In his speech at the 2011 White House Correspondents' Dinner, President Barack Obama responded to criticism from star Matt Damon with, "Matt Damon said he was disappointed in my performance. Well Matt, I just saw The Adjustment Bureau."
From Russia with Love - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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John Ford recommended Pedro Armendáriz to director Terence Young.
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Stunt coordinator Bob Simmons was unavailable and was replaced by Peter Perkins, though Simmons performed stunts in this movie.
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The character of Ernst Stavro Blofeld has appeared in the following major and/or official James Bond movies and video games (in order): From Russia with Love (1963), Thunderball (1965), You Only Live Twice (1967), On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), informally in the official movie For Your Eyes Only (1981), in the unofficial movie Never Say Never Again (1983), GoldenEye 007 (2010), GoldenEye: Rogue Agent (2004), 007 Legends (2012), and Spectre (2015).
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Producer Albert R. Broccoli once named this movie, The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), and Goldfinger (1964) as his three favorite James Bond movies, according to an interview with the Hollywood Reporter's Robert Osborne.
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Sir Sean Connery and Robert Shaw played adversaries again in Robin and Marian (1976).
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Bond's trick attaché case is the first true Bond movie gadget. Other "state of the art" gadgets of the time are the mobile car phone in Bond's Bentley, the miniature tape recorder in the camera, the AR7 survival rifle, the retractable garrote in Grant's watch, and the S.P.E.C.T.R.E. spring loaded shoe knives.
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Terence Young cast Lotte Lenya after hearing one of her musical recordings.
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The line "once again unto the breach" is from Shakespeare's Henry V.
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Final James Bond movie viewed by Ian Fleming.
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The Gypsy camp was to be filmed in an actual camp in Topkapi, but was actually shot in a replica of it at Pinewood Studios.
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A spin-off video-game was released forty-two years after this movie was made. From Russia with Love (2005) includes Sir Sean Connery's likeness and he even provided the voice. It is Connery's last performance as James Bond to date, and he voiced it twenty-two years after Never Say Never Again (1983).
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At the age of twenty-one, Daniela Bianchi is the youngest actress to play a leading Bond girl in the Bond film franchise.
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This is the first James Bond movie to feature John Barry as the primary composer. The score allegedly still contains riffs from Monty Norman's work on Dr. No (1962). Barry felt that Goldfinger (1964) was the first movie in the franchise where he had complete creative control over the soundtrack.
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Eric Pohlmann: As the uncredited voice of Ernst Stravro Blofeld.
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Much to the annoyance of James Bond, Donald "Red" Grant regularly refers to him as "old man". Robert Shaw was actually three years older than Sir Sean Connery.
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Donald "Red" Grant has no dialogue until he first meets Bond, first speaking in a rich, upper class English accent. After he's revealed his true identity to Bond, Grant's English accent changes into a lower-class Irish accent as he is explaining the S.P.E.C.T.R.E. background plot.
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Robert Shaw dyed his hair blond for this movie.
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The sounds of the boat chase were replaced in post-production, since the boats were not loud enough, and the explosion, shot in Pinewood, got out of control, burning Walter Gotell's eyelids and seriously injuring three stuntmen.
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Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, the current producers of the film franchise, named this as their favorite Bond movie.
From Russia with Love - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
From Russia with Love - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
From Russia with Love - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
From Russia with Love - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
From Russia with Love - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
From Russia with Love - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
From Russia with Love - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
From Russia with Love - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
From Russia with Love - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
From Russia with Love - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
From Russia with Love - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
From Russia with Love - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
From Russia with Love - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
From Russia with Love - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
From Russia with Love - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
From Russia with Love - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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