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Primary Location:
- Mull, Argyll and Brute, Scotland, UK
- Connel Bridge, Argyll and Brute, Scotland, UK
- Blackbushe Airport, Hampshire, England, UK
- Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surry, England, UK
- Twickenham Film Studios, St Margarets, Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK
Eye of the Needle – 1981
EYE OF THE NEEDLE, directed by Richard Marquand is a taut, atmospheric WWII espionage thriller that showcases Donald Sutherland in one of his most chilling roles. Adapted from Ken Follett’s bestselling novel, the film centers on Henry Faber, a ruthless German spy nicknamed “the Needle” for his deadly use of a stiletto blade. Sutherland’s performance is a masterclass in quiet menace—his character is both charismatic and terrifying, a study in cold efficiency.
The narrative pivots on a high-stakes intelligence mission: Faber uncovers the Allies’ D-Day deception and must relay this to Berlin. But fate strands him on Storm Island, where he becomes entangled with Lucy (Kate Nelligan), a woman trapped in a bleak marriage to a disabled RAF pilot. Their emotionally charged relationship adds psychological depth, turning the film into a suspenseful character study as much as a spy thriller.
Part of the deception exposed includes the discovery of fake wooden planes. This is a topic we’ve discussed in many podcasts and videos with OPERATION BODYGUARD as the background of this tactic. This operation was a key contributor to the success of D-DAY. EYE OF THE NEEDLE has an exciting way this deception is discovered.
Marquand’s direction emphasizes isolation and tension, using the bleak Scottish landscape to mirror the moral desolation of its protagonist. Miklós Rózsa’s haunting score and Alan Hume’s cinematography elevate the film’s noir-like tone. Eye of the Needle stands out for its blend of espionage, romance, and psychological drama—an underrated gem in the canon of Cold War-era thrillers.
We highly recommend EYE OF THE NEEDLE to any spy movie (or war movie) fan.
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Join us for our NO SPOILER review of THE 355, starring Jessica Chastain, Diane Kruger, Lupita Nyong’o, Penélope Cruz, and Bingbing Fan.
Join Dan and Tom as they have a charming talk with Brigitte Millar, who played Dr. Vogel in SPECTRE and in No Time to Die!
Here is our Spy Movie News for December 29 2021! We discuss spy movies coming in 2022, The Kingsman series, Argylle, Red Notice, Mission: Impossible, Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre, The Duke and more!
Here’s our no-spoiler review of the newest spy movie, THE KING’S MAN. This is the Prequel and origin story for the Kingsman series.
Dan and Tom explore the influences by other movies, tv shows, and the real world in KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE!
Dan and Tom look at 79 influences for the movie KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE from Disney’s Haunted Mansion to a real tailor shop!
Dan and Tom visited the Palacio des Marqueses Fronteira in Lisbon, Portugal. The gardens, appear in the love montage of Tracy and Bond in ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE.
Andrew Bustamante, an ex-CIA spy, talks with us about the differences between real spies and movie spies!
Join us for a 12-minute look at the latest Spy Movie News for November 30, 2021. We look at news on THE KING’S MAN, NO TIME TO DIE, RED NOTICE, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 8, and more …
Vicky, Dan, and Tom decode NO TIME TO DIE. The good and the bad. We also have a review by Morgan Lisney.
Join us as we venture into Scaramanga’s Funhouse in our decoding of the pre-title sequence to the 1974 James Bond movie, The Man With The Golden Gun.
Join us as we’re Cracking the Code of the just released Netflix movie Red Notice. No Spoilers!
Who is buried in the mausoleum niche in Diamonds are Forever? And where exactly is it? We recall Bond placing the urn in the crypt and removing an envelope . . . well, it’s NOT where everyone thinks it is! Matt Sherman joins us to reveal the real location!
Here’s our October 26, 2021 edition of Spy Movie News with latest updates on James Bond and No Time To Die, Red Notice, The King’s Man, and more in another special edition of Cracking the Code of Spy Movies! Let’s get to it!
