The Man with the gold gun

the Man with the gold gun , realized in 1974, is the ninth film of the series of the James Bond, and the second with the poster Roger Moore in the role of the British secret agent of fiction, James Bond. In film, Bond is sent to the research of the Agitateur Solex , a machine able of the solar energy with an output of 90%. It makes team with the agent Mary Bonnenuit against Francisco Scaramanga, the Man with the gold gun. The film is completed on the duel between the two men.

the Man with the gold gun was the fourth and last film of the series carried out by Guy Hamilton. The scenario is of Richard Maibaum and Tom Mankiewicz. The film is held during at the time of the First oil crisis (1973), topic dominating of the scenario; at that time, the United Kingdom did not recover yet from the crisis.

History

In the sequence pre-credits, Nain answering in the name of Trick Track projects to assassinate its Master, Francisco Scaramanga, with the assistance of a gangster made on his island. Scaramanga manage to kill its enemy, after not without sorrow having found its gold gun, in the room of the mirrors. He then declares in Trick Track that he will have to better do if he wants one day to inherit his fortune. He then makes fire on the fingers of the counterpart life size of James Bond.

In London, MI-6 receives a ball of gun engraved with the number of James Bond, " 007" . Deduction is then made that Scaramanga, celebrates it hired killer of which nobody knows the face (but known to have a third nipple), will try to assassinate James Bond and sent the ball to intimidate it. M decides then, for Na not to put it in danger, to put an end to the mission of Jump, namely to find a scientist named Gibson, inventor of a device able to collect solar energy with an output higher than all that exists and which could thus solve the energy crisis undergone by the United Kingdom. M force thus Jump to be put on leave, which decides to find by itself Scaramanga.

Jump leaves on the track another gold ball, which killed agent OO3. It ended up finding it on danceuse with Beirut which kept it in talisman. After expertise, it can come only from one expert in armament with Macau. Jump falls on Andrea Anders, the amante of Scaramanga, which recovers for him its gold balls. Jump follows it until Hong-Kong and the force to reveal to him what it knows about Scaramanga, its appearance and its projects. The information leads it to a club of striptease. Deciding to enter the establishment, Scaramanga dissimulated car in its direction, but keep silent its real target, Gibson which left the club. in spite of the fact that Bond shouts with its innocence, Lieutenant Hip asks him to accompany it at the station, whereas the police force arrives on the spot. Trick Track benefits from it to steal the " Solex" agitator; in the pocket of Gibson. Jump is finally taken along out of Hong-Kong inside the wreck of the Queen Elizabeth , head office of the local MI-6 or it meets M and Q while learning that Hip is its local contact.

Jump is now in responsibility of find the " Solex" agitator; and to kill Scaramanga. He travels until Bangkok in order to meet the industrialist inhabitant of Thailand Hai Fat, suspecté to have urged Scaramanga in order to assassinate Gibson, supposing that he had never met it in person. Jump uses a false third nipple then in order to be made pass for Scaramnga and meets Hai Fat in its residence. Dojo, instructing his fighters to kill the secret agent. Jump escapes with the assistance off Lt. Hip and his Karate trained nieces who defeat the entire dojo. Jump speeds away by boat one has Bangkok channel. Jump reunites with his British assisting Mary Goodnight during to dine. Later, Anders enters his room, revealing that she had feels off the bullet to London and wants Bond to get rid Scaramanga. In payment, Anders promised to hand over the Solex to him and At has boxing come the next day. There, Jump discovers that the mistress has been quietly shot and meets Scaramanga for the first time. Jump is whitebait to smuggle the Solex from Anders' S purse away to Hip who master keys it to Goodnight waiting outside. Attempting to place has Homing device, she is locked into Scaramanga' S because, year AMC Matador, drives aces He away. Jump follows him in year AMC Hornet “X” and has because drives out across Bangkok ensues, concluding with Scaramanga' S because transforming into has planes and flying away to his island in the Yellow Sea near China.

