MOONRAKER | Bond drives the gondola through Mark's Square
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- On this day in 1978 principal photography started on MOONRAKER. In today’s scene Bond drives the gondola (or Bondola as the crew called it) through Venice’s Mark’s Square. Roger Moore said: “There were thousands of tourists who didn’t know there was a film going on. I didn’t have that much control over it, so they eventually gave me a little klaxon to warn people.”
The man in the coffin is my grandfather - he worked in special effects and made the knife mechanism inside the coffin. The story our family tells is that they couldn't find an extra willing to do the scene because they were all Catholic and wouldn't get inside a coffin. My 'Pop' was asked to do it so he did, and we all loved watching the scene with him at Christmas or whenever it was on TV. Fun fact - he couldn't swim!
Lovely man. Passed away in 2017 after a horribly long battle with dementia. RIP Pop xx
Wow! This sound like a great story! Sorry for your loss
May he rest in peace
May his soul find safe passage to the after life.
Very interesting! I am sorry to hear he passed away. My younger brother is only 59 and was diagnosed with dementia last winter. Based on the MRI on his brain, apparently he had a mini stroke in the past. It really depresses me.
Geez, another small story behind the big picture has hereby come to light.
My condolences for your grandfather.
This has got to be one of the most over-the-top chase scenes of all time.
And...it...is...glorious!
No its not. Its crap.
@@greatwuta I think it's pretty glorious too tbh
@@sonnykingcomposer it's incredible how people crap on Octopussy because James Bond disguised himself as a clown but people excuse this nonsense scene from Moonraker.
@@greatwuta the whole clown thing in octopussy made total sense in context, I agree it shouldn't get so much slack. I think the reason ppl brush this more to the side is because Moonraker is being outright over the top, it's waving a flag and spinning in circles going 'hello, I'm a big cool over the top film!'. But ik some ppl don't like over the top Bond and that's fine. Personally, I don't mind it.
@@sonnykingcomposer you are right.
I always loved the James Bond franchise. Every movie is like a world tour.
@Terrance Milo 33
Absolutely right😊😊😊
Sure is because every film takes place in Europe or Asia even the United States as in GoldFinger and Casino Royale
@@qemalimeri7398 반물질 행성
So true.
"So our first move will be the stealth-dagger-thrower-in-coffin man, obviously."
"Obviously, yes."
"But there's a small chance that he won't have time to kill both the gondoleer and our target, so I want you guys around the corner. You'll be in a speedboat in case the target's gondola turns out to be really fast."
"Given that we know where he's going to be, could we not just shoot him from a bridge?"
"Silence! This is Venice. We attack from boats or not at all."
"Also Luigi, make sure you throw your first knife at the innocent gondoleer, not our target."
"But didn't you say I might not have the time to kill both, Giuseppe?"
"Silence! I won our round of Rock, Paper, Scissors so I get to decide!"
I wonder if the gondolier worked directly for MI5 or it was just an average gondolier working guy hired for the day?
@@studinthemaking I think we have to conclude that the gondolier was the main target, probably MI6's top agent in Italy, and that Bond was just an inconvenient witness.
@@jackmalvern5699 I agree.
@@studinthemaking There should be a spin-off film about the goldolier super-agent's origins story. Licence to Paddle.
The dog and the beer pouring always has me in bits of laughter.😂😂
That dog is a champ, love that look of approval on his face. Like "That's good cricket, James."
The myth. The Legend. The bird himself. The double take pigeon.
Love, love all of the bond movies!!!
And the man seeing an unbelievable thing and then looking at what he is drinking as if it will have a disclaimer on it about seeing amphibious gondelas.
So.....the pigeon had the best scene. Double O pigeon.
@@MajorT0m I think he's looking to see how much he's dunk/how strong it is - it's a recurring gag in Spy, Moonraker and FYEO.
@@dorothydorsey5501 반물질행성
That guy at 2:33 also whatched his wine when 007 came outof the water with his Lotus in ‚The Spy who loved me‘ 😂
Also made an appearance in For Your Eyes Only
is also past away 😢 @@greatwuta
Lol
Victor Tourjansky assistant director.
One of the most ridiculous scenes in the Bond series, but can't help loving it.
Reawakens the inner 9 year old in me from back in 1979.
The writers of Roger Moore's Bond always asked themselves what would be great to have happen, but they never really bothered as much as to why it would happen.
That's very true. I honestly enjoyed Roger Moore's Bond when they weren't being silly. For Your Eyes Only was probably one of the best for keeping it both entertaining and believable.
