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Documentary that sets out to tell the story behind the making of
the James Bond films. When American producers Harry Saltzman and
Albert Broccoli acquired the rights to adapt Ian Fleming's 'James
Bond' novels for the big screen they couldn't have dreamt of the
success they would find. However, as the franchise became a licence
to print money conflict inevitably emerged, causing Saltzman and
Broccoli to fall out with their lead actor, Sean Connery, then each
other. Despite the increasingly fraught drama behind the scenes,
the on-screen drama of the Bond films has continued to draw
audiences to the cinema 50 years after the release of the first
film, 'Dr No' (1962). Among the Bond luminaries to contribute to
the documentary are George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton,
Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig.
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Moonraker (Blu-ray disc)
Michael Lonsdale, Roger Moore, Richard Kiel, Lois Chiles, Corinne Clery, …
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Discovery Miles 910
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When a space shuttle goes missing during a test flight, James Bond
(Roger Moore) is the man who must track it down. His investigations
take him to Venice (where he uses his specially customized
gondola), Rio de Janeiro (where he fights steel-toothed henchman
Jaws on top of a cable car), and finally into outer space (where he
uncovers a ruthless plot to wipe out the human race and replace it
with genetically engineered humanoids). Highlights include Bond's
encounters with NASA scientist Dr Holly Goodhead (Lois Chiles) and
the climactic battle aboard villain Hugo Drax's (Michael Lonsdale)
space station.
This handbook provides easy access to current practice and
requirements in the main spoken language technologies.
Robots That Talk and Listen provides a forward-looking examination
of speech and language in robots from technical, functional, and
social perspectives. Contributors address cultural foundations as
well as the linguistic skills and technologies that robots need to
function effectively in real-world settings. Among the most
difficult and complex is the ability to understand and use
language. Speech-enabled automata are already serving as
interactive toys, teacher's aides, and research assistants. These
robots will soon be joined by personal companions, industrial
co-workers, and military support automata. The social impact of
these and other robots extends well beyond the specific tasks they
perform. Contributors tackle the most knotty of those issues,
notably acceptance of advanced, speech-enabled robots and
developing ethical and moral controls for robots. Topics in this
book include: * Language and Beyond: The True Meaning of "Speech
Enabled" * Robots in Myth and Media * Enabling Robots to Converse *
Language Learning by Automata * Handling Noisy Settings * Empirical
Studies of Robots in Real-World Environments * Acceptance of
Intelligent Robots * Managing Robots that Can Lie and Deceive *
Envisioning a World Shared with Intelligent Robots
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Live and Let Die (Blu-ray disc)
Roger Moore, Clifton James, Jane Seymour, Bernard Lee, Gloria Hendry, …
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Discovery Miles 460
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Roger Moore makes his 007 debut, replacing Sean Connery as
Britain's most celebrated secret agent. In the eighth instalment of
the franchise, Bond is tasked with cracking a voodoo-controlled
drug smuggling racket in the Caribbean, and sets about the task
with his customary verve, finding time for speedboat chases and
crocodile encounters along the way. Admirable support is offered by
Clifton James, as an irate Southern Sheriff, and Jane Seymour, as
tarot expert Solitaire but they face a formidable foe in drugs
baron Kananga (Yaphet Kotto).
Originally published in 1986. Those involved in management in
schools are being urged to develop their management skills and many
courses are developed for this purpose. At the same time many new
issues have arisen which require attention from managers in
schools. These include: staff appraisal, curriculum evaluation and
action research. This book examines major topics of present concern
in the management of secondary schools. It presents much new
thinking on these major problems and reports on particular
initiatives. The aim is to help improve practice, both by helping
trainers focus their courses correctly and by encouraging those
involved in school management to approach their work more
purposefully. School management is treated from the perspective of
the industrial trainer, the Local Education Authority, higher
education and the school practitioner.
When the activating button for a nuclear launch is lost at sea, it
is up to James Bond to retrieve it before it falls into the wrong
hands. Roger Moore once again plays 007 in this, the 12th Bond
outing, director John Glen's first Bond film and the first without
an Ian Fleming credit. Highlights include a climb up a sheer
rock-face; a car chase down a steep, winding mountain road; an
underwater battle; and what might be the greatest of all Bond's
celebrated ski chase sequences.
