THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN | Scaramanga reveals his plans
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- Опубліковано 21 вер 2024
- On this day in 1974 filming began on the scene from THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN where Scaramanga reveals his plans to Bond. Roger Moore said: “On the first day of shooting, we had to walk into this overhang in a cave. As we’re walking in out came a thousand bats. Christopher said (imitating Dracula) “Not now Stanislaus.”
You know, most Bond villians are calculating, cold, and carry an aura of evil. Christopher Lee here behaved like he just welcomed Double O into his home for a beer or two, and showed off his sports memorabilia with an invite for a barbecue dinner later. And honestly, that's way more scarier.
i'll see your beer and sports memorabilia and raise you an aquarium full of piranhas with a trapdoor.
I really loved that scene how Scaramanga did just that. He seems that he really wants James to like, or at least, respect his craft.
I was weird out at the fact James Bond was in his lair like it’s nothing. What’s funny Scaramanga acts like hey dude welcome to MTV cribs let me show you my lair and diabolical plans while we at it. You. Staying for dinner ? 😂😂😂😂
@@edercortes1960 He knows that only one of them is getting off that island alive. Why not show Bond the whole setup?
@@brucetucker4847 ... see that’s my issue I rather pull a goldfinger And let Bond think for himself and know what I’m up to rather than telling him my diabolical plans ....again that’s just me
I love how Scaramanga openly admits he doesn’t know anything about how his stuff works, all he knows is his solar beam goes brrrrrrrr
Considering in the book he began as a humble circus marksman, it would make sense
I can relate. I collect 28mm plastic miniatures but I haven’t the faintest clue how plastic injection works.
@@hussarzwei6223 Yeah that's the same...
Literally everyone who reads this has no idea the complexities of the device they are watching youtube on
He doesn't need to know. He hired a man to oversee the plant for him. Scaramanga's only real goal is to make money and seduce beautiful women. He's basically a dark reflection of Bond. Bond and Scarmanga are both killers and womanizers, the only difference is that Bond kills in the name of the British crown while Scaramanga has no loyalty to anyone.
Christopher Lee was a legend. Dracula, a Bond villain, a white wizard, and a sith lord.
And a special SAS operative during ww2 irl. (no joke)
Lord summeraisle
@@robitussinbrohan718 The most devious of them all ;-)
@@karloskarlinderstrom6943 Wait really?
Besides WW2 SAS member he was a heavy metal singer.(examples of his songs are available in YT) and he was related to Ian Flemming.
I love how Bond is lecturing Scaramanga on oil, solar power, liquid nitrogen etc. And every time Scaramanga just replies "you know more about it than I" and just chuckles it off, accepting he doesnt know how it works but owns it.
Kind of like me and my car. I don't know exactly how it works. I just own it and drive it. I like how you put it.
They flipped the idea of Bond getting the lecture while acting cool
Exactly. I always find that bit fascinating.
@@rynehall9990 Great observation.
It may be Scaramanga is playing a little dumb. He wants to seduce James into his world. He may be 'letting' James shine a little here, perhaps to feel as though there is a role for him.
He was a villain 50 years ago but now he'd be an absolute hero. Solar energy?
He'd get billions in subsidies
Just like Bond said, the oil monopolies and everything else that produced/refined oil would pay him billions to keep it honest.
Now who do you think is raising a stink over those solar roofs SpaceX is producing.....
That's the problem with Solar energy. Even today, the best a Solar cell can get is 25 to 35% efficiency. If they could get 95% efficiency like Scaramanga's, then that would be the end of the energy crisis and all other power sources would be obsolete. Every type of vehicle, except submarines, could be solar-powered and you'd never have to recharge the batteries. You could have solar panels on the roof of every building and house and they'd have all the power they'd ever need. You'd also no longer need a power grid.
suddenly the Tesla flamethrower seems underwhelming...
