What will you do on Global James Bond Day?
What are you planning to do on October 5th? How about celebrate Global James Bond Day?
Yes, the eight million studios and producers behind the James Bond movies have declared October 5th Global James Bond Day, in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of the release of “Dr. No,” the first Bond film. Oh, and to promote the new Bond movie, “Skyfall,” coming to theaters near you on November 9th. And the Blu-ray release of all the other Bond films in one collection on September 24th.
What can you do to celebrate James Bond Day? Five suggestions for you:
- Have a James Bond movie marathon.
- Play “Invent a salacious female character name.”
- Debate who was the best Bond.
- Ponder “Why M? Why not R or J?”
- Drink shaken, but not stirred cocktails. All day.
That’s just to get you started. Here’s the press release giving the full description of the day and events:
LOS ANGELES, Calif., August 29, 2012 – In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the James Bond film franchise on the anniversary of Dr. No, which enjoyed its world film premiere in London on October 5, 1962, and in anticipation of the worldwide release of the 23rd James Bond adventure SKYFALL™, Albert R. Broccoli’s EON Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment announced today that October 5, 2012 will be Global James Bond Day, a day-long series of events for Bond fans around the world.
A new feature documentary from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Passion Pictures and Red Box Films, Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007, will be also be unveiled, country-specific details to follow. Directed by Stevan Riley (Fire In Babylon), Everything or Nothing focuses on three men with a shared dream – Bond producers Albert R. Broccoli, Harry Saltzman and author Ian Fleming. It’s the thrilling and inspiring narrative behind the longest running film franchise in cinema history which began in 1962.
Further worldwide events celebrating Bond’s golden anniversary include a global online and live auction charity event of 50 lots to benefit twelve charitable institutions organized by Christie´s in London (full details at
www.christies.com/bond), a global survey to discover the favorite Bond film by country, a film retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, a Music of Bond night in Los Angeles hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and an exhibition, “Designing 007: 50 Years of Bond Style,” at TIFF in Toronto. Leading up to Global James Bond Day, for the first time ever fans can own all 22 films in the franchise on Blu-ray Disc in one comprehensive collection with BOND 50, releasing worldwide beginning September 24. Further updates by country will be announced in due course on 007.com and facebook/JamesBond007.
