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MI6 DOSSIER - DR. NO  [JAMES BOND 007 MOVIE FILE]   DR. NO [film]   1962 [Bond #1] BACKGROUND "...Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman joined forces to bring novelist Ian Fleming's phenomenally popular superagent to the big screen..." "...Thus were born two more-or-less standard elements of Bond movies - the cataclysmic explosion of the villain's headquarters at the climax of the film and the subsequent escape of Bond and his chosen companion to relish their victory somewhere undisturbed..." BRIEFING [RE: Sean Connery:] "...Brocolli admiring the "right hint of threat behind that hard smile and faint Scottish burr" "...Connery's combination of personal magnetism, roguish charm and deadly intensity." " Several studios rejected the idea of a James Bond film, calling the character and stories 'too British' and 'too blatantly sexual.' But on June 20, 1961, United Artists agreed to fund the production for a modest $1 million." "The painting noticed by Bond in Dr. No's headquarters is Goya's The Duke of Wellington, chosen by the producers because it had attracted real-life international attention when it was stolen from a museum shortly before production begain." James Bond Special Edition DVD (circa 2000) CAST James Bond SEAN CONNERY Honey Ryder URSULA ANDRESS Dr. No JOSEPH WISEMAN Felix Leiter JACK LORD M BERNARD LEE Professor Dent ANTHONY DAWSON Quarrel JOHN KITZMILLER Miss Taro ZENA MARSHALL Sylvia Trench EUNICE GAYSON Miss Moneypenny LOIS MAXWELL   DR. NO [villain] BACKGROUND "...Operating from Crab Key off the coast of Jamaica, Dr. No is the brains behind the misguided missiles operation... Dr. [Julius] No is ruthless - his subordinates prefer to die than talk. The scriptwriters toyed with many ideas to bring Fleming's villain to the screen - including the bizarre notion of making Dr. No a monkey - before giving him metal hands, his distinguishing mark in the movie.... An engineer of note (he designed his headquarters himself) he is, of course, working for SPECTRE and the rocket interference is part of an unspeficied plan for world domination." -The Official James Bond 007 Movie Book by Sally Hibbin   RYDER, HONEY BACKGROUND GoldenEye 007 Controller Setting 1.1 Honey, is named after the very first Bond girl, Honey Ryder (Ursula Andress). "Ursula Andress will always be remembered as one of the most esquisite 'Bond Girls'... ...As Honey, Andress cut such a stunning figure in her two-piece bathing suit that bikini sales skyrocketed in the wake of Dr. No's release" -James Bond 007 Special Edition DVD BRIEFING "She emerges from the sea, clad in a skimpy white bikini with a hunting knife tucked in one side singing 'Underneath the Mango Tree'." -The Official James Bond 007 Movie Book by Sally Hibbin