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I truly think that the real reasons (note that I use the plural form) for Lazenby not returning to the Bond scene will never be fully known. In my opinion, there's more than one deciding factor involved.
I wonder if Eon is withholding some deleted scenes for future DVD releases. Bond killing Mr. White in QoS is an obvious one. But why withhold scenes from much earlier releases?
How do we know Bond kills White? Or Haines, who is in with the prime minister? Bond would get slack for doing such a thing, as would MI6 by association for having him as a 00.
http://jamesbond.wikia.com/wiki/Mr._White
Well, that's just stupid. White is such a great character who hasn't been used enough. They had better scrap it and give him a lot of scenes in future a Bond/s before killing him off.
Didn't the actor say he wouldn't be in anymore Bond films? I think he even called QOS sh*t.
EDIT: Knew I'd heard it somewhere. http://www.movieweb.com/news/jesper-christensen-will-not-return-for-james-bond-23
Jesper Christensen explains that he was misrepresented at the Berlin Film Festival, saying “I have great respect for the people who make Bond films. They have managed to create their very own meta-universe, almost a genre in itself and a series of 23 films now. It is unique.”
Thanks for that info. Well I hope he returns. But if not, I want the character back later.
In the book "The Essential James Bond", which has a few stills from the scene's filming a caption says "While filming a chase sequence through the back streets and over the rooftops of London George Lazenby injured his arm scaling a wall. In the scene, Bond discovers one of Blofeld's men spying on his meeting with Hilary Bray at the College of Arms and gives chase. The whole sequence was deleted from the final cut."
The scene was filmed but is said to be missing. Who knows what is in the archives, though.
I used to despise this film as a child. It was the only Bond film I would dismiss as "not proper". It used to disappoint me at Christmas or Bank Holidays if i saw OHMSS in the TV listings as opposed to GF or MR. Hell, I even preferred NSNA, but then I was only eleven. Ah, the sweet ignorance of youth.
All of the things I hated about this film back then:
- Brocolli & Saltzman's name interrupting the gun barrel sequence, just as it did in DN.
- The absence of a song playing over the main titles.
- The inclusion of a song during the montage of Bond dating Tracy
- GT's inexperience (sorry it was either Sean or Rog. Not some Australian bloke who only did one film)
- The love story dominating the first half of the film
- John Barry's experimantal sound - lots of synthasized pieces
- The downbeat ending
And yet, these are now ALL of the very reasons I love this film. It is fascinating how you see things differently as you mature. I was 19 in 1995 and it was at that time MGM/UA released all sixteen Bond films on video to coincide with the cinematic release of GE and I went out and bought the lot, starting first with OHMSS as it was the one film I still didn't own and hadn't watched in a number of years. My first recollection of seeing it again in '95 was that it wasn't as bad as I once thought it to be.
With every subsequent screening over the last eighteen years, my enjoyment and appreciation of it has increased each time. I used to often wonder that had Bond been played by SC rather than GT, it would have been declared by the majority of the press and the general movie loving public to be the greatest Bond film ever.
In the last few years, my mind has changed significantly on this point. Whilst there is no doubt that SC is a far better actor and a far better Bond than GT, OHMSS could only have worked with a new actor in the role.
Now, GT's inexperience as an actor is badly exposed at times in the film but credit where credit is due, there is no denying he looked the part and handled himself extremely well with regards to the action but the acting was mostly hit and miss. The biggest praise of all though goes to his performance in the climax of the picture - dealing with the aftermath of Tracy's death. He was quite simply brilliant and dare I say even SC may have found it hard to do a better job.
As far as I'm concerned, that scene can stay lost. Sounds like it was put in to add a little more action. It wasn't in the novel and strikes me as an unnecessary interruption to appease viewers impatient to see more violence.
There is a video on YouTube which has photo stills from the aforementioned deleted scene and inserts them into the scenes at The College Of Arms. I won't provide the link as I don't know whether it breaches copyright but it's easy enough to find.
To quote a YouTuber- "This is what's missing from the early Bond films." Truer words were never spoken.
My favourite film and my favourite Blofeld. The bobsleigh chase scene is bliss.
Everything is bliss when I think of it. The hypnosis scene has been criticized, but I love it!
Walt Disney himself couldn t have come up with anything better.
Cheers!
What on Earth did I just watch?!
OHMSS is my favourite Bond of all time, ever since my first viewing. I'm going to do a full review of this particular release in the near future, as it warrants it...
Bought the book you talked about. Great read, lots of fun. Although OHMSS is my favorite film ever, I now have a better understanding of the tremendous work that was behind the movie. I love OHMSS all the more if that's possible. There are also some very nice pics of Diana Riggs and Jenny Hanley, whose a very very lovely lady by the way.
http://filmgeekcentral.com/2012/10/22/james-bond-retrospective-review-of-on-her-majestys-secret-service/
What a total pratt...hasn't got a clue.