Thumper | James Bond Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Portrayed by Trina Parks Thumper is the name of one of two women acting as guards for Blofeld to prevent anyone from seeing the reclusive Willard Whyte . The character were developed especially for the 1971 film Diamonds Are Forever and was portrayed by Trina Parks. Film biography When James Bond enters the house where Mr. Whyte is supposed to be staying at, he's greeted by these two beautiful women, who quickly attack him using various athletic jumps and kicks. James Bond is even choked by Bambi 's thighs, but soon gets out from that predicament, only to be thrown into an outdoor pool. Sensing an opportunity to finish Bond off, the two women dive in to the pool and attempt to drown him. The exhausted and beaten Bond looks to be easy prey for these nimble karate experts and they quickly seize the advantage and hold Bond's head underwater. However, it soon turns out to be a tactical error for the ladies.

Transferring the fight to the deep end of the pool, negates their martial arts skills and Bond is quickly able to turn the tables on the girls and holds them both underwater until Felix Leiter and his men show up. Bond continues to hold the ladies underwater for 30 seconds as they thrash about. By now their struggle indicates that they are desperate for air. Bond lifts their heads up for a quick breath but then it's right back under immediately while he talks amusedly to Leiter, who complains about Bond wasting time in the pool. The bubbles and struggles of the women underwater indicate that they are near drowning at this point and Bond senses that they might be ready to talk. Bond first releases Thumper, and she desperately uses her last breath to swim to the poolside while Bond continues to hold Bambi under. Thumper knows that her partner needs air so she complies by pointing to the shed below where Whyte is being held. Then Bond releases his hold on Bambi, who desperately swims to the side. Bond, heading for Whyte, leaves behind the exhaustedly coughing women who are holding on to the sides of the pool, gasping for air before they are presumably arrested.

Who would you like to see play the two sexy but deadly female bodyguards in a sequel? 2013-05-16T20:38:09Z Ellen Page and the black girl from misfits 2013-08-17T20:27:39Z Bambi | Moviepedia | Fandom powered by Wikia Language English Bambi is the fifth animated feature in the Disney animated features canon, originally released to theatres by RKO Radio Pictures on August 13, 1942 and produced by Walt Disney. The film is based on the 1939 book Bambi, A Life in the Woods by Austrian author Felix Salten. The main characters are Bambi, the young roe deer prince of the forest; his parents, the Great Prince of the forest and his unnamed mother; and his friends Thumper, a rabbit; Flower, a skunk; and his childhood friend and future mate, Faline, a doe. For the movie, Disney took the liberty of changing Bambi's species into a white-tailed deer to visually emphasize him against the colored backgrounds. Contents Spoiler warning: The following contains plot details about the entire movie.

The story of the natural life cycle—birth, death and rebirth—is the true plot of the film. It is a case study in the very basics of life: the "doe-eyed" innocence of childhood; parental love; discovering and learning about the world around us (both its beauty and its danger); loss and grief; developing friendships; loyalty; balancing risk and need; growing toward independence; being at one and in harmony with nature; and romantic love. Like the majority of Walt Disney's feature-length animated narratives, Bambi embraces both joy and tragedy. It is a movie that alternates frequently between these two extremes, with the one typically being used to set up the other. For instance, the joy of Bambi's first walk through the forest is interrupted by a frightening thunderstorm. His first visit to the meadow is joyful until it is interrupted by the villain Man who fires upon him and his mother and father. The pivotal scene in the movie involves Bambi's mother and her death at the hand of Man. In the sequence, the audience sees the joy/tragedy motif used again. The scene is set in late winter, and Bambi and his mother struggle to find food as mournful music plays.

Joy is felt as they discover a patch of new grass, signaling the arrival of spring, and joyful music is heard on the soundtrack. As they feast, the mood changes again, and we hear Man approach off-screen, represented only by his theme music (a low, three-note motif). Bambi's mother suddenly catches Man's scent, and orders her child to run, but she is too late. As they flee across the snow field, a shot rings out. The camera stays with Bambi as he runs through the forest, finally stopping to catch his breath. He notices at this time (as does the audience) that his mother is nowhere to be seen. In a series of heartbreaking dissolves, Bambi wanders desperately through the forest calling for her, but no answer comes. He is startled by the sudden appearance of his father, the Great Prince, who tells him that his mother cannot be with him any more. He casts his head to the ground, and when he lifts it again, the audiences see that he is crying, realizing what has happened. He follows his father into the forest, taking one last look back as he leaves his childhood and innocence behind.

The movie then skips forward in time to the spring, where Bambi, Thumper, Flower, and Faline are all seen having grown up to adulthood. They become "twitterpated" over potential mates. Bambi and Faline become a couple, however their happiness is threatened by Ronno, a buck who is himself after Faline. He fights with Bambi and at first seems to have the upper hand until Bambi somehow manages to wind him in his shoulder and throw him from the clifftop on which they were fighting. He falls from the cliff and into the river, from which he is not seen again. Man enters the forest again, and is responsible for a forest fire that sends all the life in the forest running for refuge in a river. Bambi and his father barely escape. The film ends with the birth of Bambi and Faline's twin fawns. The death of Bambi's mother is one of the most famous moments in American film history, a moment so upsetting to certain children that they had to be carried screaming out of the theater during Bambi's numerous theatrical presentations.

