I saw this on TV in 1999 when I was 7 and my eyes were slightly watery after the ending :/ cos I thought Bond is usually happy with a girl on his arm at the end of a typical adventure but the twist in this film really shocked me :/
why didnt telly savalas reprise blofeld for the later films. he made the character actually interesting. i would've loved to see lazenby bond get his revenge on savalas blofeld for this
while i am a fan of Sean Connery, George Lazenby was the only one who could portray bond in this movie, seeing it with any of the other bond actors would probably not do so well at box office
sad words,music classic JOHN BARRY YOUR MUSIC WILL LAST FOREVER. GOD BLESS IM A LAZENBY FROM LEEDS, GEORGE,S ORIGINAL FAMILY CAME FROM NORTH ENGLAND ANY ONE OUT THERE
Actually probably Timothy Dalton would have, being trained as a Shakespearean actor he would have known how to do the emotional side of things. plus he's a much better actor than Lazenby .
i just watched the whole thing, and even though i knew it was coming (i saw it before) i could never have expected it. and what's the deal with the cop? btw i found this by googling "why is the end of on her majesty's secret service so sad?" so, yeah...
A Great scene, done brilliantly by Diana Rigg who here portrays a woman who goes from profound melancholy reflection and sincere gratitude to maybe the most appealing delivery ever of a double entendre (third iteration of "in"); to life-affirming reflection on the future "first a boy and then a girl"; to a death scene where the iconic male hero of our age/Bond character is driven mad with grief.
And it brings home the fuller, somber meaning of the "All the time in the World" lyrics.
This should be remade, properly, with Cold War era setting, followed by Fleming's 'You Only Live Twice', which is the best of the novels, and would be extremely cinematic if done correctly.
It would've been so better if Connery had quit after Thunderball, which was his last great Bond movie. Lazenby could've then starred in both OHMSS and You Only Live Twice. Then they could've followed the YOLT novel more precisely and have Blofeld killed in it.
Timothy Dalton was being offered the role of Bond for OHMSS, but he thought it was too early in his acting career and he also thought he was too young and inexperienced. Dalton was 22 at the time.
I would have been interestesting had he actually accepted Broccoli's offer.
This must be some re-mixed, 'restored' version. Pictorially, if not aurally, because the gunshots are different to how they sound in the original version. In the original it's a continuous spray, like it's raining bullets. This is positively piss-weak by comparison. (I'm only saying so because I care, OHMSS is one of my favorite Bond films. And vale John Barry, who left us yesterday...)
After this film Diamonds Are Forever is a major disappointment, especially as it doesn't really deal with Bond's response to Tracy's death. I think Lazenby is very good in this final scene and the (only relative) lower box office returns may have as much to do with the tragic ending and the length of the film as with Connery not being in it. Still my favourite Bond film and Connery did say that he thought Lazenby didn't do a bad job for someone who hadn't acted before.
@dafmurray its kinda does deal with the death in the opening as he is looking for Blofeld, i would like to have seen more of him dealing with it. if Lazenby had still been Bond i think we would have
Actually OHMSS did pretty well in the box office, and Lazenby was scheduled to do the next movie. His agent however told him that James Bond would die with the 60's and that he rapidly was becoming a "relic" not suited to the new generation.
Lazenby would no doubt do better than Connery did in Diamonds Are Forever (which Connery reluctantly did for a record sum of money), but the problem in that movie is that the story is a weak follow up on OHMSS, and in my mind one of the worst..
I always thought Lazenby got a bum rap as being a subpar Bond in his one appearance as 007. The critics always scrutinized everything from the sun to the moon without giving their real complaint; Laenby wasn't Sean Connery. I think that's unfair as one always has a preference to the preferred. If looked at on its own merrits, I think HMSS is a great film and even adds some much needed texture to The James Bond character.
I always thought Lazenby got a bum rap as being a subpar Bond in his one appearance as 007. The critics always scrutinized everything from the sun to the moon without giving their real complaint; Laenby wasn't Sean Connery. I think that's unfair as one always has a preference to the preferred. If looked at on its on merrits, I think HMSS is a great film and even add some much needed texture to The James Bond character.
I always thought Lazenby got a bum rap as being a subpar Bond in his one appearance as 007. The critics always scrutinized everything from the sun to the moon without giving their real complaint; Laenby wasn't Sean Connery. I think that's unfair as one is always has a preference to the preferred. If looked at on its on merrits, I think HMSS is a great film and even add some much needed texture to The James Bond character.
Google "1965 playboy interview with Connery". In that interview he says he is contracted for 2 MORE movies after Thunderball. And he specifically mentions OHMSS as one of the films he is contracted for. I admire his desire to not be typecast, but selfishly wish he had been the star of every Bond film in the 60's. The 70's could've been the Moore or Lazenby decade.
Lazenby and his representatives at the time should have at least signed on for Diamonds are Forever, Live and Let Die and Man with the Golden Gun and then
re-negotiated for four more films to fulfill the seven picture deal offered by Cubby
Broccoili. On Her Majesty's Secret Service, although not a conventional "Connery
style" Bond film, is in fact, the "unbond", if you will; but it is very much "the rare gem" of the entire Bond series.
Echo what TheV100 says. I thought the Bond theme after the sombre score emphasised the whole idea that Bond was "down but not out" and he will be back despite what we have just seen.
Just watched it again, great film. Such a shame they didn't follow it up in the proper way.
I think this is the type of Bond film Connery wanted. Connery wanted more character development and this film has it. It also made Bond more human. Also, I think the reason why they played the Bond theme at the end credits is because it shows that Bond is going to have revenge against Blofeld. So I guess it sets an angry tone against the villain.
Even though Lazenby isn't my favorite actor to play 007, OHMSS has by far THE BEST ending to ANY Bond film in existence. Period. It was one of the most tragic, most shocking and darkest endings I've ever watched. And it's one of those rare moments that the audience can actually sympathize with Bond.
