Tuesday, May 09, 2006

A anca da Andress, o Dr. No e o Wellington



Isto ha obcessoes que se cruzam... quando Bond entra pela primeira vez na casa do Dr. No, para, e olha uns segundos para um quadro, nada mais nada menos que o retrato do Duque de Wellington, que tinha sido roubado duas semanas antes do inicio das filmagens!
Pois bem, fica a recomendaƧao: filme a rever Dr. NO; objecto a comprar: as Wellies do Wellington.
E eu, fico contente, com a anquita parecida com a da Andress...

# In Ian Fleming's novel Honey Ryder was named Honeychile Ryder and she came out of the ocean wearing only a belt and no bikini.

# The close-up shots of Sean Connery with the spider on him were filmed with a glass plate under the spider.

# M's character is based on a similar character in Alfred Hitchcock's film Secret Agent, made in the 1930's.

# Honey Ryder's voice was not that of Ursula Andress; rather, was dubbed by Monica Van der Syl.

# Ursula Andress was offered the role after the producers saw a picture of her in a wet tee-shirt contest.

# It is actually action-arranger Bob Simmons who appears in the gun-barrel openings of Dr. No through Goldfinger.

# The scene in which Dr. No's men fire at Bond and his gang had to be shot twice. The first time, a detachment of US Navy officers who were on leave ran over to the bay where filming was taking place to investigate the gunfire.

# In the begining of the movie, Bond had his Beretta taken away by M and was given the Walther PPL 7.65mm (32 caliber). However, if you look very closely, when Bond actually pulls it out in Jamaica, the gun is a Walther PP. The primary difference between the PP and the PPK is the barrel length (the PP's barrel is 5/8" longer).

# The incident mentioned when Bond first gets the Walther PPK involving him being in a hospital for 6 months was based on events at the end of the book From Russia, With Love.

# When 007 enters Dr. No's dining room he stops to take a second look at a painting. The painting is Goya's picture of the Duke of Wellington, which was stolen in real life week or two before filming began.

# Jack Lord, who played Felix Leiter, was more professional than the other Felixes in other Bond movies. The professionalism was also a part of Steve McGarrett in the Hawaii Five-O TV series, which was Lord's best portrayal of a charismatic character on screen.

# In the first draft, Dr. No was a monkey.

# The first gun Bond uses other than the Walther PPK is the Browning 1922 that (the producers I assume) try to pass off as a silenced Walther PPK. You can tell by the "FN" marking on the grip - not to mention the shape of the gun in the scene where he baits the professor into the girl's room and kills him after the professor pumps 7 shots into the mattress.

# Bond incorrectly identifies Professor Dent's weapon as a Smith and Wesson when it is, in fact, an M-1911A1 Colt.

# To put to rest an age old theory, Ursula Andress DID have on a bathing suit when she was going through the decontaminator in Dr No's headquarters.

# Ian Fleming originally wanted Roger Moore to play Bond in Dr. No after Cary Grant said he would only play Bond once.

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