Adele just released the new theme song for the 23rd Bond film – Skyfall. Sounds pretty good even though I’m not a huge Adele fan. Most importantly, it’s getting me pumped up for Skyfall, which lands in theaters on November 9!
What do you think?
Tag: James Bond
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Weekend Box Office: Nov. 21-23
Huge numbers this weekend – Twilight smashes the box office with a $70+ million performance.
Quantum of Solace, which I saw just last night, earned $400,000 more than premiering movie Bolt, $27.4 million and $27 million respectively.
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa continues its $10+ million per week earnings, and Role Models continues to hold on to round out the top 5.
Weekend Top 5:
Statistics are provided by Box Office Mojo
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Weekend Box Office: Nov. 14-16
Big big weekend here folks – the much anticipated release of the latest 007 movie, Quantum of Solace led to big box office bank rolls! The movie had the highest number of tickets sold in the entire history of the franchise (which spans 4 decades). I hope to see this one soon myself!
Another high-roller for this past weekend was Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, which debuted last weekend. It finished with a little over half of last week’s total at $36.1 million.
Role Models finished over $10 million for another week, and HSM3 is STILL in the top 5! Madness!
Kudos to the top 5 for this weekend – and let’s see what happens next weekend!
Weekend Top 5:
Statistics are provided by Box Office Mojo
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The Bond Songs you Didn’t hear
This is some great stuff! I found an awesome article about the James Bond/007 movies and their theme music selection. After reading, I found out that some big name celebrities have recorded theme music for several movies in the Bond series over the past 40 years, and that many of those themes went unheard.
The best part about the information is that you can actually listen to the music! (With the exception of two missing tracks.) There really were some great variations here that surprisingly didn’t make the cut.
Here’s a condensed list:
- Goldfinger (1964); Originally recorded by Anthony Newley.
Click to hear - Thunderball (1965); Originally recorded by Johnny Cash(!)
Click to hear - You Only Live Twice (1967); Originally recorded by Lorraine Chandler.
Click to hear - The Man With the Golden Gun (1974); Originally recorded by Alice Cooper.
Click to hear - For Your Eyes Only (1981); Originally recorded by Blondie.
Click to hear - Never Say Never Again (1983); Originally recorded by Phyllis Hyman.
Click to hear - The Living Daylights (1987); Originally recorded by The Pet Shop Boys.
Click to hear - License to Kill (1989); Originally recorded by Vic Flick & Eric Clapton.
No Audio! =( - Goldeneye (1995); Originally recorded by Ace of Base.
Click to hear - Tomorrow Never Dies (1997); Originally recorded by Saint Etienne.
Click to hear - The World is Not Enough (1999); Originally recorded by Straw.
Click to hear - Quantum of Solace (2008); Originally recorded by Amy Winehouse.
No Audio! =(
See more details on the original article!
- Goldfinger (1964); Originally recorded by Anthony Newley.
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Bondtastic… The bizarre secrets of the 007 movies
This is a greatly interesting article with a lot of great trivia pertaining to the cast and events during the James Bond film series’ life, from past to present. Note: This is a British article, hence the use of the word ‘faggot’ as a cigarette. Enjoy!
From advertising pork faggots to a ‘Swingometer’ star’s dreams of glory… Here the author of a new book about how James Bond conquered the cinema screen reveals a host of surprising facts about the franchise.
