AJB live commentary on LALD

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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,854Chief of Staff
    Music- “If He Finds It, Kill Him” Martin told how Hamilton instructed him on how he wanted this music to match the action, and he succeeded
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,998MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    Higgins wrote:
    Number24 wrote:
    The card trick - I like it when Bond is a bastard.

    Dalton would have never done that!

    You must be joking! It's much more in DaltonBond's charecter than MooreBond.

    No, I think Dalton would have won her over with his watery eyed sincerity. :))
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  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    Higgins wrote:
    Number24 wrote:
    The card trick - I like it when Bond is a bastard.

    Dalton would have never done that!

    You must be joking! It's much more in DaltonBond's charecter than MooreBond.

    Tricked her - probably
    Tricked her to take her virginity - neber!
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,331MI6 Agent
    Moore plays Bond well. :007)
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,854Chief of Staff
    Number24 wrote:
    Moore plays Bond well. :007)

    Understatement!
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,998MI6 Agent
    Geoffrey Holder as a sinister Pan figure... great moment.
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,331MI6 Agent
    The tropical locations is a welcome contrast to the snow outside my Windows. In May! :o
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,998MI6 Agent
    "If he finds it, kill him!" Kill him anyway, Kananga!
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  • ACACIA_AVENUEACACIA_AVENUE UKPosts: 1,775MI6 Agent
    London bus driver Maurice Patchett, driving and performing the stunts.
    One of us smells like a tart's handkerchief.
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,998MI6 Agent
    It certainly is necessary, Gymkata. Though with that hair bunched up into a column, she looks like some sort of Star Wars alien babe.
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,331MI6 Agent
    The baron is a great character
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,854Chief of Staff
    Gymkata wrote:
    Barbel wrote:
    Geoffrey Holder as Baron Samedi. Perfect.

    @Barbel: did you ever see SWASHBUCKLER with Robert Shaw and James Earl Jones? Not a great movie (although I have a lot of affection for it, warts and all) but Holder has a fun role in it.

    No, but it sounds good. Did you ever see the video for Elton John's "Passengers"? Holder is there as Baron Samedi.

    https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=elton+john+passengers&&view=detail&mid=E4EE9D001E740B9AF1BDE4EE9D001E740B9AF1BD&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Delton%2Bjohn%2Bpassengers%26FORM%3DHDRSC3
  • Thunderbird 2Thunderbird 2 East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,816MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    Geoffrey Holder as Baron Samedi. Perfect.

    You said it Barbel, the only Bond baddie who gave me knightmares for several years.
    In voice work, he often did softly sounded characters - The narrator of Tim Burton’s Charlie & The Choc Factory.
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  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,998MI6 Agent
    I like motor vehicle chases in this era of Guy Hamilton Bond films... screeching tyres, fun skidding and smashing metal bodywork.
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,854Chief of Staff
    The head guy here is called Adam.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,854Chief of Staff
    In Moore's LALD diary, he makes it clear that Solitaire is only faking the attack on Bond to allow him to escape.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,854Chief of Staff
    Gymkata wrote:
    Barbel wrote:
    Gymkata wrote:

    @Barbel: did you ever see SWASHBUCKLER with Robert Shaw and James Earl Jones? Not a great movie (although I have a lot of affection for it, warts and all) but Holder has a fun role in it.

    No, but it sounds good. Did you ever see the video for Elton John's "Passengers"? Holder is there as Baron Samedi.

    https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=elton+john+passengers&&view=detail&mid=E4EE9D001E740B9AF1BDE4EE9D001E740B9AF1BD&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Delton%2Bjohn%2Bpassengers%26FORM%3DHDRSC3

    I'll check out that video, thanks!

    Lower your expectations on SWASHBUCKLER. Robert Shaw is fantastic in it and there are some great moments to be had, but overall the inept direction keeps it all from gelling. Also, Peter Boyle is pretty terrible as the bad guy. If you're in a forgiving mood and want to enjoy Shaw and James Earl Jones having an absolute blast, give it a go.

    Will do. Those are some of my favourite actors
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,998MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    The head guy here is called Adam.

    Adam is an underrated henchman, I think. Second fiddle to Tee Hee, Baron Samedi and maybe even Whisper, but he plays his scenes well. He's like a blaxploitation film character played straight.
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,331MI6 Agent
    The car vs plane is a poor action scene. In fact the first half of LALD is light on standout action.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,854Chief of Staff
    Mrs Bell's "Holy Sh..." line was muted on original release
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,998MI6 Agent
    Another great Guy Hamilton/Tom Mankiewicz wittily realised action sequence... Mrs Bell and the crashing cars... in the same fun spirit as the car chase in Vegas in DAF
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,854Chief of Staff
    Moore’s last line in the shooting- “Where’s Strutter?”
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    Was Hedison wearing wig?
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.
    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,854Chief of Staff
    Music- “Fillet Of Soul- New Orleans” and the title song, sung by BJ Arnau
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,854Chief of Staff
    Higgins wrote:
    Was Hedison wearing wig?

    No, definitely not
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    Then his hair looked terrible
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  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,998MI6 Agent
    edited May 2020
    Gymkata wrote:
    Number24 wrote:
    The car vs plane is a poor action scene. In fact the first half of LALD is light on standout action.

    It's terrible. The only reason why the scene 'happens' is because everyone's an idiot.

    I remember everyone loving it in the packed cinema when this first came out. Mrs Bell's "Holy s-it!" raised the roof
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,854Chief of Staff
    Some resemblances to Fleming's novel here though context is different.
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    She sings the song better, sorry Macca
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  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,998MI6 Agent
    Higgins wrote:
    She sings the song better, sorry Macca

    I think she does, yes :-)
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