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Webby · 12-17-2006, 01:13 PM

For it's time, probably Connery was Bond. Not sure if other actors at that time would have created the rolling success story. It's prob something that could not be planned - just a magic combination that works. Otherwise the first Bond movie (Dr No) could have fallen into a B movie status.

Brosnan made a good effort as well. (Can't say for Craig - never seen him).

Some odd, but amusing facts....

The budget for the first Bond movie, Dr No, was $800K and Connery's fees were $8000 for a 10 week shoot (at least with him present). That movie was a risk - serious one, and never intended to develop into a blockbuster roll on for decades. It was originally planned as a blockbuster with.. think Cary Grant in the role as Bond, but other commitments made that impossible. The scenario was rehashed, budget cut and an "unknown" engaged to play the role of Bond.

The second movie, From Russia With Love, was a little more daring on the budget, $1.2 mill and, can't remember, but Connery was paid around $16K. It was becoming clear there were good prospects for the production company, Eon, and they pulled in better support cast, including Robert Shaw to make up as Bond's adversary and worked on developing the Bond character.

I worked on "Russia" for a while between breaks at film school - interesting stuff. There is a lot of general footage shot as background for the editor and still see some of that footage being used by TV companies, mini series etc - you'd never know it was originally shot during a Bond movie production and sold as stock footage

Much of the success or otherwise of a character really depends on the team around him - closest being the director, but contributions from others as well. Prob the best Bond director was Terence Young and working with Peter Hunt as the editor. (Peter Hunt eventually directed other Bond movies - good director for action movies.) The rest of the princple crew were stable and experienced, Ted Moore as Dir of Photography and decent script from Richard Maibaum. It was a very experienced and close-knit team who generated the first Bond movies off the studio floor and that prob contributed to the overall success.

12-17-2006, 01:13 PM
Webby Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Far far away - as possible Posts: 14,956	For it's time, probably Connery was Bond. Not sure if other actors at that time would have created the rolling success story. It's prob something that could not be planned - just a magic combination that works. Otherwise the first Bond movie (Dr No) could have fallen into a B movie status. Brosnan made a good effort as well. (Can't say for Craig - never seen him). Some odd, but amusing facts.... The budget for the first Bond movie, Dr No, was $800K and Connery's fees were $8000 for a 10 week shoot (at least with him present). That movie was a risk - serious one, and never intended to develop into a blockbuster roll on for decades. It was originally planned as a blockbuster with.. think Cary Grant in the role as Bond, but other commitments made that impossible. The scenario was rehashed, budget cut and an "unknown" engaged to play the role of Bond. The second movie, From Russia With Love, was a little more daring on the budget, $1.2 mill and, can't remember, but Connery was paid around $16K. It was becoming clear there were good prospects for the production company, Eon, and they pulled in better support cast, including Robert Shaw to make up as Bond's adversary and worked on developing the Bond character. I worked on "Russia" for a while between breaks at film school - interesting stuff. There is a lot of general footage shot as background for the editor and still see some of that footage being used by TV companies, mini series etc - you'd never know it was originally shot during a Bond movie production and sold as stock footage Much of the success or otherwise of a character really depends on the team around him - closest being the director, but contributions from others as well. Prob the best Bond director was Terence Young and working with Peter Hunt as the editor. (Peter Hunt eventually directed other Bond movies - good director for action movies.) The rest of the princple crew were stable and experienced, Ted Moore as Dir of Photography and decent script from Richard Maibaum. It was a very experienced and close-knit team who generated the first Bond movies off the studio floor and that prob contributed to the overall success. __________________ XXX TLD's - Another mosquito to swat.