Friday, 9 November 2012

"I always thought I loved animals. Then I discovered that I enjoyed killing people even more." - Scaramanga

Movie no 9

The Man with the Golden Gun
1974 - imdb (link)

Bond is led to believe that he is targeted by the world's most expensive assassin and must hunt him down to stop him.

Cast

James Bond - Roger Moore

Villain - Francisco Scaramanga - Christopher Lee
Henchmen - Nick Nack -Hervé Villechaize

Bondgirls - Mary Goodnight - Britt Ekland
              - Andrea Anders - Maud Adams
              
M - Bernard Lee
Moneypenny - Lois Maxwell
Q - Desmond Llewelyn
Sheriff JW Pepper - Clifton James

Director - Guy Hamilton
Screenplay - Richard Maibaum & Tom Mankiewicz

Theme - "The Man with the Golden Gun" - Lulu


16 comments:

  1. Definitely the one I watched most as a kid. Probably then overtaken by Goldfinger.

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  2. Sweet Christ this song is like my ears grew balls and Lulu decided to jump up and down on them.

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  3. And a theme loaded with innuendo!

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  4. Quality 'Allo Allo' French accent there.

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  5. Christ, working in that wonky boat must be like working inside a nightmare.

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  6. There is some ferocious hair in this!

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  7. Dames. Never do as they're told. End up causing trouble.

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  8. Who'd have thought they'd have spotted being followed by a bright red car weaving wildly all over the road.

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  9. One of the greatest stunts of all time and they put a fucking slide whistle over the top of it. Bourne wouldn't stand for that.

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  10. First car stunt designed and calculated by computer. And considering it was 1974 and probably a sinclair zx81 it's a wonder everyone in a 1/4 mile radius wasn't killed.

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  11. "This is the bit where your seaplane lands Roger, if you could just bounce in your seat a bit, that would be splendid."

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  12. Mother of God, what a jacket!

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  13. I shouldn't really be laughing at Goodnight pointing out Scaramanga's junk, but there you go.

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  14. Apart from contracting ear AIDS during the opening credits that was surprisingly enjoyable...despite its own best efforts at times! Lots of 'almost favourites' the list hasn't changed...

    Favourites so far...

    Film: Live and Let Die
    Song: Goldfinger (Shirley Bassey)
    Hottest Bond girl: Honey Ryder (Ursula Andress)
    Best Bond girl: Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman)
    Villain: Kananga (Yaphet Kotto)
    Henchman: Mr Wint and Mr Kidd (Diamonds Are Forever)
    Fight: Bond Vs Grant on the train (From Russia With Love)
    Stunt: The Croc Run (Live and Let Die)
    Pun: “Do you think you could gift wrap it...lengthwise” (Live and Let Die)
    Locations: Live and Let Die
    Gadget: Magnet Watch (Live and Let Die)

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