What other time in your life could be worse than having your wife gunned down on your wedding day? Sheesh...
Connery gave a very poor performance in Diamonds Are Forever. He looked about thirty pounds overweight and said his lines like he could not wait to get out of the movie. Lazenby would have been much better in the part. Connery's time as Bond had passed.
Lazenby should have made more bond films which would have allowed him to develop his own interpretation rather than just be filling in connery 's shows. The best bond film by a mile
George Lazenby was good. But It is said that Sean Connery retired just before this one but then its strange that he resumed his roll as Bond in Daimonds Are Forever because he was talked into it. Somehow I don't believe he retired. I'm quite sure he turned down the roll as Bond in On Her Majesty's Secret Service. It was just too emotional and very much out of keeping with the usual James Bond senerio. Maybe he didn't want to ruin his image.
Connery came back for Diamonds are Forever because the fans wanted him back and he was paid a huge amount of money to return as Bond. Even though Lazenby was terrific, fans just couldn't accept him over Connery (at the time).
Okay TheNicholas0202, I will go along with your comment. And as you say, even though Lazenby was terrific, fans just coundn't accept him over Connery, but then who could blame them, afterall it was the first Bond movie which had a different actor playing Bond and it seemed a bit of a shame. But I can't help but think 90%, the content of O.H.M.S.S. triggered Connery's decission to retire. There are 2 or 3 conflicting stories on Connery's reason for not doing that one, which makes one wonder.
You could tell in You Only Live Twice that Connery was bored with the role. He only came back for Diamonds are Forever because they offered him an at the time unheard of sum of $1 million. However, Lazenby was first offered a multifilm deal and the bonehead turned it down. Who knows where the series would have gone if he had stuck with it.
@melosebrainuhoh It was more half lazenby's fault half producers. On the Inside OHMSS documentary, it was said after Lazenby's agent told the press he was not going to do more, the producers were shocked and started looking for a new actor and George was going to fix communication but decided they did not want him so he thought whats the point. He now regrets it and said had he gone to fix communication he would have been in DAF. It's possible we could have had George til Licence to Kill.
its werid how when he said it blofeld the frist time i sounds pissed and the second time hes calm but i dont think its a bad bond i b nice 2 see him in 2 more but thing wok out 4 a reason but i thought the editor edited this movie badly and i wonder if this film wouldve been better with c9onnery or how it would be with him in it
lazenby was so fucking awesome----he would have blown roger moores pants off--------oh well. he had a shiity agent---and his head was too big----he admits it now---so.. gotta him credit for his huge fuck up.........!!!!!!
dalton will always be my favourite, but lazenby is by no means far off. he nailed it with this fantastic movie and should get more respect then he deserves
The only thing that bothers me about this is that The James Bond Theme immediately kicks in over the credits. It's a tragic moment, not a victorious one, and it would have been much more fitting to have Louis Armstrong's "We Have All The Time In The World" make an encore appearance over the credits.
Aside from that, it's absolutely beautiful and tragic and heartbreaking. Bond finally finds the woman he loves, and she's taken from him on their most special day. Always makes me cry, always.
@brettlesmcbuff . Louis' "We have all the time in the world" coming in after this scene is what I was expecting to happen and is why I came looking for it. I'm so upset it isn't the case.
If someone knows and could post a link to an edited version...
@FREEDOMPRODUCTIONS11 I know, you just feel so bad for 007 especially after all the women he has had and he finally finds Miss Right and she dies on him.
@brettlesmcbuff I agree, the James Bond theme at the end is distracting and everytime I think 'Wo, this is a James Bond film and I'm crying!' (everytime) but I was listening to the commentaries and the music was arranged this way to represent Bond's persona, this sad moment builts him into the 'colder' character that we know.
george lazenby family born/ bred leeds york. back in 1800 father went late 1800 went to austrialia came back married local girl of leeds went back to austrialia.HE IS A LAZENBY OF CROSSGATES LEEDS.spitfire
So the score between Bond and Blofeld up to this point in the films beginning with Dr. No are:
Bond- 5
Blofeld- 1
If only George didn't quit with this Bond film, we could have had various different Bond movies after. But then again, I do enjoy Roger as Bond, but only up to Octopussy, from that point he should have resigned before A View to a Kill went into production. One can only imagine if history was to be altered, that is if George took the 7-contract deal.
Yes there is. The producers didn't use it for that reason. Lazenby prefered it. I think his scene would take some beating. You can hear him cry in this one too
@rarebutgreat Not only was he a great Bond and not only was it a great film, but it was arguably the most important Bond film. This is one of the most important moments of the entire series. A defining moment in the life of James Bond, and of course it is revisited in later films. The opening sequence in "For Your Eyes Only" and Felix Leiter's wedding (and the scene after it) spring to mind.
If Lazenby had done the first Bond film maybe it would had been different, if I am right did not the writer Ian Fleming want Lazenby to be his first Bond? That said I like Lazenby's Bond film, it has heart and soul and with Diana Rigg as said made a good film couple.
Honestly, I can't picture Connery or any of the other Bond's acting out this scene just because they had their own way of doing bond. Lazenby was a newbie and had a unique way of playing Bond. I thought this was a very special scence and I have to give credit to Lazenby for doing this scene to the best of his ability.
each actor has their different way of playing bond. lazenby played bond as a human being, one that has emotions and suffers when their loved ones die, the other actors have played bond as a cold character, just remember when pierce brosnan killed elektra, that was very cold
Brosan killing Elektra was cold, but not cold enough. If Dalton had killed her, he'd wouldn't have felt any remorse. Same with Craig, so I've heard (not watched one of his movies yet) Brosan's Bond did regret it a tiny bit. Not much, but he did regret it to a point - although she would have killed him without a second though and he knew it - thus why he shot her when he did. She was convinced he was bluffing - he was not.
