Cubby Broccoli - The Man Behind Bond (2000)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2000
Running Times: 41 mins 20 secs
Format: colour
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CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: MGM Home Entertainment
Producer: David Naylor, Bruce Scivally
Field Producers (London): Carole Ashby, Anne Bennett, Dave Worrall
Associate Producer: Lisa Karadjian
Production Manager (London): Antonia de Barton-Watson

SCRIPT
Script: John Cork

DIRECTION
Director: John Cork

PHOTOGRAPHY
Cameras: Shaun Maurer, Mark Rivers, Paul Scrabo, Steven Wacks, John Whatton

EDITING
Editor: Edward Yost
Assistant Editors: Jared Ali, Peter Taylor, Byron Thompson
Post Production Assistant: Heather Lighston

MUSIC
Music: John Barry (uncredited); Monty Norman (uncredited)
Song: Bill Conti, Michael Leeson (For Your Eyes Only - uncredited)
Song Performed By: Sheena Easton (For Your Eyes Only - uncredited)

SOUND
Sound: Roger Burgess, George Ann Muller, Doug Smith

MAKE-UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Joannel Clemente, Katya Thomas

OTHER SOURCES
Research Provided By: The Ian Fleming Foundation
Production Assistant (LA Shoot): Derek Miller
Stills Supplied By: The Allen Family; Archive Photos; The Broccoli Family; UPI/Corbis-Bettman; Dr James
D'Orta; Patricia D'Orta; Liaison Agency; Michael Ochs Archives/Venice California; Phototeque; PIC Photos Ltd; Francesca Savino; Ray Stark
Footage Provided By: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; BBC Worldwide Americas; The Broccoli Family; JED Productions; Hot Shots/Cool Cuts; MGM Home Entertainment Inc; Open University Worldwide Ltd; SWR Media GmbH
London Accomodations: Conrad International Hotel

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Very Special Thanks To: Dana Broccoli; Barbara Broccoli; Tina Broccoli Brewer; Tony Broccoli; Michael G. Wilson
Special Thanks To: Nita Allen; Rick Allen; Benita Allen; Arden Ross, ROSTAR; Eon Productions Ltd; Lori Kustich; Dick Kahn; Donald Zec
Thanks To: Clem Barter; Tom Crowley; M. Hue Smith; Allen Anderson; Conrad International Corp and the Conrad International Hotel, London
From Eon Entertainments Ltd: Anne Bennett; Celia Irvin; John Parkinson; John Roebuck; Iris Rose; Meg Simmonds
From Danjaq LLC: Simon Mathew; David Pope; Michael Tavares

WITH
Patrick Macnee (narrator)
Barbara Broccoli
Donald Zec
Dr James D'Orta
Francesca Savino
Dana Broccoli
Tony Broccoli
Tina Broccoli Brewer
Sheldon Tannen
Michael G. Wilson
Robert Wagner
Janet Leigh
Nancy Sinatra
Albert R. Broccoli (archive footage)
Robert Sherman
Richard Sherman
Sally Ann Howes

SUMMARY

A biography of James Bond producer Albert R. 'Cubby' Broccoli that includes interviews with his family and colleagues as well as the obligatory collection of clips from his films.

CAPSULE REVIEW

A serviceable portrait of one of the most successful film producers of all time that gets by on the anecdotes and memories of the interviewees.

AVAILABILITY

UK
DVD Distributor: MGM DVD (16349DVD) (as part of the Diamonds Are Forever DVD package)

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

UK
Rating: PG

LINKS

INCLUDES FOOTAGE FROM
Dr No (1962)
From Russia With Love (1963)
Goldfinger (1974)
Thunderball (1965)
You Only Live Twice (1967)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
Live and Let Die (1973) (plus behind the scenes footage)
The Man With the Golden Gun (1975)
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Moonraker (1979)
Octopussy (1983)
A View To a Kill (1985)
The Living Daylights (1987)
Licence to Kill (1989)
Goldeneye (1995)

REFERENCES

screen
credits

documentary; film-history; biography; james-bond