Now pay attention, 007. Back in 2013 some new research by a British academic threw some intriguing new light on the close bond between 007 author Ian Fleming and Allen Dulles, who was the head of the Central Intelligence Agency [...]
London's famous British Film Institute (BFI), which runs the National Film Theatre located on the South Bank next to the River Thames, has announced exciting details about its upcoming John Barry season, John Barry: Soundtracking Bond and Beyond. The season [...]
Now pay attention, 007. A relatively rare transcript of an interview with Sean Connery can give us some interesting insights into how the first James Bond star viewed the challenges of being Ian Fleming's 007 and how the EON franchise [...]
Why do some of James Bond's enemies seek to be 'friends' with the MI6 agent? The word 'frenemy' was not invented for the Bond films, but there are some key moments over the course of the 25-film franchise when such [...]
The UK's BBC Radio-4 have given Bond fans an early Xmas present by repeating some of the Toby Stephens 007 adventures, the highly-praised adaptations by Archie Scottney of the Ian Fleming novels, produced by Martin Jarvis and Rosalind Ayres Productions. [...]
Sir Sean (Tommy) Connery, the first man to play James Bond in the EON franchise of 007 movies, has celebrated an astonishing 90 years of age, and the JBIFC would like to wish the award-winning actor very many birthday wishes. [...]
The JBIFC is very sad to report that French actress Claudine Auger, who played Domino opposite Sean Connery's James Bond in Thunderball (1965), has passed away, aged 78. She died in Paris on 19th December, 2019. Born Claudine Oger on [...]
Now pay attention, 007. It has been called the 'Most Famous Car in the World', and has become so strongly associated in the public mind with the James Bond film series that the car has retained a presence even in [...]
As many Bond aficionados know, during the late 1950s 007 creator Ian Fleming collaborated with Irish film producer Kevin McClory and playwright Jack Whittingham on a proposed first James Bond movie. A collection of copy correspondence from 1959-60, written to [...]
Fifty-two years ago this month, in October, 1965, the film critic Ian Johnson wrote a lengthy article on the 'Bond Myth' and explored how the 007 series had kick-started the 'spy wave' in 1960s cinema. It was clear that James [...]
The posters and bill-boards said it all: 'Look up! Look down! Look out! Here comes the biggest Bond of all!' Half a century ago, in December 1965, the James Bond movie Thunderball (1965), starring Sean Connery as Ian Fleming's secret agent 007, opened [...]
Christmas has come early! Not only is Bond back on the radio, but some special guests will join him, too. Toby Stephens is making a welcome return as 007 in a new radio adaptation of Thunderball (1961), which will be broadcast on BBC [...]
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One of the main teaser posters for Thunderball (1965) said it all: 'Look Out! Here Comes The Biggest Bond Of All!' This year marks the 50th birthday of Sean Connery's fourth movie as James Bond, a smash-hit film at the [...]
The RADA-trained and award-winning British actress Lisa Dillon, who has taken roles in previous BBC Radio-4 Ian Fleming James Bond stories, will play a Bond woman in Thunderball, the latest and sixth adaptation of a Fleming 007 novel produced by [...]
Later this year the fourth 007 movie Thunderball will celebrate its 50th anniversary, so it seems doubly appropriate that the Ian Fleming novel on which the film was based is to be the next BBC radio James Bond play. Yes, [...]
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In his autobiography When the Snow Melts (published in 1998), the Bond producer Cubby Broccoli aptly referred to 'the brilliant John Barry' and said his soundtracks were 'some of the best in cinema music'. More recently, former Bond music composer [...]
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Sir Sean Connery's fourth smash-hit 007 movie Thunderball celebrates its 50th birthday later this year and, as part of the JBIFC's 2016 celebration of the classic Bahamas-set James Bond adventure, we are taking a look at various aspects of the marketing of the [...]
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Later this year will mark the 50th birthday of Thunderball (1965), Sean Connery's fourth movie as James Bond, a smash-hit film at the box-office which in many ways took 'Bondmania' to new and dizzying heights in the mid-1960s. One of the [...]
Date of Release December 29th 1965, the London Pavilion and simultaneously at the Rialto, Piccadilly, London.Running Time 130 minutesStarring Sean Connery as Ian Fleming’s James BondPlotThe criminal organisation SPECTRE hijack an [...]
