LOL. Not entirely sure that Princess Margaret would’ve wanted to “get Orson Welles’ autograph”; it’s not really the kind of thing that British royals do. 😂
@@carlgoddard_ I popped in to see the same thing. He couldn’t possibly be related to Princess Margaret without being some relation to the entire royal family.
It was an influence on Monty Python and Austin Powers. It is a disjointed, train wreck of a film. The music by Burt Bacharach and Herb Alpert is flawless.
It's a great film. When you say there is no plot, that reflects YOUR expectation. A film is created and our role is to watch the film and be entertained, or not. I was entertained!
Plot is overrated. What was the plot of the film version of "The Big Sleep" for example. Strangely, you can have pace, rhythm and a sense of completion without a diagramable logical plot.
Far from being the worst movie ever made Casino Royale is a delightful romp. I've seen it numerous times and have the BluRay. It helps if you don't watch it from your High Horse.
@@TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast It's not an opinion... for heaven's sake, just look at the cast! Everyone of that era in the UK knows it was a spoof!! Wikipedia "Casino Royale is a 1967 spy parody film "... "Feldman opted to make his film a spoof of the Bond series instead of a straightforward adaptation."...""A goofy, dated parody of spy movie cliches," and so on.
I own this movie on LaserDisc (in Widescreen) and DVD (also Widescreen). On the DVD Val Guest mentioned that Woody Allen was the only cast member who knew all of their lines and had the blocking of all of the camera shots memorized. Because of this he was the only actor permitted to do any adlibbing.
It is most unfortunate that Peter Sellers really started losing his mind a little before this film was made he wasn't a really great dad to say the least. He left almost nothing to his children either.
Thanks for posting this video! This is the first time I've seen someone lay out the sequence of events that lead to this trainwreck of a movie. I had no idea that Peter Sellers had been fired and these other sequences were dreamed up to fill out the rest of the film. Now I understand the schizophrenic nature of this movie.
I saw it first-run when I was 13. I couldn't make any sense of it then. When I saw it again, years later, it STILL didn't make any sense. Woody Allen was funny, however.
@@TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast Its possible you have to have been alive in the 60s to really "get" this picture. This was the era of Steed and Mrs. Peel protecting the free world. OF the Man from UNCLE and Wild Wild West. Three shows I might add that they tried to relaunch but clearly didn't get themselves because they played it for laughs not realizing that the original shows were playing it straight.
Casino Royale was a classic high camp send-up of the Bond films. 60's high camp often escapes more modern audiences as they don't get the humour style. It's pure over the top silliness makes it quite enjoyable to watch. One thing that struck me was, in the few moments when Peter Sellers was playing Bond he was actually very good. I think had he ever considered it, he COULD have played Bond straight and carried a full movie successfully.
I think you're right. This movie completely escapes me (although I was born in the 1960's, I consider myself part of the modern audience) I love that you think he made a good Bond. I love that! I think he's too funny.
@TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast there were a few scenes, however short where he stopped his usual clowning to deliver a line straight. They are blink and miss it moments, but they ARE there. Some of the greatest comedic actors have also had the capacity for great dramatic acting. Sellers rarely let that side show, but the potential is visible in him.
During this period, there were several films like this - just wacky spoofs. Another fun (and hard to find) film from the same year is "Smashing Time" starring Lynn Redgrave, Rita Tushingham, and Michael York. It's all over the place, and good luck figuring out the plot.
Peter Sellers was always unpredictable, Peter Sellers actors ego and crazy budget, creaking script, multiple egos from the Directors. of course this film was going to crash and burn
@@TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast David Niven is one of the few Acting legends I have never heard anyone say or write a bad word about in any interview or Autobiography, it is the same about Gregory Peck, but Peter Sellers is another matter, when he behaved himself and was in a great mood he was supposed to have been funny, kind too his family and friends and a real pro on set but when his moods started he was a nightmare
There's always some wacky detail in this movie to delight the film history aficionado - what with the involvement, successful or otherwise, of movie icons from Ben Hecht to Billy Wilder in the initial writing. The in-jokes abound (even targeting Ian Fleming and the novel itself) and so do references to all sorts of classic and vintage cinema. One of the outstanding features is the lighting and camera work of the great Nicholas Roeg in the Mata Bond scenes, evoking the German Expressionism of the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari - masterful.
Question: If "Peter Sellers and Orson Welles are never seen in the same frame together" as you say (16:54), then how do you account for the still photo from the movie (18:03) where it shows Sellars, Andres, AND Welles all together in one shot?
Thanks a lot for this very enlightening deep-dive. It inspired us to watch the movie again, as it's available for free here on RUclips. Knowing why it seemed like parts of five or six movies combined made it much more entertaining.
This version was not a "Bond Film"-- it was a slapstick comedy that is a satire of spy films. At this, it was a very good, and one of the funniest films of its time.
I did read of an account that when Peter Sellers insisted on saying his lines in a straight leading man style during filming it got a huge laugh from the crew, no one could take him seriously even when he was trying to be serious. This infuriated him and caused him to storm off the set on several occasions. He got very frustrated and upset that he just was not acceptable as a romantic straight leading man, the crew and other actors did not get what he was trying to do, they just thought he was being his usual comedic persona.
@@TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast You're welcome. I really enjoy your videos. This movie is indeed one of the worst ever made, it is absolutely awful. Amazingly there are people who actually quite like it, I can't think why. 😂
I watched it the other day. Utterly daft but actually quite entertaining. Spotting half the famous names, even with the briefest cameo adds to the fun.
