"point to destroy the base. Along the way, Bond must battle numerous thugs and familiar bosses. The game is often compared to Namco's ""Rolling Thunder"" series, although it was much less popular with the critics. ""The Duel"" was released four years after Timothy Dalton's last outing as James Bond (in ""Licence to Kill""), but his likeness is used in the game, most notably the opening screens, thus making it Dalton's last appearance as Bond to date. It was also the final Bond game to be released by Domark, who had released a series of Bond themed games beginning in 1985"
"a nomination for a Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and a BAFTA bid for Film Not In the English Language. Additionally, Forster directed the twenty-second James Bond film, ""Quantum of Solace"" which began shooting on January 2, 2008, shortly before his 39th birthday, making him the youngest director in the series' history (beating the previous record set by Guy Hamilton, who was 41 when he directed ""Goldfinger"" five years before Forster's birth). ""Quantum of Solace"" was released in the United Kingdom on October 31, 2008. It became one of the highest grossing Bond films in the franchise's"
"the heels of Frankie, who is desperately trying to escape with his life. ""The Yellow Balloon"" was one of the first films to be passed with the then new Adults Only ""X"" certificate by the British Board of Film Censors, which barred anyone under the age of 16 years from being allowed into a cinema to see the film. This was because the censor felt that the chase through the London Underground station in the last reel would be very frightening for young children and Andrew Ray, 13-years-old when the film was shot in 1952 and 14-years-old when it was"
"allowed films such as ""Last Tango in Paris"" and ""The Exorcist"" to be released with an X certificate (essentially the same as today's ""18"") – but many local authorities chose to ban the films regardless. Thirty-nine local authorities in the UK either imposed an outright ban, or effectively banned by imposing X certificate, on ""Monty Python's Life of Brian"", which the BBFC had rated as AA (Suitable for ages 14+). Conversely, in 2002, a few local authorities regraded ""Spider-Man"" from 12 to PG, allowing children younger than 12 to see the film. However, the BBFC were already in the process"
"on a documentary at the age of 79 in Cannes. Terence Young (director) Shaun Terence Young (20 June 1915 – 7 September 1994) was a British film director and screenwriter best known for directing three James Bond films, including the first two films in the series, ""Dr. No"" (1962) and ""From Russia with Love"" (1963), as well as ""Thunderball"" (1965). All three films starred Sean Connery as Bond. The son of a Police Commissioner of the Shanghai Municipal Police, Young was born in Shanghai, China and was public-school educated. He read oriental history at St Catharine's College at the University"
"Motifs in the James Bond film series The ""James Bond"" series of films contain a number of repeating, distinctive motifs which date from the series' inception with ""Dr. No"" in 1962. The series consists of twenty four films produced by Eon Productions featuring the James Bond character, a fictional British Secret Service agent. The most recent instalment is the 2015 film ""Spectre"", which was released in UK cinemas on 26 October 2015. There have also been two independently made features, the satirical ""Casino Royale"", released in 1967, and the 1983 film ""Never Say Never Again"". Whilst each element has not"
"which was passed uncut only at 18 certificate, even though its main characters were teenagers who frequently used profanities that the director argued were typical of the social group his film depicted. The film received similar certificates in Ireland (also an 18 certificate) and the United States. Shane Meadows' film ""This Is England"" was also passed uncut only at 18 due to its repeated use of racist terms, and the climatic scene where Combo becomes irate and pummels his friend Milky while insulting him. On the other hand, some films feature strong language but nevertheless do not carry particularly restrictive"
"(General), PG (Parental Guidance) and R (Restricted to 18 years and above). Prior to then films were either approved or effectively banned. Since then, there have been several alterations to the ratings over the years. In September 1991, a Restricted (Artistic) (R(A)) rating was introduced to replaced the previous R-rating so as to allow the screening of certain art-house films which would otherwise have been banned without said rating, with an increased age restriction set at 21 years of age. The R(A) rating has since been replaced by NC16 (No Children under 16), M18 (Mature 18) and R21 (Restricted 21)."
