A Certain Point of View: Writing, Film and Stuff

From Russia With Love (1963) Written by: Johanna Harwood (adapter), Richard Maibum, Berkely Mather (uncredited) Based on: From Russia With Love, by Ian Fleming Directed by: Terence Young Starring: Sean Connery, Pedro Armendariz, Daniela Bianchi, Robert Shaw, Lotte Lenya, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell, Vladek Sheybal Tatiana: [Bond first meets Tatiana, who has crawled naked into his hotel bed] You look surprised. I thought you were expecting me. James Bond: So, you're Tatiana Romanova. Tatiana: My friends call me Tania. James Bond: Mine call me James Bond. SPECTREs tender trap: Daniela Bianchi in a publicity still for From Russia With Love. With the phenomenal success of 1962's Dr. No - a film that earned $59 million over a production budget of $1.1 million - producers Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli were approached by United Artists, the U.S.-based film production and distribution company which had helped EON Productions' first James Bond movi...

Dr. No (1962) Written by:  Berkeley Mather, Johanna Harwood, and Richard Maibaum. Based on Ian Fleming's novel Dr. No Directed by: Terence Young Starring: Sean Connery, Joseph Wiseman, Bernard Lee, Jack Lord, Ursula Andress, Lois Maxwell In October of 1962, shortly before the start of the Cuban Missile Crisis, United Artists released Dr. No, the first motion picture adaptation of a James Bond novel by Ian Fleming. Produced by Harry Saltzman and Albert R. "Cubby" Broccoli and directed by Terence Young, Dr. No introduced the world's best-known intelligence officer in a modestly-budgeted and comparatively low-key story pitting Bond (Sean Connery) against an enigmatic Chinese-German operative named Dr. No (Joseph Wiseman) who is sabotaging America's Project Mercury by using a powerful radio signal transmitted from his Caribbean island lair. [James Bond's first scene, winning a game of chemin-de-fer] James Bond: I admire your courage, Miss ...? Sylv...