Following the success of Live And Let Die, Roger Moore takes up the role of MI6 special agent James Bond for the second time in The Man With The Golden Gun, with Hollywood heavy and horror legend Christopher Lee taking up the role of the villain, Scaramunga. Guy Hamilton takes the director's ... Read review
James Bond (Roger Moore) may have met his match in Francisco Scaramanga (Christopher Lee) ... more
a world-renowned assassin whose weapon of choice is a distinctive gold pistol. When Scaramanga seizes the priceless Solex Agitator energy converter Agent 007 mu...
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James Bond has been marked for death, and he'll need all his lethal instincts and ... more
seductive charm to survive in this action-packed adventure! Roger Moore returns as Agent 007 and faces off in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with assassin Francisco Scara...
A watch from Swatch's 007 villain collection, this watch represents Scaramanga from the ... more
film The Man With The Golden Gun. This chronograph watch features gold colouring on the dial and on the strap, with 007 embossed on the black leather strap.
A brainwashed James Bond has tried and failed to assassinate M his boss. Now Bond has to ... more
prove he is back on form and can be trusted again. All' 007 has to do is kill one of the most deadly free-lance hit-men in the world one Paco Pistols' Scaramanga the Man with the Golden Gun. But despite his licence to kill 007 is no assassin and on finding the Scaramanga in the sultry heat of Jamaica he decides to infiltrate the killer's criminal co-operative and realizes that he will have to take him out as swiftly as possible or 007 might just be the next on a long list of British Secret Service numbers that the Man with the Golden Gun has retired.
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Main Title - The Man With The Golden Girl (Lulu) Scaramanga's Fun House (Various) Chew Me ... more
In Grisly Land (Various) The man With The Golden Gun (Jazz Instrumental) (Various) Getting The Bullet (Various) Goodnight Goodnight (Various) Let's Go Get 'Em (Various) Hip's Trip (Various) Kung Fu Fight (Various) In Search Of Scaramanga's Island (Various) Return To Scarmanga's Fun House (Various) End Title - The Man with The Golden Gun (Lulu)
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James Bond has been marked for death, and he'll need all his lethal instincts and ... more
seductive charm to survive in this action-packed adventure! Roger Moore returns as Agent 007 and faces off in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse and Bond's stunning confrontation with an entire martial arts school, The Man With the Golden Gun delivers pull-out-the-stops excitement!
James Bond has been marked for death, and he'll need all his lethal instincts and ... more
seductive charm to survive in this action-packed adventure! Roger Moore returns as Agent 007 and faces off in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with assassin Francisco Scaramanga (Christopher Lee). Featuring a wild automobile chase through Bangkok andBond's stunning confrontation with an entire martial-arts school, The Man With The Golden Gun delivers nonstopexcitement!.
Bond was a good agent once' said M. 'There's no reason why he shouldn't be a good agent ... more
again. Get me the file on Scaramanga. If we can get him fit that's the right-sized target for 007.' 'But that's suicide sir!' Even 007 could never take him. A brainwashed James Bond has tried - and failed - to assassinate M his boss. Now Bond has to prove he is back on form and can be trusted again. All 007 has to do is kill one of the most deadly freelance hit men in the world: Paco Pistols Scaramanga the Man with the Golden Gun. But despite his license to kill 007 is no assassin and on finding Scaramanga in the sultry heat of Jamaica he decides to infiltrate the killer's criminal cooperative - and realizes that he will have to take him out as swiftly as possible. Otherwise 007 might just be the next on a long list of British Secret Service numbers retired by the Man with the Golden Gun...
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Production Year: 2002 - Action/Adventure - Director: Vincenzo Natali - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring:Lucy Liu, David Hewlett, Anne Marie Scheffler, Joseph Scoren, Matthew Sharp, Jeremy Northam
Production Year: 1964 - Action/Adventure - Director: Cyril Endfield - Original Language: English - Classification: Parental Guidance - Starring:Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson, James Booth, Michael Caine, Nigel Green
Production Year: 1977 - Action/Adventure - Director: Clint Eastwood - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring:Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, William Prince, Bill McKinney
Advantages: Christopher Lee and Roger Moore are great adversaries Disadvantages: Comc handling of a sensitive subject - energy crisis
Following the success of Live And Let Die, Roger Moore takes up the role of MI6 special agent James Bond for the second time in The Man With The Golden Gun, with Hollywood heavy and horror legend Christopher Lee taking up the role of the villain, Scaramunga. Guy Hamilton takes the director's seat for the final time in a Bond film, but this time causing controversy with the topic of the film clashing with the energy crisis in Britain in 1973.
... ...been targeted by one of the world's most deadly assassins, Scaramunga, reclusive killer with a distinctive feature in that he has a third nipple. At the same time, a device has come on the black market, a device that can be used to harness the sun's power to avert the energy crisis. Bond goes in search of the device and Scaramunga, anxious to avoid being assassinated, and through his cunning learns of the killer's location.
Following the success of Live And Let Die, Roger Moore takes up the role of MI6 special agent James Bond for the second time in The Man With The Golden Gun, with Hollywood heavy and horror legend Christopher Lee taking up the role of the villain, Scaramunga. Guy Hamilton takes the director's seat for the final time in a Bond film, but this time causing controversy with the topic of the film clashing with the energy crisis in Britain in 1973.