Today we talk with a weapons expert, Tom Whitehall of Legacy Collectibles – all about Major Boothroyd’s weapon of choice for James Bond!
SpyMovieNavigator.com has seen No Time To Die in most available formats! Tom discusses here: 2D, Dolby Cinema, 4DX (that has seat movement etc.), Imax and 3D! We only talk about the theater experience; nothing about the content. So, there are no spoilers in this podcast.
Join Dan and Tom and special guest, Mike Reyes of Cinemablend.com for a fun analysis of Craig’s set-up movie for NO TIME TO DIE. Let’s join the dead on parade in SPECTRE!
Join Dan, Tom and Vicky as they get on-track and take a shot at decoding the pre-title sequence to SKYFALL! Let’s Go!!!
Join us in this No-Spoiler look at the new James Bond Movie, NO TIME TO DIE. Comments by Tom and Vicky as well as fans as they left the theater. Even comments by Mike Reyes and David Zaritsky.
Today, we look at NO TIME TO DIE, other James Bond news, big Mission: Impossible news, and other upcoming spy movies!
Join Dan, Tom, and Vicky of SpyMovieNavigator.com – and our Cracking the Code of Spy Movies show! Jump behind the wheel with us and let’s race into QUANTUM OF SOLACE! On your mark! Set! Go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Join us today as we take a gamble getting Daniel Craig’s first outing as Bond as we look at the pre-title and title sequence of Casino Royale!
Join Tom, Dan and Vicky as they have some fun with the gadgets in YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE!
Join Dan Tom and a special guest, our agent in Montreal “Eddie,” in looking at the Daniel Craig arc – get ready for NO TIME TO DIE!
Here’s our Spy Movie News for August 24 2021! Amazon and MGM, Fast and Loose, Argylle, Mission: Impossible 7, James Bond – say what?, Martin Campbell, The Gray Man, and industry news!
Join us for our quick-fire, no spoiler look at the new espionage movie The Protégé, starring Michael Keaton, Maggie Q, and Samuel L. Jackson.
Join Tom Pizzato in our no-spoiler Quick-Fire l look at the new spy movie that released at the end of July, 2021 – THE LAST MERCENARY!
Join Dan and Tom for some fun as they decode the pre-title sequence of Mission: Impossible II!
We’re celebrating our 2nd anniversary! Let’s review the fun year, with some messages from listeners and guests. Thanks for your support.
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Join Dan, Tom and Vicky diving into the gadgets in THUNDERBALL!
Join Tom and Vicky as have a no-spoiler discussion about the major release from Marvel, BLACK WIDOW which is out in theaters now, and steaming through Disney+ for subscribers who pay extra to see at release time.
Join Dan, Tom and Vicky on this fun podcast as they dig into the funerals, coffins, knives, snakes, ambassadors & murder in LIVE AND LET DIE!
Here’s our June 29, 2021 Spy Movie News. You just have to listen here to be updated – short and to the point – all in one place!
Join Dan and Tom as they decode the third Harry Palmer movie with Michael Caine, based on the Len Deighton novels!
Rob Mallows of DeightonDossier.net joins Dan and Tom as our prelude to our Billion Dollar Brain podcast! We talk about Len Deighton, The Ipcress File, Funeral in Berlin with a focus on Billion Dollar Brain!
Japan! Cairo, a tropical oasis, mud baths, finger-snappers, cloning, a “new” Bond, and Blofeld is finally dead! Let’s decode the pre-title sequence to Diamonds Are Forever!
Here’s our Spy Movie News for June 1 2021 with news on Amazon purchase of MGM, James Bond, The Gray Man, Face/Off 2, and more.
Join Dan, Tom & Vicky for a deep look into a great James Bond pre-title sequence in ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE!
Join Dan, Vicky, and Tom as they talk with four members of the SpyMovieNavigator’s Worldwide Community of Spy Movie Fans Facebook group about their favorite James Bond movies.
