It’s open to debate, perhaps, on how Dr. No would have fared if they’d cast Roger Moore or someone else in the role. With hindsight, it seems obvious that the decision to cast Sean Connery as James Bond was one of the main factors that assured its success and created the beginning of the James Bond phenomenon.

EXCEPT FOR MAYBE ELVIS, NO OTHER POP icon has exercised such sway over the American imagination as Marilyn Monroe, both for how she lived and how she died.  ‘ Monroe Marilyn ‘ such a simple …

EXCEPT FOR MAYBE ELVIS, NO OTHER POP icon has exercised such sway over the American imagination as Marilyn Monroe, both for how she lived and how she died.  ‘ Monroe Marilyn ‘ such a simple …

In 1977, Akira Kurosawa was at wit’s end. His script for Ran, written several years earlier, had met with stiff resistance. Producers repeatedly insisted it would be too costly to make. So he’d gone …

Shortly after American Me’s release, something worse than trouble caught up with three people associated with the production: They were murdered-conceivably in retaliation, though the connection is by no means clear cut, for the film’s depiction of gang life. The perceived disrespect shown by scenes of sodomy and betrayal allegedly required La Eme to avenge its honor. Olmos himself, the director, co producer, and star of the movie, reportedly responded by applying for a concealed- weapons permit and surrounding himself with bodyguards. Olmos, some said, was targeted for death.