He’s suave. He’s debonaire. He’s…drunk?
If ever there was a man who could leap tall villains in a single car, aided by all of those wonderful toys, surrounded by wonder women, and look both manly and elegant while doing so, with a drink in one hand and a gun in the other, that man is 007.
Have you ever wondered just what he was drinking while he saved the world, time after time? We have the answers, illustrated, movie by movie, by the numbers.
Some highlights:
From Russia With Love: In this film James has a total of 9 units of alcohol, but he was in a sharing mood, as he shared two bottles of Tattinger and a bottle of Raki. Who could forget SPECTRE’s assassin Klebb, the old lady with the poisoned toe-spike.
Goldfinger: The third in the James Bond film series. Here James drank 6.7 units of alcohol, maybe he was still feeling the effects from the 9 units he had in From Russia With Love. He did have quite a varied selection of drinks from a Mint Julep, to two glasses of red wine, next was three glasses of brandy, and one Vodka Martini. This Bond film ranks up there for most fans as it had the famous Aston Martin DB5, a woman who gets completely painted in gold, and the beefy bodyguard Oddjob and his “don’t lose your head” hat. Oh yes, there also is Miss Pussy Galore.
Some highlights:
The Spy Who Loved Me: While never a teetotal, Bond had only seven units of alcohol in this film. He had a Vodka Martini, and shares a bottle of Dom Perignon 53. This Bond film had James driving a submarine car and also had the villain “Jaws”.
A View To A Kill: This was the last Bond film to start Roger Moore, who again had 8.1 units of alcohol in the film. Christopher Walken played the villain Max Zorin. Zorin’s evil plan was to destroy Silicon Valley in an earthquake. To steady his nerves throughout the film Bond drank a glass of Bollinger 75, two glasses of Champagne, and shared two bottles of red wine.
Some highlights:
Tomorrow Never Dies: In this Bond film a “psychopathic media mogul plans to provoke global war to boast sales and ratings of his news divisions.” You just cannot make this stuff up….wait…they did. In this film Bond must have been stressed as he drank a total of 12.4 units of alcohol. He drank a shared bottle of Champagne, a glass of Bourbon, a Vodka Martini, half a bottle of Smirnoff Red.
Skyfall: One of the best Bond films ever made. The film does not just show Bond as the great spy he is, but also his frailties. One of those being the 9 units of alcohol he drank in the film. These drinks were a bottle of Heinekin, a Vodka Martini, one “scorpion” shot, a shared bottle of Champagne, three glasses of Whiskey and a shot of MaCallan ( I wonder what expression?). This film also has one of the better villains as an “ex-MI6 operative-turned-cyberterrorist” is played by Javier Bardem.
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