@ the score and some of the songs are particularly good. David Niven is always watchable. Peter Sellers clearly had issues and clearly threw a spanner in the works.
I have this movie on LaserDisc. Frankly, I find this movie a hoot. I don't care that it's a cinematic hot mess. It's a FUN hot mess, and the Bacharach/David film score is brilliant. The back story makes it even more fun.
Burt Bacharach's (sp?) Look Of Love was nominated for Best Song but lost to Leslie Bricusse's If I Could Talk To The Animals from Doctor Dolittle. At the after party Bricusse went to Bacharach and said that he deserved the award as the Look Of Love was brilliant and his sucked.
@@TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast really? I watched the video yesterday and was going to post this - but the video was taken down. Not really relevant to the film. I watched about 20 mins of Casino Royal and gave up - same with What's New Pussycat. Woody Allen claimed if he had directed them they would have been much better films, but not made any money.
I love the behind the scenes drama. It's a terrible movie but there is something fun and watchable about. I still remember the first time watching this and being totally confused. 😅 That said, the movie is getting a lot of love in the comments.
It's just past 1am I've just stayed up to attempt to 'watch' this film because it was on the telly this Evening, & what a difficult watch it is. The movie is absolutely dire I can't believe anyone who saw this in the cinema didn't just walk out. It's "only" redeeming feature is the theme song. It's not funny today & I can't imagine it was funny in 1967 either.
I first saw this movie as a young boy in the 1960's. It was hilarious then and it's still hilarious now. I understand now that it's a mish mash of various stories but I think the directors all made a good job of sewing it all together into a presentable and funny whole. Even as an elderly sixty plus it's still a fun film to watch and I will never get tired of it. It's a shame Peter Sellers had to wreck it with his behavior but knowing what we do now about the man he was being himself, a repugnant, selfish, self centered human being. As far as being one of the worst films of all time? Give me a break. Battlefield Earth deserves that 'honor' far more than the sixties 'Casino Royale' ever did. Battlefield Earth never came close to the opening financial success Casino Royale was, nor would any other movie that deserves the branding of 'worst film'.
Although no one else has mentioned it, I am convinced that the use of Scrappy Doo in the 2002 Scooby Doo movie was inspired by Woody Allen in this film. He appears in a quick, funny scene then isn't seen again until the end when he turns out to be the main villain. Come on, I can't be the only one who recognized it!
How does this rate as the worst movie of all time. You just dont get it do you. It is a classic of the 60s. I have this one in my top 5 of all time. Super soundtrack from Burt. It should not be compared to other Bond products, nor should one try to make sense of it, just enjoy the variety of scenes, 60s garb, and the settings.
Oops doth mine ears hear correctly - no plot? It has exactly the same core plot as the later movie with the same title and the book. Both movies elaborate on the book, in different ways. This is one of my favourite movies of all time.
Well that is just amazing! I had no idea about the origin of the Dusty Springfield song it sure is legendary and this film isn't a hot mess. I guess it's just a mess.
That's really cool you bought the Smoky DVD.i think you'll enjoy that movie. It has a lot of great history attached to it. Burt Reynolds wanted to have his own trans Am like the one in the movie. They refuse to give him one. Not that he didn't have the money to buy it at that time. I am sure you'll have 10,000 subscribers in the next couple of months not it's really important that you realize what good you're doing with your channel. Most of the people I subscribe to have fought for 10 years and don't even have 5,000 subscribers. I don't just subscribe to most things either. Usually don't even bother with people who have more than three to 10,000 subscribers. Also, I just don't have the patience to sort through everything unless I know it's something I'm going to care about. So thanks for your consideration with that Burt Reynolds, Jerry reed, and Jackie Gleason franchise that is really great.
Smokey and the Bandit 1 and 2 were two of my favorite movies growing up. I bought the DVD so I can do a video on it! 😊 I wondered if anyone would watch it, but your recommendation makes me feel better about it!
LOL. I was just about to comment on that nonsense; you beat me to it. Another instance where a simple RUclips search for The Goon Show would have educated the American here. 😂
You are aware this movie is a spoof. It also made a profit when it was released and is actually very funny. It isn't watchable. It's actually is what it was suppose to be. very silly.
It seems that the prior comments give question to the content provider's loose interpretation of historical facts about this movie and the people who are associated with it. But that doesn't detract the fact that the final product is unwatchable...but totally listenable as a movie soundtrack.
Awww wow great documentary of the making of this movie I actually do adore this film but probably for all the wrong reasons. I do find the 2006 version rather dull but I understand that’s made in a reboot to strip away the lighter elements that had come into the series with the Pierce Brosnan era , and the 1967 kind of makes more sense artistically compared to those other late 60s movies that are quite surreal as well like Barbarella and modesty blaze. However, watching this video told me 70 things I didn’t know and has made me realise the surreal element wasn’t intentional when originally mounting this film it just is a byproduct. The score is incredible and it’s probably best viewed how a lot of us in the UK would’ve seen it which is on a Sunday afternoon or a bank holiday on television the episodic nature of the film being a lot easier to digest on TV and and so you can kind of watch it like a load of episodes put together my favourite bit being the Marti Bond section I will say, however, there’s just one mistake in the video which I would normally criticise, but it’s such a huge one is Princess Margaret is the sister of Queen Elizabeth Elizabeth the second not cousin
In You Only Live Twice pre titles Bond is supposed shot dead and is given a Naval burial while in the casket he has a wild dream brought on by the sleeping inducing drug he is given this film is that dream so becomes part of the Bond canon 😁
This is a wonderfully bizarre film. And though it may be considered the worst film of all time, it has parts that are well done and intriguing. Love the actors in it and the satire aimed at the James Bond franchise. For me, it's a guilty pleasure of a film. And I had often wondered if, had it been done seriously with the characters involved, would it have been better. Naw, probably not. The remake with Daniel Craig is really good. But for something that reminds me of Monty Python's Flying Circus sketch comedies, it works.
