Dr No

We will watch the film Dr No and then do some tasks related to it.

EASY MODEL FOR FILM REVIEW

 

Plot

 

Write and tell us in broad terms about the film's plot

 

Theme

 

Has the film a somewhat consistent theme that it portrays , such as sadness, love, hate , or anything else ?

 

Characters

 

What characters are in the movie ? Who is the protagonist ? Describe the main character's appearance , personality, characteristics , etc. What other main characters are in the film ? Describe some of them , who they are, what they look like , etc. Are they good or evil ? Why did you pick out just them?

 

Geography

 

Where does the film take place ? In one or multiple locations? What does it look like? Is it the real world or fictitious?

 

Time

 

When does the film take place ? Is it the past or present ? Is it a very specific time ? Can you follow everything in chronological order , or does the movie jump forward and backward ?

 

Film technique

 

How does the film begin? Exciting , sad , humorous ? Is there a turning point ? Does it get more and more exciting? Is it a sad or a happy ending ? Does the film have to end when it does , or could it go on and tell you what happened then ?

 

Opinion

 

What did you think of the movie? What thoughts and feelings did you experience? Do you think the filmmaker has a special message with the film, that he would like to say to us, the viewers ? What audience would appreciate this movie: adults, children?

DR NO LINES

 

TRANSLATE THEM INTO SWEDISH!

 

1. Don´t doctor my cards!

 

2. It jammed on your last job.

 

3. Delivery like a brick through a plate glass window.

 

4. If it isn´t my friend what gets addresses mixed. *

 

5. If you likes good eating. *

 

6. Now how´s about it? *

 

7. That´s a naughty little habit, listening at keyholes.

 

8. They are worthless chunks of iron ore.

 

9. I was suspicious at the Queen´s club anyhow.

 

10. It don´t do for a man to tempt providence too often.*

 

11. No, from being a clay pigeon.

 

12. I can assure you my intentions are strictly honourable.

 

13. I´ll take the headlights and tyres.

 

14. They´ve been in the swamp and are contaminated.

 

15. The mud´s soaked into their clothes.

 

16. The whole place is probably wired for sound.

 

 

17. What made us pass out like that?

 

18. Our asylums are full of people who think they´re Napoleon…or God.

 

19. You persist in trying to provoke me.

 

20. Now that you´re here you´d better give us a tow.

 

 

 

DR NO SUMMARY

 

TRANSLATE THE WORDS IN BOLD!

 

John Strangways, the British Intelligence (SIS) Station Chief in Jamaica, is ambushed and killed, and his body taken by a trio of assassins known as the "Three Blind Mice". In response, MI6 agent James Bond – Agent 007, often referred to simply as "Double-oh-seven" – is summoned to the office of his superior, M. Bond is briefed to investigate Strangways' disappearance and to determine whether it is related to his cooperation with the American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on a case involving the disruption of Cape Canaveral rocket launches by radio jamming. Upon his arrival at Kingston Airport, a female photographer tries to take Bond's picture and he is shadowed from the airport by two men. He is picked up by a chauffeur, whom Bond determines to be an enemy agent. Bond instructs him to leave the main road and, after a brief fight, Bond starts to interrogate the driver, who then kills himself with a cyanide-embedded cigarette.

During his investigation in Strangways' house Bond sees a photograph of a boatman with Strangways. Bond locates the boatman, named Quarrel, but finds him to be un-cooperative. Bond also recognises Quarrel to have been the driver of the car that followed him from the airport. Bond follows Quarrel and is about to be beaten by him and a friend when the fight is interrupted by the second man who followed Bond from the airport: he reveals himself to be CIA agent Felix Leiter and explains that not only are the two agents on the same mission, but also that Quarrel is helping Leiter. The CIA has traced the mysterious radio jamming of American rockets to the vicinity of Jamaica, but aerial photography cannot determine the exact location of its origin. Quarrel reveals that he has been guiding Strangways around the nearby islands to collect mineral samples. He also talks about the reclusive Dr. No, who owns the island of Crab Key, on which there is a bauxite mine: the island, and mine, are rigorously protected against trespassers by an armed security force and radar.

During a search of Strangways' house, Bond finds a receipt, signed by Professor R. J. Dent, concerning rock samples. Bond meets with Dent who says he assayed the samples for Strangways and determined them to be ordinary rocks. This visit makes Dent wary and he takes a boat to Crab Key where Dr. No expresses displeasure at Dent's failure to kill Bond and orders him to try again, this time with a large venomous spider. Bond survives and after a final attempt on his life, sets a trap for Dent, whom he captures, interrogates and then kills.

Having detected radioactive traces in Quarrel's boat, where Strangways' mineral samples had been, Bond convinces a reluctant Quarrel to take him to Crab Key. There Bond meets the beautiful Honey Ryder, dressed only in a white bikini, who is collecting shells. At first she is suspicious of Bond but soon decides to help him, leading them all inland to an open swamp. After nightfall they are attacked by the legendary "dragon" of Crab Key which turns out to be a flame-throwing armoured tractor. In the resulting gun battle, Quarrel is incinerated by the flame-thrower whilst Bond and Honey are taken prisoner. Bond and Honey are decontaminated and taken to quarters before being drugged.

Upon waking they are escorted to dine with Dr. No. He reveals that he is a member of SPECTRE (SPecial Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge, and Extortion) and plans to disrupt the Project Mercury space launch from Cape Canaveral with his atomic-powered radio beam. After dinner Honey is taken away and Bond is beaten by the guards.

Bond is imprisoned in a holding cell but manages to escape through a vent. Disguised as a worker, Bond finds his way to the control centre, a multi-level room full of high-tech instrumentation with an atomic reactor set into the floor, overseen by Dr. No from a command console. Bond overloads the nuclear reactor just as the American rocket is about to take off. Hand-to-hand combat ensues between Bond and Dr. No; the scientist is pushed into the reactor's cooling vat, in which he boils to death. Bond finds Honey and the two escape in a boat just as the entire lair explodes.

 

Is ambushed

Assassin

Is summoned

Is briefed

Related to

Rocket launch

Interrogate

Un-cooperative

Is interrupted

Reveal

Trace

Reclusive

Trespasser

Receipt

Wary

Displeasure

Failure

Venomous

Reluctant

Swamp

Incinerate

Drugged

Dine

Vent

Disguised

Hand-to-hand combat

Ensue

Lair