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The Many Lives of James Bond offers the largest ever collection of original interviews with actors who have played Bond in different media, as well as in-depth interviews with many of the diverse artists who have contributed their talents to the making of James Bond movies, television shows, novels, radiodramas, comic books, theme park rides, and video games. These wide-ranging interviews provide a behind-the-scenes look at the artists’ goals, the challenges they faced, and how they met them.

ISBN-13: 9781493059393

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers - Inc.

Publication Date: 10-01-2021

Pages: 312

Product Dimensions: 7.05(w) x 10.02(h) x 0.75(d)

Mark Edlitz has made a name for himself by writing about beloved and sometimes overlooked manifestations of pop culture. He wrote about Princess Leia’s Metal Bikini for The Huffington Post, the Broadway musical Superman for Los Angeles Times Hero Complex, and about the forgotten Doctor Strange TV movie for Aint It Cool News. Mark wrote the book How to Be a Superhero, a collection of interviews with 35 actors who played superheroes over the last 5 decades. Mark lives in New York City with his superhero wife and two villainous children.

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"Mark Edlitz has provided an insightful book that goes off the well-worn path in terms of interviews and provides perspectives from people associated with the films, novels, comic books, and video games. Even if your Bond library is extensive, you'll want to add this informative and highly entertaining work to your collection." — Lee Pfeiffer, co-author of The Incredible World of 007 “Just when you thought that there was no more information to be printed about James Bond, Mark Edlitz comes along. And the material here isn’t just broken fragments of rock with a faint glitter of fool’s gold, either; it’s the real 24-carat stuff. Edlitz has interviewed a wide variety of people connected with portraying Bond, from writers through actors to game designers and even poster artists, and each one has an attaché case-full of fascinating stories about their approach to the task. Bond has been accused of being a two-dimensional character, but if this book demonstrates anything, it demonstrates that Bond is multi-dimensional. Someone (I’m not sure who) once observed that every man wants to be Bond, but no man would want to have dinner with him. Based on this book, I’m guessing that Mark Edlitz must be a fascinating man with whom to share a dinner table…” —- Andrew Lane, co-author of The Bond Files "If you think you know all there is to know about 007, think again - Mark Edlitz has compiled a remarkable treasure-trove of 007 interviews, with insights not only from actors, filmmakers, and authors but also from the creators of James Bond music, comic books, and video games. There is much information here that has never before been revealed, making this a must-have for both casual and hard-core James Bond fans. Pour a martini and dive into the many amazing worlds of 007!" —Bruce Scivally, co-author of James Bond: The Legacy

Table of Contents

Introduction viii

Author's Note xi

Part I Bond On Film

Directing Bond Movies 1

Martin Campbell 1

Roger Spotiswoode 12

John Glen 20

Writing Bond Movies 36

Bruce Feirstein 36

Tom Mankiewicz 55

Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais 63

Writing Bond Songs 77

Leslie Bricusse 77

Don Black 86

Part II Bond in Print

Writing Bond Novels 94

Anthony Horowitz 94

Illustrating Bond Comic Strips 106

John McLusky 106

Writing and Illustrating Bond Graphic Novels 112

Mike Grell 112

Part III Being Bond

Roger Moore is James Bond 127

Hoagy Carmichael is James Bond 142

Bob Holness is James Bond 144

David Niven is James Bond 150

George Lazenby is James Bond 155

Michael Jayston is James Bond 162

Joseph Malone is (a dancing) James Bond 168

Corey Burton is James Bond Jr. 172

Simon Vance is James Bond 179

Tim Bentinck, Andrew Bicknell, Maxwell Caulfield, and Jason Carter are James Bond 187

Dietmar Wunder is James Bond 193

Kai Martin is James Bond 198

Part IV Designing 007

The Illustrated Bond 208

Robert McGinnis 208

Rudy Obrero 211

Dan Goozee 215

The Look of Bond 224

Jany Temime 224

Gaming Bond 231

Glen A. Schofield 231

Part V Bond Women

Lana Wood 241

Lisa Funnell 247

Appendix: Quotable Bond 257

Acknowledgments 269

Notes 273

Index 283

About the Author 300