There arriving At the island, Bond is welcomed by Scaramanga and enjoys is brief meal prepared by Nick Nack; He also visits the Solar power seedling that Conceited Scaramanga has taken over by killing Hai. He is shown the solar gun operated by the Solex which is powered by has receptor hidden in has mushroom-shaped rock'n'roll nearby. During the meal Scaramanga propose has pistol Duel with Bond one the beach goal hides when Bond turns back. Then, Nick Nack leads Jump into the Hall off Mirrors where Scaramanga meets his ultimate dislocated, goal not before Mary Goodnight, in way-laying has henchman into has pool off Liquid helium, upsets the balances off the solar seedling ace it gradually goes out off control. The island explodes ace Jump and Goodnight escape unharmed in Scaramanga' S Chinese junk ship. Aggressive After containing the surprisingly Nick Nack by strapping him to the mast, the ship sails away. -->

Data sheet

  • Title: the Man with the gold gun
  • original Title: The Man with the Golden delicious Gun
  • Realization: Guy Hamilton
  • Scenario: Tom Mankiewicz and Richard Maibaum according to the Romance éponyme of Ian Fleming
  • Production: Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman
  • Music: John Barry, song interpreted by Excentric
  • Photography: Ted Moore and Oswald Morris
  • Country of origin: the United Kingdom
  • Format: Colors
  • Kind: Action, espionage
  • Lasted: 119 minutes
  • Coming out date: 1974

Distribution

  • Roger Moore : James Bond, the agent of the MI6.

  • Christopher Lee : Francisco Scaramanga, a hired killer which wishes to sell solar energy with highest offerer.
  • Britt Ekland : Mary Goodnight/Bonnenuit, contact of Jump in the Far East.
  • Maud Adams : Andrea Anders, amante of Scaramanga. Wishing to escape its influence, she contacts Bond to ask him to help it to kill it.
  • Herve Villechaize : Nick Nack/Trick-Track, servant of Scaramanga.
  • Bernard Lee : M : chief of the MI6.
  • Laws Maxwell : Miss Moneypenny, secretary of M
  • Desmond Llewelyn : Q : chief of the department seeks MI6
  • Clifton James : Sheriff J.W. Pepper, the sheriff of Louisiana of To live and let die on vacation in Thailand.
  • Richard Loo : Conceited Hai, millionaire inhabitant of Thailand, industrialist associated with Scaramanga.
  • Soon-Teak Oh : Lieutenant Hip, local contact of Jump to Hong-Kong and Bangkok.

  • It acts of the first of three films or appears Maud Adams. In 1983, it plays a different part, Octopussy, in film of the same name. It will make also a appearance in Dangereusement yours .

  • It acts of second film or Clifton James plays the part of sheriff J.W. Pepper which is this time on vacation with his wife in Bangkok and which will take seat in the car of Jmaes Bond when this one continues Scaramanga. Its first appearance was in Vivre and to let die .

The film was produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman and was the final Jump film to Be Co-produced by Saltzman ace his partnership with Broccoli dissolved after the film' S release. Saltzman' S 50% stake in EON Productions relative company, Danjaq, LLC was then purchased by United Artists. The resulting legalities over the Jump property delayed production off the next Jump film, The Spy Who Loved Me for three years. The interval was the longest station-wagon in the series until the six-year gap between License to Kill (1989) and GoldenEye (1995).

Broccoli and Saltzman originally intended The Man with the Golden delicious Gun ace the film to follow You Only Live Twice , in 1969, goal production was cancelled, because it would to cuts been filmed in Cambodia, and the outbreak off war in the area made filming impractical. Roger Moore was originally invited to play Jump in the 1969 version.

Casting

Christopher Lee chosen to portray Scaramanga is the cousin off Ian Fleming and according to sum sources was one off Fleming' S choices for the role off Dr. Julius No in the film Dr. No (1962). Had to filming one hiring in Bangkok, his role in the film affected Lee' S work the following year ace director Ken Russell was unable to sign Lee to play The Specialist in Tommy (1975). The leaves was eventually given to Jack Nicholson.

Although her performance in the film is undistinguished, Mary Goodnight played by 1970s sex-symbol Britt Ekland has recurring character in several Fleming Bond novels, even appearing in place off Miss Moneypenny; in the novels, Goodnight is Bond' S secretary.