I always liked Brosen because he was like a mix of Sean & Tim.
well, i think lazenby read the book, he played bond very much as he was written by ian fleming. i actually liked timothy dalton a lot too, he looked like how ian fleming described bond in the novels. i also liked how he made bond a bastard again. i didn't really like roger moore.
Blofeld's look was different in the novel, too. And the opening was changed just a little for the movie as well. But OHMSS was amazingly faithful to the book; it is BY FAR my favorite Bond film, and I think Lazenby was terrific in it and deserved at least a few more outings.
I agree. Lazenby was given the most difficult script out of all the Bond movies, and he deserves credit for his performance. I can't see Moore, Connery or even Bronsan pulling this off. This movie was meant to be played by a newcomer if you ask me
Rumors have it if Lazenby hadn't left the seires, this scene wouldn't have happened until Diamonds are Forever. I think Connery could have pulled it off, but I got a feeling although she dies in the book - she wouldn't have died at the end of the movie. They would have made her death part of the teaser of the next one. Since Lazenby went in and out during the shooting ofthe movie . . . they just wrapped it up in one movie. Connery isn't doing that final scene. Moore & Brosen could've. Dalto does
Connery, for all of his formidable abilities, doesn't play vulnerability very well. Lazenby did an amazing job; he was a novice as an actor and given THE most challenging script, and he was very good -- superb, in fact, in many scenes, this final one among them.
Right. I don't know if you ever seen THE OFFENSE which is Connery's personal favorite among his performances. He plays a detective investigating a series attacks on children who is manipulated by the perpetrator into doubting his own feelings about his own sexual nature.This sends him right over the brink.
Yes, creepy, disturbing even revolting but Connery was courageous to portray this character. I can't imagine any of his contemporaries-Caine, Harris, O'Toole, Burton attempting it.
Had Lazenby not quit (he wasn't fired, they offered him a 7 picture deal), this would have been the opening scene in DAF. Too bad as DAF would've dealt with Bond's pursuit of Blofeld to avenge his wife. This film was supposed to fade out when you see the crane shot showing Bond and Tracy leaving the wedding. Oh what could've been. Lazenby's bad judgement single-handedly changed the entire direction of the Bond series for the next few decades.
I agree. I think Craig could pull it off. He sort of comes across as one of the more serious Bonds, but one quality he does have is that he can be the comical and serious Bond. I honestly think Craig is the best in contrast to the way the book portrays Bond.
craig looks like the bastard son of sid james,download and put pictures side by side.
craig is way to cynical and post modern to play this scene.
lazenby needed another bond movie.
all the other bonds had a ton more acting experience than him and yet he nailed this character in one movie and helped make this one of if not the best bond movie.
I thought all the actors in this movie were great. I'm just saying, Craig would be good in this role. I still think Craig and Lazenby are the best Bonds. I mean you can say what you want, like that Connery is the original and stuff, but still, you can't deny Craig and Lazenby are the best representations of James Bond in terms of what the novel described him as.
Oh please. Connery was funny when he wanted but could be serious without any problem. Moore intentionally played the character like a cartoon but could have gone serious when the script called for it. Brosnan was a snooze but even he could do this scene well.
they wont bring back irma bunt the actress who played her died in 1971. Wont bring her back out of respect for the actress. Bunt was supposed to be in diamonds are forever along with lazenby but he quit the role in 1969.
I honestly think Craig would be great if they use him in a remake of this. Not that Lazenby isn't good in it, but it would be sort of a good storyline for a new Bond film. I think this is one of the better Bond plots and films.
i have the best idea for a bond game.....incorporate all the james bond movies... such as dr. no, on her majestys secret service... and all the best old james bond movies and put it in a game... there will be different playable characters such as playing the villian... the bond girl.. and all the james bonds... you can play as blofield... or bonds wife... or even george lazenby... it would be the coolest james bond game.. with great grapihics.. and the storyline will just to play each bond movie
Connery is, and always will be, my favourite Bond, but Kirok is right - Sean Connery could not have pulled this scene off. I think the problem was, they wanted an actor from the British Isles. Lazenby did a very good job, and the last scene is full of pathos, emotion and gut-wrenching sorrow...
"Pathos, emotion and gut-wrenching sorrow"? PUH-LEEZE!!! Lazenby cried on the first take and the stupid producer said, "Bond does not cry!" so they reshot the scene. there was no emotion in the scene. stupid ending, anyway. He should've killed Blofeld and there could've been TWO 00's.
I agree, Lazenby did a good job in this film. I do think Connery is about the best, it's pretty hard to measure up to an actor like him, and especially if he's the original Bond. I like Daniel Craig too, I think he played Bond VERY WELL in Casino Royale. Didn't like Quantum as much though. Idk. I think Connery coul dhave pulled it off. Maybe not like Lazenby though.
My favourite Bond film of all time. These scene is 1000 times better than what happened in Casino Royale with Daniel Craig. I didn't feel he had any chemistry with his female costar, but you really felt for Lazenby's Bond and Riggs. Damnit, Telly Savalas gets away! The only thing I don't like is you have the sexy bond theme playing over the end credits, which kills the mood. They should have kept it low key, like having an instrumental version of Louis Armstrong's 'All The Time...' playing.
a bond film has to have a unhappy ending.shame lazenby quit after this caper.telly was picked has blofed because he could give bond some compettion in the fisticuffs department.watch the bobsleigh chase.
supposedly they shot this version first, and either ian flemming or albert broccoli had a fit, because he cried. james bond can't cry, etc. etc. anyway, they shot it again, without him crying, and it was horrible, so in the end they had to put it in this way. this is my favorite bond movie, since i was named after diana rigg's character.
I saw this on TV in 1999 when I was 7 and my eyes were slightly watery after the ending :/ cos I thought Bond is usually happy with a girl on his arm at the end of a typical adventure but the twist in this film really shocked me :/
2Koranteng 2 months ago
@HorstRolande I agree with you on the action scenes, it was well poor. All the rest made up for it.
