John cork

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John Cork and Bruce Scivally produced, wrote and directed thirty documentaries for MGM's releases of the James Bond films on DVD (can be seen on the Ultimate Edition 2 Disc James Bond DVDs), including biographies of Ian Fleming, Cubby Broccoli, and Harry Saltzman. Collectively, they have conducted over one hundred and fifty interviews with the creative talents behind the 007 films. They also contributed to The Ultimate James Bond: An Interactive Dossier CD-ROM for MGM Interactive. John Cork, an award-winning screenwriter, penned the civil rights drama, The Long Walk Home, starring Sissy Spacek and Whoopi Goldberg, and has written screenplays for many major film studios. Bruce Scivally has worked for several motion picture proudction companies, co-edited The Special Effects and Stunts Guide, and was the Production Coordinator for the 2001 Academy Awards Show. Both authors live in Los Angeles.^[1]

John Cork is also a member of The Ian Fleming Foundation , a group dedicated to the study of Ian Fleming and his works.

In 2002, John Cork and Bruce Scivally wrote the book James Bond: The Legacy which documents the history of the James Bond legacy as well as importance in popular culture, global affairs and current events from the time it started up until present time. In 2003, John Cork also co-wrote the book Bond Girls Are Forever: The Women of James Bond with actress Maryam d'Abo.^[2]. John recently wrote the James Bond Encyclopedia, a book that was released in 2007.

In addition, in 2007, for the release of the Spider-Man 2.1 DVD, John Cork and Bruce Scivally wrote and compiled the Spidey Sense 2.1-trivia track, a closed captioning feature on Disc 1 of the DVD, which includes integrated pop-ups that provides information about the Spider-Man actors, directors, production, comic books and Spider-Man legacy. The feature is available via closed captioning that plays during the course of key scenes throughout the film.

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• The John Cork CommanderBond.net Interview - James Bond 007
• An Interview With: John Cork @ Universal Exports
• John Cork @ IMDB.com