"the ban on films using homosexuality as a plot device. A few years later, the code itself was replaced by the MPAA film rating system, which introduced an age-appropriate classification system for films. As attitudes became more liberal, the rating classifications for the film were also revised. When ""Victim"" was released on VHS in the U.S. in 1986, it received the PG-13 rating. When ""Victim"" was re-released in the United Kingdom, it was reclassified with the much milder PG/12 rating. British reviews praised Bogarde's performance as his best and praised his courage in taking on the role. A London women's"
"at 46, the oldest ""Bond Girl"" in any James Bond film, until Monica Bellucci, at the age of 50, in ""Spectre"" (2015). In 1969, pressure of competition from younger, upcoming actresses made her agree to appear nude in John Frankenheimer's ""The Gypsy Moths"", the only nude scene in her career. Concern about the parts being offered to her, as well as the increasing amount of nudity included in films, led her to abandon the medium at the end of the 1960s in favour of television and theatre work. Kerr experienced a career resurgence on television in the early 1980s when"
"the British Board of Film Classification to forbid the film to viewers under 18. Spain followed this decision, but other countries, like France or Germany (not under 12) had a different rating system. Ken Loach and Paul Laverty protested against the British procedure in the Guardian. Laverty asserted that this was ""censorship"" and ""class prejudice"" because he got a lot of information to write his scenario from people around Scotland, many of whom were not 18, and were therefore denied the opportunity to see the film. Screenings in Inverclyde, Martin Compston's birthplace, where the film was shot, were shown under"
"late 1968), Kubrick said that he ""probably wouldn't have made the film"" had he realized in advance how difficult the censorship problems would be. The film is deliberately vague over Lolita's age. Kubrick commented, ""I think that some people had the mental picture of a nine-year-old, but Lolita was twelve and a half in the book; Sue Lyon was thirteen."" Actually, Lyon was 14 by the time filming started and 15 when it finished. Although passed without cuts, ""Lolita"" was rated ""X"" by the British Board of Film Censors when released in 1962, meaning no one under 16 years of"
"Sellers, Julie Andrews, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Helen Mirren, Kate Winslet and Daniel Day-Lewis. Hitchcock and Lean are among the most critically acclaimed of all-time. Hitchcock's first thriller, """" (1926), helped shape the thriller genre in film, while his 1929 film, ""Blackmail"", is often regarded as the first British feature film. Major film studios in England include Pinewood, Elstree and Shepperton. Some of the most commercially successful films of all time have been produced in England, including two of the highest-grossing film franchises (""Harry Potter"" and ""James Bond""). Ealing Studios in London has a claim to being the oldest continuously"
"he could do without stuttering. At the London Film Festival, Hooper criticised the decision, questioning how the board could certify the film ""15"" for bad language but allow films such as ""Salt"" (2010) and ""Casino Royale"" (2006) to have ""12A"" ratings, despite their graphic torture scenes. Following Hooper's criticism, the board lowered the rating to ""12A"", allowing children under 12 years of age to see the film if they are accompanied by an adult. Hooper levelled the same criticism at the Motion Picture Association of America, which gave the film an ""R"" rating, preventing anyone under the age of 17"
"""R"" for adults only. In many countries, legally effective rating systems are in effect. See History of British Film Certificates for information on film restrictions in the UK. Many industries have formulated ""voluntary"" codes limiting the content of expression, generally affecting perceived effects on public morality rather than revelation of secrets. Examples of these include the Hays Code, which affected Hollywood films from the 1930s to the 1950s, and the Comics Code, which was designed to deal with the rise of horror comics in the 1950s and lasted into the 1970s. The movie rating system currently in effect in the"
"George Lazenby George Robert Lazenby (; born 5 September 1939) is an Australian actor and former model. He is best known for having played Ian Fleming's fictional British secret agent James Bond in the film ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"" (1969). He was the youngest actor, at the age of 29, to have portrayed Bond. Lazenby is also the only Bond actor to receive a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor. Prior to his portrayal as Bond, Lazenby was a model and appeared in advertising. After declining to do another Bond film,"
