Becoming Bond

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Shioka O @RT54204327 Feb 15, 2025 Good casual watch about George Lazenby narrated by himself. Very funny and entertaining for documentary. I've got to know he has his own charm. See more May 16, 2022 I really enjoyed this. It may not be totally factual, it shouldn't be categorized as a documentary, but it is very entertaining. George's narration is dynamic and Josh Lawson is hilarious reenacting George's exploits. Its very well conceived and executed. George is a natural raconteur. His life has been extraordinary, so he is a worthy subject for a film. His walking away from the James Bond franchise alone is nearly inconceivable. The fact that doctors said he wouldn't live past 12 must have given him a very different attitude in his whole perspective and understanding of life. He knew it was far more valuable and important to live life on his terms since he was a child, that rules were made to be broken and go for what he wanted because another chance might not come along. It's a light, funny and perfectly Aussie film that makes me want to buy a ticket to Australia so I can meet some of these crazy characters. See more Dec 4, 2020 Taking over the James Bond role after Sean Connery's departure, George Lazenby recounts the highs and lows of stardom in this often hilarious retrospective documentary from his time growing up in Australia, to being a model in England, to briefly becoming the world's most famous secret agent, and to controversially turning down a seven-film contract. See more Dec 1, 2020 It'ss not just about Bond and the James Bond world, there is a lot of that of course, but there's a love story that's played out, I think there's a lot of regret in George's life. Not just with relation to being James Bond, I think in a sliding doors life, he would have continued his love interest instead of falling to the trappings of fame. And I wonder that's probably a theme that could resonate in all of us. Maybe there is the one that got away. There is the one that you would treat better, if you had another go around. This film explores that. The love interest is actually the beating heart of this film set on a backdrop of Bond. See more david f @dfulmer Apr 12, 2020 This is the story of George Lazenby, the man who played the role of James Bond in only one film before he embraced a more hippieish lifestyle and turned down the Bond producers who wanted him to make more films. It's largely an interview of him supplemented by a lot of acted out recreations and some period footage and man has he got an amazing story to tell. It's rags-to-riches-to-rags with some amazing anecdotes. He went from a dropout to a mechanic to a prodigy of a car salesman. Then modeled before getting the Bond part with no acting experience. I only wish that the film had kept going and told the rest of his life after Bond in as much detail as the runup to his appearance in On Her Majesty's Secret Service. I'm sure he's got more stories to tell. See more Feb 21, 2020 A thoroughly entertaining, well edited, tender and simply creative documentary with dramatised elements. Truly better than a biopic because surely it's the mundanity mixed with the easy eccentricity of Lazenby's story that makes it such a great experience. The actor playing adult Lazenby is terrific throughout, hilarious comic timing and delivery and the editing and crafting of those sequences are so, so tactfully applied and rewarding. It's a story of a maverick who came to know himself and it's a great story of independence and defiance. See more Read all reviews

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