I am now in my 70's and have seen all of the Bond films in the cinema as they were released. This one was the only one where l returned to the cinema for a second viewing . I also bought the sound track to it. In life we all need a good laugh and this provided one. PROFESSOR KEN.

The way to understand this film is to remember that the 1967 "Casino Royale" was created by hiring five directors to shoot films with lots of great actors and no script. Then, after realizing they had hours and hours of meaningless junk, one director shot more footage to get the story to make sense -- that included the early scenes in Scotland.

Fun fact: Feldman originally wanted to hire Connery, who said that he'd do the job, but only for 1 million dollars. The former thought it was too much and this was the result. Years later, Feldman told Connery it would've been cheaper just to pay him the money.

The ending sequence is one of the most beautiful things I've ever witnessed

As batshit as this entire mess is, the East Berlin spy school really is a masterclass in surreal expressionism; the nightmare behind every door scenario, enforced by in-camera tricks, jarring lighting, and theatrical set design feels like a David Lynch short film

This film is a complete glorious wonderful garbage fantastic mess. I love it.

I'm truly amazed that anyone could take this film so seriously! It is quite enjoyable for what it is - a total mess of a time capsule of 60s pop psychedelic images, probably best enjoyed whilst chemically altered. The music by Burt Bacharach is delightful, you get to watch tons of famous actors being incredibly silly, and it's visually quite fun. Peter Sellers walked out part way through, so some of the most perplexing bits are just the producers trying to salvage something of the odd bits of film with him - possibly just him improvising out of character. There is really no point in trying to make sense of it, it's something to sit back and let wash over you if you are in the right mood and took the right substances beforehand.

Say hello to the film that started that completely bogus "James Bond is only a Codename" theory

"Remember: forget everything that I've told you." This film's plot in one sentence.

Calvin perfectly captures the bonkers experience of watching Casino Royale 1967. But I can never hate this 30-car-pile-up of a movie. I dunno, blame it on Burt Bacharach.

I do admit I actually quite like Herb Alpert's theme to this film. It's annoyingly catchy, but it's still a funky song

The extended reviews of this film are among the most entertaining reviews of any films ever made. Partly, that's because in reviews, you only take out little chunks of the film being reviewed - and "Casino Royale" is made of absolutely stellar and iconic chunks. Of course, those chunks fit together in the actual film in a completely haphazard manner - but the chunks themselves are absolutely brilliant. I'll give an example: The "Look of Love" sequence in "Casino Royale" is absolutely astonishing. I might go so far as to say it is the first modern music video, and worlds better than the videos The Beatles were putting out at the same time. But in terms of fitting in with the rest of the film.... it didn't. "Casino Royale" is like walking through a mall, you go to a camera store, then a shoe store, then a jeans shop.... at the end, you've hit everything, but they were all completely different experiences that together created a nice afternoon.

My mom and I watched this move so many times when I was a little girl! As soon as I hear the music I'm transported. I, too, was more than a little in love with Joanna Pettet. I was heartbroken when she cut her hair.

It's like the often-understated inspiration for the Austin Powers franchise.

The power of Bond's Thunderballs is enormous!

If I wanted to have a trip without actually taking acid, I think this film should suffice.

Probably the best Calvin Dyson review ever.

It is kinda ridiculous to think that a mess like this one had the highest budget of a Bond film until Moonraker.

This film is INSANE.

French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo is in the opening credits, but has only a 20-second cameo!

The 60s was unique to say the least. A very strange but fun time.

I would like to note that this travesty cost more to make than every 007 film up to Goldeneye, with the one exception of Moonraker. Truly inexplicable.

14:10 Not only did it have six directors, but Woody Allen and Orson Welles were Academy AWard winning directors in their own right!

Holy shit, the editing in this review is absolutely fantastic!

I was old enough to remember enough of the 'vibe' of the 60s to grok this film. It's probably one of my favorite Bond films because Peter Sellers is so insane.

Unironically the bits with Mata Bond infiltrating the Spy School in Berlin is the best part of this movie, just because of how absurd and surreal it is

Incredible cast, great music score, stunning design, I love this gigantic, bloated, tasteless, piece of s--- trainwreck of a movie. It's fascinating to sit through it and watch it unravel before your very eyes. So, yeah, I love every stupid minute of it.

