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Chitty
Chitty Bang Bang
Adapted from an Ian Fleming story the film had other Bond reminders
including a role for Gert Frobe (Goldfinger) and a script credit
for Roald Dahl (writer on You Only Live Twice). An endearing family
film - though scary in places - that has since become an established
classic and the inspiration for a long-running, successful stage musical
UK 1968. Dir Ken Hughes. With Dick Van Dyke, Sally Anne Howes, Lionel
Jeffries.
145min. Cert U.
Sun 3rd May 12:30 NFT1; Sat 23rd May NFT1. |
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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
Sun 3rd May 15:15 NFT2; Tue 5th May 20:30 NFT1. |
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Live And Let Die
Harlem, New Orleans and a Caribbean island provide the backdrop to Moore's
first outing as Bond as he investigates the murder of three British
agents. The star acquits himself well, looking convincing in the action
scenes and a natural at the urbane witticisms. Kotto makes a memorable
villain and Seymour is nicely off-kilter as the fragile Solitaire. The
next phase of the franchise was safely underway.
UK 1973. Dir Guy Hamilton. With Roger Moore, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Seymour.
120min. PG.
Sun 3rd May 20:45 NFT1
Wed 6th May 20:30 NFT3 |
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The Man With The
Golden Gun
Based on Ian Fleming's final Bond novel, The Man With The Golden Gun
pits 007 against the lethal Scaramanga, who charges a million a hit. The
result is another fast-paced, exotic actioner with memorable set-pieces
and one fantastic car stunt, a 360 degree spin, done for real.
UK 1974. Dir Guy Hamilton. With Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland.
124min. PG.
Mon 4th May 20:30 NFT1
Fri 8th May 20:20 NFT2 |
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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, Curt Jurgens, Barbara Bach.
125min. PG.
New digital restoration
Fri 8th May 18:10 NFT1
Sun 10th May 20:20 NFT2
Thu 28 May 20:20 NFT1*
*Joint
ticket available with Roger Moore in Conversation |
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Moonraker
For Your Eyes Only had been announced as the next Bond film in the
closing credits of The Spy Who Loved Me, but with the success of
sci-fi hits Star Wars and Close Encounters..., Broccoli
instead decided to produce Moonraker in which Bond blasts off into
space aboard a shuttle. Michael Lonsdale is compelling as megalomaniac
villain Hugo Drax and Bernard Lee makes his last appearance as M.
UK 1979. Dir Lewis Gilbert. With Roger Moore, Michael Lonsdale, Lois
Chiles. 126min. PG.
Sat 2nd May 15:00 NFT1*
Sun 10th May 17:30 NFT1**
Mon 11th May 20:30 NFT2
*plus Lewis Gilbert in
Conversation
**plus Q&A with Richard Kiel |
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For Your Eyes Only
Despite the huge box-office of Moonraker, Broccoli and his team
decided to scale down the world of Bond and try to return to more human
values that had worked so well in From
Russia With Love. Editor and second unit director John Glen (who
has shot the ski-jump sequence for The Spy Who Loved Me) was
elevated to the director's chair and the more thoughtful story garnered
some of the best reviews of any of the Bond films.
UK 1981. Dir John Glen. With Roger Moore, Julian Glover, Carole Bouquet.
127min. PG.
Sat 9th May 15:20 NFT1
Sat 16th May 20:30 NFT1 |
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Octopussy
With a rival Bond movie starring Sean Connery (Never Say Never Again)
out at the same time, Broccoli had his hands full ensuring the franchise
could see off this interloper, but in the end Octopussy comfortably
out-earned its rival. Elsewhere, though, things were going better still,
and at the Oscar ceremony in 1982 Cubby Broccoli was given the prestigious
Irving G. Thalberg Award for his impressive body of work: an honour that
he proudly described as the highlight of his career.
UK 1983. Dir John Glen. With Roger Moore, Louis Jourdan, Maud Adams. 130min.
PG.
Mon 4th May 17:50 NFT1
Tue 12th May 18:10 NFT2
Fri 15th
May 20:20 NFT2 |
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A View To A Kill
Siberia, France and California provide the locations for Moore's swansong
as 007, in a story about an attempt to trigger an earthquake designed to
wipe Silicon Valley off the map. Broccoli was now presented with yet more
challenges - Moore leaving and a huge fire having destroyed the 007 set at
Pinewood Studios.
UK 1985. Dir John Glen. With Roger Moore, Christopher Walken, Tanya
Roberts. 131min. PG.
Sat 16th May 15:40 NFT2
Thu 21st May 20:20 NFT1 |
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The Living
Daylights
Broccoli has considered Pierce Brosnan for the next Bond, but his TV
commitments proved a deal-breaker. Instead, the team opted for Timothy
Dalton, who had been considered some years before. It's a more thoughtful,
less cavalier Bond we meet here - and one who doesn't follow orders
blindly. After the murder of 004, Bond's investigations uncover a sinister
new operation: Smiert Spionem (Death to Spies).