@@baddriversofmoosejaw8681 Solar energy is great, but collectors just on buildings or vehicles will never be enough. In the best case the sun delivers 1kW/m^2 (at noon, collector perpendicular to light), with an realistic daily output of 4kWh/m^2 (sunlight intensity rapidly falls away from noon), and burning a litre of petrol releases 9kWh. If I'm a little careful with my driving style I can get 100km for 5L, so that would need around 11m^2 of solar collector optimally exposed all day long for a 100km drive. So you'll still need collector arrays and batteries.
It's quite obvious that Scaramanga is lying. It doesn't take much thought to realize that the energy outputted by the system is much greater than the energy inputs. Just to power his little laser for example, even at 95% efficiency, he'd need a couple of football field sized collectors, and not the tiny mirrors he's using from the 'mushroom shaped rock'.
Love how they're polite af with each other
Passive Aggressive polite though.... don't put your finger, or any other digit, in the freezer, it will snap off like an icicle.
It’s a tradition in Bond films to have Bond and the villain interact civilly at some point in the film
Back when the Bond's had style and class.
They are both British gentlemen cut from the same cloth (upper class brits who attended expensive private schools). Lee applied for scholarship at Eton (the school Bond attended in the novels and casino Royale film), just missing out on a free ride and thus attending another prestigious private school. Lee was actually step cousins of Fleming, who based his character of Bond in part on Lee's ww2 exploits.
@@anaussie213 Word is Lee was involved in covert intelligence ops in WW2.
Scaramanga: the most likeable "villain" in the franchise.
Christopher Lee seemed like a guy you could have liters of coffee or tea to tell his stories.
May he Rest In Peace.
I thought so, too.
..... or even something stronger!
He wasn't an evil business tycoon, or terrorist leader, or a madman bent on world donation. He was just a hitman with a really big island. Take away his desire to kill bond, they'd probably be friends
Same with dooku
No jaws was
An elite English actor playing an elite British spy talking to Sir Christopher Lee a real elite British spy and a famous British actor. This movie was epic
This was a criminally underrated Bond picture.
Lee wasn't a spy
@@davidwagstaff47
Yes he was. He was a British spy in world war II
@@deeznutz7064That's what he claimed, however the reality wasn't quite so grand.
@@deeznutz7064 Apparently he did wet-works which is a lot worse. Spies gather intel, wet-workers straight up murder suspected spies.....
Christopher Lee was perfect as Scaramanga.
Indeed
And Saruman. And Dracula. I never got to see him act in a Shakespearean production, but I'm sure it would have been enjoyable.
@@patrickcannady2066 For me he will always be remembered for Hammer movies along with Peter Cushing and Vincent Price.
He absolutely ate up this role. I consider him and the scary-as-hell drug lord Sanchez (Licence to kill) among my favorite Bond villains.
The dear man definitely was. Dare I say he outcharmed bond in this scene? A worthy adversary.
The Sith's early experiments with planet destroying weapons.
It's best to start small. Especially when you happen to have the planet-destroying weapon attached to the planet you're standing on. A shame for the First Order that they didn't know that.
I just realized, what if they gave Count Dooku a gold-hilted lightsaber? 🤔
"the Sith with the golden lightsaber"
Telsa is supposed to have invented a weapon similar to this but it didn't use solar power, it used re-directed energy pulses which could destroy anything over great distances.. he tried to sell it to the Americans and the British for WWII but both powers declined it.. the plans for the technology and blueprints to make it mysteriously disappeared from Telsa's personal files. The American file on it was classified but later they claimed to have it tested it after Tesla's death but couldn't get it to work.
@Trey Stephens The First Order from Star Wars. He was making a star Wars joke because Sir Christopher Lee played a villain in the prequels
"I sense great fear in you Bond, you have hate, you have anger, but you don't use them"
Nick Nack “Good Mr Bond, good!” “Kill him!” Kill him now!”
"As you can see my marksmanship skills have grown far beyond yours 007. Now, back down."
now where have i heard that before...?🤔
oh yeah...a long time ago in a galaxy far far away...