"Jenny Agutter, who the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) surmised was 17 years old at the time of filming. The scenes did not pose a problem when submitted to the BBFC in 1971 and later in 1998. The Protection of Children Act 1978 prohibited distribution and possession of indecent images of people under the age of 16 so the issue of potential indecency had not been considered on previous occasions. However, the Sexual Offences Act 2003 raised the age threshold to 18 which meant the BBFC was required to consider the scenes of nudity in the context of the"
"film classification system began, The ""R18"" rating was later revised in the same year to the more stringent ""R(A)"" or ""Restricted (Artistic)"" rating and the age limit was raised from 18 to 21. In 1993, an ""NC16"" rating was introduced for films that lacked adult content such as sex and nudity scenes but was still deemed thematically unsuitable for children such as strong graphic violence in a war setting which exceeded the then ""PG"" guidelines. However, the ""NC16"" rating was only used five years later in 1998 with the release of the graphic war drama, Saving Private Ryan (1998). Back"
"portrayed by Ursula Andress). ""Entertainment Weekly"" put ""Bond bathing suits"" on its end-of-the-decade, ""best-of"" list, saying, ""And you thought spies were supposed to be inconspicuous! Halle Berry's orange bikini in Die Another Day (2002) and Daniel Craig's supersnug powder blue trunks in ""Casino Royale"" (2006) suggest that neither 007 star can keep a secret."" Monica Bellucci in Spectre became the oldest Bond girl at the age of 50, although she stated that she does not consider herself to be a ""Bond girl"", but a ""Bond woman"". Roald Dahl said that when writing ""You Only Live Twice"", he was advised to"
"to continue his role as James Bond in the Bond film ""Casino Royale"", released in 2006. Also, successful singer and actress Madonna spoke out in her 50s about ageism and her fight to defy the norms of society. In 2015, BBC Radio 1 were accused of ageism after the station didn't add her new single to their playlist. Similarly, ""Sex and the City"" star Kim Cattrall has also raised the issue of ageism. A 2007 Pew Research Center study found that a majority of American voters would be less likely to vote for a President past a given age, with"
"Age of Consent (film) Age of Consent (also known as Norman Lindsay's Age of Consent) is a 1969 Australian film which was the penultimate feature film directed by British director Michael Powell. The romantic comedy-drama stars James Mason (co-producer with Powell), Helen Mirren in her first major film role, and Irish character actor Jack MacGowran and features actress Neva Carr Glyn. The screenplay by Peter Yeldham was adapted from the 1935 semi-autobiographical novel of the same name by Norman Lindsay, who died the year this film was released. Bradley Morahan (James Mason) is an Australian artist who feels he has"
"18 (British Board of Film Classification) The 18 certificate is issued by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), to state that in its opinion, a film, video recording, or game should not be seen at home or elsewhere, watched in a cinema or purchased by a person under 18 years old. As with other British film certificates, the 18 certificate theoretically only has advisory power for films shown in public cinemas, with the ultimate say being held by local authorities. In practice, the local authorities tend to follow BBFC rulings in all but a few exceptional cases. For video"
"mandatory retirement age from the 00 section—45—which would mean he was 37 at the time. Fleming did not provide Bond's date of birth, but John Pearson's fictional biography of Bond, """", gives him a birth date of 11 November 1920, while a study by Bond scholar John Griswold puts the date at 11 November 1921. According to Griswold, the Fleming novels take place between around May 1951, to February 1964, by which time Bond was aged 42. It was not until the penultimate novel, ""You Only Live Twice"", that Fleming gave Bond a sense of family background, using a fictional"
"November 1995. The UK premiere, attended by Prince Charles, followed on 22 November at the Odeon Leicester Square, with general release two days later. Brosnan boycotted the French premiere to support Greenpeace's protest against the French nuclear testing program. The film earned over $26 million during its opening across 2,667 cinemas in the United States. Its worldwide sales were around the equivalent of $350 million. It had the fourth-highest worldwide gross of all films in 1995 and was the most successful Bond film since ""Moonraker"", taking inflation into account. The film was edited to be guaranteed a PG-13 rating from"
"James Bond filmography Commander James Bond RN—code number 007—is a fictional character created by the British journalist and novelist Ian Fleming in 1952. The character appeared in a series of twelve novels and two short story collections written by Fleming and a number of continuation novels and spin-off works after Fleming's death in 1964. There have been twenty-six films in total, produced between 1962 and 2015. Fleming portrayed Bond as a tall, athletic, handsome secret agent in his thirties or forties; he has several vices including drinking, smoking, gambling, automobiles and womanising. He is an exceptional marksman, and skilled in"
