The superspy climbed to the top by beating the likes of archaeologist Indiana Jones, Superman, Jack Bauer from TV's 24 and the Terminator.

The favourite action heroines were Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Tomb Raider personality Lara Croft, reports the Sun.

Sci-fic action flick, The Matrix, which starred Keanu Reeves, was voted as the top action movie.

The poll which brought out these results was conducted by a cruise firm.

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Starring actor Daniel Craig, the latest 007 film proved a huge hit with fans and won acclaim for Craig, who many people first doubted had what it takes to play the suave secret agent.

Tarantino said he wanted to make a more gritty and less glamorous Bond film with previous 007 actor Pierce Brosnan but was told that it was unfilmable, the Mirror newspaper reports.

But just months later production began on Casino Royale, with the emphasis on a tougher Bond and his role as a killer.

"I resent that none of them gave me a shout-out that I'm the one got them making Casino Royale," he said.

Movie mogul Harvey Weinstein is also said to have put forward Tarantino's name to 007 bosses.

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Профессор Роб Дженкинс (Rob Jenkins) из университета Глазго решил воссоздать образ Бонда таким, каким его представлял сам Флеминг. Для этого он при помощи специальных компьютерных программ сопоставил фотографии всех актеров, кандидатуры которых автор рассматривал в 1961 году.

В составлении собирательного образа агента 007 были использованы изображения Кери Гранта, Дэвида Найвена, Джеймса Мэйсона, Рекса Харрисона, Ричарда Бартона и Стюарта Грейнджера. "В итоге мы получили лицо классической формы, которое гораздо больше напоминает сэра ... Читать дальше »

Seymour, 57, starred opposite Roger Moore in 1973's Live And Let Die, and Craig is apparently "petitioning movie bosses to bring her back for his follow-up to last year's Casino Royale".

The site quotes Craig as saying, "Casino Royale was about early James Bond and I love the idea of him revisiting his past and meeting up with ex-loves. That has to include Jane Seymour. I'm a huge fan, I thought she was fantastic."

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According to the latest Hollywood gossip column in London's Metro newspaper, Halle Berry is making noise that she is 'desperate' to star in another James Bond film - this time opposite Daniel Craig.

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Участники встречи "разоблачили" образ Джеймса Бонда с точки зрения исторической, эстетической и даже психоаналитической. Этот литературный и киноперсонаж назван "человеком без биографии, без родителей, без родного дома и без долговременных любовных привязанностей".

По мнению участников парижского симпозиума, его среда обитания - "мир, расколотый надвое "холодной войной" и "населенный одинокими и опасными параноиками", "стремящимися сломать установленный порядок".

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007 becomes top 2006 film in U.K.
'Dead Man's Chest' forced into second place

By ARCHIE THOMAS

LONDON — Sony's "Casino Royale" has become the U.K.'s top-grossing pic of 2006 thanks to another solid weekend holdover.

Last weekend, the Bond pic dipped just 20% to take £917,000 ($1.8 million).

Daniel Craig starrer has now scooped just over ($104 million) in nine frames, nudging it past the $103 million taken by "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," which opened July 7.

Launching in late November, "Casino Royale" got off to a fast start, banking $21.6 million in its first three days -- the third biggest bow in U.K. box office history. Fueled by strong word of mouth, "Casino Royale" did impressive biz over the holiday period.

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