It is my favorite scene of the movie. I like your description-we needed more Moore badassery in that movie. He still could have kept the one-liners, but make them dark like this.
I read that Moore actually disliked this scene because he felt it was too dark. But this is exactly the kind of cold, ruthless kill that Bond is known for.
Shame we didn't get more (yes, pun intended) ruthless Roger. He would've been higher on the Bond list for many playing the character how he should've from the start.
Kimmo Laine one of more brutal kills then Locques death is Red Grant in From Russia With Love in 1963 during Bond and Grants famous fight on train with Connery and the Late Robert Shaw doing their own stunt work
RIP Sir Roger Moore (October 14, 1927 - May 23, 2017), aged 89 And RIP Michael Gothard (June 24, 1939 - December 2, 1992), aged 53 You both will always be remembered as legends.
Yes, and Moore knew it as much as anyone. Which is why he moved away from Connery's Bond and Fleming's Bond to play the part in a more humourous and likeable way and he was popular. Audiences enjoyed the escapism and the less serious approach. Moore's run kept the Bond series viable at the box office. He's underestimated for that. The series did need a big shake-up towards the end of his run (after FYEO). Moore didn't deserve all of the dismissals he got.
(I know i'm responding to 7 year old comment) I agree, but this scene rely drives it home though that Bond is still Bond besided the added humor and likeability this what makes Moores Bond so great far as i'm concerned. If Bond was RL figure I would like to image him more like Roger Moore
@@DoctorHver yeah i rlly liked the balance in dark and humor in For Your Eyes Only. People justifiably criticised parts of Octopussy and Moonraker for going into near-spoof territory and then again ppl also dislike FYEO for being too serious and grounded (quite literally). But i think this was a great film where in reaction to Moonraker they took a more gritty route following a more focused story about revenge, and yes the world could've ended with the ATAC but it rlly works with this tougher Bond and his skill as an aged spy really shows in scenes like this. I don't know if ppl dismiss Moore cuz ive seen on fandoms he's pretty popular, he's still one of my fav Bonds, since I was a kid, probably number 1 or 2.
@@GuineaPigEveryday Agree, with that said I usually don't get upset or sad when celebrities dies as I don't know them personally but when Moore died in 2017, I got upset at the shock when the news broke.
@@DoctorHver I remember that day very well. Was with my dad and he suddenly called from the living room that Roger had died, and I just dropped everything and ran in to make sure he wasn’t joking. Sadly he was not. Similar situation with Connery, both made me very sad, but especially Moore as he was my first Bond so I’ll always have a soft spot for him.
Probably my favorite of his era. I like them all, but the more grounded (While still fun) and grittier mission/adventure was a treat for me regarding his bond. He didn't get to show it too often
What's so dark about this kill is that for a brief moment you see a twitch in Moore's face and you realize... he enjoyed this. Bond really enjoyed killing this man.
+alexkrycek21 Yeah he said in the dvd commentary that he was worried that kicking the car might be a lil too violent for Bond compared to the other films that he did. I can understand that but this was a very cool scene & one of the finest moments of the franchise.
Actually, Moore might be the most sociopathic Bond of them all. He´s always lighthearted and doesn´t care when his friends get killed. Someone who´s an assassin while maintaining a clownish attitude is most certainly crazy.
I remember hearing once that Roger Moore himself thought that "For Your Eyes Only" was his greatest moment with the character of James Bond. This was perhaps a conscious effort upon his part for making his most-grittiest moment yet in the series - along with the others involved in this project of-course - because it was supposed to have been his final film. He made two more films in the series because the producers, first, did not want to put a new actor into the role to compete against Connery 's non-canonical film, and then again because their chosen men were not-yet available but a film still needed to be made. I know that Roger Moore always takes the most heat for having gotten "old" in the role but, I personally never watch his final three films and say, "Hey, look at this old man! He is too old for this! He looks so terrible!" He still pulled it off reasonably well to the end I thought. Sean Connery, upon the other hand, did. He looks so out of shape, disinterested and gray in "Diamonds are Forever", and in "Never Say Never Again" he just looked like a parody of past glory and, well, too old.
Also, I think that the movie is pretty close to the 2 short stories Risico and For Your Eyes Only. The locales and Havelock's daughter's name were changed as far as I know but the warehouse scene, beach scene, and the use of the crossbow were in the short stories as was Colombo. Kristatos and Gonzalez. The only real offbeat scene is Margaret Thatcher one at the end but an overall great movie with a fantastic car chase.
