The making of On Her Majesty's Secret Service

From novel to script to screen, come along on the incredible journey of making the most unique entry in the James Bond series, the longest running, most successful film franchise in history. This is not the white-washed “authorized” story, but the real story. Based on years of research, hundreds of interviews, and exclusive access to the archives of author Ian Fleming, screenwriter Richard Maibaum, and director Peter Hunt, this inside look features never-before-published script details, storyboards, production documents, interviews, memos, marketing material, call sheets, and hundreds of rare, behind-the-scenes photographs of the cast and crew, including sequences and entire sets not seen in the film. Step back in time to the late 1960s, when Sean Connery resigned, producers Harry Saltzman and Cubby Broccoli decided to gamble and doubled down with an untested director and an unknown star and came up with the crown jewels: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. Charles Helfenstein was born and raised in Maryland, and educated at the Episcopal High School in Virginia, The University of St. Andrews in Scotland, and Dickinson College in Pennsylvania. He was first introduced to James Bond in the early 70s. In 1995 Charles’ Bond & spy show memorabilia collection was featured in the pilot for “Collecting Across America” and in 1999 MGM called on Charles’ expertise as the world’s foremost authority on On Her Majesty’s Secret Service for help with the DVD of the film.