TharwaZainal 2 months ago
georege played a great part some other bond films were shall we say , not near as
good as hmss . i dont understand why he did not get a another film o well thanks
george job well done
leoretrosi 3 months ago
@leoretrosi he declined the offer. i think he only lack the swagger but he was a good bond as he is.
TharwaZainal 2 months ago
Any guy can have sex with a girl. Only Lazenby can suffer from that loss...
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jchijan 4 months ago
why didnt telly savalas reprise blofeld for the later films. he made the character actually interesting. i would've loved to see lazenby bond get his revenge on savalas blofeld for this
bigswano 5 months ago
No matter how many times I see this makes me cry so much , so sad.
missjacko1 6 months ago
Així és la vida, quan ho tens tot, t'ho prenen
FerranJM 7 months ago
and even with georges acting, he should have done more bond movies, i could see him in
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TheSignupproductions 7 months ago
while i am a fan of Sean Connery, George Lazenby was the only one who could portray bond in this movie, seeing it with any of the other bond actors would probably not do so well at box office
TheSignupproductions 7 months ago
Lazenby gets a lot of grief for his portrayal of Bond, but you gotta admit, he knocked this scene out of the park.
jculver1674 7 months ago 2
he had to see that coming lol
AlexanderMahan 7 months ago
OMG I JUST HATE THE THE TWO NIGGA COCKCROACHES!"!!
TheRitchardgaleHater 9 months ago
sad words,music classic JOHN BARRY YOUR MUSIC WILL LAST FOREVER. GOD BLESS IM A LAZENBY FROM LEEDS, GEORGE,S ORIGINAL FAMILY CAME FROM NORTH ENGLAND ANY ONE OUT THERE
hurricane3944 9 months ago
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TheRitchardgaleHater 10 months ago
he shows he is a real man with feelings.
MrChristainchris 10 months ago
@MrChristainchris Many people have said George Lazenby could n´t act , none of the other Bonds would have portryed that scene better.
135yearswaiting 9 months ago 6
@135yearswaiting
Actually probably Timothy Dalton would have, being trained as a Shakespearean actor he would have known how to do the emotional side of things. plus he's a much better actor than Lazenby .
dtpc191991 2 months ago
i just watched the whole thing, and even though i knew it was coming (i saw it before) i could never have expected it. and what's the deal with the cop? btw i found this by googling "why is the end of on her majesty's secret service so sad?" so, yeah...
ThirteenPeeps 10 months ago
Never thought a scene from a Bond film could elicit this kind of an emotional response from me...
clandestineone 10 months ago
Naughty Q not putting in bullet proof windscreen! Naughty Q! ;D
BLCtv1900 11 months ago 4
A Great scene, done brilliantly by Diana Rigg who here portrays a woman who goes from profound melancholy reflection and sincere gratitude to maybe the most appealing delivery ever of a double entendre (third iteration of "in"); to life-affirming reflection on the future "first a boy and then a girl"; to a death scene where the iconic male hero of our age/Bond character is driven mad with grief.
And it brings home the fuller, somber meaning of the "All the time in the World" lyrics.
ProNorden 11 months ago
I wonder how Draco felt afterwards..
Robin4ever1970 1 year ago 2
Louis Armstrong should have sung the song with the closing credits.
johnnyelectron 1 year ago
This should be remade, properly, with Cold War era setting, followed by Fleming's 'You Only Live Twice', which is the best of the novels, and would be extremely cinematic if done correctly.
Mrsilenciobackgammon 1 year ago
It would've been so better if Connery had quit after Thunderball, which was his last great Bond movie. Lazenby could've then starred in both OHMSS and You Only Live Twice. Then they could've followed the YOLT novel more precisely and have Blofeld killed in it.
PeyserConley 1 year ago
Timothy Dalton was being offered the role of Bond for OHMSS, but he thought it was too early in his acting career and he also thought he was too young and inexperienced. Dalton was 22 at the time.
I would have been interestesting had he actually accepted Broccoli's offer.
McLarenMercedes 1 year ago
So it's the old "Quagmire/Cheryl Tiegs" excuse for womanizing?
schroeder8911 1 year ago
This must be some re-mixed, 'restored' version. Pictorially, if not aurally, because the gunshots are different to how they sound in the original version. In the original it's a continuous spray, like it's raining bullets. This is positively piss-weak by comparison. (I'm only saying so because I care, OHMSS is one of my favorite Bond films. And vale John Barry, who left us yesterday...)
bloggaloggs 1 year ago
i hate how when tracy dies that after that we hear the james bond theme its a sad moment so it should sad music
globeman99 1 year ago
This event started his paranoia with women
luarionte 1 year ago
talk about wooden. It's like someone threw a chair onto the set...
streakofutube 1 year ago
After this film Diamonds Are Forever is a major disappointment, especially as it doesn't really deal with Bond's response to Tracy's death. I think Lazenby is very good in this final scene and the (only relative) lower box office returns may have as much to do with the tragic ending and the length of the film as with Connery not being in it. Still my favourite Bond film and Connery did say that he thought Lazenby didn't do a bad job for someone who hadn't acted before.
dafmurray 1 year ago
@dafmurray its kinda does deal with the death in the opening as he is looking for Blofeld, i would like to have seen more of him dealing with it. if Lazenby had still been Bond i think we would have
purpleplanet10 1 year ago
@dafmurray
Actually OHMSS did pretty well in the box office, and Lazenby was scheduled to do the next movie. His agent however told him that James Bond would die with the 60's and that he rapidly was becoming a "relic" not suited to the new generation.
Lazenby would no doubt do better than Connery did in Diamonds Are Forever (which Connery reluctantly did for a record sum of money), but the problem in that movie is that the story is a weak follow up on OHMSS, and in my mind one of the worst..
