Australia TV - Spoof outing `Casino Royale` on channel TEN

Australian Bond fans continue their mini-marathon on Channel TEN this week with the broadcast of an unofficial Bond spoof movie "Casino Royale".

Film: Casino Royale (1967)
Date: 5th January 2004
Time: 11:30pm

Though nominally based on Ian Fleming`s first 007 novel (originally a 1954 TV show starring Barry Nelson), it is in actual fact a proto-Austin Powers spoof, in which Niven`s retired Bond rounds up assorted 007 agents to avenge the death of "M" (John Huston), furnishing an all-star cast including Woody Allen, Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress and Orson Welles. A surfeit of screenwriters (eight, including Billy Wilder) and directors (five, including Huston) lends the whole a chaotic, disjointed air, but there is much fun to be had along the way.

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