Editing Lewis Gilbert (section)

===James Bond===
Although known for character dramas, Gilbert directed three of the [[James Bond]] films. After some reluctance, he was persuaded by [[Harry Saltzman]] and [[Albert R. Broccoli]] to direct ''[[You Only Live Twice (film)|You Only Live Twice]]'' (1967).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C07E5DE173FE53BBC4C52DFB066838C679EDE|title=Movie Review – Screen: Sayonara, 007:Connery Is at It Again as Whatshisname | newspaper=[[The New York Times]] | author=Bosley Crowther | author-link=Bosley Crowther | date= 14 June 1967}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19670619/REVIEWS/706190301/1023|title=You Only Live Twice Movie Review (1967) – Roger Ebert|first=Roger|last=Ebert}}</ref> He turned down the opportunity to direct ''[[On Her Majesty's Secret Service (film)|On Her Majesty's Secret Service]]''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Field|first=Matthew|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/930556527|title=Some kind of hero : 007 : the remarkable story of the James Bond films|date=2015|others=Ajay Chowdhury|isbn=978-0-7509-6421-0|location=Stroud, Gloucestershire|oclc=930556527}}</ref> Gilbert returned to the series in the 1970s to make ''[[The Spy Who Loved Me (film)|The Spy Who Loved Me]]'' (1977)<ref name=NYT/> and ''[[Moonraker (film)|Moonraker]]'' (1979).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E07E6DA143EE732A2575AC2A9609C946890D6CF |title=Movie Review – Screen: 'Moonraker' Puts Bond in Orbit:Old, Old Friends| newspaper=[[The New York Times]] | author=Vincent Canby | author-link=Vincent Canby | date=29 June 1979}}</ref> After the high production costs of ''Moonraker'' and the financial failure of [[Michael Cimino]]'s ''[[Heaven's Gate (film)|Heaven's Gate]]'', [[United Artists]] was unable to afford to hire him to direct the next Bond film ''[[For Your Eyes Only (film)|For Your Eyes Only]]''.<ref name=":0" />