| | '''James Bond''' (or '''007''') is a fictional [[British]] [[MI6]] secret agent created by writer [[Ian Fleming]]. Beginning in 1952, Fleming wrote 12 James Bond [[novel]]s and two collections of short stories until his death in 1964. Subsequent James Bond novels have been written by many writers, including [[Kingsley Amis]]. | | '''James Bond''' (or '''007''') is a fictional [[British]] [[MI6]] secret agent created by writer [[Ian Fleming]]. Beginning in 1952, Fleming wrote 12 James Bond [[novel]]s and two collections of short stories until his death in 1964. Subsequent James Bond novels have been written by many writers, including [[Kingsley Amis]]. |
| − | James Bond is best known from the feature-length movies. [[Dr. No (film, 1962)|"Dr. No" (1962)]] was the first of the James Bond film series produced by EON Productions, and an adaptation of Ian Fleming's sixth James Bond novel. James Bond films have always been somewhat epic in scope, featuring exotic locations, fast cars, beautiful women and elaborate stunts. Bond is also known for his heavy drinking and smoking, along with sexual encounters (Fleming himself indulged in much of this same activity, leading to his early death). James Bond had many adversaries, including members of the [[Italian]] and [[Russia]]n [[Mafia]]s, [[Japan]]ese [[Yakuza]], [[Chinese]] [[Triad]], [[Latin America]]n [[drug cartels]], and [[North Korea]]n mobsters, or even corrupt spies, and mad scientists. The most recent Bond film was ''[[Spectre]]'' (2015). | + | James Bond is best known from the feature-length movies, and every year from 1962-1964 the top grossing movie was a James Bond film.<ref>https://www.imdb.com/list/ls000065674/</ref> [[Dr. No (film, 1962)|"Dr. No" (1962)]] was the first of the James Bond film series produced by EON Productions and ranked #1 that year in revenue; it was an adaptation of Ian Fleming's sixth James Bond novel. James Bond films have always been somewhat epic in scope, featuring exotic locations, fast cars, beautiful women and elaborate stunts. Bond is also known for his heavy drinking and smoking, along with sexual encounters (Fleming himself indulged in much of this same activity, leading to his early death). James Bond had many adversaries, including members of the [[Italian]] and [[Russia]]n [[Mafia]]s, [[Japan]]ese [[Yakuza]], [[Chinese]] [[Triad]], [[Latin America]]n [[drug cartels]], and [[North Korea]]n mobsters, or even corrupt spies, and mad scientists. The most recent Bond film was ''[[Spectre]]'' (2015). |
| | The current James Bond is [[Daniel Craig]], who has taken the role back towards the more rugged character that Connery and Dalton brought to the screen, as opposed to the portrayal by [[Pierce Brosnan]]. | | The current James Bond is [[Daniel Craig]], who has taken the role back towards the more rugged character that Connery and Dalton brought to the screen, as opposed to the portrayal by [[Pierce Brosnan]]. |