8Ian Fleming's James Bond character has entertained book readers and motion picture audiences for nearly sixty years, and the filmmakers have come a long way since they spent $1 million producing the very first James Bond movie, Dr. No, in 1962. The 2015 Bond title, Spectre, cost $250 million and grossed $881 million worldwide-and 2021's No Time to Die is certain to become another global blockbuster. The James Bond Dictionary is completely up-to-date and covers films as well as books the cast and filmmakers, fascinating facts, trivia, bloopers, classic quotes, character bios in an exhaustive piece of research that any fan will want to have or present as a gift.