Bond approaching Scaramanga's island by plane.
'Smoke rises from the Ha Long Bay Island. The hour is late and James Bond, 007 rides to my island seeking my counsel.
For that is why you have come is it not, my old friend?'
Bond: 'Scaramanga'
@@JakeDisselt "Tell me, old friend, when did Scaramanga the Accurate abandon Precision for profit?"
I love how polite and friendly Scaramanga is here, including being very upfront about not knowing much about science.
Ikr. This could be the only few scenes, he's honest in this movie and admitted his flawed scientific stance. Scaramanga's basic traits are 10% honesty and 90 % manipulating & using James as bait making him trapped before the lunch feast & gun duel especially in the end of this clip when he shot Bond's aircraft referring it to solar power. in the end it's Karma when James shot Scaramanga in the chest as the new champion as a fierce gun's man. RIP Christopher Lee. One of the British GOATS in terms of voice acting and playing mostly villains except for a few movies including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I wish you were on Earth to have me meet you in London 4 days ago turning 100 or in 2012 turning 90.
If you say so Mr. Dirdib69
*Every Bond villian:*
'Lemme show my enemy how my machine works so he can disable it after he assassinates me"
You definitely have a strong point! Some Villians appear to be unlimited in having College Sense, but mere infants when it comes to having any Common Sense!
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Sometimes they are trying to sell the plan to him, either trying to get financing (before Bond invariably blows his cover as a banking agent) or try to get him onboard their schemes (it happened before that villains succeed turning even 00 agents to their cause) - 007 Tomorrow Never Dies, 007 the World is not enough.
Most they do because they are just attending their own huge egos and want to display their power to someone who they think will die soon - most Golden era villains.
Oh come on. You've never wanted to brag about outwitting a lot of people with a clever achievement or genius plan?
It's a standard part of Bond films so that the audience knows what the plot is about. They expect him to be dead before they execute the plan.
“You must admit Mr. Bond. I am now undeniably, the Man with the Golden Gun!”
I understand his glee here. The joy that comes along with telling your favorite little joke or line, to the ONLY person in the world …who will get it.
The best mockery was. "What do they teach in that school? Ballet dancing?"
"I am now, undeniably, The Man with the Golden Gun."
That laser was supposed to have a golden beam fire out of it into the plane. They couldn't get the special effect to work.
Right. I was confused as to how that line made any sense. If they couldn't get the effect to work then they should have used different dialogue.
@@TheBrickGuy7939
I always thought it was simply a fancy expression for someone who has the best/most advanced/most sophisticated weapon.
@@TheBrickGuy7939 I guess they had already filmed the scene and a re-shoot would be too expensive.
Huh, I figured he was just referring to the general color of the sun.
I'm surprised we don't have people on the internet trying to fix the scene themselves. See if you can get that Golden laser to work.
A real life James Bond playing a Bond villain. Priceless.
Someone knows history
Except for his step-cousin, Ian Flemming based the 007 Agent on the life and adventures of Christopher Lee himself. He is bond.
@@praveenloganathan7495 Fleming was in naval intelligence working with the SBS in the Balkans and the Jedburgh teams. I read he based Bond on a composite of a lot of different guys he met there.
@@williamsmith8790 i wonder what Lee wouldve said if they had a train in that movie , "oh God , not a train again......" , lol
Really a shame that Fleming didn't live to see that movie.
Goes the same way for Tolkien and Lee too. I would be interested to see Lee's take on Gandalf, as Tolkien gave his full endorsement for the role.
Not dissing on McKellen, man is a legend in his own right.
The stairs had no handrails, total death trap. Scaramanga was truly evil
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The last time an inspector from OSHA showed up they had an unfortunate accident in Scaramanga's fun-house.
Yes. I like how, despite the fact that the huge-ass sign says "MUST KEEP AT ABSOLUTE ZERO", the liquid nitrogen cooling vats are exposed to the ambient air, are 15 feet across, and have convenient catwalks above with no protective railings between them and the vat.
