The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)

Director:

Guy Hamilton

Writers:

Richard Maibaum (screenplay) and
Tom Mankiewicz (screenplay)

Release Date:

20 diciembre 1974 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Thriller

Frase comercial:

He never misses his target, and now his target is 007.

Plot:

Bond is led to believe that he is targeted by the world's most expensive assassin and must hunt him down to stop him.

Plot Keywords:

Casino Card Game | Pun | Secret Island | Beautiful Woman | Boat

Awards:

1 win

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Golden Gun is Golden Surprise!

Cast

Roger Moore	...	James Bond
Christopher Lee	...	Francisco Scaramanga
Britt Ekland	...	Mary Goodnight
Maud Adams	...	Andrea Anders
Hervé Villechaize	...	Nick Nack (also as Herve Villechaize)
Clifton James	...	Sheriff J.W. Pepper
Richard Loo	...	Hai Fat
Soon-Tek Oh	...	Lieutenant Hip (as Soon-Taik Oh)
Marc Lawrence	...	Rodney
Bernard Lee	...	'M'
Lois Maxwell	...	Miss Moneypenny
Marne Maitland	...	Lazar
Desmond Llewelyn	...	'Q'
James Cossins	...	Colthorpe
Yiu Lam Chan	...	Chula (as Chan Yiu Lam)

También conocida como:

Ian Fleming's The Man with the Golden Gun (UK) (complete title) (USA) (complete title)
Hombre de la pistola de oro, El (Spain) [es]
Hombre del revólver de oro, El (Argentina) [es]

Duración:

125 min

País:

UK

Idioma:

English | Thai

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Brazil:12 | South Korea:15 | Canada:G (Quebec) | Iceland:L | UK:PG (1987) (video rating) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | USA:PG (certificate no. 24040) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Ireland:PG | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Norway:16 (1974) | Peru:14 | Sweden:15 | West Germany:16 | UK:A (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Andaman Sea, Thailand

Company:

Danjaq

Trivialidades:

The name of the Double O agent who was killed by Scaramanga in Beirut in 1969 was Bill Fairbanks. His code number was Agent OO2.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When Bond gets ready for the jump over the water in the car, a light along with the light guy on a ladder is seen in the car window.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Francisco Scaramanga: Nick Nack! Tabasco!
Nick-nack: Right away, Monsieur Scaramanga.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Inside 'Moonraker' (2000) (V)

Soundtrack:

The Man With The Golden Gun

Golden Gun is Golden Surprise!

Roger Moore's second outing as Agent 007 puts him against the evil trick shot artist/assassin, Scaramanga (Christopher Lee). Hailed by many Connery fans as the film that marked the downfall of the 007 franchise, 'The Man With The Golden Gun' turns out to be one of the most pleasant surprises of the entire series and one of the 'better' Roger Moore films. 'Gun' does take some getting used to, in fact, more times than not, you need to see it a few times to really begin to enjoy the film.

The cast is great, one of the better ones of the entire series. There are two leading ladies in this film, the wonderful Maud Adams, who would later star in Octopussy (1983), and the terrible Britt Ekland who just acts so dumb and hopeless that it almost angers viewers. The villain Scaramanga is top notch as well as his comical, yet silently evil assistant, Nick Nack, played by French painter Herve Villechaize. The plot of the film is very interesting, the locals are exotic (which is always an extremely important part of a bond film), and Roger Moore continues to develop his character from a Connery-clone to putting his own, charming spin on 007.

All-in-all, 'Gun' is another good 007 adventure and is quite possibly the 4th best Roger Moore Bond film. Any fan of the series should give it a second look before they hail it as 'bad'.