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  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    GoldenGun wrote: »
    Just noticed that the end credits of Spectre feature a thanks to Maria Grazia Cucinotta. I have no idea why, if anyone knows please enlighten me.

    I had to look this one up; she participated in a charity auction for the film, and likely did some press for all of it in Italy.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    bondjames wrote: »
    Yes, I'd seen that when it came out. That was a massive hit at the time and many clowns were touting him for Bond.

    People call Roger a lewd Bond. Imagine if they had cast Robbie.
  • peterpeter Toronto
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    with Chris Cornell's passing, I started to listen to YKMN with greater thought, including his excellent acoustic version... is the song a dialogue between M and the newly recruited 007?
  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
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    That or the Devil himself.

    In part, I took it as a sort of "Sympathy for the Devil" type of song.
  • BMW_with_missilesBMW_with_missiles All the usual refinements.
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    peter wrote: »
    with Chris Cornell's passing, I started to listen to YKMN with greater thought, including his excellent acoustic version... is the song a dialogue between M and the newly recruited 007?

    That's exactly the interpretation I've taken recently.

    Also, I hadn't heard Chris Cornell died!
  • MooseWithFleasMooseWithFleas Philadelphia
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    In Moonraker, after Bond runs into Holly in Venice, Bond calls for his gondolier 'Draco' I believe is his name. This occurs at the 37:45 mark in the film.

    Bond remains silent despite being in all of the subsequent scenes. He doesn't say another word until 'Play It Again Sam' at 49:05. In fact, the only other words said are background screams (henchmen gondolier 'ay stupido!', scientist exclaiming after dropping poisonous gas, and Chang's endless screams).

    Over 11 minutes of no dialogue!!! There is another 8-10 minute stretch like this later in the film in the amazon
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    MooseWithFleas wrote: »
    In Moonraker, after Bond runs into Holly in Venice, Bond calls for his gondolier 'Draco' I believe is his name. This occurs at the 37:45 mark in the film.

    Bond remains silent despite being in all of the subsequent scenes. He doesn't say another word until 'Play It Again Sam' at 49:05. In fact, the only other words said are background screams (henchmen gondolier 'ay stupido!', scientist exclaiming after dropping poisonous gas, and Chang's endless screams).

    Over 11 minutes of no dialogue!!! There is another 8-10 minute stretch like this later in the film in the amazon
    Good catch.
  • echoecho 007 in New York
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    MooseWithFleas wrote: »
    In Moonraker, after Bond runs into Holly in Venice, Bond calls for his gondolier 'Draco' I believe is his name. This occurs at the 37:45 mark in the film.

    Bond remains silent despite being in all of the subsequent scenes. He doesn't say another word until 'Play It Again Sam' at 49:05. In fact, the only other words said are background screams (henchmen gondolier 'ay stupido!', scientist exclaiming after dropping poisonous gas, and Chang's endless screams).

    Over 11 minutes of no dialogue!!! There is another 8-10 minute stretch like this later in the film in the amazon

    Don't give Mendes any ideas. ;)
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
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    MooseWithFleas wrote: »
    In Moonraker, after Bond runs into Holly in Venice, Bond calls for his gondolier 'Draco' I believe is his name. This occurs at the 37:45 mark in the film.

    Bond remains silent despite being in all of the subsequent scenes. He doesn't say another word until 'Play It Again Sam' at 49:05. In fact, the only other words said are background screams (henchmen gondolier 'ay stupido!', scientist exclaiming after dropping poisonous gas, and Chang's endless screams).

    Over 11 minutes of no dialogue!!! There is another 8-10 minute stretch like this later in the film in the amazon

    Brilliant you spotted this, it's very important, and speaks to film as a visual medium.