Actually "The Look of Love" was nominated for best original song at the Oscars, it did not however win the award, it lost it to "If I Could Talk to the Animals" from Doctor Dolittle. Sorry for nitpicking, but I couldn't let it go by.

What blew me away was reading that Smersh actually did exist. It was a Russian counter espionage unit which made sure soldiers didn’t retreat during WWII and disbanded around 1945. It is a contraction of Smyert spyonam (spelling?) meaning “death to spies”

I love this movie as a satire and mocking of Bond, it’s lighthearted fun

You had me at "Woody Allen explodes" 🤣

I love this movie so much ) The cast is full of big stars and amazing , one of my fave parts is the George Raft scene at the end of the flick. ( Raft plays himself ) This movie was a huge financial success at the box office and won an Oscar for the music.

I love the hell out of this movie.

The film makes no sense so you just have to go with the flow.....

this film is like when you're a kid and you threw together all the weirdest combinations of all the food you can find in the house and dare your friends to eat it..

I just remembered a song that was playing at the end of this movie. It went, "7 James Bonds at Casino Royale..." Sean Connery, David Navin, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Peirce Brosnan, Daniel Craig. It's not inaccurate.

ITV1 here in the UK just showed this film (05/06/2021at 10:20pm) and I have to say that although it's incredibly cheesy, it was a guilty pleasure to watch with a few drinks going and a nice distracter from Covid, plus it's kind of touching that a mainstream channel still shows the film in 2021; an age where most young people have to stay at home, can't be out clubbing and you'd think that the channel wouldn't dream of putting it on for them. Total Respect for them appreciating classic films!

Kind shame they turned the 1967 Casino Royale movie into spoof when the EON films became success. The film has few moments were you wonder where this film might have gone if they had decided to to make serious 1960's spy film.

I kind of wonder how this movie would have turned out if Blake Edwards was in charge. It could be me but I feel his movie "The Pink Panther Strikes Again" is a Bond parody of sorts. Just take away the fact that Peter Sellers is a Detective instead of a Spy and you have a bond parody.

The kicker is...it's implied in this movie that the Connery Bond is Sir James' "replacement". Sir James expresses contempt for his replacement's womanizing ways. Which means...oh, dear Lord, this is where that whole stupid "codename theory" got started! Oh, well, at least this movie gave us "The Look Of Love."

Fun fact: When not adjusted for inflation, this is the lowest grossing film to feature the James Bond character. It even holds a Guinness World Record for it.

I remember watching this on TV once - the only thing I remember are the bagpipes, the wtf ending and the confusion I felt. I'm happy I'm not the only one who felt completely lost while watching it, you got a new subscriber!

This movie is like the fanfiction I used to plan with my friends in high school. Less a coherent story, more a framing device for gags and jokes, except at some point there are so many bits and unconnected absurd bits that the framing device collapses, and the gags are there in a bid to distract you from that fact.

by the standards of most 1960s comedies, this movie was a work of genius

18:07 One of the few moments when I genuinely laughed out loud when watching this movie was the little celebration after Orson Welles' magic act in which the different-colored gels appear, because it feels as if the director is openly mocking Orson Welles and his damn magic demands.

The actor who played Bond here has a striking resemblance to Ian Fleming himself.

I still can not fathom why anyone ever tries to do a meaningful 'serious' critique of this brilliant mess of a movie. It is every bit the mess you say it is, and it is widely loved for it. Anyone who hasn't seen it yet, just watch it and decide. But drop any plans to try to compare it to anything else that's ever been made. It's a totally trippy mess that had 5 directors and tons of awesome stars.

I'm a 60's baby. As disjointed and confusing as this was, I remember loving this film whenever it was shown on Television and the whole family watching it, and also remember my father laughing out loud. It was a crazy, frantic fun mess and definitely a product of its time.

It's a fun slapstick film that's the first to take shots at James Bond and spy genre, which is ripe for parody. It's a Monty Python style comedy which is why you may not find it funny. Absurdism is more important the story. It's a place for characters to run wild and they do. Spies, gadgets, hot babes, and villains. What more could you want?

