Ken Adam: Designing Bond (2000) (V)

Director:

John Cork

Writer:

Bruce Scivally (written by)

Genre:

Documentary | Short

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Filming | Brazil | Art | Mountain Peak | Film Making

Cast

Ken Adam	...	Himself
Ursula Andress	...	Honey (archive footage)
Barbara Bach	...	Anya Amasova (archive footage)
Chris Blackwell	...	Himself
Albert R. Broccoli	...	Himself (archive footage)
Pierce Brosnan	...	James Bond (archive footage)
Robin Browne	...	Himself
Lois Chiles	...	Holly (archive footage)
Marie Clairu	...	Narrator (voice)
Sean Connery	...	Himself / James Bond (archive footage)
Timothy Dalton	...	Himself / James Bond (archive footage)
Gert Fröbe	...	Goldfinger (archive footage)
Lewis Gilbert	...	Himself
Walter Gotell	...	Gogol (archive footage)
Curd Jürgens	...	Stromberg (archive footage)
Charles Juroe	...	Himself
Richard Kiel	...	Jaws (archive footage)
Katharina Kubrick	...	Herself (as Katharina Kubrick Hobbs)
Burt Kwouk	...	Himself
Peter Lamont	...	Himself
George Lazenby	...	James Bond (archive footage)
Bernard Lee	...	M (archive footage)
Derek Meddings	...	Himself (archive footage)
Roger Moore	...	Himself
David V. Picker	...	Himself (as David Picker)
Harry Saltzman	...	Himself (archive footage)
Steven Saltzman	...	Himself
John Stears	...	Himself
Jill St. John	...	Tiffany Case (archive footage)
Norman Wanstall	...	Himself
Michael G. Wilson	...	Himself (as Michael Wilson)
Christopher Wood	...	Himself

Runtime:

22 min

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Company:

MGM Home Entertainment

Movie Connections:

References Goldfinger (1964)

A man of many set pieces

This pleasant little tribute to Ken Adam, the man who defined the look of the Bond films tells us a bit about the man's background (he fled Germany in 1934 and became the only German to fly for the R.A.F. during World War II) and sees him reminiscing about all seven of the Bonds he designed. While old photographs of him show him smoking a pipe, during the Bond years, as well as over the course of his interview, Ken is never without a stogie. Adams found ways to craft gigantic sets, filled with little furniture, to broaden the scope of Ian Flemming's creation on film. His developed a style that is still evident in the series today and here he is celebrated for it by colleagues and peers.

The first set of his to really make an impression in the spy series was the room in which Dent was interrogated by Dr. No in the film named after the good doctor. Ken reveals that the most difficult set to work with was the Disco Volante in 'Thunderball' (the breakaway 'cocoon' was a fabrication of his added to a real yacht), with the water bed from 'Diamonds are Forever' coming in a close second. His favorite set by far, and probably his most famous one, was the submarine hangar from 'The Spy Who Loved Me', hence this documentary being on the disc for this movie. Also, some of the footage overlaps with the longer feature 'Inside The Spy Who Loved Me'

8 out of 10