Observant and correct points here you made. This was the first time during Roger Moore's tenure as Bond when actual plot elements and scenes from the original Fleming novels were used in one of Moore's films. The keel-haul scene later on is also from Fleming. Within Moore's era, until "For Your Eyes Only" arguably only novel titles and a few character names had been used in his films but they bared little resemblance to their creative sources. "Live and Let Die" only retained Mr. Big and New York City; and TMWTGG was originally written as an infiltration and assassination story versus a hide-and-seek chase with a MacGuffin to pursue. TSWLM bares no resemblance to the novel at all as its experimental approach involving an unknown character was unsuitable for filming; and "Moonraker" is a very 1950's story originally about a missile that is set to destroy London. They are so much a departure that writer Christopher Wood was allowed to novelization the films into separate-standing and non-cannon books. Wanting obviously to return to basics for the new film - and decade - the production mined the novels for inspiration that very-much helped elevate this film and find new energies to come. I was always amazed that Moore's final three films were much more action-oriented and that he did go willingly along with it. He was older now and established by then and could have easily have thrown clout around and declined such a change. But, I would liked to have known what the exact intent of the unrelated pre-title sequence with the suspected Blofeld was all about. I have never heard or read an exact explanation: to tie-in with Fleming? To give Moore's Bond a link with the past adventures? To literally dispose of the character that has caused so many years of problems for Eon Productions once and for all? In 1981 there was yet-another legal fight been Kevin McClory and Eon over Bond and I have read that the pre-title sequence was an artistic way to eliminate the annoying character from their lives, but again, no exact answer I myself have yet found. Obviously, 34 years later they changed their minds, though!
@@theearthmovesagain Totally agree. The Movies are much better when they feature original Fleming Material. Live And let Die's original literature has been used in FYEO - the boat keel haul scene - and was used in Licence To Kill with the warehouse scene, the mauling of Leiter to the shark and the "He ate something that disagreed with him" is a title of a chapter in Live And Let Die. The Scene with the identigraph was originally in Goldfinger novel I believe. The character was changed to Melina from the short story and the beach car sequence , warehouse scene were in the short story Risico I believe. Elements of The Hilderbrand Rarity short story used as well in Licence To Kill- Wavecrest boat name and wife beating from Sanchez with his girlfriend at beginning of film. Elements of Moonraker - fight at Blades loosely based on Blades club where Drax cheated at cards and Rosamund Pike character was originally going to be called Gala Brand but changed to Miranda Frost. TSWLM was first original movie as only the title was sold be Fleming but Jaws is loosely based on a character in the novel. The first real movie to really deviate was YOLT - Japan location was kept however, OHMSS, From Russia With Love are the closest adaptions to the novels I think along with Casino Royale which is again brilliant as featured a lot of Fleming material.
Without doubt Roger Moore's best scene in all his Bond movies. What could have been if they were all like this? Superb scene this one of my favourites. Ranks along with Goldfinger laser scene and torture scene in Casino Royale. I like the darker Bond with some subtle humour.
For those who say that Bond executed Locque. The car was already sliding down and would have fallen down the cliff either way but Bond decided to give this hitman a "proper sendoff" which he deserved after all those he had killed. Also quite a few seem to have forgotten how he pretty much tortured Miss Anders in The Man With The Golden Gun to tell him information about Scaramanga even though she knew he'd kill her if she talked.
One thing to point out: Loque was reaching toward Bond before the pin was thrown in. As the car began sliding he reached his hands out more, in a panic, and Bond kicks him off. There was a chance to save him, but Bond did the (imo) honorable thing... but my POV honorable cus Loque killed the countess. Luigi was an agent, knew the risks, but the countess was basically a civilian (even if married to a smuggler). Either way, still a cold moment... and still a brilliant one. Improvement from the short story the scene is taken from, where the car kinda just runs itself off, Bond saying "Well it wss a clean shot, guys dead". This is way more satisfying.
I’m glad they went back and corrected the scene to be darker, like at dawn. I’m the original version, there was way too much daylight and Bond went from chasing the car at night to a daylight scene within a matter of moments. Much improved!
RIP Michael Gothard (1939-1992) He struggled from depression for much of his life, and committed suicide by hanging on December 2, 1992. He was 53 years old.
Came to find this scene after watching No time to die. When Craig pushes the car onto that guy. Instantly reminded me of this. Not sure If i like it or not.
I'm always amazed by this scene, just a cool and collected Bond; though full of anger, was able to steady himself and make a clean shot to take down Locque
@@iidirectxii7545 The car had its engine off so an explosion is not imminent. The baddies' car in Dr. No exploded because it was chasing Bond, and chasing requires the car to accelerate.
It’s a pity Moore disliked this scene for its ruthlessness, it’s my second favourite kill of his after slapping the tie out of Sandor’s hand in TSWLM, an even colder act to me
Love the Sandor kill, but I respectfully disagree. Bond killed Sandor out of self preservation. Bond was unarmed, and Sandor was a bruiser of a guy who would immediately become a potential threat again if he pulled him back up to safety. Locque was injured, unarmed and completely at Bond's mercy which makes the kill even colder - furthermore Bond set out in pursuit precisely for the purpose of killing him.
I know they've been trying to make Daniel Craig a darker serious Bond, Casino Royale showed a potential of that. But this is how you should a Darker Bond.
Sean Connery's best bond moment: Goldfinger "you expect me to talk" scene, George Lazenby's is the final scene of on her majesty's secret service, Roger Moore's is this scene, Timothy Dalton lighter scene in license to kill, Brosnan tank chase in Goldeneye and Craig's would be the torture scene in Casino Royale
This reminds me of the scene in No Time to Die when Bond causes the car to drop on the villain to avenge Felix Leiter! But my favorite Bond kill is Goldeneye when Trevelyan says "For England, James?" and Bond says "No, for me" and drops him down the satellite dish. In Die Another Day Halle Berry does shoot the plastic surgeon in cold blood.
