Agent-turned-Producer Charles Feldman bought the feature film
rights in
1955, beating Cubby Broccoli and Harry Saltzman to the punch
by a few
years. Feldman capitalized on those rghts in 1967. When
Broccoli
wouldn't loan him Sean Connery to play Bond he decided to
take the film
in the direction of a spoof.
A few years ago Tarantino tried to buy the rights to CR but
the
Broccolis cut him off at the pass and aquired the rights to
protect
their Golden Goose.
It's too bad. I would like to see the character explored by
other
filmmakers. The Bond flicks have a tendency to blend together
nowadays.
TL
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