I just wrote a few words on the 1967 Casino Royale spoof for James David Patrick and friends at the James Bond Social Media Project.
The movie’s a daft, widely-panned parody of the Bond films. It’s mostly notable for an all-star line-up including everyone from David Niven to Orson Welles, Ursula Andress, and even Woody Allen as a villainous 007 – but what more does it tell us about one of cinema’s most successful franchises?