Octopussy (1983)

 

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In this episode of Breaking Bond, we'll be talking about Octopussy (1983)!

Starring:

Roger Moore as James Bond
Maud Adams as Octopussy
Louis Jourdan as Kamal Khan
Kristina Wayborn as Magda
Kabir Bedi as Gobinda
David Meyer and Anthony Meyer as Mischka and Grischka
Steven Berkoff as General Orlov

Directed by: John Glen

As always, we're getting into the plot, the pitfalls, the triumphs, the trivia, and your feedback!

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For Your Eyes Only (1981)

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In this episode of Breaking Bond, we'll be laughing a ton while trying to remember For Your Eyes Only (1981)!

Starring:

Roger Moore as James Bond
Carole Bouquet as Melina Havelock
Topol as Milos Columbo
Lynn-Holly Johnson as Bibi Dahl
Julian Glover as Aristotle Kristatos

Directed by: John Glen

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Moonraker (1979)

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In this episode of Breaking Bond, we'll be talking about Moonraker (1979)!

Starring:

Roger Moore as James Bond
Lois Chiles as Holly Goodhead
Michael Lonsdale as Hugo Drax
Richard Kiel as Jaws

Directed by: Lewis Gilbert

We discuss the plot, quotes, trivia, and add this film to the rankings!

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The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

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We're talking The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)—or, as one of our listeners called it, The Spy Who Killed My Boyfriend and Who I Let Bang Me Because Reasons! Haha.

We're getting into the plot, our favorite quotes, some trivia, and listener feedback!

We had a fun time!

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The Man With The Golden Gun (1974)

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In this episode of Breaking Bond, we'll be talking about The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)!

Starring:

Roger Moore as James Bond
Christopher Lee as Francisco Scaramanga
Britt Ekland as Mary Goodnight
Maud Adams as Andrea Anders
Hervé Villechaize as Nick Nack, Scaramanga's manservant and accomplice
Clifton James as Sheriff J.W. Pepper

Directed by: Guy Hamilton

We have favorite quotes (and some least favorites), trivia, and listener feedback! We also get off track a few times... ahem...

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Live and Let Die (1973)

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In this episode of Breaking Bond, we'll be talking about Live and Let Die (1973)!

Starring:

Roger Moore as James Bond
Yaphet Kotto as Dr. Kananga/Mr. Big
Jane Seymour as Solitaire
Julius Harris as Tee Hee Johnson
David Hedison as Felix Leiter
Gloria Hendry as Rosie Carver
Geoffrey Holder as Baron Samedi
Roy Stewart as Quarrel Jr.
Earl Jolly Brown as Whisper

Directed by: Guy Hamilton

We're getting into the plot, behind-the-scenes dramas, favorite quotes, trivia, and more!

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Diamonds Are Forever (1971)

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In this episode of Breaking Bond, we'll be talking about Diamonds Are Forever (1971)!

Starring:

Sean Connery as James Bond
Jill St. John as Tiffany Case
Charles Gray as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Jimmy Dean as Willard Whyte
Bruce Glover and Putter Smith as Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd

We're getting into the plot, behind-the-scenes romances and dramas, favorite quotes, trivia, and more!

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On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)

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It's time for our review of On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)!

Starring:

George Lazenby as James Bond
Diana Rigg as Countess Tracy di Vicenzo
Telly Savalas as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Gabriele Ferzetti as Marc-Ange Draco
Ilse Steppat as Irma Bunt

Directed by: Peter R. Hunt
Screenplay by: Richard Maibaum

We discuss the plot, the actors, our updated Bond movie ranking, favorite quotes, trivia, and listener feedback!

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You Only Live Twice (1967)

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So is this film racist, or is it one of the first accurate and positive representations of Japanese culture in popular film? Is it both?

We're welcoming our guest, Japanese culture expert and five-year Japan resident Christianna Traynor, to discuss these topics and more!

We're getting into the plot, the quotes (both favorite and most horrendous), our favorite scenes, and, of course, some good old-fashioned trivia!

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Casino Royale (1967)

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We're talking Casino Royale (1967)—and no, not THAT Casino Royale.

Starring: David Niven as Sir James Bond, Peter Sellers as Evelyn Tremble, Ursula Andress as Vesper Lynd, Orson Welles as Le Chiffre, and Woody Allen as Jimmy Bond/Dr. Noah.
Directed by: Val Guest, Ken Hughes, John Huston, Joseph McGrath, Robert Parrish, and Richard Talmadge.

