NEW YORK (AP) — It's not easy being Bond.
Roger Moore, who starred in seven Bond films in the 1970s and 1980s, recounts his days as the dashing super-spy in his upcoming memoir, "My Word Is My Bond," and says things weren't always as they seemed.
"Jimmy Bond had a big jet boat chase in `Live and Let Die,'" writes Moore, now 80. "I did quite a few run-throughs to practice and whilst banking on one such run, the engine cut out. I had no steering! I therefore continued in a straight line ... directly into a wooden boat house."
He instantly catapulted from the boat into a wall, cracking his front teeth and twisting his knee.
"There I was, as a fearless 007, hobbling on a cane to my boat and then pretending to be indestructible for the cameras. Who says I can't act?"
Moore replaced Sean Connery in the 007 franchise in 1973. His films include "The Spy Who Loved Me," "Live and Let Die," "The Man With the Golden Gun" and "A View to a Kill."
The book, due out Nov. 4, also recounts the time Moore bumped into a young Steven Spielberg at a Paris hotel.
"He was a huge Bond fan and said that he would love to direct one of the films," Moore says. "He'd recently had great success with `Jaws' and `Close Encounters' and was considered a very hot property. I was rather excited at this news and went looking for (film producer Albert R. `Cubby' Broccoli) to tell him."
But Broccoli, who steered the Bond franchise over three decades, shook his head and asked, "Do you know how much of a percentage he'd want?"
"It's always been policy that no Bond director ever got a slice of the box office profits," Moore says. "So, Spielberg went off and made `Indiana Jones' who I reckon to be a period James Bond!"
Roger Moore: Being Bond could be scary
Roger Moore: Being Bond could be scary
Re: Roger Moore: Being Bond could be scary
I'm glad Spielberg has never done a Bond film. Yes, he did the Indiana Jones films.And Schindler's List.That doesn't mean that he isn't overrated though
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I know why you think he's overrated.katied wrote:I'm glad Spielberg has never done a Bond film. Yes, he did the Indiana Jones films.And Schindler's List.That doesn't mean that he isn't overrated though
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Really?Enlighten us.
Stocks: "I don't have to"...how predictable
Stocks: "I don't have to"...how predictable
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I'm really looking forward to this book. It would be nice to attend a book signing.Goldeneye wrote:
NEW YORK (AP) — It's not easy being Bond.
Roger Moore, who starred in seven Bond films in the 1970s and 1980s, recounts his days as the dashing super-spy in his upcoming memoir, "My Word Is My Bond," and says things weren't always as they seemed.
"Jimmy Bond had a big jet boat chase in `Live and Let Die,'" writes Moore, now 80. "I did quite a few run-throughs to practice and whilst banking on one such run, the engine cut out. I had no steering! I therefore continued in a straight line ... directly into a wooden boat house."
He instantly catapulted from the boat into a wall, cracking his front teeth and twisting his knee.
"There I was, as a fearless 007, hobbling on a cane to my boat and then pretending to be indestructible for the cameras. Who says I can't act?"
Moore replaced Sean Connery in the 007 franchise in 1973. His films include "The Spy Who Loved Me," "Live and Let Die," "The Man With the Golden Gun" and "A View to a Kill."
The book, due out Nov. 4, also recounts the time Moore bumped into a young Steven Spielberg at a Paris hotel.
"He was a huge Bond fan and said that he would love to direct one of the films," Moore says. "He'd recently had great success with `Jaws' and `Close Encounters' and was considered a very hot property. I was rather excited at this news and went looking for (film producer Albert R. `Cubby' Broccoli) to tell him."
But Broccoli, who steered the Bond franchise over three decades, shook his head and asked, "Do you know how much of a percentage he'd want?"
"It's always been policy that no Bond director ever got a slice of the box office profits," Moore says. "So, Spielberg went off and made `Indiana Jones' who I reckon to be a period James Bond!"
Bring back Bond!
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It has something to do with a big fan of Spielberg.katied wrote:Really?Enlighten us.
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Yeah it should be a good read on Sir Rogers expeariences during Bond, on the Speilberg point i think he would have been an interesting choice to direct a Bond at that point in his life. I think now he is churning out competent but uninspired fare. That Indiana Jone film was lack lustre. Too much CGI and not enough practical stunts for me. Ford was good though, could have done without that Mutt kid though!! and as with him being hiscarl stromberg wrote:I'm really looking forward to this book. It would be nice to attend a book signing.Goldeneye wrote:
NEW YORK (AP) — It's not easy being Bond.