I'm sure nothing bad happened later on in this movie that resulted from this design. :P
He's got the force to guide him
@Leo Peridot OSHA had only been in existence for 4 years and his island was in the South China Sea. Far away from prying eyes.
The sheer chemistry between Bond and Scaramanga here is so much more chipper than the other villain encounters. It’s not a coincidence. Scaramanga is played by Sir Christopher Lee - the MI6 turned actor that Ian Fleming based his Bond character on. What we are seeing is the real-life James Bond just chilling with the actor that plays him on TV and having a good time. It’s heartwarming.
What about Alec ?
Bond was not based on Christopher Lee.
@@fjccommish yeah actually Christopher Lee was based on Bond
Y’all just make shit up lmao
Christopher Lee and Roger Moore have already been immortalized in this scene.
No Mr Frank Lesher before CL Roger is a child. Most handsome lanky taller CL was. In casual dress he looks fabulous
I think there's never, in cinema history, been a character SO different from the book's original version as Scaramanga. Fleming's original is uncouth, impatient, bad-tempered, and nothing like the deceptively smooth, civilised killer of the film.
That's why I think Christopher Lee was miscast.
It was his idea to change Scaramanga's personality, since he thought the one in the book is just a "thug" and therefore unimpressive and unimposing.
While I do believe that the aristocratic Lee would have had a hard time playing such a street character, it's the actor that has to adjust to his role, not the other way around.
Christopher Lee is a great actor, but, in my opinion, they should have hired someone who could - and wanted to - play the Francisco Scaramanga from Fleming's novel.
Yes, it was a major improvement over the book (which wasn't anything good anyway). Another major addition is that it is Scaramanga's mistress that sends the bullet to MI-6 making it look like Scaramanga is after Bond. Its a typical romantic plot-twist that works really well for Bond movies. Actually, all these changes made the film look more "Fleming" than the book itself.
@@lukasnummer1 I think Jack Palance was considered for the role. I reckon Lee Van Cleef would've been a good book Scaramanga too.
@@lukasnummer1 Lee wasn't really miscast, seeing as the role wasn't really a proper adaptation of the character from the book in the first place. He's Scaramanga in name only. Lee was a perfect fit for the version of the character that was written for the screen.
@@craigmoorebrightsparkprodu799
AS I SAID: It was Lee's idea to change the character for the screen. Originally, Mankiewicz wrote him like the Scaramanga in the novel.
Scaramanga's plans seemed genuinely good right up until the solar gun was shown.
Yeah, maybe in the James Bond universe you get some kind of airborne insanity virus once your net worth goes over $1 Billion
I mean... just because he had a solar gun isn't actually bad in and of itself.
@@-caesarian-6078I honestly think that also happens in real life, but just way less interesting or creative
@@Slop_DoggYeah, in Bond movies, billionaires use their obscene wealth for hair brained world domination schemes. In real life, they use their obscene wealth to purchase social media platforms at outrageous prices.
Clearly one of the most likable Bond villains. Who cannot like this tall, polite man with a golden voice ?
you know a villain is good when they get childishly happy as they reveal their plans and even flexes a little while making an example of your gear :)
I think that's because they see in the hero someone who can appreciate, at least at an abstract level, the genius of what they have accomplished. Also, the hero is someone who won't be a yes-man, so the words of admiration would actually be reflective of the truth.
1:17: "...Somehow I seem to have inherited it from him...". Always cracks me up, given that we know at this point how Scaramanga "inherited" this solar power station. Definitely my favorite Bond villain home.
Join me James Bond and together we can stop pollution of the world
Haha! Only to be replaced with poisonous LITHIUM that destroys the water & air mining it for electric cars. Solar is weak, expensive and wasteful. Countless thousands of acres of land for high maintenance solar fields that yield terrible energy... The funniest part of it all....electric cars, etc. still need coal, natural gas, nuclear & oil to POWER them lol...
