German TV - `GoldenEye` and `You Only Live Twice` on ARD, Saturday night

01-Apr-2006 • Media Alert

Film: "Goldeneye" (1995)
Channel: ARD (Germany)
Date: Saturday 1st April 2006
Time: 20:15

Pierce Brosnan, on his first mission as 007, quickly establishes himself as the best Bond since Sean Connery and makes a fetish out of the old-fashioned values of loyalty and patriotism. Director Martin Campbell provides a stunning chase between car and tank through the streets of St Petersburg. There are also notable Bond girls in the shape of Izabella Scorupco and assassin Famke Janssen, who kills by crushing her victims between her thighs.

Film: "You Only Live Twice" (1967)
Channel: ARD (Germany)
Date: Saturday 1st April 2006
Time: 22:45

Sean Connery, in slyly macho mode as 007, goes on a mission to Japan to take on crime syndicate Spectre and its evil boss Blofeld (Donald Pleasence). Director Lewis Gilbert ensures no expense is spared (no wonder Blofeld`s cat is a luxurious Persian) and designer Ken Adam puts that production money where his volcano is. As a bonus, the screenwriter was Roald Dahl.

Directed by: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Sean Connery, Donald Pleasence, Akiko Wakabayashi, Tetsuro Tamba, Mie Hama, Teru Shimada, Karin Dor, Lois Maxwell, Desmond Llewelyn, Charles Gray, Tsai Chin, Bernard Lee.

Thanks to `Christoph von Burk` for the alert.