![]() This movie could have used Ken Adams’ legendary production design skills. I’m never impressed with Scaramanga’s “fun house”.I like to assume that the mobbed-up gangster character dueling Scaramanga in the pre-title sequence is the same mobbed-up gangster from Diamonds Are Forever. ![]() If screenwriter Tom Mankiewicz came up with the idea of Francisco Scaramanga (played by Christopher Lee) having a third nipple, I must find out what he was smoking and drinking at the time.That’s because when I was kid I thought Scaramanga was saying “Nick Nack, avesco!” As if “avesco” was some Italian or Spanish word for “hurry up!” “Nick Nack, Tabasco!” is one of the greatest lines in a Bond movie.That’s mainly because of the locations and everyone looks sweaty throughout filming. The Man With The Golden Gun feels like the perfect summer Bond flick.Yet, it still provides us with one of the best Bond villains, a memorable henchman, and a now well-known vacation hot spot. Poor reviews and a lackluster box-office has ended up as the film’s legacy. 1974’s The Man With The Golden Gun was the first time the franchise was on its last legs. Sometimes the only one who can almost kill James Bond are the producers.
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