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[Gord Green]

Scotpens, that quote was from the anonymous reviewer on IMd, but yes, I would assume he meant "trousseau" referring to her Honeymoon outfit in the film.

Not too shabby!
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[scotpens]

^^ Ah, I see. It wasn't quite clear that you were quoting a review from IMDb.

The usual definition of "trousseau" is "the clothes, household linen, and other belongings collected by a bride for her marriage," though it can also mean a bridal or wedding dress.

At least the guy could learn to spell!

[Bud Brewster]

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Actually, the review that Gord quoted is by hoplite24, and it appears he only quoted the first two sentences from the last paragraph, the one about the "trousseau".

I guess the best word for the comment would be the lady's négligé . . . unless the garment in question was actually the black choker she wore in one scene.

That was indeed a sexy moment. Bond tells her she's beautiful and she says she thinks her mouth is too big . . . after which we see a closeup of those red lips, instantly giving every guy in the audience a nervous breakdown.





Hmmm . . . perhaps I was hasty when I said From Russia With Love was "dull". It does have its moments.

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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
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[Custer]

Ah yes, Daniela Bianchi... who taught us all what "kulturny" meant...

[Bud Brewster]

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I looked it up.

Kulturny, used by Tatiana Romanavo the love interest for James Bond in "From Russia with Llove." She used this word when explaining her hope that James was a man of culture and class — this would help her feel good about the intimacy required to trap him.
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
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[Eadie]

Check out this spoof of the genre:



Info at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spy_Who_Dumped_Me
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[Custer]

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__________ That does look as if it could be fun...

[Robert (Butch) Day]

Didn't see the trailer. The site says that this video is no longer available.
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My goodness, Butch, I'm surprised that man of your accomplishments didn't think to type "The Spy Who Dumped Me - trailer" into the Youtube search window, watch the trailer, and then post the working link so Custer could repair his post!

I did that and fixed it for him in 30 seconds.
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
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[Custer]

The one I used did call itself "official UK trailer," so maybe it is region-locked or something - currently watchable at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRsNEG-THQc&t=3s - or not...

[Custer]

Interesting. It makes a change for region-locking to be that way round for a change - I've come across a few YouTube links in my time that wouldn't play for me because I'm not in the USA!

[Maurice]

[The Spike]

The Americans are fools. I offered my services, they refused. So did the East. Now they can both pay for their mistake.

Dr. No is directed by Terence Young and co-adapted to screenplay by Richard Maibaum, Johanna Harwood & Berkely Mather from the novel of the same name written by Ian Fleming. It stars Sean Connery, Joseph Wiseman, Ursula Andress, Jack Lord & John Kitzmiller. Music is by Monty Norman and cinematography by Ted Moore.

And so it all began here, what was until Harry Potter arrived on the scene, the most successful film franchise in history. James Bond, a name that would become synonymous with suave spies, deranged villains, beautiful women, exotic locations, gadgets, cars and sex. Ian Fleming's James Bond novels were big come the end of 1961, yet producers Cubby Broccoli and Harry Saltzman met some resistance from studios. It was never plain sailing, even after release the film garnered mixed reviews, but word of mouth and condemnation by the Vatican and the Kremlin propelled it to being one of the surprise hits of 62/63. At the box office it made £60 million Worldwide, this after being made on a budget of only £1 million.

Plot basically sees Connery's Bond flying out to Jamaica to investigate the disappearance of agent Strangways (Timothy Moxon). Once there he finds a case of murder is to be investigated and evidence points to the mysterious Dr. No (Wiseman), who resides on Crab Quay island, a place feared by the superstitious locals. Bond must keep his wits about him as he gets closer to the truth, for there are many obstacles in his way and not everyone can be trusted. Cue the suave and athletic Mr. Bond getting involved with lovely ladies, dicing with death, making friends, making enemies and just generally being an all round awesome anti-hero.

SPECTRE: Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion.

There are a number of changes from the book and some censor appeasement was required to get the film a certificate enabling youngsters to see the film with an adult. What Dr. No rounds out as is a jolly good spy/action movie yarn. Some of the hints are there for what would make Bond such a profitable and well loved franchise, but there's no sign of the gadgetry, tricks and japes that would fill out so many of the titles that followed Dr. No. Here Bond is just armed with his Walter PPK 7.65MM pistol, Sunbeam Alpine car and his bravado and nouse.

Some future stalwart characters are given modest introductions (M, Felix Leiter, Moneypenny) and Ursula Andress sets the marker for all future Bond girls to follow. Ted Moore's capturing of the Jamaica location is sumptuous, something that really comes to the fore on the remastered DVD edition of the film. Connery is supremely cool and fearless, the theme tune and gun barrel opening are already in place, and Terence Young, who directs three of the first four Bond movies, keeps it zippy and suspenseful when story gathers up a flame throwing tank, car chases, fights and a quite brilliant tarantula sequence.

Quite a debut, uneven at times as it begins to find its feet, but even if it wasn't the first James Bond movie it would hold up as an entertaining bit of secret agent shenanigans. 7.5/10
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