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An Aston Martin car driven by James Bond in Goldfinger and Thunderball has been sold in auction for more than ?1m.
The legendary 1965 DB5 model, complete with a host of high-tech gadgets, went under the hammer in Phoenix, Arizona.
Driven by Sean Connery, the car boasts built-in Browning machine guns, tyre slashers, an oil slick ejector and a retractable rear bullet-proof screen.
It was bought for $2,090,000 by a European collector. When last sold in 1970, it fetched ?5,000.
'So exciting'
Before the sale began, lights in the auction house were turned off and RM Auctions spokesman Terrance Lobzun - dressed in 007-style tuxedo - drove the car on to the stage.
He demonstrated all the features - including the guns - in return for a standing ovation from the audience.
"It was just amazing. The atmosphere was electric, it was so exciting," he said.
"Every seat of the 1,500 in the house was sold - it was standing room only. It was the biggest crowd we've ever had.
"If there had been real bullets in the guns I would have taken out the whole front row of these people who have more money that most countries do."
'Quite happy'
Mr Lobzun added: "Needless to say the previous owner is quite happy with his investment."
The car had been bought from Sir Anthony Bamford in 1970 by a Tennessee museum owner.
Other gadgets include three revolving number plates including the registrations 007JB and JB007.
But a passenger ejector seat with removable roof panel has been replaced with a standard seat.
The Aston Martin was one of only four cars originally constructed and used for 1964's Goldfinger and 1965's Thunderball, as well on promotional tours.
The price included the buyer's premium.
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has added a new journalHe's the dude from layer cake. He's a well trained actor but I don't know about being Bond. He's too beat up looking.
InThaMix786
This is 4realz?!? =0
trycity
I'd have to agree...I rather liked him when he did "Our Friends in the North". However, I have yet to see him anything else...plus I was hoping they would have picked someone with a more darker appearance...in keeping with the books.
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Pierce Brosnan Out As James Bond, 007
Wed Aug 17, 3:07 PM ET
NEW YORK - A single, surprising phone call and it was over. That's how Pierce Brosnan says he learned that his services as James Bond would no longer be required.
"One phone call, that's all it took!" the 52-year-old actor tells Entertainment Weekly magazine in its Aug. 19 issue.
Brosnan starred in four Bond films. He says that before they stopped negotiations, the producers had invited him back for a fifth time.
"You know, the movie career for me really started with Bond," says Brosnan, acknowledging that by the time "GoldenEye" premiered in 1995, he was already 42.
He then starred as 007 in "Tomorrow Never Dies" (1997), "The World Is Not Enough" (1999) and "Die Another Day" (2002).
His departure from the role was a "titanic jolt to the system," says Brosnan, followed by "a great sense of calm."
"I thought. ... I can do anything I want to do now. I'm not beholden to them or anyone. I'm not shackled by some contracted image. So there was a sense of liberation."
Brosnan says he's grateful to have had the role, but adds: "It never felt real to me. I never felt I had complete ownership over Bond. Because you'd have these stupid one-liners ? which I loathed ? and I always felt phony doing them."
He plays a foulmouthed, skirt-chasing hit man in the upcoming film "The Matador."
"(For this) to come on the heels of my departure from the world of Bond is sweet grace, to play this one as a farewell to that chapter in time ? it certainly wasn't planned."
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has added a new journalWhat is your worst James Bond flick? Mine is "A View to a Kill", which is a very poor remake of the awesome "Goldfinger". AVTAK features an over-the-hill Roger Moore, the beautiful but horrible actress Tanya Roberts, some lame gadgets, and very little of the James Bond theme!
askari
NSNA was entirely a tongue-in-cheek movie, with Connery poking fun at himself and the Bond character. While I mildly enjoyed it (egad!), I lamented the absence of the Bond formula elements: the gun barrel logo intro, pre-title sequence, James Bond theme, etc.