Too true - sadly infects too many movies and TV shows these days.
I think they just wanted to entertain. That's one of the elements I value about this particular era of the Bond films. They lean into their far-fetched/fantastical trappings in such a way that makes these films really fun to watch; something which seems to be missing from some of the latest entries.
@@georgeorwell1267 I think the way to look at Bond films is not too look at them as a franchise but as a series of franchises aimed at different audiences.
@@thelastjohnwayne But in an enjoyable way!
RIP, Mr. Roger Moore...
Thank you for the awesome movies... and quacky sense of humour...
Roger Morre was the best Bond
@@kimonmacconuladh6767 On the contrary - he was by far the worst Bond.
@@Vinterfrid Different tastes, my friend.
"if there is a message to be sent, you can do it better by post". This quote by Roger Moore perfectly sums up the 70's bond films: they tried to make the audience enjoy themselves as much as possible, making it the best period of the series in my mind. And the "realistic" stories in the 2010's still make about as much sense as these...
Go watch Disney XD or Cartoon Network you.
That era of Bond films was the best with the cultural voyages and the hilarious comedy.
Its absolutly shit. No dissrespect to Mr. Moore. But Bond is no comedy movie.
@@madmax19furyroad22 No “dissrespect”, hey? lol 😂 ✌🏾
The Bond novels are not meant to be funny. They're meant to be sexually charged and violent. Bond is a thug, not a clown.
@@rogeredwarrddeshon5000 Then don’t watch. If you want to see the same genre over and over and over again, just pick the movie you liked and watch it over and over and over again. I promise you’ll get exactly what you like and nothing will change.
@@rogeredwarrddeshon5000Moore was the funny-man Bond who could do the serious stuff very well when he needed to. That suited him perfectly and his films are great fun for the most part, I’m a fan of Fleming’s novels and I realise how far removed Moore is from novel Bond, but I don’t care when he’s so entertaining and charming to watch onscreen. He’s definitely the one I can cheer on the most. My favourite Bond is his successor, the Fleming-or-die Dalton, but Moore was my first Bond and an excellent one that carried the franchise for over a decade!
Plus, while Moonraker does tip the balance too much into out and out comedy (with that being said it does a good job of it) Live and Let Die and The Spy Who Loved Me nailed the tonal balance perfectly and they’re 2 of the best films in the series as a result.
Can you imagine the amount of time and effort it must've taken for the guy in the coffin to prepare for that one assassination attempt, only to for it to fail spectacularly?
I'VE BEEN WAITING IN THIS BLOODY COFFIN FOR 7 GODDAMN HOURS AND IT TOOK ME 3 MONTHS TO MAKE
No, no, that was his standard method. He was the go-to guy for assassinations in Venice and was so discreet that no one ever rumbled his disguise.
"Can anyone stop my coffin"?
Some of the most creative assassination plans, weapons and gadgets came in the Moore era.
Moore was NEVER safe! He could be taking a casual drive in His new Lotus Esprit, or riding in a Helicopter, and then suddenly He was in EXTREME danger!
Moore was wonderful. He was badass without grinding teeth and intense threatening looks. Played lightly with what todays bonds lack. A sense of humor. RIP Roger.
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To be fair, Brosnan was almost that good too. He was just let down by things like the cringeworthy Aston Martin 'Vanish'.
Q’s superpower is really a sort of clairvoyance. He knows exactly what gadget will be needed on any given mission. Someone is hijacking space shuttles? Clearly Bond is going to need a hover gondola.
"Now pay attention 007. This may look like an ordinary gondola..."
"But, what if someone wants to throw a knife at me?"
"Ah, that what this useless Gandolor person is for. Villians can't help to strike the extra first instead of you."
"Q, why the hell would I use this?"
obviously an aston martin lagondola
you can turn the gondola into a float and used it in a montague float parade.
I am very thankful that I had the opportunity to visit Venice. It’s a very intimate place with all its walkways and bridges. It was a lifelong dream for my Mum to visit and we made that dream come true. She loves Venice.
Moonraker is such a guilty pleasure of mine. I don't even rank it in the bottom 5 due to the fact that it was entertaining, hilarious, and memorable, even if for all the wrong reasons lol
No similarity to the novel but for the name of the villain.
The expression on that dog was hilarious. 😂😂😂
👍🏼😍😘💋🌹 007🔫
Action combined with humor and a touch of romance all that in beautiful Venice🇮🇹.
