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Harold Sakata as Oddjob in Goldfinger (1964)

Ah HA!

Harold Sakata as Oddjob in Goldfinger (1964)Harold Sakata as Oddjob in Goldfinger (1964)

Title sequence snippet from Octopussy (1983)

Octopussy’s Laser Gun?

Title sequence snippet from Octopussy (1983)Nope…just an awesome GIF from its opening title sequence! 🙂

Sic Bo is the game played in the Macau casino in The Man With The Golden Gun (1974)

“Sic Bo” in The Man With The Golden Gun

Sic Bo is the game played in the Macau casino in The Man With The Golden Gun (1974)

Sic Bo is a Chinese dice/betting game similar to craps played in the Macau casino in The Man With The Golden Gun (1974). The gambling table is the setting for Scaramanga’s golden bullet maker to pass his product to Andrea Anders, via cigarette box in one of the betting baskets.

A Native American with 007 painted on his forehead in Casino Royale (1967)

Yes, Casino Royale (1967) got THIS bizarre…

A Native American with 007 painted on his forehead in Casino Royale (1967)A Native American with “007” painted on his forehead in Casino Royale (1967)

Linda Christian as Valerie Mathis and Peter Lorre as Le Chiffre in Casino Royale (TV - 1954)

Love this CRTV shot

Linda Christian as Valerie Mathis and Peter Lorre as Le Chiffre in Casino Royale (TV - 1954)Linda Christian as Valerie Mathis and Peter Lorre as Le Chiffre in Casino Royale (TV – 1954)

This is probably the best shot in the made-for-TV unofficial Bond movie – simple but awesome. Although lacking in visual quality and production, the film is a great time capsule and novel first on-screen presence of the world’s favorite secret agent.

Voodoo god of the cemeteries

Whenever Baron Samedi (Geoffrey Holder) is onscreen in Live And Let Die (1973), you’re in for something wild.

In the case of the above scene, we get a glimpse into Samedi’s “musical extravaganza” live show, coincidentally at Bond’s (Roger Moore) hotel in San Monique. Surely Bond has no idea what he’s in for at such an establishment? Kananga’s influence and power over the island is obviously everywhere.

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Kurt Jurgens as Karl Stromberg in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

“Hmmm…what else should we put on the table?”

Kurt Jurgens as Karl Stromberg in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

“I dunno…Tabasco??” *shrugs* “Sounds good.”

Kurt Jurgens as Karl Stromberg in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

from Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

Just an awesomely descriptive setting subtitle

from Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)“A Terrorist Arms Bazaar on the Russian Border” hilariously packs a lot of information for a single line-description of a setting. Well done! From Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

The above is a real subtitle from a Bond movie, but the below are not. 🙂

You Only Live Twice (1967)You Only Live Twice (1967)

Moonraker (1979)Moonraker (1979)

Casino Royale (2006)Casino Royale (2006)

Octopussy (1983)Octopussy (1983)

Sean Connery as James Bond in Thunderball (1965)

Shadow Bond

Sean Connery as James Bond in Thunderball (1965)Sean Connery as James Bond in Thunderball (1965)

Desmond Llewelyn as Q and John Cleese as R in The World Is Not Enough (1999)

Now watch closely please, 007…

“The right arm goes in the right sleeve, thus, and the left arm in the left sleeve, thus. Now…note closely please – pockets, poppers and zipper. Take the lower part of the zipper, and insert it into the appropriate…”

Desmond Llewelyn as Q and John Cleese as R in The World Is Not Enough (1999)

Oh, pull the tag!