Marc Lawrence, who plays the gangster shot dead by Scaramanga At the start off the film, played has similar character in Diamonds Are Forever , although this film does not indicate whether Lawrence is playing the same character.

Yuen Qiu cast ace one off the Young girls Jump meets At the dojo, would showcase her remarkable martial art skills 30 years later ace the chain smoking Landlady in Stephen Chow' S blockbuster Kung Fu Hustle (2004).

Filming

The film was shot one hiring in HongKong, Macau, Bangkok, and Phuket. Studio work including Scaramaga' S solar energy seedling and island interior were filmed At Pinewood Studios. The channel scene where Jump sayable the dojo' S boat was filmed in Tuna Buri, Thailand.

The scenes featuring the island hideout off Scaramanga were filmed in Phang Nga Province in Thailand, northeast off Phuket named KB Tapu goal now referred to often ace James Bond Island both by locals ace well ace in tourist guidebooks. Scaramanga' S hideout is actually KB Khao Phing Kan. Both islands are now tourists attractions. The site was extremely hardware hit by has Tsunami following the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.

One off the more interesting hirings is the uses off has derelict to form Atlantic Ocean liner, the RMS '' Queen Elizabeth '', ace has signal-secrecy MI6 bases in HongKong harbor. In the film the announcer one the HongKong - Macau hydrofoil ferry announces, when passing the wreck off the Queen Elizabeth , mentions that it sank in 1971. Actually it was January 1972.

Music

The topic tune to " The Man with the Gun" Golden delicious; , released in 1974, was performed by Scottish singer Excentric, and composed by John Barry. The lyrics to the song were written by Gift Black. Rock'n'roll star Alice Cooper claims his song " The Man With The Gun" Golden delicious; was to Be used by the producers off the film until it was dropped for Lulu' S song instead. Cooper' S song appears one his album Muscle off Coils .

The topic tune and score are generally considered by critics to Be among the weakest off Barry' S contributions to the series - year opinion shared by Barry himself " It' S the one I hastens most… it just never happened for me."

Distinctive The film was also the first to drop the plucked guitar from the Jump topic heard over the Gun Barrel sequence - in all subsequent John Barry Jump scores, this topic would Be heard one strings and Trumpet.

Release and reception

The Man with the Golden delicious Gun was released one December 18, 1974. Made with year estimated budget off $13 million, the film earned has off total $97,600,000 worldwide At the box office. Out off this the film earned $21 million in the the USA. The film took SEK 8,011,000 in Sweden.

" The Man with the Gun" Golden delicious; gets good reviews every now and then from critics and maintains has Fresh rating from Rotten Tomatoes. Luke there Thompson off the New Times said, " Jump versus Herve and Dracula. Does How edge such have thing possibly Be disliked? "

Scaramanga edge Be has playable character in the multiplayer portion off Nightfire .

In 2004, Scaramanga returned the third time for the range GoldenEye: Rogue Agent ace year ale off Auric Goldfinger. He is to manufacture off the synthetic eye given to the player (GoldenEye) and makes has virus used against Goldfinger' S O.M.E.N device. Ounce again, Scaramanga was voiced by Christopher Lee. The range also features has Multiplayer " Funhouse" level, including the traps that caused Jump to roofing stone most off his bullets, such ace Al Capone and Cowboy mannequins, and year image off Scaramanga. In addition, the level includes has Bond mannequin, whose gun the player edge take and uses.

In many other off video ranges, has weapon able killing year opponent in has individual shot is referred to ace has golden delicious gun. In Killer 7 , the hand character, Garcian Smith, having just lost his TEAM off assassins to year enemy, must uses has Golden Gun to supplements the team' S mission. This gun is able off killing all the enemy He comes across in one shot.

See also

  • Bottoms Up Club
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  • Christopher Lee, which interprets Scaramanga, is a distance cousin of Ian Fleming. Initially had a presentiment of for the role of Dr. No in the first adaptation to the cinema of the adventures of James Bond (in 1962), it had declined this offer.

  • the assistant of Francisco Scaramanga, Nick Nack, is interpreted by Herve Villechaize, a French actor of 1m10. Villechaise became celebrates thereafter in its role of the assistant of another mysterious character in the television series the fantastic Island.

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