What a strange, terrible film.

Nevertheless, there are things we liked, quotes we favorited, and scenes we weirdly adored. We're attempting to make sense of one of the strangest branches of the entire 007 cinematic family tree.

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Thunderball (1965)

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We're talking Thunderball (1965), Sean Connery's fourth official outing as James Bond.

Starring: Sean Connery as James Bond, Claudine Auger as Domino, Adolfo Celi as Emilio Largo, and Luciana Paluzzi as Fiona Volpe.
Directed by: Terence Young.

71% of the Earth is covered in ocean, but that doesn't mean the same should be said of a film. And speeding up the above-water action doesn't necessarily make up for endless slow-motion molasses underwater—even when harpoons are involved.

So throw on something comfortable. Maybe a pair of short shorts. Get ready for a little bedroom blackmail. We're talking Thunderball, and we have feelings about it, y'all.

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Goldfinger (1964)

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We're talking Goldfinger (1964), the movie where the Bond formula really starts firing on all cylinders—and occasionally firing directly into some spectacularly uncomfortable territory.

Starring: Sean Connery as James Bond, Honor Blackman as Pussy Galore, Gert Fröbe as Auric Goldfinger, and Harold Sakata as Oddjob.
Directed by: Guy Hamilton.

The action, gadgets, and sex are all amped up for Goldfinger, but so are the sound effects, cringe jokes, and sexism. We're talking 007 as he battles Auric Goldfinger and the oddball Oddjob for the fate of all the gold in Fort Knox, plus our favorite quotes, trivia, performances, and updated Bond rankings.

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Roger Moore as James Bond - Mainly Millicent (1964)

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Roger Moore managed to Break Bond ages before he was ever officially cast! In this Breaking Bond mini-episode, we're watching Moore play 007 in a 1964 comedy sketch from the short-lived British variety series Mainly Millicent. It's a weird little piece of Bond history and our first chance to see a future 007 take on the role years before Live and Let Die.

Watch the sketch here:

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From Russia With Love (1963)

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We're talking From Russia with Love (1963), Sean Connery's second outing as James Bond.

Starring: Sean Connery, Daniela Bianchi, Pedro Armendáriz, Lotte Lenya, and Robert Shaw.
Directed by: Terence Young.

007 is sent to procure a Lektor cryptography device from the Soviet consulate in Istanbul with the help of a young cipher clerk who claims she wants to defect to the Brits. Of course, the whole thing is a devious design cooked up by SPECTRE's most devilish delinquents.

We're getting into the plot, performances, favorite quotes, trivia, and where the movie lands in our evolving Bond rankings.

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Dr. No (1962)

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Now we get to the movie that launched James Bond as a cinematic icon: Dr. No (1962), the first official EON Productions Bond film and Sean Connery's debut as 007.

Starring: Sean Connery as James Bond, Ursula Andress as Honey Ryder, Joseph Wiseman as Dr. No, and Jack Lord as Felix Leiter.
Directed by: Terence Young.

We're getting into the plot, performances, our first impressions of Connery's Bond, favorite quotes, trivia, and everything that begins establishing the formula the franchise would spend decades playing with.

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Casino Royale - Climax! (1954)

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We're going all the way back to the first screen adaptation of James Bond: the 1954 live television version of Casino Royale from the CBS anthology series Climax!

Starring: Barry Nelson as James Bond, Peter Lorre as Le Chiffre, and Linda Christian as Valerie Mathis.
Directed by: William H. Brown Jr.

American CIA agent "Jimmy" Bond survives an assassination attempt—largely by standing still—before being sent to defeat Le Chiffre at baccarat and force the Soviets to "retire" him.

We get into the plot, the performances, whether this works as an introduction to the world of James Bond, the music, our favorite quotes, trivia, and more.

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Introducing Breaking Bond: A 007 Binge Cast

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Welcome to Breaking Bond: A 007 Binge Cast! 

We're David and Bethany, and we are a married couple with little-to-no history with the James Bond franchise! We're diving head-first into the 007 cinematic universe on a mission to watch every James Bond film ever made.

Before we start the binge, we're talking about our first exposure to James Bond, what little experience we have with the franchise, what we already know about 007, and whether we've ever really been interested in Bond or spy thrillers before. James Bond Jr. even comes up, because apparently we're starting there.

Join us as we finally fill in one enormous gap in our pop-culture knowledge, one Bond at a time.

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