Survivable. Actually had a similar rollover crash down a 300+ ft slope in my 1994 Nissan pathfinder, back in 1996 on a coastal road in Mendocino County, in a pitch black night. Only difference: I was strapped into my seat belt. Felt like hours to get out of the car and back up to the road.
This was Moores best Bond movie. It's ironic that the best Bond movie by Moore who was known for his irony and humor was the one when he was unusually serious and had a darker tone.
The cheek of it, Locque holding out his hand, expecting 007 to rescue him, after what he (Locque) did. "You left this with Ferrara I believe ... " And I think Locque knows whats coming next ...
Probably the darkest moment for Roger Moore's Bond, also I feel Bond was a bit of a hypocrite in this movie killing Locque like that but refusing to let Melina shoot Kristatos at the end citing some Chinese proverb.
I would like to retro-thank the producers of this scene for not having the seemingly obligatory explosion when the crashing car came to a stop at the bottom of the cliff.
Wish it wasn't so dark...on my old DVD while he was running the morning was coming up and by the time the car kick came the dawn light was beautiful and you could clearly see Locques body pouring out of the car.
Roger didn't like doing this, he didn't see his version of Bond as someone who'd kill a helpless man, even a villain. I'm glad he did it anyway, it's the best moment in my favorite Bond movie of his.
PrincessA The Bond films have deviated from the books more than once. The world hasn’t ended. So far I’ve read five Fleming novels and there are things in them I prefer over the films and vice versa. Bond has a licence to kill those who are threats or have committed evil deeds. Bond is not Batman, who has a personal creed of not killing people, even monstrous villains who are still human underneath (which is why it pisses me off that he kills in a couple of the films he is in). Here in FYEO, Bond kills someone who is a professional killer who will with all likelihood kill again if he is not stopped.
They should've had Locque catch the pin in an overly clumsy manner, making the car more unstable until it goes down the cliff while Bond is smiling & watching. That comedic-type death would've been more Moore's style. Maybe even have the car explode like a Pinto. 🤣
Though roger wasn't a fan of this particular scene because he thought it a bit much for his bond to kill that way, i still enjoy it. I think every bond needs at least a few of these cold moments, and to see roger get to show he could sell it was cool. He's labeled the campy bond by many (Fair because of the fantastical missions), but he could go to that icy side
ACTOR MICHAEL GOTHARD SUICIDE IN 1992 IN LONDON,ENGLAND hung HIMSELF WE WAS A WEIRDO-CREEPY DUDE- SEEN HIM IN OTHER MOVIES WHERE HE TALKS STRANGE MAN !
Other versions of this scene are jarringly bright; they lose the dark, early-sunrise sky seen here that so effectively captures the mood of the moment.
I never quite understood why Roger Moore was hesitant about shooting this scene. He had no problem shooting Stromberg multiple times in TSWLM. The way this scene was filmed, it looked like the car was going to fall off regardless of if Bond kicked it or not...
because roger according to an interview on behind the scenes on this particular scene he was originally supposed to make the benz fall after dropping the pin inside but was asked to kick the car over due to bonds rugged attitude according to Ian Flemings novel on the character but emotionally affected roger after doing so.
In the previous film he jettisoned an adversary into outer space...in the following one he booted a bad guy off on airplane, then caused the guy flying the plane to crash it into a mountainside...so who knows?
Yeah he also was againts hitting women but directors guy hamilton and Terence young were true to the character of bond according to Ian f lemmings novels that the character would actually slap and hit women to get information unlike roger and director lewis Gilbert were againts violence againts women they would instead seduce the women to get information.
Matt Brady Roger Moore disliked violence in real life and hated guns not for political reasons but had a phobia for guns as his brother accidentally shot him with one when they were kids and was scared of them. He didn’t like heights, Moore had a stunt double for his action scenes etc except for close up shots. He didn’t want to do the scene where had to slap Andrea Anders in The Man With Golden Gun but director Guy Hamilton made him do the scene
It's too bad that Roger Moore wasn't totally comfortable filming this scene. Maybe he thought that it was too "out of character" for him to kill his now defenseless enemies in a cold blooded manner. I'm pretty sure that this was otherwise a "crowd cheering" moment (I'm extremely sure that Timothy Dalton's Bond would've had little to no qualms with kicking the bad guy's car off of cliffs), because that SOB, Locque got what was "coming to him". It did make us no for sure that, "For Your Eyes Only" wasn't going to be another over-the-top, comic book-like "campfest" (and borderline, self-parody) like the previous movie, "Moonraker". Plus, it isn't like Moore's Bond didn't display a "pissed off", mean-streak before. What about the way that he killed Stromberg in "The Spy Who Loved Me" (literally shooting him in the balls). In that same movie, Moore's Bond causally kills the panicked henchman by flipping his tie up ("Where's Feckish!?").
What made Moore's displeasure strange was that he didn't complain about the Cairo rooftop scene in The Spy Who Loved Me four years earlier, when he ruthlessly allows Sandor to fall to his death
Often overlooked I think and worth perhaps a consideration too is the scene from "The Man with the Golden Gun" when Bond extols information from the arms manufacturer Lazar by firing his own rifle an inch too low at the man's groin. Admittedly, it is not anywhere as brutal as Stromberg's assassination or this scene here with Locque but, Moore played that scene with a seriousness that is ordinarily not anticipated from a Moore - era Bond film.
