| Cut Scenes
Most European non-English language prints and
videos are cut and omit the scene where Bond
is almost caught in the office of Blofeld's
lawyer cracking a safe. The scene is now being
included in the German TV version.
Some versions include a scene where Bond's
blonde colleague (the mountain climber who also
appears before the office of Blofeld's lawyer
in the above scene) tries to check out the valley
station of the cableway to Piz Gloria, and gets
thrown out by Blofeld's guards, who speak in
an unsynchronised Swiss German dialect. This
scene is apparently missing from either the
German and English versions.
The original version edited for American Television
was re-cut in several places. The film started
"in medias res" with the escape from
Piz Gloria, then flashing back to the beginning
of the film. The entire film featured Bond's
voice over (done by a different actor than Lazenby),
and included a shot before the wedding in which
Bond and Tracy buy her the wedding ring and
Irma Bunt's reflection is seen in the window
of the jeweler's.
See the Release
History page for full details on the extensive
cuts and differing versions of the film.
Best Line
Bond: "This never happened to the other
fellow."
Best Mistake
When Tracy and Bond are on the beach,
and Tracy drives off, you can hear the tyres
screech - not something usually associated with
wheels on sand.
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