Name: Everything is True (or Almost): Ian Fleming & James Bond
Genre: Cinema
Duration: 162 s

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His name is Bond, James Bond. But he was also Fleming, Ian Fleming. Bond was just his cooler, better alterego that was everything he wished he could be: the hypermasculine dream of the perfect manly man. Whether played by Sean Connery, Roger Moore or Daniel Craig, the muscles and attitude remain the same. 

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