Tag Archives: 50 Years of James Bond

It’s Official: ‘Skyfall’ Is Bigger Than ‘Avatar’

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on December 5th, 2012

Before we get into this, a caveat: James Cameron can probably sleep soundly in his bed for a while yet. The only place in which Skyfall is bigger at the box office than Avatar is the UK.

50 Years of James Bond: With ‘Skyfall,’ Daniel Craig Now Owns 007

By Leah Rozen | Posted on November 9th, 2012

Daniel Craig on the set of 'Skyfall' (Sony Pictures)

James Bond may not have a middle name but Daniel Craig does. His is Wroughton, as in Daniel Wroughton Craig.

50 Years of James Bond: Pierce Brosnan Took 007 into 21st Century

By Leah Rozen | Posted on November 6th, 2012

Pierce Brosnan posing in front of a poster for 'Tomorrow Never Dies' in Mexico City in 1998. (Roberto Velezquez/AP Images)

File this under Too Good To Make Up: the first Technicolor movie Pierce Brosnan remembers ever seeing was Goldfinger, the 1964 James Bond film starring Sean Connery as Agent 007.

50 Years of James Bond: Timothy Dalton Gets His ‘License to Kill’

By Leah Rozen | Posted on October 30th, 2012

When Timothy Dalton first identified himself as “Bond. James Bond” in The Living Daylights (1987), he tossed the signature line off casually while on the phone, as if he could just as easily have called himself “Blow.

50 Years of James Bond: Roger Moore, Seven Times 007

By Leah Rozen | Posted on October 19th, 2012

Roger Moore on set in England in 1972. (AP Images)

Roger Moore played James Bond for laughs. Fans either laughed along or waited it out for seven films until the next 007 – it turned out to be Timothy Dalton – showed up.

50 Years of James Bond: George Lazenby, One-Hit Wonder?

By Leah Rozen | Posted on October 12th, 2012

George Lazenby with Diana Rigg during the filming of 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' in Switzerland in 1969. (Bob Dear/AP Images)

George Lazenby is the movie star equivalent of a one-hit wonder singer or band. He played James Bond once and once only in an official 007 film: 1969’s On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.