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  1. Dec 18, 2012 · Title Designer Maurice Binder. Binder forged a close relationship with Saltzman and Broccoli and produced a total of 14 title sequences for the franchise – along with an untold number of trailer and promotional edits throughout – with his last film, Licence to Kill, made only two years before his death in 1991. It is Binder who is primarily ...

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      Feature - James Bond: 50 Years of Main Title Design — Art of...

    • Robert Brownjohn

      <p>Robert Brownjohn was an American graphic designer best...

    • Licence to Kill

      Maurice Binder; Category Film; Styles experimental, graphic,...

  2. Maurice Binder (December 4, 1918 – April 9, 1991) was an American film title designer best known for his work on 16 James Bond films, including the first, Dr. No (1962), and for Stanley Donen 's films from 1958.

    • The Allure of The James Bond Title Sequence
    • Robert Brownjohn Crafts An Idea
    • Margaret Nolan: The Golden Girl
    • Shirley Bassey Lights Up The Scene
    • The Start of A Legacy

    What's the most memorable element of a film--its story, the action scenes? Sometimes what resonates isn't the film itself but rather the swift imagery and music of the film's title sequence. An art form unto itself, the film title often segues into the feature with scenes that foreshadow the plot and theme of a film, setting mood and tone while pre...

    Taking a more in-depth look at the Goldfinger title sequence, there is only one place to begin and that's with the meeting at which title designer Robert Brownjohn presented his idea for the sequences for the second and third Bond films From Russia With Love (1963) and Goldfinger (1964) to producers Albert "Cubby" Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, demon...

    Superimposed over the curvaceous body of actress Margaret Nolan, dressed in a gold leather bikini, the Goldfinger title sequence features images foreshadowing the plot as well as clips from the previous two Bond films, Dr. No and From Russia With Love. The visually distorted sequence was fresh and enthralling and appealed to the producers. Nolan, w...

    As scenes and characters shimmer across the starlet's curves, songstress Shirley Bassey performs the film's title song, composed by John Barry with lyrics by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse. The sequence images and title song amplify each other in an irresistible way. Goldfinger is said to have originated the tradition of using a pop genre tune ...

    Brownjohn's Goldfinger title sequence morphed into a short, innovative cinema piece with its own version of the film's narrative--a miniature Bond movie. His sequence was seductive, thrilling, sensual, exciting, and fun. It passed the film censor despite its sexual suggestiveness and won him a British Design and Art Direction Gold Award in 1965. Fo...

  3. Jul 29, 2002 · Maurice Binder's gorgeous, abstract, erotic openings to the classic 007 films captured the '60s pop revolution in its purest form. By Charles Taylor. Published July 29, 2002 8:00PM (EDT) --

  4. The gun barrel sequence is an iconic image for every official James Bond film beginning with the first, Dr. No in 1962. Its creation is credited to Maurice Binder, a famous title designer who created the opening titles for 14 Bond films. The appearance of the sequence was achieved with a pin hole camera shooting through an actual gun barrel. The sequence has constituted the opening scene for ...

  5. Dec 18, 2012 · <p>Maurice Binder was a film title designer best known for his work on 14 James Bond films including the first, Dr. No in 1962. He was born in New York City,&nbsp;but mostly worked in Britain from the 1950s onwards.<br />Maurice created the signature gun barrel sequence for the opening titles of Dr. No. He is also best known for his scenes featuring women performing a variety of activities ...

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  7. The lull in Bond productions sees Binder work on token productions during the early '90s - including Mel Gibson's "Hamlet" and soon-to-be-Bond, Pierce Brosnan's "Mr. Johnson". On the 9th of April, 1991, Maurice Binder passed away after suffering lung cancer, in London, England.

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