Well I’ve literally seen it all now on the Internet. For those inclined, feel free to head over to Etsy to buy the above statement piece 007 wears in the beginning of Goldfinger for only $99! You’ll be all the talk of your poolside swingers party at an obviously mid-century modern home!
Click the below image of the Etsy page to check it out!
The Spectre vulnerability is a serious modern computer processor bug that likely affects you!
I had to tie it into the Bond movie. 🙂
Read more about it here: https://spectreattack.com/
The first James Bond movie, Dr. No, was released on this day – 55 years ago (!) on October 5th, in 1962.
Annabel Chung (Marguerite LeWars), a reporter for Jamaica’s Daily Gleaner and likely Dr. No henchman, takes a picture of some crazy dancers in Dr. No (1962) as she spies on James Bond
Celebrate! Dance! Have a martini shaken, not stirred! If you dance like the above guy though, expect to get some curious, Sylvia Trench-like looks from people around you!
Sylvia Trench (Eunice Gayson) looks at James Bond, and the guy dancing, peculiarly in Dr. No (1962)
Can you guess which movie poster each letter comes from in the above ‘ransom note’ collage? The answers after the jump!
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The James Bond movies have garnered 11 Oscar nominations, and 5 wins.
Quick Stats:
Total Oscar Nominations: 12
Total Oscar Wins: 6
Last Oscar Nomination: No Time To Die (2021)
Last Oscar Win: No Time To Die (2021)
Goldfinger (1964) in 1965
Winner
Best Effects, Sound Effects (Norman Wanstall)
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Thunderball (1965) in 1965
Winner
Best Effects, Special Visual Effects (John Stears)
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Diamonds Are Forever (1971) in 1972
Nomination
Best Sound (Gordon K. McCallum, John W. Mitchell, Al Overton)
Live and Let Die (1973) in 1974
Nomination
Best Music, Song (Paul and Linda McCartney for “Live and Let Die”)
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) in 1978
Nomination
Best Art Direction – Set Decoration (Ken Adam, Peter Lamont, Hugh Scaife)
Nomination
Best Music, Original Score (Marvin Hamlisch)
Nomination
Best Music, Song (Marvin Hamlisch for music, and Carole Bayer Sager for lyrics for “Nobody Does it Better”.)
Moonraker (1979) in 1980
Nomination
Best Effects, Visual Effects (Derek Meddings, Paul Wilson, John Evans)
For Your Eyes Only (1981) in 1982
Nomination
Best Music, Song (Bill Conti for music, and Mick Leeson for lyrics for “For Your Eyes Only”.)
Skyfall (2012) in 2013
Nomination
Best Cinematography (Roger Deakins)
Nomination
Best Original Score (Thomas Newman)
Winner
Best Sound Editing (Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers)
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Winner
Best Original Song (Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth)
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Nomination
Best Sound Mixing (Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson)
Spectre (2015) in 2016
Winner
Best Original Song (Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith)
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No Time To Die (2021) in 2022
Winner
Best Original Song (Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell)
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Nomination
Best Sound (James Harrison, Simon Hayes, Paul Massey, Oliver Tarney, and Mark Taylor)
Nomination
Best Visual Effects (Mark Bakowski, Chris Corbould, Jonathan Fawkner, Joel Green, and Charlie Noble)
The 8 Bit James Bond actors, by Kristof Saelen – from left to right: Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig
