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Bond is Back at BFI IMAX!

Goldfinger
To many, the quintessential Bond film and a brilliant third entry in the series. Here Bond gets his Aston Martin, spars with two statuesque British beauties (Honor Blackman and Shirley Eaton) and pits his wits against a memorable villain, Auric Goldfinger. Add the first Shirley Bassey theme song and some exciting action sequences and the result is an explosive cocktail.
UK 1964. Dir Guy Hamilton. With Sean Connery, Honor Blackman, Gert Fröbe. 109min. PG.
New digital restoration
Friday 1st May 21:00 BFI IMAX

Thunderball
Kevin McClory's involvement as co-producer finally allowed EON to bring Thunderball to the screen. While recuperating at a health farm, Bond uncovers a SPECTRE plot to steal nuclear bombs. When the plan succeeds, Bond travels to the Bahamas to face the sinister Emilio Largo and - in an extended underwater sequence - sets out to recover the bombs.
UK 1965. Dir Terence Young. With Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Adolfo Celi. 130min. PG. New digital restoration
Saturday 2nd May 21:00 BFI IMAX
[The DCP proved faulty and Thunderball was replaced with Dr. No and rescheduled to 6th June]

You Only Live Twice
The films were getting bigger and the sets, action sequences and locations ever more extravagant. As the space race heated up in real life, so the Bond franchise looked to the stars with SPECTRE (working for the Chinese government) hijacking US spacecraft with a view to inciting a war between Russia and the US. Bond travels to Japan to find the SPECTRE secret base hidden beneath a volcano
UK 1967. Dir Lewis Gilbert. With Sean Connery, Donald Pleasence, Mie Hama. 116min. PG. New digital restoration
Sunday 3rd May 21:00 BFI IMAX

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
Sean Connery's decision to quit as Bond left Producers Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman with a headache. The press went into overdrive speculating on Connery's successor; while the producers chose good-looking Australian actor George Lazenby after successful screen tests. Avengers superstar Diana Rigg was brought in as an added lure and the resulting action-packed film ensured that the franchise would continue.
UK 1969. Dir Peter Hunt. With George Lazenby, Telly Savalas, Diana Rigg. 140min. PG. New digital restoration
Monday 4th May 21:00 BFI IMAX

The Spy Who Loved Me
‘Cubby’ Broccoli had been having problems with his business partner and, after The Man With The Golden Gun, United Artists bought out Harry Saltzman's share: this is the first Bond film where Broccoli has sole producer credit. The pre-credit sequence features arguably the most daring stunt in all Bondage, when ski-jumper Rick Sylvester (doubling for Moore) skis off the edge of a cliff and seems to fall endlessly before triggering a Union Jack parachute.
UK 1977. Dir Lewis Gilbert. With Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Curt Jurgens. 125min. PG.
New digital restoration
Tuesday 5th May 21:00 BFI IMAX

Diamonds Are Forever
Connery was back, and in fine form, in a story that ostensibly revolved around diamond smuggling but inevitably turned out to be a megalomaniac's desire for world domination. Jill St John shines as Tiffany Case, who changes sides in a heartbeat but always keeps her eye on the main prize. One of the key plot devices in the film was inspired by a dream Broccoli had in which his friend Howard Hughes was replaced by an impostor.
UK 1971. Dir Guy Hamilton. With Sean Connery, Jill St John, Charles Gray. 120min. PG.
New digital restoration
Wednesday 6th May 21:00 BFI IMAX