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Director:
Don Boyd
Writers:
Reg Gadney (writer)
John Pearson (novel)
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Release Date:
27 August 1989 (UK) more
Genre:
Biography more
Plot:
Fact-based biography of James Bond author, Ian Fleming. The film focuses on his wartime expoits and... more | add synopsis
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NewsDesk:
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User Comments:
Decent Time Passer/Quasi-Bond Film more (3 total)

Cast

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Charles Dance ... Ian Fleming
Phyllis Logan ... Ann Fleming
Patrick Ryecart ... Ivar Bryce
Marsha Fitzalan ... Loelia
Ed Devereaux ... Sir William Stephenson
Richard Griffiths ... Second admiral
Lynsey Baxter ... Wren Lieutenant
Julian Fellowes ... Noel Coward
David Forman ... Ernie Chang
Joseph Long ... Lucky Luciano
Donald Douglas ... Lord Kemsley
David Quilter ... Lord Rothermere
Donald Hewlett ... Adm. Godfrey
Kim Kindersley ... Naval lieutenant
Lisa Daniely ... Wren Captain
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Golden Eye (UK) (video box title)
Goldeneye: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming (USA) (video title)
Spymaster
The Man with the Golden Pen (Australia) (informal title)
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Runtime:
Brazil:104 min | Argentina:105 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Iceland:L | Argentina:13 | UK:15
Filming Locations:
England, UK more
Company:
Anglia Films more

Fun Stuff

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Last film of Steve Plytas. more
Movie Connections:
References The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) more

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11 out of 12 people found the following comment useful.
Decent Time Passer/Quasi-Bond Film, 28 February 2003
Author: Andy Edwin Nystrom from Canada

This film features the adventures of Ian Fleming, the real life spy who wrote the original James Bond novels.

This film plays vaguely like a Bond movie, though with more realism and less action. It does have the same sort of flirtatious attitude to it, though. This makes the film a rather interesting curiousity piece for Bond fans.

Lots of allusions to Bond, not just direct references, hinting that a number of things in Fleming's life got put into the novels. I'm not sure about the accuracy of these allusions, but they do enhance the film. And one death in the film affectedly more emotionally than the vast majority of Bond movie deaths.

It is a bit dry at times, and does have a bit of a TV movie feel to it. That said, overall I was pleasantly surprised, and this is certainly above average for a TV movie. Bond completists should definitely check this one out.

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