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Overview

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Director:
Guy Hamilton
Writers:
Richard Maibaum (screenplay) and
Tom Mankiewicz (screenplay)
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Release Date:
20 December 1974 (USA) more
Tagline:
He never misses his target, and now his target is 007. more
Plot:
Bond is led to believe that he is targeted by the world's most expensive assassin and must hunt him down to stop him. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win more
NewsDesk:
(18 articles)
Mel Gibson too short to play James Bond (IrishCentral)
 (From IrishCentral. 10 November 2009, 5:52 AM, PST)

Bond Role Was Too Tall An Order For Gibson
 (From WENN. 10 November 2009, 12:11 AM, PST)

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Ian Fleming's The Man with the Golden Gun (UK) (complete title) (USA) (complete title)
The Golden Gun (International: English title) (informal short title)
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Runtime:
125 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English | Thai
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Canada:G (Quebec) | USA:PG (certificate no. 24040) | Iceland:L | UK:PG (1987) (video rating) | South Korea:15 | Brazil:12 | Portugal:M/12 | Canada:14A (video rating) | UK:PG (tv rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Ireland:PG | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Norway:16 (1974) | Peru:14 | Sweden:15 | West Germany:16 | UK:A (original rating)
Filming Locations:
Andaman Sea, Thailand more

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Trivia:
Filming began on November 6, 1973 with a double filling in for Roger Moore who wasn't scheduled to begin shooting until April, 1974. more
Goofs:
Crew or equipment visible: When the flaps of the sunlight collector on the mushroom rock rotate into position, it's actually not the sun but a studio light that's been reflected. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Francisco Scaramanga: Nick Nack! Tabasco!
Nick-nack: Right away, Monsieur Scaramanga.
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Referenced in "QI: Film (#6.11)" (2009) more
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11 out of 16 people found the following comment useful.
Goodnight, Sir., 8 May 2007
6/10
Author: Shawn Watson (gator_macready@yahoo.com) from The Underverse

The nefarious (I've no idea what that means, but I know it works) super-assassin Francisco Saramanga is out to kill Bond. Because he's like that. Scaramanga charges a million dollars a hit and is the only person in the world who has a slim chance of getting to Bond. Concerned for his safety, M takes Bond off active duty.

Never perturbed (not really sure of that word either), Bond still investigates and soon discovers that Scaramanga has stolen the 'priceless' Solex Agitator. Oh yeah, one of those! A mere MacGuffin and no more. In his mission to retrieve said 'agitator' Bond travels to Thailand and Hong Kong and gets into many silly fights, one involving a midget butler. He even finds time stress-out hillbilly Sheriff JW Pepper once more and...erm...'roger' his gorgeous assistant Mary Goodnight.

It's very dumb and thoroughly unsophisticated but it's all in the name of fun and Roger Moore's light, somewhat innocent way of playing Bond just keeps you smiling all the way through. I also liked John Barry's score, despite the fact he claims it's his weakest effort on the series.

TMWTGG was the last Bond film to be shot in a 1.85:1 aspect ratio and I do feel that if it was shot in Panavision then it would have more slick and polished look. 33 years on, TMWTGG looks too grainy and dated and appears older than it is. I'm not sure why Guy Hamilton chose to film it this way when 4 previous Bond films had already been made in Scope widescreen.

Definitely one of the lesser Bond movies but saved by sense of humor and never-ending fun. Rent this one.

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