Join us as we take a no-spoiler, quick-fire look into the latest spy movie, CLIFF WALKERS.
Here’s our Spy Movie News for May 4, 2021. Cliff Walkers, Mission Impossible, Tom Cruise, Robert Pattinson as the next Bond? BAFTA, Billion Dollar Spy, Kingsman: The Blue Blood, Mads Mikklesen, Memory and more!
Visiting James Bond movie locations is fun, and we have the expert with us today – Johannes Eklund who runs http://www.JamesBondLocations.com !
Join Dan, Tom & Vicky as they decode the pre-title sequence of You Only Live Twice!
In this 7 1/2 minute podcast, we look into the 2019 spy movie for kids, Spies in Disguise and show you why it has a PG rating.
Join Dan and Tom as they unmask and decode the pre-title sequence in Mission Impossible (1) from 1996!
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Join us as we take a quick-fire look at the spy thriller, THE COURIER, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Merab Ninidze!
Join Dan Silvestri, Tom Pizzato, and Vicky Hodges from Spy Movie Navigator, as they are Cracking the Code of the pre-title sequence in Thunderball.
Join Dan, Tom and Vicky as we dig for the gold in the pre-title sequence of GOLDFINGER!
In this episode of Spy Movie News, Dan discusses the upcoming Mission: Impossible movies, No Time To Die, The Gray Man, Agent Game, Boon, Killers of the Flower Moon, how to win a chance to get paid to watch all 24 Eon Productions James Bond movies and more!
Join Dan, Tom and Vicky as we kick off our series into the pre-title sequences of spy movies, with From Russia With Love!
Join Dan, Tom & Vicky in a scene analysis of YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE with connections to other movies and a lyrics analysis too!
Here’s our February 16, 2021 edition of Spy Movie News with updates on spy movies and TV series, Black Widow, Mission: Impossible 7, No Time to Die, a Jinx script?, Tom Holland, Ralph Fiennes, a Disney studio shuttered, The Gray Man, Jack Ryan and more!
Tom, Dan and Vicky interview Terry Mountain who was in two James Bond movies: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service and Diamonds Are Forever.
Join Dan, Tom, Vicky, and our special guest, Joe Pappalardo as we crack the code of the gadgets in Diamonds are Forever! We ask, Can you believe it?
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Blast off with Tom, Dan, Vicky and Joe Pappalardo as we dismantle the gadgets in Moonraker!
In this January, 12, 2021 Spy Movie News, Dan discusses the latest news on your favorite spy movies, including NO TIME TO DIE, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 7, THE 355 and more.
Here is the December 29, 2020 edition of Spy Movie News covering NO TIME TO DIE, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 7, RED NOTICE, THE SURVIVALIST and more.
Join Tom, Dan and Vicky as they take apart the gadgets in From Russia With Love and Goldfinger – and determine whether we can believe in the gadget or not! Fun stuff!
He is our December 8, 2020 edition of Spy Movie News with lots of theater news as WarnerMedia drops a bombshell, Women as leads in Spy Movies in 2021, James Bond updates, Dr. No prop sells for over a quarter of a million dollars, Black Widow and Mission: Impossible and more!
Derek Lyons joins Dan, Tom & Vicky on Cracking the Code of Spy Movies! He’s discusses his career which includes appearing in four James Bond movies, Star Wars and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
Join Dan Silvestri at SpyMovieNavigator.com as he discusses the mid-November news on the spy movies NO TIME TO DIE, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 7 & 8, RED NOTICE, and more.
Join Steven Jay Rubin, author of the newly released The James Bond Movie Encyclopedia in this international James Bond Trivia Marathon!
Join Dan and Tom as they talk with author Steven Jay Rubin. The 4th edition of his book, The James Bond Movie Encyclopedia released on November 17, 2020.
Join Dan, Tom and Vicky as we salute Sir Sean Connery and remember his passing on October 31 2020.