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I always thought Lazenby got a bum rap as being a subpar Bond in his one appearance as 007. The critics always scrutinized everything from the sun to the moon without giving their real complaint; Laenby wasn't Sean Connery. I think that's unfair as one always has a preference to the preferred. If looked at on its own merrits, I think HMSS is a great film and even adds some much needed texture to The James Bond character.
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I always thought Lazenby got a bum rap as being a subpar Bond in his one appearance as 007. The critics always scrutinized everything from the sun to the moon without giving their real complaint; Laenby wasn't Sean Connery. I think that's unfair as one always has a preference to the preferred. If looked at on its on merrits, I think HMSS is a great film and even add some much needed texture to The James Bond character.
5inthehole 1 year ago
I always thought Lazenby got a bum rap as being a subpar Bond in his one appearance as 007. The critics always scrutinized everything from the sun to the moon without giving their real complaint; Laenby wasn't Sean Connery. I think that's unfair as one is always has a preference to the preferred. If looked at on its on merrits, I think HMSS is a great film and even add some much needed texture to The James Bond character.
5inthehole 1 year ago
Hahahaha it's blofled CHEAP
nails200 1 year ago
Simply the one of the most heartbreaking moments in film history. Give Lazenby his due, his final sobs while holding Tracy were perfect.
jupiterone1 1 year ago 3
i won't lie, i actually really enjoy this bond film-actually one of my favorites.
onlyrock1 1 year ago
Google "1965 playboy interview with Connery". In that interview he says he is contracted for 2 MORE movies after Thunderball. And he specifically mentions OHMSS as one of the films he is contracted for. I admire his desire to not be typecast, but selfishly wish he had been the star of every Bond film in the 60's. The 70's could've been the Moore or Lazenby decade.
Bondianwolf 1 year ago
Was THIS Supposed to be the last of the Bond movies had Connery done this? It certainly was presented that way.
jamdawg 1 year ago
I cry everytime I see this scene. Its so heartbreakng that she died on their wedding day. Poor James. :(
I always thought that Diana Rigg played the perfect Bond girl. She really is Mrs. Bond. Thanks for posting. :D
TheSSHG07 1 year ago 3
Lazenby and his representatives at the time should have at least signed on for Diamonds are Forever, Live and Let Die and Man with the Golden Gun and then
re-negotiated for four more films to fulfill the seven picture deal offered by Cubby
Broccoili. On Her Majesty's Secret Service, although not a conventional "Connery
style" Bond film, is in fact, the "unbond", if you will; but it is very much "the rare gem" of the entire Bond series.
sexyblondeuk2012 1 year ago
a great actor for play 007
Testiteub 1 year ago
Echo what TheV100 says. I thought the Bond theme after the sombre score emphasised the whole idea that Bond was "down but not out" and he will be back despite what we have just seen.
Just watched it again, great film. Such a shame they didn't follow it up in the proper way.
mrbain123 1 year ago
I think this is the type of Bond film Connery wanted. Connery wanted more character development and this film has it. It also made Bond more human. Also, I think the reason why they played the Bond theme at the end credits is because it shows that Bond is going to have revenge against Blofeld. So I guess it sets an angry tone against the villain.
TheV100 1 year ago
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Even though Lazenby isn't my favorite actor to play 007, OHMSS has by far THE BEST ending to ANY Bond film in existence. Period. It was one of the most tragic, most shocking and darkest endings I've ever watched. And it's one of those rare moments that the audience can actually sympathize with Bond.
What other time in your life could be worse than having your wife gunned down on your wedding day? Sheesh...
CharlesXavier 1 year ago
well played blofeldt
estagonandfire 1 year ago
miss Miss Bond
Jovolution 1 year ago
Connery gave a very poor performance in Diamonds Are Forever. He looked about thirty pounds overweight and said his lines like he could not wait to get out of the movie. Lazenby would have been much better in the part. Connery's time as Bond had passed.
clearcoat2000 2 years ago
Lazenby should have made more bond films which would have allowed him to develop his own interpretation rather than just be filling in connery 's shows. The best bond film by a mile
rarebutgreat 2 years ago 15
Connery turned this down because there were acting scenes in it!
Dites1954 2 years ago
I like this James Bond movie ! Though, it's still unbelievable to see Bond cry !
saimon1969 2 years ago 2
George Lazenby was good. But It is said that Sean Connery retired just before this one but then its strange that he resumed his roll as Bond in Daimonds Are Forever because he was talked into it. Somehow I don't believe he retired. I'm quite sure he turned down the roll as Bond in On Her Majesty's Secret Service. It was just too emotional and very much out of keeping with the usual James Bond senerio. Maybe he didn't want to ruin his image.
If so, can't blame him.
unhooked25 2 years ago
@unhooked
Connery came back for Diamonds are Forever because the fans wanted him back and he was paid a huge amount of money to return as Bond. Even though Lazenby was terrific, fans just couldn't accept him over Connery (at the time).
TheNicholas0202 2 years ago 2
Okay TheNicholas0202, I will go along with your comment. And as you say, even though Lazenby was terrific, fans just coundn't accept him over Connery, but then who could blame them, afterall it was the first Bond movie which had a different actor playing Bond and it seemed a bit of a shame. But I can't help but think 90%, the content of O.H.M.S.S. triggered Connery's decission to retire. There are 2 or 3 conflicting stories on Connery's reason for not doing that one, which makes one wonder.
unhooked25 2 years ago
unhooked25 connery was just sick of playing the role and felt he would be typecast if he carried on
SFNDMK 2 years ago
You could tell in You Only Live Twice that Connery was bored with the role. He only came back for Diamonds are Forever because they offered him an at the time unheard of sum of $1 million. However, Lazenby was first offered a multifilm deal and the bonehead turned it down. Who knows where the series would have gone if he had stuck with it.
melosebrainuhoh 2 years ago
@melosebrainuhoh It was more half lazenby's fault half producers. On the Inside OHMSS documentary, it was said after Lazenby's agent told the press he was not going to do more, the producers were shocked and started looking for a new actor and George was going to fix communication but decided they did not want him so he thought whats the point. He now regrets it and said had he gone to fix communication he would have been in DAF. It's possible we could have had George til Licence to Kill.
