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Living Daylights’ quick Tangier rooftop parkour: awesome!
Timothy Dalton delivers both dexterity and a touch of “street rat” flair during the Tangier rooftop escape in The Living Daylights. It’s a swift but memorable sequence in which Bond channels his inner Aladdin by nimbly leaping across rooftops and dodging bullets, all the while wishing for a magic carpet. … Read More →
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Ready for rock-a-bye baby
The spray sleep scene from Goldfinger is a true relic of Bond-era theatrics with equal parts ingenious plot device and vintage overkill. Really, its could pass for a Bond movie spoof plot point. The science behind the dramatic fainting is a bit aspirational, but is choreographed so well amongst hundreds… Read More →
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Well, hello, Jim! What’s happening, baby?
The cab driver (played by Arnold Williams) from Live And Let Die had a big impact in the movie despite his short amount of screen time and minor presence. Not surprising, since his signature sideburns and obvious confidence made him an intimidating figure despite his happy demeanor. Cool cat! Read More →
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Gotta love Moore’s impeccable Octopussy clown makeup
It truly boggles the mind how Bond managed to get his clown makeup that flawless so quickly and under pressure in Octopussy, but hey, commitment to the bit pays off. He strolls into the big top like the world’s most composed birthday party entertainer and proceeds to dismantle a live… Read More →
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Commander Bond is familiar with a submarine
At first glance, it seems a bit absurd that Bond suddenly knows his way around a nuclear submarine in the final scene of The World Is Not Enough. But then you remember that it’s Commander Bond, thank you very much. Of course he’d feel right at home among torpedoes and… Read More →
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I sure am, boy!
I’m not sure there’s another James Bond actor either past, present, or future who could deliver humor with the effortless charm of Roger Moore. Case in point: the car chase scene in The Man with the Golden Gun, with Bond at the wheel and Clifton James’s Sheriff J.W. Pepper riding… Read More →
Filed Under: The Man With The Golden Gun