Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond (2014)

Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond (2014) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
180 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Documentary
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2014 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Mat Whitecross

Written By:
John Brownlow
Don MacPherson

Actors:
Dominic Cooper ..... Ian Fleming (4 episodes, 2014)
Lara Pulver ..... Ann O'Neill (4 episodes, 2014)
Samuel West ..... Rear Admiral John Godfrey (4 episodes, 2014)
Anna Chancellor ..... Second Officer Monday (4 episodes, 2014)
Rupert Evans ..... Peter Fleming (4 episodes, 2014)
Lesley Manville ..... Evelyn Fleming (4 episodes, 2014)
Pip Torrens ..... Esmond Rothermere (4 episodes, 2014)
Camilla Rutherford ..... Loelia, Duchess of Westminster (4 episodes, 2014)
Annabelle Wallis ..... Muriel Wright (2 episodes, 2014)
Dean Lennox Kelly ..... Sergeant Dixon (2 episodes, 2014)
Stanley Townsend ..... Colonel William Donovan (2 episodes, 2014)
Antonia Thomas ..... Jazz Singer (2 episodes, 2014)
Tom Whitecross ..... Dorchester Singer (2 episodes, 2014)
Lee Asquith-Coe ..... Marine Cowie (2 episodes, 2014)

Synopsis:

In London, 1938, Ian Fleming is a dissolute playboy, eclipsed by his dead war hero father and successful brother. While propping up the bar at a jazz club, he meets Ann O'Neill, an alluring socialite. Unlike many of his conquests, Ann is more than a match for him. She already has a husband and a lover, Esmond Rothermere. Fleming finds solace in the arms of a beautiful dispatch rider named Muriel. Following a frosty morning-after encounter with Muriel, Fleming's domineering mother secures him a job assisting Naval Intelligence's Admiral John Godfrey. He quickly incurs Godfrey's wrath when he cooks up an unorthodox scheme to get information from two captured German submariners. However, Fleming's valuable findings make it apparent that an imaginative approach could be just what the war effort requires.

Season 1
Episode #1.1 S1, Ep1 29 Jan. 2014
In London, 1938, Ian Fleming is a dissolute playboy, eclipsed by his dead war hero father and successful brother. While propping up the bar at a jazz club, he meets Ann O'Neill, an alluring socialite. Unlike many of his conquests, Ann is more than a match for him. She already has a husband and a lover, Esmond Rothermere. Fleming finds solace in the arms of a beautiful dispatch rider named Muriel. Following a frosty morning-after encounter with Muriel, Fleming's domineering mother secures him a job assisting Naval Intelligence's Admiral John Godfrey. He quickly incurs ...
Episode #1.2 S1, Ep2 5 Feb. 2014
A mischievous Ann invites Fleming to Esmond's birthday party, and although Fleming has brought Muriel as his date, sexual chemistry sizzles between them. Meanwhile, France is looking like it's about to crumble against Nazi forces. Office bound and desperate to be a man of action, Fleming urgently tries to persuade Godfrey to send him to France to oversee the destruction of secret files at one of their bureaus. To his surprise, Godfrey accepts. Fleming sets-off on his mission, but when unexpected obstacles arise, how will he handle the dangerous consequences?
Episode #1.3 S1, Ep3 12 Feb. 2014
While training at a camp in Canada (Camp X), the Americans ask Fleming to use his talents to write a blueprint for a Central Intelligence Agency. On his return to London, Fleming persuades Godfrey to form the 30 Assault Unit - a group of the toughest soldiers prepared to play dirty, with Fleming serving as commanding officer. He believes the new unit of Intelligence Commandos is the key to beating the Nazis. Meanwhile, Fleming continues his relationship with Ann, but refuses to consider taking it to the next level, while Rothermere makes it clear he intends to win her...
Episode #1.4 S1, Ep4 19 Feb. 2014
The war is nearly over, but Fleming is convinced the Nazis are hiding nuclear plans and that the British need to find them before the Russians. Finally, Fleming is granted permission to go to Germany to attempt to retrieve the plans. He succeeds in tracking down the documents, but comes face to face with The Werewolves (renegade German soldiers who will die before giving up the cause). Back in London, celebrations are underway, but the arrival of peace also means wartime relationships will have to be reassessed. Will Fleming and Ann finally find a way to be together?

Ian Fleming hasn't been much of a success so far in life, at least in the eyes of his demanding mother. He works as a financial adviser and lives in the shadow of his brother Paul, a successful writer. It's the summer of 1939 and his mother arranges through her friend Winston Churchill for Fleming to receive some type of appointment to the Royal Navy. He's appointed as assistant to Admiral John Godfrey, Director of Naval Intelligence and soon shows some flair for the work they have to do. His private life is a mess however. He drinks and smokes too much and is always short of money. He also has his eye on a married woman, Ann O'Neil.

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