Darthzilla99 1 year ago
its werid how when he said it blofeld the frist time i sounds pissed and the second time hes calm but i dont think its a bad bond i b nice 2 see him in 2 more but thing wok out 4 a reason but i thought the editor edited this movie badly and i wonder if this film wouldve been better with c9onnery or how it would be with him in it
BobDylanFan1966 2 years ago
probably the saddest bond scene ever
MyWilliam1996 2 years ago
Lazenby is my Bond. My favorite. And this movie is too. Brilliant.
anton1990 2 years ago
lazenby was so fucking awesome----he would have blown roger moores pants off--------oh well. he had a shiity agent---and his head was too big----he admits it now---so.. gotta him credit for his huge fuck up.........!!!!!!
rocketman6464 2 years ago
Such a sad line, I really like the end of this film. Possibly the most emotional bond ever gets
samthepsycicclam 2 years ago 3
i have never seen this one, i want to, but until then craig is good, dalton is better, and connery is the best.
rammsteinnut47 2 years ago
I totally agree.
samthepsycicclam 2 years ago
"We have all the time in the world." This scene made me cry when I first saw it.
EHH246 2 years ago 4
dalton will always be my favourite, but lazenby is by no means far off. he nailed it with this fantastic movie and should get more respect then he deserves
SFNDMK 2 years ago 4
best bond ending ever...
FEVB 2 years ago 5
Bondz classics, awsome.
jigrhaeg 2 years ago 3
one of the better bond films...very dark ending!
glenw89 2 years ago 3
i always loved the bullet hole in the glass with the sad music over it.
JR9979 2 years ago 2
Tracy is one of the best Bond Girls. Better than that. She is the wife of Bond. Mrs. Bond.
Evilvillager1989 2 years ago 15
The only thing that bothers me about this is that The James Bond Theme immediately kicks in over the credits. It's a tragic moment, not a victorious one, and it would have been much more fitting to have Louis Armstrong's "We Have All The Time In The World" make an encore appearance over the credits.
Aside from that, it's absolutely beautiful and tragic and heartbreaking. Bond finally finds the woman he loves, and she's taken from him on their most special day. Always makes me cry, always.
brettlesmcbuff 2 years ago 49
brettlesmcbuff, every single thing you wrote is exactly correct.
Kirok 2 years ago
@brettlesmcbuff . Louis' "We have all the time in the world" coming in after this scene is what I was expecting to happen and is why I came looking for it. I'm so upset it isn't the case.
If someone knows and could post a link to an edited version...
Nemoticon 1 year ago
@brettlesmcbuff Yeah, I agree. the only problem with an otherwise perfect scene.
BreakerdeGodot 1 year ago
I think cuing the Bond score is brilliant, implying that his world is not enough.
ottoskidoo 1 year ago
@brettlesmcbuff
The book, makes me cry a lot on this same scene..
FREEDOMPRODUCTIONS11 1 year ago
@FREEDOMPRODUCTIONS11 I know, you just feel so bad for 007 especially after all the women he has had and he finally finds Miss Right and she dies on him.
Airsoftcleaner 1 year ago
@brettlesmcbuff yeah, hell even the movie's theme song would have been perfect
sheemobile 1 year ago
@brettlesmcbuff I agree, the James Bond theme at the end is distracting and everytime I think 'Wo, this is a James Bond film and I'm crying!' (everytime) but I was listening to the commentaries and the music was arranged this way to represent Bond's persona, this sad moment builts him into the 'colder' character that we know.
gothichyppie 11 months ago
man if Ian Flemming was still alive when OHMSS came Iout I think he would of cried in the theater watching this scene
5648378 2 years ago 3
makes me cry that this beauty had to die. she was so gorgeous like no bond girl ever after that.
TheHorsenation 2 years ago 4
I remember this scene when I saw it in the theater and it made me sad. first time I'd seen Bond cry.
LoneOutlaw1 2 years ago 5
I remember reading this part at the end of OHMSS...only time I've ever cried reading a novel...
hardtackjack 2 years ago 3
one of the most touching scenes in all the Bond movies
LoneOutlaw1 2 years ago 7
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GOLDENEYE471 2 years ago
george lazenby family born/ bred leeds york. back in 1800 father went late 1800 went to austrialia came back married local girl of leeds went back to austrialia.HE IS A LAZENBY OF CROSSGATES LEEDS.spitfire
598spitfire 2 years ago
So the score between Bond and Blofeld up to this point in the films beginning with Dr. No are:
Bond- 5
Blofeld- 1
If only George didn't quit with this Bond film, we could have had various different Bond movies after. But then again, I do enjoy Roger as Bond, but only up to Octopussy, from that point he should have resigned before A View to a Kill went into production. One can only imagine if history was to be altered, that is if George took the 7-contract deal.
E6589B 2 years ago 2
Isn't there a cut on which Bond cries?
They didn't employ because the producers don't think that Bond ever cries :D
Nikodemisremus 2 years ago
Yes there is. The producers didn't use it for that reason. Lazenby prefered it. I think his scene would take some beating. You can hear him cry in this one too
19rude87 2 years ago
Its a pity George didnt do a couple more bond films as he could have been the best bond. As it is he made one great film.
rarebutgreat 2 years ago 33
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sexyblondeuk2012 1 year ago
@rarebutgreat Not only was he a great Bond and not only was it a great film, but it was arguably the most important Bond film. This is one of the most important moments of the entire series. A defining moment in the life of James Bond, and of course it is revisited in later films. The opening sequence in "For Your Eyes Only" and Felix Leiter's wedding (and the scene after it) spring to mind.
