No Time To Die is full of references and easter eggs to the other Bond films. The No Time To Die references to On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (OHMSS) are clear, but almost all the previous Bond films are referenced in No Time To Die with an easter egg or something more direct, and there are more call backs to other Bond movies than you might think.
I am sure there are other references to other Bond movies in No Time To Die that I have missed, so please let me know in the comments below what they are.
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00:00 – No Time To Die references to other Bond films
00:34 – No Time To Die references to On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
00:55 – Other obvious easter eggs in No Time To Die
01:29 – Connery and Ian Fleming references
02:40 – Roger Moore and Timothy Dalton references
03:20 – Pierce Brosnan references
03:40 – All the other No Time To Die James Bond movie references
04:27 – The importance of heritage
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ALL NO TIME TO DIE REFERENCES TO OTHER BOND MOVIES
The only Bond films I can’t find a direct reference to are Diamonds Are Forever, The Man With the Golden Gun (though I used footage from it in this video), and A View to a Kill. Let me know if you find them so I can complete this list!*
Dr. No – Dots in the opening titles, hazmat suits of the scientists and Safin’s henchmen, Jamaica, 1957 Chevy car
From Russia With Love – First recurrence of a Bond girl until Madeline Swann
Goldfinger – Aston Martin DB5
Thunderball – Scuba diver in title sequence
You Only Live Twice – YOLT is the first time we see Blofeld’s face on film, Bond uses the same yellow lifeboat. The book references the poison garden, “Die, Blofeld, die,” and M’s quote at the end.
OHMSS – Imagery in the opening titles, the score, use of All the Time in the World (the line and song)
Diamonds Are Forever – ???
Live and Let Die – Jamaica location, removal of the wig
The Spy Who Loved Me – Design of the lair, aquatic paintings on the walls, glider turning into a submarine
The Man With The Golden Gun – ???
Moonraker – Plot of a villain using a bioweapon
For Your Eyes Only – Visiting Vesper’s grave, kicking the car to avenge a friend
Octopussy – First appearance of Robert Brown’s M (appears as a portrait)
A View To A Kill – ???
The Living Daylights – Aston Martin V8
Licence to Kill – Plot of avenging Felix, “licence to kill” is said by Safin
Goldeneye – First appearance of Judi Dench’s M (appears as a portrait), driving the DB5 along a clifftop in Italy
Tomorrow Never Dies – British naval boat launches missiles at Bond
The World Is Not Enough – Throwing something in Moneypenny’s rubbish bin
Die Another Day – Delectado cigars
Casino Royale – Use of Vesper’s theme at grave, Felix floating away underwater, “a brother from Langley”
Quantum of Solace – Felix and Bond at the bar, shot following Bond and henchman falling
Skyfall – Ceramic bulldog, “I can see why you shot him,” Madeline trapped under the ice
Spectre – Spectre ring reappears, opening of No Time To Die is foreshadowed in Spectre
General Bond references in No Time To Die – Gunbarrel at the start and in the film. “Bond, James Bond.” “Shaken, not stirred.” Walther PPK pistol. Licence to kill. Bond wearing a tuxedo.
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