The most underrated and least known of all the Bond films. It can be a bit of a hot mess at times, but you can't beat the casting and the score (RIP Burt Bacharach). The title song is my favorite Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass song, hands down. Totally crank it to 11 worthy. Also worth noting: this movie marks the first screen appearance (IIRC) of Jacquelyn Bisset, listed in the credits as "Jacky Bisset."
I love this movie... and I found out thru the years that anyone who doesn't get this movie has a complete lack of sense of humor and irony, amongst other exaggerations The music is so cool
Nice analysis, quite agree. Dumb, stupid movie, one of my favourites. The music makes you forgive all the sins. And then it just ends up being pure fun.
Peter Sellers must have been one of the others who didn't, he was being a prick and walked out of the filming, everything had to be compensated to finish the movie.
@@anthonymeyers3184 Sellers had a huge tantrum when Princess Margaret visited the set. As the star he expected all her attention, but she and Welles were old friends--she'd been his guest at his villa in Spain--and while they caught up Sellers was seething. He refused to act with Welles and they had to shoot all their scenes separately. Which helped this mash-up: ruclips.net/video/LIKXTMtc5N0/видео.html
I have always liked this movie for it's oddness and comedy. Such an awesome spoof to the Bond films though it is based (loosely) on the Casino Royal book. Music is fabulous and some of the actors and actresses are so over the top that you get lost in its madness and charm. Recently someone mixed the opening theme and ending theme to this movie but used it for the opening visual credits of Daniel Craig's Bond in Casino Royale (2006). Strangely enough, it works really well.
Thanks, Agnus. Casino Royale ('67) is dope AF! I grew up screening Casino Royale endlessly on local TV and it imprinted on me quite saliently including the English whimsy sung by Mike Redway during the end credits. In short, CR is an epic, heavily underrated 007 classic. But wait, there's more: In addition to the music, the many talented leads and co-stars including but definitely not limited to Niven, Sellers, Allen, Welles and the myriad of exquisite beauties (who lodged themselves in my subconscious so deeply that by the time I hit my teens a passion for bright, funny, capable, curvy (mostly) blondes played heavily into romantic choices until I learned that "a pretty face don't mean no pretty heart" which is not to say that all intelligent gorgeous blondes are sociopaths lol. But looking back, yeah: Ursula Andress, Joanna Pettet et al definitely made their mark on my young heart) in CR, lending their collective talent to help the film's five directors create a fun and humorous take on Fleming's work, made quite an impression on me and dare I say an entire generation or two. In any event, the initial closing credits song featuring Mike Redway remains happily lodged in my mind to this day, popping into my head at appropriate moments and sometimes seemingly at random, so I was well-pleased to find it posted on RUclips (along w/every other piece of music ever recorded), so again, a big thanks to Agnus for taking the time to make this exquisite piece of Casino Royale available to the world. Final note: the sprawling cast of CR contains a vast myriad of talented performers, a true all-star ensemble including a plethora of already well-established actors and many who went on to enjoy long careers in cinema. Too many to acknowledge completely in this forum but I'll mention English actor Caroline Munro who starred in Dr. No and a number of horror and sci-fi flicks (including the so-bad-it's-good Italian Star Wars film Starcrash featuring a very young David Hasselhoff and Christopher Plummer), Journey to the Center of the Earth and many others including an uncredited role in Casino Royale at the tender age of 16. It surprises me that Casino Royale was and is so heavily panned by film critics (rated only 20% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, for example) as though it were expected to be a serious Bond film when it is clearly a comedy that, IMO, cleverly and effectively riffs on both the spy thriller genre and a number of others not to mention being a wonderful time capsule of late 60's Western culture. Sure, with five directors it can't help but be a hot fussy mess in many ways, but for a comedic take on 007, it's 1000 times better than, say, Double 007 and pre-dates Mike Myers Austin Powers flicks by decades. In summary, Casino Royale is great fun and a definite standout among the many films based on Ian Fleming's work.
Here's a fact about the film you'll love. In the bagpipes scene, out of respect for Scotland culture, Ursula Andress took off her underpants to wear the kilt and she mooned on camera to prove it
Trivia, this version was recorded first! Bacharach, however wasn't happy with the vocals, so he got Herb Alpert's Trumpet to replace Redway's vocals. Here's the infoen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sounds_Like...
