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Lee Pfeiffer and Dave Worrall, co-authors of the
best-selling book "The Essential James Bond",
are launching a major film magazine this fall...
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Bond Book Authors Launch Major Cinema Magazine
19th May 2004
Lee Pfeiffer and Dave Worrall, co-authors of the best-selling
book "The Essential James Bond", are launching a major
film magazine this fall. Titled "Cinema Retro", the
magazine will be devoted entirely to the movies of the 1960's
and 1970's. Each issue will be a limited edition (2,000) collector's
item consisting of 64 pages of full color, high quality articles
and rare photos.
"This is not another fan magazine", says Pfeiffer.
"It's the first magazine devoted entirely to this golden
era of the international cinema. It will be written for and by
people who worked in the industry during this period: the actors,
directors, writers and producers."
Pfeiffer and Worrall have an impressive number of well-known
names on-board already. Among those who will be participating:
producer Euan Lloyd ("The Wild Geese", "Shalako",
"The Sea Wolves") director Michael Winner ("Death
Wish"), Gerry Anderson ("Thunderbirds"), producer
Elliott Kastner ("Where Eagles Dare"), director Ronald
Neame ("The Poseidon Adventure"), actor Robert Vaughn
("The Man From UNCLE"), and many others.
James Bond fans will be particularly interested in the magazine
as most issues will feature interesting coverage of the series.
"For our premiere issue, we've uncovered some extremely rare
"Thunderball" photographs taken on location in France
for the pre-credit sequence", says Worrall.
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Above: Never before seen image - MI6
online exclusive! Sean Connery and Ken Adam during a break
in filming the pre-credit sequence for "Thunderball"
in France.
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"Many have never been seen before.
These were not taken by the Eon photographers, so they are
extremely unusual." Additionally, actors Richard Kiel
and Caroline Munro will be regular columnists along with
Raymond Benson, author of the James Bond novels.
"Richard and Caroline will be reflecting on making
films during this era and Raymond will be analyzing the
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In addition to the "Thunderball" tribute, the
premiere issue of the magazine will feature these highlights:
- Tribute to "The Great Escape" with photos
never before published
- "Steve McQueen: The Lost Interview" (a world
exclusive)
- "Clint Eastwood's Fourth "Dollar Film- The
Surprising Story"
- "Euan Lloyd: Man of Action"- the famed producer
recalls his films and working for Cubby Broccoli
- Tribute to actress Barbara Bach
- "This Was Cinerama"
- "The Real Van Helsing: Peter Cushing"
- "What Ever Happened to the Green Hornet's Black
Beauty?
- "T.V. Or Not T.V?"- a regular column devoted
to feature films cobbled together from t.v. episodes.
The first issue will cover "The Protectors"
starring Robert Vaughn.
- John Wayne and Clint Eastwood- rare coverage of their
historic meeting on the set of "The Shootist
- "Pinewood Studios in the 1960's and 1970's"-
a regular column
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Above: Teaser poster for the forthcoming
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"The magazine will be fun but informative- not some dry
analysis of filmmaking", says Pfeiffer. "With "The
Essential James Bond", we tried to make it possible for a
reader to open any page and find something informative and entertaining.
We hope to do the same with "Cinema Retro".
Every issue of the magazine will feature rare international movie
poster art and regular features about Hammer films, CD reviews
of soundtracks, and many rare production photos never published
before. "We want to celebrate all aspects of the cinema from
this period", says Pfeiffer. "We won't look down our
noses at any movie. This will be the only place where you might
see the same page count extended to covering Don Knotts in "The
Ghost and Mr. Chicken" as there will be for Antonioni's "Blow
Up" It will also be proudly politically incorrect".
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The staff of Cinema Retro features a number of well-known and talented writers,
including Peter Haigh, the former editor of ABC Film Review
who has come out of retirement to write for the magazine,
Gareth Owen (Roger Moore's personal assistant and author
of "The Pinewood Story"), Tim Greaves (author
of "The Bond Women: 007 Style"), Matthew Field
(author of "The Making of the Italian Job"), Jon
Heitland ("The Man From UNCLE Book"), screenwriter
and producer Mark Cerulli, DVD producer Jaz Wiseman ("Thunderbirds",
"The Persuaders", "The Prisoner"), Robert
Fairclough ("The Prisoner: The Official Companion to
the Classic TV Series"), Mike Siegal ("Passion
and Poetry: Sam Peckinpah in Pictures"), music critic
Darren Allison, Steve Mori, who will provide exclusive unpublished
interviews he conducted in the 1960's and 1970's, Gary Giblin
("James Bond's London"), poster expert Roger Nash,
writer and DVD consultant Martin Gainsford ("The Man
From UNCLE", "The Green Hornet"), music expert
and composer Jamie Beerman, and Laurent Perriott (who runs
the French-based "James Bond Magazine").
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"We're flattered that so many esteemed people want to write
for the magazine", says Worrall. "By the time the first
issue is published, we'll have correspondents in New York, London,
Paris, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Los Angeles and Chicago. We will insure
that many of the most influential people in the film industry
see "Cinema Retro"
The magazine will be available by subscription only. The first
1,000 subscribers will receive a free, exclusive CD packed with
original American radio spot commercials for classic and cult
films from the 1960's and 1970's.
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To insure you get the first issue, you can subscribe by visiting www.cinemaretro.com.
No credit cards will be charged or checks cashed until
the magazine is actually published this fall. However, by
signing up, you will be assured of getting the first three
issues. Each subscriber will also get a free classified
advertisement.
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Images courtesy Cinema Retro. Covers depicted
are for display only. Final cover art may vary.
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