Easily Moore’s most badass scene.
And he hated it! he thought it was too harsh. Wrong! A perfect death for such a slimy villain.
Yes
Michael Gothard Who Played That Villain, Later Committed Suicide Due To Depression.
It is my favorite scene of the movie. I like your description-we needed more Moore badassery in that movie. He still could have kept the one-liners, but make them dark like this.
At the end of the day, Bond is merely a government hitman. It's odd that Moore would be so offended by him offing a target.
RIP Micheal Gothard. Great actor. He had no dialogue in the movie and still looked chilling.
Have you heard the actor actually speak? He has an epic voice - more epic than even Christopher Lee- and it was a waste to have him mute.
The fact that he was silent until this rather memorable scene, made him that bit more intimidating, & one of the more sinister Bond villains
@@tcaudiobooks737 he had no dialogue for heights expect for 0:49 agggughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
He was very believable with his one line of dialogue: “AH-AHH-AAAAAAAHHH . . .!” Rather like Oddjob in the early days!
"yaharrrrrgh"
I read that Moore actually disliked this scene because he felt it was too dark. But this is exactly the kind of cold, ruthless kill that Bond is known for.
He was more reluctant destroying the car than anything.
He was also off put by the scenes in View to a Kill where loads of people get machine gunned, I seem to recall
And youve had your six
Imagine how awesome this scene would've been with Timothy Dalton? 👌
@@leesaunders7232 Dalton would've felt at home in this movie
Brilliant scene, perfectly played by Moore!
That music when Bond comes into the scene to give that guy his fate.
Easily one of my favorites out of the James Bond franchise. 👍🏼
Yup, this one had a nice balance in most departments, I think a lot of people found it overly cheesy. Not me.
Even on his dark hour this chap has class ! RIP Sir Roger.
This is actually quite dark for Roger Moore's Bond :)
+Josh Lawson not all James Bond fans took him seriously as Bond, they thought he was too playful. He proved them wrong
Shame we didn't get more (yes, pun intended) ruthless Roger. He would've been higher on the Bond list for many playing the character how he should've from the start.
PrincessA He proved them wrong long before this
I know, I'm a long standing Bond fan
PrincessA if you ever seen videos of the kill counts of each Bond, guess who tops that list?
The most brutal kill in Bond history. Ironically done by the Gentleman Bond.
Anyway, could not have happened to a nicer guy than Locque...
brutal my big fat ass, what a load of shit
If you think this is brutal, watch Dr No after Bond shoots Professor Dent or The World is Not Enough after Bond kills Elektra.
amarsbarr angry troll
Chris Slater Yeah he’s definitely got a real burr up his ass.
Kimmo Laine one of more brutal kills then Locques death is Red Grant in From Russia With Love in 1963 during Bond and Grants famous fight on train with Connery and the Late Robert Shaw doing their own stunt work
best Roger Moore performance of James Bond
The one Bond where he got to play it a little more seriously.
The Spy Who Loved Me >
@@codpro627 yeah but he wasn't as cold blooded in the film as he was in 1981's For your eyes only
It's a good one but I always thought he was at his best in The Spy Who Loved Me, his best movie in the series.
RIP Sir Roger Moore (October 14, 1927 - May 23, 2017), aged 89
And
RIP Michael Gothard (June 24, 1939 - December 2, 1992), aged 53
You both will always be remembered as legends.
I like the reference to Ferrara! The kindly Italian agent who lochque killed, vengeance James bond style
Yes, and Moore knew it as much as anyone. Which is why he moved away from Connery's Bond and Fleming's Bond to play the part in a more humourous and likeable way and he was popular. Audiences enjoyed the escapism and the less serious approach. Moore's run kept the Bond series viable at the box office. He's underestimated for that. The series did need a big shake-up towards the end of his run (after FYEO). Moore didn't deserve all of the dismissals he got.
(I know i'm responding to 7 year old comment) I agree, but this scene rely drives it home though that Bond is still Bond besided the added humor and likeability this what makes Moores Bond so great far as i'm concerned. If Bond was RL figure I would like to image him more like Roger Moore
Moore is a top 3 Bond and I'll die on that hill.
@@DoctorHver yeah i rlly liked the balance in dark and humor in For Your Eyes Only. People justifiably criticised parts of Octopussy and Moonraker for going into near-spoof territory and then again ppl also dislike FYEO for being too serious and grounded (quite literally). But i think this was a great film where in reaction to Moonraker they took a more gritty route following a more focused story about revenge, and yes the world could've ended with the ATAC but it rlly works with this tougher Bond and his skill as an aged spy really shows in scenes like this. I don't know if ppl dismiss Moore cuz ive seen on fandoms he's pretty popular, he's still one of my fav Bonds, since I was a kid, probably number 1 or 2.
@@GuineaPigEveryday Agree, with that said I usually don't get upset or sad when celebrities dies as I don't know them personally but when Moore died in 2017, I got upset at the shock when the news broke.
@@DoctorHver I remember that day very well. Was with my dad and he suddenly called from the living room that Roger had died, and I just dropped everything and ran in to make sure he wasn’t joking. Sadly he was not.
Similar situation with Connery, both made me very sad, but especially Moore as he was my first Bond so I’ll always have a soft spot for him.
