The Sunday paper which has so many sections that it takes this reader days to read, so not a regular purchase at the weekend for £2. At the end of May to mark "100 years since the birth of the series creator, Cubby Broccoli, Eon Production .. has opened up its legendary picture archive." The supplement called Spectrum has 30 pages of "images, most unpublished, [to] tell the gripping story of the world's most famous secret agent."
A breakdown to an interesting insight as follows ...
- The opening cover ( seen right ) and next two pages cover the 3 girls from the movie posing for the famous Thunderball poster - missing is Connery in scuba gear.
- The next 2 pages cover photo from off-set relaxing while making the first movie Dr. No with column about Connery. Followed by another 2 pages showing crew filming the jungle scenes.
- Two photo pages devoted to the painting of golden girl Shirley Eaton and a column about her.
- Move on to Piz Gloria set and smiling/chatting Lazenby to young Joanna Lumley who has a small section recolling how she got her role by sharing a lift with producer Harry Saltzman.
- A double page photo of opening titles expert Maurice Binder placing a white cat on the back of a nude model for Diamond Are Forever.
- Another page about Binder with another Diamonds model and chatting to Sheena Easton for For Your Eyes Only. The other page devoted to photo of Cubby & daughter Barbara in snow gear for The Living Daylights. She has a column and recalls filming of the series and Cubby ruining one Roger's best suits.
- The next 2 about Ken Adam's volcano set and Derek Meddings' minature work for GoldenEye. There is a section about Adam's work and shorter one about special effects.
- Double photo of Connery and back of topless Lana Wood ( who has a section ) filming Diamonds ...
- Left column about Roger Moore next to photo off-set seated posing loading a gun for Live And Let Die and another one of Ekland & bikini Adams in Phuket watched by tourists for the next movie.
- Left page has two photos of Roger & Cubby, one serving spaghetti and sauce to the crew and bottom one of the two playing backgammon between takes for For Your Eyes Only. The other page has Lee & Adams relaxing between takes and another of Roger in clown gear chatting to seated Cubby.
- A page & half about Craig with left column, a photo from Pinewood set of him & Olga escaping the burning hotel and another upside down hanging in front of blue screen. A small photo of Murino having make-up applied. Half of next page looks at each movie with a brief fact helped by a few photos.
- A b&w photo of Gemma Arterton having crude oil applied over her nude body - actually black non-toxic paint.
- Finally left page shows the original bedroom scene with Connery & Bianchi and below rare photos of Dalton & Brosnan recreating the From Russia With Love scene for the screen test. The right page is an advert for the Quantum Of Solace DVD & Blu-ray Disc - suggesting for Father's Day !
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