TMWTGG - Anders Death

Smiert-SpionamSmiert-Spionam Posts: 318MI6 Agent
in The James Bond Films
I watched TMWTGG again last night, and lo and behold I actually enjoyed it. However I was wondering how on earth Scaramanga managed to kill Andrea Anders in a packed stadium without raising any alarm. How did he muffle the sound of the gunshot? There's no indication that a silencer could be used with the Golden Gun and this would have also presumably reduced the range of which he could shoot from anyway. Any ideas?

Maybe I'm looking too much into it. After all this is one of the silliest Bond movies, definately up there with MR and DAD.
Smiert Spionam

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  • ZorinIndustriesZorinIndustries United StatesPosts: 837MI6 Agent
    I always wondered this too... there's always the possibility he killed her beforehand and managed to place a corpse in the seat? Who knows? After all, it is 007 film and stranger things have happened. :))
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  • Smiert-SpionamSmiert-Spionam Posts: 318MI6 Agent
    ZorinIndustries wrote:
    I always wondered this too... there's always the possibility he killed her beforehand and managed to place a corpse in the seat? Who knows? After all, it is 007 film and stranger things have happened. :))

    I would have gone with this except he explains to Bond that the shot was 'difficult but very gratisfying' which says to me he must have somehow killed her there at the stadium. Would a sudden explosion of noise from the spectators he enough to muffle the sound of a gunshot? Even then you would have thought someone would have noticed Anders being shot through the chest.
    Smiert Spionam
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    With all the shouting and screaming going on during the Fights, I don't
    think anyone would of heard a gunshot, and he could of used a silencer.
    Or he could of shot her up close as they sat down.
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  • ZorinIndustriesZorinIndustries United StatesPosts: 837MI6 Agent
    Smiert-Spionam wrote:
    I would have gone with this except he explains to Bond that the shot was 'difficult but very gratisfying' which says to me he must have somehow killed her there at the stadium. Would a sudden explosion of noise from the spectators he enough to muffle the sound of a gunshot? Even then you would have thought someone would have noticed Anders being shot through the chest.

    I always figured this as an emotionally difficult shot, Miss Anders being his mistress or uhh whatever you'd like to call it haha. Hmm if only we'd know for sure... Great post, by the way.
    "Better luck next time... slugheads!"

    1. GoldenEye 2. Goldfinger 3. Skyfall 4. OHMSS 5. TWINE
  • toddthatchertoddthatcher ohioPosts: 74MI6 Agent
    i'm watching all the Bond films in order after receiving the Bond 50 Blu Ray set. Here's my movie blog post entry on Man with the Golden Gun, which is my latest post. Evaluations of the other Bond films can also be found on the site.

    http://toddmthatcher.wordpress.com/2013/01/04/the-007-files-the-man-with-the-golden-gun/
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,845MI6 Agent
    I'd say he shot her with a silenced revolver from where she sat - he uses an ordinary revolver to pop the top off the champagne, after all!
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • James SuzukiJames Suzuki New ZealandPosts: 2,406MI6 Agent
    Did Bond see her alive there?
    “The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at three in the morning. "
    -Casino Royale, Ian Fleming
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,845MI6 Agent
    James Suzuki wrote:
    Did Bond see her alive there?

    No, Anders was already dead. Bond's "talk" with her is put-on as he sees the blank stare of her eyes and the bullet hole in her chest. Another thought - the bullet must have been fired from a very low calibre gun as otherwise it would have went through Anders and into other people at the match, potentially. It's a great scene, with Scaramanga being beside Bond and him not knowing it,. as he's never seen him before - far better acting than anything in DAF, IMHO.
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • James SuzukiJames Suzuki New ZealandPosts: 2,406MI6 Agent
    Silhouette Man wrote:
    James Suzuki wrote:
    Did Bond see her alive there?

    No, Anders was already dead. Bond's "talk" with her is put-on as he sees the blank stare of her eyes and the bullet hole in her chest. Another thought - the bullet must have been fired from a very low calibre gun as otherwise it would have went through Anders and into other people at the match, potentially. It's a great scene, with Scaramanga being beside Bond and him not knowing it,. as he's never seen him before - far better acting than anything in DAF, IMHO.
    Right, I haven't seen the film in Yonks, really need to see it again.
    “The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at three in the morning. "
    -Casino Royale, Ian Fleming
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,845MI6 Agent
    James Suzuki wrote:
    Silhouette Man wrote:
    James Suzuki wrote:
    Did Bond see her alive there?

    No, Anders was already dead. Bond's "talk" with her is put-on as he sees the blank stare of her eyes and the bullet hole in her chest. Another thought - the bullet must have been fired from a very low calibre gun as otherwise it would have went through Anders and into other people at the match, potentially. It's a great scene, with Scaramanga being beside Bond and him not knowing it,. as he's never seen him before - far better acting than anything in DAF, IMHO.
    Right, I haven't seen the film in Yonks, really need to see it again.

    You do that. It's a great Bond film!
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • James SuzukiJames Suzuki New ZealandPosts: 2,406MI6 Agent
    It's actually the Bond film I have only seen twice, even though I own it
    “The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at three in the morning. "
    -Casino Royale, Ian Fleming
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,845MI6 Agent
    James Suzuki wrote:
    It's actually the Bond film I have only seen twice, even though I own it

    Wow!

    I suppose its like me with DAD, CR and QoS, although I like the last two really well!
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • James SuzukiJames Suzuki New ZealandPosts: 2,406MI6 Agent
    Silhouette Man wrote:
    James Suzuki wrote:
    It's actually the Bond film I have only seen twice, even though I own it

    Wow!

    I suppose its like me with DAD, CR and QoS, although I like the last two really well!
    I know, guilty as charged, I am going to watch it ASAP.
    “The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at three in the morning. "
    -Casino Royale, Ian Fleming
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,845MI6 Agent
    James Suzuki wrote:
    Silhouette Man wrote:
    James Suzuki wrote:
    It's actually the Bond film I have only seen twice, even though I own it

    Wow!

    I suppose its like me with DAD, CR and QoS, although I like the last two really well!
    I know, guilty as charged, I am going to watch it ASAP.

    I'm the same with a lot of the Bond films - but then I'm a literary James Bond backwoodsman!
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • James SuzukiJames Suzuki New ZealandPosts: 2,406MI6 Agent
    Silhouette Man wrote:
    James Suzuki wrote:
    Silhouette Man wrote:

    Wow!

    I suppose its like me with DAD, CR and QoS, although I like the last two really well!
    I know, guilty as charged, I am going to watch it ASAP.

    I'm the same with a lot of the Bond films - but then I'm a literary James Bond backwoodsman!
    Yeah, I know (it's xboy here remember )
    “The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at three in the morning. "
    -Casino Royale, Ian Fleming
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,845MI6 Agent
    James Suzuki wrote:
    Silhouette Man wrote:
    James Suzuki wrote:
    I know, guilty as charged, I am going to watch it ASAP.

    I'm the same with a lot of the Bond films - but then I'm a literary James Bond backwoodsman!
    Yeah, I know (it's xboy here remember )

    Not sur I see the significance of your old name?

    Could you enlighten me as SILHOUETTE MAN?!
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • James SuzukiJames Suzuki New ZealandPosts: 2,406MI6 Agent
    Well I changed my name I wasn't sure you knew I was the same member
    “The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at three in the morning. "
    -Casino Royale, Ian Fleming
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,845MI6 Agent
    James Suzuki wrote:
    Well I changed my name I wasn't sure you knew I was the same member

    Yes, I saw it in your signature, but I can't say I remember your posts! Old age? :)
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
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