Phoenix 66 and all that

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 4:09 pm

was he a freaky-deaky dutch bastard?

ROSSKEEN · Post by **ROSSKEEN** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 4:18 pm

nope.

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 4:42 pm

Damn, I read the book recently as well. Polish?

ROSSKEEN · Post by **ROSSKEEN** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 4:48 pm

nope. although I'm only going by the film.

If anyone's going to watch it, its when he and Bond play golf.

His caddy tells him.

harry 3 · Post by **harry 3** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 7:31 pm

Haven't a clue, but I do know Oddjob was played by Harold Sakata, an Olympic weighlifter.

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 7:59 pm

Actually, I remember the book saying he was a naturalised British citizen, but in case that's not what you're after... is it one of the Baltics?

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 9:39 pm

Russia?

ROSSKEEN · Post by **ROSSKEEN** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 9:08 am

Weyland gets it.

Bond arrives at the course and his caddy says something along the lines of:

"He's British (might have said English), but you'd never know it."

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 11:41 am

Cool! I just went and checked the book, and Goldfinger is described as "A UK Commonwealth citizen, naturalised to Nassau," Nassau being the capital of the Bahamas. He emigrated from Riga, Latvia when he was 20.

Right then, staying with Bond. This might be a touch obscure, but why was the name of the Russian decoding machine that is the bait for Bond changed between the book and the film adaptation of From Russia With Love?

harry 3 · Post by **harry 3** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 1:44 pm

Wikipedia says Goldfinger is a Latvian, from Riga.

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 6:51 pm

Cos it was the name of a real one?

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 8:28 pm

Nope.

ROSSKEEN · Post by **ROSSKEEN** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:02 am

Might have to credit the wife with this one:

She reckons (I havent read the books but plan to some day) that the original machine was called Spectre or something very close.

And in the film the bad guys are SPECTRE, so there would be confusion?

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:50 am

Absolutely. In the original book, the plot was by SMERSH, the USSR's assassination service, and the bait was a code machine called the Spektor (which Fleming based on the rotor principles of the Enigma device). However, when it came to make the film, the producers wanted to carry on the theme from the previous film, Doctor No, and have SPECTRE as the bad guys. So the machine was renamed the Lektor.

ROSSKEEN · Post by **ROSSKEEN** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:54 am

Damnit! I owe her dinner now!!!

Sorry, more Bond, but its an easy one.

Who is the only character to appear in every single Bond film apart fromBond himself?