Most of the jokes and the humour in the movie still stand up today, with the leads in the form of Sellers, Allen, Niven, Andress and Welles giving excellent performances. These writers were encouraged to write and almost constantly rewrite the screenplay, with the film coming across as an extravaganza of epic proportions featuring several storylines and set pieces that converge towards the conclusion of the movie. This resulted in Feldman decided to spoof Bond and he recruited seven directors (including two second unit directors), working from a screenplay credited to three writers, although known to have had input from at least nine other people including Peter Sellers and Woody Allen.
Feldman and after a couple of years of negotiating with Eon Productions and United Artists, he failed to come to an agreement to make it as a co-production. Based on Ian Fleming’s first Bond novel, the film came about when the movie rights passed to American film producer Charles K.
The sixties Casino Royale is a psychedelic, multi-storylined extravaganza packed with star names, including Peter Sellers, Woody Allen, David Niven, Ursula Andress and Orson Welles, which included some James Bond 007 content.
