The Ultimate James Bond Fan Book

by Deborah Lipp

• ISBN13: 9780976637288
• ISBN10: 0976637286
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2006-09-30
• Publisher: Sterling & Ross Publishers

Summary

The Ultimate James Bond Fan Book is a never-before compiled compendium of lists, facts, anecdotes, trivia, commentary, and much, much more, about the most successful franchise in movie history. Filled with minutiae culled from the far-reaches of the planet, The Ultimate James Bond Fan Book is your one-stop shop for all things Bond, including a detailed, encyclopedic listing of every Bond movie ever made, replete with the actors, the guns, the gadgets, the girls, the cars, and everything in-between. A must for even the casual Bond fan.

Table of Contents

(00) Introduction	10	(11)
(01) Dr. No (The outline below is repeated for each film.)	21	(40)
A. Ratings/Rankings	21	(1)
B. Summary and Cast	22	(1)
C. Discussion	22	(3)
D. High Points/Low Points	25	(1)
E. Quotable Quotes	25	(1)
F. Facts and Figures (such as # of Deaths, # of Vodka martinis, and more)	26	(1)
G. Trivia and Goofs	27	(34)
(01 a) Unsung Heroes of the Bond Films	28	(6)
A. Behind-the-scenes greats, i.e. stuntmen, composers.	28	(6)
(01 b) Bond Girls	34	(45)
A. Narrative about Bond girls and sexuality	34	(4)
B. Best and Worst Lists	38	(1)
C. Comprehensive List of Bond Girls/Actresses	38	(23)
(02) From Russia With Love	61	(23)
(02a) Allies	68	(11)
(02b) Bond's Best Gadget	79	(5)
A. Phallic implications in the Bond films	79	(1)
B. Complete list of phallic and aphrodisiac references	80	(4)
(03) Goldfinger	84	(17)
(03a) 007 At the Oscars	92	(4)
(03b) Things That Go Boom	96	(5)
(04) Thunderball	101	(36)
(04a) The Villains (structure similar to Bond Girls, Allies)	108	(15)
(04b) He's Quite Mad, You Know: The Villain's Scheme (Rating each villainous scheme on a 5-point scale)	123	(14)
(05) You Only Live Twice	137	(18)
(05a) I Never Joke About My Work: Q Branch (Gadgets)	145	(8)
(05b) Code Words (Comprehensive list of code exchanges in the Bond films)	153	(2)
(06) On Her Majesty's Secret Service	155	(15)
(06a) Chemin-de-Fer	164	(3)
A. Explanation of card play and betting, then card-by-card, per movie
(06b) Don't Let Him Get Away! (Chases)	167	(3)
(07) Diamonds Are Forever	170	(15)
(07a) Mano a Mano, Face to Face (Fist Fights)	178	(5)
(07b) The Big Battles	183	(2)
(08) Live and Let Die	185	(20)
(08a) You Like Close Shaves, Don't You? Bond's closest shaves/escapes from death	193	(1)
(08b) Title Songs	194	(11)
(09) The Man With the Golden Gun	205	(14)
(09a) You Only Live Six Times (Instances in which Bond appeared to be dead.)	212	(1)
(09b) Deformities and Differences	213	(6)
(10) The Spy Who Loved Me	219	(23)
(10a) The Henchmen	228	(9)
(10b) The Mega-Stunts	237	(5)
(11) Moonraker	242	(12)
(11a) Killer or Clown? The Serious/Silly Controversy	249	(2)
(11b) Sacrificial Lambs	251	(3)
(12) For Your Eyes Only	254	(20)
(12a) Universal Exports, Ltd. (Inside MI6)	262	(9)
(12b) MI6 Around the World	271	(3)
(13) Octopussy	274	(13)
(13a) The 'Oh James' Moment (endings)	282	(2)
(13b) He Ain't Bond, He's Superman	284	(3)
(14) Never Say Never Again	287	(22)
(14a) Shaken? Stirred? (Vodka martinis)	295	(2)
(14b) All the Romantic Vacation Spots: Locations	297	(12)
(15) A View To a Kill	309	(30)
(15a) Heroin-Flavored Bananas: Teaser Sequences	318	(12)
(15b) This Never Happened to the Other Fellow (Actors who have played Bond)	330	(9)
(16) The Living Daylights	339	(14)
(16a) A Bond Story (continued)	348	(1)
(16b) A Few Optional Extras: The Gadget Cars	349	(4)
(17) Licence to Kill	353	(15)
(17a) Rather Odd Mixture of Styles (Set Design)	361	(4)
(17b) How Explicit?	365	(3)
(18) GoldenEye	368	(14)
(18a) Title Sequences	376	(4)
(18b) London Calling (Establishing London in the Bond films)	380	(2)
(19) Tomorrow Never Dies	382	(19)
(19a) I Love a Man in Uniform (Appearances of Bond, M, and Moneypenny in naval uniform)	390	(5)
(19b) Encore! Encore! (Actors in more than one Bond film)	395	(6)
(20) The World Is Not Enough	401	(24)
(20a) Resources (books, Internet, conventions)	410	(10)
(20b) I Haven't Seen You in Six Months! (Continuity)	420	(5)
(21) Die Another Day	425	(25)
(21a) The Die Another Day references	436	(11)
(21b) Films (ranked lists)	447	(3)
(22) Casino Royale: The Future of Bond Films	450	(7)
Acknowledgements	457
Complete Character List	456