You would think after 25 James Bond films we’ve come to know agent 007. Turns out there’s a lot more to know.
For instance, we think Bond prefers to drive an Aston Martin and only drinks ‘vodka martini, shaken not stirred.” But he only drove an Aston Martin in one Ian Fleming novel, Goldfinger (1959), choosing to drive a Bentley in all the other books.
If you’ve only seen the films, there’s a whole lot about Bond you’re missing.
Regarding his preferred libation, researchers sifting through 14 Bond novels found 007 drinking 19 vodka martinis but 21 scotches and 37 bourbons. Same goes for his supposed weapon of choice, the Walther PPK, which doesn’t make an appearance until the sixth novel Dr. No (1958). Bond in fact prefers a .25 Beretta
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The biggest revelation however, may be that 007 was a pill popping speed freak who often jacked up before missions by dosing on amphetamines.
The first instance of Bond using speed occurs in Ian Fleming’s second novel Live and Let Die (1954) when 007 pops Benzedrine tablets before embarking on an underwater mission through a coral reef off the coast of Jamaica toward the island of Surprise. Bond “. . . still felt perfectly fresh and the elation and clarity of mind produced by the Benzedrine were still with him.”
In Moonraker (1955), Bond prepares for a confrontation with the villainous Hugo Drax by availing himself of some powdered courage. Bond “took a silver fruit knife off the table and dipped the tip of the blade into the packet so that about half its contents were transferred to the knife. He reached for his glass of champagne and tipped the powder into it. ‘Benzedrine,’ said James Bond. ‘It is what I shall need if I’m going to keep my wits about me tonight. It’s apt to make one a bit overconfident, but that’ll help too.’ M smiled at him indulgently. “It’s your funeral,” he said. “How were the
The Seven Five is a documentary that frivolously reexamines the crimes of Officer Michael Dowd and his team of dirty cops. Dowd is a former New York police officer who was stationed in the 75th Precinct in Eastern New York. The film presents the nefarious deeds of these officers via original interviews with Dowd and his former comrades as they recount their crimes and explain the reasoning behind their unethical behaviors. While working as a cop, he embellished his income through criminal exploits which include stealing guns, drugs, money, and eventually he began working in drug rings selling cocaine. Dowd’s felonious activities were extremely lucrative and earned him approximately $4,000 a week. Dowd was eventually arrested in 1992,
Beginning in 1962 with Sean Connery, the fictional MI6 spy James Bond has been played by a plethora of actors. At first, Mr. Bond was notorious as a cold, deadly killer and a conniving womanizer. However, as the actors for the role began to turn over, so did the portrayal of 007. For nearly fifty years the role was in constant transition with directors trying new things like adding humor or making Bond less promiscuous in an effort to craft the role to each new actor. In the end, Bond returned to his roots as a brutal, undisciplined agent played by Daniel Craig. While James Bond is no George Spiggott and Ian Fleming is no Christopher Marlow, a similar turnover can be seen between the works Dr. Faustus and Bedazzled. To begin with, the 1967 film Bedazzled is somewhat of a satirical retelling of the Faust narrative from the 1600s, and although many years separate each story, they are still very comparable. The relationship between these two works provides a social commentary on the perception of the Devil’s power during each time period and helps highlight humanity’s changing connection with God as a result of this.
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deal with the crisis in Iraq. It is up to Bond to stop, catch and kill
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We can see from many other James Bond films that, he actually is a man
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Ian Fleming published his first novel, Casino Royale, in 1953. Later on, in 2006 a film was made based on the novel. Fleming published his novel pertaining a man, James Bond, who is a British secret agent and is licensed to kill. Bond is told to gamble with Le Chiffre, who is a member of the Russian secret service. James Bond is assigned a female partner, Vesper Lynd, who is actually a double agent for Russia and Great Britain. Throughout Casino Royale, James Bond is brought to the readers as very hard and insensitive. Whereas the film in 2006, Bond is brought to the film watchers as sensitive and caring. Men in the 1950’s society treat women than in today’s society. A lady should be treated with respect and given dignity. Men should
this one letter in a circle can now sum up his life, that people just
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Ian Lancaster Fleming was born on 28th of May 1908 in Mayfair, London. He was the son of Valentine Fleming and Evelyn St Croix Rose. Valentine was a barrister and Member of Parliament and the son of Robert Fleming who was an extremely wealthy Scottish merchant banker. Evelyn was the daughter of a wealthy London solicitor. At the start of the First World War, Valentine joined the army and quickly rose to the rank of Major. He was killed by German shelling in France on the Western Front on 20th May 1917. Evelyn inherited her husband's estate on his death but in his will, Valentine set a clause that if Evelyn should re-marry, she would lose the estate. She was effectively forever marred to Valentine.
He is invincible and infallible. He is like a god who can save his partner and himself at any critical juncture. No matter how urgent and dangerous the situation is, Bond is able to make the right decisions all the time. However, in Casino Royale, Bond made plenty of mistakes. He got poisoned by Le Chiffre so easily, which almost killed him. He did not recognize his two “friends” were actually both traitors. Because of love, Bond got trapped and tortured by Le Chiffre, and he even wanted to quit his agent job in order to live with his girlfriend. In this version, James Bond is no longer infallible, no longer always cool and logical, he got emotions as well as weaknesses. Nonetheless, because of his weaknesses, James Bond became more like an actual human being who has flesh and blood, audiences would have more attachments to a character like
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... many as ten different drugs coursing through his body, taking control of his brain, his heart. Four of the drugs were in what the medical examiner would describe as "significant amounts." These were codeine, ethinamate, methaqualone and unidentifiable barbiturates. He had also taken a number of Placidyl and Valium capsules, both tranquilizers, and unknown quantities of Demerol and Meperidine, both painkillers. Bringing the amazing total to ten were morphine and chloropheniramine, an antihistimine that by itself would make its user sleepy.