Diamonds Are Forever - Alternate Opening
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- What if George Lazenby had stayed on as Bond? What if Peter Hunt returned to direct? Using elements from On Her Majesty's Secret Service and Diamonds Are Forever, I've created an alternative opening to Diamonds Are Forever, based on an idea I had for it years ago. A bit rough in places but I hope you enjoy the overall effect it portrays!
This is how Diamonds was meant to open. Peter Hunt (director of OHMSS) wanted this as the opening, rather than have it at the end of OHMSS. But because Lazenby left the role this never happened. I think had he stayed we would have got a much better film.
I didn't know this. Interesting.
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Also, ilse Steppat had a heart attack and died less than a week after OHMSS was released. After that, they pretty much abandoned a revenge story. About the only part that can be interpreted as being connected to the earlier movie was the opening sequence where Connery Bond is trotting the globe and roughing up everyone like a madman demanding to know, "Where is Blofeld?"
OHMSS is the only bond movie ending that truly broke me
The attempt at replicating the emotional impact with No Time To Die's ending fell really flat for me. Didn't feel a thing. Bond didn't either. 🤣
I always had a feeling that the lyrics for diamonds are forever were supposed to be about bond being in denial after the death of Tracy
I've always wished he would have done DAF and then left. This would have been a closing chapter in the Bond story.
No. There were still books to adapt at that point.
@@Aaliyahchannel2024 I meant in the Lazenby era.
That super-imposed gunshot pierce at the end was truly the icing on the cake. 👌🏻 Great job!
My suggestion though would be to move the opening strains of "Diamonds Are Forever" right after Bond cries over Tracy, the moment it cuts to the windshield. That's how I always imagined it. The effect is more haunting.
Even with George Lazenby stepping down from the role, I don't see why they couldn't have just made _Diamonds Are Forever_ the revenge sequel with Sean Connery in the role. I mean the actors are all playing the same character. Why the need to reinvent the tone of the movie and personality of the character with each recast? Does Bond just go through phases over the years?
I personally like it when Bond does “go through phases” as you put it, because if they didn’t, we wouldn’t have gotten Timothy Dalton for example after they hit the brakes following Roger’s departure. However, in this case I am willing to make an exception, they should have continued this story and reshot Tracy’s death with Connery. It would basically be the exact same scene line for line. Tracy is shot and Blofeld drives off. (They’d have to recast Irma Bunt as well of course, because the actress died not long after production I believe) Then after he breaks down, Bond lets go of Tracy’s dead hand. The camera does a close-up on the wedding ring diamond, bam! Into the main title sequence, Connery is back and this time he is not playing around. Pure revenge and nothing on earth will stop Bond from completing his personal mission.
Exactly.
Lazenby should have returned for DAF and possibly a few more Bond movies; I do believe he could have carried the franchise and connected with the audience. Connery simply walked through DAF as he did not want to do the role and it showed in his performance.
This is so amazing it gave me chills oh what could have been. This is the best clean cut well polished George Lazenby in diamonds. Seeing Diana Riggs name as a cameo of sorts in this film is just chilly good. If this was real and it happened I just wonder how they could transition from that impactful scene to main titles
Thank you, yes to think of what a direct sequel to OHMSS could have been is just fascinating to me!
I am sure the old present day George would go back in time and choose differently the only thing that would have sucked is bunt dying shortly after wrapping up OHMSS but watching it again I do like the final shot transitioning to the main titles
@@BrozzaBond4007 I love where the series went but yeah i’d love to see the alternate timeline where the sequel happened but it would have been a shame without Ilse Steppat, she did a really great job.
It’s difficult to imagine how it could’ve transitioned to the title sequence but if I look deeper into it, I think it’s interesting to go from something that’s broken (and broken Bond) and then switch to a diamond which is strong and less likely to break. With Blofeld collecting diamonds he’s making himself stronger whilst Bond is at his weakest. Not that I believe that Blofeld’s plot would be the same as in Diamonds Are Forever!
@@SamR1995 wow I whole heartedly agree and wow that last bit so true well done
I wish we get to see Lazenby in just a couple of bond films. Like, I wish he were in “Diamonds are Forever”.
This is bloody amazing! I always used to have dreams as a kid with George in more movies.. I even dreamed of the title credits to this with his name in it. You did a hell of a job with it.. it totally matches how it shoulda looked. Seeing George, Telly, Gabrielle, and Peter's name in the credits gave me chills.. if only we had been lucky to get this instead of tired Sean wondering around.
