Tag: The Man With The Golden Gun
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Bond-less Pre-Title Sequences
Bond’s presence in the pre-title sequence is a defining attribute, which makes its absence in From Russia With Love, Live and Let Die, and The Man With the Golden Gun all the more interesting. While most openings deliver high-octane introductions… Read More →
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Character Spotlight: Clifton James as J.W. Pepper
Sheriff J.W. Pepper remains one of the most distinctive supporting characters of any Bond movie starting in Live and Let Die and continuing on without skipping a beat in The Man With The Golden Gun. He serves as both effective… Read More →
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You really do have a magnificent abdomen
Bond’s awkward compliment in The Man with the Golden Gun shows just how forced and uncomfortable he feels as he attempts to seduce the dancer, Saida. He immediately identifies her belly charm as the golden bullet linked to the murder… Read More →
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I always thought I loved animals
This exchange between Scaramanga and Bond in The Man with the Golden Gun is one of the movie’s more revealing and unsettling moments. Scaramanga recounts a childhood affection for animals, only to describe how that sentiment curdled after he witnessed… Read More →
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Jealous husbands, outraged chefs, humiliated tailors!
So here’s who M says would pay $1 million to have Bond killed in The Man With The Golden Gun, where he also mentions that the “list is endless.” Telling a double-oh that the “list is endless” is a harsh… Read More →
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It certainly gives you a new slant
This forced quip from The Man with the Golden Gun is Bond’s response to discovering MI6’s partially sunken ship headquarters in Hong Kong. Despite the hand-waving explanation that the slanted offices are “quite practical” due to real estate costs, there’s… Read More →
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Character Spotlight: Christopher Lee as Francisco Scaramanga
Francisco Scaramanga stands among the most iconic villains of the James Bond movies, and Christopher Lee’s performance in The Man With The Golden Gun ranks comfortably among the finest antagonist portrayals the series has ever seen. Lee brings an unmistakable… Read More →
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Most curious product placement? Tabasco hot sauce
Few instances of product placement in the Bond series are as oddly memorable as Tabasco hot sauce. It appears in both The Man with the Golden Gun and The Spy Who Loved Me, each time in the hands of the… Read More →
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Bullfighters do the same thing
This curious line in The Man With the Golden Gun arises during Bond’s conversation with Andrea Anders about her relationship with Scaramanga. When Bond asks whether they are lovers, she explains that intimacy occurs only before Scaramanga kills. Bond’s response… Read More →
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The cards say we will be lovers
Bond’s manipulation of Solitaire in Live and Let Die has always struck me as deeply unsettling, if not all out creepy. Stacking the deck so every card predicts romance doesn’t make him charming, it makes the situation feel deceptive and… Read More →