OMFG! This video is supposed to be about "The Trainwreck Making of the 1967 Casino Royale" and goes off on a babbling tangent! Who gives a sh*t about the actors biography?! It's about the Making of Casino Royal 1967 movie! Casino Royal 1967 movie is easier to follow than this freakin video ! smfh
My favorite "Bond" film and James Bond! A whole lot better than the Daniel Craig version, which got me to give up on the films with the worst Bond(Daniel Craig)!
Silly, I know, but I like watching this very occasionally. It's so silly, it can't take itself seriously. That said, has it been considered that it was such a disaster precisely because it had a 'committee' of directors?
I saw this movie when it was first released and didn't know how bad the reviews were. I found it memorable in parts. I didn't see amything quite like it until Blazing Saddles which brought Casino Royale very prominently to mind. Later I saw thesame kind of filmmaking in Mel Brooks' The Producers. Since Brooks is regarded as a comedic genius I have to contest that a movie that created the formula he later followed cannot really be the worst movie ever made.
@@TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast Your disclaimer at the beginning was the same as several obvious AI based channels. Maybe your human touch is why I liked yours and disliked theirs. Or... maybe your AI is good enough to write a response like that. Either way...
I don't know if I should take it as a compliment or not. 🤣 I'm glad you like my work. I spend about 10 hours writing the scrript; about 2 hours recording, another 5 hours cleaning up the audio, and then 16 to 20 hours pulling images off the internet for the video. It's all me. (Although I wish I could find a way for AI to do some of the work for me.) Anyway, I'm glad you're enjoying my channel. 🙂 My channel is only 6 months old, but Totally Awesome Films started in 2013 as an audio podcast and all those episodes are still out there, all 12 years worth of episodes. It should 100% prove I'm human. 😀
@@TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast Haha! Good! That reaffirms my trust in my own ability to tell AI. I think some of your video choices looked like what AI "scrapes" sometimes. Good fortune to you!
Haha. Well, I'm glad you're enjoying my content. I have a lot of cool movies planned, like 70s and 80s comedies like Caddyshock, Cannonball Run and Smokey and the Bandit, and movies like that. Then I'm thinking of doing the old Superman series followed by Batman. Well, keep in touch!
enjoyed the overview. don't see it as 'unwatchable' and while you note the Look of Love song you missed opportunity to show that sequence in the film, which can only be viewed now as an amazing precursor to MTV music videos; an astonishingly beautiful sequence. BTW, the entire soundtrack, including an iconic performance by unber popular Herb Alpert also goes unnoticed. Did you mention that M is played by John Huston (as well as the segment being directed by him) ? Perhaps I missed that. As a 12 year old at time of release, and given all the 007 copy cat spoofs you note (In Like Flint etc) Casino Royale was a hoot, an off the rails and zany yet at times intelligent or at least sophisticated comedic litany of talent. Add to that the femmes and fembots sexiness and music. No wonder it racked up the dough in the box office. BTW, one of the best Bond movie posters of all time. Just sayin
It's a type of British comedy it's really not bad if you interpret it that way. I don't like a lot of these types of comedies I don't think they're funny. I think Airplane through Larry David is funny. But if you are a film lover then you have to watch this movie.
I’ve been a big fan of this film for many decades and firmly believe it will be better remembered than Daniel Craig’s lousy portrayal of 007. This film is somewhat of a mess, but it has a wonderful endearing quality to it, a great cast, wonderful visuals and so many memorable lines of dialogue. And as a fan of Barbara Bouchet, Ursula Andress, Deborah Kerr, Jacqueline Bisset and Joanna Pettet, there are many scenes that are are easy on the eyes featuring these lovely ladies. Orson Welles, for his part, turns in a great performance and that Burt Bacharach soundtrack has always remained a firm favorite. For me, this a FAR more entertaining film than “Spectre”, “Quantum of Solace”, “No Time to Die” and every Pierce Brosnan film as well. This is only time I’ve witnessed someone presenting this film in an overwhelmingly negative light, quite honestly.
It is a wonderful preservation of the presentation of 1960s psychedelic spy stuff. That it did better than any Bond imitator, and I'd say, better than Eon's films themselves. There also were scenes cut which I personally think was wrong. Peter Sellers was an absolute jerk and is responsible for much of its problems. The supporting cast is priceless.
This film is one of those films that is so bad it’s good. It’s a mess, sure, but it’s a watchable mess at least. The cast did the best they could with the bad material
Ummmm ask the gay community what poppers are used for. Medically, Amyl nitrite is related to the nitrate medicines and is used by inhalation to relieve the pain of angina attacks. It works by relaxing blood vessels and increasing the supply of blood and oxygen to the heart while reducing its workload. Sellers may have been using it medically not recreationally
This is the ultimate 1967 movie it will be watched and enjoyed for the next 100 years.