@@oldcrook510 I see you wandered away from your containment zone
It would be wise, my friend.
Based, Scaramanga is Captain Planet.
But Bond is loyal to the British Empire and it couldn't give up the Welsh coalfields and North Sea oil so easily.
@@InvisibleHotdog some years from now, you will wander into that containment zone
Love how Scaramanga blows up his plane with a smile and the subtext screams.. "you're going nowhere now".
It was always a very off putting moment.
Scaramanga didn’t have to say it, he just took action, and that way, it was for definite, that only one of these men would leave the island alive!
"You did not seriously think that you could contend against my will?"
It's hilarious how self-depreciating he is 🤣🤣🤣 "If you say so, Mr. Bond" "you know far more than I do"
Count Dooku getting a jump on the early planning of the Death Star.
“That’s what I call trouble” honestly one of my favorite Roger Moore quotes😄
In GTA he would have a 2 Star wanted level.
''That’s what I call your watch Mr. Bond. So watch your watch you hypocrite”🤨
@@mariuszmiroslaw2290 What?🤔
@@nlmfilms6641 Bond's watch - it's a laser weapon. Bond is a hypocrite by condemning him.
@@mariuszmiroslaw2290 I see
This scene never gets boring. So many cool lines between bond and anti bond. Moore and Lee are Legends.
Scaramanga: "it's usually just the two of us here, thanks to electric devices"
One minute later: "here is another man I employ on a regular basis, he makes sure I have electricity"
And, later... 'Here's Miss Goodnight'.
I'd love to live like Scaramanga, in an isolated island with infinite electricity and a hot mistress like Maud Adams. Plus having a Golden Gun.
Pokedex entry 132, my friend.
And a midget, pretty cool.
Me too, but I'd want some fast means of going to the mainland for a few weeks if I ever get bored. Not a boat, that's too slow. Maybe a seaplane like Bond's.
@@SelectiveApathy82 or a solar powered teleporter…I built one.
@@arrownoir How much?? For me to use it that is...
In 1958, at the age of 7, I saw Christopher Lee as Dracula in the movie, “Horror of Dracula”. I still haven’t recovered from that experience. 😳😱
Two legends...never to be repeated
God bless you, BOTH
You were my childhood heroes
I saw this with my dad at our local theater..paired with Harry in your Pocket..now about that time machine....
Christopher's voice is so great 😍
Cristopher Lee would have made an amazing Bond, actually
He was offered the role of Bond or the Bond Villain Dr No.
I don't know about that. The first time he's in a Bond film and has to fight the final villain he might be tempted to bite them in the neck! LOL
I don’t know. He seemed to fit more for the role of M or a superior officer.
He and Ian Fleming both basically were real-life James Bond. Both were intelligence operatives before writing and acting respectively
Three out of the six Bond actors were legitimate badasses before acting.
Sean Connery once stared down and scared off a known Mafioso over a woman in his youth, well before his acting days.
George Lazenby was Australian SAS before he got into male modeling, car sales and eventually his time as Bond.
Roger Moore was an Infantry officer in the British Army during the latter days of WWII before he got into acting and saw as well participated in his share of combat. He first met Christopher Lee while they both were in the British Army
My name’s Lee. Christopher Lee....🧐
Two absolute giants radiating style and charm.
I just rewatched this movie the other day and noticed Lee's acting... the way he smiles when showing off his toys, those aren't evil smiles... he's genuinely seeking the approval of his arch enemy, the way he tries to equate himself to him, and coming from humble origins as a circus performer and trying so hard to come off as a gentleman, he's insecure
James Bond, while not exactly an aristocrat, is still a gentleman in service to the British government, and with his reputable skill as a special agent is precisely the kind of approval Scaramanga seeks, even if Bond tries to tell him off that his plans are evil... but Bond is careful he doesn't say anything blatantly dismissive but also doesn't acknowledge his attempts to equate their characters and that sets off Scaramanga feeding his vendetta (which also clouds his mind and allows him to lose to Bond's cool wit)
The entire fight was decided in this scene when Scaramanga let himself be vulnerable to Bond and revealed his desperation for approval
4:48 "This is the part I really like." My favorite line from any Bond villain ever.