I love this atmosphere 🤗❤️
Saw Moonraker When It First Came Out. Loved It. Who Doesn't Love Roger Moore? RIP.
One can certainly love Roger Moore, but as James Bond he was a disaster. The worst Bond of them all actually.
@@Vinterfrid the best Bond actually
@@Vinterfrid
Roger will haunt you for that heresy and force you to eat a brick of columbian marching powder as recompense 😂
Great scenes from Roger Moores films and they are just fun to watch! RM was my first Bond in 1985s A View To A Kill. I like all the actors, but RM will always be number 1 for me.
In 1963, it was doubtful that anyone watching the Venice scenes in From Russia With Love would have thought the films would have led to this type of comedy in the same setting 16 years later...
Terrence Young, the man who directed From Russia With Love, did not mince words when he expressed his frustration over the decline of the series.
@@ricardocantoral7672 Terence Young has no right to criticize anybody. His own filmography was awful after his Bond movies.
Brilliant scene and great film thanks for the memories sir roger.
This one I disagree, this movie is not that good and this scene sucks so bad.
The Daniel Craig Bond films are boring and over reliant on special effects and computer crap.
California, Rio, Venice, Amazon forest! This is location-wise really the best film in the series! It feels so exotic! I would say its up there with OHMSS, YOLT, and AVTAK
My favourites are G, O and S.
Say what you like but this came out when I was 10 and it was fantastic. Roger Moore forever!
I would love to see Daniel Craig piloting the gondola in No Time to Die.
STFU please.
No, that was kind of dumb.
BEEP BEEP
OUT OF MY WAY
I'M BROODING
I would love to see Daniel Craig looking and acting like James Bond... not some constantly angry, miserable, stiff and awkward Russian henchman with a face like a smacked arse masquerading as 007.
@@AD-kv9kj not a fan of the Craig era, are we?
2:42
The greatest character in the James Bond cinematic universe.
Before I check out the time stamp let me guess it’s the double take pigeon
Saint mark's Square how wonderfully beautiful ❤️❤️🥰
Love the coffin scene it's like "you wanna play dead then stay dead"
It's an Irish belief that it's NOT a good idea to get into a coffin if you are alive, because you will soon be dead for real afterwards.
Look at Ultimate Warrior, he got put in a coffin and ended up dying a premature death. It hasn't ALWAYS happened though. Sean Connery was in coffins in "You Only Live Twice" and "Diamonds Are Forever".
@@texasrockshillcountry6574 And only fifty years later, he's died.
For being a "Secret" agent, everyone seemed to know who he was.
Especially that southern sheriff in" Live and Let Die"/"The Man With the Golden Gun" what are the odds of them crossing paths on the opposite sides of the world.....
His job description seems a bit vague though. Sometimes he's an undercover agent, but doesn't need a disguise or a pseudonym; other times he's a state sanctioned assassin, but doesn't need a disguise or a pseudonym; and at other times he's a secret courier but doesn't need a disguise or a pseudonym.
Maybe he's just some useless bloke in the Ministry that they're trying to get rid of, but keeps succeeding out if sheer dumb luck.
@@chrisparkes2179 Haha, love the theory 😂
@@chrisparkes2179 He does sometimes use a pseudoym, e.g. James St.John Smythe in AVTAK.
In terms of disguising, I think disguising a 6' tall Scot as Japanese put the producers off the idea of disguises for good (unless you count Bond's regular changes of appearance....)
That’s why Moore played him tongue in cheek
2:40 I love how the dove head movements were synced to the music beat.
After all that fun driving the Bondola he then gets to turn it into a Hovercraft and drive down the street. That's a fun job my friend.
Ah, the good old times when MP40 was still the weapon of choice of your common thug.
Say what you want about the Germans but they had wonderful weapons in WW2
Bravo! If at that time the character was shooting from the MP40, then he worked for an evil boss. A similar moment is played in the film about Austin Powers, a scene at a disco
Ah yes even in a scene as fucking ridiculous as this there's got to be a gun nerd hasnt there
The legendary double take pigeon
Not to mention the doggie too LOL!
Jorg be
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🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
2:41
BOND ALWAYS PREPARED BUT THAT BOAT RIDING ON THE SIDEWALK HAD ME ROLLING 😂😂😂😂😂
that coffin came in so handy 🤣
I love how they dont even try to shoot at Bond as his hover-Gondola rises onto the streets. They just stop and admire the sheer audacity of it.
I think this is the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen in movies or in real life, who ever made this up has the greatest imagination of all time.........,good god , I love it!!
