On Her Majesty's Secret Service - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

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[jesse]

In Germany, the original unedited cut of the movie was not available until 2006, with the release of the digitally remastered "Ultimate Edition" DVDs. Thus, previously missing scenes had to be provided with new German dubbing for the DVD, resulting in voice actors changing from scene to scene or in some cases within the same scene. This also lead to an error in dialogue. In the scene where Tracy and Draco talk about Bond in the car, Draco's line "Tomorrow I will speak to him alone" was mistakenly translated to "Tomorrow I will speak to Malone". There is no character called Malone in the movie.

[stephanie]

Peter R. Hunt wanted to direct Diamonds Are Forever (1971), and would have, if George Lazenby had remained with the franchise. His original plan for the ending was to show Bond and Tracy driving away from their wedding, then have Diamonds Are Forever open with the shooting. When Lazenby declined to appear again, the idea was scrapped.

[edgar]

George Lazenby is the last Bond actor to perform the gun-barrel sequence with a hat. Although Diamonds Are Forever (1971) re-used the gun-barrel sequence from Thunderball (1965) and You Only Live Twice (1967) due to Sir Sean Connery's return to the role, the sequence would eventually began to be filmed with Bond without a hat when Sir Roger Moore took over the role in Live and Let Die (1973).

[stephanie]

The only James Bond movie which was entirely set and filmed in Europe.

[kristina]

The theme "We Have All the Time in the World" was the last thing that Louis Armstrong ever recorded. He died two years later. It is also the first theme song in the film franchise not to include the movie's title as part of the lyrics.

[amber]

The Royal World Premiere was held on Thursday, December 18, 1969, at the Odeon Theatre, Leicester Square, London in the presence of the Duke of Kent (Edward Windsor) and the Duchess of Kent. George Lazenby attended the event sporting a beard and long hair.

[violet]

Dame Diana Rigg wore the same dress from the pre-credits scene for her appearance on The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968).

[willard]

Production was hampered by weak snowfall, which was unfavorable to the skiing action scenes. The producers even considered moving to another location in Switzerland, but it was taken by the production of Downhill Racer (1969).

[elmer]

Former ITN newsreader Carol Barnes filmed scenes with the Angels of Death after showing up to the set with her friend Jenny Hanley. She can be briefly seen serving drinks at the first meal Bond attends.

[lonnie]

According to George Lazenby, he and a crew member played a prank on Angela Scoular (Ruby), the Bond Girl who writes her room number on the inside of James Bond's bare thigh. The crew member warmed a sausage, and they put it under Bond's kilt. When Scoular puts her hand under the kilt, she is ever the professional and hardly reacts.

[sandra]

George Lazenby said he experienced difficulties during shooting, not receiving any coaching despite his lack of acting experience, and with Director Peter R. Hunt never addressing him directly, only through his assistant. Lazenby also declared that Hunt also asked the rest of the crew to keep a distance from him, as "Peter thought the more I was alone, the better I would be as James Bond."

[edgar]

A double was used for Dame Diana Rigg at the ice rink, as the actress did not know how to skate.

[liam]

Bond's sliding along the ice while firing a machine gun in the attack on Piz Gloria was a spur-of-the-moment idea from Director Peter R. Hunt.

[janice]

The Swiss filming ended up running fifty-six days over schedule.

[chad]

The picture of Tracy's mother was a photograph of Dame Diana Rigg's own mother.

[frederick]

The bobsledding chase was also filmed with the help of Swiss Olympic athletes, and was re-written to incorporate the accidents the stuntmen suffered during shooting, such as the scene where Bond falls from the sled.

[cassandra]

Adam West, a personal friend of Producer Albert R. Broccoli, was offered the part of James Bond. West said that while he was very tempted, he ultimately turned it down feeling the role should be played by an English actor.

[ruby]

Vehicles included James Bond's dark green 1969 Aston Martin DBS (not to be confused with a DB5); Tracy's red 1969 Ford Mercury Cougar convertible; Draco's Rolls-Royce Corniche Mulliner Park Ward Drophead Coupé; 007 ascends to Piz Gloria in a Bell 206 JetRanger helicopter; a Mercedes sedan and Irma Bunt's pursuing black Mercedes-Benz 600; three Bell 204 HUEY helicopters with dummy Red Cross markings for the attack on Piz Gloria; a cable car to Piz Gloria; two bobsleds; and various stock cars in the stock car rally.

[frederick]

The title lent itself to a role-playing board game "James Bond 007: Role-Playing In Her Majesty's Secret Service" in 1983 and was produced up until 1987. It was released by Avalon Books' Victory Games and was designed by Gerard Christopher Klug. The cover art picture of James Bond was not based on George Lazenby, but was an amalgam of the likeness of Sir Sean Connery and Sir Roger Moore and most closely resembled the poster for The Spy Who Loved Me (1977). The last three digits of its game book rules' ISBN were 007.