For Your Eyes Only, marked a change of pace for Ian Fleming, who previously had written only full-length novels featuring his character, James Bond. In the late 1950s CBS made an offer to Fleming to write 32 episodes over a two year period for a telvision show based on the James Bond character. This deal came about after the success of the 1954 television episode adaptation of Casino Royale on the CBS television series Climax!. Fleming agreed to the deal and began to write three outlines for the series; however, CBS late ...

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For Your Eyes Only, For Your Eyes Only - The short story collection, For Your Eyes Only - Plot summaries, For Your Eyes Only - Comic strip adaptations, For Your Eyes Only - The film, For Your Eyes Only - Plot summary, For Your Eyes Only - Cast & characters, For Your Eyes Only - Crew, For Your Eyes Only - Soundtrack, For Your Eyes Only - Locations, For Your Eyes Only - Vehicles & gadgets, For Your Eyes Only - Trivia, For Your Eyes Only - Comic book adaptation

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Carole Bouquet (born 18 August 1957 in Neuilly-Sur-Seine, France) is a French actress internationally famous for her role as Bond girl Melina Havelock in For Your Eyes Only, and a key role in Luis Bunuel's surrealist classic That Obscure Object of Desire, and the French import Too Beautiful For You. Bouquet is the widow of producer Jean-Pierre Rassam. They had a son, Dimitri Rassam. In 2003 Bouquet married French actor Gérard Depardieu, with whom she had worked several times.< ...

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• Carole Bouquet - Filmography includes
• Carole Bouquet - External link

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A View to a Kill, released in 1985, is the fourteenth entry in the James Bond series of films made by EON Productions, and the last to star Roger Moore as British Secret Service Agent, Commander James Bond. It was produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson. Wilson also co-authored the screenplay along with veteran screenwriter Richard Maibaum. The title itself is adapted from Ian Fleming's short story "From A View to a Kill", contained in the For Your Eyes Only collection of short stories released in 196 ...

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• A View to a Kill - Plot summary
• A View to a Kill - Cast & characters
• A View to a Kill - Crew
• A View to a Kill - Soundtrack
• A View to a Kill - Track listing
• A View to a Kill - Vehicles & gadgets
• A View to a Kill - Locations
• A View to a Kill - Film locations
• A View to a Kill - Shooting locations
• A View to a Kill - Trivia
• A View to a Kill - Video game

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Caroline "Tula" Cossey (born August 31, 1954, in Brooke, Norfolk, England), is a British model and actress. Born Barry Kenneth Cossey, she is one of the world's most famous transsexual people and the first to ever pose for Playboy. Since being "outed" by a British tabloid, she has fought for her right to legally marry a man and to be recognized by the law as a woman. She told her side of the story in the 1992 autobiography My Story (ISBN 0571129099). Though she was born biologically male, she ...

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Casino Royale, previously known by its working title Bond 21, will be the 21st James Bond film produced by EON Productions. Based on the 1953 novel Casino Royale by Ian Fleming, it will be the first Bond film to take its title from an Ian Fleming novel or short story since 1987's The Living Daylights and the first to be directly based on any of Fleming's writing's since 1989's Licence to Kill. Currently the film is in pre-production, and is set for release on November 17, 2006. Included in the ...

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• Casino Royale 2006 film - The search for the new James Bond
• Casino Royale 2006 film - Mass confusion in the media
• Casino Royale 2006 film - Confirmed reports
• Casino Royale 2006 film - Overview of the film
• Casino Royale 2006 film - Cast
• Casino Royale 2006 film - Crew
• Casino Royale 2006 film - Plot
• Casino Royale 2006 film - Unconfirmed reports
• Casino Royale 2006 film - Other cast
• Casino Royale 2006 film - Crew
• Casino Royale 2006 film - Vehicles and gadgets
• Casino Royale 2006 film - Locations
• Casino Royale 2006 film - Novelisation
• Casino Royale 2006 film - Video game adaptation
• Casino Royale 2006 film - Trivia

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James Bond, also known as 007 (pronounced "double-oh seven"), is a fictional British spy introduced by writer Ian Fleming in 1953. Fleming wrote numerous novels and short stories based upon the character and, after his death in 1964, further literary adventures were written by Kingsley Amis (pseudonym "Robert Markham"), John Pearson, John Gardner, Raymond Benson, and Charlie Higson; in addition, Christopher Wood wrote two screenplay novelisations and other authors have also written ...

