James Bond fans, and those of us of a
certain age, will be aware that there was another Casino Royale,
this one made in 1967, and not really part of the James Bond
official series.
Sir James Bond as he was in this was
portrayed by David Niven, and it is in this guise that Paul Lavers
delivers his account of the filming of the movie and spiced up with
gossip and anecdotes of the cast, directors and almost un believable
exploits that took place in the shooting.
I’m sure that the facts delivered from
the writing of James Goss were correct, but I found myself agog at
some of the decisions that were made during the production, the
amount of money that was spent and the total absurdity that the
original version turned out as.
Lavers, looks very similar to my
recollection of Niven, and he remains in character as the super cool
suave Englishman and his story is over for to soon for me.
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