Named by the American Film Institute as one of cinema’s greatest screen heroes – whose iconic character introduction and drink order appeared among AFI’s greatest movie quotes of all time – James Bond began his larger-than-life cinematic legacy with a portrayal from AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Sean Connery, who returned for a second installment of action-packed espionage exploits in FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE (1963). Among the series touchstones introduced in this first blockbuster sequel was the screen debut of the agent’s deadliest nemesis – the mysterious Ernst Stavro Blofeld.
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