"violence, a non-X classification. The Council of State ruled that the movie should have been rated X. The decision was highly controversial, and some suggested changing the law under which it was rated 18. The original X certificate, replacing the H certificate, was issued between 1951 and 1982 by the British Board of Film Censors in the United Kingdom. It was introduced as a result of the Wheare Report on film censorship. From 1951 to 1970, it meant ""Suitable for those aged 16 and over,"" and from 1970 to 1982 it was redefined as meaning ""Suitable for those aged 18"
"criticized by some players for changing Makarov's opening line, ""Remember, no Russian"", to ""Kill them; they are Russians"". In Australia, the game was rated MA15+, which was contested by politician Michael Atkinson who felt that ""No Russian"" allowed players to be ""virtual terrorists"". He sought to appeal the rating and have Australian Classification Board ban the game in the country; however, the board never received correspondence from Atkinson. In the United Kingdom, rather than remove the level altogether, the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) reclassified the game as an 18, this gave ""Call of Duty"" its first adult age"
"Licence to Kill Licence to Kill is a 1989 British spy film, the sixteenth in the ""James Bond"" film series produced by Eon Productions, and the last to star Timothy Dalton in the role of the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. It is the first one not to use the title of an Ian Fleming story. It is also the fifth and final consecutive Bond film to be directed by John Glen. The story has elements of two Ian Fleming short stories and a novel, interwoven with aspects from Japanese Rōnin tales. The film sees Bond being suspended from MI6"
"said they hope to release a few more books before possibly considering it. Today, it is believed the film rights to James Bond on film reside exclusively with Danjaq, LLC, the parent company of Eon Productions, however, according to Charlie Higson this is not exactly the case. Young Bond Young Bond is a series of young adult spy novels featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent James Bond as a young teenage boy attending school at Eton College in the 1930s. The series, written by Charlie Higson, was originally planned to include only five novels; however, after the release of the fifth"
"in the United Kingdom, with smaller portions shot in China and Turkey. ""Skyfall"" premiered in London at the Royal Albert Hall on 23 October 2012 and was then released in the United Kingdom on 26 October and the United States on 9 November. It was the first James Bond film to be screened in IMAX venues, although it was not filmed with IMAX cameras. The release coincided with the 50th anniversary of the series, which began with ""Dr. No"" in 1962. ""Skyfall"" was well-received by critics, being praised for its acting (particularly by Craig, Bardem, and Dench), screenplay, cinematography, Mendes's"
"of replacing the 12 rating with a new 12A, which allowed under-12s to see the film if accompanied by an adult, so shortly afterwards, the BBFC reclassified ""Spider-Man"" as 12A. The first 12A certificate awarded was for ""The Bourne Identity"". All films rated by the BBFC receive a certificate, along with ""consumer advice"" detailing references to sex, violence and coarse language. If a certificate specifies that a film or video game is only suitable for someone over a certain age, then only those over that age may buy it. The BBFC rates theatrically released films, and rates videos and video"
"Dead"", ""Zombie Flesh Eaters"", ""Zombie"", ""Zombie The Dead Walk Among Us"", ""Gli Ultimi Zombi"", ""Woodoo"", ""L'Enfer de Zombies"", ""Zombie 2: The Dead Are Among Us"" and ""Nightmare Island"". Upon its release in the United Kingdom on 2 January 1980, the British Board of Film Classification required a total of one minute and forty-six seconds of material to be cut in order to obtain an X rating; its most recent home release on 1 August 2005 passed for an 18 rating with no cuts required. However, the 1980 release found itself classified as a ""video nasty"", having been considered a breach"
"007 Magazine to determine the greatest ever Bond film. ""Goldfinger"" came second in the poll and ""From Russia With Love"" was third. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (film) On Her Majesty's Secret Service is a 1969 British spy film and the sixth in the ""James Bond"" series produced by Eon Productions. It is based on the 1963 novel of the same name by Ian Fleming. Following Sean Connery's decision to retire from the role after ""You Only Live Twice"", Eon Productions selected an unknown actor and model, George Lazenby, to play the part of James Bond. During the making of"