licence to kill

"James Bond Will Return" from the end of From Russia With Love (1963)

All “James Bond Will Return” Screenshots

“James Bond Will Return” is a signature phrase splashed at the end of (almost) every James Bond movie that promotes 007’s never-give-up/against-all-odds attitude and shows a sense of pride in the world’s longest running movie series.

Throughout the years, it has been used to reveal the movie title of the forthcoming James Bond movie, albeit sometimes in error. It has also not been used at all. Some quick facts:

Regardless, below are all of the instances where “James Bond Will Return” appears in the credits from all of the movies:

Which is your favorite?

BondMovies.com - Dentonite Toothpaste Tubes, 1989 - Photoshop - 700 x 1248 pixels

Dentonite Toothpaste Tubes by BondMovies.com

BondMovies.com - Dentonite Toothpaste Tubes, 1989 - Photoshop - 700 x 1248 pixels

BondMovies.com
Dentonite Toothpaste Tubes, 1989
Photoshop
700 x 1248 pixels

A play on Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans. 🙂

Timothy Dalton as James Bond in...GoldenEye (1995)?!

Dalton Chasing the Ferrari

Timothy Dalton as James Bond in...GoldenEye (1995)?!

Timothy Dalton as James Bond in…GoldenEye (1995)?!

The Living Daylights (1987) teaser poster

License to Tease

The Living Daylights (1987) teaser poster

The Living Daylights (1987) teaser poster

It’s funny that the teaser poster for The Living Daylights (1987) uses a tagline similar to the title of the following movie, Licence To Kill (1989).

I absolutely love this teaser poster!

Daniel Craig looking like a spy in Skyfall (2012)

Goldenrant #003: Less Action, More Espionage & Intrigue in Bond 25

A highlight from Spectre (2015) didn't involve explosions or a chase, but was the mysterious Spectre meeting.

A highlight from Spectre (2015) didn’t involve explosions or a chase, but was the mysterious Spectre meeting.

Global interest and plausibility of a complex criminal conspiracy is peaking. Daily, the drip drip drip of information between Russia and Donald Trump’s campaign and Presidency is consistent and amazing. If it weren’t for real daily news broadcasts and headlines, it might seem we are stuck in an unbelievable episode of House of Cards or a (slightly muted) James Bond movie.

Politics and results of this real world scandal aside, the next James Bond movie (tentatively titled Bond 25) should reflect the times now more than ever and should partially retreat from following the traditional Bond movie formula. Simply put: it’s too good to pass up.

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Lupe Lamora (Talisa Soto) is whipped by Franz Sanchez in Licence To KIll (1989)

Por favor, Franz

Lupe Lamora (Talisa Soto) in Licence To Kill (1989)

Lupe Lamora (Talisa Soto) in Licence To Kill (1989)

Franz Sanchez (Robert Davi) in Licence To Kill (1989)

Franz Sanchez (Robert Davi) in Licence To Kill (1989)

Lupe Lamora (Talisa Soto) is whipped by Franz Sanchez in Licence To Kill (1989)

Lupe Lamora (Talisa Soto) is whipped by Franz Sanchez in Licence To Kill (1989)

Sanchez might be the most brutal James Bond villain ever – scenes like the above are why!

Bond fans are weary too, 007.

Goldenrant #001: History & Frequency

Bond fans are weary too, 007.

Bond fans are weary too, 007.

The Daniel Craig introspective James Bond should be over. We know where he came from. We know how he got here. Now let’s have a true, formulaic James Bond movie in the Craig era.

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Universal Exports Logo

MI6’s Universal Exports

007 is often asked who he works for, and the fictional import/export company he says is his employer is called Universal Exports.

Universal Exports Logo

It is mentioned several times throughout various James Bond movies, which I have listed below:

Dr. No (1962)

007 is shown walking into M's office, which has a Universal Exports sign on the outside

007 is shown walking into M’s office, which has a Universal Exports sign on the outside

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Sean Connery as James Bond in Dr. No (1962) and Sean Connery as James Bond and Jill St. John as Tiffany Case in Diamonds Are Forever (1971)

First & Last

The six actors that have portrayed 007 in the official movies have changed since their first and last on-screen appearances. Below, you can see each actor’s first and last appearances as James Bond.

Sean Connery as James Bond at the beginning of Dr. No (1962) and Sean Connery as James Bond and Jill St. John as Tiffany Case at the end of Diamonds Are Forever (1971)

Sean Connery as James Bond at the beginning of Dr. No (1962) and Sean Connery as James Bond and Jill St. John as Tiffany Case at the end of Diamonds Are Forever (1971)

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James Bond (Timothy Dalton) and Della Leiter (Priscilla Barnes) in Licence To KIll (1989)

I’ll do anything for a woman with a knife

This scene from Licence To Kill (1989) is easily the most bizarre and awkward of the Dalton era. On Della and Felix Leiter’s wedding day, Bond and Della cavort around the wedding reception in a drunken stupor, almost as if they’re the betrothed themselves.

It starts off innocently enough with them falling into the room with the wedding cake, but their subsequent kisses are most definitely *not* innocuous and not innocent pecks on the cheek. I’d argue they are almost passionate. Did Bond and Della have a previous fling?

Although I wasn’t married in the 1980’s when this movie was released, I’m a married American and I’ve never heard of the “custom” where the bride kisses the best man. Did I miss the memo on that? This does not sound like a great custom. Just weird.

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