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"yes it's a friend I'm expecting...no he won't be leaving" great stuff.:-)
DN - Maurice Binder
FRWL - Daniela BIanchi
GF - Richard Malibum
TB - Luciana Paluzzi
YOLT - Ken Adam
OHMSS - John Barry/George Lazenby
DAF - None
LALD - George Martin
TMWTGG - Christopher Lee
Act 1 is a detective story.
Act 2 is a Bond-based hallucination probably produced by a stimulant (such as LSD) rather than a depressant (such as Cannabis) because…
Act 3 is a hard comedown. Reminders of (relative) "reality" like the Solex drag the fun of to a halt. The surrealism that remains feels empty and forced; a reminder of the escape that Act 2 provided.
The first VCR was released in 1971. Rewinding a videotape of a movie was on the verge of becoming widespread. It would be so easy to rewind a tape of The Man With The Golden Gun to revisit Act 2 rather than face Act 3…
But then you'd be trapped, wouldn't you? The movie would never end.
The Man With The Golden Gun as a timely and clever parable—the only aspect of the project that deserves an 11/10—is difficult to credit because I can't believe it was intentional. But then, that doesn't matter. Art exists between the art and the audience, not the artist and the audience. Accidental messages can influence just as easily as intended ones.
The Man With The Golden Gun • Richard Maibum
Tom Mankiewicz's original script focused more on Bond and Scaramanga specifically and, given the talents of Moore and Lee, probably would've made for a (conventionally) superior film. Maibum integrated the other elements into the structure of the film, inadvertently transforming the structure itself into a metaphor, so he gets the points.
FRWL: Robert Shaw
GF: Sean Connery
TB: Luciana Paluzzi
YOLT: Ken Adam(honorable mention to Freddie Young)
OHMSS: John Barry
DAF: Jill St. John
LALD: Jane Seymour
TMWTGG: Christopher Lee
Possibly my favorite lead villain of the series(unless the TB/FRWL Blofeld counts). Bond vs. Saruman provides some of the best moments of Bond cinema in one of the more underrated films in the series.
oddly enough - that was another film she starred in with Christoper Lee.
1. Terence Young
2. Sean Connery
3. John Barry
4. Peter Hunt
5. Ken Adam
6. John Barry
7. John Barry
8. Jane Seymour
9. Christopher Lee
10. Ken Adam
He came to the project with very specific ideas on reworking Roger Moore's portrayal of Bond. This was necessary, as Moore trying to sell Connery's brand of magnetism (rather than something more in line with his own) simply wasn't working. Moore in his first two outings as 007 is the cinematic Bond at his most unlikeable. Gilbert saw the problem and fixed it. Without Gilbert, I doubt Moore would've lasted in the role nearly as long as he did.
DN - Maurice Binder
FRWL - Daniela BIanchi
GF - Richard Malibum
TB - Luciana Paluzzi
YOLT - Ken Adam
OHMSS - John Barry/George Lazenby
DAF - None
LALD - George Martin
TMWTGG - Christopher Lee
TSWLM - Albert R. Broccoli
but, i think i gotta go with Roger Moore in this one.... this i believe was his best performance as 007... he had the traditional Moore wit and humor.. but he also showed a slight bit of ruthlessness in the scene where lets the guy fall off the edge of the building by yanking the tie from his hands - and also some serious coldness, when he describes to Anya why he killed her boyfriend... this was Moore at his best.
1. Terence Young
2. Pedro Armendariz
3. Gert Frobe
4. Sean Connery
5. Ken Adam
6. Peter Hunt
7. Shirley Bassey
8. Yaphet Kotto
9. Christopher Lee
10. Roger Moore
TSWLM- Broccoli, Adam and Moore.
FRWL : Sean Connery
GF : Desmond Llewelyn
TB : Sean Connery
YOLT : Ken Adam
OHMSS : John Barry
DAF : John Barry
LALD : Paul McCartney
TMWTGG : Roger Moore (close : Clifton James, John Barry, Guy Hamilton)
TSWLM : Lewis Gilbert
1st- Gilbert
2nd- Cubby
3rd- Adam
4th- Moore