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Is the title of “The Man With the Golden Gun” deliberately deceptive, or is something missing from the adaptation?
I don't believe there was any intended deception.
The films were adapted from two separate novels with those respective titles, which had two distinct villains. For Goldfinger (1964), they chose to ...
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Could 007 have just had Goldfinger arrested for imprisoning and almost killing him in Switzerland?
Because that is not Bond's mission.
The mission is to establish how Goldfinger is illegally transferring gold out of the country so the government can seize his assets.
As yet, we have failed to ...
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Is the title of “The Man With the Golden Gun” deliberately deceptive, or is something missing from the adaptation?
The title is a deliberate riff on The Man With The Golden Arm (1955). I don't think there was ever any intent to tie it back to Auric G, but rather to create an "in-joke" in the title. ...
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How does Oddjob actually kill people?
The 1964 script auctioned by Bonhams in 2014 does not state her method of death:
EXT. EDGE OF WOODS. EFFECT SHOT
Bowler hitting TILLY's neck. She crashes to the ground, lies still.
EXT. ...
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Why were scenes filmed on stage, even though the actors were on a set?
The entire scene looks like it was shot on the same day, in the same location, but not in the order you see it presented.
In the establishing shot with Odd Job loading the golf clubs into the boot (...
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Could 007 have just had Goldfinger arrested for imprisoning and almost killing him in Switzerland?
Secret Agents don't like having to stand up in court
Bond's career as a secret agent is over if he has to give testimony over his kidnapping, even though having Goldfinger arrested would buy them a ...
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