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• James Bond - Overview
• James Bond - The character
• James Bond - The franchise
• James Bond - Biography of James Bond
• James Bond - Novels
• James Bond - By Ian Fleming
• James Bond - Post-Fleming James Bond novels
• James Bond - Young Bond
• James Bond - The Moneypenny Diaries
• James Bond - Other Bond-related fiction
• James Bond - Films
• James Bond - Official
• James Bond - Unofficial
• James Bond - Other films pertaining to James Bond
• James Bond - Music
• James Bond - Video games
• James Bond - Comic strips and comic books
• James Bond - Bond characters
• James Bond - Vehicles & gadgets
• James Bond - Trivia

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Cassandra Harris (December 15, 1948 – December 28, 1991) was an Australian-born actress. Born Sandra Colleen Waites in Sydney, Australia, she appeared in The Greek Tycoon (1978), Rough Cut (1980), and For Your Eyes Only as the ill-fated mistress of Columbo (played by Israeli actor Topol). She guest starred in several episodes of the television series Remington Steele with her husband Pierce Brosnan, to whom she was married from 1980 until her death in Los An ...

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Revenge or vengeance consists of retaliation against a person or group in response to perceived wrongdoing. Although many aspects of revenge resemble or echo the concept of making things equal, revenge usually has a more injurious than constructive goal. The vengeful wish is to make the perceived wrongdoer go through what they put the victim through or to make sure the wrongdoer can never do what they did again. Revenge is a hotly contested ethical issue in philosophy. Some feel revenge is necessary to maintain a just so ...

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• Revenge - Revenge in art and culture
• Revenge - Quotations on revenge

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See also: 1980 in film 1981 1982 in film 1980s in film years in film film 1981 in film - Events. January 19 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. UA was humiliated by the astronomical losses on the $40,000,000 movie Heaven's Gate, a major factor in the decision of owner Transamerica to sell it. November 29 - Off Santa Catalina Island, 43-year old actress Natalie Wood drowns during a boating ...

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• 1981 in film - Events
• 1981 in film - Top grossing films
• 1981 in film - Academy Awards
• 1981 in film - Deaths
• 1981 in film - Other movies released

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List of dead fictional characters - Films where it is said or presumed that all of the main characters died. Dawn of the Dead (both the 1978 film and the 2004 remake) Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Reservoir Dogs ...

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List of dead fictional characters, List of dead fictional characters - Literature/Theater, List of dead fictional characters - Film, List of dead fictional characters - Films where it is said or presumed that all of the main characters died, List of dead fictional characters - Television, List of dead fictional characters - Animation, List of dead fictional characters - Comics/Manga, List of dead fictional characters - Video Games, List of dead fictional characters - Miscellaneous

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Revenge has been a popular theme for art and culture throughout history. Many popular motion pictures have used it as a central theme, including Payback, Death Wish, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, Kill Bill and OldBoy. Classic literary examples of revenge stories include The Oresteia, Hamlet, The Merchant of Venice, Chushingura, Don Giovanni, La Forza del Destino, Moby-Dick, The Cask of ...

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Revenge, Revenge - Revenge in art and culture, Revenge - Quotations on revenge

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The British became interested in Polaris after the cancellations of the Blue Streak and Skybolt missiles in the 1950s. Under the Nassau agreement that emerged from the 1962 Nassau Conference between Harold Macmillan and John F. Kennedy, the United States would supply Britain with Polaris missiles, launch tubes, and the fire control system. Britain would make the warheads and submarines. In return, America was given certain assurances by Britain regarding the use of the missile. The Po ...

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UGM-27 Polaris, UGM-27 Polaris - British Polaris, UGM-27 Polaris - Fiction, UGM-27 Polaris - External link

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The story opens with Bond and his friend, DEA agent Felix Leiter (previously of the CIA), on their way to Leiter's wedding. Meanwhile, DEA agents spot drug lord Franz Sanchez flying into Cray Key, Florida, where he catches his mistress in bed with another man; in retaliation for her infidelity, he has his henchmen cut out the man's heart while he brutally whips his mistress. The DEA dispatches a helicopter to collect Leiter and Bond in an attempt to capture Sanchez as he tries to escape. The pair successfully capture Sanchez by pulling his plane out of the air with a Coast Guard helicop ...

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Licence to Kill, Licence to Kill - Reception, Licence to Kill - A third Dalton film, Licence to Kill - Plot summary, Licence to Kill - Cast & characters, Licence to Kill - Crew, Licence to Kill - Soundtrack, Licence to Kill - Track listing, Licence to Kill - Vehicles & gadgets, Licence to Kill - Locations, Licence to Kill - Film locations, Licence to Kill - Shooting locations, Licence to Kill - Trivia, Licence to Kill - Novelisation, Licence to Kill - Comic book adaptation

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London in the Elizabethan Era has often been portrayed in films, including Fire Over England (1937), The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) and Elizabeth (1998). Much of Shakespeare in Love (1998), a comedy involving Shakespeare in a fictionalised romance, was set around the original Globe Theatre, as was Laurence Olivier's 1944 Henry V. The Tudor period has also been shown in other films, including the 1966 film of Robert Bolt's play A Man for All Seasons, and various ver ...