Thank you very much, I actually love Diamonds Are Forever as it is, it just shouldn’t have come after OHMSS 😂 it was really important to me to add their names as well as Ilse, Virginia North’s and Diana’s names in the credits to make the continuation as authentic as possible. Happy with how things turned out with the series but would have been interesting to see OHMSS get a true sequel!
@@SamR1995 can you put George Lazenby in Live and let die?
…Or Connery,@@Lee-Darin?? Would love to see that, too! 👍
@@CiaranBr0wn that would be cool.
Fantastic! As much as I love Sean Connery as James Bond, I would had enjoyed seeing George Lazenby continue on as 007.
The only fault I found on this version was Ilse Steppat was included to play Irma Bunt. Ms. Steppat passed away not long after “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” was released.
Thank you, it definitely would have been interesting to see this story continue properly and with cast members returning! This is definitely just a fantasy "what if" moment and had Ilse Steppat still been alive it would have been great to have her return too hence my inclusion of her here.
A hypothetical solution would have been to lure Lotte Lenya (Col. Krebb/SPECTRE No. 3 from "From Russia With Love") back to play Irma Bunt in DAF.
@@rwboa22I think Katina Paxinou could have worked for Irma Bunt. That actress was rejected for Rosa Klebb, but let’s give her a second chance
@@ClaudioTV2005I'm from Greece, like Katina Paxinou, but she was too old (71) for the role. I believe in Rachel Roberts as Irma Bunt.
This is the way it should have been. Instead of the badly dubbed beginning of the actual DAF. Well done. Enjoyed it.
Thank you so much :)
Not going to lie...just watched On Her Majesty's Secret Service in proper and immediately jumped into this video...
I cried absolutely hard and was in heartache upon seeing Tracy shot and Bond grieving his wifey twice. Continued feeling it until the end of this beautifully amazingly edited title sequence of Diamonds are Forever like I was actually attending a double feature of On Her Majesty's Secret Service and Diamonds are Forever.
Like others, I was in goosebumps upon seeing George Lazenby's name over of Sean Connery, Telly Savalas' over Charles Gray, Peter Hunt's over Guy Hamilton and the surprise addition of Gabriele Farezetti, Ilse Steppat and Diana Rigg!
Looking back the Bondverse film series in retrospect now that I've watched On Her Majesty's (gonna watch Becoming Bond soon) as part of Bondverse bingeathon prep for No Time to Die, George Lazenby should have stayed on as James Bond.
He should've ignored his joke of a theatrical agent, signed the 7-film contract (he would actually do On Her Majesty's/Diamonds, Live and Let Die, The Man with the Golden Gun, The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker), excel in acting, fight and stunt lessons prior to Dimaonds, have creative freedom for how each film should be visually presented (maintaining director Peter Hunt for Diamonds, Live and Let Die, The Man with the Golden Gun before returning for Lazenby's swan song, Moonraker), each year do a Bond film and an unrelated film back-to-back (to help further broaden his credibility and portfolio as a performer), dominated the whole 70s, get high on green and extremely laid by all the chicks of the world! Despite being a cocky guy, George Lazenby is a full blown ladies' gentleman for an Aussie hippie. Suck on that Connery, you should've learned better manners of him!
The Bondverse films if Lazenby stayed, the direction would end up resulting in novel accurate, realistic, R-rated, violent exploitation spy thriller films (sorry, kids! Nothing friendly for ya to see! Lol). Diamonds are Forever by having that recap of the final moments of On Her Majesty's Secret Service as the pre-title sequence easing the transition to the opening credits gives you a good insight of how the Bondverse films are going to be in the wake of the likes of Dirty Harry, The French Connection and Straw Dogs, I mean the public were ready for another brutally violent yet human antiheroic vigilante! Bond was ready to drop out of the Swinging 60s and jump in the same 70s action thriller crowd to further shine the Ian Fleming colours a lot more.
The film franchise owners had plenty of opportunities that are completely wasted. Imagine all the money and praise it should've earned...Australia and America would easily go bananas for Lazenby's Bond more than Britain. He would've played the part similar to how Ian Fleming depicted the character in his novels and how Timothy Dalton and Daniel Craig would play the role: a woman-bedding and pen-pushing cocky Englishman for a patriotic deadly assasin for the British government. A proper violent, cold-blooded, barracuda-driven killer yet more human and realistic than Sean Connery and Pierce Brosnan.
