knew they were Bond themes until now! This just makes me want to watch all the movies I’ve miss.
So what do you think we can expect from the latest Bond movie “Skyfall”? Well I’m thinking a lot of action but I can assure you this, we will see some new faces in the Skyfall family with the cast of 1-year-old Ben Whishaw as Bond’s gadget guru, Q. Can’t wait!
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