Pleasantly surprised by the worldwide success of "Live and Let Die , Harry Saltzman and Albert Broccoli decided to make the trail of popularity purchased by using the new James Bond Roger Moore to bring an interpreter on site at times record a new episode.
The choice of producers falls on the last novel written by Fleming shortly before his death, The Man with the Golden Gun . In fact, the novel had already been preached to be transported on the screen for ten years before. Saltzman and Broccoli, in fact, had decided that this would be a new episode after Thunderball. Roger Moore would have been the main actor since Connery announced he is leaving the character that made him famous. The idea of \u200b\u200bthe two producers had to shoot the film in Cambodia, despite the events of the book were held in Jamaica. However in 1965 the rise to power of Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge had returned cruel the project indefinitely, making the producers opt for You Only Live Twice , especially since Connery, retraced his steps, had declared himself available for a new episode.
Having already filmed in Jamaica Live and Let Die was obvious that The Man with the Golden Gun would not have been shot there. Mankiewitz, Broccoli and Saltzman think they have found the right location in Bam, Iran, when they see an unfinished film, directed by Frenchman Albert Lamorisse, entitled The Lovers' Wind . The scenery is breathtaking, with lots of canyons and forts in the heart of the Iranian desert. The three set off for an inspection on site but are lost in the middle of the desert with temperatures exceeding 40 degrees. They realize that so bring a camera crew in Bam is impossible. Moreover in 1973 an explosive conflict between Egypt and Israel which poses a definitive end to the idea of \u200b\u200bturning to Iran. after discarding even Vietnam, the trio finds the right location in Phuket, Thailand. It was decided therefore to shoot in Thailand and Hong Kong.
To make the film was put under contract the same team two years before: director Guy Hamilton, photography, Ted Moore, and writer Richard Maibaum alongside Tom Manckiewitz. Shooting begins April 18, 1974 and ending August 23 of that year at Pinewood Studios, used for shooting Affairs.
The prologue once again did not Bond as a protagonist. We witness, in fact, the presentation of the villain Francisco Paco Scaramanga (Christopher Lee's Dracula, directed by Ian Fleming's cousin), a killer in the service of the highest bidder for one million dollars per victim, who lives like a nabob in his little island in the Sea of China in the company of fabulous mistress, Andrea Anders (Sweden Maud Adams), and the faithful servant Nick Nack, a dwarf played by Hervé Villechaize. After the headlines, as always led by Maurice Binder on a song composed by John Barry and performed by Scottish Lulu, the adventure can begin.
Bond is called to report to M. At the headquarters of MI6 has come a golden bullet inscribed with the number above 007. Francisco Scaramanga, for obscure reasons, wants to kill the secret agent. Upon the recommendation of M. Bond travels to Beirut, where the agent 002 has been removed by Scaramanga. In a club our locates the bullet that killed Mr embedded in the navel of a belly dancer and takes it, not before having a fist fight with the dark figures which incidentally does not work for those who will never understand. After scientific analysis
Q reveals to Bond that the bullet was handmade by Lazar, an arms manufacturer in Hong Kong. You witnessed a murder in 007 by Scaramanga, who always acts using his pistol gold in one fell swoop. After you have taken away important information by the lover of Scaramanga, the agent goes to Bangkok along with his assistant on the ground in Indonesia, the airhead Mary Goodnight (Britt Ekland). There, Bond discovers that Scaramanga You Fat acts in the service of the industrialist, holder of solex, a gimmick that can harness solar energy and transform it into electricity. After you have deleted even Fat Scaramanga comes into possession of solex and kidnaps Goodnight. Bond has no other choice but to go to the killer's lair to retrieve the solex and the girl ...
of the novel by Fleming in the script, nothing remains except a monologue where Scaramanga tells Bond its origins as an artist circus and its relationship of love with an elephant (actually in the novel the story was mentioned in the file that M. was reading before giving the job to Bond). The plot echoes a very sensitive issue in the '70s, the energy crisis, which erupted as a result of the Arab Palestinian who had brought the oil embargo by OPEC against Western countries. In the script, Bond has the task of recovering a miraculous device capable of transforming solar energy into electricity. An idea premature aging as the film's release in December 1974, the crisis was already over by the theme be dated.
