This title sequence was created by designer daniel kleinman, a name youre going to hear quite often in the selections ahead. He establishes that they had been investigating doctor no, a chinese operator of a guano mine on the fictional caribbean island of crab key. Since then, he has appeared in numerous novels and over 20 films. A shot from the opening sequence for the 1964 film, goldfinger. No, a quarter of the worlds population have seen at least one bond film.
All the films but two were made by eon productions. He wrote james bond novels, starting with casino royale and ending with octopussy and the living daylights, and all first editions are highly. The james bond literary franchise is a series of novels and short stories, first published in 1953 by ian fleming, a british author, journalist, and former naval intelligence officer. It is directed by cary joji fukunaga from a screenplay by neal purvis, robert wade, fukunaga and phoebe wallerbridge. If you are an hdloving, longstanding bond fan and think goldfinger is the essential bond movie, just buy it. What is the title of the best selling james bond book. I do not have a membership, so i could not use their service.
John barry orchestra featuring colourful spheres, flashing in time to the famous james bond theme, this is the only credit sequence not preceded by a pretitles sequence. The soundtrack is also greatly enhanced with the title sequence looking and sounding fantastic. In his first ever outing on the silver screen, james bond would save the world from the nefarious schemes for world domination of doctor julius no, evil mastermind and spectre member, in a very 1960s way. No 1962 directed by terence young starring sean connery, joseph wiseman, ursula andress title sequence designed by maurice binder. For instance, goldeneye by tina turner is a pleasant tune, but few would call it one of the true classics. Starring sean connery, ursula andress, joseph wiseman, and jack lord, it is the first film in the james bond series, and was adapted by richard maibaum, johanna harwood, and berkely mather.
By default, it sorts by the number, or alphabetically if there is no number. In order to best the rest of the series spectre is going to have to compete with some pretitle numbers both majestic and bizarre. List of james bond novels and short stories wikipedia. No title sequence graphic designer brendan dawes has visualised our data on james bonds.
With a new threat dawning, bond learns the terrible truth about the author of all his pain in his most recent missions. Bond beatle is maurice binder, who designed the title sequence for the first bond film, 1962s dr. Nielsen bookscan reports point of sale data, but they do not account for all sales. Bond title sequences general bond film discussion cbn. There were some tough decisions to make but after a long while thinking them over, here is my list of the absolute best james. No may not be the greatest of the bond films, it is surely one of the most fun to look at and listen to. Sean connerys title stands out because it is introduced by squares with the number 007 identifying him as the main character james bond. Bond travels to the island and meets honeychile rider. The visuals, though, were magnificent, and raise the whole effort above the pack. Easton is the only performer of a bond theme to appear in the movies songtitle sequence for the sole reason that shes hot and thats according to roger moore himself. James bond title sequences mi6 compiles a comprehensive. No introduced the world to the secret agent and was the beginning of a revolution. Some are great, some are horrible, all for wildly different reasons. Dr no is the sixth of ian flemings james bond thrillers and sees bond at the mercy of a grotesque madman in his secret tropical lair.
The only sequence in which the gun barrel intro does not feature the bond theme. The novel centres on bonds investigation into the disappearance in jamaica of two fellow mi6 operatives. He helped out bond, taking him to the island crab key to investigate dr. Thats not to say he knocks a bond title sequence out in five minutes these days. It contains fighting, shooting, and killing, with a little blood shown. Bond from the books is more or less a thugintelligent and possessing good. Gorgeous images from the opening sequences of james bond.
The sixth james bond thriller from ian flemings typewriter. In the film that launched the james bond saga, agent 007 battles mysterious dr. The reason the goldfingerpts works so well for me is that it has everything a james bond adventure needs but compressed into a short time frame. However this developed into a full title sequence, with the idea for the gunbarrel added at the last minute when some white stickers inspired maurice binder. Sam mendes has promised that spectre will have the most elaborate bond opening sequence in history, although he was hardly likely to say, weve just bodged together some old nonsense because were tired and youre going to see it anyway. Hi, im researching the development of the bond main title sequences for a major university project, and i thought this would be a great place to ask some questions. Joseph wisemans metalhanded title character casts an air of mystery. James bond, often referred to by his code name, 007, is a british secret service agent. One of the most famous pieces of film music of all time, this has featured in every single bond film in some form or another since it played over the opening credits of dr no back in 1962. Movie posters, lobby cards and movie stills from around the world james bond 007. Sam mendes has promised that spectre will have the most elaborate bond opening sequence in history.