The Plot
Bond is led to believe that he has been targeted by one of the world's most deadly assassins, Scaramunga, reclusive killer with a distinctive feature in that he has a third nipple. At the same time, a device has come on the black market, a device that can be used to harness the sun's power to avert the energy crisis. Bond goes in search of the device and Scaramunga, anxious to avoid being assassinated, and through his cunning learns of the killer's location.
The Cast and Performances
Roger Moore does very well in an acting sense here. In previous Bond films, the MI6 agent's life has always been in danger, but because he is the one investigating the villains. Here, he is the one supposedly targeted, and Moore's angst on screen shows the toll this takes on Bond. There is a good performance from Britt Ekland as the Bond girl Mary Goodnight, and one from Maud Adams as Andrea Anders. Herve Villechaize turns in a marvellous performance as Scaramunga's midget servant Nick Nack, but he is blown away, as are all the other performers, by the on screen presence of Christopher Lee as Scaramunga. This is a marvellous portrayal of an assassin, and I was very impressed.
Clifton James returns in the role of Sheriff J W Pepper, loud mouthed, red faced law enforcement that Bond met in Live And Let Die, a more comic character than anything else, a kind of bumbling over-exuberant Sheriff. Bernard Lee, Desmond Llewellyn and Lois Maxwell return as M, Q and Miss Moneypenny. The remainder of the cast support very well.
My Opinion
This film performed badly at the box office, but this is not because of the quality of the film, which is actually very high. The performances and direction and scenery are magnificent in combination. It is the subject matter that caused consternation and criticism. At the time of the film's production in 1973, the energy crisis was at the fore of politics and the news, and it was a very delicate subject matter. The film was nearly comic in its handling of the energy crisis, and there was a farcical feel to it, which did not sit well with the public, and many boycotted going to see it when it was released in 1974 with the crisis still ongoing.
The film itself is a very well made one, and if you put away the error of insensitivity with the energy crisis and examine it from another angle, we have yet another stellar film from the franchise. Lulu sings the title track this time, and with some fine locations and character acting along the way, the film is a very good one.
Conclusion
Good film, but subject matter handled insensitively.
Advantages: Great storyline with one of Rogers best performances Disadvantages: Can't think of any
Following the success of Roger Moores fisrt james Bond film "Live and let die" he was getting established in the role, not an easy thing after taking over from Sean Connery. The public was quickly warming to Roger as the new Bond.
"The man with the goldengun" was rogers second Bond film, made in 1974 at Pinewood studios and filmed in locations of Hong Kong and of course here in Britain.
The casting for the roles was done pretty quick as Christopher Lee had expressed his enthusiasm to be in a Bond film for years and really wanted to work with Roger and also knew that his character "Scaramanga" was just the right part for him to play.
Also a welcome return was given to Clifton james who plays "JW Pepper" whom the audience loved from his part in "Live and let Die" His character is highly amusing as the Louisiana state policeman.
Also ...
Advantages: Short running time, very funny theme tune Disadvantages: Guy Hamilton made Goldfinger, this is NOT Goldfinger
of Christopher Lee's Scaramanga. Scaramanga is the 'Man' of the title, who charges a million a kill, and who has 007 in his sights too. In fact, most of the films content is revealed in one of the most hilarious songs ever, belted out by Lulu in apparent ignorance of just what tripe she's singing. One can hardly blame John Barry or Don Black for this though, Barry put the score together in just 3 weeks.
Anyway, after little entertainment, Bond tracks Scaramanga down to his secret island lair, and battles it out man to man in the wonderfully inept looking 'funhouse', a conceit of Scaramanga's that would barely baffle a juvenile house breaker, let alone the world's greatest killers.
This is fast forward stuff. It starts with a weak pre-credits sequence, followed by an awful theme tune, and plods straight into the hackneyed story, taking Bond ...
Advantages: Another slice of Bond Disadvantages: VERY dated
Despite being a Bond, despite the big budget, and despite having all of the familair trappings, The Man With The GoldenGun looks decidedly low budget. But why? It's got the gadgets, it's got the girls, it's got a credible bad guy - so why doesn't it work?
Roger Moore's second outing as Bond has dated VERY badly. The fuel crisis storyline is totally out of place nowadays and isn't particularly strong to start with. The use of the Queen Elizabeth in Hong Kong harbour, likewise is outdated and doesn't mean much to modern audiences. But these are just two things, why does it look so old? Sure things like fashions have changed but they don't affect other films so they shouldn't affect this one. But everything seems to combine to make a very dated film...and it doesn't even have retro chic.
The cast has the usual characters (Q, M, etc ...
Contains moderate violence and mild sex references
Video Category
Feature Film
Plot
The ninth James Bond film. He is assigned the task of recovering a piece of equipment, the Solex Agitator, which is capable of harnessing the sun's rays.
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
MGM ENTERTAINMENT; 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Roger Moore is the ever-debonair 007 in this ninth film in the James Bond series. The super agent is assigned the task of recovering a valuable piece of technical equipment capable of harnessing the sun's energy. Standing in his way are a number of arch-villains. James Bond returns in: "The Spy Who Loved Me."
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