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Zulu for me ....
RE the life article and the "final five", Dalton wouldn't have in that group, as he turned it down out of being intimidated at following in the footsteps of Connery, at such an early stage of his career (isn't that how the story goes?).
Mr was recorded in France, at Studio Davout. In 2003, when soundtrack album producer Lukas Kendall was putting together the expanded albums in London, they did a search for the tapes of the Mr recording sessions (in London), and came up empty. Adding more fuel to the fire was a later interview with someone at Davout who claims they had kept copies of the Mr tapes there, but at some point, when they started throwing old tapes away, they called MGM/UA to tell them they had x days to retrieve their Mr tapes or they would throw them in the garbage. Nobody from MGM/UA called back or showed up, so Davout fulfilled their promise.
Pretty bleak, right? Except for the fact the 2003 expansions were produced in a very short timeframe, with a limited budget, so the London search was not exhaustive. The tapes may very well be in London, a theory which makes even more sense when one considers something mentioned on soundtrack expert (and John Barry friend) Jon Burlingame's book, The Music of James Bond: at some point, the Mr tapes (or copies of them, if Davout kept their own tapes) were shipped to London to prepare the final film mixes. So the fact the Davout copies were thrown away isn't decisive. Nor is the fact they didn't find the tapes in London. Or is not having found something the same as it being lost forever? Recording session tapes are sometimes found years after they started searching for them, in the unlikeliest of places, like an inconspicuous-looking cardboard box in which nobody had bothered looking.
Also, IIRC, in 2003 they didn't find the Op and AVTAK tapes either. But nobody goes around claiming they're gone, like with Mr in some corners of the internet.
Last but not least, when he died, John Barry left a number of work-related materials, which I believe his family has not allowed public access to. Among them might be sheet music but also tapes. The Mr tapes could very well be there. I recall Barry lost some stuff when moving from the UK to the US, but that was before Mr. In the mid-seventies, I think.
So you see, there is a possibility the Mr tapes might be gone, but we're hardly in condition to claim that's the most likely scenario, and this is hardly a closed case.
Stranger things have happened before, but I find it a little strange that nobody from MGM/UA picked up the tapes. Why would they risk anything like that to be lost?
I think it's because they don't feel the tapes have much business value. I suspect it has to do with the fact a soundtrack re-release is a relatively uncertain thing-- for them it's not something concrete that is part of a schedule or a business plan. It might happen some day, or it might not. So it's not a high priority for them.
*adjusts tie and looks uncomfortably into drink
Not exactly my finest hour.
I guess that's true, but at the same time there will always be people willing to spend money on getting an expanded score, which would perhaps make them some money. But - as you say, it's probably an uncertain thing which might not be profitable enough.
Would think having the tapes lying around in case there was some business opportunity to use them for, wouldn't hurt.
Still, somewhere in there he found the answers.
Except, it shouldn't be a question in the first place. Dalton and Craig aren't as close in characterisation as some critics seem to obsessively try and suggest.
:-?
Oh dear...
Interesting. I'm not sure I understand why it's specifically "Burtons Bond". And I don't agree that Dalton:Bond is self-loathing, but definitely weary and jaded. He might not be the Bond I want to be, but is without doubt the most fascinating Bond to watch. Other than both followed lightweight Bonds, I don't really see any similarity between Dalton:Bond and Craig:Bond.
Timothy Dalton on playing Bond after Connery - his quote from The Living Daylights premiere:
I think that makes it clear. He was approached but not offered the part. Born in 1946, Dalton would have been 24 in 1970, 25 in 1971 making it impossible for him to have been up for the role in OHMSS?
DAF began filming on 5 April 1971 - source Wikipedia. Dalton's comment about his age would suggest he was considered for DAF. If Dalton got his age wrong and he was a tad older he might have meant he was considered for LALD. That would tally with his comment about "Sean was just deciding to finish." I reckon Dalton was considered for DAF or LALD but not OHMSS.
Classic dialogue in LTK? I found it the least quotable Bond film ever. A couple of Davi’s lines were good, but overall it was unmemorable
So I guess that sets the record straight, Dalton wasn't under any consideration whatsoever for OHMSS, but instead for DAF or LALD. Can't say it changes my feelings much, if at all. I still think Dalton looked too young for Bond around that time (tail end of the 60's and early 70's).
When the idiot Lazenby said he wasn't coming back to do another, EON were casting around for a replacement. I think Connery was brought back for DAF at the last minute, mainly because United Artists sorted it out (his relationship with Harry Saltzman in particular was appalling). So it makes sense that Dalton might have been on their radar at this time.
http://www.superherohype.com/news/421129-timothy-dalton-joins-dcs-doom-patrol-as-the-chief
I've been wanting this for years. I remember in the 90s rumours that mclory wanted him for warhead 2000. not that Dalts would have ever done it.
https://io9.gizmodo.com/timothy-dalton-will-play-doom-patrols-chief-1828831314
Well that's $20 at the box office already.
That's what you pay for a movie ticket?