" . . . which is rather sad," says Roger Moore (Eon Production Company's third crack at casting "James Bond, Agent 007"), one of 14 co-workers of 7-film Bond production designer Ken Adam interviewed here. Mr. Adam himself also gets to put in his two cents worth, if not a nickel. The start times for each film's coverage are approximately 2:50 for DR. NO; 4:52, GOLDFINGER; 6:26, THUNDERBALL; 7:55, YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE; 8:58, DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER; 10:47, THE SPY WHO LOVED ME; and 16:00, MOONRAKER. ("Scheduling conflicts" kept Mr. Adam from working on four of the first eleven Eon Bond flicks: #2 FROM RUSS1A WITH LOVE, #6 ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE, #8 LIVE AND LET DIE, as well as #9 THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN.) Though Ken won as Oscar for the little-seen BARRY LYNDON, he never took home a golden statuette for any of his Bonds (since unlike the voting for Major League Baseball's All-Star Game, the Academy Awards balloting is a farce dominated by petty jealousies among an electorate that is almost entirely comprised of "One Percenters," virtually excluding the 99% of Americans who actually feed Hollywood's maw by "going to the movies."
Review of Ken Adam: Designing Bond
Ken Adam: Designing Bond
(2000 Video)
"Everything gets blown up in Bond . . . "
25 June 2014
Warning: Spoilers