Today we are thrilled to talk with Dr. Cary Edwards who wrote the book on Timothy Dalton’s 2 Bond films called, “He Disagreed With Something That Ate Him” arguing that both films are a unique contribution to the series and form an important dialogue with the rest of the franchise.
Spy Movie News for 1-27-2020 – Join us for a 10 minute discussion on the upcoming MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE movies, NO TIME TO DIE, James Bond Rumors, and Jet Packs flying in Los Angeles
Listen to our October 3, 2020 Spy Movie News Special Edition as we discuss the delay of NO TIME TO DIE until April 2021. Quick talk about it and fan reactions as well!
Lots of news on NO TIME TO DIE this period, so this entire episode is devoted to it – looking release date strategies, new official James Bond podcast, Billie Eilish, Ana de Armas and more!
Here’s our September 24, 2020 edition of Spy Movie News with latest updates on BLACK WIDOW, Tom Cruise in space, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 7, Mission: Impossible theme, RED NOTICE,,NO TIME TO DIE, Pinewood Studios news, and Lashana Lynch.
Listen to our September 15 2020 edition of Spy Movie News with latest updates on Mission Impossible 7, Red Notice, Five Eyes, Tenet, The Duke, No Time to Die – and some Idris Elba and spy industry news!
Join Tom and Dan & special guest host Vicki Hodges (from the UK) as we discuss the gadgets in ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE and LIVE AND LET DIE – and some Bond movie locations that have been visited and celebrities met!
NO SPOILERS! SpyMovieNavigator’s co-host, Vicki Hodges, lives in the UK and she saw Tenet on opening day there, August 26 2020. Here is a Quick-Fire look at the movie, with NO SPOILERS!
Updates on Mission: Impossible 7 and No Time to Die as of August 1st 2020. The news is a moving target and when there is something to report worthwhile, we will do a short and quick podcast on it.
Join Dan and Tom as they spend a couple of hours with Roberto Schaefer, ASC, AIC – Director of Photography for Quantum of Solace! Roberto has been the Director of Photography on some great films, including Finding Neverland, Monster’s Ball, Stay and many other great films. This is Part 1 of a 2-part podcast.
Join Dan and Tom as they dive into how Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Cary Fukunaga team up with two different backgrounds on NO TIME TO DIE. Will this team work?
Join Dan and Tom on their Cracking the Code of Spy Movies show. In this episode, they uncover some hidden connections in this fun comedy/spy movie for the whole family, The Spy Next Door!
Join Dan and Tom and they literally mix some Bond cocktails as they discuss the wide variety of drinks of James Bond in the Ian Fleming novels.
Join Dan and Tom as they are Cracking the Code of Spy Movies. Today they navigate through part 2 of the 1959 Alfred Hitchcock classic, NORTH BY NORTHWEST.
Join Dan and Tom as they are Cracking the Code of Spy Movies. Today they navigate through part 1 of the 1959 Alfred Hitchcock classic, NORTH BY NORTHWEST.
In our new segment, Opinions of Real Spy Movie Fans, we talk to a bunch of real people who attended C2E2 about what spy movies they like!
Join Tom and Dan for part 2 as they go gold mining for the unique elements and special highlights of Goldfinger, and how other spy movies and real-world events affected Goldfinger, in the James Bond podcast, All That Glitters – the Gold in Goldfinger!
Join Tom and Dan as we go gold mining for the unique elements and special highlights of Goldfinger, and how other spy movies and real-world events affected Goldfinger, in the James Bond podcast, All That Glitters – the Gold in Goldfinger!
This is Part 1 of a 2-part podcast!
Join Dan and Tom as they dive into the latest James Bond, No Time To Die trailer that appeared as an ad on the Oscars, February 9, 2020!
Today we look at the strengths and weaknesses of some of the speculative scenarios that are possible directions for EON to take on the James Bond movie, No Time to Die. What are the potential character plot twists that might unfold in No Time To Die? We’ll look at Nomi, Bond, Leiter, and Swann.
