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Bug-eyed dancer wasn't acting at all - rather the side effects of a little radioactive Crab Key weeeed, mon.
Hoverbroom actor would've been instructed to avoid stirring up dust around the cast/crew/equipment, so a little quanta dirt particle-sized speck of lenience is considered.
A Klebbie for a Kabbie (AKFAK)
Definitely French cabbie, stressed from bloody stiff-ass Brits interfering with the consumption of baguettes and reading of newspapers while chilling out in vehicles on ones well-earned(?) break.
A Klebbie for French cabbie because: 1) The overacting and freaking out can become a bit annoying; 2) An abundance of appalling dialogue is present; 3) Voice work appears to be originating from-- not French cabbie himself - but a voice actor - or perhaps the dialogue is simply not syncing with French cabbie's lips. To be fair though, French cabbie did gift us with one helluva face of pain, one decade before Brosnan made it a trend.
"Don't tell me to relax!"
Taxi driver is giving it what he's been hired to- a big bit of fun.
Well to be fair that 1983 Renault 11 (or other models used) was Taxi Driver's livelihood. It's not so surprising a reaction in that respect. We should all relate and sympathize with the predicament he didn't warrant but had to endure.
But yes, Taxi Driver.
Just got home from a dinner, read this, and now, although past my bedtime, stuck AVTAK to see this, 😂. Just to watch this scene!
EDIT: now I can’t ever un-see that. Never noticed it before. Good catch @mtm
Brilliant. Sir Roger had his strengths as Bond but athleticism wasn't one of them.
It’s quite funny isn’t it! :D
“Roger, we need to run from that door to this car and hop in”
“Er… no I don’t think so”
They theorized that it was because Moore, Glen, etc. were kind of on autopilot with success by this point and did not want long night shoots.
I'm glad that we can enjoy the Paris action in daylight in AVTAK despite not making totally sense storywise. (To be fair, I never thought about this before in this scene!) On the other hand, if it would be at night, the taxi driver's gestures would maybe distract me less.
P.S. the jump on the bus is very exciting and deserves more credit.
LOL, and agreed.
I didn't forget that one. It was more an overall statement for the Bond movies. There are exceptions of course and they can work like the Palmyra scene in TB.
I wouldn't say that the fire engine chase is rubbish. For me, the stunt work is solid and there are some nice jokes in it (I definitely loved it as a young teenager).
Anyway, back to the taxi driver...his Klebbie should be a safe bet.
It is a brilliant stunt which took me years to really appreciate. I'm not sure I've seen it in any other film (not that it makes a lot of sense I guess, but it's cool!).
I think Moore did that mostly in the studio, not on location at night.
The Klebbie goes to....
Taxi Driver Freaks out at the Eiffel Tower! accepting the award for the driver is a French tourist as the cabbie was filling out the paperwork on a new taxi since he's was destroyed!
Lets swing back to the Bondie side of things and talk about how the series has had scenes in some rather creative settings. Some were created by the great Ken Adams but for these we are going to look at the best use of a real setting for a Bond scene.
The nominees are:
There are undoubtedly other real life settings that were used to some effect. Feel free to write in your favourite, but try to stick to the list here. We are looking at the use of the setting and how it plays for the scene. I chose settings that had one scene or set of action taking place within it.