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The James Bond spy series is one of the longest running and most successful in the history of cinema. Another Bond movie is called 007: Spectrum and premiered on October 26 this year in London. Such a significant event prompted us to the topic for another collection of facts.
Ian Fleming - head of the secret unit
The author of the series of adventure novels about James Bond, which later formed the basis of films, is Ian Fleming. Unlike many other authors who came up with their stories in the quiet of cozy offices and never held anything but a pen in their hands, he was well acquainted with all the intricacies of the work of secret agents. During World War II, Ian Fleming was the head of the No.30 Commando - a special unit of British commandos. It was created to conduct special reconnaissance operations behind enemy lines and on the front line, for example, the capture of military maps, samples of advanced German military equipment, as well as German military specialists and scientists.
The prototype of James Bond was Odessa
Several intelligence officers, whose biographies and activities were known to Fleming from duty, acted as a prototype for James Bond. But most often, among others, researchers name the name of Sidney Reilly - the famous British spy who operated in the 1910s and 1920s in Russia and the Middle East. This personality is completely mysterious, surrounded by secrets, adventures and adventures. Interestingly, Reilly was actually born in 1873 in Odessa under the name Solomon Rosenblum.
The most boring name ever
According to the author's recollections, he wanted to give his hero the most boring and inconspicuous name. Somehow he came across a book by ornithologist James Bond, standing on a shelf in his office, and he realized that this was exactly what he needed. The scientist James Bond was subsequently very unhappy with the superpopularity of his namesake, a literary hero, and in February 1964 he decided to express this to Ian Fleming personally. However, the conflict was resolved, and the ornithologist received a new Bond novel with a dedication "To the real James Bond from the thief of his identity" as compensation.
Agent 007
Everyone knows that James Bond is 007. But why exactly this number? According to one version, this figure was borrowed by the author from the English spy John Dee, who signed his secret reports with a badge depicting two circles and an angle bracket, similar to the number seven. This meant that the information was exclusively for the eyes of His Royal Majesty.
Some statistics
James Bond movies are unthinkable without shooting, chases and beautiful women. Fans of numbers have calculated that for all the time the screen hero killed 352 people and made 4,662 shots. Not very good performance. But with the ladies, James Bond handles more skillfully: he managed to sleep with 52 women in 22 films. I wonder if the "007: Spectrum" released on screens will make any changes to these statistics?
Weapon
Ian Fleming armed his literary hero with a 1931 Walther PPK pistol. However, when making the film in 1963, the producers thought that on the poster this model in the hands of Sean Connery did not look impressive enough. Then in the nearest store the pneumatic Walther Luftpistole 53 was purchased, which looks solid, but shoots a dozen meters. This mistake subsequently amused all connoisseurs and lovers of weapons. And that same toy pistol was sold in 2010 at Christis auction for £ 277,000.
Place of work
All connoisseurs of James Bond films are well aware that he works for the British secret intelligence service MI-6 (Military Intelligence, MI6). Interestingly, until 1994, this foreign intelligence unit had no legal basis, and its existence was denied in every possible way by the British government.
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