Cracking the Code of 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! Happy New Year and thank you to all our listeners around the world!  We are humbled that our spy movie community...

Dan and Tom of SpyMovieNavigator.com, had the privilege of examining 11 of Ian Fleming's original James Bond manuscripts – his actual typed pages, with hand-written edits in the margins, crossed-out sections, add-ins and more!  You can see where he changes a name we all know, and then – there it is in the final published version of the novel! Come with us to The Lilly Library at Indiana University...

Join Tom and Dan as we crack the code on the trailer for No Time to Die ! We'll talk about the key scenes in the trailer, if they create interest and intrigue, and we look at "the bell-" yep, there is a bell we think might be important as well as a few other significant shots. Subscribe to our channel, Cracking the Code of Spy Movies! All Podcasts: http://bit.ly/31w8oer

Dan and Tom of SpyMovieNavigator.com, had the privilege of examining 11 of Ian Fleming's original James Bond manuscripts – his actual typed pages, with hand-written edits in the margins, crossed-out sections, add-ins and more!  You can see where he changes a name we all know, and then – there it is in the final published version of the novel! Come with us to The Lilly Library at Indiana University...

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.  This is a fun exploration, so join us now! A Listener:  "Im done watching it, it was lit💜 you guys nailed it!" SpyMovieNavigator.com is looking at new spy movies, Bond, Bourne, Miss...

Join Tom and Dan as they investigate why Bond still tops Mission: Impossible, Bourne and what about George Smiley.   Every other spy movie franchise loathes and despises James Bond 007 – and the EON Productions 50+ years of success.  Why?  Because no other franchise, let alone spy movie franchise, has survived and thrived for over 50 years on the big screen, in books and novelizations.  Bond is Bi...

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 spy movie!  This is Part 2 of...

Is the world enough?  Spy movies have always looked for real-world inspirations to incorporate into their spy movies!   The Duke of Wellington makes an appearance in Dr. No,  James Bond, in the pre-title to Goldfinger, removes his wet suit to reveal a perfectly neat & crisp white dinner jacket & bow tie . . .  this came right out of a real World War II operation!  Who was the real spy? Fake deaths...

Interview with : His World Never Dies: The Evolution of James Bond author, Dave Holcomb  - Book is a nice read and in this podcast we interview the author! We read a lot of books on spies – real spies and movie spies – so we can gain a little more insight into the spy movies that we are having fun with.   This book looks at Bond from a unique vantage point.  Kind of a cool title considering the EO...

Join Tom and Dan as they compare From Russia With Love to real world events and its relationship to other spy movies!  This is Part 2 or a 2 Part show on From Russia With Love. When Ian Fleming wrote  From Russia With Love , the Soviet Union had not yet launched Sputnik, the first satellite ever put into space. But by October 4th, 1957, Sputnik was successfully launched which began the official sp...

Join Tom and Dan as they compare From Russia With Love to real world events and its relationship to other spy movies!  This is Part 1 of a 2 Part show on From Russia With Love. When Ian Fleming wrote  From Russia With Love , the Soviet Union had not yet launched Sputnik, the first satellite ever put into space. But by October 4th, 1957, Sputnik was successfully launched which began the official sp...

SpyMovieNavigator took a trip to Florida in the USA to visit filming location sites for Goldfinger (Miami) and for Licence to Kill (in Key West Florida).   Here in part two, we look at all the filming locations for Licence to Kill - a great bond film!  We visit 7 Mile Bridge, the airport where Sanchez lands his plane, and then escapes, the church where Felix Leiter and Della are married, Felix Lei...

SpyMovieNavigator took a trip to Florida in the USA to visit filming location sites for Goldfinger (Miami) and for Licence to Kill (in Key West Florida).   Here in part one, we look at the Fontainebleau Resort where Bond is vacationing after a mission,  Oddjobs route to the "airport" with Mr. Solo, Felix Leiter and Simmons waiting location at a KFC, and finally the iron and metal yard where Mr. So...

The 39 Steps,  directed by Alfred Hitchcock is considered by many to be the first spy movie ever made!  If you came to our site as a Bond, Bourne, Hunt, Smiley, or other spy fan, you might not have seen this film. Released in 1935, this movie sets the table for future spy movies to come. From helicopter chases and train chases to pursuit through unknown lands, this film is a must for all spy movie...

Sherlock Bond?   James Holmes?  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! Today, we're going to do some sleuthing around London – well, metaphorically that is!  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Ian Fleming created some of the best known literary characters this world has ever known.   Both Sherlock Ho...

Is it an Impossible task to bring a successful tv show to film?   Come with us as we dissect the first Mission: Impossible movie! For the most part, Spy Movies have had their origin from books:  James Bond, Bourne Identity, Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan stories, John Le Carre's books, etc.   However, in 1996, Paramount Pictures and Cruise/Wagner Productions, released the first film of the Mission: Imposs...

Dr. No , EON Productions first James Bond film based on Ian Fleming's sixth James Bond 007 novel gets a big YES from movie-goers at the time of release in 1962, even more so now, and has been a staple of Bond films ever since.   Dr. No is Dr. Yes for spy movie fans, and new spy movie fans who are focused on Bourne and Mission: Impossible and more recent Bond films with Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Cr...

SpyMovieNavigator.com is The Worldwide Community of Spy Movie Fans - Spy Movie Podcasts, Videos, Discussions and more! In this episode, we talk about why we started SpyMovieNavigator and how spy movie fans can get something out of our podcasts,  website and social media, and how spy movie fans can contribute their ideas, articles, comments, photos and videos to our growing spy movie fan community!...