    I'm guessing if you did a similar experiment on Mad Max Fury Road, or Jason Bourne, you would find similar results. I would like to see more information communicated visually than through dialogue. It's a key method of immersing the viewer in the world, or removing the barriers. Skyfall and SPECTRE have both been "wordy" films, so I'm hoping they will scale back, and return to Casino Royale, where large stretches didn't need dialogue. Like the Miami sequence for instance.
  • MilovyMilovy
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    Parts of Moonraker remind me of chase cartoons like Tom and Jerry or The Road Runner.
  • QuantumOrganizationQuantumOrganization We have people everywhere
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    Mendes4Lyfe wrote: »
    MooseWithFleas wrote: »
    In Moonraker, after Bond runs into Holly in Venice, Bond calls for his gondolier 'Draco' I believe is his name. This occurs at the 37:45 mark in the film.

    Bond remains silent despite being in all of the subsequent scenes. He doesn't say another word until 'Play It Again Sam' at 49:05. In fact, the only other words said are background screams (henchmen gondolier 'ay stupido!', scientist exclaiming after dropping poisonous gas, and Chang's endless screams).

    Over 11 minutes of no dialogue!!! There is another 8-10 minute stretch like this later in the film in the amazon

    Brilliant you spotted this, it's very important, and speaks to film as a visual medium.

    I'm guessing if you did a similar experiment on Mad Max Fury Road, or Jason Bourne, you would find similar results. I would like to see more information communicated visually than through dialogue. It's a key method of immersing the viewer in the world, or removing the barriers. Skyfall and SPECTRE have both been "wordy" films, so I'm hoping they will scale back, and return to Casino Royale, where large stretches didn't need dialogue. Like the Miami sequence for instance.
    Yes, too much. All we need bright lights and sex.

  • CrzChris4CrzChris4
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    I've never noticed until my most recent viewing of CR...during the Venice shootout inside the sinking house, at one point Craig starts using his watch as a type of brassknuckle weapon.
  • w2bondw2bond is indeed a very rare breed
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    CrzChris4 wrote: »
    I've never noticed until my most recent viewing of CR...during the Venice shootout inside the sinking house, at one point Craig starts using his watch as a type of brassknuckle weapon.

    Yes good observation! There's discussion on this somewhere on the forum. It's an oh so short scene which was supposed to be longer but was cut to please the censors. I believe it's from the novel
  • CrzChris4CrzChris4
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    I did some research - it was taken from the pages of OHMSS. It's a shame it was cut from the film. I believe it would've been another defining moment of Craig's take on the character.
  • DenbighDenbigh UK
    edited May 2017 Posts: 5,869
    Did anyone notice the painting from Severine's Shanghai sequence hanging up in Madeleine Swann's "room"?

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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    Yes to the painting and the use of the watch, they're all well documented on many
    Forums.
  • TripAcesTripAces Universal Exports
    edited May 2017 Posts: 4,554
    I recently re-watched Moore's films. All of them--over the past few days. One thing I noticed, quite funny:

    The sound departments used the same plane dive sound effect in three straight films. It's comical.

    1. MR: The plane in the PTS
    2. FYEO: The helicopter in the PTS
    3. OP: The plane in the PTS; Khan's plane at the end


  • DennisonDennison
    edited May 2017 Posts: 1,031
    TripAces wrote: »
    I recently re-watched Moore's films. All of them--over the past few days. One thing I noticed, quite funny:

    The sound departments used the same plane dive sound effect in three straight films. It's comical.

    1. MR: The plane in the PTS
    2. FYEO: The helicopter in the PTS
    3. OP: The plane in the PTS; Khan's plane at the end


    Some of the sounds used for the exploding of the poppy fields in LALD were used again for the explosion of Scaramanga's island in TMWTGG. The 60s Bonds use the same lift/elevator sound.
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou. I can still hear my old hound dog barkin'.
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    That plane-dive sound is not just a Bond problem. There seems to be universal understanding that an aircraft of whatever kind going down is making that noise, or at least ought to do so. I find that somewhat misplaced with the sound being that of a siren that the Ju-87 was equipped with, with the specific aim of causing terror on the ground. Absolutely no aircraft today creates that noise, no matter how steep the dive.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    I've noticed that before. I love it. Just like the Wilhelm scream, these are things which sort of bind those old films together in a neat way.
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
    edited May 2017 Posts: 15,690
    Another universal understanding about aircrafts in action films in general (not just in the Bond franchise) is that any helicopter seen on screen has nearly perfect odds of exploding.
  • CommanderRossCommanderRoss The bottom of a pitch lake in Eastern Trinidad, place called La Brea
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    j_w_pepper wrote: »
    That plane-dive sound is not just a Bond problem. There seems to be universal understanding that an aircraft of whatever kind going down is making that noise, or at least ought to do so. I find that somewhat misplaced with the sound being that of a siren that the Ju-87 was equipped with, with the specific aim of causing terror on the ground. Absolutely no aircraft today creates that noise, no matter how steep the dive.

