In order to trick SMERSH and Le Chiffre, Bond thinks up the ultimate plan.

When Bond (Niven) and Moneypenny are trying to escape the secret SMERSH base, we suddenly cut back to them and see that Mata Bond and Cooper have wordlessly joined them.

Although Mata Bond was put in the same base earlier, Cooper was last seen much earlier in the film safe at MI5, and his presence in the base id never explained.

Grand Prix enthusiasts may be worried by the amount of time it has taken me to get into this Lotus Formula Three.

What they dont realize is, although Le Chiffre thinks he has a faster car than me, I am faster in my Lotus Formula Three.

It sets the tone for the film as a psychedelic knights tale of Sir James Bond.

According to the book, The Bond Files, the film was never shown with anything other than the Peter Sellers in Paris opening sequence.

Frere Jacques (uncredited) french folksong Sang in the scene before the intro See more.

When the property wound up at Columbia Pictures, they decided to create the satire to end all satires with a host of writers, five famous directors, and an all-star cast led by Peter Sellers.

Unfortunately, Sellers ego reached critical mass during the production and he was fired mid-way into filming--and suddenly roles that were originally envisioned as cameos had to be expanded to finish the project.

The story, such as it is, finds James Bond (David Niven) called out of retirement to deal with the sudden disappearance of secret agents all over the world.

In order to confuse the unknown enemy, Sir James orders ALL secret agents to use the name James Bond--and before you can blink there are Bonds aplenty running wild all over the globe.

Eventually all the Bonds, including (through the magic of editing) Peter Sellers, wind up at Casino Royale, where they confront the evil agents of SMERSH and a diabolical mad man with a plot to rule the world.

The plot is absolute chaos, but that doesnt prevent the film from being a lot of fun to watch.

The entire cast runs wild with some marvelous over-the-top performances, and whenever the writers can jam in a gag or a weird plot turn they do precisely that: Bond (Niven) is attacked by decoy ducks; counter-agent Mimi (Deborah Kerr) swings from a drain pipe; Bonds daughter by Mata Hari (Joanna Pettet) is kidnapped by a UFO; double agent Vesper (Ursula Andress) hides bodies in the deep freeze.

At one point Niven blows up the locked door of a psychedelically decorated dudgeon with lysergic acid--better know as LSD--and in a way this is indicative of the entire film, which was made at the height of the 1960s ultra-mod movement: the whole thing has the feel of a blow-out acid trip, right down to flashing multicolored lights and swinging 60s fashions.

And then there is that famous Burt Bacharach score, easily one of the best of the decade, sporting Herp Albert on the main theme and Dusty Springfields legendary performance of The Look of Love.

On the whole, the film is one of the most entertaining hodgepodges of talent and weirdness Ive ever encountered, and it never fails to amuse.

Ive found that viewers tend to have extremely different reactions to this film--they either love it or hate it, so you may want to rent this one first.

But its one of my favorite guilty pleasures, and I recommend it for fans of the unexpectedly odd.

Gary F. Taylor, aka GFT, Amazon Reviewer.

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