Having grown up during the 60's and seen this movie at the theater I can tell you that it was not the script but the names of all the famous actors that made people want to see it. And of course the LSD. LOL

I generally like your reviews, Calvin, and here you start off on the right foot, mentioning your age. It's pertinent. The '60's was rife with inanity, movies & television shows that were filled with a series of running sight gags, non-sequitors & sketches epitomized by the wildly popular tv show Laugh In, which was also created in 1967.Granted, the changing line up of directors, the obvious emnity between Sellers & Welles, the LSD, mescaline, dope-soaked atmosphere of the times produced a kind of a dogs breakfast of all sorts of "let's try this- now, let's try that" tactics & effects. The mistake you make is trying to sort through this film, vainly trying to find a rational time line & plot, fueled by artistic integrity. The tenor of the times favored pop art, "if it feels good do it " experimentation, spoof, cartoonish characters, silliness & psychedelic shenanigans. The cameos fit the bill perfectly, as do the lavish sets & costumes, in a time when $ flowed, people lived for the moment, and the future seemed like a fountain of unstoppable fun & frolic, peppered by serious moments prompted by bad "trips" and the devastation fostered by the military/industrial complex.My advice is, don't over think this film, take it with a joint & another tab of your hallucinagen of choice, and enjoy. I'm rather fond of Casiono Royale in a nostalgic way, and just take it for whatever hedonistic pleasures are served up, in a POP ART, tuned-in, turned on, and trippy take of the multiple middle-aged directors trying to dive into the swing of the '60's before the bubble bursts and old age fizzles all the fun.p.s. do try, if you will accept a bit of constructive criticism, to omit the "you know"s from your sentences. Repetion of those words, you know, gets very annoying, you know, as you know, i guess you know.

Wait. Woody Allen as the nephew? That means he was the original James Bond, Jr.! (see cartoon)

Now we know where „Cubby“ Broccoli got the set from Scaramangas shooting range. It was a leftover set desing from Casino Royale. 😂

"are you sure I'm not crowding you...?" hahaha

An epic farce masterpiece.

the behind the scenes drama is more interesting then the movie

In all the viewings I have had over the years, this is the first time that I have noticed _"THE JAMES BOND TOADSTOOL PAT. PENDING"_

It was the 'swinging sixties' and camp was in. You just had to be there and experience it to get it. Regardless, it was a mess and a s#!tshow; Austin Powers precursor.

I Love this mess of a movie probably for all music and its trippy, and the incredible cast. Its had car cases, and gorgeous women, an evil lair, cowboys and indians everything a young boy can be drawn into. As a youngster I couldn't wait to own this film, but as the years have gone by I really do see what a mess it truly is. Nevertheless its near and dear to my heart.

This has been a guilty pleasure action comedy since I was a kid...even when I wasn't sure what the heck it was about. I still like colorful 60s feel. Some people said it made a lot of money, some say otherwise. And some of the prettiest Bond women ever! Especially the exotic Daliah Lavi. Love! 🔥❤️

Let's get Calvin to 10k subs!

Orson Welles was so grossly overweight at this point, he had no capacity to manoeuvre 😂😂

This idea that is an Oscar winning film is even more bizarre than Suicide Squad (2016) winning an Oscar

It’s certainly very much of its time and maybe it’s an absolute mess that hasn’t aged well but I can’t help but really enjoy it, I just think it’s great fun, it’s not supposed to be taken seriously at all and it’s just a laugh so I really like it. Also, I love the soundtrack!

I'll be honest, I've always really liked this movie - it does help, though, if you edit it into the right order, and put the Sellers stuff together as it should be.

Jacqueline Bisset as Miss Goodthighs was a nice moment. Plus the Look of Love.

About its budget, this film had an astronomical budget for its time. Originally approved at $6 million, they somehow managed to double its costs during production for $12 million, which, in 2022 money, is over $100 million. The contemporary Bond films ran up to about $9 million

Cool - looking forward to You Only Live Twice

This is so insane it is actually scary.

It’s like if a pale Monty Python imitation decided to do a Spy film.