Columbia Pictures originally distributed this 1967 version of Casino Royale, in which later purchased by Amazon's Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, in which MGM and Columbia co-produced Casino Royale 2006 version starring Daniel Craig.
Good old Jack Clegg for recording it at cts. Never had herb albert at those sessions so must have been added after. Maybe something to do with Phil Ramone
I love how everyone in heaven is dressed like an angel, but then Evelyn has no wings and is in Scottish clothes, was his character even Scottish to begin with?
1967 was when I popped out? How do I remember this theme-tune???? This needs a remake, should be 2 bonds: Serious-Bitch-Bond and Go-with-the-flow-bond. Guess Mike Myers did this with Austin, BTW where is Austin?
I wish the makers of this film had struck a deal with Eon productions to make this film after Thunderball. Instead of this film being made and instead of Eon productions making You only live twice. They makers of this film did try to co produce this film with Eon production. But it was not to be. The soundtrack to this film is one of the best Bond soundtracks ever.
Question : Why did Vesper Lynd shoot dead the Sellers character ? - I never could understand why ... Can ***anyone***answer why she did that ?.🤔.. It kind of ruined the rest of the film for me ... What a bummer 🙄😒☹️.. This film , while considered a bomb during its original theatrical release in 1967 ,($60M budget - in 60's cash value - I can't imaging the cost in 2024 inflation cost today -impossible to make - likely cost - prohibitive now 😮 ) is now considered to be a cult classic OO7 parody ..Entertaining and very scenic...Great performances by entire cast..I will always Adore Gorgeous Joanna Pettet..WOW !..❤. Lovely location filming... and what a cast !...❤❤❤ (Cameo appearance from 'Man From U.N.C.L.E' /'The Magnificent Seven' Acting Legend Robert Vaughn❤🕯🙏🌹 is edited out of final wacky , goofy fight scene ..WHY?.😒🩷.although I think that is David McCallum🕯🙏🌹🕊❤️ with George Raft . ) I will always Adore Mr Belmondo - in any film.❤🩷💘..(I strongly Suggest to watch 'That Man From Rio' , another Superb spy spoof classic ...Starring Gorgeous Jean Paul Belmondo🕯🙏🌹🕊 and Gorgeous Francois Dorleac🕯🙏🌹🕊 - Late older sister of Gorgeous Catherine Denueve. . A terrific action / romance/ chase film / spy spoof )... Outstanding soundtrack🏆 ..Love Trumpet Virtuoso🎺 and singer / recording producer Legend Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass !.❤🎶🪘🪇🎺🎺🎺🎺🏆(who, by the way , discovered Richard and Karen Carpenter ❤🕯🙏🌹🕊🏆, and is the founder of A&M Records🏆 ) .. The opening theme... addictive as heck...... Love it ! .. 😁😎❤🩷May all deceased cast and crew Rest In Blissful Peace...❤🕯🙏🌹🕊 😎
Found it kind of odd how David Niven was given third billing in the opening and end credits as James Bon-- oops sorry, Sir James Bond behind Peter Sellers and Ursula Andress. Unlike the James Bond actors in the official film series (oh and Connery in Never Say Never Again).
Peter Sellers was supposed to be the star of the film, not Niven. IIRC they increased Niven's role after Sellers got fired, in an attempt to stitch some sort of coherence into the plot. Obviously it didn't work but Niven did his best.
The first 20 seconds sounds almost the same as the 1935 song, "I'll never say never again, again" (that was sung by Darla in Little Rascals). Anyone else notice a resemblance?
Well the original plan was to make a rival bond film with Richard Burton as 007 but he wanted too much money 💰 so they ended up with this nonsense Sellers went into it seriously though putting himself into a brutal keep fit regime ( trying to keep up with Sean ,,, 🤨🏴?)
RIP Mr Bacharach. I will never forget the thrill in my career to be asked by you to sing these songs.
Thank you Mr Redway
Does this exist on any medium currently? Besides an original soundtrack album? Anybody know if this version is available?
You own this song!
You did a cracking job ❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you!
After 50+ years, I finally get to thank you for being part of one of my favorite movies of my life! ♥️
The closing music is so good that it might almost have convinced the cinema audience that they had just watched a good film.
I really love the vocal version.
The most underrated and least known of all the Bond films. It can be a bit of a hot mess at times, but you can't beat the casting and the score (RIP Burt Bacharach). The title song is my favorite Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass song, hands down. Totally crank it to 11 worthy.