UK 1987. Dir John Glen. With Timothy Dalton, Jeroen Krabbe, Maryam d'Abo.
131min. PG.
Sun 3rd May 17:30 NFT1*
Sat 23rd May 17:15 NFT3**
Mon 25th May 17:40 NFT1
*plus John Glen in
Conversation
**plus Q&A with Maryam d'Abo |
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Licence To Kill
The competition was getting better, and action films in general more
violent. Dalton was a very creditable Bond, and this film raised the
stakes by upping the realism of the violence and pitting 007 against more
believable villains - South American Drug barons. When Bond's CIA pal
Felix Leiter gets maimed and his new bride murdered, Bond goes off radar
to avenge their deaths and has his licence to kill revoked, determinedly
waging a one-man war against the dangerous Franz Sanchez.
UK 1989. Dir John Glen. With Timothy Dalton, Robert Davi, Carey Lowell.
133min. 15.
Sat 23rd May 20:20 NFT3
Mon 25th May 15:00 NFT2 |
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GoldenEye
Internal difficulties with MGM has put the franchise on hiatus, but
finally a new movie was green-lit, and at last Pierce Brosnan got the role
many felt he was born to play. The production was now in the hands of
Michael Wilson and Barbara Broccoli (both of whom had worked for many
years in the franchise) and they oversaw a dynamic rebirth of the screen
legend.
UK 1995. Dir Martin Campbell. With Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean, Izabella
Scorupco. 130min. 12A.
Sun 24th May 15:40 NFT1
Sat 30th May 17:45 NFT3 |
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Tomorrow Never Dies
Cubby Broccoli passed away in 1996, but the revitalised franchise cruised
on with another action-crammed entertainment which kept his vision alive.
Here - in a nod towards the Hong Kong martial arts movies that had
revolutionised action cinema - Bond is paired with Chinese agent Wai Lin
(played by Asian superstar Michelle Yeoh) in a cautionary tale about the
power of the press.
UK 1997. Dir Roger Spottiswoode. With Pierce Brosnan, Jonathan Pryce, Teri
Hatcher. 119min. 12A.
Sat 2nd May 20:40 NFT1*
Sun 24th May 20:30 NFT1, Fri 29th May 20:30 NFT2
*plus Stunt Masterclass with
Vic Armstrong |
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The World Is Not
Enough
Brosnan was proving a formidable Bond with a winning mix of charm,
intelligence and physical dexterity. His scenes with M (Judi Dench) were
developing into highlights of the films, and here she has a bigger than
usual role when she is kidnapped by the villains of the piece. Robbie
Coltrane returns in a scene-stealing turn as Valentin Zuchovsky (first
seen in GoldenEye), one of Bond's friendlier enemies.
UK 1999. Dir Michael Apted. With Pierce Brosnan, Sophie Marceau, Robert
Carlyle. 125min. 12A.
Fri 1st May 20:30 NFT1*
Mon 25th May 20:30 NFT2, Sun 31st May 15:00 NFT2
*plus David Arnold Masterclass |
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Die Another Day
After incarceration and torture in North Korea, Bond is returned to MI6 in
a spy-swap but is deemed suspect-possibly turned. Repeating his earlier
actions in Licence To Kill, he goes AWOL to sort out the mess
himself. Brosnan's last outing is tougher than its predecessors and he
portrays real emotion in his hatred of the villain. Bond in-jokes aplenty
in this, the 20th movie of the series, including Halle Berry's first
appearance echoing that of Ursula Andress 40 years earlier in Dr. No.
UK 2002. Dir Lee Tamahori. With Pierce Brosnan, Toby Stephens, Halle
Berry. 133min. 12A.
Tue 26th May 18:00 NFT2
Sat 30th May 20:20 NFT3 |
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Casino Royale
Daniel Craig's first outing as Bond combined with the return of veteran
director Martin Campbell, led to this critically acclaimed adaptation of
Ian Fleming's very first James Bond novel. Craig's edgy and intense
performance in this tragic love story takes the Bond character into new
territory.
UK 2006. Dir Martin Campbell. With Daniel Craig, Mads Mikkelsen, Eva
Green. 144min. 12A.
Wed 27th May 20:15 NFT1
Sun 31st May 17:40 NFT1 |
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Quantum of Solace
Continuing the story from Casino Royale, Bond - despite claims to
the contrary - sets out to avenge the death of his lover. Once again, 007
defies M and treads a lone path to confront environmentalist Dominic
Greene, who - behind a facade of good intentions - has a murderous hidden
agenda. Craig portrays a brutally physical Bond, with a keen intelligence
and a direct approach to the job in hand.
UK 2008. Dir Marc Forster. With Daniel Craig, Mathieu Amalric, Olga
Kurylenko. 106min. 12A.
Digital Screening
Tue 12th May 11:00 NFT2*
Fri 29th May 18:20 NFT1
Sun 31st May 20:45 NFT1
*Parent and Baby screening |
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