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Title: Kiss Kiss Bang! Bang!: The Unoffical James Bond 007 Film Companion by Alan Barnes, Marcus Hearn ISBN: 0713486457 Publisher: Batsford Pub. Date: June, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Rating: 5
Summary: Great read for those wanting more info on the Bond movies!
Comment: If you are wanting more information on the James Bond movies (background stories on how they got made, info on how various actors came to be Bond, ratings of the movies, etc.) then this is the book for you. At over 200 pages, the tome certainly isn't short on information.
The authors definitely have their favorite, and there is room for argument with some of their ratings, which makes the book even more interesting. They rate each Bond movie in a variety of areas (Villains, Women, Plot, Action, Bond, Gadgets, Dialogue, etc.)
I've found this to be a book I go back to quite often. It's great to read right before or after I've watched a Bond DVD. It illuminates some of the background on actors, producers, directors, locations, etc.
Highly recommended for the Bond movie fan.
Rating: 4
Summary: Highly informative insight into making the James Bond films.
Comment: Unlike the "official" James Bond compendiums written before it, "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" offers a broader, more objective view of the history of the James Bond film franchise. While the finished product could have used a polish from a real editor (there are typos everywhere,) the raw material contained here is worth the read alone. Everything from Fleming's early failed attempts to bring his hero to film, to Saltzman and Broccoli's instrumental casting of Sean Connery as the first James Bond is documented and seemingly well researched. Each film production receives it's own chapter, From "Dr. No" to "Tomorrow Never Dies" including the non-Eon produced "Casino Royale" and "Never Say Never Again." All chapters open with production stories as recollected by the cast and crew and includes initial reviews by film critics (a real plus here) who reflect on the sexual and moral perversion that audiences succumb to when viewing a James Bond film. The authors close each chapter with a 10 point fan-boy rating system, grading everything from the opening sequence and titles to the girls and gadgets. Overall the book is a quite refreshing and insightful companion. There aren't a lot of photos in the book, but the ones that are included aren't ones we've seen before. As a fan it left me thankful that Burt Reynolds was never cast as 007, upset that "Casino Royale" was wasted as a spoof and imagining what the franchise would be today if George Lazenby and Timothy Dalton did more films and if Roger Moore did less.
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Title: For Your Eyes Only: Behind the Scenes of the James Bond Films by David Giammarco, E. Howard Hunt ISBN: 1550224999 Publisher: ECW Press Pub. Date: January, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The Essential Bond: The Authorized Guide to the World of 007 by Lee Pfeiffer, Dave Worrall ISBN: 0060505613 Publisher: HarperEntertainment Pub. Date: August, 2002 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: The Bond Files: An Unofficial Guide to the World's Greatest Secret Agent by Andy Lane, Paul Simpson ISBN: 0753507129 Publisher: Virgin Publishing Pub. Date: November, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: The Rough Guide to James Bond by Paul Simpson, Rough Guides ISBN: 1843531429 Publisher: Rough Guides Pub. Date: February, 2003 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: The Spy Who Thrilled Us: A Guide to the Best of Cinematic James Bond by Michael Dileo ISBN: 0879109769 Publisher: Limelight Editions Pub. Date: 15 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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