- The
Essential Bond: The Authorized Guide to the World of 007
- Now, fans can enter the world of 007 like never before,
with this meticulously researched guide that examines all
the top-secret details of the cinematic Bond missions. Officially
endorsed by the Bond film producers, it features fascinating
facts and behind-the-scenes stories as well as more than 250
rare production photos, cinema posters and product advertisements.
- Aston
Martin DB4, DB5 and DB60 -
The legendary Aston Martins, including the James Bond DB5
and the Zagato-bodied DB4 GT, are chronicled here with complete
specs, road tests, driving impressions, photos and illustrations.
Get the lowdown on the creation and evolution of the models
that made the name, and the personalities behind the cars.
Contains specially commissioned color photos and tips
on buying and restoration.
- The
Incredible World of Spy-Fi: Wild and Crazy Spy Gadgets, Props,
and Artifacts from TV and the Movies - Even people who
aren't’t big spy movie fans know that James Bond gets
to play with some great gadgets. The same goes for the casts
of Mission: Impossible, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and I Spy.
Biederman has been immersed in the spy world, at least as
Hollywood depicts it, from the time of his youth in the 1960s,
when he was introduced to a world of "spies, gadgets,
adventure, and beautiful women—everything that a ten-year-old
boy could possibly want." Since then he has collected
over 4,000 props from various sets, amassing such an impressive
trove that in 2000 the CIA asked him to exhibit it at its
headquarters. This book tells the story of each TV series
and movie through Biederman’s props, which range from
the coat hook used in U.N.C.L.E. to open a secret passageway,
to the gold sofa that adorned James West’s private railroad
car in The Wild Wild West. Biederman, a screenwriter who works
as an expert consultant to spy film producers, obviously knows
the episodes of each series inside out, and his love for the
genre is evident in his exuberant anecdotes (his search for
his "holy grail," the cigarette-pack transmitter
from U.N.C.L.E., is particularly dramatic). Fortunately, he
isn't’t so obsessed that he can’t take a joke
about his passion: he also enjoys, and has memorabilia from,
spy spoofs like Get Smart and Austin Powers. Few readers are
likely to be as enamored of the Hollywood spy world as the
author, but those who have some interest in it will enjoy
perusing this celebration of all things espionage. 200
color images.
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