Dan and Tom examine the latest James Bond, NO TIME TO DIE trailer basically frame by frame, and look for clues as to what changes might be coming, and the nuances of the shots included in the trailer, compared with the first trailer.
Join Dan and Tom as they are cracking the code of spy movies!
Here, we’re taking a close look at the 1936 Alfred Hitchcock movie, Secret Agent, its influence on future spy movies, and how sometimes being a secret agent is not that secret!
Join Dan and Tom – as Dan details the fascinating SPYSCAPE Spy Museum in New York City and interviews Ian Oldaker, the museum GM, as they tour the museum.
Join Dan and Tom as we explore No Time To Die and see why James Bond will survive his next mission, looking back at how changing the Coca-Cola formula in 1985 is similar to the formula change that is being attempted with the Bond franchise!
The latest animated spy movie just released. It’s called Spies in Disguise. Tom and Dan Crack the Code of this spy movie and look at it’s relationship to other spy movies.
Join Tom and Dan in our 2019 wrap-up podcast of our Cracking the Code of Spy Movies show! Here, we include clips from all of our 2019 podcasts – take a listen, find ones that interest you and subscribe (free) to our Cracking the Code of Spy Movies show and listen to the full episodes! We end the episode with a look ahead at the spy movies we are anticipating in 2020.
Join Dan and Tom for Part Two of their journey to The Lilly Library at Indiana University in the USA, as they examine, in-person, all of these wonderful James Bond masterpieces, gaining some insight into the novels and into Ian Fleming’s way of writing!
Join Dan and Tom for Part One of their journey to The Lilly Library at Indiana University in the USA, as they examine, in-person, all of these wonderful James Bond masterpieces, gaining some insight into the novels and into Ian Fleming’s way of writing!
Join Tom and Dan in Cracking the Code of Spy Movies! Here we take a Quick-Fire look at the December 2019 trailer for No Time To Die and speculate as to what it all means.
Join Tom and Dan in Cracking the Code of Spy Movies! Here we take a Quick-Fire look at the new 2019 movie, Charlie’s Angels and analyze its originality, what movies influenced it and what the overall impression is.
Every other spy movie franchise loathes and despises James Bond 007 – and the EON Productions 50+ years of success. Why?
Join Tom and Dan as they investigate why James Bond still tops Mission: Impossible, Bourne and what about George Smiley?
Have you ever thought about how events in the real world and other movies could affect and work their way into some of our favorite spy movies? Well, think about it a minute because that’s what we are going to explore today on Spy Movie Navigator.
This is part 2 of the series.
Have you ever thought about how events in the real world and other movies could affect and work their way into some of our favorite spy movies? Well, think about it a minute because that’s what we are going to explore today on Spy Movie Navigator.
Join Dan and Tom as they explore the unique connections between spy movies and the real-world impact on what goes into a spy movie! This is Part 1 of a multi-part series!
If you have any suggestions on what to include in a future podcast, send them to Dan@SpyMovieNavigator.com
His World Never Dies: The Evolution of James Bond by Dave Holcomb – is a new book on James Bond which we found to be a nice read. Dave weaves a story on how Bond has evolved over the decades with some unique insights, a treatment of masculinity, sexism, race, and a concept called the History Gyre.
Join Dan and Tom as they interview the author!
How would you feel about a love affair between the US and Russia in 1963? Well, it wasn’t likely, as then the United States was as far as it could be, From Russia With Love. James Bond at his best!
Join Dan and Tom as they search for the love in From Russia With Love! This is Part 2 of a 2 Part show on From Russia With Love.
How would you feel about a love affair between the US and Russia in 1963? Well, it wasn’t likely, as then the United States was as far as it could be, From Russia With Love. Join James Bond at his best!
Join Dan and Tom as they search for the love in From Russia With Love!
Eon Productions film, Licence to Kill was filmed, in part, in Key West, Florida in the USA. Spy Movie Navigator took a trip to Key West to see what the locations from the movie look like today.
