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I've thought that for years.
I’m surprised/disappointed that Dalton has never been cast in any of the other big franchises.
It was rumoured that he was considered for the role of Alfred, Bruce Wayne s butler.
This was for Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice.
There was some sort of documentary on Sky around the time of the 50th where Simon Pegg said Dalton was his favourite, iirc.
This morning I was having a chat with @ColonelSun, and I asked:
not that this has bothered me as it has some of the Mi6 contributors-- infact it doesn't bother me-- but I am curious why that slo-mo shot was done in the PTS? Especially since it's never used again in the film.
Do you re-call what the thinking was behind this choice?
And Colonel Sun replied:
Yes, the black DEA guy was an American athlete and EoN thought it would be funny to play Chariots of Fire as he ran towards the plane,
hence the slow motion.
We all hated the idea and argued that was Roger Moore humour and not fitting for Dalton, so the Chariots music - which they were
planning to spend a ton on - was dropped. Thank God!
Me:
Holy shit! Saved one there. That's ridiculous! What was EoN smoking??
I actually like Kamen's music during the slo-mo. But my god, Chariot's of Fire? That would have been tonally from another universe. It would've taken us all out of the picture, and after the gag, would have taken us precious seconds to get back into it.
We probably would have missed Dalton's great reaction shot when his hat is shot out of his lap (Dalton was always good at those reaction shots-- the doves in TLD (at the beginning and the end), the hat from LTK, the gun pressed to his head at Krest's marina... he was amazing with these "in the moment" reactions...).
Wow, never in a million years would I have guessed that that slo-mo shot had such an alternative reasoning behind it, and what could have been...
Colonel Sun:
Yes, we actually put the music in the first cut and Dalton saw it, and to our surprise, he heartily laughed, but we
figured he was being polite. It was dumped after that screening. EoN, to be fair, knew it was a mistake - I suspect
Eon - perhaps Cubby - were still worried that Dalton lacked lightness and humour.
U can let Mi6 know that's why.
I still recall hearing "California Girls" on the AVTAK soundtrack the first time I saw it and wondered, as it was at a cinema with two screens, if there was a mistake with the soundtrack of another film bleeding through.
Tonally, this would have been the worst, most out-of-place thing in the series had it stood. It sounds like something they'd do at a wrap party for amusement along with the bloopers like the famous ones from Star Trek TOS.
From @ColonelSun:
No, Kamen's cues were not reused. Kamen simply kept to the themes. The Music editor did however shift some of his music cues around
to work better, for example, if you watch the pre-titles seq, when Bond shows Leiter the ring in the back of the car, Kamen did a little sting, but
then the scored cut to the exterior helicopter didn't fit/work so well, so the sting was shifted down about half a second, and if u watch the scene,
you see the sting comes a beat after Bond has revealed the ring, not on the actual moment.
I love it!
All I found out was that K McClory obsessively recorded all his phone calls. And I got some brief description of McClory’s son sitting down with EON for negotiations which I assume must have been around the time they sold the Blofeld and TB rights. Will see if I can get something more substantial next time.
Get 'em drunk. That should do it.
That's my #1 tactic as well,gal !!
That looks like the late great comedian Dave Allen?!!!
It does. Only the glass is missing.
Lol! Also a bit like Scott Bakula!!!! Lol!
I am also very fond of Scott Bakula, so that's a win/win! (I have a definite Type, yes.)
Well, considering The Lion In Winter was released on October 30th 1968, 9 days after Lazenby began shooting his Bond film, and several months after Lazenby was introduced to the press, well I do think this myth needs to be put to rest.
I believe in fact that when Dalton said he was approached after Connery quit, he meant in 1972 after Connery quit for the second time. That makes perfect sense. Its a shame writers make assumptions, and before you know it these are facts and ingrained in the public conscience.
Great post. Agree especially with the bolded part. In regards to Bond, another myth that annoys me is that the Mr score tapes are lost forever, which we have no definitive reason to think is the case.
(And @Some_Kind_Of_Hero, it appears you have let us down for the first and last time ;) )
I've never heard about this before! What's the story behind this?
Perhaps the books The Making of On Her Majesty's Secret Service and The Making of The Living Daylights have the best information based on the research that went into those publications.