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6.7/10
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James Bond is targeted by the world's most expensive assassin, while he attempts to recover sensitive solar cell technology that is being sold to the highest bidder.James Bond is targeted by the world's most expensive assassin, while he attempts to recover sensitive solar cell technology that is being sold to the highest bidder.James Bond is targeted by the world's most expensive assassin, while he attempts to recover sensitive solar cell technology that is being sold to the highest bidder.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination
Hervé Villechaize
- Nick Nack
- (as Herve Villechaize)
Soon-Tek Oh
- Hip
- (as Soon-Taik Oh)
Yao Lin Chen
- Chula
- (as Chan Yiu Lam)
Carmen Du Sautoy
- Saida
- (as Carmen Sautoy)
- Director
- Writers
- Richard Maibaum
- Tom Mankiewicz
- Ian Fleming(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaIn his autobiography, Sir Roger Moore said that when they were filming the boat chase on the klongs, he fell in twice. The first was on purpose (because they told him not to do it), and the second time was by accident. On the second fall, Moore made the mistake of opening his eyes underwater, and saw what the local undertakers did with the bodies of the less fortunate. Conversely, this is the only Sir Roger Moore Bond movie where the Bond character is not drenched in water in some way.
- GoofsDuring the fight in Beirut a bumped mirror shows a camera man, someone standing over the camera, and studio lighting. (This is noted in the commentary on the re-release DVD. It could have been corrected when the film was remastered, but they decided to leave it in.)
- Quotes
Lazar: Mr. Bond, bullets do not kill. It is the finger that pulls the trigger.
James Bond: Exactly. I am now aiming precisely at your groin. So speak or forever hold your piece.
- Crazy creditsTHE END of THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN James Bond will return in THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
- Alternate versionsOn the original MGM DVD release, a heavy amount of reverb is added to John Barry's score when Bond kills Scaramanga in the fun house. The original mono track, heard on the 2006 Ultimate Edition DVD, cuts the music off just as Bond fires his weapon. The Dolby Digital 5.1 mix on the UE adds a smaller amount of reverb, but still cuts the music off as Bond fires.
- ConnectionsEdited into Fall on Your Sword: Last Christmas (2013)
Featured review
My Favorite James Bond Movie
This is the second film for Roger Moore in the role of "Agent 007" and even though this particular movie isn't the best it happens to be my favorite James Bond movie of them all. Essentially, the world's #1 assassin named "Scaramanga" (Christopher Lee) has sent a golden bullet to James Bond indicating that he is his next target. So rather than waiting around for Scaramanga to choose the time and place James Bond decides to find him first. This leads him to Beirut, Macao, Hong Kong and Bangkok in an attempt to find information that might be helpful in that regard. Now, rather than reveal the rest of the story I will just say that this movie does a good job of combining both action and comedy. As a matter of fact, I think this is probably the most humorous James Bond film ever made as it features nifty one-liners from James Bond along with "Sheriff J. W. Pepper" (Clifton James) and a midget named "Nick Nack" (Herve Villechaize). It also features two quite attractive women in Maud Adams (as Scaramanga's mistress, "Andrea") and Britt Ekland (as "Agent Goodnight"). Again, it might not be the best James Bond movie but I found it to be quite entertaining and recommend it to all fans of the series. Above average.
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- Uriah43
- Jul 31, 2014
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- Also known as
- Ian Fleming's The Man with the Golden Gun
- Filming locations
- James Bond Island, Phang Nga Bay, Thailand(Scaramanga beach house)
- Production company
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- Budget
- $7,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $20,972,000
- Gross worldwide
- $20,972,444
- Runtime2 hours 5 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
- 1.66 : 1
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