This movie stays true to the original novel and was the 21st bond movie to be released, despite it being the film based on the very first book. Its relatively tame today, but was arguably among the more violent movies made in 1962. No, bond is sent to jamaica to investigate the disappearance. Fleming wrote the novel in early 1957 at his goldeneye estate in jamaica. Bond is a british secret agent working for mi6 who also answers to his codename, 007.
A cryptic message from james bonds past sends him on a trail to uncover the existence of a sinister organisation named spectre. Ian fleming wrote his sixth james bond novel in early 1957 at his goldeneye estate in jamaica. The book has been made into tv shows and movies over and over, most notably in 2006, when daniel craig won the role as james bond. He has been portrayed on film by the actors sean connery, david niven, george lazenby, roger moore, timothy dalton, pierce brosnan, and daniel craig, in twentyseven productions.
Bond title sequences posted in general bond film discussion. It was first published in the united kingdom by jonathan cape on 31 march 1958. The title sequence is composed of sequences of dots to the james bond theme. In some cases, as with chronicles of narnia, disagreements about order necessitate the creation of more than one series. No was as a simple introduction to the character of james bond. Back in 1961 visual artist maurice binder who got his start creating department store ads for retail giant macys presented an idea to harry saltzman and albert broccoli that would become an intrinsic part of their james bond movie franchisethe famous title sequence that featured naked girls, guns and of course mr. James bonds body count illustrated in the style of dr. Every james bond movie opening title sequence, ranked. Initially the original idea for the title sequence in dr. As the countdown to disaster begins, bond must go to jamaica, where he encounters beautiful honey ryder, to confront a megalomaniacal villain in his massive island headquarters.
Does the title sequence influence your choice of favourite bond film. Though bond is a hero, striving to solve problems and protect the world from evil, his methods are. Dispatched by m to investigate the mysterious disappearance of mi6s jamaica station chief, bond was expecting a holiday in the sun. Remake of the title sequence from 1962 james bond film dr. Most of the extras have been available on previous dvd releases and have now been enhanced for the bluray release. This was his first attempt at creating an opening title sequence for the james bond series. Today we are going to be taking a look at the top 10 best james bond title sequences. There are basically three well sort of four men that were crucial in setting the tone for dr. Spectre behind the scenes of the famous 007 title sequences. Dr no, a sinister recluse with mechanical pincers for hands and a sadistic fascination with pain, holds james bond firmly in his steely grasp. The big screen blockbuster of casino royale sees 007 new boy daniel craig gambling at the french rivieras baccarat tables, but you would need to truly break the bank to afford an original first edition of many of ian flemings james bond books. The james bond character was created by english author ian fleming in 1953.
In this filmed interview he explains the formula for the perfect bond opener and reflects on his wider career. From the iconic gunbarrel perspective in dr no to the opening credits of the latest james bond movie, the franchise has always been defined by its experimental title sequences. The objective was to make it more modern and fit with the rest of the title sequences from the 007 series. No and bond fought oneonone on a descending gantry above the reactors cooling tank of boiling radioactive water, where dr. It is based on the 1958 novel of the same name by ian fleming. Undated probably 1970s rerelease vintage theatrical folded french onepanel grande movie poster dr. Dr no was the first bond film in the early 60s and i have had an interest in james bond material ever since seeing the film. The james bond dossierstop 007 pretitle sequences from the first 22 james bond films.
Currently he is being portrayed by english actor daniel craig, but he has also been portrayed by sean connery, george lazenby. Director daniel kleinman has become the goto guy when it comes to directing bond movie title sequences. The best bond pretitle sequences 007s opening sequences, from worst to best. The top ten james bond pretitle sequences mr rumseys. It features daniel craig in his fifth and final outing as the fictional mi6 agent james bond. No is the sixth novel by the english author ian fleming to feature his british secret service agent james bond. An average song or title sequence could be saved by the other. The dots are the same ordinary price stickers that inspired binder to create the gun barrel sequence. Today i thought that i would go through all twenty one bond films that feature a pretitle sequence, and then choose my top ten. James bond is a fictional character created by the novelist ian fleming in 1953. Most importantly though he sails bond from the north coast of jamaica to crab key. I have many of the original paperbacks in my book collection but these are becoming quite tatty so it is a pleasure to be able to download the books onto my kindle and enjoy reading them all over again. The film was produced by harry saltzman and albert r. As with ian flemings novel, the central villain lends his name to the title of the film.
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