‘The James Bond Archives’
The James Bond Archives (Taschen, 600 pages, $200) is a treasure trove of rare Bond ephemera.
The James Bond Archives (Taschen, 600 pages, $200) is a treasure trove of rare Bond ephemera.
James Bond playing Baccarat.
Connery, still handcuffed for the scene he is shooting, sipping tea between takes during the filming of Dr. No.
Director Terence Young (sitting under the camera) instructing Connery, Ursula Andress (Honey Ryder), and John Kitzmiller (Quarrel).
Roger Moore joking around on the set. The gun is not Bond's Smith & Wesson Magnum but a Walther PPK.
Shirley Eaton gets painted with a fake gold goo by makeup artist Paul Rabinger. An earlier paint with real gold wouldn't stick to the actress' skin, but the goo was so heavy her stomach was left bare (she was filmed facedown) to allow her skin to breath.
Famke Janssen behind the wheel of a Ferrari with a hood-mounted camera filming a chase scene for Goldeneye. The stundriver in the trailing Aston Martin said, "Famke was smiling at me with a smile that would blow the buttons off one's shirt."
A rare photo of a helmet-less Sean Connery taking off in a jetpack for a scene in Thunderball. When the stuntman refused to film the scene without a helmet, Connery's close-up had to be re-shot.
Filming the 30-foot 7,000-pound model version of villain Elliot Carver’s stealth boat in the giant water tank at Baja Studios in Mexico, alongside mock-ups of Phuket’s distinctive islands.
Connery relaxing against Bond's Aston Martin DB5 while waiting to film a scene for Goldfinger (1964) at the Furka Pass, Switzerland.
A stuntman jumps over an inoperative helicopter for a scene from Tomorrow Never Dies. CGI rotating helicopter blades were added in post-production.
A rare photo (L) of a helmet-less Sean Connery taking off in a jetpack for a scene in Thunderball (1965). When the stuntman refused to do the scene without a helmet (R), Connery's close-up had to be re-shot.
A stuntman(with helmet!) hovering over a London street for a scene in Thunderball.
Claudine Auger (Domino Derval), Martine Beswick (Paula Caplan), and Molly Peters (Patricia Fearing) pose for reference photos for theThunderball poster artwork.
Britt Ekland (Goodnight) poses with Roger Moore, director Guy Hamilton, producer Cubby Broccoli, and Christopher Lee (L to R).
Timothy Dalton and Andreas Wisniewski (Necros, top of net) film close-ups for a fight to the death on the nets hanging from the back of the Hercules plane.