Roger Moore, who starred in seven Bond films in the 1970s and 1980s, recounts his days as the dashing super-spy in his upcoming memoir, "My Word Is My Bond," and says things weren't always as they seemed.
"Jimmy Bond had a big jet boat chase in `Live and Let Die,'" writes Moore, now 80. "I did quite a few run-throughs to practice and whilst banking on one such run, the engine cut out. I had no steering! I therefore continued in a straight line ... directly into a wooden boat house."
He instantly catapulted from the boat into a wall, cracking his front teeth and twisting his knee.
"There I was, as a fearless 007, hobbling on a cane to my boat and then pretending to be indestructible for the cameras. Who says I can't act?"
Moore replaced Sean Connery in the 007 franchise in 1973. His films include "The Spy Who Loved Me," "Live and Let Die," "The Man With the Golden Gun" and "A View to a Kill."
The book, due out Nov. 4, also recounts the time Moore bumped into a young Steven Spielberg at a Paris hotel.
"He was a huge Bond fan and said that he would love to direct one of the films," Moore says. "He'd recently had great success with `Jaws' and `Close Encounters' and was considered a very hot property. I was rather excited at this news and went looking for (film producer Albert R. `Cubby' Broccoli) to tell him."
But Broccoli, who steered the Bond franchise over three decades, shook his head and asked, "Do you know how much of a percentage he'd want?"
"It's always been policy that no Bond director ever got a slice of the box office profits," Moore says. "So, Spielberg went off and made `Indiana Jones' who I reckon to be a period James Bond!"
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Spielberg is overrated. At one point he would have been a good choice but we'd have some of Spielberg's fans fan w*anking (with an emphasis on "fan" and "w*anking" ) if he did it now.
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What does that have to do with the quality of his films?katied wrote:but we'd have some of Spielberg's fans fan w*anking (with an emphasis on "fan" and "w*anking" ) if he did it now.
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I'm looking forward to this book a lot. Hopefully we'll learn some things we didn't know. If Rog's LALD diaries are anything to go by there'll be a lot of self-deprecating humour in the book.
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Spielberg is hardly perfect. Even the fan I mentioned knows that but choose to ignore it. Then fan w*anking doesn't have anything to do with the quality of the film... it'd just be an unpeasant side effectstockslivevan wrote:What does that have to do with the quality of his films?katied wrote:but we'd have some of Spielberg's fans fan w*anking (with an emphasis on "fan" and "w*anking" ) if he did it now.
Topic?I hope Rog's book comes out in the States eventually. At the very lest I'll skim through it in Barnes &Noble.
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You will buy a copy of sir Roger's book, or the DCINB Intellegence service will pay you a visit!katied wrote:Topic?I hope Rog's book comes out in the States eventually. At the very lest I'll skim through it in Barnes &Noble.stockslivevan wrote:What does that have to do with the quality of his films?katied wrote:but we'd have some of Spielberg's fans fan w*anking (with an emphasis on "fan" and "w*anking" ) if he did it now.
Here is what I imagine the book signing will be like:
Bring back Bond!
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Sure, sureYou will buy a copy of sir Roger's book, or the DCINB Intellegence service will pay you a visit!
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And would that fan happen to be...katied wrote:Even the fan I mentioned knows that but choose to ignore it.stockslivevan wrote:What does that have to do with the quality of his films?katied wrote:but we'd have some of Spielberg's fans fan w*anking (with an emphasis on "fan" and "w*anking" ) if he did it now.
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No wonder you call Spielberg overrated. If Brown liked you, would you despise yourself?katied wrote:dba..I mean B. Brown.
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No,but in his mind Brown is right and everyone else is wrong .
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It's called "opinion". Let's sound that out, O-PIN-I-ON.katied wrote:No,but in his mind Brown is right and everyone else is wrong .
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He's arrogant.I stand by MY opinion of him. I don't buy the excuses that are made for him by people like Retrokitty.He's immature . And he's so beloved there for reasons that I have never been able to figure out that the mods just keep not doing their job and refuse to give him warnings(true, he has had warnings and had time outs before but now it's like they're afraid of him or something.Which is pathetic.)
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And blatantly mocking Pro-Craigers instead of contributing to mature discussions and debates is the epitome of maturity? Whatever, you're just another troll.katied wrote:He's immature.