For Your Eyes Only may not be the best Bond movie but it has always been my personal favorite!!
It's Moore's second best Bond, behind the Spy Who Loved Me, but it's my favorite as well.
Probably my favorite of his era. I like them all, but the more grounded (While still fun) and grittier mission/adventure was a treat for me regarding his bond. He didn't get to show it too often
Me 2!
Same to me.
One of my favorite scenes in all of Bond-dom. Rest in peace, Sir Roger.
That little kick he gave the car was nicely malicious! Always loved that scene!
What's so dark about this kill is that for a brief moment you see a twitch in Moore's face and you realize... he enjoyed this. Bond really enjoyed killing this man.
He´s a hitman, alright.
@@santannavalter”Good job, 007”
He killed the countess, so Bond was probably just waiting for this moment to happen.
R.I.P Michael Gothard, 1939- 1992.
He was brilliant actor ...the golden works in "The devils", "Jack The Ripper", "Warlords of Atlantis"!
One of Moore's best moments as Bond. But I can't believe he thought his Bond shouldn't do the kick.
+alexkrycek21 Yeah he said in the dvd commentary that he was worried that kicking the car might be a lil too violent for Bond compared to the other films that he did. I can understand that but this was a very cool scene & one of the finest moments of the franchise.
Yeah it seems a bit nasty, I'd expect him to smile at him and raise an eyebrow as the car went over.
He didn't want to make it look like bond was a sociopath.
Actually, Moore might be the most sociopathic Bond of them all.
He´s always lighthearted and doesn´t care when his friends get killed.
Someone who´s an assassin while maintaining a clownish attitude is most certainly crazy.
+Friedrich Schmidt He did actually care that Ferrara got killed and that's why he kicked the car of the baddie who murdered his friend, over the edge.
My favorite Moore film, definitely underrated! RIP Sir Roger.
It's the best of moores for sure
I remember hearing once that Roger Moore himself thought that "For Your Eyes Only" was his greatest moment with the character of James Bond. This was perhaps a conscious effort upon his part for making his most-grittiest moment yet in the series - along with the others involved in this project of-course - because it was supposed to have been his final film. He made two more films in the series because the producers, first, did not want to put a new actor into the role to compete against Connery 's non-canonical film, and then again because their chosen men were not-yet available but a film still needed to be made. I know that Roger Moore always takes the most heat for having gotten "old" in the role but, I personally never watch his final three films and say, "Hey, look at this old man! He is too old for this! He looks so terrible!" He still pulled it off reasonably well to the end I thought. Sean Connery, upon the other hand, did. He looks so out of shape, disinterested and gray in "Diamonds are Forever", and in "Never Say Never Again" he just looked like a parody of past glory and, well, too old.
amarsbarr Go away hater. Your misery & nasty remarks about one of the greatest Bonds are not welcome here.
Also, I think that the movie is pretty close to the 2 short stories Risico and For Your Eyes Only. The locales and Havelock's daughter's name were changed as far as I know but the warehouse scene, beach scene, and the use of the crossbow were in the short stories as was Colombo. Kristatos and Gonzalez. The only real offbeat scene is Margaret Thatcher one at the end but an overall great movie with a fantastic car chase.
Observant and correct points here you made. This was the first time during Roger Moore's tenure as Bond when actual plot elements and scenes from the original Fleming novels were used in one of Moore's films. The keel-haul scene later on is also from Fleming. Within Moore's era, until "For Your Eyes Only" arguably only novel titles and a few character names had been used in his films but they bared little resemblance to their creative sources. "Live and Let Die" only retained Mr. Big and New York City; and TMWTGG was originally written as an infiltration and assassination story versus a hide-and-seek chase with a MacGuffin to pursue. TSWLM bares no resemblance to the novel at all as its experimental approach involving an unknown character was unsuitable for filming; and "Moonraker" is a very 1950's story originally about a missile that is set to destroy London. They are so much a departure that writer Christopher Wood was allowed to novelization the films into separate-standing and non-cannon books. Wanting obviously to return to basics for the new film - and decade - the production mined the novels for inspiration that very-much helped elevate this film and find new energies to come. I was always amazed that Moore's final three films were much more action-oriented and that he did go willingly along with it. He was older now and established by then and could have easily have thrown clout around and declined such a change. But, I would liked to have known what the exact intent of the unrelated pre-title sequence with the suspected Blofeld was all about. I have never heard or read an exact explanation: to tie-in with Fleming? To give Moore's Bond a link with the past adventures? To literally dispose of the character that has caused so many years of problems for Eon Productions once and for all? In 1981 there was yet-another legal fight been Kevin McClory and Eon over Bond and I have read that the pre-title sequence was an artistic way to eliminate the annoying character from their lives, but again, no exact answer I myself have yet found. Obviously, 34 years later they changed their minds, though!
@@theearthmovesagain Totally agree. The Movies are much better when they feature original Fleming Material.
Live And let Die's original literature has been used in FYEO - the boat keel haul scene - and was used in Licence To Kill with the warehouse scene, the mauling of Leiter to the shark and the "He ate something that disagreed with him" is a title of a chapter in Live And Let Die. The Scene with the identigraph was originally in Goldfinger novel I believe. The character was changed to Melina from the short story and the beach car sequence , warehouse scene were in the short story Risico I believe.