Join Dan and Tom as they navigate the Key West streets and harbors and get an updated look at these sites.
Eon Productions film, Goldfinger was filmed, in part, in Miami Florida in the USA. Spy Movie Navigator took a trip to Miami to see what the locations from the movie look like today.
Join Dan and Tom as they navigate the Miami streets and get an updated look at these sites.
The 39 Steps, directed by Alfred Hitchcock is considered by many to the first spy movie ever made! If you came to our site as a Bond, Bourne, Hunt, Smiley, or other spy movie fan, you might not have seen this film.
Join Dan Silvestri and Tom Pizzato as they examine how The 39 Steps, considered by many to be the first spy movie, has influenced other spy movies that came after it. We’ll also look at what happenings in the real world that influenced this spy movie.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Ian Fleming created some of the best known literary characters this world has ever known. Both Sherlock Holmes and James Bond made the leap from the pages of novels and short stories to the big screen – and nothing has been the same ever since.
Join Dan and Tom as they take a look at how these two literary characters have changed the world of fiction writing.
James Bond is to spies what Sherlock Holmes is to detectives! Let’s journey into this dark London world together and see what clues we can find!
Dr. No, EON Productions first James Bond movie based on Ian Fleming’s sixth James Bond 007 novel gets a big YES from movie-goers at the time of release in 1962, and has been a staple of Bond movies ever since.
Join Dan and Tom as they examine how this seminal film set the stage for spy movies to come.
Join Dan Silvestri and Tom Pizzato us as they delve into Mission: Impossible 1 and see what this franchise is all about and how it will continue to grow and challenge other spy movie franchises, like Bond and Bourne.
Find out what we are doing at SpyMovieNavigator.com and how we are building a Worldwide Community of Spy Movie Fans!
Dan Silvestri and Tom Pizzato explain the roots of SpyMovieNavigator and how this whole thing got started, and how we are looking to you, our users and listeners, to contribute your ideas, discussions, photos, videos and more to this new community!
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Join Dan, Tom and Vicky as we kick off our series into the pre-title sequences of spy movies, with FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE! We’ll dive into the statuary in the garden, the importance of every sound we hear and lots more. Subscribe to our Cracking the Code of Spy Movies podcast show through your favorite…
Join Dan and Tom as they discuss the press briefing for “The Ipcress File “TV series through ITV Studios, with the actors, director & more!
Join us for a charming talk with Brigitte Millar, who played Dr. Vogel in SPECTRE and in No Time to Die! Brigitte has some great insights into the Bond movies! We show you her work as she describes it.
In this video Andrew Bustamante, a former CIA spy, talks with us about the differences between real spies and movie spies!
Join us as we go On Location to the estate with Draco’s mansion and Bull Ring in ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE. We look at it in the movie, and what it looks like today.
Dan and Tom visited the Palacio des Marqueses Fronteira in Lisbon, Portugal. This 3-minute video gives you a look at what this Palace and its garden looked like in both the movie and in 2017.
In this video, we look at the findings from Matt Sherman’s most recent tour to Las Vegas to examine the filming locations for Diamonds Are Forever.
Today we talk with a weapons expert, Tom Whiteman of Legacy Collectibles – all about Major Boothroyd’s weapon of choice for James Bond!
From Rocket Guns to Little Nellie: This video examines all of the gadgets used in the James Bond movie YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE!
From Rocket Belts to Underwater Breathers, this video takes a look at all of the gadgets used in the James Bond movie THUNDERBALL.
Join Dan, Tom and Vicky as they dive into the gadgets in the James Bond movie, THUNDERBALL! Are there really rebreathers?!
Join Tom and Vicky as have a no-spoiler discussion about the major release from Marvel, BLACK WIDOW which is out in theaters now, and steaming through Disney+ for subscribers who pay extra to see at release time.
