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FLEMING FIRST EDITIONS TO BE AUCTIONED |
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BLOOMSBURY
AUCTIONS 16th July 2009
A large selection of Ian Fleming James Bond novels are among
the books to be auctions as part of Bloomsbury Auctions'
Bibliophile Sale, including Modern First Editions.
Of particular
interest is the ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE, special
limited first edition, number 37 of 250 copies signed by the
author.
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LIMITED EDITION Thunderball PRINTS FOR SALE |
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In 1959, an
Irish entrepreneur called Kevin McClory, envisioned the making of a
movie with Ian Fleming featuring James Bond. |
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At a time when the
first seven Fleming novels had been turned down by the top film
studios of the day, for being too violent, sadistic, and
unbelievable, successful novelist, Ian Fleming had wearied of
writing; was ‘bereft of new ideas’, and wanted to kill Bond off and
go travelling.
British screenwriter, Jack Whittingham who had just gone freelance
from the Ealing Studios team, was commissioned to write a film that
would be acceptable to the British public and, with Ian Fleming’s
permission, took the character of James Bond and created the very
first original 007 screenplay entitled Thunderball.
Thunderball, therefore, was the very first screenplay of the
movie series, and should have been the first produced film, however,
the making of it was halted and held up by long drawn out legal
complications, and, eventually, it came out as the fourth Bond film,
and the biggest in box office terms.
The series of unique pre-production storyboard drawings by Steven
Grimes, John Huston’s Art Director, that adorn the walls of Fulham’s
newest ‘In Place’, The Fulham Grill, were originally created for
Thunderball. They are presented on canvas by local photographer
Sylvan Mason, Jack Whittingham’s daughter and are a representation
of the ‘First Imaginings’ of what a Bond film could look like long
before production commenced on any of them. They were shown at the
1959 Venice Film Festival in a bid to raise interest for the
proposed new project.
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FILM NEWS |
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3rd April
2009
Bond is Back at BFI Southbank in April!
The BFI and EON Productions are excited to announce a very
special season of films and events to mark the centenary of
Albert R ‘Cubby’ Broccoli – the man who brought James Bond to
the big screen.
BOND at the BFI
BOND at BFI IMAX
SPECIAL EVENTS |
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ACTOR NEWS |
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February
10th 2009
Daniel Craig and Gemma Arterton presented awards at the 2009
BAFTA Awards ceremony held at the Royal Opera House, Covent
Garden on 8th February.
Quantum of
Solace was nominated in two categories but failed to win
in either.
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BLU-RAY
NEWS |
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In addition
to the recently announced DVD & Blu-ray debut of Quantum of
Solace, MGM/FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT have added four more
titles to their March release schedule.
Goldfinger
(1964), Moonraker (1979), The World Is Not Enough
(1999), and making its debut on Special Edition DVD and Blu-ray
is Sean Connery's 1983 James Bond comeback Never Say Never
Again.
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PRODUCT NEWS |
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Avon Products have
announced a collaboration with James Bond entertainment, to create
the new signature Bond Girl 007 women's fragrance, bringing
the confident allure of cinema's sexiest icons to women worldwide.
The fragrance is the first to be created in conjunction with Bond
and is exclusively available from Avon.
British actress Gemma Arterton, who plays the role of Agent Fields
in the upcoming Bond film Quantum of Solace, will be the face
of the new fragrance. She will appear in TV and print advertising
when Bond Girl 007 launches globally in October 2008 in
conjunction with the worldwide release of Quantum of Solace.
"I'm thrilled to be working with two such iconic and established
brands," said Gemma Arterton. "The Bond Girl 007 fragrance
embodies everything a Bond Girl represents - intelligence, sexiness
and confidence."
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NEW PRODUCTS NOW AVAILABLE
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AUCTION NEWS |
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12th
November 2008
James Bond's Lotus from The Spy Who Loved Me to be auctioned
by Bonhams.
With the global release
of the new movie Quantum of Solace putting Ian Fleming’s
legendary British secret agent James Bond firmly back in the public eye,
Bonhams is delighted to announce that it has one of 007’s classic sports
cars for sale.
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DVD
REVIEWS |
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007 MAGAZINE reviews two new DVD
editions of Casino Royale. The
1967 version is released in a
Collector's Edition with new documentaries and a commentary by Bond
historians Steven Jay Rubin and John Cork. The
2006 version starring
Daniel Craig arrives in an all-new 3-disc Deluxe Edition with a host
of special features, commentaries and documentaries on the making of
the film, and its long journey to the screen as a faithful version
of Ian Fleming's debut novel. |
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EVENT REPORT |
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19th
October 2008
Mark
Mawston reports on The Spy Who Loved Me reunion at
Pinewood Studios which was attended by many members of the
cast and crew of the 1977 blockbuster.
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ACTOR NEWS |
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17th
October 2008
Sir Roger Moore added his voice to the campaign to attract
funding to restore and preserve Bletchley Park on his visit to
the World War Two codebreaking centre, whilst promoting
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment’s launch of six
classic Bond films on Blu-ray Disc.
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ACTOR NEWS |
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16th
October 2008
Sir Roger Moore at The National Theatre
Sir Roger Moore rounded off a hectic week of publicity for his
autobiography ‘My Word Is My Bond’ by appearing to a sell out audience at
The National Theatre on London’s South Bank.
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AWARD NEWS |
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10th
October 2008
James Bond production designer Sir Ken Adam wins major design
award.
2008 Lucky Strike Designer
Award for the creator of the James Bond worlds.
The leading international
designer prize is awards to the production designer, Oscar
winner and the true "Q": Ken Adam.
The multi-award winning
production designer for seven of the James Bond films speaks
exclusively to 007 MAGAZINE about his latest honour.
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SWATCH NEWS |
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September
8th 2008
SWATCH launch new Bond Villains watches at a spectacular party
in Bregenz, Austria.
To
celebrate 25 years of plastic and the launch of a provocative
new line of ‘villainous’ Swatch watches, Swatch founder
Nicolas G. Hayek invited hundreds of Swatch fans, special
guests and journalists from around the world to a spectacular
multimedia party in Bregenz.
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BOOK NEWS |
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To
celebrate the Centenary of Ian Fleming’s birth Queen Anne
Press is publishing very
special editions of his complete works
There are eighteen volumes:
all the Bonds, plus Thrilling Cities, The Diamond Smugglers,
Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang and Talk of the Devil. The last is a
collection of rarely seen material, some of it unpublished, the title
being chosen from a list drawn up by Fleming himself. Where applicable the
books contain explanatory comments written by Fleming in the flyleaves of
his personal copies. |
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COLLECTING NEWS |
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Every wanted to own an
Aston Martin DB5 like the one driven by Sean Connery in the James Bond
films Goldfinger (1964) and Thunderball (1965) ...?
If you can't
afford a full-sized DB5 then Diamond Cars of
Germany have the answer...
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