Burbridge92 1 year ago
@Burbridge92 and 'the spy who loved me' also. this movie, at least to me, is also the closest to fleming's novel, than some of the others.
tranurse 11 months ago
ian flemming wante dcary grant like his hitchcokian films. or Charade.
ThomasJeromeNewton 2 years ago
If Lazenby had done the first Bond film maybe it would had been different, if I am right did not the writer Ian Fleming want Lazenby to be his first Bond? That said I like Lazenby's Bond film, it has heart and soul and with Diana Rigg as said made a good film couple.
tron520 2 years ago
Honestly, I can't picture Connery or any of the other Bond's acting out this scene just because they had their own way of doing bond. Lazenby was a newbie and had a unique way of playing Bond. I thought this was a very special scence and I have to give credit to Lazenby for doing this scene to the best of his ability.
drab6969 2 years ago 2
each actor has their different way of playing bond. lazenby played bond as a human being, one that has emotions and suffers when their loved ones die, the other actors have played bond as a cold character, just remember when pierce brosnan killed elektra, that was very cold
elmanmasraro 2 years ago
Brosan killing Elektra was cold, but not cold enough. If Dalton had killed her, he'd wouldn't have felt any remorse. Same with Craig, so I've heard (not watched one of his movies yet) Brosan's Bond did regret it a tiny bit. Not much, but he did regret it to a point - although she would have killed him without a second though and he knew it - thus why he shot her when he did. She was convinced he was bluffing - he was not.
I always liked Brosen because he was like a mix of Sean & Tim.
fgeorge76 2 years ago
well, i think lazenby read the book, he played bond very much as he was written by ian fleming. i actually liked timothy dalton a lot too, he looked like how ian fleming described bond in the novels. i also liked how he made bond a bastard again. i didn't really like roger moore.
tranurse 2 years ago 5
This scene was almost verbatim from the book...
hardtackjack 2 years ago
I'm going to have to read the book again. Don't remember that. But it's been years since I've read it.
LoneOutlaw1 2 years ago
i know. this movie was all pretty close to the book, except tracy was blonde in the book.
tranurse 2 years ago
Blofeld's look was different in the novel, too. And the opening was changed just a little for the movie as well. But OHMSS was amazingly faithful to the book; it is BY FAR my favorite Bond film, and I think Lazenby was terrific in it and deserved at least a few more outings.
Kirok 2 years ago
i thought of one more thing, they skip a lot of tracy's back story. her little girl etc.
tranurse 2 years ago
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this is the most f'd up scene in Bond history!! So sad :-( Lazenby sucked but you had to feel sorry for him after this
RickP03 2 years ago
What the hell? Who are you to say Lazenby sucked? He was in the same league as Connery.
LightStijn 2 years ago 9
I agree. Lazenby was given the most difficult script out of all the Bond movies, and he deserves credit for his performance. I can't see Moore, Connery or even Bronsan pulling this off. This movie was meant to be played by a newcomer if you ask me
drab6969 2 years ago 5
Rumors have it if Lazenby hadn't left the seires, this scene wouldn't have happened until Diamonds are Forever. I think Connery could have pulled it off, but I got a feeling although she dies in the book - she wouldn't have died at the end of the movie. They would have made her death part of the teaser of the next one. Since Lazenby went in and out during the shooting ofthe movie . . . they just wrapped it up in one movie. Connery isn't doing that final scene. Moore & Brosen could've. Dalto does
fgeorge76 2 years ago
well, this scene was how the novel ended. this whole movie was very close to how the novel went.
tranurse 2 years ago
I agree. I can't imagine even Connery playing this scene.
1915fas 2 years ago 3
Connery, for all of his formidable abilities, doesn't play vulnerability very well. Lazenby did an amazing job; he was a novice as an actor and given THE most challenging script, and he was very good -- superb, in fact, in many scenes, this final one among them.
Kirok 2 years ago 4
Right. I don't know if you ever seen THE OFFENSE which is Connery's personal favorite among his performances. He plays a detective investigating a series attacks on children who is manipulated by the perpetrator into doubting his own feelings about his own sexual nature.This sends him right over the brink.
1915fas 2 years ago
very good, if not a little creepy, movie.
tranurse 2 years ago
Yes, creepy, disturbing even revolting but Connery was courageous to portray this character. I can't imagine any of his contemporaries-Caine, Harris, O'Toole, Burton attempting it.
1915fas 2 years ago
@Kirok
He did an incredible job without ever visit an actor scool.
Amazing!
Australopiticus123 2 years ago
awesome best bond film ever, diana rigg and george lazenby were made for each other.
licebaby 2 years ago 3
Brilliant scene. Brilliant film. The best Bond film in my opinion.
LightStijn 2 years ago 4
WTF? Not a single mention of how breathtaking Diana Rigg looks in this video? Shame on you guys!
SPMJ 2 years ago
Very powerfull ending.
bigjamesbondfan 2 years ago 2
im sure that fleming would cry when he will see this
Kentan1119 2 years ago
Had Lazenby not quit (he wasn't fired, they offered him a 7 picture deal), this would have been the opening scene in DAF. Too bad as DAF would've dealt with Bond's pursuit of Blofeld to avenge his wife. This film was supposed to fade out when you see the crane shot showing Bond and Tracy leaving the wedding. Oh what could've been. Lazenby's bad judgement single-handedly changed the entire direction of the Bond series for the next few decades.
Libraloco73 2 years ago 3
0:35-0:37 very uggly :D
SLConnex 2 years ago
i guess blofeld and elma bunt invented the first drive by shooting i guess some people watched this movie and deccided he lets do that lol
corywhatshisface22 2 years ago
the name is IRMA BUNT not ELMA BUNT :D:D:
SLConnex 2 years ago
oh well the way she said her name in the movie sounded like elma sorry.
corywhatshisface22 2 years ago
The only two who could have pulled this scene off are Lazenby and Dalton.