    Except for the soon to be restored Ju87 ;-) I know, Iknow, that's whishfull thinking, it'll take at least 20 years if ever.

    As an aviation enthousiast I too dislike this.
  • TripAcesTripAces Universal Exports
    edited May 2017 Posts: 4,554
    When Bond is taken to see Draco, the men come across a janitor whistling "Gol;dfinger." But for the longest time, I thought he was whistling "Moon River." I had never really considered how much "GoldFINGer" is sung similarly to "Moon RIVer."

  • Last_Rat_StandingLast_Rat_Standing Long Neck Ice Cold Beer Never Broke My Heart
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    The Glastron boat chase in Moonraker was filmed in my hometown.
  • MooseWithFleasMooseWithFleas Philadelphia
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    Re-watching the Rog films.

    Octopussy: At Sotheby's, Bond is on Bond Street, standing next to 'The Bond Street Kiosk'

    TMWTGG: Another fly spotted! As Bond is flying to Scaramanga's island, one of the cut scenes to Roger in the plane shows a fly on his left shoulder.
  • Some_Kind_Of_HeroSome_Kind_Of_Hero
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    Is there a place where all documented fly sightings are or can be compiled?

    (Yes, I realize how ridiculous that sounds, and yes, I am serious.)
  • DB5DB5
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    Creasy47 wrote: »
    There's a lot of subtle nudity in the series, like the Playboy magazine that Lazenby is reading in OHMSS, or the quick flash we get when Bond strips the bikini off of the girl and chokes her with it in the PTS of DAF.

    Actually not always quite so subtle. Actual nude Tania as she enters Bond's bedroom in FRWL.

  • Gobi-1Gobi-1
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    DB5 wrote: »
    Creasy47 wrote: »
    There's a lot of subtle nudity in the series, like the Playboy magazine that Lazenby is reading in OHMSS, or the quick flash we get when Bond strips the bikini off of the girl and chokes her with it in the PTS of DAF.

    Actually not always quite so subtle. Actual nude Tania as she enters Bond's bedroom in FRWL.

    Or the nude pinups posted to the wall of the submarine as Jeremy Bulloch walks by at the beginning of The Spy Who Loved Me.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    Gobi-1 wrote: »
    DB5 wrote: »
    Creasy47 wrote: »
    There's a lot of subtle nudity in the series, like the Playboy magazine that Lazenby is reading in OHMSS, or the quick flash we get when Bond strips the bikini off of the girl and chokes her with it in the PTS of DAF.

    Actually not always quite so subtle. Actual nude Tania as she enters Bond's bedroom in FRWL.

    Or the nude pinups posted to the wall of the submarine as Jeremy Bulloch walks by at the beginning of The Spy Who Loved Me.
    I noticed that on my last watch and even wondered if it was Bach (that would have been interesting).
  • echoecho 007 in New York
    edited June 2017 Posts: 5,979
    DB5 wrote: »
    Creasy47 wrote: »
    There's a lot of subtle nudity in the series, like the Playboy magazine that Lazenby is reading in OHMSS, or the quick flash we get when Bond strips the bikini off of the girl and chokes her with it in the PTS of DAF.

    Actually not always quite so subtle. Actual nude Tania as she enters Bond's bedroom in FRWL.

    I always thought she was wearing a body stocking.

    There's also the nudity in TSWLM's credits.

    And OP (or her double) emerging from the pool.

    In a way, the '70s/early '80s were good for Bond. There was (slightly) more nudity and a more relaxed culture. Eon would never launch a film named Octopussy now.
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