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[erniecureo]

...Just before Bond drops his weapon, I thought the guy (ambassador?)says "listen to me." Now (after the 5th viewing--don't ask), I think what he's REALLY saying is "Laissez tombe" in French--meaning, "drop it" (or "let it fall," actually).

Anyone agree (especially our French speakers on the forum)?

[Righty007]

I thought it was "listen to me" too.

[neversaynever]

He says "laissez tomber", meaning let him go, drop it, that sort of thing.

[ComplimentsOfSharky]

Yeah I caught that it was French. I wasn't exactly sure what he said - I thought it was "Let him go".

The Guten Abend thing in the Ocean Club went over my head. I saw the movie 4 times and didn't figure that out until I saw the other thread.

[Double-Oh-Zero]

Interesting. I always thought it was odd that he had said "listen to me," and then Craig drops his gun, but now it makes sense.

Cheers, fellas.

[MR. BOND 93]

I also thought he said 'Listen to me.'

[Warpechowski]

He doesnt speak english, that I

[MR. BOND 93]

Mollaka and the whole Madagascar sequence weren't in the book.

Edited by MR. BOND 93, 21 December 2006 - 12:47 AM.

[dinovelvet]

[quote name='Warpechowski' post='674080' date='20 December 2006 - 16:42']He doesnt speak english, that I

[ComplimentsOfSharky]

Anyway, in the book they give any details why the guy went to the embasy?

Wow. Post of the day.

He was probably just from "Nambutu" and figured he would be safe there.

[JackWade]

Oh wow, I also thought it was "listen to me," but with a heavy accent.

[Pam Bouvier]

I'm with you guys...saw it three times and thought the line was :Listen to me!!!

This calls for another viewing!

[bill007]

...Just before Bond drops his weapon, I thought the guy (ambassador?)says "listen to me." Now (after the 5th viewing--don't ask), I think what he's REALLY saying is "Laissez tombe" in French--meaning, "drop it" (or "let it fall," actually).

Anyone agree (especially our French speakers on the forum)?

Yeah, I agree. Seen it 4 times. It definately wasn't the Queen's English.

[Joyce Carrington]

Definitely French. When I saw it in the Odeon West End I was suprised they didn't put subtitles under it.

[stamper]

He says "laissez tomber", which I think is supposed to be a translation of "drop it" re the gun or drop it re the action

[JimmyBond]

Well, in the script there's actually some dialogue between Mollaka and the man in the embassy. Going off the top of my head:

Mollaka: You must give me protection!

Man: You don't work for us anymore.

I'm not on the computer with the script, so that's the best I can do, but I believe that's all that was said before Bond bursts through the room.

[MarcAngeDraco]

Well, in the script there's actually some dialogue between Mollaka and the man in the embassy. Going off the top of my head:

Mollaka: You must give me protection!

Man: You don't work for us anymore.

I'm not on the computer with the script, so that's the best I can do, but I believe that's all that was said before Bond bursts through the room.

In English?...

[MattofSteel]

I caught "laissez tombez" the first time I saw the film. But from living in Canada, I do know a smidgeon of French, and since Madagascar is a French-speaking, French-ruled country (I believe...are they independent? I know French culture is prominent, anyways), I just sort of knew.

"Guten Abend" had me, though, until recently.

[JimmyBond]

Well, in the script there's actually some dialogue between Mollaka and the man in the embassy. Going off the top of my head:

Mollaka: You must give me protection!

Man: You don't work for us anymore.

I'm not on the computer with the script, so that's the best I can do, but I believe that's all that was said before Bond bursts through the room.

In English?...

That's how it was written.

[Vauxhall]

Always heard that line as "laissez tomber" personally. In regards to Mollaka, and based on what I read in the script as well, I assumed that he was a former employee of the Nambutu Embassy who was fired due to the links he developed with the terrorists. When he goes to the embassy to try and claim sanctuary, they were at first unwilling to hide him. Most of these details seemed to be cut from the final movie.

[Dr.Mirakle32]

I've sen the movie seven times, and until now, I had no idea what the Nambutu guy said, or what Craig mumbled at the Nassau bar.

I couldn't tell if I just couldn't make out the words, or if he was saying something in an African language.

[DaveBond21]

Good post - I had originally thought it was "Listen to Me" but Laissez Tombe" makes much more sense.


But I got "Guten Abend" or "Nabend" as he actually says, weil Ich Deutsch kann.

[Arch Stanton]

I don't speak French so when the line was said (and without subtitles), I thought it was "listen to me" without thinking twice. The line didn't confuse me in the conext of the scene because I thought he was getting at something like "let's talk this over" trying to get Bond to calm down and not do any more damage, and the line seems to be said in a desperate, pleadingly way. Interesting to know what he was really saying, though. Totally news to me that Madagascar is a French-influenced nation, if it wasn't English I'd have thought it was some African language. They should've put in subtitles since it sounds so much like "listen to me".

[fulgentius]

He said "Laissez tomber !" indeed. It's funny, I had the impression that english subtitles were burnt in during this scene ? I must have been dreaming.

[Flash1087]

I don't speak French so when the line was said (and without subtitles), I thought it was "listen to me" without thinking twice. The line didn't confuse me in the conext of the scene because I thought he was getting at something like "let's talk this over" trying to get Bond to calm down and not do any more damage, and the line seems to be said in a desperate, pleadingly way. Interesting to know what he was really saying, though. Totally news to me that Madagascar is a French-influenced nation, if it wasn't English I'd have thought it was some African language. They should've put in subtitles since it sounds so much like "listen to me".

Yeah, I had no idea until I read this thread either. Shows how much attention I paid in geography.

I figured he just said 'listen to me', wanting Bond to put the gun down and come along peacefully so that nothing else in the embassy got wrecked.

[thecasinoroyale]

I too agree it's a foreign language, hence Bond has a slight nod of acknowledgment (for a second!) and drops the gun..before taking out another!

[byline]

I just happened upon this thread, and I apologize if this has already been mentioned elsewhere: With regard to the DVD, if you watch the captions using your television's closed-captioning, the foreign-language captions are there (though, oddly enough, not if you select subtitles to be shown via the DVD). So, per the DVD, the embassy official says, "Laissez tomber," basically telling Bond to drop his weapon.

Later on, at the bar, just before Bond joins the poker game with Dimitrios, the closed-captioning also displays the line, guten Abend, or "good evening" in German. (It actually reads 'n Abend.)

Also, the song lyrics can be viewed via your TV's closed-captioning, but not the DVD's subtitles. Not sure why that is; I discovered it by accident when we left our TV's closed-captioning on.

Edited by byline, 29 April 2007 - 03:44 PM.

[chris-o]

I also thought he was saying "Listen to me!". But the "Guten Abend" scene was funny to watch because Daniel Craig said it in german.

[Matt_13]

I'm gonna check it out with subtitles and see what I get.

[Jim]

Evidently "laissez tomber".