Bond Vivant
by American Way StaffAfter landing on the island den of master assassin Francisco
Scaramanga (The Man with the Golden Gun), Bond faces a duel at
dawn. But what seems like a simple showdown on the beach turns into
a hunt through the killer's warped fun house, which is complete
with a statue replica of Bond - something that comes in very handy
for 007.
JAWS ON LAND
The gnarliest Bond villain has to be the silent Jaws, an imposing,
snarling hulk with metal teeth who chomps on his victims like a
vampire. When 007 and Major Anya Amasova pursue Jaws into a desert
temple during The Spy Who Loved Me, he ambushes them. But even
after rocks collapse on him, the inhuman killer emerges to slowly
rip apart their van by hand as they try to drive away.
LICK SHOT
Attempting to bump off Bond, sinister Moonraker entrepreneur Hugo
Drax invites him to shoot pheasant, with a hidden assassin waiting
to stage "an accident." Bond fires away. "You missed, Mr. Bond,"
declares Drax. The sniper falls out of the tree, dead. "Did I?"
quips 007.
CROWNING GLORY
In Octopussy, Bond races to defuse a bomb that's at a circus on a
U.S. military base in
West Germany. After stealing a car, he evades
Russian soldiers, German police, and, later, when he crashes onto
the base, American GIs. Then he dons a clown outfit in order to
infiltrate what could turn into a three-ring inferno. Not 007's
most dignified moment, but certainly one of his finest.
DYNAMIC DUO
While
A View to a Kill was a rather tepid entry in the series, it
is notable for pairing two classic TV crime fighters together: The
Saint's
Roger Moore as 007 and The Avengers' Patrick Macnee as Sir
Godfrey Tibbett. A truly cool duo.
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