Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site x.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!cybvax0!frog!x!wjr From: wjr@x.UUCP (Bill Richard) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Fleming's 007 vs. Broccoli's 007 Message-ID: <516@x.UUCP> Date: Fri, 24-May-85 19:24:38 EDT Article-I.D.: x.516 Posted: Fri May 24 19:24:38 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 27-May-85 06:07:29 EDT References: <2033@topaz.ARPA> <774@mtgzz.UUCP> Organization: Charles River Data Systems, Framingham MA Lines: 39 [] > >From: Hank Shiffman > > > > From: mtgzz!leeper@topaz.arpa (m.r.leeper) > > Ian Fleming > > sold only a few of his novels to the films but he sold > > all of the titles. > > > >Not exactly. Fleming sold both titles and stories to Albert > >Broccoli. > > My "facts" are based on hearsay and reading Variety. I don't remember > the source of my information. I (gulp!) bow to your better knowledge, > if it is better. Where did you hear it? > > Mark Leeper > ...ihnp4!mtgzz!leeper I can't speak for Mr. Shiffman but I recall reading a magazine article many years ago, right after Goldfinger became a big hit, which mentioned that Broccoli and his then partner Saltzman(sp?) had bought the film rights to all of Fleming's books except one, _Casino_Royale_, which Fleming had already sold to someone else. I'm afraid I don't remember which magazine, but it was one of the major glossies of the time (Time, Newsweek, Life, ... ?). Also in support of the idea that Broccoli & Co. bought the story rights is the fact that the films have more in common with the books than just the titles. The films usually have the same characters, the same locales, and you even find tattered remanants of the original plot line. -- ---- William J. Richard @ Charles River Data Systems 983 Concord St. Framingham, MA 01701 Tel: (617) 626-1112 uucp: ...!decvax!frog!wjr