How Terence Young Made James Bond

Having previously besmirsched the name of the great director Terence Young, I attempt to seek redemption in this video by highlighting how Young's filmmaking in Dr. No, From Russia with Love, and Thunderball helped define 007. Without Young, neither the character of James Bond nor the series on the whole would be the same.

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Works Cited:

Inside Dr. No. Directed by John Cork. 2000.
Inside From Russia with Love. Directed by John Cork. 2000.
The Making of Thunderball. Directed by John Cork. 1995.
Terence Young: Bond Vivant. Directed by John Cork. 2000.
The Incredible World of James Bond. Directed by Jack Haley Jr. 1965.

Music Featured:

Facing It by Komiku
Setup With an E
Golden Sphere by ROZKUL
Both Flanks by Small Colin
Carnival by smallertide
The Wind by Komiku
Love Him by Loyalty Freak Music
Symphony No. 1: Hope? by Steve Combs
Escaping Like Indiana Jones by Komiku

More Eyebrow Cinema:

[DamnFoolIdealisticCrusader]

I appreciate you making a video entirely about Young, whose importance can never be over stressed and sadly is rarely mentioned let alone understood by anyone in this day and age. Without Young there simply would be no series. After Goldfinger the paradigm shifted and we have had the Young vs Hamilton approach ever since in how people approach Bond stories.
I would point out two other key members of the original team as being vital to the series identity and success: Norman Wanstall for his sound effects/design and Ted Moore who never gets credit for giving Bond its visual identity and has never been equaled by anyone since. Young found a perfect relationship with Peter Hunt and it is Hunt’s revolutionary editing that enforces the Young style and gives the films their unmistakable energy.

[timonsteup]

Here's a little fun fact: Terence Young's first directing effort was Corridor of Mirrors in 1948 which incidentally was also Christopher Lee's first feature film, who would later play the villain Francisco Scaramanga in The Man With the Golden Gun (1974). Small world.

[ausmurray]

Massive fan of Terence Young’s direction. From Russia With Love & Thunderball are my two favourite Bond films.

[RetroCrisis]

Well done for highlighting Young's unseen role in the history of James Bond

[SnapperChannel]

Having marathoned all the Bond movies back in March-April (minus the Craig ones), this video really helped bring perspective to how filmmakers are so important in making a franchise. Without Terrance Young, Bond and Sean Connery would most likely not be as popular as they are today. He helped create the franchise to what it is. Goldfinger might be the movie that established the Bond formula, but Young helped pave the way for it. Also, I agree that From Russia From Love is one of the best Bond movies.

In a year where we lost Connery and No Time To Die was delayed, I’m glad you’ve managed to make some great Bond content to make up for it. Great video once again Dan.

[thesplendor]

Nicely done. Love the way you pointed out the peculiarities of Young's filmmaking.

[gambitfoLife]

He rightfully created a persona for Sean Connery's James Bond.

[jonhazin]

Looking at the Bond films through their directors is such an underrated avenue for analysis, especially for the pre-Brosnan films. Young, Guy Hamilton, Peter Hunt (kind of Young 2.0, honestly), Lewis Gilbert and John Glen are so distinct in style and tone, but still form something of a cohesive franchise. Martin Campbell and Sam Mendes are interesting too, for a more modern perspective. Any chance you'd look at some other Bond directors? Love the video!

[Petrospect]

I left the Bond front years ago but I'm happy to see someone who cares as much as I did.
Makes me glad to see someone actually worthy is still interested in it.
This and the Great Bondian Crisis just made me smile.
Keep it up man.

[dragonskunkstudio]

Here's a little fun fact: 7:54 Sean Connery was deadly afraid of spiders, so they put a pane of glass between them and used a stunt double for the arm crawl scene.

[MoviesILoveandsocanyou]

Really can’t get enough of the in-the-weeds commentary/analysis of the editing and shot selection

[LCCRJB]

So true. Young also has to be credited for modeling young Connery like him, teaching how to dress, move and speak elegantly, giving him his own impeccable look by taking him to his own tailor, Anthony Sinclair, and shirtmaker, Turnbull&Asser, basically dressing Connery’s Bond like himself.

[SmartCookie]

Another great video. I've just watched on your insights on Peter Hunt and OHMSS and thoroughly enjoyed that, too. I've seen a helluva lot of documentaries on Bond, but I like the way you uncover another hidden meaning within Thunderball and others that they missed. Bravo.

[MrRinato]

At the beginning of this video, I'm thinking about which Sean Connery's bond movie I like the most. The answer is From Russia with Love. I know I like the train fight but one scene surely wasn't enough for me to like the whole movie, I couldn't really figure out the reasons why. Until I watched your explanation about how it's being more Hitchcockian suspense. It's pretty much sums up my thought exactly! Great video!

[cpiper]

Spot on! Especially the final bit! LOL I think it's safe to say that Terrence Young had the same affect on Sean Connery's career as Sergio Leone and Don Siegel had on Clint Eastwood's.

[ChrisMaxfieldActs]

That's quite a mea culpa. I'm sure Young would have appreciated this.

[necros]

Excellent Video! As suggested by others, would be interesting to see analysis of some of the other Bond directors

[j.wilsoncork]

Always nice to see the special features material from the DVDs / Blu-rays regurgitated. A few small notes: Bond is wearing swim trunks in the scene with Sylvia Trench at the start of FRWL. His radiotelephone was far from science fiction. The system was launched in the UK in 1959. Len Deighton had one in his car. He did a draft of the From Russia with Love script, and this is likely the only part of the film that traces back to him.

[StephanieManley]

I have really enjoyed your videos on the James Bond movies!

[DwRockett]

I must admit, I’m not sure I’ve ever clicked on a video so quickly