You can find this on the special edition release of Tomorrow Never Dies and it is quite entertaining. The best bit is the in depth analysis on the production of TND, although there are some other nice segments. Shame that it only runs for half an hour but nevertheless, well worth a look.
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"He's a saucy monkey . . . "
oscaralbert8 April 2014
Warning: Spoilers
. . . Honor Blackman, who plays "Pu$$y Galore" in GOLDFINGER, says of her co-star, Sean Connery, the original big-screen James Bond. This is one of many intriguing tidbits of information included among THE SECRETS OF 007: THE JAMES BOND FILES, a made-for-TV promotional item for TOMORROW NEVER DIES which is infinitely better than the TV companion to YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE (that is, WELCOME TO JAPAN MR. BOND). Unlike that earlier misfire, FILES includes actual interviews with 24 relevant people, such as Ms. Blackman. In addition, there is archival footage presented of the creator of Bond, novelist Ian Fleming, two Bond actors not interviewed here (Roger Moore and Timothy Dalton), plus the initial Bond producing team, Albert R. "Cubby" Broccoli and Harry Saltzman. Film historian Leonard Maltin puts in an appearance, as do Bonds Sean Connery, George Lazenby, and Pierce Brosnan (Numbers 1, 2, and 5, if you don't count David Niven in the 1967 CASINO ROYALE Bond spoof). With this month's THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL riffing off the original Bond bobsled run chase scene (talked about here), Bond retrospectives--if done well--are always timely.
The Secrets of 007: The James Bond Files is a worthy informational special about the James Bond movie series
tavm17 August 2022
This James Bond promotional special showcases the then-18 films in the official EON series of which the then-latest one, Tomorrow Never Dies, got emphasized the most. So, of course, there are interviews with the then-current Bond, Pierce Brosnan and his co-stars of TND: Teri Hatcher, Jonathan Pryce, Michelle Yeoh, and Gotz Otto as well as director Roger Spottiswoode. Oh, and also Bond veteran Desmond Llewelyn of which this was his 16th of 17 appearances in the series. Also interviewed are first Bond director Terence Young, Peter Hunt-the series editor who eventually directed On Her Majesty's Secret Service, John Glen-second unit director of OHMSS who eventually helmed 5 Bond entries during the '80s, Jane Seymour-leading lady of Live and Let Die, Honor Blackman-Pussy Galore of Goldfinger, Richard Kiel-Jaws of The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker, George Lazenby who played Bond in OHMSS, and Sean Connery-the first one of the series. Many stunt coordinators are also interviewed as they discuss some of the most dangerous in the series. This was quite an informational special about the series up at that point of 1997 that I viewed on the TND Blu Ray. So that's my recommendation of The Secrets of 007: The James Bond Files.
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