I can respect that prediction! It is a movie of its time.
I don't consider this a Bond film. I consider it a SATIRE of a Bond film.
And you would be right!
Except that Bond films are also satires of Bond films, just not as funny.
Having said that, I can enjoy it for what it is,
I love this movie.
Princess Margaret was the Queens younger sister, not her cousin.
Oh no. My mistake. Thank you for the correction.
LOL. Not entirely sure that Princess Margaret would’ve wanted to “get Orson Welles’ autograph”; it’s not really the kind of thing that British royals do. 😂
@@albionic9686 She also wasn't related at all to Peter Sellers. I don't know where that came from??
@@carlgoddard_ I popped in to see the same thing. He couldn’t possibly be related to Princess Margaret without being some relation to the entire royal family.
And Woody wrote “What’s New, Pussycat?”
It was an influence on Monty Python and Austin Powers. It is a disjointed, train wreck of a film. The music by Burt Bacharach and Herb Alpert is flawless.
The Music is incredible!
Apocalypse Now a "bad film"? Thou trolleth thy audience, surely.
It's an awesome film but it had one of the worst production histories. They made a movie about it, Hearts of Darkness.
It's a great film. When you say there is no plot, that reflects YOUR expectation. A film is created and our role is to watch the film and be entertained, or not. I was entertained!
I can respect that. I had a very different experience while watching this film.
I also enjoy this film. Because it’s like a legal way to have an cinematic acid trip with no risk of dangerous side effects.
@@phdtobe LOL. True. I really like the music too, the theme is pretty good, and The Look of Love is a classic
Plot is overrated. What was the plot of the film version of "The Big Sleep" for example. Strangely, you can have pace, rhythm and a sense of completion without a diagramable logical plot.
The look of love is a beautiful song but the movie's theme tune is pretty good too.Woody Allen is brilliant in this film.
Woody Allen was amazing in this movie!
Always loved the fun Burt Bacharach (performed by Herb Alpert) opening theme.
Herb Alpert's "Casino Royale" theme song was also a mega-hit.
That's very interesting.
I love Herb Alperts theme, it takes me back to so many places.
Far from being the worst movie ever made Casino Royale is a delightful romp. I've seen it numerous times and have the BluRay. It helps if you don't watch it from your High Horse.
That's good advice.
It was a SPOOF. I loved it (granted, I was 16) ..it was just fun and we didn’t take it as a serious Bond film.
I can totally respect that opinion.
@@TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast It's not an opinion... for heaven's sake, just look at the cast! Everyone of that era in the UK knows it was a spoof!! Wikipedia "Casino Royale is a 1967 spy parody film "... "Feldman opted to make his film a spoof of the Bond series instead of a straightforward adaptation."...""A goofy, dated parody of spy movie cliches," and so on.
That was very interesting information about that movie!
Thank you so much. I appreciate the kind words. 😊
Spike Milligan and Harry WHAT?😂😂😂😂
Harry Secombe 'See-come'.
I thought that was how it was pronounced.
@@TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast I thought Milligan was pronounced Milligna. (He dropped the misprint into one of his radio shows.)
I own this movie on LaserDisc (in Widescreen) and DVD (also Widescreen). On the DVD Val Guest mentioned that Woody Allen was the only cast member who knew all of their lines and had the blocking of all of the camera shots memorized. Because of this he was the only actor permitted to do any adlibbing.
That's amazing. I need to buy the DVD just for the extras.
It is most unfortunate that Peter Sellers really started losing his mind a little before this film was made he wasn't a really great dad to say the least. He left almost nothing to his children either.
That is so sad. Such a funny man who had such a dark side.
Money + Coke + Amyl Nitrate + Never Being told "No" = Peter Sellers disaster area of a life.
Thanks for posting this video! This is the first time I've seen someone lay out the sequence of events that lead to this trainwreck of a movie. I had no idea that Peter Sellers had been fired and these other sequences were dreamed up to fill out the rest of the film. Now I understand the schizophrenic nature of this movie.
Thank you for the kind words. I spent a lot of time researching this, and it's nice to be appreciated. 🙂
This film was a colossal waste of great talent.
You are totally correct!
I loved this movie as a kid. Especially the Burt Bacharach theme song ❤
That's great! This movie is getting a lot of love in the comments. I'm staring to feel bad for bashing it so much in my video. 😊
I saw it first-run when I was 13. I couldn't make any sense of it then. When I saw it again, years later, it STILL didn't make any sense. Woody Allen was funny, however.
Haha. So true. I remember when I first saw it and was so confused. It still confuses me. 😅
This is a fantastic film! Great 60s spy spoof comedy! Complete and utter insanity. And then Woody Allen as his nephew?!
Woody Allen was awesome in this movie. But you're right. It is utterly insanity.
Harry SEE-COMB not Seecombay
Yeah, I screwed up. I really thought that was how it was pronounced.
It's actually pronounced See-Come.
@@TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast Also: Back-a-rack. (Not Bock-a-rah)
The 1967 Casino Royale has more Zeitgeist than all the other Bond movies from the 1960's
I can respect that opinion. You just might be right!
It had a superb theme tune....
The music was great.
Good one.
Thank you! Cheers!
When I was a kid this was one of my favorite films. Its pure 60s.
That's great. I'm impressed how much love this movie is getting in the comments.
