Monday, May 01, 2006

Casina Royale mini-trailer


I got a little giddy watching this. It's pretty cool. (Alas, it's in French.) (Via Golden Fiddle.)

Posted by jwb at 7:34 AM   

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Just wanted to get this in, on Fleming's inspiration for Bond, from Wikipedia, the source of all true knowledge:

Many real life personalities who were involved in espionage have been cited as models for the character by some news reports. Most notably was William Stephenson who was a Canadian spymaster, best known by his code name, Intrepid. Stephenson was the senior representative of British Intelligence for the entire western hemisphere during World War II. Regarding him, Ian Fleming wrote in The Times, October 21, 1962:

"James Bond is a highly romanticized version of a true spy. The real thing is... William Stephenson"

Although other names have been mentioned by the media, none have ever been confirmed by Fleming, Ian Fleming Publications or any of Ian Fleming's biographers such as Fleming's assistant and friend, John Pearson.
at 6:51 AM     

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Hey John,

Here's another mini-trailer: this one for a recently produced documentary about the man upon whom Ian Fleming primarily based his characterisation of James Bond:

http://www.midcan.com/wn_intrepid_commercial.html
at 1:09 PM     

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