When Bond and Scaramanga are dueling, Bond has no tie or jacket on. After Bond drops his gun and gives his hiding place away, he somehow has the time to not only crawl back onto the staging, but to move the wax replica of himself, and also to put on the dummy's jacket and necktie. See more...
In the scene where the gangster shoots at the fake mobsters, the music being played is a cover of the theme song. See more...
Directed by Guy Hamilton, starring Bernard Lee, Britt Ekland, Christopher Lee, Desmond Llewelyn, Lois Maxwell, Roger Moore (add more)
Genres: Action, Adventure, Thriller
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At the beginning of the film, the dummy of James Bond is really Roger Moore because it moves. [Not likely - do you think they shot off the real Roger Moore's fingers? Remember, the whole area is on a huge raised scaffolding, movement around the room could cause the dummy to sway.]
Corrected by BocaDavie
James Bond says that the man that fell in the liquid helium will increase the temperature. The tank is opened and the temperature of the air itself can do that. [Cold air drops, warm air rises and there is a grid covering the surface of every tank to help regulate the temperature. The body crashed through the grid and raised the temperature of the tank.]
Corrected by BocaDavie
On Scaramanga's Island. When Goodnight knocks the guard into the "pool" of liquid helium, a sign above it states: "Absolute Zero Must Be Maintained" even today absolute zero hasn't been achieved, let alone maintained. [Bond films frequently deal with technologies that do not exist, as do many other films; this is simply an example of that. Films are not required to deal solely in things that are actually possible with the technology available in the real world at the time the film was made. It's that whole "fictional" thing.]
Corrected by Tailkinker
Near the beginning of the film, the "gangster" character is shown entering Scaramanga's lounge to wait for him. He racks the slide on his pistol, and then turns out the lights. When Scaramanga enters the darkened room a few moments later, the gangster racks the slide again, alerting Scaramanga to his presence (and presumably ejecting the first cartridge he had already chambered - a ridiculous waste of ammo). [The gangster pulls the slide to load the first bullet into the chamber, but the second click is him pulling back the hammer.]
In the end when Bond and Goodnight are sailing away, Nick Nak starts throwing wine bottles at them. Only problem is that the when the bottles smash, there is no wine that spills out. Who would store empty wine bottles in a wine rack? [Still, it is a character decision, and not necessarily a mistake. People throughout history have used staffage like this to decorate empty shelves. Charles Dickens, for one, had several fake books in his library that were nothing but covers without content.]
Corrected by Twotall
When Bond is taken to the karate class, one of the "students" is performing a kata, which is a sort of a "karate dance". In a kata one starts and finishes at the exact same place, but the one in the film starts the kata at the center of the platform, and finishes it the the right end of it. [Character mistake - the karate student is doing the kata wrong. I have seen this happen with even experienced practitioners, sometimes people just mess up.]
Corrected by Twotall
How did M know the phone number of Scaramanga's junk AND that Bond and Goodnight were aboard AND that Bond had completed his mission, at the end of the film? [The most obvious explanation is that Bond himself called in (while off-screen) to report his mission completed, but that for some reason he could not talk to M at the point. M is then simply returning his call on the phone number Bond left, to get a more detailed report.]
Corrected by Twotall
When Bond and Lt. Hip are in the car, and find out the Goodnight has the car keys, they try to quickly acquire another car; leading to Bond stealing one from the AMC Dealership show room floor. Are we to believe that a highly trained and resourceful secret agent like James Bond can not do a simple thing like "jump starting" the first car's ignition? [The car belongs to the Secret Service, and Bond is well aware that it has been fitted with securty devices to prevent it being 'hot wired'.]
Why does 007 have a punch up at the night club where Saida is performing? At that point in the film nobody is after him (including Scaramanga as it was Andrea who sent the bullet to him). [The men who attack Bond are with the man in the audience who is presumably Saida's lover. He jealously watches her dance towards Bond, and is no doubt angry that Bond then follows her back to her dressing room.]
In the shot where J.W. Pepper and his wife get off their tour boat, the wife wants to buy one of the carved miniature elephants. J.W. says "Those are damn Democrats". In actuality, the elephant represents the Republicans; the donkey is the Democrat. [Actually, what JW says is "We're damn Democrats", which is why he objects to his wife buying an elephant statue.]
In the scene where Scaramanga invites Bond for lunch, at the dinner table Scaramanga tells Bond he would like to with duel with him, Bond asks Scaramanga "My six shots to your one?" referring to his own Walther PPK and Scaramanga's Golden Gun. The Walther PPK can hold up to fifteen rounds per magazine, plus one in the breech, and he has not used any rounds before that shot in the same scene, so there should be fifteen/sixteen rounds in the magazine. [The Walther PPK, in standard configuration, holds 6 shots in the magazine plus one in the chamber. A fifteen shot magazine would protrude several inches from the bottom of the grip, and would be very obvious.]
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