49 Films and books - links or broken links? (James Bond)
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This article is from the James Bond FAQ, by Michael Reed reed55@core.com with numerous contributions by others.
49 Films and books - links or broken links? (James Bond)
The newsgroup often notes that Sean Connery's films did not, for the most
part, stray far from Fleming's novels in term of storyline. While continuity
was altered and some stories forgone the general consensus is that until
Moore took over the film series was a successful adaptation of Ian Fleming's
character.
His titles lasted a bit longer. Every film from "Dr. No" through "The Living
Daylights" was a Fleming title. (EON shortened "'From' A View To A Kill".)
By then they had run out of usable ones. But some of the screenplays,
notably "You Only Live Twice", "Moonraker" and "A View To A Kill", bore
little resemblance to the original Fleming story.
EON has never used a Bond novel written by anyone other that Fleming, either
by title or plot. There is no reason in their viewpoint to do so. They would
have to pay for use of the material and title, and choose instead to hire
script makers to create original stories. This is why no Gardner or Benson
novel has been made into film, and why they doubtfully ever will be.
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