Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass – Casino Royale
Posted on May 27, 2008
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Any movie directed by 5 different people is bound to be confusing. This was, off course, no exception.
Orson Welles reportedly insisted on including magic tricks into his scenes, a possible source of the friction between him and Peter Sellers.
When Mata Bond swings into action, the background music is “Bond Street” ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgvu1arJ9YI ) also scored by this film’s composer, Burt Bacharach. The real Bond Street can be seen in the later James Bond movie, Octopussy (1983).
Peter Sellers and Orson Welles hated each other so much that the filming of the scene where both of them face each other across a gaming table actually took place on different days with a double standing in for one the actors.
Peter Sellers often caused interruptions by leaving the set for days at a time.
The rift between Orson Welles and Peter Sellers was partly caused by the arrival on set of Princess Margaret, sister of the Queen. Sellers knew her of old and greeted her in an ostentatious manner to ensure all cast and crew noticed. However, the Princess walked straight past him and made a big fuss over Welles. Nonplussed, Sellers stormed off the set and refused to film with Welles again.
An enormous Taj Mahal-type set was designed for the film but never built. The real Taj Mahal can be seen in the later James Bond movie Octopussy (1983).
The gadget used by Le Chiffre to cheat at Baccarat was a pair of infra-red sunglasses with x-ray capabilities. X-ray sunglasses would also be seen in the later James Bond movie The World Is Not Enough (1999).
The West German street Feldmanstrasse seen in the film is a name parody of the film’s producer Charles K. Feldman. This is the location of the Mata Hari Dance & Spy School.
The first thing seen in the movie which is the graffiti seen on the Paris pisoir at the film’s beginning read: “Les Beatles”.
Orson Welles attributed the success of the film to a marketing strategy that featured a ***** tattooed lady on the film’s posters and print ads.
A carpet beater can be seen hanging from the side of Orson Welles’s chair. This is a link to the original Casino Royale novel, in which Le Chiffre tortures Bond by thrashing his ********* with a carpet beater.
At least two gags involving Peter Sellers in this film later resurfaced in the Pink Panther films of the 1970s: a sight *** involving Sellers wearing a Toulouse Loutrec costume, and a joke involving a driver running away when being asked to “follow that car.” That man was Stirling Moss, one of the greatest race car drivers of all time.
The name for the organization SMERSH is derived from “Smiert Spionam” which means “death to spies”. “Smiert Spionam” is the the full phrase from which the acronym of the Soviet counterespionage organization SMERSH took its name. It existed as early as World War II, and was a branch of the NKVD (later KGB).
Le Chiffre is a French word which translates into English as “The Cypher” or “The Number”. Other translations in different languages include “Die Nummer”, “Herr Ziffer”, and “Mr. Number”.
In his first scene David Niven is seen bouncing up and down in a chair whose seat is fixed to what appear to be accordion bellows. This is a “chamber horse”, a home exercise machine that was popular in 18th-century Britain.
In the “vault” scene towards the end, Bond says, “Careful, it’s vaporized lysergic acid, highly explosive”. Lysergic acid is actually used in the synthesis of the hallucinogen LSD, and is not an explosive.
In the German spy school, Polo mentions some of the former students, among them Peter Lorre. Peter Lorre played Le Chiffre in the original, made-for-TV version of Casino Royale on “Climax!” (1954).
The Le Chiffre agent killed in a Berlin phone booth is played by Vladek Sheybal, who previously played an enemy agent in From Russia with Love (1963).
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This song was used when Payton Manning hosted SNL with the basketball team skit. Hilarious!
Song was a bit before my time. However, I heard it once as a kid, and it remained in my head all these years. What a great song!
Makes me jealous of my parents’ generation. I wish I was around back then in the 60s, cause it was pretty sweet then. No more talented musicians today like old Herb.
If you’re a Sharon fan, watch Don’t Make Waves: she acts opposite Dave Draper, they are the hottest, blondest couple ever.
“The Wrecking Crew” is the name of the Matt Helm film I was referring to.^
Yeah, the Matt Helm films are very similar. So Bad they are good, etc…provided you are open minded enough to appreciate tongue-in-cheek humor.
At least one of them has Sharon Tate too (don’t remember which one, offhand, but she played a complete ditz quite well. And of course she was gorgeous too).
As far as songs go, this one is ageless, IMO. Pure Alpert, pure 60′s. Fantastic stuff.
lukeray, when you’re right, you’re RIGHT! This movie is so bad/good, it HURTS! Have you seen the Matt Helm films (original ’60′s Dean Martin spy films – Austin Powers is a wannabe!)? The best/worst, though, is probably Doris Day playing Sean Connery in Caprice – moi, j’aime beacuop de la fromage! And Doris in a spy flick is great cheese!
Only in your opinion; your opinion is subjective, or maybe it’s just because you lack any taste.
“Casino Royale” and “Barbarella”- two of the best opening and closing credit sequences of all time.
This movie was so bad it was good.
I love this movie so much.
Today I find in internet somes pages from the book “The Little Red Book of Burt Bacharach” by Serene Dominic, in this have referency about this song with female vocal, this is “Harry Roche Constellation’s” recording of “Have No Fear, Bond Is Here” (Casino Royal) in the LP: “Casino Royale And Other Hip Sounds” (1967, CBS).
This is bad
I have the same problem.
I have always thought that this movie is very underrated. Besides its great music including The Look Of Love, there is a lot of funny stuff in here. The movie’s over the top maddness and confusion is quite engaging I think, if you can put yourself in the right frame of mind.
Help!! I can’t stop playing it!
If this would’ve continues with the meeting of the cars, the music is quite beautiful to it after the credits
the trumpet solo goes so high at 1:26-1:30 its beautiful
Unfortunately too many people may think it a comedic attempt at a serious Bond film, which to the enlightened, it isn’t. Oh well, for those who know…LOL
Exactly. It IS a spoof. It’s a complete “hold-yourself-out-at-arms-length-and-laugh-at-yourself and-your-own-pretentions” spoof, and it will hopefully be appreciated, as such, by all future generations.
Magnificent stuff, on so many levels….
That’s right. Jerry Moss was the “M” of “A&M Records.
And Herb Alpert was, of course, the “A.”
That was a reply to Skaramouche’s comment:
‘The best Spectra bad guy ever!’
Technically, the ‘bad guy’ is from SMERSH, not SPECTRE
Not exactly James Bond. If you’ve never seen the movie, it’s a spoof; a hilarious spoof. Peter Sellers is NOT Sean Connery, but he IS a stitch…too funny! By the way, I DO remember the movie!
The best part about 007 movies is the Babes,
And the music!
I don’t think anyone would remember the film if it wasn’t for the music.