UPDATE: Watched all of the Bondverse films, got to No Time to Die and just like when I watched On Her Majesty's Secret Service - cried like a big baby at the end of the movie. Noticed On Her Majesty's vibes in that movie, if Diamonds are Forever (the revenge thriller we never got) had existed, I'd cry even more when we follow Bond's vengeance against Blofeld for ruining his wedding. We would've got No Time to Die vibes in Diamonds before there was ever such thing as No Time to Die.
So I guess that George Lazenby and his beloved wife, Diana Rigg as Tracy Bond should have returned in Diamonds Are Forever.
Maybe I could reconsider that George Lazenby is better to return in Diamonds Are Forever than Sean Connery.
Or maybe if there's one thing I never have imagined.
I never imagined that Sean Connery in OHMSS (On Her Majesty's Secret Service), Sean Connery didn't meet Tracy Bond. Maybe I imagine if Sean Connery could be friends with George Lazenby in James Bond. I hope if in the movie, Sean Connery and George Lazenby may be brothers.
Bravo ! Wish it had actually been that way. Then Ian Fleming would stop turning in his grave with what they've done to his creation. Bravo once again !
as much as i love daniel craig, george lazenby is underappreciated.
Lazenby will always be in last place for me, but that doesn’t mean it’s a bad performance. It’s ever so slightly wooden in sections, but this final sequence is masterful stuff! If you watch films with him after this, his performances are so much more consistent, he wasn’t actually that bad of an actor when it comes down to it, he just needed more training before taking on the role of Bond.
As it stands I honestly wouldn’t want the film without him, his portrayal of Bond peels back the layers of the character and exposes a level of vulnerability we have only seen in small glimpses (The Spy Who Loved Me, Licence To Kill) since, with the exception of Daniel Craig in Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace.
Connery may well have pulled this off brilliantly, he was obviously the superior actor, and he said not doing this film was one of his major career mistakes, but I’m happy we got at least one film with Lazenby!
I wonder how the scenes in Diamonds Are Forever would be different if George Lazenby decided to do one more film. I KNOW that the movie was originally conceived as a revenge filck if Lazenby had stayed, but would the same scenes in the real movie starring Connery still remain despite being a revenge film?
- As i onow already, the murder of Tracy would be put at the start of the film as the pre-title sequence.
-Would the same scene with Bond traveling the world beating up and strangling people for Blofeld's location be used if Lazenby reprised his role with him beating up and killing the fake Blofeld in his laiar?
-Will the same Las Vegas setting be used?
-Telly Savallas would definitely return as Blofeld, along with Gabrielle Ferzetti as Tracy's father from OHMSS, and keep the original cast in the movie (DAF) from our original timeline, such as Putter Smith, Bruce Glover, Lana Wood, Jimmy Dean, etc. In addition, perhaps Jill St. John could be replaced by Jane Fonda as Tiffany Case. Gert Frobe can also appear a Goldfinger's twin brother.
-Would the scene where the police and the local sheriff chase Bond and Tiffany in Las Vegas along with the Killer Satellite/Space Laser scene remain?
-I think the oil rig scene would be intact, along with the scrapped plan with having Bond and Blofeld fighting in the abandoned salt mine.
-The ending would also be very different, but how would the scene where Bond and Tiffany were ambushed for the last time by Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd?
I like the idea of having the death be the opening of the next movie because it allows Bond and the audience some time to be happy from the last film. Problem is I don't think the audience wants to listen to Diamonds Are Forever song right after Bond loses the love of his life. I think a different song or a different film should have followed up with On Her Majesty's Secret Service. I agree George Lazenby should of done Diamonds Are Forever because Sean Connery did a lazy job in it.
They talk about this on the DVD commentary and 'making of' for Diamonds Are Forever (or OHMMS, cannot recall for sure which) - even showing the imagined titles transition between the two films. The big question is whether Diamonds Are Forever would have been the same storyline that we saw, if Lazenby had stayed on? I doubt it, as that film's script seemed to be all over the place regardless whether Lazenby or Connory was in it. At one point they were talking about bringing back Gert Frobe as Goldfinger's diamond-obsessed brother, LOL. Of course, there was that Lazenby appearance in Las Vegas as "JB" in The Return of The Man From Uncle in 1983 .... year of the 'three' Bonds?
