So, without further ado, I present the much-more complete list of "Bond films you didn't know about!" (Well, okay, some are a little more known than others. :-))
[EDIT - There's twenty-six now!]
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1965 - THE AMAZING DOCTOR G - Italy. Also known as "Two Mafioso Against Goldginger." Essentially a slapstick comedy in which the villain is a Goldfinger wannabe, featuring a 007 appearance (though he apparently isn't a main character).
1966 - VALLAVAN ORUVAN - India. Translation unknown. No James Bond in this one (a Bond-a-like appears instead), but the film openly plagiarizes "Dr. No" and "From Russia With Love."
1966 - KISS THE GIRLS AND MAKE THEM DIE - Italy. One of Tarantino's favorite films. No James Bond in this one either, but it certainly earns a place in this list, due to the now fairly well-known fact that EON clearly based entire chunks of "Moonraker" on this film. "Never Say Never Again" would 'borrow' from this movie as well, lifting the scene where a baddie gives his lover a necklace while threatening her life if she should leave him.
1966 - JAMES BATMAN - Philippines. Sadly, not a crazy composite of the two into one character... Bond and Batman become partners in crime!
1966 - GOLDEN BOY - Turkey. Oh, get ready. There's plenty of Turkish Bonds. :-)
1966 - LAW OF THE GUNS - Turkey. Here's another... no connection to "Golden Boy" either.
1966 - 07 CON EL 2 DELANTE (AGENTE: JAIME BONET) - Spain. You know, for a year with no official Bond film, 1966 really made out in the bootleg 007 department. As you might expect, 'Jaime Bonet' is just a clumsy Spanish translation of 'James Bond'. The first bit apparently translates to '07 With The 2 In Front'.... no idea what the hell that means. I seem to remember there being a sequel to this, but I can't find anything about that.
1966 - KALEIDOSCOPE - England. And finally for 1966, we come to this Warren Beatty film. Essentially, this is a Bond-less adaptation (uncredited, of course) of the "Casino Royale" novel - released not long before the genuine article hit theaters!
1967 - OPERATION KID BROTHER - Italy. The film that not only made a great MST3K episode (under the title "Operation Double 007"), but pissed Sean Connery off quite a bit. This Italian film cast Sean's lookalike brother, Neil, as the brother of 007, who is unavailable for reasons never discussed. Never mind that Neil wasn't an actor; the film centers around the fact that he just happens to LOOK like the guy who plays James Bond. Sean felt that his brother was exploited, and also wasn't happy that a number of his Bond co-stars (Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell, Adolfo Celi, and Daniela Bianchi) agreed to appear. Just a truly, truly awful movie all around.
1967 - GOLDEN BOY IN BEIRUT - Turkey. The sequel.
1967 - ORTASARK YANIYOR - Turkey. Not sure what the title means, but this is apparently the third "Golden Boy" film.
1968 - BONDITIS - Switzerland. Not QUITE Bond - this one centers around a crazy man who thinks he's James Bond!
1970 - THE SPY WITH THE GOLDEN GUN - Turkey. There's something off about that title...
1970 - CEHENNEMDE SENLIK VAR - Turkey. The last one, I promise. This one translated James Bond as a cowboy-type figure with a Burt Reynolds moustache.
1971 - JAMES BOND 777 - India. Bond has a pompadour and a moustache... and he sings! See if you can find this one (I bought it on Video CD years ago).... no subs, but the theme song ("SEVEN-SEVEN-SEVEN!") will burrow deep into your head.
1975 - FROM HONG KONG WITH LOVE - France. Bond is killed during the gunbarrel when his gun turns up empty, and M and Moneypenny (actually Bernard Lee and Lois Maxwell, like in the Neil Connery film) have to find a replacement. Clifton "Sheriff Pepper" James also makes a return appearance, and bizarrely, Mickey Rooney has a role as well.
1977 - AGENT VINOD - India. Usually, I wouldn't count one of these "generic James Bond-type agent" movies, but others tend to add some originality. There's nothing new here; this is blatantly a Bond film, with the character's name changed to protect the filmmakers'
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1978 - THE DRAGON LIVES AGAIN - Hong Kong. This one's too good to be true. The recently deceased Bruce Lee goes to Hell, and meets a crew of stolen pop culture characters including Popeye (who is now Asian), James Bond (who isn't), the Exorcist, and pørn character Emmanuelle. And yes, Amazon sells this thing. :-P
1981 - SHUT UP WHEN YOU SPEAK! - France/Italy. In the vein of "Bonditis", this isn't quite about James Bond, but rather, a man named Giacomo (James in Italian) who dreams he is 007.
1984 - ACES GO PLACES III: OUR MAN FROM BOND STREET - Hong Kong. Also known as "Mad Mission 3" in America. This entertaining spy series saw its characters squaring off against a number of familiar faces. This particular installment saw an interesting array of villains: James Bond (a Connery lookalike), Oddjob, and Richard Kiel in a non-Jaws role. Peter Graves from "Mission Impossible" also appears.
1984 - JAMES BOND 999 - India. This film allegedly exists... I have never found concrete proof (not even a VCD for sale). Only a couple brief mentions online.
1986 - BOND 303 - India. You know, changing his number doesn't hide the character's identity, really...
1987 - THE MAHJONG INCIDENT - China. This film, which features James Bond in a small role, actually gained American attention. An American businessman named Ron Cohen was on vacation, when he was asked by a film crew to play Bond for a scene in this Chinese drama. Incidentally, for years, Bond fans were hunting down a supposed Chinese 007 flick called "The Green Jade Mahjongg" - this is actually the film they were looking for.
1992 - MR. BOND - India. This one's available on DVD, and it's worth a watch. An opening sequence that plagiarizes "Never Say Never Again", and an over the top Asian villain (with fake white hair that's just hilarious to see) who leaves dead babies here and there. And yes, it's a musical!
1994 - FROM BEIJING WITH LOVE - Hong Kong. Stars Stephen Chow (of "Kung Fu Hustle") as Bond!
2001 - STEALING DAGMAR - Czech Republic. Bond is a very short, funny-looking man who dresses in drag often. Google the DVD cover (under it's original name, "Jak Ukrast Dagmaru")... if EON Productions saw the background, which consists of hundreds of "007" logos, they would literally
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There's also a movie from 1966 called "Seven Golden Women Against 2 007's" - I'm going to investigate further before it goes on this list, because some folks have insisted that the "2 007's" part of the title was a mistranslation, and unrelated to the film.
Edited by TheLazenby, 18 August 2010 - 06:47 AM.