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From Russia With Lovepaperback edition:For the video game see From Russia With Love From Russia With Love, published in 1957, is the fifth James Bond novel written by Ian Fleming. It is the second James Bond series film, and the second starring Sean Connery as James Bond, British Secret Service agent 007. The cinematic From Russia With Love was released in 1963, produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, and directed by Terence Young. From Russia with Love is considered both the best James Bond novel, and the best of the James Bond film series by many fans and critics, and by actor Sean Connery (although even critical opinion varies greatly). The novel is credited with launching the James Bond craze, and leading to the film series.. Its biggest boost came four years after From Russia With Love was published from an article in Life magazine on March 17, 1961 in which U.S. President John F. Kennedy included it in a list of his favorite novels. Though the film's low-key tone contrasts with the outlandishness of Goldfinger, the quality of the screenplay—and the performances of the actors (hero, Connery, and villain, Robert Shaw) — make it an outstanding 007 film, more than four decades after its premiere. In 2004, Total Film magazine named it the ninth-greatest British film of all time. The title of the book sometimes is printed with a comma, as From Russia, With Love, depending upon the publisher. It is more commonly printed without the punctuation. The novel. Plot summaryFrom Russia with Love differs from Fleming's previous Bond novels in that the first one third of the novel revolves around SMERSH's executioner, Red Grant as well as the organization, SMERSH, itself. This is also the first novel in which Bond receives a gadget from Q-Branch, although Q is not in the novel.The novel is a series of elaborate plots and counterplots, between the British and the Russian intelligence agencies. It begins with SMERSH, the Soviet assassination agency, seeking to redeem itself from a series of failures that have made some within the Soviet government begin to criticize the organization. SMERSH plans to commit a grand act of terrorism in the intelligence field. For this, SMERSH has targeted British secret service agent, Commander James Bond. Due in part to Bond's defeat of Le Chiffre detailed in Casino Royale and Mr. Big in Live and Let Die, Bond has been declared as an enemy of the Soviet state and has been issued a "death warrant" for immediate execution ("To be killed with ignominy"). SMERSH lays a trap for Bond, by setting pretty, young, cipher clerk, Corporal Tatiana Romanova, to pretend to defect, claiming to have fallen in love with Bond, from a photograph. As an added incentive luring agent 007, Tatiana will provide the British agent with a Spektor decoder, a prize much coveted by MI6. The ultimate goal is setting up James Bond for assassination, but SMERSH doesn't count on Tatiana actually falling in love with 007.
Comic strip adaptationFleming's novel was adapted as a daily comic strip published in the British Daily Express newspaper, and syndicated world-wide. The adaptation ran from February 3 to May 21, 1960, and was written by Henry Gammidge, and illustrated by John McLusky. The James Bond 007 Fan Club published a reprinting of the strip in 1981. The filmPlot summaryThe film follows the plot of Fleming's novel almost to the letter, however, the villain is the major change between the literary and cinematic versions of the story. At the Cold War's height, EON Productions felt it inadvisable casting the Russians as villains, so, SMERSH was replaced by S.P.E.C.T.R.E, the criminal organization who is a mutual enemy of both superpowers, introduced in the first James Bond film, Dr. No. As such, this film is a sequel to the previous film in that S.P.E.C.T.R.E. seeks revenge upon James Bond for his killing Dr. Julius No. The film features the first appearance of Ernst Stavro Blofeld, leader of S.P.E.C.T.R.E., although he wouldn't directly confront Bond for several more cinematic adventures. To integrate S.P.E.C.T.R.E. to the storyline, minor changes were made so that SMERSH agent Red Grant is responsible for actions committed by other characters in the novel. Other than these topical changes, the movie's plot is the same as the novel's—James Bond lured to Turkey, where Corporal Tatiana Romanova is stationed to assist her defection, as well as obtaining a LEKTOR decoder (renamed from the novel's Spektor to not confuse the audience with S.P.E.C.T.R.E.). Cast & charactersThe film notes the first appearance of Desmond Llewelyn as Major Boothroyd, known as Q, the character he would play in nearly all of the series' films, until his death in 1999. The Q character appeared in the previous film, Dr. No, but was portrayed by actor Peter Burton, and addressed only as the armourer. The cast includes Robert Shaw, perhaps best known as Quint in Steven Spielberg's Jaws (1975). Author and James Bond creator Ian Fleming makes a cameo in the Istanbul train scene (following Bond's stealing the LEKTOR decoder), standing outside on the right of the train. He is wearing grey trousers and a white sweater. CrewSoundtrackFrom Russia with Love is the first series' film with John Barry as the primary soundtrack composer, although the title theme was composed by Lionel Bart of Oliver fame. John Barry, arranger of Monty Norman "James Bond Theme" for Dr. No, would be the dominant Bond series composer for most of its history. In this film, Barry introduced the percussive theme "007" (007 theme), action music that came to be considered the "secondary James Bond Theme" and is used in the James Bond films of both Sean Connery and Roger Moore.Track listingVehicles & gadgetsSee alsoLocationsFilm locationsShooting locationsTriviaExternal links
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