@@TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast Its possible you have to have been alive in the 60s to really "get" this picture. This was the era of Steed and Mrs. Peel protecting the free world. OF the Man from UNCLE and Wild Wild West. Three shows I might add that they tried to relaunch but clearly didn't get themselves because they played it for laughs not realizing that the original shows were playing it straight.
@@RealityInk And when The Man from UNCLE (and also especially The Girl from UNCLE) went for campy humour, it fell apart.
Casino Royale was a classic high camp send-up of the Bond films.
60's high camp often escapes more modern audiences as they don't get the humour style.
It's pure over the top silliness makes it quite enjoyable to watch.
One thing that struck me was, in the few moments when Peter Sellers was playing Bond he was actually very good.
I think had he ever considered it, he COULD have played Bond straight and carried a full movie successfully.
I think you're right. This movie completely escapes me (although I was born in the 1960's, I consider myself part of the modern audience) I love that you think he made a good Bond. I love that! I think he's too funny.
@TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast there were a few scenes, however short where he stopped his usual clowning to deliver a line straight.
They are blink and miss it moments, but they ARE there.
Some of the greatest comedic actors have also had the capacity for great dramatic acting.
Sellers rarely let that side show, but the potential is visible in him.
During this period, there were several films like this - just wacky spoofs. Another fun (and hard to find) film from the same year is "Smashing Time" starring Lynn Redgrave, Rita Tushingham, and Michael York. It's all over the place, and good luck figuring out the plot.
Peter Sellers was always unpredictable, Peter Sellers actors ego and crazy budget, creaking script, multiple egos from the Directors. of course this film was going to crash and burn
It was such a crazy train wreck but it's weird it made so much money. And it's getting a lot of love in the comments. That's crazy. 😀
@@TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast David Niven is one of the few Acting legends I have never heard anyone say or write a bad word about in any interview or Autobiography, it is the same about Gregory Peck, but Peter Sellers is another matter, when he behaved himself and was in a great mood he was supposed to have been funny, kind too his family and friends and a real pro on set but when his moods started he was a nightmare
No, everybody knows James Bond is a Timelord!
haha! I live your theory! 🤣🤣🤣
So weird it was entertaining... if you switched your mind to "parody" mode 🤗
You have a point.
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Brilliantly funny movie - a skit on James Bond and a fantastic soundtrack
There's always some wacky detail in this movie to delight the film history aficionado - what with the involvement, successful or otherwise, of movie icons from Ben Hecht to Billy Wilder in the initial writing. The in-jokes abound (even targeting Ian Fleming and the novel itself) and so do references to all sorts of classic and vintage cinema. One of the outstanding features is the lighting and camera work of the great Nicholas Roeg in the Mata Bond scenes, evoking the German Expressionism of the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari - masterful.
That's so true. You know your film history
Question: If "Peter Sellers and Orson Welles are never seen in the same frame together" as you say (16:54), then how do you account for the still photo from the movie (18:03) where it shows Sellars, Andres, AND Welles all together in one shot?
Probably before they started filming and started hating each other.
Amazing breakdown of maybe the most chaotic disjointed movie ever!..I’m sure it took a lot of work..Great job!!
Thank you so much for the kind words. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Love this movie. It is so unrelentingly weird, it transcends mere words like “good”, or “bad”. It is so it’s own thing.
I like the way you put it. Well said.
This is my favorite Bond film, in fact the theme is my ring tone. Far from a "bad" film, it's an iconic example of 60s madcap cinema.
That's cool! 1967 Casino Royale is getting a lot of love in the comments! I love it!
Your thinking of this film with modern day thinking. You have to remember this was the 60s. Also modern thinking things veers more towards realism.
That's a good point.
As horrible as this movie is (and it truly sucks) it's still more watchable than the original Oceans 11.
Ha! You may have a great point there!
Great video! This movie is indeed a train-wreck! Now I understand how it got made. Thanks, bother!
Thank you for the kind words.
One of my all-time favorite movies. All the gals were Very Beautiful. Best Wishes. Sincerely, Tom
I can totally respect your opinion.
It isn't even the wierdest Bond film, that would be Operation Kid Brother.
Haha! You have a great point. 🤣
Thanks a lot for this very enlightening deep-dive. It inspired us to watch the movie again, as it's available for free here on RUclips. Knowing why it seemed like parts of five or six movies combined made it much more entertaining.
Thank you so much for the kind words. Likewise, knowing how this movie got made helps me watch and appreciate this film more.
This version was not a "Bond Film"-- it was a slapstick comedy that is a satire of spy films. At this, it was a very good, and one of the funniest films of its time.
I love people who love this movie! This film is getting so much love in the comments. I love it! ❤️
I did read of an account that when Peter Sellers insisted on saying his lines in a straight leading man style during filming it got a huge laugh from the crew, no one could take him seriously even when he was trying to be serious. This infuriated him and caused him to storm off the set on several occasions. He got very frustrated and upset that he just was not acceptable as a romantic straight leading man, the crew and other actors did not get what he was trying to do, they just thought he was being his usual comedic persona.
That's an amazing story! Thank you.
@@TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast You're welcome. I really enjoy your videos. This movie is indeed one of the worst ever made, it is absolutely awful. Amazingly there are people who actually quite like it, I can't think why. 😂
I watched it the other day. Utterly daft but actually quite entertaining. Spotting half the famous names, even with the briefest cameo adds to the fun.
