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James Bond in ransom letters, made up from various Bond movie posters

James Bond Ransom

James Bond in ransom letters, made up from various Bond movie posters

Can you guess which movie poster each letter comes from in the above ‘ransom note’ collage? The answers after the jump!

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Double Oh Amazon or Apple?

In reference to the Hollywood Reporter article: Apple, Amazon Join Race for James Bond Film Rights

Agent 007 – Wednesdays 9/8c on CBS

Ugh…this hurt to Photoshop.

* shudders *

(In reference to a Hollywood Reporter article)

In numbers: Who is the most successful James Bond?

In numbers: Who is the most successful James Bond?

Bond at the Oscars (Updated 2022)

The James Bond movies have garnered 11 Oscar nominations, and 5 wins.

Quick Stats:
Total Oscar Nominations: 12
Total Oscar Wins: 6
Last Oscar Nomination: No Time To Die (2021)
Last Oscar Win: No Time To Die (2021)

Goldfinger (1964) in 1965

Winner
Best Effects, Sound Effects (Norman Wanstall)
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Thunderball (1965) in 1965

Winner
Best Effects, Special Visual Effects (John Stears)
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Diamonds Are Forever (1971) in 1972

Nomination
Best Sound (Gordon K. McCallum, John W. Mitchell, Al Overton)

Live and Let Die (1973) in 1974

Nomination
Best Music, Song (Paul and Linda McCartney for “Live and Let Die”)

The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) in 1978

Nomination
Best Art Direction – Set Decoration (Ken Adam, Peter Lamont, Hugh Scaife)

Nomination
Best Music, Original Score (Marvin Hamlisch)

Nomination
Best Music, Song (Marvin Hamlisch for music, and Carole Bayer Sager for lyrics for “Nobody Does it Better”.)

Moonraker (1979) in 1980

Nomination
Best Effects, Visual Effects (Derek Meddings, Paul Wilson, John Evans)

For Your Eyes Only (1981) in 1982

Nomination
Best Music, Song (Bill Conti for music, and Mick Leeson for lyrics for “For Your Eyes Only”.)

Skyfall (2012) in 2013

Nomination
Best Cinematography (Roger Deakins)

Nomination
Best Original Score (Thomas Newman)

Winner
Best Sound Editing (Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers)
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Winner
Best Original Song (Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth)
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Nomination
Best Sound Mixing (Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson)

Spectre (2015) in 2016

Winner
Best Original Song (Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith)
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No Time To Die (2021) in 2022

Winner
Best Original Song (Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell)
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Nomination
Best Sound (James Harrison, Simon Hayes, Paul Massey, Oliver Tarney, and Mark Taylor)

Nomination
Best Visual Effects (Mark Bakowski, Chris Corbould, Jonathan Fawkner, Joel Green, and Charlie Noble)

Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig as James Bond, 007

The 007 Lineup

Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig as James Bond, 007

Awesome drawing of all of the Bonds!

The 8 Bit James Bond actors, by Kristof Saelen

The 8 Bit James Bonds

The 8 Bit James Bond actors, by Kristof Saelen

The 8 Bit James Bond actors, by Kristof Saelen – from left to right: Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig

H/T Kristof Saelen

Roger Moore as James Bond in Moonraker (1979)

Remembering Sir Roger Moore

007’s official account posted this great tribute to the third James Bond actor.

RIP!

A visually stunning fight sequence from Skyfall (2012)

It’s…beautiful!

A visually stunning fight sequence from Skyfall (2012)

A visually stunning fight sequence from Skyfall (2012)

James Bond (Roger Moore) in Moonraker (1979) admires Roger Deakin's cinematography in Skyfall (2012)

James Bond (Roger Moore) in Moonraker (1979) admires Roger Deakin’s cinematography in Skyfall (2012)

Frasier & 007

Bond. Frasier Bond.

Frasier & 007

Looking at some random Bond movie clips yesterday, I saw two things that reminded me of the 90’s NBC sitcom Frasier, starring Kelsey Grammer and David Hyde Pierce.

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