The Man with the Golden Gun

1974/Action, MPAA Rating) 2Discs/3:40:15
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Crew: Directors and cast members (includes IMDB links)
Details: (Netflix summary)
Content:
Disc 1 - Theatrical Version 2:05:08
- Commentary with Director Guy Hamilton & Members of the Cast & Crew
- Commentary with Sir Roger Moore
Disc 2 - Extras ~1:35:07
- The Russell Harty Show 2:59
- On Location 1:31
- Girls Fighting 3:30
- American Thrill Show Stunt Film (with Commentary) 5:16
- *The Road to Bond - Stunt Coordinator WJ Millian Jr. Audio Only 8:02
- Guy Hamilton the Director Speaks 5:05
- Inside the Man With the Golden Gun Documentary 30:58
- Double-O Stuntmen - A Look at the Greatest Stunts and Stunt Performers in the Bond Films 28:38
- Theatrical Archive (5:08): 1. Coming for Christmas-Teaser 1:50, 2. A Man Called-Theatrical Trailer 3:15
- TV Broadcasts (2:00): 1. James Bond on the Job 1:01, 2. The Most Exciting Adventures :59
- Radio Communications (2:00): 1. Get Ready 1:01, 2. Collision Course :29, 3. The Greatest Bond Action Ever :30)
- 109 Image Database (Slideshow) Includes: Portraits (17), Press Conference (2), Phuket (28), Bangkok (11), Bonding with AMC (8), Dojo 007 (10), Aboard Scaramanga's Junk (6), Hong Kong (7), Pinewood (11), The Golden Gun (2), Around the World with 007 (7)
Eggs: (Eeggs, Eggs, DVD Town)
Musical Highlights: LuLu-The Man with the Golden Gun
Factoids: (IMDB, Mistakes, BondMovies, Wiki) Mi6
1. The source of the name "Scaramanga" originates in the name of a man that James Bond creator Ian Fleming knew called Pandia Scaramanga. He had met him and stayed at his house on the island of Hydra in the Greek isles. Reportedly, Fleming sought permission from him to use his surname, indicating that he would be James Bond's adversary in "The Man With The Golden Gun". The real Scaramanga apparently responded: "I certainly do not mind you using my name but please do not to kill me."
2. This is the last Bond film to be shot/shown in a 1.85:1 aspect ratio.
3. Harry Saltzman sold his shares of 007 to alleviate the very large financial difficulties he was in. He sold his 50% share in the Bond franchise to United Artists. Harry Saltzman wanted an elephant stampede in the movie so Bond and Scaramanga could chase each other on elephant back. The rest of the creative team balked at the idea, but Saltzman went to see an elephant trainer. It turns out that elephants need a special shoe on their feet to protect them from rough surfaces when they work. A few months later, while filming in Thailand, Albert R. Broccoli got a call saying his elephant shoes were ready. Saltzman had ordered about 2,600 pairs of them. The sequence was not in the movie, but the man who made the shoe had not been paid. As of 1990, EON production still owed him.
4. One of the lowest-grossing Bond films. That fact, combined with behind-the-scenes problems, nearly made this the final Bond film, and delayed production of the next entry in the series, The Spy Who Loved Me (1977).
5. In the fight in the dancer's dressing-room, Roger Moore sprays one of the villains in the face with an aerosol can of what is clearly Brut-33, a nod to the Fabergé company with which Moore was associated.
6. When Bond says, "The energy crisis is still with us," to M, that had a lot of truth to it. Britain had not yet overcome the oil crisis of 1973, as it had not yet had North Sea oil and gas flowing through its pipelines.
7. When J. W. Pepper first notices Bond going by on the boat, some oriental music plays - the tune is the theme to Live And Let Die (this was the previous film where they first met).
8. The scene where Scaramanga and 007 stand back-to-back, with their guns drawn, is a reference to the John Wayne western The Comancheros (1961). The only difference was that Nick Nack counts to 20, instead of 10.
9. The Announcer on the Hong Kong-Macau Hydrofoil ferry announces, when passing the wreck of the Queen Elizabeth, mentions that it sunk in 1971. Actually it was January 1972.
10. This film was criticised that, in addition to production faults, it is the most sexist story in the series, with James Bond's assistant, Mary Goodnight, a stereotypical blonde buffoon who is nearly useless to him. On the other hand, when Bond is fleeing an enemy dojo, chased by martial artists, he offers to protect two girls who were being menaced by them, only to have them demonstrate their superior fighting skill by easily thrashing Bond's pursuers.
Comments: B. The Ultimate Collectors Edition adds 26:23 new material to approximately 1:08:44 of older material. For some reason, the "Road to Bond" segment can only be found after viewing either version of the American Thrill Show Stunt Film. This was one of two films where I did a complete comparisson check (comparing seconds to images) and I observed that the flying car picture has either been moved (I haven't seen it) or possibly dropped.