I love the backstory of this movie, but I think I'm being too hard on the movie itself
@ the score and some of the songs are particularly good. David Niven is always watchable. Peter Sellers clearly had issues and clearly threw a spanner in the works.
I have this movie on LaserDisc. Frankly, I find this movie a hoot. I don't care that it's a cinematic hot mess. It's a FUN hot mess, and the Bacharach/David film score is brilliant. The back story makes it even more fun.
Yes. It is fun, and I absolutely love the back story.
Definitely not a great movie. A 60’s spoof that was a bit of silly fun. Excellent soundtrack. Worst movie ever? Not even close. 😎
ha! You're right. 🤣 I'm being way too hard on this movie. I must have been in a mood when I made the video!
This film is a glorious mess. It’s fun to watch for its incredible 60s style. The soundtrack is however amazing!
I love it, "a glorious mess" describes it perfectly. And the soundtrack is incredible.
I haven’t seen this movie in decades. It’s a fascinating back story. Thanks for your research and delivery.
Thank you so much for the kind words. 😊
Burt Bacharach's (sp?) Look Of Love was nominated for Best Song but lost to Leslie Bricusse's If I Could Talk To The Animals from Doctor Dolittle. At the after party Bricusse went to Bacharach and said that he deserved the award as the Look Of Love was brilliant and his sucked.
That's an amazing story. Thank you!
Wow....did not know Princess Margaret was Queen Elizabeth's cousin......🤔 😂😂😂😂😂
Man. I screwed up! Too late to change it now.
@@TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast really? I watched the video yesterday and was going to post this - but the video was taken down. Not really relevant to the film. I watched about 20 mins of Casino Royal and gave up - same with What's New Pussycat. Woody Allen claimed if he had directed them they would have been much better films, but not made any money.
Younger sister
I don't care what the critics thought. it was an entertaining movie to watch! And,,,isn't that what movies are supposed to do, entertain?
I respect your opinion.
You certainly don't make it SOUND like a bad film from that description!
I love the behind the scenes drama. It's a terrible movie but there is something fun and watchable about. I still remember the first time watching this and being totally confused. 😅 That said, the movie is getting a lot of love in the comments.
It's just past 1am I've just stayed up to attempt to 'watch' this film because it was on the telly this Evening, & what a difficult watch it is. The movie is absolutely dire I can't believe anyone who saw this in the cinema didn't just walk out. It's "only" redeeming feature is the theme song.
It's not funny today & I can't imagine it was funny in 1967 either.
I totally agree with you.
I first saw this movie as a young boy in the 1960's. It was hilarious then and it's still hilarious now. I understand now that it's a mish mash of various stories but I think the directors all made a good job of sewing it all together into a presentable and funny whole. Even as an elderly sixty plus it's still a fun film to watch and I will never get tired of it. It's a shame Peter Sellers had to wreck it with his behavior but knowing what we do now about the man he was being himself, a repugnant, selfish, self centered human being. As far as being one of the worst films of all time? Give me a break. Battlefield Earth deserves that 'honor' far more than the sixties 'Casino Royale' ever did. Battlefield Earth never came close to the opening financial success Casino Royale was, nor would any other movie that deserves the branding of 'worst film'.
You have a great point!
Although no one else has mentioned it, I am convinced that the use of Scrappy Doo in the 2002 Scooby Doo movie was inspired by Woody Allen in this film. He appears in a quick, funny scene then isn't seen again until the end when he turns out to be the main villain. Come on, I can't be the only one who recognized it!
Hmmmm. never thought about it, not that I do... I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT!!! Although I should make a video on the Scooby Doo series.
I never considered this a "Bond" movie. It was more like Austin Powers.
I agree. Although I thought Austin Powers was a great movie.
@@TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast I agree, as long as you take it for what it is and not compare it to The Good Sheppard.
Great vid, Welles was constantly hustling for money off screen and on….
Thanks for the kind words. That's hilarious about Welles. The whole idea of him doing magic tricks is so bizarre. 😂
You say this is the worst movie ever made? You don't know Italian contemporary cinema.
Oh, you are totally right. Some of those are fever dreams on celluloid. I take back my statement that this is the worst movie.
@@TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast Try to watch stuff like "There is still tomorrow" and "Vincere", you'll agree with my statement.
Ive watched this repeatedly: i have not and likely will never see the later version.
The 2006 version is so SO good! You should check it out.
Isn't there a bit where Peter Sellers nearly blinds/kills an actress by firing a P38 right by her face?
How does this rate as the worst movie of all time. You just dont get it do you. It is a classic of the 60s. I have this one in my top 5 of all time. Super soundtrack from Burt. It should not be compared to other Bond products, nor should one try to make sense of it, just enjoy the variety of scenes, 60s garb, and the settings.
I guess I just don't get it.
Oops doth mine ears hear correctly - no plot? It has exactly the same core plot as the later movie with the same title and the book. Both movies elaborate on the book, in different ways. This is one of my favourite movies of all time.
Wow! Really? I guess I can respect that.
Well that is just amazing! I had no idea about the origin of the Dusty Springfield song it sure is legendary and this film isn't a hot mess. I guess it's just a mess.
It's a great song. And the movie is a total mess.
That's really cool you bought the Smoky DVD.i think you'll enjoy that movie. It has a lot of great history attached to it. Burt Reynolds wanted to have his own trans Am like the one in the movie. They refuse to give him one. Not that he didn't have the money to buy it at that time.