RIP Sir Roger Moore and Sir Christopher Lee and Herve Villechaiz
That's Christopher Lee!! Wow, he's remarkable here. He always was poetry given form.
The bad guy always gives a proper tour and 30 minute explanation of his evil plans. It's in the rule-book.
Exactly and they must always betray anyone who trusts them. It is inbred.
Well, you know why.
He's planning on killing Bond or dying himself.
it's actually the first thing we learn at SPECTRE University and Trade School, along with deportment and which forks belong to which meal courses..
Hey, we may be evil. But we do have manners!
In this case, it made sense. Scara wanted to prove his superiority to Bond in a head to head match.
@@RogueBoyScout Scaramanga should have dialed down the power and toasted some scones with it. Bond might have converted. :)
The face of 007 when Sacaramanga blows up his plane is priceless! 😄
Bond is great at action, terrible at filling out insurance documentation.
Hiring Scaramanga for a hit - expensive, having him blow up your plane with a solar gun - priceless!
I really hope that was just a full scale model. Otherwise it's a tragic waste of a rare classic airplane, the amphibious Republic RC-3 Seabee.
total Dracula smile !
@@ALSmith-zz4yy After a quick check... 'The plane used in the movie (serial no. 105) was built in October 1946 and was delivered to Rankin Aviation Industries (based in Tulare, California) in the same month. It was registered as N87545, the registration and a tiny American flag can be seen in the movie. On November 8th 1971, the RC-3 crash-landed in a Las Vegas shopping mall after experiencing a mechanical failure. The aircraft was listed as 'destroyed' afterwards, and was purchased by a California man in January 1974, who transported it to Thailand, where The Man with the Golden Gun was filmed. After Bond's landing was filmed, all valuable components (such as instruments) were removed from the aircraft, before it was destroyed by explosives. After the explosion scene was filmed, crew members extinguished the fire using buckets of water.'
For a villain, Scaramanga is a very **likable** villain!
Free clean energy for everyone. Was Scaramanga the real villain?
It wasn't going to be free, or for everyone.
When he made a death ray out of it, sure.
Free? By giving the tech to a highest bider? Or whoever pays for it. Solex was what was important.
If you invented free clean energy for the planet I wouldn't be surprised if you met an unfortunate demise
@@philipocarroll you got a point.
You know, as much as I know The Man With the Golden Gun is pretty silly, like so many other of Moore's Bond films, it remains one of my favorites. And maybe the whole reason for that is because of how Christopher Lee carries every scene he's in.
That and Sheriff J. W. Pepper. Can't get enough of that guy.
This was one of the first Bond movies I ever saw and to be honest the main reason I wanted to see it was because of Christopher Lee. Lol
It's an underrated Bond film. Moore's 3rd Best. Behind TSWLM and FYEO
He plays it so beautifully. Relaxed and cheerful at the thought of showing off how powerful he is, to Bond in particular. The smile is real because he thinks he's won.
So I AM the only person who would be Honesty charmed by the guy, right?
Like I'd tell MI6 he was dead and just hang out at the island for a few years.
The liquid helium chamber looks like a Star Trek set.
Christ
I bet one would sound like Alvin and the Chipmunks if they fell into one of the containers and got out.
I always love bond sets
@@TMX1138 They'd be frozen solid and dead.
Guy Hamilton's direction is very refreshing after watching all of the new Bonds. Full length shots of two people in dialogue. No ultra close tight shots in dialogue or fast cutting. They sure don't direct films like they used to
That Solex power plant is actually a good idea!
This movie set looks absolutely amazing to this day.
