Becoming Bond

2017
TV-MA
1h 35m

IMDb RATING

7.5/10

3.3K

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Jane Seymour, Jeff Garlin, Josh Lawson, George Lazenby, Jake Johnson, Kassandra Clementi, and Teressa Liane in Becoming Bond (2017)

A look at the troubled acting career of George Lazenby and his short-lived association with James Bond.

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A look at the troubled acting career of George Lazenby and his short-lived association with James Bond.A look at the troubled acting career of George Lazenby and his short-lived association with James Bond.A look at the troubled acting career of George Lazenby and his short-lived association with James Bond.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

7.5/10

3.3K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 2 nominations

Trivia
The film is split into 13 chapters, each with a title that is a James Bond reference or pun. The titles are: You Only Live Once, The Road to Pussy Galore, Try Another Day, For Her Eyes Only, From Australia with Love, The Guy Who Loved Me, Single Oh Seven, The Man with the Golden Tongue, Unlicensed to Kill, Tomorrow Sometimes Dies, Shaken Not Deterred, The World is Never Enough, and Decisions are Forever.

Goofs
In the scenes depicting young Lazenby driving around England, the car he is driving is left hand drive. The UK uses right hand drive vehicles.

Quotes
Himself - James Bond: It's very hard for people to understand, but living life on your own terms, in your own way, you feel like it's much fuller. The best thing you can do is know yourself, and feel yourself, and be yourself. Yeah, I may not be great, but I'm an original.

Connections
Featured in Jonathan Ross' Must-Watch Films: Horror Films (2023)

Soundtracks
There'll Be Changes Made
Performed by Steve Lawrence
Written by W. Benton Overstreet, Billy Higgins
Published by Edward B. Marks Music Co. C/O Carlin America
Courtesy Ford Music Services

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Featured review

7/10

Amusing re-enactments make this a pleasure

You know the story: Australian male model living in England is selected to play James Bond after Connery quits. After making one movie, Australian himself walks away from Bond, leaving the door open for Connery's return.

What you probably don't know is who this George Lazenby was (and is) and why he turned his back on what could have been a career of a lifetime. Watch this movie and George himself will tell you. Accompanying and illustrating his tale are mostly-comedic reenactments that all in all make the story work.

It's the next best thing to sitting down with the man himself.