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[delfloria]

Just wonder how many fans have gone out of their way to read the scripts? It's a great way to get an appreciation of what the filmmakers were trying to accomplish. 

[Nicolas Suszczyk]

I've read the Casino Royale (2006) and the GoldenEye (Michael France - 1994 draft). Got them if you need 'em

[L4YRCAKE]

Just wonder how many fans have gone out of their way to read the scripts? It's a great way to get an appreciation of what the filmmakers were trying to accomplish. 

 

Have you?  The thought had  not really occurred to me, although I'd love to hear about any marked changes made from script to screen that were controversial.  Are they commercially available anywhere...?

I've read the Casino Royale (2006) and the GoldenEye (Michael France - 1994 draft). Got them if you need 'em

 

How do they compare to the final versions of the films?

[seawolfnyy]

I read CR, which was the final shooting script. It has a few scenes that were cut from the film and some alternate dialogue, but overall close to the film.

I would be very interested in that '94 version of GE though, Nic.

[007jamesbond]

I would love to read the Skyfall script..........

 

PS what is with the spam!!!!!

[stromberg]

 
PS what is with the spam!!!!!

Eliminated, thanks for reporting.

[Trevelyan 006]

I've flipped trough a few...

 

Most notably GoldenEye.

[delfloria]

 

Just wonder how many fans have gone out of their way to read the scripts? It's a great way to get an appreciation of what the filmmakers were trying to accomplish. 

 

Have you?  The thought had  not really occurred to me, although I'd love to hear about any marked changes made from script to screen that were controversial.  Are they commercially available anywhere...?

 

I've read several of them. I guess it's more of a filmmakers kind of thing, wanting to dissect the craft and storytelling of the films. Some of the flimsiest script story line are in DAF, LALD and MWTGG. MWTGG was doomed at the script level and I don't know why they didn't try harder to fix it. DAF on the other hand reads fine and even includes a suspenseful hand to hand combat between Bond and Blofeld in a salt mine after Bond chases down the bathosub. Casino Royale on the other hand has several parts that could have easily "cocked up" the movie but were omitted and the aston in Skyfall was the one he won it the Bahamas until Mendes changed it. It always seems to be a crap shoot

I've read the Casino Royale (2006) and the GoldenEye (Michael France - 1994 draft). Got them if you need 'em

 

How do they compare to the final versions of the films?

 

[Shaun Forever]

Is there an 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' script?

 

 

Be interesting to see what it says about the rooftop and train accident scene.

[doublenoughtspy]

Is there an 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' script?
 
 
Be interesting to see what it says about the rooftop and train accident scene.

Well Shaun, there are 12 significant drafts of OHMSS script, stretching all the way back to 1964 when Connery was slated to star in it.

You can read in depth details of those scripts in chapter 2 of The Making of On Her Majesty's Secret Service.

But you apparently think that 35 pounds is way too much for a book with that information and 600 photographs, including storyboards of the rooftop chase, post office underground, and train accident scenes. Thankfully other fans think it is a fair price and believe the book is actually quite a bargain considering what it contains and the effort put in to finding the contents.

[Turn]

I enjoy reading scripts. It can give you a great insight into filmmaking and can be rewarding for anybody curious about extra details.

 

Long before the Internet allowed many versions of scripts to be read for free, I was able to pick up printed copies of scripts from various places. They made fascinating reading as they offered alternate dialogue and descriptions of the deleted scenes long before DVD allowed us to see them. DAF at the time was a favorite and I thought it was interesting that the original reply to "Hi, I'm Plenty" was "I'd be foolish to deny it." And it's fun to imagine the actor's saying the lines.

 

I also own TMWTGG, TLD and an OHMSS continuity script, along with the GE and TND that were commercially available. I also managed to pick up a script that said Never Say Never Again on the cover but turned out to be the screenplay for the aborted Warhead/James Bond of the Secret Service from 1976. Some of the Connery films like FRWL, GF and YOLT couldn't be found and I am not sure anybody offers them now, although I see on eBay frequently scripts with reproduced star autographs. I don't know if those are just reproductions of actual scripts or not.

[Shaun Forever]

 

Is there an 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' script?
 
 
Be interesting to see what it says about the rooftop and train accident scene.

Well Shaun, there are 12 significant drafts of OHMSS script, stretching all the way back to 1964 when Connery was slated to star in it.

You can read in depth details of those scripts in chapter 2 of The Making of On Her Majesty's Secret Service.

But you apparently think that 35 pounds is way too much for a book with that information and 600 photographs, including storyboards of the rooftop chase, post office underground, and train accident scenes. Thankfully other fans think it is a fair price and believe the book is actually quite a bargain considering what it contains and the effort put in to finding the contents.

 

 

 

 

I just found it a bit too pricey for my tastes, but then again I'm a bit tight with money, I'm used to buying things in a sale

 

 

I'm really sorry mate, last thing I want to do is upset a fellow fan, I'm sure it's an excellent read, and I do want to get a copy at some point.

 

My comments were pretty ignorant, and I apologize.

Edited by Shaun Forever, 29 December 2012 - 05:16 PM.

[Dan Gale]

As I'm sure doublenoughtspy must mention in his book The Making of The Living Daylights (which I've yet to buy, I'm waiting to pay off my car...!! Excuses...), there is (in the 4th draft I believe) a rather alarming scene with a gorilla plucking Bond's eyelash which would have made even Tom Mankowicz cringe with embarrassment. In this script, Kamran Shah is called Ranjit Khan and Bond and Kara crash land their Hercules on an aircraft carrier, a sequence I'd love to see done in a film one day!