This week in #JamesBond movie history. Two new 007s 14 years apart.
August 1st 1972. 51yrs ago #RogerMoore delighted the press atop the Dorchester Hotel.
August 6th 1986. 37yrs ago, after Brozza was in, then out, #TimothyDalton finally said yes & was announced as EON's 4th 007.
#MissionImpossible - #DeadReckoning#TomCruise Does It Better
"Craig got sick of 007...But at 61, Cruise looks better than ever...the pure fun involved in this film, its silly-serious alchemy..."
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There are fake news circulating about #GeorgeLazenby right now. I have just received a message from his manager. Our beloved @lazenbyofficial is alive! So please don't spread the fabricated nonsense any further, okay? This never happened to the other fella.
Google is reporting the apparent "death" of #GeorgeLazenby on June 3rd!
How can this be? Especially without an official announcement? Where did they get the information?
Tina Turner — 1939-2023
Legendary musical artist Tina Turner, who sang the theme song from GOLDENEYE, has passed away at the age of 83. Turner’s GOLDENEYE was a Top 10 single in 1995 and provided the perfect introduction for Pierce Brosnan’s era as 007.
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25 years ago today I released my ninth studio album Wildest Dreams including tracks like the Bond theme song Goldeneye and Missing You.
You can read about it here: https://t.co/D8LWfXyKsD
And stream the album here: https://t.co/XfwUw3POpb
In the same year she appeared in #LiveAndLetDie with new 007 on the block Roger Moore, @MaddySmith007 also starred alongside ex-Mrs Bond, Diana Rigg, in 1973s #TheatreOfBlood!
Both films celebrate their 50th Anniversary this year.
Smith is live tonight at the @GenesisCinema.
It’s with great sadness that we receive news that Ray Austin, stuntman, actor, director and novelist has passed away at his home in the US at the age of 90, peacefully with his wife and daughter by his side. Our thoughts are with them at this time 🙏❤️ #stunts
Very sad news knowing that dear Ray Austin has passed. I owe Ray everything because without him I wouldn’t have had the career I’ve had. He was a wonderful stuntman and arranger, great director and a friend. Lots of love to his family and friends ❤️🙏
Happy Birthday to Hollywood icon and one time #JamesBond baddie, Orson Welles!
From CITIZEN KANE to CASINO ROYALE, his legacy in cinema speaks for itself!
What’s your favourite Orson performance?
Our thoughts: https://t.co/Cqb0j1q4Kf
A THREAD
Here’s a little bit of Bond for the Bank Holiday- the hypothesis is: is NO TIME TO DIE secretly a remake of CASINO ROYALE? No, not that one: the one from 1967 with David Niven.
Here’s the evidence - spoilers for both! 1/11
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"This is not casinos, champagne & Aston Martins. It's not James Bond." ~Gary Oldman
While 007 saves the world, MI5's rejects; the #SlowHorses, do the rest. If you want to see what happened to the other fella, highly recommend this excellent show currently streaming on #AppleTV.
@SpyHards Catching up before Season 3 drops later in the year. Haven't read the books but as far as the show goes, snappy dialogue, likeable cast, although some don't last long 😆 and brilliantly shot. Lovely bit of televisual domestic espionage for sure!
In honour of #KingCharles III #Coronation, one moore final Tweet...
@SirRogerMoore & @StephenFry visit a look-a-like restaurant during A Royal Celebration (1998).
The special gala performance was held at London's @LyceumTheatre as part of Prince Charles' 50th Birthday.