Keeping the British End Up: Four Decades of Saucy Cinema

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The author does a great job of summing up the film, and includes a bit about the production and actors involved, as well as an overview of the social evolution of "naughty" films in the UK. But Broccoli’s gamble had paid off- the film was a huge critical and commercial hit and arguably gave Roger Moore his greatest Bond film. Well put together listings of films by year ending with a few pages on the 80's straight to video productions.

Now the fascinating, and often surprising, true story behind this forgotten era of British moviemaking is revealed in all its colourful glory in Simon Sheridan’s landmark new documentary.Early on he established an attitude towards 007, "I tried to find out what Bond was all about, but you can't tell much from the books. The text is written in a very informative manner without being "preachy", the pics and advertising material is top notch and the lay out is terrific. Aside from Cubby Broccoli’s split with Harry Saltzman and the company almost going into liquidation, Eon had released one of the lowest grossing James Bond films in 1974. As the Bonds became increasing technological extravaganzas, he would always keep the set light and was observant of his own lines.

In a nutshell, any actor worth his salt appeared in one of these mostly rubbish yet irresistible films. However, it was part of an ongoing gambling match with his producer and friend, “I feel sorry for Cubby [Broccoli] because he’ll have a terrible job finding anybody else who will work as cheap as I do. We meet Roger in the middle of getting to know a lovely blonde in a snow bound log cabin, before he’s off in his yellow ski suit. While the book is meant to titillate, particularly with its images of naked people who litter almost every page, it also seeks to educate those who actually want to learn about the history it describes. However, I found myself reading the ones that had the sauciest titles, and wishing there was more history.

Poor old Jim, all he does is stand around and say, ‘My name is Bond, James Bond,’ whereas a villain says ‘this is the end of the world, this is the end of civilization as you know it, Mr Bond! Blofeld and SPECTRE had first appeared in the novel Thunderball, based on a screenplay Fleming wrote with McClory.

I told him how much his films had meant to me, and how excited they had made me to go out and explore the world. You know you’re going to change it, I’m going to change it, so let’s not have a big hassle before we get in unless you see there’s a plot point that, by making a change, you must move the plot in a different direction. With that, I’ve always found books about the history of sex on film to be fascinating, so I had a lot of fun with author Simon Sheridan’s Keeping the British End Up: Four Decades of Saucy Cinema. I’ve been bowled over by the warm reception to my newsletter – thank you to all who subscribe for free or pay for all four a month.Sheridan compiles a definitive filmography for the very first time, and coaxes the facts from previously reclusive and reluctant interviewees. I would like to have seen more about the characters in each film like a cast list, and also was it available on DVD. Asamov also refers to ‘Q’ as Major Boothroyd, which was the name of the character as he appeared in From Russia with love. Read more about the condition Very Good: A book that has been read and does not look new, but is in excellent condition. Simon Sheridan is the author of The Complete Abba , Keeping The British End Up and The A-Z of Children's Television .

But as anyone who watches late-night television will tell you, there is also a forgotten cinema of saucier 'X certificate' movies. Growing up in the US in the late 1960's and '70's, some of my favorite films and TV programs were from the UK, for the simple reason that they offered the best look at women! In fact, the British sex comedy and Moore's Bond films were quite similar in that they were a mix of slapstick, sexy birds and a heavy dose of British repression. Even though school was imminent the next morning, 007 let you escape into a world of glamour and excitement. Burgess had been a great fan of Fleming’s work, and had cited Goldfinger as a particularly great novel.How could it not be, when he was the man who skied over the cliff edge only to be saved by a Union Jack parachute? They describe an unstable, illegible world, marked by the widespread infiltration of the power structures by increasingly indistinct enemies.