The quintessential suave hero, Roger Moore has enjoyed a successful
career that has spanned seven decades, from early television
through the golden age of Hollywood and on to international
superstardom. Dashing, handsome, and every inch the archetypal
English gentleman, he is most widely known for making seven
blockbuster films as arguably the most debonair 007 of all time. He
has worked with some of the world's most legendary stars, including
such luminaries as Noel Coward, Sean Connery, Elizabeth Taylor,
Richard Burton, Lana Turner, Gregory Peck, Cary Grant, Richard
Harris, and Michael Caine. For the first time, Roger shares his
recollections of playing some of the world's most famous roles as
well as myriad stories from his personal life, including events
from his childhood in London and his experiences during World War
II. Filled with anecdotes from his encounters with celebrities of
every variety and his memories from the heydays of Hollywood, this
is a frank, funny, and disarmingly charming story of a life lived
among the stars.
Out of print for over forty years, The 007 Diaries introduces Roger
Moore's James Bond Diary to a new generation of fans. To tie in
with the release of his first James Bond film, Live and Let Die,
Roger Moore agreed to keep a day-by-day diary throughout the film's
production, which would be published just ahead of the premiere in
July 1973. From his unveiling as the new 007 in 1972 through to his
first scenes on location in New Orleans and his final shot in New
York, Moore describes his whirlwind journey as cinema's most famous
secret agent. Taking in the sights of Jamaica before returning to
Pinewood Studios, Moore's razor wit and unique brand of humour is
ever present. With tales from every location, including his
encounters with his co-stars and key crew members, Moore offers the
reader an unusually candid, amusing and hugely insightful
behind-the-scenes look into the world's most successful film
franchise.
Originally published in 1986. Those involved in management in
schools are being urged to develop their management skills and many
courses are developed for this purpose. At the same time many new
issues have arisen which require attention from managers in
schools. These include: staff appraisal, curriculum evaluation and
action research. This book examines major topics of present concern
in the management of secondary schools. It presents much new
thinking on these major problems and reports on particular
initiatives. The aim is to help improve practice, both by helping
trainers focus their courses correctly and by encouraging those
involved in school management to approach their work more
purposefully. School management is treated from the perspective of
the industrial trainer, the Local Education Authority, higher
education and the school practitioner.
In this warm and engaging book, the late, great Sir Roger Moore
reflects on life and ageing. Delivered, along with his own
hand-drawn sketches, to his publisher shortly before he passed
away, in A Bientot, Roger looks back on his life - and gives it his
trademark sideways glance, too. Nostalgic, funny, charming and,
most importantly, very human, his reflections on age and ageing
encompass all aspects of this universal experience, from
reminiscences on childhood and 'what might have been'; keeping
abreast of the ever-changing times; senior moments, memory and
getting to grips with technology; the joys - and frustrations - of
travel; work and play. Along with these he tells of the intense
happiness - and some equally intense sadnesses - of family life.
Featuring his own sketches throughout, this book sees Roger at his
most open and forthright. The true stories and situations he shares
in this warm and intimate book reveal a 'Bond Unbound', the human
being inside the action-adventure character that made him so famous
the world over. Always upbeat and - as ever - endearingly
self-effacing and unpretentious, in A bientot he shares the joys he
experienced every day along with the tiny triumphs that life brings
to us all at the most unexpected times.
In a career that spanned over seven decades, Roger Moore was at the
very heart of the show-business scene. We all knew him as an actor
who starred in films that made him famous the world over, but he
was also a tremendous prankster, joker and raconteur - in fact, he
was well known as one of the nicest guys in the business, and
someone who was always up for some fun. In this fabulous collection
of true stories from his stellar career, Roger lifts the lid on the
movie business, from Hollywood to Pinewood. It features outrageous
tales from his own life and career as well as those told to him by
a host of stars and filmmakers, including Tony Curtis, Sean
Connery, Michael Caine, David Niven, Frank Sinatra, Gregory Peck,
John Mills, Peter Sellers, Michael Winner, Cubby Broccoli and many
more. Wonderfully entertaining, laugh-out-loud funny and told with
his characteristic wit and good humour, Last Man Standing is
vintage Moore at his very best.
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