Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass – Casino Royale
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Any movie directed by 5 different people is bound to be confusing. This was, off course, no exception.
Orson Welles reportedly insisted on including magic tricks into his scenes, a possible source of the friction between him and Peter Sellers.
When Mata Bond swings into action, the background music is “Bond Street” ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgvu1arJ9YI ) also scored by this film’s composer, Burt Bacharach. The real Bond Street can be seen in the later James Bond movie, Octopussy (1983).
Peter Sellers and Orson Welles hated each other so much that the filming of the scene where both of them face each other across a gaming table actually took place on different days with a double standing in for one the actors.
Peter Sellers often caused interruptions by leaving the set for days at a time.
The rift between Orson Welles and Peter Sellers was partly caused by the arrival on set of Princess Margaret, sister of the Queen. Sellers knew her of old and greeted her in an ostentatious manner to ensure all cast and crew noticed. However, the Princess walked straight past him and made a big fuss over Welles. Nonplussed, Sellers stormed off the set and refused to film with Welles again.
An enormous Taj Mahal-type set was designed for the film but never built. The real Taj Mahal can be seen in the later James Bond movie Octopussy (1983).
The gadget used by Le Chiffre to cheat at Baccarat was a pair of infra-red sunglasses with x-ray capabilities. X-ray sunglasses would also be seen in the later James Bond movie The World Is Not Enough (1999).
The West German street Feldmanstrasse seen in the film is a name parody of the film’s producer Charles K. Feldman. This is the location of the Mata Hari Dance & Spy School.
The first thing seen in the movie which is the graffiti seen on the Paris pisoir at the film’s beginning read: “Les Beatles”.
Orson Welles attributed the success of the film to a marketing strategy that featured a naked tattooed lady on the film’s posters and print ads.
A carpet beater can be seen hanging from the side of Orson Welles’s chair. This is a link to the original Casino Royale novel, in which Le Chiffre tortures Bond by thrashing his testicles with a carpet beater.
At least two gags involving Peter Sellers in this film later resurfaced in the Pink Panther films of the 1970s: a sight gag involving Sellers wearing a Toulouse Loutrec costume, and a joke involving a driver running away when being asked to “follow that car.” That man was Stirling Moss, one of the greatest race car drivers of all time.
The name for the organization SMERSH is derived from “Smiert Spionam” which means “death to spies”. “Smiert Spionam” is the the full phrase from which the acronym of the Soviet counterespionage organization SMERSH took its name. It existed as early as World War II, and was a branch of the NKVD (later KGB).
Le Chiffre is a French word which translates into English as “The Cypher” or “The Number”. Other translations in different languages include “Die Nummer”, “Herr Ziffer”, and “Mr. Number”.
In his first scene David Niven is seen bouncing up and down in a chair whose seat is fixed to what appear to be accordion bellows. This is a “chamber horse”, a home exercise machine that was popular in 18th-century Britain.
In the “vault” scene towards the end, Bond says, “Careful, it’s vaporized lysergic acid, highly explosive”. Lysergic acid is actually used in the synthesis of the hallucinogen LSD, and is not an explosive.
In the German spy school, Polo mentions some of the former students, among them Peter Lorre. Peter Lorre played Le Chiffre in the original, made-for-TV version of Casino Royale on “Climax!” (1954).
The Le Chiffre agent killed in a Berlin phone booth is played by Vladek Sheybal, who previously played an enemy agent in From Russia with Love (1963).
More: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061452/trivia
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June 14th, 2010 at 5:17 pm
Did Burt write this …
Did Burt write this? Hats off to him. A great period piece from the 60s. It brings back memories of growing up.
June 14th, 2010 at 5:17 pm
I had to use my …
I had to use my grandmas car the other day and this song was playing on the AM station when I turned the car on. I remembered it from the SNL sketch with Payton Manning. Hahaha
June 14th, 2010 at 5:17 pm
Great theme song!!!!
Great theme song!!!!
June 14th, 2010 at 5:17 pm
This film is ausome …
This film is ausome, I love light harted films such as as this; I especialy like the camp suite maker neer the begging of the film.
June 14th, 2010 at 5:17 pm
Such a marvellous …
Such a marvellous piece of music. So sixties!
June 14th, 2010 at 5:17 pm
@ACNC1 I agree with …
@ACNC1 I agree with you that the original Casino Royale had huge stars, but you are totally wrong about no egos. Sellers and Wells HATED each other so much in this movie that they were almost never in the studio at the same time. Sellers got so mad that he left the film before it was complete (that’s why his character is captured early without much explanation). The dream sequence (him playing piano on Ursula Andress’ torso) was finished with outtakes. Just google to find out all of the mess.
June 14th, 2010 at 5:17 pm
que musica …
que musica instrumental tan bonita y agradable.
June 14th, 2010 at 5:17 pm
The days when we …
The days when we had big stars, YES BIG STARS (not Megan ‘who give a sh1t’ Fox) that starred in the same Hollywood movies. Peter Sellers, David Nevin and Orson Wells did not let their ego’s collide with each other.
You could say ocean’s 12 had Pitt and Clooney…but that sequal was dire
June 14th, 2010 at 5:17 pm
This is the most …
This is the most unoriginal, funny and weird Bond theme song evva!
June 14th, 2010 at 5:17 pm
one of the best …
one of the best films ever! i love it. you can watch it here newWATCHmovies(dot)com.
June 14th, 2010 at 5:17 pm
Casino Royale is so …
Casino Royale is so mod… I can’t get enough of Peter Sellers and David Niven! Days gone by…
June 14th, 2010 at 5:17 pm
Great song
Great song