Also worth noting: this movie marks the first screen appearance (IIRC) of Jacquelyn Bisset, listed in the credits as "Jacky Bisset."
Not a Bond movie -
It's NOT a Bond film...and ANYTHING ELSE that comes "after" the debacle of "NTTD" isn't either. Bond is now....(spoilers)...DEAD.
This movie was a huge mess throughout.
@@TheRedDevil-1968 We all knew Craig was leaving so the way he left was inevitable. It was still better than Spectre and Quantum of Solace.
This is one of the most incomprehensible movies I’ve ever watched, but it’s so batshit insane that I still kind of like it
Saw it in the theater first run. Blown away. Now own the remastered DVD and the soundtrack.
Back when movie credits….and openings …were fun, not the 20 minute listings of every human on earth we have now
For the longest time I thought Peter Sellers sang this. But it's an English singer named Mike Redway.
One of my favorite movies when I was a little kid and a guilty pleasure in adulthood. 🤣
Best bond theme ever, period.
Definitely.
Not the biggest fan of this film, but yeah, do love this theme tune.
brilliant...very 60's and upbeat
I love this movie... and I found out thru the years that anyone who doesn't get this movie has a complete lack of sense of humor and irony, amongst other exaggerations
The music is so cool
Best soundtrack ever
I'd so like to watch this film with an audience of other people who "got" it.
Nice analysis, quite agree.
Dumb, stupid movie, one of my favourites.
The music makes you forgive all the sins.
And then it just ends up being pure fun.
Peter Sellers must have been one of the others who didn't, he was being a prick and walked out of the filming, everything had to be compensated to finish the movie.
@@anthonymeyers3184 Sellers had a huge tantrum when Princess Margaret visited the set. As the star he expected all her attention, but she and Welles were old friends--she'd been his guest at his villa in Spain--and while they caught up Sellers was seething. He refused to act with Welles and they had to shoot all their scenes separately. Which helped this mash-up:
ruclips.net/video/LIKXTMtc5N0/видео.html
Possibly a prophecy of Woody Allen's eventual fate.
I love this closing sequence. It's such a cool idea and works so well with the music.
Love this film. It maybe a mess but it's great fun, superb herb alpert theme music and the cast list is second to none, thank you 👍😀
A movie drenched in the aura of it's era. Yeah Baby !
Truly a guilty pleasure. Best movie ever? No, but a really fun one to watch.
I have always liked this movie for it's oddness and comedy. Such an awesome spoof to the Bond films though it is based (loosely) on the Casino Royal book. Music is fabulous and some of the actors and actresses are so over the top that you get lost in its madness and charm. Recently someone mixed the opening theme and ending theme to this movie but used it for the opening visual credits of Daniel Craig's Bond in Casino Royale (2006). Strangely enough, it works really well.
ruclips.net/video/g7BsPdLP-_M/видео.html
Thanks, Agnus. Casino Royale ('67) is dope AF! I grew up screening Casino Royale endlessly on local TV and it imprinted on me quite saliently including the English whimsy sung by Mike Redway during the end credits. In short, CR is an epic, heavily underrated 007 classic. But wait, there's more:
In addition to the music, the many talented leads and co-stars including but definitely not limited to Niven, Sellers, Allen, Welles and the myriad of exquisite beauties (who lodged themselves in my subconscious so deeply that by the time I hit my teens a passion for bright, funny, capable, curvy (mostly) blondes played heavily into romantic choices until I learned that "a pretty face don't mean no pretty heart" which is not to say that all intelligent gorgeous blondes are sociopaths lol. But looking back, yeah: Ursula Andress, Joanna Pettet et al definitely made their mark on my young heart) in CR, lending their collective talent to help the film's five directors create a fun and humorous take on Fleming's work, made quite an impression on me and dare I say an entire generation or two.
In any event, the initial closing credits song featuring Mike Redway remains happily lodged in my mind to this day, popping into my head at appropriate moments and sometimes seemingly at random, so I was well-pleased to find it posted on RUclips (along w/every other piece of music ever recorded), so again, a big thanks to Agnus for taking the time to make this exquisite piece of Casino Royale available to the world.
