John Cleese's James Bond ad campaign for Schweppes in 1989

Before Cleese actually joined the Bond franchise in 1999's THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH, he "spoke out against unnecessary violence in the cinema" in an ad campaign for Schweppes in this Bond-influenced promotional short that appeared on the 1989 VHS release of LICENSE TO KILL.

1978 fan-film version of MOONRAKER

Hey, remember MOONRAKER?  No, not the crummy Roger Moore Bond flick from 1979 (though at least it had Richard Kiel) -- the 8mm silent film adaptation of Ian Fleming's novel made one year before by recent high school graduate Stuart Basinger.  (No relation to NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN star Kim.)  You can find more info on this production here.




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Catherine Elia sings "Goldfinger" in French in this 1965 Scopitone

It'd be tough to argue that anyone but Shirley Bassey has the definitive version of the James Bond theme song "Goldfinger," but Catherine Elia takes an admirable stab at it, even though she looks kind of worried throughout this vintage Scopitone.  Maybe she's not too sure about who's driving the car she's posing in.