Elements of The Hilderbrand Rarity short story used as well in Licence To Kill- Wavecrest boat name and wife beating from Sanchez with his girlfriend at beginning of film. Elements of Moonraker - fight at Blades loosely based on Blades club where Drax cheated at cards and Rosamund Pike character was originally going to be called Gala Brand but changed to Miranda Frost.
TSWLM was first original movie as only the title was sold be Fleming but Jaws is loosely based on a character in the novel.
The first real movie to really deviate was YOLT - Japan location was kept however, OHMSS, From Russia With Love are the closest adaptions to the novels I think along with Casino Royale which is again brilliant as featured a lot of Fleming material.
With ever more ridiculous wigs.
Without doubt Roger Moore's best scene in all his Bond movies. What could have been if they were all like this? Superb scene this one of my favourites. Ranks along with Goldfinger laser scene and torture scene in Casino Royale. I like the darker Bond with some subtle humour.
One of Moore's best moments.
For those who say that Bond executed Locque. The car was already sliding down and would have fallen down the cliff either way but Bond decided to give this hitman a "proper sendoff" which he deserved after all those he had killed. Also quite a few seem to have forgotten how he pretty much tortured Miss Anders in The Man With The Golden Gun to tell him information about Scaramanga even though she knew he'd kill her if she talked.
That’s an awful scene.
I found that scene difficult to watch.
Bond is licenced to kill. He can kill peope.
One thing to point out: Loque was reaching toward Bond before the pin was thrown in. As the car began sliding he reached his hands out more, in a panic, and Bond kicks him off. There was a chance to save him, but Bond did the (imo) honorable thing... but my POV honorable cus Loque killed the countess. Luigi was an agent, knew the risks, but the countess was basically a civilian (even if married to a smuggler).
Either way, still a cold moment... and still a brilliant one. Improvement from the short story the scene is taken from, where the car kinda just runs itself off, Bond saying "Well it wss a clean shot, guys dead". This is way more satisfying.
R.I.P. Roger Moore. :(
Same for Michael Gothard and Topol.
One of the best puns from Bond, and it was delivered with a cold heart.
I’m glad they went back and corrected the scene to be darker, like at dawn. I’m the original version, there was way too much daylight and Bond went from chasing the car at night to a daylight scene within a matter of moments. Much improved!
Maybe it was a really really long chase :P
Michael Gothard who played creepy Emile Locque in this movie committed suicide in 1992 (RIP). He also played Kai in Arthur of the Britons.
My all-time favorite Bond scene. It's so insanely awesome!
RIP
Michael Gothard
(1939-1992)
He struggled from depression for much of his life, and committed suicide by hanging on December 2, 1992. He was 53 years old.
Moore did not like this scene but he did push a guy off a building in Cairo in "The Spy Who Loved Me"
The guys name is Sandor (shawn-door).
“What a helpful chap”
What a brilliant scene, perfectly played by GREAT Sir Roger Moore. One of his best moments as Bond!!!
Most badass death in the roger Moore era at 0:50
In my opinion, FYEO is the best Bond film and scenes such as this are part of the reason why.
Should have said "I hate cliffhangers..."
Miya Takamura
Brilliant!
Now that would've been funny lol
Excellent. Your quote would have been even better that the movie's! Good job.
woah, awesome ;)
*“He Got Kicked Out !!!”*
"You left this with Ferrara I believe"...and you know Locque is a dead man
Came to find this scene after watching No time to die. When Craig pushes the car onto that guy. Instantly reminded me of this. Not sure If i like it or not.
Micheal Gothard steals the show He didn’t talk at all but has the great presence. Took me a while to decipher Roger’s one liner
I'm always amazed by this scene, just a cool and collected Bond; though full of anger, was able to steady himself and make a clean shot to take down Locque
Holy shit this might be one of the few times where the car doesnt explode :D
oh shit, I was actually waiting for the explosion. I was like like 'any second now... oh, okay ???'
Percules It's an old Mercedes. They're that good 😎
Percules, yar' i think that was debunked by the mythbusters.....car explosion does not happen that often
Who needs an explosion, we got to enjoy watching that creep pour out of the window like cheese whiz!
@@iidirectxii7545 The car had its engine off so an explosion is not imminent. The baddies' car in Dr. No exploded because it was chasing Bond, and chasing requires the car to accelerate.
Michael Gothard ... wonderful actor and powerful voice . He was great in Jack the Ripper 1988, as an anarchist.
Great movie and geart scene R.I.P Mr. Moore.
The Spy Who Loved Me and For Your Eyes Only are Moore’s best films as 007
I agree totally. For Your Eyes Only gets overlooked by fans quite often. I think Live and Let Die should also be included in that little group.
So good Craig copies it in NTTD
Best of the Moore bond films by a mile !
0:39 his bond is almost close to Timothy Dalton's, pierce Brosnan's and Daniel Craig's.
This scene would have been fit for Connery circa 1962-65.
Nah, more Dalton's bag.
RIP you legend.
I just feel so bad about this beautiful classy W116 .
Roger Moore was my favorite 007 . R.I.P
Cool how he just rolled out of the car window.
