Documentary Preview: A Peek into the Man behind the other “Bond” — “From Roger Moore, with Love”

Some good “gets” for interview subjects in this documentary portrait of the long-serving James Bond, once and always “Saint,” Roger Moore.

Pierce Brosnan, Joan Collins, Christopher Walken, Jane Seymour, David Walliams and Dick Cavett. No Michael Caine? Pity. They were great chums.

That sounds like Roger Moore fanboy Steve Coogan attempting to impersonate Moore, although Coogan’s “Roger Moore” was better than this, if memory serves. Coogan was a big Roger Moore fan, which made him a delight to interview. No, he never delivered his “dream” project, a Big Screen version of “The Persuaders,” which Coogan in the Roger Moore role and Ben Stiller (perhaps) in the Tony Curtis part.

Sir Roger was self-effacing and droll, something his many Hollywood friends would play up in their anecdotes when an entertainment journalist named “Roger Moore” was interviewing. Robert Goulet, Stefanie Powers and RJ Wagner and Michael Caine all had “This one time I was with Roger” stories, and all of them were funny.

I even got to meet the retired Bond in his UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador years. What a delight.

This hits the UK in December, and may reach US cinemas and streamers shortly.

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