Especially good night in bikini! 😘
I've been to that island, not as grand as the movie makes it out to be - but it was still quite an experience.
Scorpius1691 did anyone challenge you to a 🤺 duel 🔫🤔❓❓
Thailand?
Take note of the sign on the left.
"absolute zero must be maintained"
Anyone who payed attention in physics knows that is a technical impossibility.
353 degrees, not 453 degrees. Absolute zero is 413 degrees below zero Fahrenheit.
Only impossible within the limits of current technology, and this film being fiction doesn't have to observe such limits.
No elevator doors!
There have been many Bond villains come and gone, but I don't think there has ever been such a heavyweight an actor as Christopher Lee playing one. I really get a sense of hierarchy here - that Lee and Scaramanga are both respected by Bond the hero and actor.
Gert Frobe was a more heavyweight actor.
Lee was the more alpha of the two this entire movie. Roger Moore was playing catch up much of the film.
My mentor when I was training in real estate in London 1998 to 2004 looked just like Scaramanga except he was a very kind, slightly eccentric man who was also into gadgets. The first time he smiled at me in my induction I thought "oh sh*t" but he turned out to be a very good friend. (Chris D 1940 - 2018)
Christopher Lee, what a commanding voice, superb character actor
*Scaramanga reveals his plans*
Well, of course he does.
They always do. It's the ego.
@@TheTallMan50 Exactly. Ego and a domination tactic. Bond villains treat Bond like a royal guest and reveal their plans to show Bond that they no longer regard him as a threat, now that he is trapped.
That's how Hans did exactly that with Roper (Enter the Dragon)
I love it how Scaramanga and other Bond villians enjoy explaining their plots to James. I think Christopher Lee would have made a good staple in the Bond movies as a support man for James. I enjoyed seeing him and thinking WHAT IF he had been signed a s a good guy in the series.
I always hoped they would have brought him back in some capacity
@Greg Elchert You're right. I would have found a good re-curring role for him.
Classic villain, well educated and a distinguish gentleman.
And there is always the laser gun.
Scaramanga was just classy, I found myself siding with him most of the movie
Right! You actually end up liking the guy!
He's a mixed race son of an immigrant, an animal rights advocate (he shot someone for being nasty to an elephant), he pioneered solar technology, invested heavily in R&D of emerging technologies and employed a disabled man as his assistant. Guy was a progressive's dream
@Quick Dry Don't act the prick, mate
@Quick Dry and I think you are easily triggered.
@@thesaint8400 He stole the technology to prevent it from going into public use so he could auction it off to the highest bidder. Not actually a "progressive's dream" lol. That's just ruthless capitalistic greed right there.
Two of my favs.R.I.P. Sir Christopher and Sir Roger.
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I always loved this scene. Very powerful. Almost ominous with the music, and the dialog. This movie is actually my second favorite Bond film. Lots of action. Great plot. And a fantastic villain. And wow what a great line. "That's what I call trouble."
It's an underrated Bond film. But Moore's 2 best were the spy who loved me and for your eyes only
Christopher Lee plays the best villains (Scaramanga, Count Dooku and Saruman).
Dracula
@@jaybizzle1995 Lord Summerisle.
Did you know that he also had a musical career? In heavy metal of all genres lol. I kid you not. also he killed Nazi's. The man was a fucking legend.
The Vampire
Ship's vampire
the dentist (Willy Wonka)
Sherlock Holmes
Baskerville
As the plane explodes, the first thought through Bond's head was, "Darn, my sandwich was in there."
"That's what I call trouble.". Nailed it.
Two acting legends. RIP
I love the whole humble act he puts on for Bond.
How to be the best villain?
Step 1 - Veil your secret base with a pleasant view!
Step 2 - Be histrionic yet keep it below the line!
Step 3 - Invite your target to a dinner party!
Step 4 - Ensure that you're subtle to catch your target unaware by ensnaring them with your explanations!