That was a dummy falling out of the window
@@MatthewLombard1981 Yep. A very dumb dummy.
My favourite Roger Moore Bond Film
Moore actually finds the real Bond during this clip!
Bond was pissed and took it personal!
@Cubex ohh I so agree. Dalton would had been perfect in this film.
One of the few times in the Moore era where he actually played Bond as the ruthless killer he was supposed to be.
+KiwiKugai I wish Daniel Craig would play Bond as the ruthless killer he was supposed to be. He seems to be letting every mother fucker live!
Red Pill Intelligence Lol what? Craig is totally ruthless especially in his first two films
It’s a pity Moore disliked this scene for its ruthlessness, it’s my second favourite kill of his after slapping the tie out of Sandor’s hand in TSWLM, an even colder act to me
He said so because in the books, Bond does not shoot bad guys that are unarmed.
Love the Sandor kill, but I respectfully disagree. Bond killed Sandor out of self preservation. Bond was unarmed, and Sandor was a bruiser of a guy who would immediately become a potential threat again if he pulled him back up to safety. Locque was injured, unarmed and completely at Bond's mercy which makes the kill even colder - furthermore Bond set out in pursuit precisely for the purpose of killing him.
Best scene of Moore's Bond career . . .
I know they've been trying to make Daniel Craig a darker serious Bond, Casino Royale showed a potential of that.
But this is how you should a Darker Bond.
Daniel Craig's Bond never really had a cold blooded kill between the opening of CR and forest scene in NTTD.
Sean Connery's best bond moment: Goldfinger "you expect me to talk" scene, George Lazenby's is the final scene of on her majesty's secret service, Roger Moore's is this scene, Timothy Dalton lighter scene in license to kill, Brosnan tank chase in Goldeneye and Craig's would be the torture scene in Casino Royale
I like LTK but Dalton's lighter scene is possibly even more disturbing than this one. I hate feeling sorry for the bad guy.
I agree, but even though it's not a "Bond kill", the snow machine in OHMSS is a pretty brutal death
Nice shootin’, Tex. 😎
This reminds me of the scene in No Time to Die when Bond causes the car to drop on the villain to avenge Felix Leiter! But my favorite Bond kill is Goldeneye when Trevelyan says "For England, James?" and Bond says "No, for me" and drops him down the satellite dish. In Die Another Day Halle Berry does shoot the plastic surgeon in cold blood.
This along with Sandor’s quick death in The Spy Who Loved me, are among Bond’s coldest kills.
This is why I love James Bond, he’s an antihero 🍸👊🏻
Survivable. Actually had a similar rollover crash down a 300+ ft slope in my 1994 Nissan pathfinder, back in 1996 on a coastal road in Mendocino County, in a pitch black night. Only difference: I was strapped into my seat belt. Felt like hours to get out of the car and back up to the road.
Moore's best Bond moment. Brilliance Sir Roger 💗
This was Moores best Bond movie. It's ironic that the best Bond movie by Moore who was known for his irony and humor was the one when he was unusually serious and had a darker tone.
The cheek of it, Locque holding out his hand, expecting 007 to rescue him, after what he (Locque) did. "You left this with Ferrara I believe ... " And I think Locque knows whats coming next ...
There’s a GREAT nod to this bit in No Time to Die!
Just missing the key! 😄
Having seen the movie, I know exactly what scene you are referring to.
Glad I'm not the only one that thought of this scene.
I noted that as well. And this one is still much better done.
Michel Gothard, the actor playing Locque, handled his dialogue well: “Ah -aah - AAAAAAH !!!”
Nice to see a realistic person not wanting to die rather than having him yell "screw you!" like movies would today.
RIP to both Rodge and Michael Gothard.
Michael Gothard as Locque doesn't get enough credit in this movie. He's so menacing!
Roger could be quite dark when we wanted to be, For Your Eyes Only is a classic Bond film, easy top 10.
Probably the darkest moment for Roger Moore's Bond, also I feel Bond was a bit of a hypocrite in this movie killing Locque like that but refusing to let Melina shoot Kristatos at the end citing some Chinese proverb.
0:38 - seriously considering this line as my new ringtone ...
One of the very few times that Roger Moore actually looked like a believable killer
As a 7 year old, I met Roger Moore in Corfu just before he filmed this scene.
I would like to retro-thank the producers of this scene for not having the seemingly obligatory explosion when the crashing car came to a stop at the bottom of the cliff.
The only time Locque ever spoke was when he was about to plummet to his death. 😂
"So that's what it sound like when doves cry."
😁
Wish it wasn't so dark...on my old DVD while he was running the morning was coming up and by the time the car kick came the dawn light was beautiful and you could clearly see Locques body pouring out of the car.
0:35 Headlamps off, 0:50 Headlamps on
0:55 Body under the car, 1:00 Body near the car.
Doesen´t matter, one of my fafourite BOND-movies.
The Merc had no engine and gearbox either.
This most brutal kill in all of Bond if you ask me.
Dario getting turned to ground meat in "License to Kill" was more brutal
@@Modernww2farein some ways the explosion of Krests head in “License to Kill” was brutal
That Locque musical cue when Bond shows the dove
You left this with Ferrara, I believe..
Moore's best moment as Bond.
The death of the side kick in no time to die reminded me this scene.
