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[S K Y F A L L]

I never followed the Quentin Tarantino rumors but I do like the ones about a 5th Brosnan film.
This article seems to have a nice run down of what happened, for anyone like me who heard about it but didn't get the full picture.
http://www.mi6-hq.co...ticles&id=03226

What I always thought and would have not approved of is answered by Quentin below;

“It would have been my James Bond film and not a Cubby Broccoli Bond film ....”

People go to see a Bond movie for Bond, not Tarantino and vise versa.
It almost seems like Tarantino is demanding to direct one while at the same time demanding full creative control over Bond and it appears he never even spoken to the producers.

The article also has interviews with Brosnan who says;

"I really wanted Quentin Tarantino to direct the next one, and Quentin wanted to do it. I think that scared the producers."

And I wonder how much of that was true and if it had anything to do with Brosnan not returning for a 5th 007 film.

[Matt_13]

I believe Jim has the script somewhere around here...

[Miles Miservy]

You will never see Quentin Tarrantino (or ANY American director, for that matter) behind the camera of a James Bond film. It would be like casting an American actor to play OO7 & we KNOW that's never going to happen.

[coco1997]

You will never see Quentin Tarrantino (or ANY American director, for that matter) behind the camera of a James Bond film. It would be like casting an American actor to play OO7 & we KNOW that's never going to happen.

Roger Spottiswoode was Canadian. That's pretty close.

[x007AceOfSpades]

I'll never stand behind Tarantino for directing a Bond film ever, let alone a film in general period. The only American I see directing a potential Bond film is David Fincher.

[Odd Jobbies]

You will never see Quentin Tarrantino (or ANY American director, for that matter) behind the camera of a James Bond film. It would be like casting an American actor to play OO7 & we KNOW that's never going to happen.

American actor James Brolin was cast for Octopussy. He was in the UK preparing to start shooting the following day when Roger Moore relented on his fee demand and Broccoli dropped Brolin.

A shame IMO.

[x007AceOfSpades]

It would have been interesting to see Brolin in a complete Bond film no doubt.

[thecasinoroyale]

Quentin Tarantino wouldn't direct a James Bond film. He'd direct an over-hyped, confusing narrative spy-thriller film with the character James Bond in it.

And he never should let 007 cross his mind again.



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[Odd Jobbies]

It would have been interesting to see Brolin in a complete Bond film no doubt.

In the fake-space trip conspiracy movie Capricorn One he was a great combination of intelligence and animalism, if you know what i mean. Same could be said for Craig. The only downside is that the gritty feel of 70s thrillers brought out these qualities in Brolin well, whereas the cheesy-glitsyness of 80s cinema framed him as the smooth-hunk-catalogue model type. Not good for Bond, but still potentially better than what we got.

I'd guess they saw the same attributes in Burt Reynolds' excellent film-stealing performance in Deliverance, since the rumour was that they once offered him the part (before he became a 'light-comedian' in the Bandit movies).

Both these Americans would've made fine Bonds IMO.

Btw, what actor wouldn't want to be Tarantino's Bond?

It may have been detrimental to the franchise business model going on from there, but Mr T sure does pull a fine performance; Madsen, Roth, Travolta, Jackson, Willis, DeNiro, Thurman, Fassbender and Christoph Waltz....

Death Proof may have been a Directorial indulgence too far, but it still delivered a fantastic turn from Kurt Russell as Stuntman Mike.

So the idea of Mr T getting to play with a character like Bond is very, very mouthwatering for an actor. It would've done for Brosnan what he had to wait years for Matador to do when it pricked up the ears of casting agents thinking, 'Hey, wait minute, this guy can actually act!!!'

Edited by Odd Jobbies, 10 August 2012 - 05:33 PM.

[x007AceOfSpades]

Quentin Tarantino wouldn't direct a James Bond film. He'd direct an over-hyped, confusing narrative spy-thriller film with the character James Bond in it.

And he never should let 007 cross his mind again.



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Well said!

[Jim]

http://debrief.comma...30#entry1205389

[x007AceOfSpades]

http://debrief.comma...30#entry1205389

After reading Bond's first line I stopped. I stopped because I knew I was going to read it later tonight and have a blast.

Thank you Jim!

[S K Y F A L L]

I don't think I could have understood Jim's script without learning the facts first, not that I've read it all or plan to finish it but I'll never be able to look at Tarantino the same, he seems like a douchbag.

[bey-columbo]

CR by Tarantino ? Very different project that CR by Campbell !!

If Tarantino make a Bond, maybe this could be a landmark between Craig violence and Moore humor.
Tarantino always associate humor and violence, in all his movies.

I'll never stand behind Tarantino for directing a Bond film ever, let alone a film in general period. The only American I see directing a potential Bond film is David Fincher.

A Bond by Fincher would be great, but a Bond like FRWL or OHMSS, with less action and much suspense and investigation.

Spielberg tried to realease a Bond, FYEO If I remember correctly...

Fincher and Tarantino are both directors who have their own styles, and on a saga with its own rules since several decades, that could create frictions...

The first Fincher was Alien 3, and Fincher deny it, because he did not get on well with Alien production.

Edited by bey-columbo, 16 October 2012 - 12:36 AM.

[Tony_OO_Black]

It would have been a fascinating experiment to see Tarantino do a 60's Bond (I'm a fan of his work), but I don't think we've lost anything by it not happening. The Casino Royale we got was wonderful; it's hard to imagine how he'd have done anything better.

Also sounds like very sour grapes on his part, hearing him talk about it. Shame.