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Ian Lancaster Fleming (28 May 1908 – 12 August 1964) was an English author, journalist and Naval Intelligence Officer. Fleming is best known for creating the fictional spy James Bond and the series of twelve novels and nine short stories about the character. Fleming was from a wealthy family, connected to the merchant bank Robert Fleming & Co. and his father was MP for Henley from 1910 until his death on the Western Front in 1917. Educated at Eton, the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst and the universities of Munich and Geneva, Fleming moved through a number of jobs before he started writing.
The Bond books are among the biggest-selling series of fictional books of all time, having sold over 100 million copies worldwide. Fleming also wrote the children's story Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang and two works of non-fiction. While working in British Naval Intelligence during the Second World War, Fleming was involved in the planning stages of Operation Mincemeat and Operation Golden Eye, the former of which was successfully carried out. Fleming was also involved in the planning and overseeing of two active service units, 30 Assault Unit and T-Force.
Actors: Noel Coward (actor), Charlie Higson (actor), Joanna Lumley (actress), Jonathan Pryce (actor), Ian Fleming (actor), Lucy Fleming (miscellaneous crew), Louise Hooper (director), Louise Hooper (producer), Ben Macintyre (actor), Fionn Morgan (actress), Jonathan McCarthy (miscellaneous crew), Geoffrey Boothroyd (actor), Godfrey Smith (actor), John Blake (producer),
Genres: Documentary,Actors: Hermann Göring (actor), Daniel Craig (actor), Charles Gray (actor), Gert Fröbe (actor), Josef Goebbels (actor), Anthony Dawson (actor), Walter Gotell (actor), Pedro Armendáriz (actor), Adolfo Celi (actor), Winston Churchill (actor), Sean Connery (actor), Pierce Brosnan (actor), Timothy Dalton (actor), Heinrich Himmler (actor), Rudolf Hess (actor),
Plot: James Bond is a worldwide icon, but is Ian Fleming's creation based on a real character? This documentary profiles the wartime exploits of Dusko Popov, a double-agent who worked for Britain and the U.S. against Germany, and reveals how Fleming used his imagination to weave the adventures of Popov and others into "Casino Royale" and subsequent James Bond stories. Includes clips from Bond films and classified wartime footage, plus interviews with MI6 figures, Popov's son, Hilary Saltzman (daughter of James Bond producer Harry Saltzman), David Giammarco ( actor and author of the best-selling book "For Your Eyes Only: Behind the Scenes of the James Bond Films"), Andrew Lycett (Ian Fleming biographer), and other experts on the clandestine world of Ian Fleming and the James Bond films.
Keywords: james-bond-spoofActors: Nickolas Grace (actor), Pip Torrens (actor), Alan McKenna (actor), Julian Firth (actor), Ben Daniels (actor), Emily Woof (actress), Michael Harrowes (editor), Emma Fryer (costume designer), Richard Heffer (actor), Adam Kemp (producer), William Scott-Masson (actor), Annabel Leventon (actress), Christopher Good (actor), Leanne Klein (producer), Simon Nixon (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Julia Verdin (actress), Jason Connery (actor), Carl Davis (composer), Kristin Scott Thomas (actress), Edgar J. Scherick (producer), Richard Johnson (actor), David Warner (actor), Joss Ackland (actor), Marilyn Clarke (miscellaneous crew), Patricia Hodge (actress), Adam D. Wright (miscellaneous crew), Christopher Benjamin (actor), Julian Firth (actor), Gary Hoffman (producer), Lesley Walker (editor),
Plot: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming follows the exciting life of a dashing young Ian Fleming, the mastermind behind the highly successful James Bond books and movies. As a womanizer and a hopeless romantic Fleming got himself expelled from Eton and other prestigious public schools before his mother, fed up, sent to work for Reuters,the news bureau. Whilst covering a show-trial of British engineers in Soviet Moscow, Fleming pulled his first Bond-like escapade, almost losing his life in the process. This caught the interest of Britain's dormant yet watchful military intelligence, later to become the highly acclaimed S.O.E. After Fleming's recruitment into His Majesty's Service, his exploits become increasingly fantastic. It is difficult to believe that this is not fiction! The Secret Life of Ian Fleming goes to prove, once again, the truth certainly is stranger than fiction. One Vodka Martini, shaken not stirred!
Keywords: academy, attempted-assassination, author, bentley, book, british, british-secret-service, car-race, casino, character-name-in-titleActors: Richard Griffiths (actor), Julian Fellowes (actor), Charles Dance (actor), Adrian Hough (actor), Pauline Hume (miscellaneous crew), Ed Devereaux (actor), Don Boyd (director), Christoph Waltz (actor), Phyllis Logan (actress), Michael London (miscellaneous crew), Steve Plytas (actor), Joseph Long (actor), Donald Douglas (actor), Patrick Ryecart (actor), John Lawrence (actor),
Plot: Fact-based biography of James Bond author, Ian Fleming. The film focuses on his wartime exploits and romantic adventures which ultimately led to his creation of the super-spy.
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