{"id":52115,"date":"2020-10-07T23:16:58","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T06:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=52115"},"modified":"2021-01-22T10:59:35","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T17:59:35","slug":"man-with-the-golden-gun-the-1974","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=52115","title":{"rendered":"Man With the Golden Gun, The (1974)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I&#8217;ve dreamed about you setting me free.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Poster-193x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-52116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Poster-193x300.png 193w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Poster-660x1024.png 660w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Poster-82x128.png 82w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Poster-174x270.png 174w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Poster.png 707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAfter being sent a golden bullet by the mistress (Maud Adams) of his would-be assassin &#8212; Francisco Scaramanga, the Man With the Golden Gun (Christopher Lee) &#8212; James Bond (Roger Moore) travels to Lebanon, Hong Kong, Macau, and an island in Thailand to hunt him down, occasionally helped by his ditzy colleague Mary Goodnight (Britt Ekland) and tracked by Scaramanga&#8217;s pint-sized assistant (Herve Villechaize).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Britt Ekland Films<\/li>\n<li>Christopher Lee Films<\/li>\n<li>James Bond Films<\/li>\n<li>Spies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary writes that &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Man_with_the_Golden_Gun_(novel)\">Ian Fleming&#8217;s last James Bond novel<\/a> became one of the least interesting Bond films,&#8221; resulting in a &#8220;very labored movie, with Bond a stiff bore.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Moore.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Moore-1024x550.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"344\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-65092\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Moore-1024x550.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Moore-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Moore-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Moore-768x413.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Moore-502x270.png 502w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Moore.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He notes that Bond and Scaramanga&#8217;s &#8220;shootout on the [killer&#8217;s remote] island&#8217;s funhouse&#8221; &#8212; which &#8220;benefits from the presence of Scaramanga&#8217;s diminutive servant Nick Nack (Herve Villechaize)&#8221;: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Villechaize2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Villechaize2-1024x550.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"344\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-65087\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Villechaize2-1024x550.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Villechaize2-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Villechaize2-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Villechaize2-768x413.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Villechaize2-502x270.png 502w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Villechaize2.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; is &#8220;the only good scene in the movie, and even it has an unsatisfying finish.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Funhouse2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Funhouse2-1024x550.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"344\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-65086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Funhouse2-1024x550.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Funhouse2-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Funhouse2-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Funhouse2-768x413.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Funhouse2-502x270.png 502w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Funhouse2.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He points out that Adams and Ekland are &#8220;uninspired leading ladies&#8221;: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Ekland2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Ekland2-1024x563.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"352\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-65088\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Ekland2-1024x563.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Ekland2-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Ekland2-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Ekland2-768x422.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Ekland2-1536x845.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Ekland2-491x270.png 491w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Ekland2.png 1817w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Adams.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Adams-1024x545.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"341\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-65089\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Adams-1024x545.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Adams-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Adams-128x68.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Adams-768x409.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Adams-1536x818.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Adams-507x270.png 507w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Adams.png 1843w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and that the film features &#8220;stale humor&#8221;, a &#8220;cruddy title song by Lulu&#8221;, and &#8220;dull&#8221; opening titles. He adds that there&#8217;s an &#8220;unfortunate&#8221; reprisal by Clifton James of his &#8220;unfunny redneck sheriff from <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=52101\"><em>Live and Let Die<\/em><\/a>&#8221; &#8212; indeed, this is the lowlight of the film. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-James.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-James-1024x566.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"354\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-65094\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-James-1024x566.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-James-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-James-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-James-768x425.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-James-1536x849.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-James-488x270.png 488w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-James-1038x576.png 1038w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-James.png 1807w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lee comes across the best, adding some nuance and interest to a villain who&#8217;s not all that fleshed out, but at least feels authentic. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Christopher Lee as Scaramanga<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Lee.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Lee-1024x550.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"344\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-52118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Lee-1024x550.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Lee-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Lee-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Lee-768x413.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Lee-502x270.png 502w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Lee.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fine location shooting<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Location1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Location1-1024x550.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"344\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-52119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Location1-1024x550.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Location1-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Location1-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Location1-768x413.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Location1-502x270.png 502w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Man-With-the-Golden-Gun-Location1.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; definitely feel free to skip this one.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0071807\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1974\/12\/19\/archives\/film-james-bond-and-energy-crisisman-with-golden-gun-at-several-the.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moriareviews.com\/sciencefiction\/man-with-the-golden-gun-1974.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.filmsite.org\/series-jamesbond9.html\">FilmSite Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=3211&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/reviews\/37423\/man-with-the-golden-gun-the\/\">DVD Talk Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve dreamed about you setting me free.&#8221; Synopsis: After being sent a golden bullet by the mistress (Maud Adams) of his would-be assassin &#8212; Francisco Scaramanga, the Man With the Golden Gun (Christopher Lee) &#8212; James Bond (Roger Moore) travels to Lebanon, Hong Kong, Macau, and an island in Thailand to hunt him down, occasionally helped by his ditzy colleague Mary Goodnight (Britt Ekland) and tracked by Scaramanga&#8217;s pint-sized assistant (Herve Villechaize). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Britt Ekland Films&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=52115\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52115"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65095,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52115\/revisions\/65095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}