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2. Michael G Wilson
3. Neal Purvis and Robert Wade
4. Christopher Wood
5. Bruce Fierstein
6. Paul Haggis
7. Tom Mankiewicz
8. Roald Dahl
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Paul Haggis - 8 points
Tom Mankiewicz = 7 points
Michael G. Wilson = 5 points
Roald Dahl = 4 points
Christopher Wood = 3 points
Bruce Fierstein = 2 points
Neal Purvis and Robert Wade = 1 point
An impressive top 3 from Bond's '80s ladies.
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If TB's John Hopkins and GF's Paul Dehn had been allowed to participate I'd put them ahead of my bottom 3 picks.
2. Michael G Wilson - 8 pts
3. Roald Dahl - 7 pts
4. Tom Mankiewicz - 5 pts
5. Christopher Wood - 4 pts
6. Bruce Fierstein - 3 pts
7. Neal Purvis and Robert Wade - 2 pts
8. Paul Haggis - 1 pt (and that's being generous)
2nd place (Silver) = 8 points Tom Mankiewicz (DAF, LALD, TMWTGG)
3rd place (Bronze) = 7 points Christopher Wood (TSWLM, MR)
4th place = 5 points Roald Dahl (YOLT)
5th place = 4 points Bruce Fierstein (GE, TND, TWINE)
6th place = 3 points Michael G Wilson (FYEO, OP, AVTAK, TLD, LTK)
7th place = 2 points Paul Haggis (CR, QOS)
8th place = 1 point Neal Purvis and Robert Wade (TWINE, DAD, CR, QOS
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2. Tom Mankiewicz - 8 points
3. Paul Haggis - 7 points
4. Roald Dahl - 5 point
5. Bruce Fierstein - 4 points
6. Michael G Wilson - 3 points
7. Christopher Wood - 2 points
8. Neal Purvis and Robert Wade - 1 point
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Michael G Wilson (Silver) = 8 points
Paul Haggis (Bronze) = 7 points
Christopher Wood = 5 points
Bruce Fierstein = 4 points
Neal Purvis and Robert Wade = 3 points
Tom Mankiewicz = 2 points
Roald Dahl = 1 point
Paul Haggis 9
Tom Mankiewicz 8
Michael G Wilson7
Neal Purvis and Robert Wade 6
Bruce Fierstein 5
Roald Dahl 4
Christopher Wood 0
<font size=3>Event 9: Screenwriters ~ Results</font>
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You know, in spite of the likes of us Bond fans on forums such as this forever praising Fleming, Broccoli and Saltzman, Young and Hunt and Campbell, Barry and Adam and, of course, each of the Bond actors themselves, there seems to be a critical legend of Bond lore that we all too happily gloss over. I'm talking of Richard Maibaum, of course, the guy who was responsible for the lion's share of Bond film scripting for nearly 30 of the series' 50 years. Ah, writers, eh? We're always overlooked. ;)
But today, at least, we collectively may have put that habit to one side - as, with a winning margin so large it's completely in keeping with his contribution to the 007 flicks, I can well and truly declare that the late, the great Dick Maibaum has resoundingly taken the gold in this contest - in fact, just like John Barry in his respective event in this tournament, he didn't even drop a vote.
And elsewhere, Maibaum's writing collaborator throughout the '80s, the cameo-lovin' Michael G Wilson takes the silver, while that master of witty dialogue and double entendre Tom Mankiewicz fills out the bronze berth. The non-medal placers are led by Christopher Wood (a slight surprise to me given he wrote MR - hey I love it, but know many don't; the fools :p ) in fourth, while the controversial-with-fans modern-era scribes that are Paul Haggis (fifth) and Bruce Fierstein (sixth) bookend with the, well, pretty darn unpopular Purvis and Wade (eighth and last) that giant of children's literature - and ironically surely the best writer on the list - Roald Dahl who rolls in at seventh.
<font size=3>Medal Table</font>
After Event 9/26
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Funny isn't it? I seem to recall someone a couple of weeks ago opining that it's ironic America were holding firm in second place in the Medal Table when they hadn't won either a gold or a silver medal. Well, that's all change now. Yup, thanks to their terrific showing in this week's event, they can now (after England, of course - who else?) claim to be the tournament's second nation to walk away from just one single event with a full set of gold, silver and bronze medals. And those three medals, as well as their sixth place, also means that suddenly they've almost halved - yes, halved - England's lead over them. A very good week at the office for the Yanks then.
