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Moviegoers Can Get Shaken and Stirred Starting Today

Aired November 22, 2002 - 06:55   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Moviegoers can get shaken and stirred starting today. It's a new premier for one well traveled secret agent.
CNN's Eric Horng is live in Los Angeles for the debut of "Die Another Day." It's finally here.

ERIC HORNG, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Carol, good morning.

What better place to talk about Bond than the Spytech Agency here in West Hollywood, California. They do a lot of consulting and investigative work. They also sell and design some pretty cool spy gadgets. They can put microphones and cameras in pretty much any object, from a wristwatch to a cell phone, even a necktie. I'm actually wearing one of the creations of the Spytech Agency.

It's a tie with a camera built in. And we can give you an idea of the vantage point of this thing as you take a look at our cameraman, Jerry Nulty (ph). This thing will set you back about $700, but then again, I guess if you're Bond, that's pretty much chump change. And, after all, what would 007 be without his gadgets and what would the movies be without 007?

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

PIERCE BROSNAN: Bond, James Bond.

HORNG (voice-over): From the girls...

SEAN CONNERY: Who are you?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: My name is Pussy Galore.

HORNG: To the gadgets, James Bond has left countless filmgoers shaken and stirred for 40 years.

BROSNAN: It's a great job, but it comes with a huge responsibility, as well.

HORNG: Ever since Sean Connery first played the Ian Fleming created character in 1962's "Dr. No," 007 has been 001 at the box office. The Bond franchise has grossed more than $3 billion worldwide and spawned numerous imitations and parodies.

MIKE MYERS: Yes, baby, yes.

HORNG: There have been five official 007s -- Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton and now Pierce Brosnan. Bond has always been a lover and a fighter, handling fast cars and even faster women. But 007 historian Bruce Scivally (ph) attributes the success and longevity of the Bond franchise to its ability to adapt to the whims of moviegoers.

BRUCE SCIVALLY: I keep saying Bond is like Madonna. He keeps, you know, the series keeps reinventing itself every few years and every actor who comes to play the role, they sort of tailor the role to that actor, but also I feel that every actor who's played it was the right actor for the time in which he played the role.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

HORNG: Now, to give you an idea how far Bond has come, "Dr. No" was filmed in just 58 days for under a million dollars. The budget for "Die Another Day," $150 million -- Carol, back to you.

COSTELLO: Woo! Woo! I like that tie, too. That's cool.

HORNG: Thank you.

COSTELLO: We could take that into other countries and use it for news, don't you think?

HORNG: Absolutely. Actually, that's funny that you mention that, because John Dresden, who runs the Spytech Agency, said that this tie was actually specifically designed for a news crew that was doing an undercover piece and decided that, you know, we're going to be here and he kind of brought it out and thought it might be good for the piece.

COSTELLO: Excellent idea.

Thank you, Eric.

We appreciate it.

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Aired November 22, 2002 - 06:55   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Moviegoers can get shaken and stirred starting today. It's a new premier for one well traveled secret agent.
CNN's Eric Horng is live in Los Angeles for the debut of "Die Another Day." It's finally here.

ERIC HORNG, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Carol, good morning.

What better place to talk about Bond than the Spytech Agency here in West Hollywood, California. They do a lot of consulting and investigative work. They also sell and design some pretty cool spy gadgets. They can put microphones and cameras in pretty much any object, from a wristwatch to a cell phone, even a necktie. I'm actually wearing one of the creations of the Spytech Agency.

It's a tie with a camera built in. And we can give you an idea of the vantage point of this thing as you take a look at our cameraman, Jerry Nulty (ph). This thing will set you back about $700, but then again, I guess if you're Bond, that's pretty much chump change. And, after all, what would 007 be without his gadgets and what would the movies be without 007?

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

PIERCE BROSNAN: Bond, James Bond.

HORNG (voice-over): From the girls...

SEAN CONNERY: Who are you?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: My name is Pussy Galore.

HORNG: To the gadgets, James Bond has left countless filmgoers shaken and stirred for 40 years.

BROSNAN: It's a great job, but it comes with a huge responsibility, as well.

HORNG: Ever since Sean Connery first played the Ian Fleming created character in 1962's "Dr. No," 007 has been 001 at the box office. The Bond franchise has grossed more than $3 billion worldwide and spawned numerous imitations and parodies.

MIKE MYERS: Yes, baby, yes.

HORNG: There have been five official 007s -- Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton and now Pierce Brosnan. Bond has always been a lover and a fighter, handling fast cars and even faster women. But 007 historian Bruce Scivally (ph) attributes the success and longevity of the Bond franchise to its ability to adapt to the whims of moviegoers.

BRUCE SCIVALLY: I keep saying Bond is like Madonna. He keeps, you know, the series keeps reinventing itself every few years and every actor who comes to play the role, they sort of tailor the role to that actor, but also I feel that every actor who's played it was the right actor for the time in which he played the role.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

HORNG: Now, to give you an idea how far Bond has come, "Dr. No" was filmed in just 58 days for under a million dollars. The budget for "Die Another Day," $150 million -- Carol, back to you.

COSTELLO: Woo! Woo! I like that tie, too. That's cool.

HORNG: Thank you.

COSTELLO: We could take that into other countries and use it for news, don't you think?

HORNG: Absolutely. Actually, that's funny that you mention that, because John Dresden, who runs the Spytech Agency, said that this tie was actually specifically designed for a news crew that was doing an undercover piece and decided that, you know, we're going to be here and he kind of brought it out and thought it might be good for the piece.

COSTELLO: Excellent idea.

Thank you, Eric.

We appreciate it.

TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com