I Just Love Roger Moore James Bond My Sweetheart Darling!!!!!!!♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
God this is so much better than the modern shite.
RIP Moore
👍🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻👍🏻🙂
The dogs face has always cracked me up
This movies were sooo hilarious😂 I love them!!!
the waiter pouring beer on the guys head 😂😂
1:18 Abraham Basalinsky - better known as Alfie Bass. A great actor and a funny man.
Moonraker is criminally underrated.
This was such a laugh at the cinema I actually appreciate moonraker more now if you just go with it, it's a very enjoyable film
People get stumped by the complete absurdity of it. Once you get in line with what the film is going for, rather than deriding it, it’s actually one of the better made films. Not my favourite, not by a long shot, but still cracking entertainment!
I loved Moonraker and could never get why so many loved to hate it. Yes filled with corn but most Bond films were.
Exactly. It’s a very self-aware film. I mean out of all the Bond films, the plot might be the stupidest (not including SPECTRE) so it just goes full force with the absurd comedy and it absolutely works under that viewpoint! A great comedy-adventure!
Who thinks R. Moore is the best bond?
Not in this crappy movie. The Spy Who Loved Me maybe.
may be the comic bond
Yeah Moonracker sucks. Specially the end of it.
RIP R. Moore
Sean Connery followed by TimothyDalton then Daniel Craig and Piers Brosnan. Roger Moore possibly beats George Lazenby but only just.
When Bond was still fun.
no, when the Bond franchise was comedy action; Fleming never wanted this
@@jjrj8568 True.
When Bond was fucking stupid you mean
That drunk smoker at the bridge always gets me.
Alfie Bass - a fine British actor
The Roger Moore Bond films were full of gadgets and comedy. I enjoyed all the gadgets.
MOOR LOOKED SO RELAXED IN THE GONDOLA LIKE HE WAS A TOURIST
I see no mention in the comments about the guy who can't believe what he's seeing and looks at his bottle. This guy does the same thing in three Bond films. A short but classic addition to these films.
Toujours un plaisir de me revoir dans cette séquence , en tant que pilote du hors bord .
Déjà 43 ans …
Visited that square and the pigeons are friendly coming to you .
I'm sure a lot of now grown up kids would have remembered that day the gondola drove around St Marks Square...
This is probably the funniest thing I think I’ve ever seen
Moonraker is vastly under-rated. It is lighthearted and fun despite the villainous Hugo Drax.
As a movie, Moonraker is the pits, but Roger Moore was always fantastic playing Bond in his own way.
It's still better and more entertaining than Die Another Day.
@@treadstone1970 than For Your Eyes Only
What an action sceen!
Roger moore movies really wanted to be the parody of the Sean Connery films!
Hahahaha
Roger often did Carry On Bond but thats fine by me. He had to be different to make his own mark.
Roger Moore was as different agent than Connery as 2 bookends
So funny! Forget rationality. This pure entertainment.
Great scape of the deaht no doubts ! Thank you a funny moment. Daniel.
2:32
That guy with the wine when he saw it, he'd be like...
*"I gotta lay off the wine."*
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You may criticise the great double-taking pigeon, but you can’t deny it is the most famous pigeon in all of cinema.
Moore's Bond is always tinged with comedic moments. Too much I must say.
2:34 I couldnt stop laughing😂
They didn't have the kind of technology to simulate the kind stunts and action possible these days but they did a great job. Always a joy to watch, especially with all the gadgets used
Miss the days Bond when Bond was fun.
The best gadget bond, i think roger moores take on bond was fun and was not to be taken to seriously in certain situtions bond lacked humour in sean connerys bond so roger brought it, if you wanted a more serious bond like roger moore watch the saint that to was really good.
The Roger Moore Bond films are just so much fun, and to me he'll always be the one i think of as "original Bond" more so than Sean Connery. Even though i'm sure plenty of people would hate my guts for that statement, just had to put it out there. Also, as a Bond fan i obviously clicked on this scene to watch the pigeon.
The Q section always have the best toys.
Is it true the drinker guy is the same one as TSWL and FOYO?
Yes it is lol
I came here to check this after watching The Spy Who Loved Me and now Moonraker
Victor Tourjansky, looking very much like Douglas Adams.
@@chrisparkes2179 No, Tourjansky died in 1976.
Watching the TWINE boat chase again the other day I couldn't help thinking it would have been a nice touch to have had him in the restaurant Bond drives through.
Nothing like Q's gadgets to save the day.
This is where the Bond franchise became a comedy with action scenes.
