Product Description

The Essential James Bond is the bible for every 007 fan. Film by film, from Dr No. in 1962. it details every major character and actor to have ever played a part in the Bond phenomenon - now including the latest Bond adventure, Die Another Day. Previous editions have sold over a quarter of a million copies worldwide. Meticulously researched and updated by two of the world's leading Bond authorities for publication in 2003, The Essential James Bond gives an in-depth critical review of each of the twenty official films with fascinating facts and behind-the-scenes stories. It features all the details an armchair secret agent needs to know, including the personalities behind the making of the most successful franchise in film history, the locations, the five Bonds and their accomplies, their tools and their enemies. With the addition of over 250 rare photographs from the archives of the authors and the Bond film producers, Eon Productions - many now seen in this edition for the first time - the phenomenon of 007 is spectacularly captured for ongoing reference as it enters its fifth decade.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #115522 in Books
• Published on: 2003-04-04
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

About the Author
Lee Pfeiffer is one of the world's most recognized authorities on the James Bond phneomenon. He is the author of eleven books about the cinema and has appeared on numerous international TV and radio programmes. Dave Worrall is one of Britain's most prolific experts on the James Bond films. At the age of 13 he was privaleged to tour the famous volcno set for You Only Live Twice at Pinewood Studios. Since then, he has made a full-time career of working on Bond-related projects.

Customer Reviews

If you only buy one book about James Bond, buy this one
Anybody could enjoy this wonderfully detailed and lovingly compiled companion to the Bond phenomenon. The authors provide at once a "dip in and out" work and also a "compulisive, not put down" read, combining the details of each of the Bond films with the narative behind the series and critical perceptions of those involved. An absolute must for any Bond fan.

where is my anorak?
I got this for my birthday and, despite being a Bond fan, though that this would go in the "dip-in-and-out of" section of my bookcase with The Blue Planet and Walking with Dinosaurs. But as with any obsession, be it Bond, Buffy or Star Trek, it's not possible to dip in and out of. I picked this up and raced through it within hours.

This book guides you through each film in turn, and divides its pages equally between actual film info (plot, characters, gadgets), nuggets of behind the scenes information (who's who and where they came from) and stunning pictures of Bond women.

If you are a Bond nut, about 33% therefore will not be new to you, but if you never realised that Kerim Bey in From Russia with Love is the real-life father of the corrupt Hispanic dictator in Licence to Kill, then this is a must read.

Course if you knew that already, you probably won't get much out of this ...