Originally posted by TGO
No, no, no...It was all Mankiewicz. Remember Hamilton gave us Goldfinger, which was written by the great Richard Maibaum, from the excellent book from Ian Fleming. Mankiewicz was all wrong for a Bond movie.
Couldn't one argue that Goldfinger was all Maibaum, then? Begs the question, how important is the director to a Bond film? Of course, Terence Young was critical because he defined the character. After him, and with a nod to Hunt for OHMSS, the direction in most of the films could have been interchangeable.