And guess what? Yup, England too pick up more points at the very top thanks to their fourth and eighth placings this week, while Wales sure up their hold on fourth in the table with a couple of points gleaned from a seventh place in the contest. But what's this? Yup, the US hasn't entirely stolen the show - for a quartet of points from a fifth place finish sees Canada get the jump on the others in the trailing pack by leaping up to fifth in the table. Those Canucks, eh? You just can't keep 'em down. ;)
Event 9 coming up soon, chaps...!
<i>The competitors:</i>
So, the task is simple... please arrange eight of the fourteen competitors above into your favoured ordering - first to last (greatest to least) in terms of their <i>contribution to the cinematic James Bond</i>.
Voting for this event should remain open for <i>about a week</i>, after which the results and the updated Medal Table will be posted in this thread (as well as in the thread's opening post).
Oh, and just a reminder - when you do vote, please vote in this manner, chaps (as outlined in the thread's opening post); makes it a hell of a lot easier for me when I'm totting up the totals... ;)
1st place (<font color=DarkOrange>Gold</font>) = 10 points
2nd place (<font color=Gray>Silver</font>) = 8 points
3rd place (<font color=SaddleBrown>Bronze</font>) = 7 points
4th place = 5 points
5th place = 4 points
6th place = 3 points
7th place = 2 points
8th place = 1 point
Over to you, folks - get voting...! :)
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SILVER: Bernard Lee (ENG) - 8 points
BRONZE: Lois Maxwell (CAN) - 7 points
4. Walter Gotell (GER) - 5 Points
5. Judy Dench (ENG) - 4 Points
6. Geoffrey Keen (ENG) - 3 Points
7. Robert Brown (ENG) - 2 Points
8. Colin Salmon (ENG) - 1 Point
2nd place - Desmond Llewelyn
3rd place - Lois Maxwell
4th place - Judi Dench
5th place - Robert Brown
6th place - Wlater Gotell
7th place - Geoffrey Keen
8th place - Michael Kitchen
#1 Desmond Llewelyn
#2 Bernard Lee
#3 Lois Maxwell
#4 Geoffrey Keen
#5 Judi Dench
#6 Walter Gottell
#7 Samantha Bond
#8 Robert Brown
Desmond Llewelyn = 8 points
Lois Maxwell = 7 points
Judi Dench = 5 points
Walter Gotell = 4 points
Robert Brown = 3 points
Colin Salmon = 2 points
Michael Kitchen = 1 point
2nd place Lois Maxwell (Silver) = 8 points
3rd place Desmond Llewelyn (Bronze) = 7 points
4th place Robert Brown = 5 points
5th place Geoffrey Keen = 4 points
6th place Michael Kitchen = 3 points
7th place John Cleese = 2 points
8th place James Villiers = 1 point
2. Lois Maxwell - 8
3. Desmond Llewelyn - 7
4. Michael Kitchen - 5
5. Judi Dench - 4
6. Walter Gotell - 3
7. Geoffery Keen - 2
8. Robert Brown - 1
2nd place (Silver) = 8 points Bernard Lee
3rd place (Bronze) = 7 points Judy Dench
4th place = 5 points Lois Maxwell
5th place = 4 points Walter Gotell
6th place = 3 points Geoffrey Keen
7th place = 2 points Robert Brown
8th place = 1 point Carolin Bliss
2- Desmond Llewelyn 8p
3- Bernard Lee 7p
4- Judi Dench 5p
5- Samantha Bond 4p
6- Walter Gotell 3p
7- Colin Salmon 2p
8- Caroline Bliss 1p
2 Lois Maxwell 8
3 Judi Dench 7
4 Bernard Lee 5
5 Samantha Bond 4
6 Walter Gotell 3
7 Robert Brown 2
8 Caroline Bliss 1
2. Caroline Bliss (Miss Moneypenny, TLD and LTK) - 8 pts
3. Bernard Lee (M, DN-MR) - 7 pts
4. Lois Maxwell (Miss Moneypenny, DN-AVTAK) - 5 pts
5. Desmond Llewelyn (Q, FRWL-DAF and TMWTGG-TWINE) - 4 pts
6. Geoffrey Keen (Sir Frederick Gray, TSWLM-TLD) - 3 pts
7. Walter Gotell (General Gogol, TSWLM-TLD) - 2pts
8. Michael Kitchen (Tanner, GE and TWINE) - 1 pt
#S Bernard Lee
#B Lois Maxwell
#4 Judi Dench
#5 Geoffrey Keen
#6 Colin Salmon
#7 Samantha Bond
#8 Walter Gotell