Casino Royale 1967 Review
Casino Royale was released on 13 April 1967, two months prior to Eon's fifth Bond movie, You Only Live Twice. The film was a financial success, grossing over $41.7 million worldwide, and Burt Bacharach 's musical score was praised, earning him an Oscar nomination for the song ' The Look of Love '. At one time or another, 'Casino Royale' undoubtedly had a shooting schedule, a script and a plot. If any one of the three ever turns up, it might be the making of a good movie. In the meantime, the present version is a definitive example of what can happen when everybody working on a film goes simultaneously berserk. Casino Royale (1967) We're committed to diversity in media. We're updating our reviews to better highlight authentic stories and accurate, diverse representations. See something that needs to be addressed?
But the most way-out spy film of all was Casino Royale (1967), a bizarre concoction that has virtually nothing to do with the first (and arguably the best) of Ian Fleming ‘s James Bond novels.
by Greg MuskewitzAn unofficial James Bond entry, more of a spoof, starring David Niven as the aging spy.
Casino Royale 1967 Blu Ray Review
Apart from the occasional character’s name used from the Ian Fleming novel, the rest is disgarded for a bunch of uninspired, overblown, inanity; Bond has retired but must return to duty to battle with a new evildoer. The ingredients remain the same — there are plenty of gadgets and gizmos, explosions and gunplay, scantily clad women and extracurricular seduction, etc. But it’s cheesy, cheesy, cheesy. There are a number of laughs, though they tend to be far and few between as the excessive running time accumulates. One of the more pleasant surprises is Woody Allen as a villain (not too believable, but funny all the same); on the other hand, Peter Sellers’ time is too much at what it is. For all of the lavishness of the production and prodigality of plot, in actuality there is very little that resembles anything James Bond-like.
Directed by Val Guest, Ken Hughes, John Huston, Joseph McGrath and Robert Parish. With Ursula Andress, Orson Welles, Joanna Pettet, Deborah Kerr, Jean-Paul Belmondo, among others.
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An unofficial James Bond entry, more of a spoof, starring David Niven as the aging spy.
Casino Royale 1967 Full Movie
Apart from the occasional character’s name used from the Ian Fleming novel, the rest is disgarded for a bunch of uninspired, overblown, inanity; Bond has retired but must return to duty to battle with a new evildoer. The ingredients remain the same — there are plenty of gadgets and gizmos, explosions and gunplay, scantily clad women and extracurricular seduction, etc. But it’s cheesy, cheesy, cheesy. There are a number of laughs, though they tend to be far and few between as the excessive running time accumulates. One of the more pleasant surprises is Woody Allen as a villain (not too believable, but funny all the same); on the other hand, Peter Sellers’ time is too much at what it is. For all of the lavishness of the production and prodigality of plot, in actuality there is very little that resembles anything James Bond-like.
Directed by Val Guest, Ken Hughes, John Huston, Joseph McGrath and Robert Parish. With Ursula Andress, Orson Welles, Joanna Pettet, Deborah Kerr, Jean-Paul Belmondo, among others.
[See it if you must.]
Casino Royale 1967 Review
originally posted:12/20/03 14:49:36
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