Bruh, Moore's Bond has demonstrated ruthlessness like when he slapped Andrea around in The Man With The Golden Gun
Hardcore Moore!
RIP!
Roger didn't like doing this, he didn't see his version of Bond as someone who'd kill a helpless man, even a villain. I'm glad he did it anyway, it's the best moment in my favorite Bond movie of his.
In the books, it was stated Bond never shot an unarmed villain
PrincessA The Bond films have deviated from the books more than once. The world hasn’t ended. So far I’ve read five Fleming novels and there are things in them I prefer over the films and vice versa. Bond has a licence to kill those who are threats or have committed evil deeds. Bond is not Batman, who has a personal creed of not killing people, even monstrous villains who are still human underneath (which is why it pisses me off that he kills in a couple of the films he is in). Here in FYEO, Bond kills someone who is a professional killer who will with all likelihood kill again if he is not stopped.
You left this 🐦 with Ferrara, I believe....... 😎😎😎
Roger Moore was a legend 007
They should've had Locque catch the pin in an overly clumsy manner, making the car more unstable until it goes down the cliff while Bond is smiling & watching. That comedic-type death would've been more Moore's style.
Maybe even have the car explode like a Pinto. 🤣
I love the sound effect at :27
意外と情け容赦無いムーアボンド
だからこそ好きなんよ！
Though roger wasn't a fan of this particular scene because he thought it a bit much for his bond to kill that way, i still enjoy it. I think every bond needs at least a few of these cold moments, and to see roger get to show he could sell it was cool. He's labeled the campy bond by many (Fair because of the fantastical missions), but he could go to that icy side
Glad he kicked that creepy psycho off the cliff
ACTOR MICHAEL GOTHARD SUICIDE IN 1992 IN LONDON,ENGLAND
hung HIMSELF
WE WAS A WEIRDO-CREEPY DUDE-
SEEN HIM IN OTHER MOVIES WHERE HE TALKS
STRANGE MAN !
Same.
Poor S-class, such a fine car.
@@1769Joner A lot of bad guys drive that car, like JR Ewing ...
Other versions of this scene are jarringly bright; they lose the dark, early-sunrise sky seen here that so effectively captures the mood of the moment.
I never quite understood why Roger Moore was hesitant about shooting this scene. He had no problem shooting Stromberg multiple times in TSWLM. The way this scene was filmed, it looked like the car was going to fall off regardless of if Bond kicked it or not...
because roger according to an interview on behind the scenes on this particular scene he was originally supposed to make the benz fall after dropping the pin inside but was asked to kick the car over due to bonds rugged attitude according to Ian Flemings novel on the character but emotionally affected roger after doing so.
In the previous film he jettisoned an adversary into outer space...in the following one he booted a bad guy off on airplane, then caused the guy flying the plane to crash it into a mountainside...so who knows?
Yeah he also was againts hitting women but directors guy hamilton and Terence young were true to the character of bond according to Ian f lemmings novels that the character would actually slap and hit women to get information unlike roger and director lewis Gilbert were againts violence againts women they would instead seduce the women to get information.
Matt Brady Roger Moore disliked violence in real life and hated guns not for political reasons but had a phobia for guns as his brother accidentally shot him with one when they were kids and was scared of them. He didn’t like heights, Moore had a stunt double for his action scenes etc except for close up shots. He didn’t want to do the scene where had to slap Andrea Anders in The Man With Golden Gun but director Guy Hamilton made him do the scene
Originally titled The Spy Who Pushed Me
Superb, interesting how Leopold Loque shoed him respect at the "Pool scene"
I think this is the best scene out of the whole film
It's too bad that Roger Moore wasn't totally comfortable filming this scene. Maybe he thought that it was too "out of character" for him to kill his now defenseless enemies in a cold blooded manner. I'm pretty sure that this was otherwise a "crowd cheering" moment (I'm extremely sure that Timothy Dalton's Bond would've had little to no qualms with kicking the bad guy's car off of cliffs), because that SOB, Locque got what was "coming to him". It did make us no for sure that, "For Your Eyes Only" wasn't going to be another over-the-top, comic book-like "campfest" (and borderline, self-parody) like the previous movie, "Moonraker". Plus, it isn't like Moore's Bond didn't display a "pissed off", mean-streak before. What about the way that he killed Stromberg in "The Spy Who Loved Me" (literally shooting him in the balls). In that same movie, Moore's Bond causally kills the panicked henchman by flipping his tie up ("Where's Feckish!?").
What made Moore's displeasure strange was that he didn't complain about the Cairo rooftop scene in The Spy Who Loved Me four years earlier, when he ruthlessly allows Sandor to fall to his death
+hugodrax71 Not to mention shooting Stromberg, then putting FIVE MORE BULLETS IN HIM after he's mortally wounded!
Often overlooked I think and worth perhaps a consideration too is the scene from "The Man with the Golden Gun" when Bond extols information from the arms manufacturer Lazar by firing his own rifle an inch too low at the man's groin. Admittedly, it is not anywhere as brutal as Stromberg's assassination or this scene here with Locque but, Moore played that scene with a seriousness that is ordinarily not anticipated from a Moore - era Bond film.
If it was up to Moore, he would've just thrown the pin in for the guy to fall to his death.