Nearly a half century later, it’s still remarkable that enough money and willpower existed in the world to get such a gaudy, endless parade of star power, production values, and dizzying, dazzling eye candy onscreen in one ridiculously overstuffed extravaganza.
It was less a film than a universe unto itself. It’s distinguished by its Spruce Goose-like size as well as its Spruce Goose-level sleekness and effectiveness. Like similarly Texas-sized opuses It ’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Cleopatra, and 1941, the 1967 James Bond spy spoof Casino Royale is notable primarily for its magnitude.