Final note: the sprawling cast of CR contains a vast myriad of talented performers, a true all-star ensemble including a plethora of already well-established actors and many who went on to enjoy long careers in cinema. Too many to acknowledge completely in this forum but I'll mention English actor Caroline Munro who starred in Dr. No and a number of horror and sci-fi flicks (including the so-bad-it's-good Italian Star Wars film Starcrash featuring a very young David Hasselhoff and Christopher Plummer), Journey to the Center of the Earth and many others including an uncredited role in Casino Royale at the tender age of 16.
It surprises me that Casino Royale was and is so heavily panned by film critics (rated only 20% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, for example) as though it were expected to be a serious Bond film when it is clearly a comedy that, IMO, cleverly and effectively riffs on both the spy thriller genre and a number of others not to mention being a wonderful time capsule of late 60's Western culture. Sure, with five directors it can't help but be a hot fussy mess in many ways, but for a comedic take on 007, it's 1000 times better than, say, Double 007 and pre-dates Mike Myers Austin Powers flicks by decades. In summary, Casino Royale is great fun and a definite standout among the many films based on Ian Fleming's work.
Here's a fact about the film you'll love.
In the bagpipes scene, out of respect for Scotland culture, Ursula Andress took off her underpants to wear the kilt and she mooned on camera to prove it
Note well, the final part of the closing credits when they run the film in reverse and we see Lord McTarry's wig being blown back on again.
Never noticed that
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤
Only movie where the credits are better than the movie.
Wonderful song and music. Love the film.
Is it odd to say that this parody of 007, would’ve predicted the ending to the Daniel Craig run of James Bond?
And also having a daughter.
Same with austin powers and the Bond brothers
Loved as a kid and still do
Trivia, this version was recorded first! Bacharach, however wasn't happy with the vocals, so he got Herb Alpert's Trumpet to replace Redway's vocals. Here's the infoen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sounds_Like...
Good to know
Typical 60’s and love it! 😁😁👍👍
I just love this song.
I can't believe No Time To Die stole this movie's ending.
And him having a daughter .
Im here for the end Theme music - it's a classic !
The piper directly behind Peter Sellers is my late uncle. He said Peter Sellers was hilarious and spoke to everyone
歌入りはなかなか聴けないのです、うれしいな。カルト映画の傑作！
The end credits are the best part of this incoherent mess lol 😂 what a mind boggle this film is haha
Columbia Pictures originally distributed this 1967 version of Casino Royale, in which later purchased by Amazon's Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, in which MGM and Columbia co-produced Casino Royale 2006 version starring Daniel Craig.
You’re fantastic ! 🎵🎶🎹 007
This song is good enough for a car chase scene, especially with the vocal of Mike Redway.
Graham Stark always present in Peter Seller's movies.
Thank you Mr Bacharach
I listen to your songs in Spotify. I'm a big fan
This needs a redux with Pierce effing Brosnan in the David Niven role. And the same soundtrack.
They did that, in 2006, but with Daniel Craig and a far better theme
@@samuelbarber6177: Craig is otherwise my favourite Bond, but Niven was the officially nominated man for the job.
And this theme is the best, sorry.
@@ottomellar6774 what do you mean by ‘officially nominated’?
@@samuelbarber6177: Ian Fleming wanted Niven to be the movie James Bond.
I think it's an interesting idea. Why not do it?
Playing it straight Peter Sellers would have made a perfect Bond.
Absolutely. It would have worked.
Peter Sellers is too much of a comic actor to play Bond.
@@robertmasina4610 Did that stop Roger Moore? Or Pierce Brosnan?
Yep, thats where woody is going.
"...and knives"
Essa música é o toque de chamada do meu telefone
Herb Alpert❤
I actually knew a girl called Polo...and what a Bond girl she was! Not to be confused with Ronnie Corbett!
This is a rather odd rendition of You Know My Name
Cant be. This was first.
@@carmenmccauley1235 It was a joke...
Look up the number?
@@carmenmccauley1235 r/woooosh
Good old Jack Clegg for recording it at cts. Never had herb albert at those sessions so must have been added after. Maybe something to do with Phil Ramone
Have to say out of all the bond girls Barbara Bouchet is the prettiest of them all.
God bless you could not have crushed it any harder
Best film Woody Allen ever did
Super de luxe cast.
I love how everyone in heaven is dressed like an angel, but then Evelyn has no wings and is in Scottish clothes, was his character even Scottish to begin with?
Peter Sellers either quit or was fired before the film was finished, so they used what ever footage they had of him they thought would fit.
