Classic 60s Movie: “Dr. No”
January is Classic 60s Movie month. Today’s guest post comes from Michael Waters.
Movie Title: Dr No
Year: 1962
Writers: Richard Maibaum, Johanna Harwood, Berkeley Mather & Ian Fleming (novel)
Lead Actors: Sean Connery, Ursula Andress
Director: Terence Young
Plot Summary: A suave and skilled government agent named James Bond, looks for answers about a missing colleague and the disruption of the American space program
Why I Think This Is A Classic 60s Movie: Franchise. Tent Pole. Re-boot. Sound familiar? Well it all started here. The Bond Formulae has lasted the test of time.
My Favorite Moment In The Movie: Introducing Bond through the barrel of a gun during the opening sequences and title music.
My Favorite Dialogue In the Movie: “Bond. James Bond.”
Key Things You Should Look For When Watching This Movie: The film was made for an incredibly cheap £20,500 in 1962 British money. Throughout there is an array of cost cutting scenery and sets.
Trivia: An initial draft was rejected because the writers made the villain, Dr No, a monkey. Rewriting is writing!
Thanks, Michael! To show our gratitude for your guest post, here’s a dash of creative juju for you. Whoosh!
We already have a set of classic 70s movies, 80s Movies and 90s Movies. This month, we’re working on 60s Movies.
We have 27 volunteers. I have put in bold those who have already sent their guest post to me.
Ipsita Barik — Rosemary’s Baby
Ipsita Barik — Bonnie and Clyde
Bookman Film — The Sound of Music
Brandnewusedcar — Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Markham Cook — Jules et Jim
Steve Cook — The Blue Max
JasperLamarCrab — 2001: A Space Odyssey
N D — Lonely are the Brave
Drew Dorenfest — Easy Rider
Felicity Flesher — The Music Man
PaulG — Lawrence of Arabia
D.L. Gill — Zulu
Jeff Guenther — Cool Hand Luke
Kate Hagen — Repulsion
John Henderson — Night of the Living Dead
John Henderson — The Odd Couple
hoernsch — The Graduate
Zach Jansen — They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?
Will King — The Pink Panther
Lisaisfunny — Blow Up
Jack McDonald — Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Daryl Powell — The Apartment
jprichard — Persona
Ally Shina — The Jungle Book
Mark Twain — The Loved One
Liz Warner — The Manchurian Candidate
Michael Waters — Dr. No
I’m looking for more guest posts to take us through January. Why not pitch in to help add to this online resource to inspire writers to learn about and — most importantly — watch great movies.
If you have a classic 60s movies on which you’d like to do a writeup, please either post in comments or email me.
And for those who have signed up, but have yet to email me your post, please do so ASAP.
Thanks in advance!
For the original post explaining the series, go here.
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