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Now, regarding the alternate ending in QoS, yes it's set in Haines' estate but what I've read (I've read it on wikipedia some years ago) is the one I described above. I presume as White raises his Glock to shoot Haines after the "It's not your fault, but they know who you are." line, I'm guessing he was interrupted by either Bond's presence or guards have alerted the entire area due to the presence of an uninvited guest. Now, it's true it wouldn't have been that good, but I still want to see that scene in its entirely.
EDIT:
Dug deep into my old files and found this page saved... That's the paragraph:
Citations:
3.- Lost Link, from an old version of the MI-6 Forums site...
4.- http://www.collider.com/entertainment/interviews/article.asp/aid/9605/tcid/1
5.- http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/film-and-tv/news/weve-been-expecting-you-mr-er-new-bond-blockbuster-drops-the-catchphrases-936999.html
6.- http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=50314
The ending wouldn't have worked, and would have put the next director in a rough and not too flexible spot. In addition, flashbacks would have messed with the pacing of the film and, as he said, be unnecessary and "odd."
Agreed, that ending wouldn't have worked because the next director, like the paragraph states, would've been in a hard position to make a fulfilling sequel to QoS. I think Marc Forster did the smart thing with finishing The Vesper Chronicle off and leaving the door open for the one following him in the footsteps.
I could've sworn there were lost Bond films that had a title and a script/plot?
Maybe for Dalton/Brosnan? Or Connery? Can't remember..
Here's one...
Tomorrow Is Never The Day To Die
http://www.mi6community.com/index.php?p=/discussion/2199/another-lost-bond-film/p1
I believe there are some details out there, or at least an outline of what the story would have been for Dalton's third Bond film, including some elements that I believe was used for Goldeneye when he decided not to return.
I've just found two articles that look at Dalton's third Bond film and all the work EON did to make it a reality, including an analysis of what could have been had Dalton not retired the role:
https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/movies/bond17.php3
http://www.007.info/the-007-film-that-never-was-daltons-third-bond/
And then we have TSWLM by John Landis or Anthony Burgess...
I think it was more or less close to a Richard Maibaum screenplay in terms of adaptating a story, but more violent and bizarre than anything by Maibaum in the era. Hecht said that was the time where he had more fun writing.
See for yourself, I think it would have been awesome: telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/jamesbond/8345119/Casino-Royale-discovering-the-lost-script.html
https://amazon.co.uk/Rogue-Royale-Shakespeare-Hollywood-ebook/dp/B00F0LCJY4/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1378475186&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=rogue+royale
Also available in the USA store for 3,33 bucks.
@PropertyOfALady, what's it about?
Cheap as chips and contains Rogue Royale and Diamonds In The Rogue (various articles). Bought it, and I took advantage of the situation to buy the ebook version of Some Kind Of Hero.
The main downpoint of it though was that the character wasn't James Bond in it. It was "an agent" whose gone undercover as "James Bond", something recycled in the satire film. And Le Chiffre isn't the one to torture Bond, but his dominatrix wife is, whose face is deformed by "Bond" earlier in the film when she was assaulted at her own brothel.
There was a movie called Dangerous Mission out in 1954. Mostly known for its 3d, and had nothing to do with Bond.
According to the original article, at one point, Hecht abandoned the "substitute Bond" just to go back to it at the end. I guess it was to cover ground if the chosen actor was not British. I'm pretty sure that should Ratoff, Feldman and Huston had cast a British actor, the real Bond would have been used in the finished film. (I hope I've written this final sentence correctly: my use of passive forms is terrible and tends to read like a craplot of jibberish).
In other materials, I've read that the main spy wasn't even Bond. It was a former gangster called Lucky something assigned to stop Le Chiffre from winning the game...
JOHN Huston?!
Sonuva... :O