I felt cheated why they didn't make Diamonds Are Forever more of a sequel to On Her Majesty's Secret Service where James Bond has a very understandable grudge against Ernst Blofeld for the death of his wife. Why Blofeld's machine gun shooting sidekick Ms. Blunt wasn't with him in the next Bond movie. Besides looking for smuggled diamonds Blofeld was using to build a lethal, laser shooting sattelite, it would have made a better adventure for 007 himself. The organization wasn't called SPECTRE in that film, but with Blofeld as their leader, we couldn't mistaken the name of the evil cartel he led. I've wondered what if George Lazenby returned to play Bond instead of Sean Connery for the 1971 action thriller. Connery and the producers had a falling out with each other during the filming of You Only Live Twice.
If I were making Diamonds Are Forever with Lazenby, I would combine the depressed Bond plotline and climax from the You Only Live Twice Novel, and the general plot of the Diamonds Are Forever novel.
Ilse Steppat, who played Irma Bunt, was actually slated to return in the next film - except she died from a heart attack just a few days after OHMSS opened. So her character was subsequently dropped.
the revenge of 007
This was very well edited! I also had a go with an opening for Lazenby's Diamonds Are Forever, although in my version it plays out similarly to For Your Eyes Only with Bond visiting Tracy's grave. But I added a scene where he returns to his apartment at night and while sleeping he reflects on his relationship with his late wife, which the dream gets turned into a nightmare (remembers the death).
Here is the link to my video:
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However this is not the finished product, so expect a re-edit of it.
(This was all done by using footage of Lazenby in two of his 70s films - 1971's Universal Soldier and 1975's The Man From Hong Kong)
Thank you, i’ve seen your video a couple of times, it’s an interesting way to imagine what a follow up could be like. I did a version of this video quite a few years ago for fun to show a friend and last year decided to give it another go so i’m really happy that it’s had a good response!
I'm glad you used the original Mono mix for the opening. I was not a fan of the 5.1 Dolby Digital mix they made for the early Bond films from 1962-1974. Espe-cially for OHMSS.
Diana Rigg, just gorgeous 👌🏼
This is incredible! Thank you for such a great look at what could have been!
well done!
Thank you!
The movie we deserved.
Too bad they didn't end O.H.M.S.S with the wedding and the car just takes off. Then start Diamonds are Forever with the death of Tracy
in a alternative universe
While I despise DAF, I do think it would’ve been much superior with an optimistic Lazenby and not the tired, bribed Connery
A tired, aged and heavier Connery is perfect, as Bond after Tracy's death, if D.A.F. was a revenge film and not a sequel of ''You Only Live Twice''.
Man I wish Connery was in on her majesty secret service but yeah I hope he will be there and not George if he lost his wife
Lazenby played Jor-El-fake Jor-El on Superboy(TV show, 1988-1992). He was also in Angela Mao's Stoner(1974).
Wow fantastic!
perfect !
What could’ve been.
Lanzenby should of done the next 6 bond films then tim Dalton should of taken over
Diamonds are forever should have mentioned her at the beginning
Nicely done. My only criticism is that the circle/iris transition to the title sequence should have been a bit slower. Other than that tiny nitpick amazing job on this
Pretty good.
I say use AI to recreate George Lazenby and have him go after the shooter. She was the only Bond villain ever in the franchise to have gotten away with murder.
Even if Lazenby still didnt come back for for Diamonds are Forever. The movie should of been about Bond revenge for the death of Tracy. It should of been a Licence to kill type movie....Instead of that weird, camp out of shape and bored af looking Connery. I love Connery obviously. But he shouldnt of returned. His performance in this movie is such a clear example of phoning it in.
Connery as weird, camp out of shape, heavier, aged and bored, is perfect as Bond after Tracy's death, if D.A.F. was a revenge film and not a sequel of ''You Only Live Twice''.
@@user-xp2gm8im2c You make a good point
Now I wonder how the story would go, someone give me suggestions, it has to be realistic
It would be absolutely no holds barred revenge driven. Cruel & mean spirited. However by the end Bond has his cathartic release and is back to being the good old Bond smoking, drinking and fucking. But it would be a violent bloody affair getting there. Have Blofeld on the run and just trying to survive, no silly diamond laser plot, although diamonds would be in the story as per the title.
Bond would almost be the villain in this film, not caring who he hurts or the damage he does, or what it costs MI6
Maybe a mix of Diamonds Are Forever, License To Kill, & some of For Your Eyes Only