The writers write the script as a kind of Shane espionage, where Bond is the character played by Alan Ladd in the popular westerns that Scaramanga and evil personified by Jack Palance. They further agreed to revisit the genre of martial arts is having much luck with the movies of Bruce Lee, in particular Fist of Fury and Enter the Dragon . An idea to run after the most successful genre that has proved successful for a couple of years ago with Live and Let Die which recalled the phenomenon of blaxpoitation.
It was decided finally to meet the spirit and humor of Moore's film to give a more merry. A choice that, in the course of the work to follow, will be brought exasperation. Unlike Live and Let Die, where you can still hear echoes of the era Connery, in this case, the mix of drama and comedy is divided at 50 percent. The result is not fully successful. In some cases, for example in the fight between Bond and a band of Karateka, the comic tone is out of place and dilutes the suspense. There is a car chase that cites to Live and Let Die , thanks to the participation of Sheriff Pepper, but that does not have the spectacle of one of the motorboats of the previous episode. Impressive is the stunt with the car to jump off a bridge to another ruined, but ruined by an ironic soundtrack whistle by John Barry. The work of the musician is routine: the song titles (though not phenomenally) is the leitmotif of the applicant and, with the exception of the theme Let's Go Get'em , Barry does not seem inspired.
Then there are the obvious narrative inconsistencies, the most unforgivable is to present the uninhabited island where Scaramanga lives. It 'hard to believe that a solar power station sofisiticata and a modern building, set in the rock, can be kept in operation only a dwarf and a specialist in energy, which also looks like a bodybuilder! The situation is an easy plot device to give the latest Bond the opportunity to escape easily.
is remarkable proof of Christopher Lee in the role of a villain in the round, sophisticated and brutal, wicked alter ego of Bond, even though it is hard to believe that the ironic Moore may have a dark side. The screenplay, however, is betting everything on this opposition to make the two clash in a duel à la mort which takes place in an amusement park funhouse Scaramanga uses that to keep fit. The choice instead of the nano Herve Villechaize as the shoulder of the gunman is more color than substance. Nick Nack looks like a miniature Odd Job, but clearly can not constitute a real threat to Bond. As for Moore's interpretation of the turn up themes British actor it should be lighter though, as he himself says in his autobiography, the director wanted to underline the brutal side of Bond. The key scene is when the arm 007 torches to poor Andrea to steal vital information. A gesture that would have been Fleming's character without hesitation, but that seems out of tune for Moore compared to its light-hearted interpretation. And speaking of women, the two Swedes Maud Adams and Britt Ekland, well represent the universe of women bonded. The first is cold but passionate, the second and adorable bumbling.
In December 1974 The Man with the Golden Gun debut in Britain and the United States but does not get the anticipated success. The public reception is not good as Live and Let Die . Faced with a budget of $ 13 million it collects 97,600,000 in the film world, a figure that places it in last place in the collections of the series. critics mostly ignored the product deemed to be mediocre and negative comment the irony of the film. Broccoli is aware that production time did not allow restricted to writers to develop the story properly.
The news of the altercation between Saltzman and Broccoli, which occurred behind the scenes on the set, and the subsequent divorce of trade between the two would seem to preclude the end of the legacy. Saltzman fact comes from society and gives its rights to United Artists. The news throws into panic fans: the production of The Man with the Golden Gun was followed only by Broccoli and the end result has left the audience dumbfounded. The bondofili, fearing the worst, so they ask what will happen without the presence of Saltzman. Broccoli, however, will convince even his detractors that the fears are unjustified, redeemed with the next film: The Spy Who Loved Me .
BAD
Francisco Paco Scaramanga (Christopher Lee)
Aka The Man with the Golden Gun. It 's the killer with the worst reputation in the world. Its cachet is a million dollars. It kills only with his pistol gold by mass in a single bullet, for, as he himself says, "a stroke is more than enough". Distinguishing features: a third nipple on the left.