I saw this movie when I was 17 and absolutely loved it! At the time, just after “What’s New Pussycat” referenced in the film in a drain hole - that says a lot about what the producers thought about their previous picture with a lot of the same stars - I was then and still am a great James Bond fan having read most of the books before the age of 16! On seeing Casino Royale I wasn’t high well not quite until the end! (Only joking) Still, most of the spoofs are really good and it’s interesting to note that Angela Scoular who plays Buttercup, reappears in a James Bond two years later in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service in the role of Ruby! I also love Bert Bacharach’s music especially played by Herb Alpert! All in all, for me anyway, it was a very enjoyable movie!

The set design for the scene in the spy school is actually pretty clever, using German expressionism for a spy school set in East Berlin. Also there’s a certain amount of irony in the joke about Woody Allen going to hell given the controversies surrounding him later on. But, there was a joke early on about Sean Connery giving up the role in the EON film series (this came out the same year the film that was supposed to be Connery’s last film was released)

Still love this film

I was a bond nut in early 2000s but my interest waned with GoldenEye and Goldfinger as my favorites. Then in 2009 I discovered the 67 Casino Royale on THIS TV and was hooked. I have probably watched this more than any other Bond film in the last ten years. Even through the review I was laughing my ass off at various scenes being showcased.

The Look of Love. How did one of the most beautiful songs ever made come from such an inspid movie such as this?

The lion on the car, and the music playing during it, was a reference to the movie and song 'Born Free' which were very well known at the time.

It made no sense back in 1967 either. After I saw this film, whenever someone would ask me about a recent film I'd say ''They all got killed in the end!". In the 70s this film would turn up regularly on local TV on Saturday/Sunday afternoons. Replacing world leaders with duplicates was also the plot of FUTURE WORLD as well.

I love your reviews Calvin. This updated version is far superior than your previous one. great job. keep on keeping on....

Always remember, there would of not been an Austin Powers series without this movie. I think Mike Myers would admit this.

"shockingly, i was not around in the 1960s" ... I dont think a single person on the planet is shocked about that lol

So what was this movie about?.........................................(the world tries to think of an answer)................................................... ...............................................SEALIONS!!!!

It's a beautiful mess and the Mata Bond scene is pitch perfect -- it's complete expressionism with hilarious parody. And should have been the whole film.

Parts of this film especially when it's at its most insane. Feels like a Monty Python sketch gone wrong.

I'm afraid you're a few decades too young to appreciate this film. It has a delightful period charm - and one of the greatest title tunes in cinema history.

RIP Daliah Lavi

It's the 1960s in a Nutshell It's a series of sketches basically abit like The Seven Deadly Sins film which came a few years later

Bravo, he is a great reviewer given his youth. Excellent

One of your best videos by far. Keep it up, my friend

Thank goodness I grew up during the 60's!

I always liked this movie, mostly because I get the 60's, but I just always thought it was a bit too long. However, I have always loved the theme song. Catchiest thing ever.

The only reason I like this film is it has good music in it

I would say that Petter Sellers would play perfectly as James Bond in the beginning in 1953 when the book was published and I wished Ian Fleming’s novels into an officials films series in the 1950s to 1960s

This film did not win an Academy Award for Best Song . That award was won by " Doctor Dolittle " Talk to the Animals “. Also this film came out in 67 not 66 as is stated . Otherwise a fun review, thanks Calvin .

My favourite bond film. Of course it's absolutely bats over bollocks, that's why it's my favourite!

This movie is so 60's that i'm surprised that Austin Powers didn't time travelled his way into Casino Royale.

This is one of those movies you have to be in the right mood for and just “go with it” as a product of its time. Funny thing is one joke from it was used in the official movies. In the Q scene there a joke about a poison- containing pen being perfect for poison pen letters. In Octopussy, Bond makes the same joke about an acid-containing pen.

I'll be honest, after that last one I had to watch this again for a laugh or two...

I feel like the final fight sequence is director number 6 going ‘look this film is f***ed no matter what I do now… so let’s just have some fun!’

How do I watch your review of You only live twice and On her majesty secret service?

Given that SMERSH was a very real Soviet counter-intelligence service that combated German intelligence efforts in WWII, I have to wonder what its veterans thought of this movie (if they even saw it).