Greatest bond movie and music ever
Must look great in I.B Technicolor
1967 was when I popped out? How do I remember this theme-tune???? This needs a remake, should be 2 bonds: Serious-Bitch-Bond and Go-with-the-flow-bond. Guess Mike Myers did this with Austin, BTW where is Austin?
Austin Powers was the parodies of the main James Bond films, not this one.
I wish the makers of this film had struck a deal with Eon productions to make this film after Thunderball. Instead of this film being made and instead of Eon productions making You only live twice. They makers of this film did try to co produce this film with Eon production. But it was not to be. The soundtrack to this film is one of the best Bond soundtracks ever.
Question : Why did Vesper Lynd shoot dead the Sellers character ? - I never could understand why ... Can ***anyone***answer why she did that ?.🤔.. It kind of ruined the rest of the film for me ... What a bummer 🙄😒☹️.. This film , while considered a bomb during its original theatrical release in 1967 ,($60M budget - in 60's cash value - I can't imaging the cost in 2024 inflation cost today -impossible to make - likely cost - prohibitive now 😮 ) is now considered to be a cult classic OO7 parody ..Entertaining and very scenic...Great performances by entire cast..I will always Adore Gorgeous Joanna Pettet..WOW !..❤. Lovely location filming... and what a cast !...❤❤❤ (Cameo appearance from 'Man From U.N.C.L.E' /'The Magnificent Seven' Acting Legend Robert Vaughn❤🕯🙏🌹 is edited out of final wacky , goofy fight scene ..WHY?.😒🩷.although I think that is David McCallum🕯🙏🌹🕊❤️ with George Raft
. ) I will always Adore Mr Belmondo - in any film.❤🩷💘..(I strongly Suggest to watch 'That Man From Rio' , another Superb spy spoof classic ...Starring Gorgeous Jean Paul Belmondo🕯🙏🌹🕊 and Gorgeous Francois Dorleac🕯🙏🌹🕊 - Late older sister of Gorgeous Catherine Denueve. . A terrific action / romance/ chase film / spy spoof )... Outstanding soundtrack🏆 ..Love Trumpet Virtuoso🎺 and singer / recording producer Legend Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass !.❤🎶🪘🪇🎺🎺🎺🎺🏆(who, by the way , discovered Richard and Karen Carpenter ❤🕯🙏🌹🕊🏆, and is the founder of A&M Records🏆 ) .. The opening theme... addictive as heck...... Love it ! .. 😁😎❤🩷May all deceased cast and crew Rest In Blissful Peace...❤🕯🙏🌹🕊
😎
Who's been using the code name 009
I don't like this version of casino royale but i love seven James bond and the look of your love
Found it kind of odd how David Niven was given third billing in the opening and end credits as James Bon-- oops sorry, Sir James Bond behind Peter Sellers and Ursula Andress. Unlike the James Bond actors in the official film series (oh and Connery in Never Say Never Again).
We don’t talk about that film
Peter Sellers was supposed to be the star of the film, not Niven. IIRC they increased Niven's role after Sellers got fired, in an attempt to stitch some sort of coherence into the plot. Obviously it didn't work but Niven did his best.
So who are these 7 James Bonds? I got 4 and am unsure about the rest.
This movie is so messed up. I tried to watch it today, but had to shut it off because it didn't make any sense to me.
Imagine being a 007 fan from 1967 - 2005 and having to accept that THIS is the film version of Casino Royale.
Pity the modern lion was at end
I'm a 55 year old life long Bond fan and I have to say that movie was definitely the worst thing I ever saw 😮😮😮
The first 20 seconds sounds almost the same as the 1935 song, "I'll never say never again, again" (that was sung by Darla in Little Rascals). Anyone else notice a resemblance?
I looked it up. Pretty close! Funny that Connery's last Bond film was "Never Say Never Again." - Spooky connection.
@Norm M. I checked out the footage of Darla and I will say you have a very good ear for music. I noticed that resemblance you mentioned.
Goofy film, eclectic cast.
Well the original plan was to make a rival bond film with Richard Burton as 007 but he wanted too much money 💰 so they ended up with this nonsense Sellers went into it seriously though putting himself into a brutal keep fit regime ( trying to keep up with Sean ,,, 🤨🏴?)
The worst ending for the worst James Bond, missed parody/20. ☠️