Step 5 - The moment your target gets relaxed, then make your move!
Christopher Lee look in a casual wear is gorgeous.
One of these men was fascinating in all aspects of life, guarded countless military secrets and whatever role he played in them, and lived his life to the fullest.
The other was James Bond.
He was also the step-cousin of Ian Fleming
Just something about his reviewing his home is just so satisfying
Christopher Lee and Roger Moore. 2 iconic actors. It feels odd seeing them in this clip yet both have passed away..... 😐
I would've love to have island just like Scaramanga's! With all the clean energy at my disposal.
Green / Climate change activist at its finest.
4:47: You just have love how Scaramanga casually incinerates Bond's plane, and then invites him to eat lunch with him.
Bond villains are at their best when they're acting like James is their best friend.
That's part of the appeal. In another life, Bond and some of these Villains would've ended up being best friends or business partners.
Christopher lee could easily match any Bond character played by any of the actors in terms of charisma and the way he has played Scaramanga.
3:05 Scaramanga is happy and proud like a child showing his car collection.
3:33 Roger Moore was a handsome guy!
That set looks amazing.
This is similar to how Count Dooku tells Obi-Wan exactly what's happening.
Christopher Lee has the best voice ever commited to film recording, bar none, end of discussion!
Ha ha ha ha ha - end of discussion for you perhaps.
Many others will not agree, end of discussion.
Orson Welles
George Sanders
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.
Mark Hamill (Joker in Batman animated series)
Tara Strong (Oh, do I even need to roll credits for this bombshell??)
Frank Welker (MEGATRON, enuf said)
Billy West(need i say more?)
James Earl Jones (HNNNG)
Oh, and the hits just keep a coming...
he really was the only possible choice to play Saruman.
Christopher Lee...one of my favorite actors,never a bad performance.
"Whom do you serve?"
"Scaramaaaaaannn...ga."
I love that the railing works normal for most people, like Sir Roger Moore, but Sir Christopher Lee was such an imposing man he almost has to reach down a little to use it. ^^
He served in the Special Air Services, the Special Operations Executive, hunting nazi war criminals. The real 007.
No CGI what an amazing set ! Must have cost a fortune.
I miss good honest film making 😞
Dracula and James Bond hanging out.
Christofer Lee would be a great James Bond
"Now that's what I call solar power."
"That's what I call trouble."
LOL
This is the one bond I haven't watched in full, a situation I will have to rectify one of these days.
Dowload it and watch it
Worth the watch for Britt Eklund alone!
You know this Bond movie was great because Christopher Lee is in it.
This allways was and still is my favorite Bond Film. Would love a modern version of it. But I fear it won't live up to the original.
The SFX error of not having the laser beam actually makes the scene more realistic!
I believe it's also more realistic too
Easily my favorite location in any Bond film. I especially loved the shots of the Seabee flying in between the rock formations.
Yea, but did they have to snap off one of the pontoons on the poor thing?
I think the climax of Tomorrow Never Dies was also set in those waters!
I understand the usefulness of a stock sound library, but I can't hear the elevator sound at 0:42 without hearing the stasis pods from Aliens.
Scaramanga: That’s what i call solar power
Bond: Thats what i call trouble
You know, watching this now, Scaramanga reminds me a lot of John Hammond. Showing him all the cool high tech stuff he got, being proud of it. Was waiting for him to say "spared no expense".
He looks so friendly in the thumbnail...
This movie was so popular that immediately after it was released in 1974, that 20-meter-tall islet in Thailand (called Ko Ta Pu, or Ko Tapu) where this was filmed was colloquially named James Bond Island, in part to make it easier for tourists to find. I have friends who've been there. God Willing, perhaps next year will be my turn to visit 😊
THAT's what Christopher Lee looked like when he was young? I didn't recognize him for a solid minute!
I saw this at the movies with my dad, and now I'm older than Lee was then
I'm a huge fan of Christopher Lee and loved him so Scaramanga.