The Other Fellow

The Other Fellow

80 mins | Documentary | Feb. 17, 2023

An energetic exploration of male identity via the lives, personalities, and adventures of a diverse band of men, real men across the globe all sharing the same name – James Bond. 1952. Jamaica. When author Ian Fleming needs a name for his suave, sophisticated secret agent, he steals one from an unaware birdwatcher and creates a pop-culture phenomenon about the ultimate fictional alpha male. 2022. It is the year of 007’s sixtieth anniversary onscreen and Australian filmmaker Matthew Bauer is on a global mission to discover the lasting, contrasting and very personal impacts of sharing such an identity with James Bond. From a Swedish 007 super-fan with a Nazi past, a gay New York theatre director, an African American Bond accused of murder, and two resilient women caught up in it all, Bauer’s cinematic mission is an audacious, poignant, and insightful examination of masculinity, gender, and race in the very real shadows of a movie icon.

The Other Fellow

80 mins | Documentary | Feb. 17, 2023

The Other Fellow
An energetic exploration of male identity via the lives, personalities, and adventures of a diverse band of men, real men across the globe all sharing the same name – James Bond. 1952. Jamaica. When author Ian Fleming needs a name for his suave, sophisticated secret agent, he steals one from an unaware birdwatcher and creates a pop-culture phenomenon about the ultimate fictional alpha male. 2022. It is the year of 007’s sixtieth anniversary onscreen and Australian filmmaker Matthew Bauer is on a global mission to discover the lasting, contrasting and very personal impacts of sharing such an identity with James Bond. From a Swedish 007 super-fan with a Nazi past, a gay New York theatre director, an African American Bond accused of murder, and two resilient women caught up in it all, Bauer’s cinematic mission is an audacious, poignant, and insightful examination of masculinity, gender, and race in the very real shadows of a movie icon.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers
Original title The Other Fellow
Directors Matthew Bauer
Writers Rene van Pannevis, Matthew Bauer

Cast

James Bond Jr.

as Self

Ms. Bond

as Self

Charley Palmer Rothwell

as Johannes Schäfer

Gregory Itzin

as James Bond

Tacey Adams

as Mary Wickham Bond

Matthew Bauer

as Self

Chae-Jamal McFarlane

as James Bond Jr.

Rachel Perryer

as Ms. Bond

James Bond

as Self

Dr. James Bond

as Self

James Lee Bond

as Self

James Neal Bond

as Self