James Bond
James Bond arrived onto this planet in the year 1953. Author Ian Fleming had a book published called Casino Royale. Since then Bond has spawned more books, a television show, movies, spy spoof movies, more books, more movies, short stories, music, a cartoon, action figures and video games. James Bond currently holds 8 Guinness World Records including the most profitable movie series at 3.2 Billion dollars in profit (not including the latest movie Die Another Day which is the highest grossing Bond film to date).
All this aside, the real reason I like James Bond so much is because its fun. Its fun to live in that kind of world, and pretend to be that kind of person. And to study the history of a specific thing, in this case James Bond.
In future posts, I will discuss the movies, the books, and everything else. Get ready to enter the world of 007.
posted by Tim @ 12:23 AM
2 Comments:
What are some of the other things that James Bond is recognized for in the Guiness Book of Records? I know one of them is like, the longest boat jump or something. That was pretty cool...
More Guiness Records:
Most Prolific Stuntman
Vic Armstrong is the most prolific stuntman. Prolific means has don a lot of work ina certain area. Armstrong has doubled for every James Bond. We'll see if he doubles for Daniel Craig, Who is 20 years yonger than him. Armstrong also did stunts for all Indiana Jones movies too.
Most Valuble Typewriter
Ian Fleming's typewriter was sold for £56,250 in 1995. Which is $99,123.66. This was the typewrite he used to write the James Bond novels.
Largest Sum Paid for Bond Memorabelia
The Aston Martin DB5 that was driven after the opening credits in GoldenEye was sold for £157,750 ($228,264) in 2001.
Largest Breakaway Glass Structure made for a film
When James Bond drove his Aston Martin Vanquish into the Ice Palace hotel room door to save the life of Jinx, he was making a world record. It was 8'3.5" by 5'4.5" and 1.125" thick. It weighed 352.7 lbs.
Highest Ski Base Jump on Film
In the beginning of The Spy Who Loved Me, James Bond skied off a 2,000ft cliff and opened a parachute.
Longest Speedboat Jump
In Live and Let Die, during the speedboat chase, James Bond Jumped over a road and into the water on the ither side. A full 120ft
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