Tag: The Man With The Golden Gun
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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 →
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Character Spotlight: Hervé Villechaize as Nick Nack
Hervé Villechaize’s portrayal of Nick Nack in The Man With the Golden Gun begins with an almost satirical edge, yet gradually asserts itself as one of the movie’s more intriguing character dynamics. Initially presented as a novelty, Nick Nack quickly… Read More →
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So speak or forever hold your peace
In The Man With The Golden Gun, Bond utters this idiom and crude play on words when he threatens Lazar (the craftsman behind Scaramanga’s distinctive gold ammunition) with a shot to the groin. Despite his friendly demeanor, Lazar is never… Read More →
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Flat on his coup de grâce
Bond’s remark to Goodnight after Scaramanga’s death in The Man With the Golden Gun remains a head-scratcher. The duel itself carries genuine dramatic tension, yet the moment Scaramanga dies, the movie abruptly deflates into an anticlimactic reunion with the ditzy… Read More →
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Watch that mushroom-shaped rock
Although I have to respectfully disagree with Scaramanga’s assertion that the rock he gestures to is shaped like a mushroom (maybe a spoiled one?), I do love the scene in The Man with the Golden Gun where he explains his… Read More →
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Commies? Let’s go get ’em!
Sheriff J.W. Pepper is great comic relief in The Man With The Golden Gun. He delivers this line with such hilarious conviction, all through his wide smile and chewing tobacco-filled lip. It’s never a dull moment with him, and despite… Read More →
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Stand back, girls.
The karate school scene in The Man with the Golden Gun is sneakily one of the campiest moments in the entire film, and that’s saying something. After Bond gets unceremoniously bonked on the head by Nick Nack, Hai Fat decides… Read More →
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