![]() When he refuses, M has Bond’s mansion razed for motivation, inadvertently leading to the agency leader’s own explosive demise.īringing his morals, vows, celibate image, and discombobulating stutter back into the spy game, Bond journeys to Scotland to visit M’s widow, but the entire establishment has been overrun by abettors of SMERSH, an evil empire intent on destabilizing the world. All of the various security organizations have had their forces depleted, and are now desperate to engage the help of the legendary 007, who has since had his name and number reassigned to many other replacements. When M (John Huston) takes a visit to James Bond’s (David Niven) enormous estate (surrounded by gardens of lions), accompanied by a CIA agent, a KGB operative, and a representative of the Deuxieme Bureau, he hopes to recruit the retired superspy back into the never-ending clash against evil. If only a movie could be judged by its soundtrack alone. Bacharach’s score is – even when the movie becomes terribly dull or ineffective in its humor – sensationally jazzy and upbeat. ![]() After all, even if this weren’t a spoof, it’s only “suggested by the novel” (by Ian Fleming) – not even based upon it. No” in 1962, but rather the music by Burt Bacharach. ![]() He most prominent component of “Casino Royale” is not what impact or legacy this adaptation might have on the massively successful string of serious James Bond pictures started by “Dr. ![]()
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