Shamelady

Moore · Post by **Moore** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 10:47 am

A group of French Bond fans has just released their Bond fan film called 'Shamelady'. Here's the link - http://www.constellationstudios.org/art ... rticle=377

Enjoy! I'm in progress of downloading

Jedi007 · Post by **Jedi007** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 10:39 am

Shamelady is a tribute to the men at the origin of the myth : original author Ian Fleming and James Bond producers Harry Saltzman and Albert Broccoli.

It's a good thing that someone is doing this. It's just ironic that Brocolli's children were not doing the same for the commercial version of Bond films.

What inspired the fan film ? I heard that originally you wanted this film to be an adaptation of Casino Royale, but changed course once EON announced that it would be the 21st Bond film.

Eric liked the idea of Casino Royale. I was enthused by the idea. We’re both big Fleming fan you know. And I’m the bigger of both of us ! That’s why I sent him a Casino Royale synopsis which he fleshed out as a script. Of course, three weeks after finishing the script, Bond history struck us. We liked the strike, to be honest ! Casino Royale is a film we wanted EON to make. We joked about us being the frontrunners. As a consequence of the change, the villain was changed and SPECTRE was re-introduced. It’s been a long time since Blofeld wasn’t in a James Bond story. As a fanfilm, we could do this.

Eric said that he would do the movie 1. if he found a good James Bond, someone who could at least physically look like the part on a sliver screen 2. if he found the casino. In short, No Bond, no casino - no film ! There was no casting. I said to Eric that I could have a James Bond. I have been president of a French James Bond fan club for six years. During that period of time I have met many people among the James Bond community. Serge Rotelli was a Swiss member of our fan club. We met him during one of our conventions in 1997. I thought he could be a great James Bond for a fanfilm as he had won several James Bond look-alike contests. I contacted him and he was enthusiastic.

Was the film’s script tailored around a certain Bond actors’ portrayal ? Was it more dark and edgy ? Or is it a film where situations are played for laughs in the style of Roger Moore ?

Every film, amateur or professional, seldom ends as it was planned to be. Plus, we have the limitations of any fanfilm in talent, time and money. As you may guess, our willingness to make Casino Royale shows that our intention was not to do slapstick comedy. It’s a first degree film. We take the spy story seriously. The tale itself is hardly surprising and is pure James Bond lore. Now you mention Roger Moore — there are small bits of Mooresque smiles because Serge is good at that. But we didn’t overdo it at all. Good Bond for us is On Her Majesty’s Secret Service or The Spy Who Loved Me. Bad Bond is Moonraker or everything that has to do with Sheriff Pepper.

The makers are huge Fleming fans, yet they have to look for a more Bond looking actor, which is what EON has failed to do.

Post by **Dr. No** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 6:20 am

Very impressive!!! This is fan work?? Hot d**n!