The Double-O Dispatches

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🧵1/2 I can't believe I've hit 1500 followers in a mere 6 months! Thank you all so much...this is amazing & so much more than I expected! In gratitude I'd like to pick a holiday from every country I have followers from & dedicate the day to their country's unique Bond history!

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October 13, 1923: Actor, scriptwriter & producer Cyril Leonard Shaps is born in London, UK. He appeared in the TV series "Dr. Who" & several blockbuster films including as Mr. Pinkus alongside Lulu in "To Sir, With Love," & as Dr. Bechmann in "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977).

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October 13, 1997: Sony announces a rival James Bond film series in collaboration with Kevin McClory, resulting in a $25M suit with MGM. Sony eventually abandoned the venture, paid MGM $5M in damages & sold the rights to Casino Royale to MGM for $10M.

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October 13, 1960: Actor Richard Sammel is born in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He played Thomas Eichhorst in the TV series "The Strain," Sgt. Werner Rachtman in "Inglourious Basterds" (2009) & Adolf Gettler in "Casino Royale" (2006). Happy birthday @RichardSammel 🥳🎂

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@NandoArriechi2 Yes...I love that whole film!

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🇪🇸 The opening sequence of "The Living Daylights" was both set and filmed in Gibraltar. Arguably one of the best introductions to a new Bond in the series! Technically this is British territory but due to its location on the Iberian Peninsula it seemed only fair to include it.

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@AgentofRevenge3 Yup! And the way he drops into the boat, borrows a phone and then sips champagne with a girl in a bikini while he waits to be picked up is hysterical!🤣

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@Craneger I don't know if you've seen this but Putin has reportedly reinstated SMERSH. As far as I'm aware there was never an official announcement but people wearing their insignia have been spotted in news photos & press conferences.

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@FelixAssis1 Hmm...good to know! I've got some audio book borrows left this month at my library...I'll see if I can hunt one down!

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🇪🇸 Spain also appears in several continuation novels including the US Navy Base in Rota in Gardner's"Win, Lose or Die," several locations in Malaga in Benson's "Doubleshot" & Barcelona as the location for Bond's disappearance in Sherwood's "Double or Nothing."

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@allandray08 @Quizzmaster1 Aw, thank you! 😊

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October 10, 1956: Actress, author & real estate mogul Fiona Fullerton is born in Kaduna, Nigeria. She wrote the book "Dear Fiona: Letters From A Suspected Soviet Spy" about her friendship with Alexander Alexandrowicz. She played KGB agent Pola Ivanova in "View To A Kill" (1985)

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@Craneger Oooh I love those too! For some reason those don't bother me as much...maybe because the person's already dead I don't get so squeamish. I find forensics a fascinating field of study!

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Happy Bond Day, everybody! Here's to 64 years of wacky gadgets, glamorous Bond Girls, exotic locations, evil villains, perilous car chases, massive explosions, cheesy one-liners, & thwarted attempts of world domination, courtesy of the world's favorite spy!

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@Craneger @ivy_liner Oooh I don't think I've seen either of those. Isn't The Gray Man about hitmen? Or am I thinking of a different film?

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🇪🇸 While Cuban actress Ana De Armas was born in Havana, her grandparents were originally from Spain. She moved to Madrid to further her acting career at the age of 18 & lived there from 2006-2013. She played Paloma in "No Time To Die" (2021).

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@DavidShann29662 I appreciate you defending my honor but I'm not entirely sure how sending him a gif of a beautiful and somewhat voluptuous young woman is a form of punishment? Is this some sort of secret "man code" that I just don't understand? 🤣🤣🤣

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🇪🇸 Sean Connery had close ties with Spain. He owned a beautiful estate in Marbella, where he lived with his wife Diane Cilento after their secret wedding in Gibraltar in 1962.

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@DavidShann29662 He blocked me too! 😂 Don't sweat it! Life's too short to get angry at people over film facts!

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@DavidShann29662 @RDR5035 No, apparently the other gentleman was right...the luxury estate site I used to check the story mislabeled the photograph. I try to find direct sources & not rely solely on Wikipedia as they often get things wrong but even still...there's a lot of misinformation on the web!

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@EddyEd007 Yes, he was! I love that story about the last rat standing!

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🇪🇸 Javier Bardem, who played Raoul Silva in "Skyfall," has deep ties to Spain. He was born in Las Palmas to Spanish actress Pilar Bardem from Seville, & he is married to another Spanish actress, Penelope Cruz, who was born in Alcobendas.

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@allandray08 When will people learn that when an eccentric billionaire asks you to build them a bunker, there's always a catch?🤣

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@DrMatti74 I got it from an article from a luxury real estate site in Marbella (link below). After looking into this further it appears that they miscaptioned the photo...which means you're right! You get a GoldenEye Award!

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@beezus_fuffoon Just goes to show you how good he is!

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@SpiesVespers Nah...I'm not convinced Al Pacino exists...😉

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@allandray08 An interesting idea to have parallel stories like that.

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@allandray08 Haha no not really!🤣