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London in film, London in film - Historical London, London in film - Pre-Victorian London, London in film - Victorian London, London in film - 20th Century, London in film - Ealing Comedies, London in film - Swinging London, London in film - Romantic London, London in film - Thrillers, London in film - London Underground, London in film - Science fiction, London in film - Criminals, London in film - The other side of London, London in film - Kids London, London in film - Musical London

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Live and Let Die is considered one of Fleming's most controversial novels due to its depiction of blacks. In 2002 for the first time in the United States since the book was published, the original title of chapter five ("Nigger Heaven") is used. Elements from this novel appeared in three Bond films. Besides the 1973 film of the same name (see below), the 1981 film For Your Eyes Only and 1989's Licence to Kill also used major plot elements from the book. See also:

Live and Let Die, Live and Let Die - The novel, Live and Let Die - Plot summary, Live and Let Die - Comic strip adaptation, Live and Let Die - The film, Live and Let Die - Plot summary, Live and Let Die - Cast & characters, Live and Let Die - Crew, Live and Let Die - Soundtrack, Live and Let Die - Vehicles & gadgets, Live and Let Die - Locations, Live and Let Die - Trivia

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In 1964 Wilson took an uncredited role as assistant director on the movie Goldfinger. In 1972 he joined EON Productions, the production company responsible for all the James Bond movies that was started by Broccoli and Harry Saltzman. Wilson took a more active role in the James Bond franchise in 1977 taking a role as an assistant to his stepfather for the movie The Spy Who Loved Me. In 1979 Wilson became executive producer of the James Bond movie Moonraker and since has been a ...

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Michael G. Wilson, Michael G. Wilson - James Bond Franchise, Michael G. Wilson - Filmography, Michael G. Wilson - Executive Producer, Michael G. Wilson - Producer, Michael G. Wilson - Wrote Screenplay for, Michael G. Wilson - Written by, Michael G. Wilson - Actor cameo roles

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Main article: Team Lotus The company encouraged its customers to race its cars, and itself entered Formula One as a team in 1958. A Lotus Formula One car driven by Stirling Moss won the first Grand Prix for the marque in 1960. Major success came in 1963 with the Lotus 25, which - with Jim Clark driving - won Lotus its first F1 World Championship. Clark's untimely death - he crashed driving a Formula Two Lotus 48 in March 1968 after his rear tyre failed in a turn - was a severe blow to the team and to Formula One. He was the dom ...

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Lotus Cars, Lotus Cars - Formula One, Lotus Cars - Lotus models, Lotus Cars - Previous, Lotus Cars - Current, Lotus Cars - Collaborations

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In the novels, M's real name is Rear Admiral Sir Miles Messervy (the name, hinted at throughout the series, was finally revealed in The Man with the Golden Gun, Ian Fleming's final Bond novel). In the movies only his first name, Miles, was revealed (in The Spy Who Loved Me), and he also has the rank of Rear Admiral. It is assumed that the M of the films and of Fleming's books is the same person. In the novels, M clearly has a liking for Bond, and they have obviously had a long professional relationship. M bends th ...

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M James Bond, M James Bond - Admiral Sir Miles Messervy, M James Bond - Messervy in real life, M James Bond - Featured in:, M James Bond - Robert Brown as M, M James Bond - Featured In:, M James Bond - Edward Fox as M, M James Bond - Featured in:, M James Bond - Judi Dench as M, M James Bond - Featured in:, M James Bond - Casino Royale 1967 spoof

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The ancestry of the Q character is rather complicated. In the Fleming novels there are frequent references to 'Q branch' and in sixth novel, Dr. No, the service armourer Major Boothroyd appears for the first time. Fleming named the character after an army officer who had written to him suggested that Bond was not using the best firearm available. Boothroyd is also referenced occasionally in the Bond novels of John Gardner, but the author preferred instead to f ...

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Q James Bond, Q James Bond - Major Boothroyd, Q James Bond - Peter Burton as Major Boothroyd, Q James Bond - Desmond Llewelyn as Q a.k.a. Major Boothroyd, Q James Bond - John Cleese as Q formerly known as R, Q James Bond - Featured in:, Q James Bond - Other Q's, Q James Bond - Q'ute, Q James Bond - Parody, Q James Bond - Q-like characters, Q James Bond - Gadgets

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The title, Moonraker wasn't the first choice by Fleming. In fact Fleming first suggested: "The Infernal Machine", and later "The Inhuman Element", or "Wide of the Mark". The publishers, however, favoured "The Moonraker Sense", "The Moonraker Plan", or "Bond & The Moonraker". Other titles that are known to have been suggested include: "Mondays are Hell", "Hell is Here", "The Moonraker", "The Moonraker Plot", "The Moonraker Secret", and "Too Hot to Handle". Ultimately, it was Fle ...

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Moonraker, Moonraker - The novel, Moonraker - Plot summary, Moonraker - Comic strip adaptation, Moonraker - The film, Moonraker - Plot summary, Moonraker - Cast & characters, Moonraker - Crew, Moonraker - Soundtrack, Moonraker - Vehicles & gadgets, Moonraker - Locations, Moonraker - Novelisation, Moonraker - Trivia, Moonraker - Influence

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