First Drafts of Bond Scripts

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• Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,334MI6 Agent

  July 2014

  Here is some information:
  
  http://www.hmss.com/films/bondscripts/index.html
• PDJamesBond Posts: 180MI6 Agent

  July 2014

  Thanks, Number24! I remember seeing that article a while back and it makes for a very interesting read - it's part of why I am so anxious to get a hold of the DAF and MR first drafts.
• Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,334MI6 Agent

  July 2014

  I actually know very little about Bond scripts and I would like to learn more too. There must be other members of this forum who knows more?
• AlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent

  July 2014

  DAF first had Goldfinger's Brother as the main Villain in the original Script and I'm not sure what the original Draft of MR contained -{

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• Thunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent

  July 2014

  {[] Very interesting and entertaining reading.

  "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
• PDJamesBond Posts: 180MI6 Agent

  July 2014

  Thunderpussy wrote:

  {[] Very interesting and entertaining reading.

  
  TP, are you referring to this forum or the scripts themselves?
• Thunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent

  July 2014

  Both {[] ( I'm very diplomatic ) especially anything by that
  TP, bloke. Talented guy.

  "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
• AlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent

  July 2014

  especially anything by that
  AOS, bloke. Talented guy.
  
  

  1.On Her Majesties Secret Service 2.The Living Daylights 3.license To Kill 4.The Spy Who Loved Me 5.Goldfinger
• PDJamesBond Posts: 180MI6 Agent

  July 2014

  Lots of talented blokes on this forum, I've noticed! (*Looks in the mirror*)
• Barbel ScotlandPosts: 37,868Chief of Staff

  July 2014

  There is a great amount of detail on the evolution of the GF script in the book "Adrian Turner on Goldfinger", published by Bloomsbury in 1998.
• PDJamesBond Posts: 180MI6 Agent

  July 2014

  Barbel wrote:

  There is a great amount of detail on the evolution of the GF script in the book "Adrian Turner on Goldfinger", published by Bloomsbury in 1998.

  
  Barbel,
  I didn't know that! Thank you very much for the info - I'll be sure to check it out!
• Barbel ScotlandPosts: 37,868Chief of Staff

  July 2014

  {[] no problem.
  
  For details on the TB script, take a look at "The Battle For Bond" by Robert Sellers, published by Tomahawk Press in 2007 (my thanks to Pete for giving me a copy).
• Barbel ScotlandPosts: 37,868Chief of Staff

  July 2014

  For YOLT, there's a bit of controversy. Originally, a writer called Harold Jack Bloom (who retains a screen credit for additional story material) was involved, even going to Japan with the crew before being replaced by credited screenwriter Roald Dahl. Exactly who wrote what has been disputed.
  
  In general, it has to be remembered that the Bond films have always had a degree of committee writing. The producer(s), director, screenwriter(s) etc all sit together and work out general ideas which the writer(s) then refine, and which may be altered by the director on set. This has led to various members of the team claiming credit for certain ideas, sometimes justified and sometimes not (IMHO directors are particularly prone to claiming credit for memorable ideas which are demonstrably not theirs!).
• PDJamesBond Posts: 180MI6 Agent

  August 2014

  I wasn't aware of that. Thanks, Barbel!