I am sure you'll have 10,000 subscribers in the next couple of months not it's really important that you realize what good you're doing with your channel. Most of the people I subscribe to have fought for 10 years and don't even have 5,000 subscribers. I don't just subscribe to most things either. Usually don't even bother with people who have more than three to 10,000 subscribers. Also, I just don't have the patience to sort through everything unless I know it's something I'm going to care about. So thanks for your consideration with that Burt Reynolds, Jerry reed, and Jackie Gleason franchise that is really great.
Smokey and the Bandit 1 and 2 were two of my favorite movies growing up. I bought the DVD so I can do a video on it! 😊 I wondered if anyone would watch it, but your recommendation makes me feel better about it!
Horrible movie
It really was horrible.
How can anything be worse than “Cats”??? 🤨
You may have a point. 🤣
Harry Sehcombay?
LOL. I was just about to comment on that nonsense; you beat me to it. Another instance where a simple RUclips search for The Goon Show would have educated the American here. 😂
I screwed up.
You are aware this movie is a spoof.
It also made a profit when it was released and is actually very funny.
It isn't watchable. It's actually is what it was suppose to be. very silly.
Finish the video. This movie made more than a profit, it was a huge box office success. And the behind the scenes story is utterly fascinating.
I salute your labyrinthine unraveling of this yarn and will keep an eye open for more.
Thank you so much!
It seems that the prior comments give question to the content provider's loose interpretation of historical facts about this movie and the people who are associated with it. But that doesn't detract the fact that the final product is unwatchable...but totally listenable as a movie soundtrack.
Thank you for your comment.
I actually quite liked it.
That's cool. I can respect that!
Bad yeah but it's in my top 25 favorites.
I can totally respect that!
It's one of my favorite movies. It's musical without singing. I think it should be made into a Broadway Musical!
Haha. That would be a very interesting musical. 😅
Awww wow great documentary of the making of this movie I actually do adore this film but probably for all the wrong reasons. I do find the 2006 version rather dull but I understand that’s made in a reboot to strip away the lighter elements that had come into the series with the Pierce Brosnan era , and the 1967 kind of makes more sense artistically compared to those other late 60s movies that are quite surreal as well like Barbarella and modesty blaze. However, watching this video told me 70 things I didn’t know and has made me realise the surreal element wasn’t intentional when originally mounting this film it just is a byproduct. The score is incredible and it’s probably best viewed how a lot of us in the UK would’ve seen it which is on a Sunday afternoon or a bank holiday on television the episodic nature of the film being a lot easier to digest on TV and and so you can kind of watch it like a load of episodes put together my favourite bit being the Marti Bond section
I will say, however, there’s just one mistake in the video which I would normally criticise, but it’s such a huge one
is Princess Margaret is the sister of Queen Elizabeth Elizabeth the second not cousin
Oh no. Thank you for the correction.
Also Loved the Star Trek: the motion picture video a few weeks ago so I’m going back and watching all your Bond videos now
Bad , it’s bloody brilliant
You need to watch the bed sitting room
Am I being too hard on this movie?
@ Yes, the movie it’s totally nuts but if it’s on I will always watch it because it’s utterly bonkers
It was a train wreck of a production and it shows up on the screen.
Woody Allen is the only half-decent thing in this movie!
Woody Allen is the best thing in the movie!
I really love this movie, because its so crazy!
It is crazy indeed. 😅
In You Only Live Twice pre titles Bond is supposed shot dead and is given a Naval burial while in the casket he has a wild dream brought on by the sleeping inducing drug he is given this film is that dream so becomes part of the Bond canon 😁
Ha! I love that theory!
Why didn't they hired Sean Connery???
I know! It would have avoided all those problems.
@@TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast Maybe they can paste Connery's head on Sellers face with DeepFake technology.
They didn't hire a serious Bond for a spoof parody comedy, of course!
This is a wonderfully bizarre film. And though it may be considered the worst film of all time, it has parts that are well done and intriguing. Love the actors in it and the satire aimed at the James Bond franchise. For me, it's a guilty pleasure of a film. And I had often wondered if, had it been done seriously with the characters involved, would it have been better. Naw, probably not. The remake with Daniel Craig is really good. But for something that reminds me of Monty Python's Flying Circus sketch comedies, it works.
OMFG! This video is supposed to be about "The Trainwreck Making of the 1967 Casino Royale" and goes off on a babbling tangent! Who gives a sh*t about the actors biography?! It's about the Making of Casino Royal 1967 movie!
Casino Royal 1967 movie is easier to follow than this freakin video ! smfh
Uh...ok...
@@TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast yeah!
My favorite "Bond" film and James Bond! A whole lot better than the Daniel Craig version, which got me to give up on the films with the worst Bond(Daniel Craig)!
I can respect your opinion even though I totally disagree. 🙂
Silly, I know, but I like watching this very occasionally. It's so silly, it can't take itself seriously. That said, has it been considered that it was such a disaster precisely because it had a 'committee' of directors?
I get it. I think I'm being too hard on this movie.
I saw this movie when it was first released and didn't know how bad the reviews were. I found it memorable in parts. I didn't see amything quite like it until Blazing Saddles which brought Casino Royale very prominently to mind. Later I saw thesame kind of filmmaking in Mel Brooks' The Producers.