Funerals, coffins, knives, and snakes! Ambassadors, jazz, heroin, and voodoo rituals! And where is Bond?? Let’s dig in and decode the pre-title sequence to LIVE AND LET DIE!
Japan, mud baths, a “new” Bond, and Blofeld’s death! We decode the Diamonds Are Forever! pre-title sequence in this video.
Join Dan, Vicky, and Tom as they talk with four members of the Spy Movie Navigator’s Worldwide Community of Spy Movie Fans Facebook group about their favorite James Bond movies.
Join Dan, Tom & Vicky as they decode the pre-title sequence of YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE! This video includes clips and images from a number of movies.
In this 7 1/2 minute video podcast, we look into the 2019 spy movie for kids, Spies in Disguise and point out why it has a rating of PG.
Join Dan and Tom as they unmask and decode the pre-title sequence in Mission Impossible (1) from 1996!
Join Dan Silvestri, Tom Pizzato, and Vicky Hodges from Spy Movie Navigator, as they are Cracking the Code of the pre-title sequence in Thunderball.
Join Dan, Tom and Vicky as we dig for the gold in the pre-title sequence of GOLDFINGER!
Join Dan, Tom, Vicky, and our special guest, Joe Pappalardo as we crack the code of the gadgets in DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER!
Join Dan and Tom as they take a deep dive into the James Bond 1965 film, THUNDERBALL, starring Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Adolfo Celi. Part 2 picks up with the flight of the Vulcan with the nukes! Interesting trivia facts & insights!
Join Dan and Tom as they take a deep dive into the James Bond 1965 film, THUNDERBALL, starring Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Adolfo Celi.
Join Dan and Tom as they go on-sight to a fabulous move collectibles shop and warehouse and interview the owner, Cory Glaberson, who has sold stuff to some high-profile people around the world.
SpyMovieNavigator.com’s Cracking the Code of Spy Movies podcast looks deep into the lyrics of the release title song for No Time To Die, by Billie Eilish. We look at the main key it is written in and look at the lyrics and what they may portend for the movie! Please hit the Subscribe button! Subscribe…
Join Dan (Tom’s was on vacation during recording!) as he looks at some of the collectibles that SpyMovieNavigator owns from some of the James Bond movies! And the collectible concept from screen-used props, props made for films but maybe not used on-screen, and reproductions!
Lasers have been used in lots of spy movies. They can enhance a scene and are often used as cutting or security devices. For instance, the first use of a laser in a spy movie is in the third James Bond movie, Goldfinger. Who developed the first laser? We’ll cover that to understand the timeline…
Do you remember the famous Mission: Impossible vault scene? Ethan Hunt is lowered into the vault from the ceiling. He must deal with alarms and sensors. Where did they get that idea? SpyMovieNavigator.com examines this famous vault scene. The scene obviously pays homage to the 1955 movie Rififi and the 1964 movie Topkapi. Therefore, we…
Join us On-Location in Miami to follow Oddjob’s ride with Mr. Solo to his “pressing engagement” in the 1964 movie, Goldfinger. We’ll see the track they took and what it looks like now.
Check out this video with a glimpse into the SPYSCAPE Museum in New York, New York. You’ll see some of the exhibits and hear about the museum. Plus, if you’ve ever wanted to see a Enigma, we’ll show you the one they have at SPYSCAPE.
Come with us as we see where Oddjob takes the car with Mr. Solo to get crushed in Goldfinger. We’ll see what it looks like now.
This is the church where Della and Felix get married in Licence to Kill. It is where Felix and 007 parachute in for the ceremony after capturing Franz Sanchez. This basilica is located in Key West in Florida (US).
This is Felix Leiter’s house in Licence to Kill. This is where Felix and Della’s wedding reception is held and where Della is killed. This house is in Key West in the Florida (US) keys. Notice the address marker on the house.
This is the house where Lupe gets caught with her lover in Licence to Kill. It is where Sanchez tells his henchman to “give her his heart”. The house is just outside the Sugarloaf Shores airport in the Florida (US) Keys.
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