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On Her Majesty’s Secret Service: Merry Christmas 007

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service: Merry Christmas 007

Released: December 1969 Directed by: Peter R. Hunt Cast: George Lazenby, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas, Gabriele Ferzetti, Ilse Steppat, Lois Maxwell, George Baker, Bernard Lee, Desmond Llewelyn. Yup, spoilers. Ernst Stavro Blofeld has no redeeming qualities, save one, he is not a quitter. Like his contemporary, Wile E. Coyote-Super Genius, he continues to plot, scheme, and execute said plots. His operative in Jamaca, Dr. No was charged with toppling U.S. missiles and failed. In a revenge, extortion scheme, Rosa Klebb…

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Goldfinger: Thoughts on Operation: Rockabye Baby.

Goldfinger: Thoughts on Operation: Rockabye Baby.

Released: 1964 Dir. Guy Hamilton “Champaign Leader to Grand Slam Task Force Leader. The Baby is asleep!”               When I first saw Goldfinger, I was unaware I was watching an ‘edited for television’ version. In early 1986 we got our first VCR, and sometime in those first six months I rented Goldfinger on VHS. It came as a wonderful surprise when I discovered there was stuff that I had been missing out on. Mainly the now iconic pre-title sequence, and…

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