Becoming Bond

About the movie

The stranger-than-fiction true story of George Lazenby, a poor Australian car mechanic who, through an unbelievable set of circumstances, landed the role of James Bond in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969), despite having never acted a day in his life. Then after being offered the next six Bond films and a $1 million signing bonus, he turned it all down…
‘Becoming Bond’ is the magnificent story of how the legendary agent came to be played by a nobody such as Lazenby. This original documentary/narrative hybrid feature won the Audience Award at SXSW, proving that old 007 is still a hot topic.
“As slick as it is hilarious, a perfect portrait of an aging ladies' man and irascible rebel agent.” – Globe and Mail
“Intimate, irreverent and at times laugh-out-loud funny” – Variety
“Great cinema about great cinema.” – National Post

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