Nick Nack (Herve Villechaize)
A treacherous dwarf, the best servant of Scaramanga. It follows him everywhere and aims to take the place of his master.
THE BOND GIRLS
Mary Goodnight (Britt Ekland)
Although it seems is an agent of British intelligence. Unable, regularly puts Bond into trouble. How has the unique honor beauty.
Andrea Anders (Maud Adams)
E 'Scaramanga's mistress and has a predilection for men brutal. That's because he loses his head for 007.
FRIENDS
Lieutenant Hip (Soon-Tek Oh) \u200b\u200b
Its task is to accompany Bond on the ground in Indonesia. It does so fairly, by providing his skills in martial arts.
Sergeant JW Pepper (Clifton James)
During a dangerous chase with enthusiasm by a British contribution to the moral agent.
Tools of the Trade (OR THE GADGET)
Walter PPK
More than a gadget institution: it is the weapon of choice for James Bond. Small, comfortable, life-threatening.
Golden Gun
E 'consists of a fountain pen and a lighter. Seemingly harmless objects if the two mounted together become the preferred weapon of Scaramanga.
Auto-aircraft
The car that transforms into a plane Fichissima in its vintage look. E 'used by Scaramanga for his quick movements.
CURIOSITY '
- For the role of Scaramanga producers thought at first that Jack Palance declined.
- Marc Lawrence, the actor who plays Rodney in the prologue, the gangster who tries to kill Scaramanga, he played a villain in Las Vegas in Diamonds Are Forever .
- Britt Ekland was chosen by Cubby Broccoli, entranced by the forms in The Wicker Man . The agent Ekland, however, the same as Moore, was careful to say that the producer in that movie the actress was pregnant. So when Ekland appeared on the set in perfect shape, dry as a surfboard, the broccoli was a great disappointment.
- Maud Adams is the only actress to be present in as many as three films in the series. In addition to Man with the Golden Gun Sweden plays the main female character in Octopussy and has a cameo in Kill .
- The Golden Gun was created by using John Stears a pack of cigarettes, a pen and a cigarette filter. The same weapon was used by the KGB in the '50s.
- Ethical self that becomes plane a model realized by John Stears.
- This is the last film directed by Guy Hamilton, who then has to his credit four episodes of the evening, respectively, in chronological order, Goldfinger (1964), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), Live and Let Die (1973) and Man the Golden Gun (1974).
- The jump in the car 360 degrees from one deck to another was filmed by eight cameras simultaneously in one take and realized by the British stunt man Bumps Williard.
- Island Scaramanga is actually the island of Phuket in Thailand, which has now become the most popular tourist destination among all the East.
- This was the first film in the series to be screened at the Kremlin. Roger Moore says that at the end of the projection of a KGB agent said: "we have not trained (Scaramanga) very well."
- The Royal World premiere of the film was held on December 19, 1974 Odeon Theatre in London, Leicester Square, the presence of Prince Philip.
Agent 007 The Man with the Golden Gun (The Man with the Golden Gun) - Uk, 1974
Running Time: 125 'Produced
by
Albert R. Broccoli, Harry Saltzman
Directed by
Guy Hamilton
Screenplay
Tom Mankiewicz, Richard Maibaum (from Ian Fleming book)
Original Music by
John Barry
The song composed by
John Barry
Lyrics by Don Black
Performed by
Lulu
Main Title designed by
Maurice Binder
Cinematography by
Ted Moore
Film Editing by
Raymond Poulton, John Shirley
Casting by
Weston Drury Jr, Maude Spector
Art Direction by
John Graysmark, Peter Lamont
CAST
James Bond: Roger Moore
Mary Goodnight:
Francisco Scaramanga Britt Ekland: Christopher Lee
Andrea Anders: Maud Adams
Nick Nack: Hervé Villechaize
M: Bernard Lee
Sheriff JW Pepper: Clifton James
Q: Desmond Llewelyn
Miss Moneypenny: Lois Maxwell
You Fat Richard Loo
Lieutenant Hip: Soon-Tek Oh
Lazar: Marne Maitland
Colthorpe: James Cossins
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