Favorite Bond chase scene.
2:48 Lewis Gilbert
Roger Moore's Bond became a comedy show. Like those Tarzan noises when he swong from tree to tree in Octopussy. It took Bond in completely the wrong direction.
I agree, it was the opposite of where they should have gone. Some corrections were tried to be made with Timothy Dalton's efforts, but I think Moore's interpretation kind of distorted the image of what Bond is about (although Moore made a few good ones, like "For Your Eyes Only").
Is a massive shame because Moore did a really good job with his portrayal as bond. Those bloody scripts and editing decisions did that era of bond so dirty
@@SimonHill94 Yes I agree. Moore was a good Bond in itself but he was made ridiculous by the scriptwriters.
@@lukasnummer1 Yes, Moore certainly made a few good Bond films. I also like A View to a Kill, although that Gidea Park cover of 'California Girls' in the opening scene is an other example of what I mean. Totally ridiculous. I'm just glad they didn't pursue that comedy line in the end.
@@EdEditz I'll take California Girls over this scene especially when 007 went on land.
The Moore films have to be the more cartoonish Bond films...! 😆
Well that's one way to go around the beautiful city of Venice 😆
THE DOG WITH ITS JAW ON THE FLOOR
The music playing in the background when Bond drives the gondola on land is Johann Strauss II’s "Tritsch-Tratsch’ Polka”.
Pretty silly, but still better than the new Bonds computerized crap.
I think they mostly still do real stunts?
This is what I grew up with Bond in a motorized Gondola lol.
OMG TRAFFIC LIGHTS IN THIS SCENE
Marina Militare dal' Italia!!! 🇮🇹🇮🇹
A more interesting fact is that it took six tries for the gondola/car to drive out of the canal without throwing Moore into it and they had only six identical suits for him. If the sixth shot had failed, director Lewis Gilbert would have needed to reshoot the scene the next day and prepare more suits as well as wait for the light. The sixth take worked!!
Let me get this straight, they were trying to shoot a land gondola and they were busy worrying about having extra suits prepared for Moore? lol
@@theyellowlightsaber3193 The gondola didn't leave the canal the way Lewis Gilbert (the film's director) had wanted and every time it did, Moore was dunked into the canal, ruining a suit, as well as the take. Knowing, or suspecting, it would take several tries, some six identical suits were made for Moore and every time he fell into the water he had to get out, get dried off and get both his costume as well as make-up and hair dried. Plus, it was a daytime scene, so the sun had to be out. It took time to prepare each take, but there were only a finite amount of suits. Apparently it succeeded on the last suit!
@@tnecklover My point was surely a suit jacket was enough since for the long shot thats all the audience would be seeing, seemed a waste of time worrying about an entire suit set when the risk of becoming wet was imminent.
@@theyellowlightsaber3193 They wanted the scene to be as realistic as they could...for continuity's sake...that meant Moore's suit had to remain the same. They were silk by the way!
@@tnecklover Yes I appreciate that but like I said only the jacket was going to be seen so the rest didnt really matter.
this is more like spoof! How those movies could be taken serious?????????
Short answer, they weren’t meant to be. With the Roger Moore era they just wanted to make fun movies
@@EditedAF987 so in 70-s they just switched to the comedy genre?
Gleb Drach kind of. There were still quite a few serious and suspenseful moments though (Bond’s torture in the centrifuge, Bond killing Anya’s lover, Corinne being killed by Drax’s Doberman’s etc)
@@EditedAF987 and what about that scene in A view to kill when during car chase in Paris the car got injured and first turned into convertible and got a hit In the middle and fell apart so Bond was driving front part on two wheels! You could see same scenes in 1960-s French comedies. Here it looked so goofy !
Italian is the best language for swearing. So colorful!
Roger Moore was the best 007
RIP Roger he was great a scene for the ages at San Marcos square.
Lead assassin: "You mean we were supposed to shoot Bond and not just fire in his general direction?"
The dog and pigeon are both like "You are seeing this, right?!?"
Dude I love that thumbnail.
I'm looking forward to visiting Venice next month to see this action on the river.
0:35
James Bond: Too bad you're taken before your time, friend!
Polka Trisch Trasch, top. Moonraker is Moore’s Bond at its absolutely best.
No its not. Its The Spy Who Loved Me, For Your Eyes Only, and Octopussy. Live And Let Die, and The Man With The Golden Gun are better than this too.
greatwuta NO.
@@toivonencresto How you think Moonraker is Moore's best film as Bond is besides me.