Man with the Golden Touch

How The Bond Films Conquered the World

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• Publisher: Abrams Press
• Year: 2010
• eBook ISBN:
  9781468303087
• Edition: 0

Yet the role of James Bond, which transformed Sean Connery's career in 1962 when Dr No came out, still retained its star-making power in 2006 when Daniel Craig made his Bond debut in Casino Royale. This is the story of how, with the odd misstep along the way, the owners of the Bond franchise, Eon Productions, have contrived to keep James Bond abreast of the zeitgeist and at the top of the charts for 45 years, through 21 films featuring six Bonds, three M's, two Q's and three Moneypennies. Thanks to the films, Fleming's original creation has been transformed from a black sheep of the post-war English upper classes into a figure with universal appeal, constantly evolving to keep pace with changing social and political circumstances. Having interviewed people concerned with all aspects of the films, Sinclair McKay is ideally placed to describe how the Bond 'brand' has been managed over the years as well as to give us the inside stories of the supporting cast of Bond girls, Bond villains, Bond cars and Bond gadgetry. Sinclair McKay, formerly assistant features editor of the Daily Telegraph, works as a freelance writer and journalist. He is also the author of A Thing of Unspeakable Horror: The History of Hammer Films, which the Guardian called 'A splendid history' and the Independent on Sunday described as 'Brisk, cheerful and enthusiastic.'

Table of contents

• Cover
• Copyright
• Contents
• INTRODUCTION
• CHAPTER ONE AUTHENTICITY
• CHAPTER TWO YOU’VE HAD YOUR SIX
• CHAPTER THREE EUROPE BY TRAIN
• CHAPTER FOUR THE GLITTERING PRIZE
• CHAPTER FIVE RAINCOATS, WALLS AND BETRAYALS
• CHAPTER SIX GREAT BALLS OF THUNDER
• CHAPTER SEVEN SPIES IN OUR EYES
• CHAPTER EIGHT THIS DREAM IS FOR YOU
• CHAPTER NINE THE OTHER FELLA
• CHAPTER TEN A LITTLE MORE CHEEK
• CHAPTER ELEVEN DARK UNCONFIDENT WORLD
• CHAPTER TWELVE MAN AT AUSTIN REED
• CHAPTER THIRTEEN WILL HE BANG? WE SHALL SEE
• CHAPTER FOURTEEN ENGLAND NEEDS ME
• CHAPTER FIFTEEN ONCE MORE ROUND THE WORLD
• CHAPTER SIXTEEN THE SMACK OF FIRM ESPIONAGE
• CHAPTER SEVENTEEN YOU CAN NEVER SAY NEVER TWICE
• CHAPTER EIGHTEEN MOST DISARMING
• CHAPTER NINETEEN MICROCHIPS WITH EVERYTHING
• CHAPTER TWENTY DARLING MONEYPENNY
• CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE ONE FOR THE LADIES
• CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO NIGHT OF THE IGUANA
• CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE BOND IN ABEYANCE
• CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR WE KNEW THE NAME, WE KNEW THE NUMBER
• CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE WE’RE IN A PUDDLE ON THE FLOOR
• CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX ART AND CRAFT
• CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN BIRTHDAY BOY
• CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF DREAMS
• CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE QUANTUM THEORIES
• CHAPTER THIRTY YOU CAN NEVER KISS DEATH GOODBYE
• NOTES
• RELATED READING
• INDEX