The Man With the Golden Touch: How the Bond Films Conquered the World
ISBN: 9781590202982 | 1590202988
Format: HardcoverPublisher: Penguin Group USA
Pub. Date: 8/5/2010
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The Man with the Golden Touchtells the unlikely story of how Eon Productions‹the owners of the Bond franchise‹has kept James Bond at the top of the charts for forty-five years when originally only three or four films were planned. Through twenty-one films featuring three M¹s, two Q¹s, and six Bonds‹from Sean Connery¹s career-transforming turn in 1962¹s Dr. Noto Daniel Craig¹s debut in the 2006 blockbuster Casino Royale‹the action superstar and perfect English gentleman reigns supreme. Thanks to the films, Ian Fleming¹s original creation has been transformed from a black sheep of the postwar British elite into a figure with universal appeal, constantly evolving in step with changing social and political circumstances. Sinclair McKay interviewed those concerned with every aspect of the film, and is ideally placed to describe how the Bond brand has been managed over the years and to tell the inside stories of the vivid supporting cast, from Bond girls and Bond villains to Bond cars and Bond gadgetry.
| Introduction | p. vii |
| Authenticity | p. 1 |
| You've Had Your Six | p. 14 |
| Europe By Train | p. 34 |
| The Glittering Prize | p. 50 |
| Raincoats, Walls and Betrayals | p. 68 |
| Great Balls of Thunder | p. 76 |
| Spies in Our Eyes | p. 88 |
| This Dream is For You | p. 98 |
| The Other Fella | p. 113 |
| A Little More Cheek | p. ... MORE |
| Dark Unconfident World | p. 145 |
| Man at Austin Reed | p. 150 |
| Will He Bang? We Shall See | p. 165 |
| England Needs Me | p. 180 |
| Once More Round the World | p. 195 |
| The Smack of Firm Espionage | p. 207 |
| You Can Never Say Never Twice | p. 222 |
| Most Disarming | p. 229 |
| Microchips With Everything | p. 244 |
| Darling Moneypenny | p. 256 |
| One For The Ladies | p. 262 |
| Night of the Iguana | p. 276 |
| Bond in Abeyance | p. 288 |
| We Knew the Name, We Knew the Number | p. 294 |
| We're in a Puddle on the Floor | p. 308 |
| Art and Craft | p. 319 |
| Birthday Boy | p. 330 |
| The Autobiography of Dreams | p. 344 |
| Quantum Theories | p. 361 |
| You Can Never Kiss Death Goodbye | p. 376 |
| Notes | p. 385 |
| Related Reading | p. 390 |
| Index | p. 391 |
| Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved. |
Sinclair McKay, formerly Assistant Features Editor at The Daily Telegraph, works in London as a freelance writer and journalist.
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