What ideas were jettisoned from the script that ultimately became Spectre?
The creative path on the 24th James Bond film had more twists and turns than perhaps any of the 007 productions before it, and due to a massive Sony Pictures leak, some of those debates, decisions, and debacles were exposed. We run through the early 2014 state of the film before the serious work was done on getting the script tightened up for filming (months behind schedule) and run through the later drafts scene by scene picking out the changes that were made from the version we all saw on screen. A female villain, a stolen Heineken truck, the return of Irma Bunt, buckets of eyeballs, Moneypenny's redemption arc, 'dopey' passport documents, Tanner's dark fate, terrible one-liners, Q earning his stripes, African diamond mines.... and lots, lots more!
The recording took place on November 24th, 2022 in the USA and Spain.
James Page is a co-founder of MI6-HQ.com and the magazine MI6 Confidential
David Leigh runs thejamesbonddossier.com
Bill Koenig runs the Spy Command at hmssweblog.wordpress.com
This podcast is copyright Pretitles LLC © 2022
0021: Richard Burton's Bar Tab
0020: Lounging Around With Goldfinger
0019: Derek Meddings's Salt Shaker
0018: Stepping on Rakes
0017: Holographic Roger Moore
0016: Powered By Explodium
0015: Escort Required
0014: The Dirty F Word
0013: The Peeing Dog
0012: Cai-Cai-Cairo
0011: Poor Bill Fairbanks
0010: Milk The Cow
009: Fancy Cappuccino Machine
008: No Socks Please, We're British
007: Double Bourbons
006: A Fish That Winks
005: Everybody Dies
004: Thai Boys
003: Over The Pinewood Hedges
002: Biscuit Boys
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