Connery, Moore, and Brosnan were too comical to pull this scene off.
kmg4 2 years ago 3
I agree. I think Craig could pull it off. He sort of comes across as one of the more serious Bonds, but one quality he does have is that he can be the comical and serious Bond. I honestly think Craig is the best in contrast to the way the book portrays Bond.
hogger129 2 years ago 2
craig looks like the bastard son of sid james,download and put pictures side by side.
craig is way to cynical and post modern to play this scene.
lazenby needed another bond movie.
all the other bonds had a ton more acting experience than him and yet he nailed this character in one movie and helped make this one of if not the best bond movie.
diana rigg is perfection as well.
antiochus66 2 years ago 5
I thought all the actors in this movie were great. I'm just saying, Craig would be good in this role. I still think Craig and Lazenby are the best Bonds. I mean you can say what you want, like that Connery is the original and stuff, but still, you can't deny Craig and Lazenby are the best representations of James Bond in terms of what the novel described him as.
hogger129 2 years ago 3
i don't know, timothy dalton always looked like how ian fleming described bond in the novels.
tranurse 2 years ago 3
@hogger129
Craig? Really? You've got to be kidding me.
tastybrownies 2 years ago
yes i agree. Connery, Moore, and Brosnan would've taken too much action which would ruin Diamonds are Forever
TheBrickZone 2 years ago
Oh please. Connery was funny when he wanted but could be serious without any problem. Moore intentionally played the character like a cartoon but could have gone serious when the script called for it. Brosnan was a snooze but even he could do this scene well.
melosebrainuhoh 2 years ago
i think since the series has a reboot, they should remake the old bond films
GamingShadow01 2 years ago
Bloody Bitch!I hope that Craig's Bond(or anyone else's) will track down that bitch and give her a taste of her own medicine!
djminimoto 2 years ago
they wont bring back irma bunt the actress who played her died in 1971. Wont bring her back out of respect for the actress. Bunt was supposed to be in diamonds are forever along with lazenby but he quit the role in 1969.
scottknode 2 years ago
I honestly think Craig would be great if they use him in a remake of this. Not that Lazenby isn't good in it, but it would be sort of a good storyline for a new Bond film. I think this is one of the better Bond plots and films.
hogger129 2 years ago
definitely
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hardknockcock 2 years ago
Connery is, and always will be, my favourite Bond, but Kirok is right - Sean Connery could not have pulled this scene off. I think the problem was, they wanted an actor from the British Isles. Lazenby did a very good job, and the last scene is full of pathos, emotion and gut-wrenching sorrow...
ninjaradish 2 years ago
"Pathos, emotion and gut-wrenching sorrow"? PUH-LEEZE!!! Lazenby cried on the first take and the stupid producer said, "Bond does not cry!" so they reshot the scene. there was no emotion in the scene. stupid ending, anyway. He should've killed Blofeld and there could've been TWO 00's.
ShakespeareHamlet 2 years ago
I agree, Lazenby did a good job in this film. I do think Connery is about the best, it's pretty hard to measure up to an actor like him, and especially if he's the original Bond. I like Daniel Craig too, I think he played Bond VERY WELL in Casino Royale. Didn't like Quantum as much though. Idk. I think Connery coul dhave pulled it off. Maybe not like Lazenby though.
hogger129 2 years ago
Lazenby is great here. It's a shame he was only around for one film and all the silliness began in DAF.
jksonny 2 years ago 3
DAF? Please educate me, JK...
ninjaradish 2 years ago
Diamonds are Forever.
jksonny 2 years ago 3
Diamonds are forever is what DAF stands for come out in 1971 with sean connery after OHMSS.
scottknode 2 years ago
"There's no hurry, you see? We have all the time in the world"
:(
IamKesyerSoze 2 years ago 4
Best Bond woman EVER.She had class & wasn't a whore !
amxultraman 2 years ago 3
that was so freakin sad, he finally decides to settle down and his wife gets shot, what the f**k? it sucks to be 007!
ihateskirts 3 years ago 2
OH NO!!!! Not like this!!!!
saanzacs 3 years ago
Poor 007,you feel really bad for him
Airsoftcleaner 3 years ago
My favourite Bond film of all time. These scene is 1000 times better than what happened in Casino Royale with Daniel Craig. I didn't feel he had any chemistry with his female costar, but you really felt for Lazenby's Bond and Riggs. Damnit, Telly Savalas gets away! The only thing I don't like is you have the sexy bond theme playing over the end credits, which kills the mood. They should have kept it low key, like having an instrumental version of Louis Armstrong's 'All The Time...' playing.
phillydisco 3 years ago 4
Def agree with last comment!!
WrightyBoy8 3 years ago
a bond film has to have a unhappy ending.shame lazenby quit after this caper.telly was picked has blofed because he could give bond some compettion in the fisticuffs department.watch the bobsleigh chase.
stephenm6100 3 years ago
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theband1969 3 years ago
OHMSS is one of the Best Bond films. IT was a downer at the end. HE didn't get the bad guy after all.
UFOSPACE1999 3 years ago 3
supposedly they shot this version first, and either ian flemming or albert broccoli had a fit, because he cried. james bond can't cry, etc. etc. anyway, they shot it again, without him crying, and it was horrible, so in the end they had to put it in this way. this is my favorite bond movie, since i was named after diana rigg's character.
tranurse 3 years ago 2
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theband1969 3 years ago
then it was broccoli.
tranurse 3 years ago
well no Peter Hunt was the dirctor of OHMSS and and Hunt was the one that had the fit
5648378 2 years ago
thanks, i get names wrong all the time. i'll know the basic story, but i'll screw up all the names.
tranurse 2 years ago