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Happy Global James Bond Day 2019!

General

57 years ago today, the first James Bond movie, Dr. No premiered.

The below graphic is composed of letters from different James Bond movies. Can you name the movie for each letter?

Happy Global James Bond Day 2019!

Check the answers for each letter after the jump!

"James Bond Will Return" from the end of From Russia With Love (1963)

All “James Bond Will Return” Screenshots

General

“James Bond Will Return” is a signature phrase splashed at the end of (almost) every James Bond movie that promotes 007’s never-give-up/against-all-odds attitude and shows a sense of pride in the world’s longest running movie series.

Throughout the years, it has been used to reveal the movie title of the forthcoming James Bond movie, albeit sometimes in error. It has also not been used at all. Some quick facts:

It does not appear at the end of any of the unofficial movies (Casino Royale (1954), Casino Royale (1967) and Never Say Never Again (1983)
It does not appear in Dr. No or Thunderball
It has been bland with just words (The World Is Not Enough), has had a fancy backdrop (The Living Daylights), and has had a custom image to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the James Bond movies (Skyfall)
The incorrect next movie is listed at the end of The Spy Who Loved Me as For Your Eyes Only – the next movie is in fact Moonraker (thanks, Star Wars)
The title of A View To A Kill is incorrect at the end of Octopussy, adding “From” to the beginning of the title

Regardless, below are all of the instances where “James Bond Will Return” appears in the credits from all of the movies:

: “James Bond Will Return” from the end of From Russia With Love (1963)

: “James Bond Will Return” from the end of Goldfinger (1964)

: “James Bond Will Return” from the end of You Only Live Twice (1967)

: “James Bond Will Return” from the end of On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)

: “James Bond Will Return” from the end of Diamonds Are Forever (1971)

: “James Bond Will Return” from the end of Live And Let Die (1973)

: “James Bond Will Return” from the end of The Man With The Golden Gun (1974)

: “James Bond Will Return” from the end of The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

: “James Bond Will Return” from the end of Moonraker (1979)

: “James Bond Will Return” from the end of For Your Eyes Only (1981)

: “James Bond Will Return” from the end of Octopussy (1983)

: “James Bond Will Return” from the end of A View To A Kill (1985)

: “James Bond Will Return” from the end of The Living Daylights (1987)

: “James Bond Will Return” from the end of Licence To Kill (1989)

: “James Bond Will Return” from the end of GoldenEye (1995)

: “James Bond Will Return” from the end of Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

: “James Bond Will Return” from the end of The World Is Not Enough (1999)

: “James Bond Will Return” from the end of Die Another Day (2002)

: “James Bond Will Return” from the end of Casino Royale (2006)

: “James Bond Will Return” from the end of Quantum Of Solace (2008)

: “James Bond Will Return” from the end of Skyfall (2012)

: “James Bond Will Return” from the end of Spectre (2015)

: “James Bond Will Return” from the end of No Time To Die (2021)

Which is your favorite?

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Moonraker (1979)

Oh yes, well…if you can get him of course

Moonraker (1979)

Jaws’ (Richard Kiel) intro in Moonraker (1979) has to be the best henchmen intro of any James Bond movie.

We catch the tail end of villain Hugo Drax’s (Michael Lonsdale) phone conversation searching for a replacement henchman for the recently deceased Chang (it’s so weird he refers to him as “Cha” in the phone conversation, but whatever). As he sits atop his ivory tower, he’s pleasantly surprised to hear the prospect of Jaws (Richard Kiel) as his next henchman to help carry out his nefarious plot and subdue James Bond in the process. I also wonder who Drax is on the phone with – is there a villain’s HR department?!

Fast forward to Jaws’ hilariously oversized arrival in Rio de Janeiro – we see him set off the metal detectors for obvious reasons. Without a word (just a smile), he explains the beeping to the Rodney Dangerfield doppelganger customs worker, totally freaking him out. LOL!

Jaws (Richard Kiel) shows his signature metal smile in Moonraker (1979)

The Moonraker Gondola Chase Reactionaries

Moonraker (1979)

In Moonraker (1979), as James Bond makes his escape via his hydrofoil gondola in Venice, some great, funny and downright cheesy reactions from the witnessing crowd are seen.

Which is your favorite?