Casino Royale (1967)

Chuck and Bushman, I'm glad you set the record straight. I mean, it's right there on imdb. However, although it seems to have Woody Allen touches there's no writing credit for him. I guess he was uncredited.   See 5 other replies

Chuck and Bushman, I'm glad you set the record straight. I mean, it's right there on imdb. However, although it seems to have Woody Allen touches there's no writing credit for him.   See 5 other replies

My dear young friends lets set this straight the movie was filmed in 1966 and was co-writen by Woody Allen himself. The movie is and was ment to be a parody of Bond movies. In the sixties (long before most of you were born) they liked making fun of the establishment ie. The Man or in this case big budget movie studios and their work. They decided to use the name Casino Royale for two reasons, first Boraccolli (spelling may be off) who has produced and funded the Bond movies all these years decided not to pay for the rights to use the name on first Bond movie (didn't know if it would pay off) so they did. Second fans of Bond wanted a movie with the name and it was a good joke to use it before the establishment could.
So No this was not the first Bond movie and No this was not a screenplay of the book BUT yes this was the first movie with the name. The second came out a few years ago when they changed the Bond movie formula and we got a blond Bond with no futuristic toys. They decided to start at the begining and do it the way Ian Fleming wrote it in the fifties only modernized. Any Questions ... Look it up and don't ask me.   See 5 other replies

Thanks for posting like you know everything but really don't.
Original was 1954...
http://www.amazon.com/Casino-Royale-Original-James-Bond/dp/6301308913   See 5 other replies