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That was growing up for me too, Barry, though I saw Connery first on TV, Rogers Bond movies were the ones I saw frequently, particularly at Christmas, Easter and Bank Holidays! I distinctly remember the Sunday night TV premiere of LALD! Though I'm a diehard Dalton fan, my tv memories and my first sighting of 007 in cinema were all Rog! Happy times!
Indeed! Hunt was asked to For Your Eyes Only, but a prior commitment came in the way. Richard Maibaum was quite excited at the prospect of Hunt's return, but it was not to be.
Interesting to think how that would have turned out !
Really? That would of been very interesting to see.
Ditto! My source is an interview with Hunt where he says:
"Then Broccoli asked me to come back for Diamonds Are Forever, but at that time he and Saltzman were fighting and I was involved with something else. I told them that if they moved the production date I might be able to, but they couldn't and so they went with Guy Hamilton...Then, again, Cubby asked me when I was doing Death Hunt, and I couldn't. So each time he came to me, I couldn't do it for one reason or another, although I would have liked to..."
Death Hunt was released in 1981, so the film Hunt was asked back for was For Your Eyes Only, since it was released the same year.
Richard Maibaum himself was was a bit critical of of FYEO: "I was very disappointed with the way the love story was handled. The whole idea was that the great lover James Bond can't get to first base with this woman because she's so obssessed with avenging her parents' death. Nothing was ever done with it. It was as if the director didn't feel there was a love story there at all....I think we blew an opportunity in For Your Eyes Only to go back to the From Russia With Love/On Her Majesty's Secret Service Bonds."
That last sentence is perhaps overly harsh, but Hunt certainly would have been the right director to go back to the OHMSS model. On the Absolutely James Bond message board someone, who claimed to have corresponded with Maibaum on occasion, wrote that Maibaum "was very proud of For Your Eyes Only which he described as 'a fine-tuned engine.' Peter Hunt had a lot of input in the script Maibaum turned in. But history repeated itself. Once again Maibaum was very upset over the changes and new material Michael Wilson imposed (expanding Bibi the ice-skater into a speaking role, bringing Melina to Cortina, adding the motorcycle fight in the town plaza and the hockey fight in the rink, losing the execution of Luigi, reducing the importance of the Countess etc). Wilson shifted the emphasis into all the wrong areas and director John Glen dropped the ball completely in other areas....But the film turned out rather well, in my view, although I agree it could have been better."
Exploring Bond being rejected by an obsessed Melina sounds like a good idea. And an expanded role for the Countessa as well.
Could be, but think about it's the same person who directed Moore's last 3 films also directed Dalton's 2 on more serious & brutal note. It's not just the director but also depends on screenwriter and producer, where they want to take the film with the actor. As much as I admire Peter Hunt there is no certainty. FYEO is still my most rewatchable bond film of Moore's Era.
It was exciting for me FYEO/OP/TLD my favorites. I love Dalton films but not just because of him TLD is always in my 10 as for OP still a great action flick if we keep aside a few silly Scenes .I could learn to live with AVTAK.
I love all the Moore Bond films,all so rewatchable and fun.
Also LTK is right up there in my top 10,so thumbs up for Glen from me !!
Same here 3 of Glen films are in my top 10 - FYEO(5)/TLD(6)/ LTK(9)
Agree on the underwater scene where they get the ATAC, really slow sequence.
@ClarkDevlin Without OP even? Wow... I love OP. I prefer FYEO just a tiny bit more, but man I wouldn't want to miss OP for the world.
I Love FYEO as is, but Hunt's take certainly would have been interesting. Maybe would have given it a bit more cinematic style as well to it.
Tut tut on this one Clark,we beg to differ big time re OP.
And I know someone else who wont be happy with you !!
@Benny
Both of them?
No, not at all. Orlov was brilliant. Ourumov’s prototype.