Since Brooks is regarded as a comedic genius I have to contest that a movie that created the formula he later followed cannot really be the worst movie ever made.
You have a great point. 😀
LSD is a helluva drug
Haha! That's true! 🤣👍
First thumb-up I've given to an AI production!
What?!?! Thank you for the compliment, but there is absolutely no AI. Just curious. What makes you think there is any AI here?
@@TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast Your disclaimer at the beginning was the same as several obvious AI based channels.
Maybe your human touch is why I liked yours and disliked theirs.
Or... maybe your AI is good enough to write a response like that. Either way...
I don't know if I should take it as a compliment or not. 🤣 I'm glad you like my work. I spend about 10 hours writing the scrript; about 2 hours recording, another 5 hours cleaning up the audio, and then 16 to 20 hours pulling images off the internet for the video. It's all me. (Although I wish I could find a way for AI to do some of the work for me.) Anyway, I'm glad you're enjoying my channel. 🙂 My channel is only 6 months old, but Totally Awesome Films started in 2013 as an audio podcast and all those episodes are still out there, all 12 years worth of episodes. It should 100% prove I'm human. 😀
@@TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast Haha! Good! That reaffirms my trust in my own ability to tell AI. I think some of your video choices looked like what AI "scrapes" sometimes.
Good fortune to you!
Haha. Well, I'm glad you're enjoying my content. I have a lot of cool movies planned, like 70s and 80s comedies like Caddyshock, Cannonball Run and Smokey and the Bandit, and movies like that. Then I'm thinking of doing the old Superman series followed by Batman. Well, keep in touch!
This was my favorite movie ever…I was four years old so not much of a film critic.
Haha. You have a good point. 🤣
enjoyed the overview. don't see it as 'unwatchable' and while you note the Look of Love song you missed opportunity to show that sequence in the film, which can only be viewed now as an amazing precursor to MTV music videos; an astonishingly beautiful sequence. BTW, the entire soundtrack, including an iconic performance by unber popular Herb Alpert also goes unnoticed. Did you mention that M is played by John Huston (as well as the segment being directed by him) ? Perhaps I missed that. As a 12 year old at time of release, and given all the 007 copy cat spoofs you note (In Like Flint etc) Casino Royale was a hoot, an off the rails and zany yet at times intelligent or at least sophisticated comedic litany of talent. Add to that the femmes and fembots sexiness and music. No wonder it racked up the dough in the box office. BTW, one of the best Bond movie posters of all time. Just sayin
I love your perspective on the film.🙂 Thank you for your post.
Smokey and the bandit trilogy?
Those first two movies are just so great and the third one is so so horrible! All the cameos all the car chases
I love Smokey and the Bandit. I just bought the DVD on Amazon.
Cost more than Star Wars which was made 10 years later
So true!
It's a type of British comedy it's really not bad if you interpret it that way.
I don't like a lot of these types of comedies I don't think they're funny. I think Airplane through Larry David is funny.
But if you are a film lover then you have to watch this movie.
Noe Airplane! is a great comedy. I'm doing a video of Airplane! and Airplane 2.
I’ve been a big fan of this film for many decades and firmly believe it will be better remembered than Daniel Craig’s lousy portrayal of 007.
This film is somewhat of a mess, but it has a wonderful endearing quality to it, a great cast, wonderful visuals and so many memorable lines of dialogue. And as a fan of Barbara Bouchet, Ursula Andress, Deborah Kerr, Jacqueline Bisset and Joanna Pettet, there are many scenes that are are easy on the eyes featuring these lovely ladies. Orson Welles, for his part, turns in a great performance and that Burt Bacharach soundtrack has always remained a firm favorite.
For me, this a FAR more entertaining film than “Spectre”, “Quantum of Solace”, “No Time to Die” and every Pierce Brosnan film as well. This is only time I’ve witnessed someone presenting this film in an overwhelmingly negative light, quite honestly.
Maybe Im too harsh on this film.🙂
It is a wonderful preservation of the presentation of 1960s psychedelic spy stuff. That it did better than any Bond imitator, and I'd say, better than Eon's films themselves. There also were scenes cut which I personally think was wrong.
Peter Sellers was an absolute jerk and is responsible for much of its problems. The supporting cast is priceless.
This film is one of those films that is so bad it’s good. It’s a mess, sure, but it’s a watchable mess at least. The cast did the best they could with the bad material
You are so right. This is one of those "So bad it's great!" films.
Ummmm ask the gay community what poppers are used for. Medically, Amyl nitrite is related to the nitrate medicines and is used by inhalation to relieve the pain of angina attacks. It works by relaxing blood vessels and increasing the supply of blood and oxygen to the heart while reducing its workload. Sellers may have been using it medically not recreationally
If poppers caused heart attacks the Drug War would never let us forget it.
Interesting theory.
Always wondered why this film was odd
Isn't it a fascinating story?
The greatest movie of all time!
Haha. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 You got me.
I love this movie
That is so cool! I can respect that.
Not bad, but overly long because you keep peppering the same information over and over again throughout.
That's good feedback.
Joe McGrath was Never Involved in the Goon Show
really?
@@TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast Joe worked with each of the Goons separately, but never on 'The Goon Show'.
Good grief - you gave the whole game away with the ridiculous pronunciation of "Secombe" 🤷🏽♀
I messed up and foegot to edit it. 😅
Went from s campe an was remade as a dead sareus bond film an dark
I do love the 2006 version.