Once Is Never Enough Bond Film Festival 2008 Brochure

Brochure for Once Is Never Enough, Bond film festival, spring/summer 2008, Rosslyn, Virginia, free admission.

Several months before the theatrical release of Quantum of Solace, the Rosslyn, Virginia, BID (Business Improvement District) held a Bond film festival in the spring/summer of 2008.  Every Friday at 8 pm from May 2nd-August 22nd (with the exception of July 4th), rain or shine, at the Gateway Park in Rosslyn, a different film was shown.  The schedule was as follows:
- 5/2: Dr No
- 5/9: From Russia with Love
- 5/16: Goldfinger
- 5/23: Thunderball
- 5/30: You Only Live Twice
- 6/6: Diamonds Are Forever
- 6/13: Live and Let Die
- 6/20: The Man with the Golden Gun
- 6/27: The Spy Who Loved Me
- 7/11: Moonraker
- 7/18: For Your Eyes Only
- 7/25: Octopussy
- 8/1: A View to a Kill
- 8/8: Goldeneye
- 8/15: Tomorrow Never Dies
- 8/22: Die Another Day

There were 21 Bond films at the time, with only 16 slots, so five films didn't make the cut: On Her Majesty's Secret Service, The Living Daylights, License To Kill, The World Is Not Enough, and Casino Royale.  We can understand why they passed on OHMSS, License To Kill, and TWINE.  But The Living Daylights and Casino Royale didn't make the cut while View to a Kill did?  Unfortunately, View to a Kill was the only film we were able to see at the festival.  Still, watching any Bond film -- even one of the two worst -- on the big screen is a worthwhile experience.

The most memorable part of the night was not the movie itself.  Before the movie started, we were treated to, among other things (including this brochure), Bond music -- and not just the theme songs.  That was the only time we've ever heard Nina's "Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown?" (from OHMSS) outside of the museum.