For this reason, and because of the horror and violence of the climactic hunting/forest fire sequence, many critics question the suitability of Bambi as a film appropriate for very young audiences. When one takes Bambi together with the other Disney feature films created during the same period of the early 40's, such as the dark Pinocchio, the powerful Fantasia , and the serious Victory Through Air Power , one can see an attempt by Walt Disney to produce films pushing against the stereotype of Disney animation being "children's films". History Edit Bambi was released in theaters in 1942, during World War II and was Disney's fifth full length animated film. It was an advance over the previous movies in sophistication of the animation, due to the experience gained in character animation at the Disney studio. The famous art direction of Bambi, which suggests emotion and the feeling of a forest rather than depicting a real forest, was due to the influence of Tyrus Wong , a former painter who provided eastern and painterly influence to the backgrounds.

Bambi was re-released to theaters on 1947, 1957, 1966, 1975, 1982, and 1988. It was released on VHS video in 1989 (The Classics version), 1997 (Masterpiece Collection version) and remastered and restored for the March 1, 2005 Platinum Edition DVD and Blu-ray Disc. [1] The Platinum Edition DVD and Blu-ray Disc will go on moratorium on January 31, 2007 . [2] Bambi theatrical release history Edit Animation from Bambi has been reused in several other Disney films, especially footage of birds, leaves and generic woodland. For example, one scene in The Fox and the Hound reused footage of the animals running from the rain in Bambi's "Little April Shower" sequence. The most reused footage from Bambi are the few seconds of Bambi's mother looking up from eating grass just before she is killed by the hunter. This footage has been used in hunting scenes in The Sword in the Stone and The Jungle Book .

It is also featured in The Rescuers during the song "Someone's Waiting For You" and in the opening scene of Beauty and the Beast. Even a later Donald Duck short featured Bambi and his mother. They are drinking from a stream and then a bunch of garbage floats past them in it and Bambi's mother says to him calmly, "Man is in the forest. Let's dig out." They then leave. Trivia Edit Although Man is never seen in the film, the ominous music that sometimes plays in the film clues the audience that Man is stalking nearby (see leitmotif). The use of implied violence by an unseen threat, expressed solely through music (a low, simple, repeating musical motif), was a powerful psychological technique later adopted by Steven Spielberg in Jaws (1975). In a recent interview to Newsweek magazine, Spielberg says that he considers Bambi the biggest crying movie of all time. "When I was a kid, I would actually get up in the middle of the night and make sure my parents were still alive." [3] The off-screen character of "Man" has been named one of the 50 Greatest Screen Villains by the American Film Institute .

[4] In 1993, the producers at Warner Bros. Animation made a parody of this element on one of their Animaniacs episodes, a Slappy Squirrel segment entitled "Bumbie's Mom." In it, Slappy and her nephew Skippy go see the movie "Bumbie," which is a direct parody of Bambi, down to a Thumper-like rabbit who bumps his buttocks (according to Slappy, this is because he "ate too much sugar"). However, when Bumbie's mother gets shot offscreen, like the original film, Skippy bursts into tears. The forest fire scene is also parodied, also scaring Skippy and making him cry harder. Slappy winds up pulling the sobbing Skippy out of the theater, and then they go to visit the actress (a female elderly deer), where Skippy learns that the deer playing Bumbie's mom was not really killed. In Kingdom Hearts, a popular video game created by Squaresoft and Disney, Bambi makes an appearance as a Summon creature who runs around and drops items beneficial to the party. Before Thumper's name was finalized, he was referred to as "Bobo" in some sketches.

In the James Bond movie Diamonds Are Forever two female villains are named Bambi and Thumper. (Ian Fleming's reference) In the original novel, Faline had a twin brother named "Gobo". Along with Gobo, Ronno had a friend called "Karus". There was also a doe named "Marena" and an old doe called "Nettla" who takes care of Bambi after his mother dies. Saturday Night Live's TV Funhouse segment, used Bambi as a means to lampoon Disney's usage of older properties for new direct-to-video sequels in the form of Bambi 2002 as well as Disney's standard of pulling off their movies from retail and putting them in the Disney vault. Of course, being TV Funhouse, the entire segment consists of rather absurd sequences involving a rapping Bambi, terrorists, Jared Fogle, and the New York Yankees to name a few. Bambi is the second Disney animation feature to be set in present day ( 1942 ), Dumbo being the first.

During the scene where the animals collect on the island during the forest fire in the original Bambi, there is a raccoon seen grooming its young, as another one approaches with more young, the previous baby raccoon being licked disappears off screen, even though the grooming parent issues two licks even after it has disappeared. This was a registration error, later digitally corrected on the 2005 DVD release. In 1969 a short film was produced called Bambi Meets Godzilla. The two minute movie (half of which was taken up by credits) consists of bambi eating in the woods before promptly being stepped on by Godzilla's foot. Some hunting magazines have used this title character as a means of criticizing the environmentalists, especially PeTA and other "animal rights" groups, anti-hunting groups, calling them "Bambi Freaks", worse. They have implied that this film is "pro-animal rights", anti-hunting. Bambi was Walt Disney's favorite of his movies. There are asteroids named (15845) Bambi and (16626) Thumper.

Voice cast bambi and thumper : definition of bambi and thumper and synonyms of bambi and thumper (English) Putter Smith Mr. Albert Wint and Mr. Charles Kidd are fictional characters in the James Bond novel and film Diamonds Are Forever . In the novel, Wint and Kidd are homosexual members of The Spangled Mob . In the film, it is assumed that they are henchmen for the villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld , though the characters share no scenes with and are not seen taking instructions from Blofeld (or anyone else, except for Bert Saxby) — though the fact that they are waiting for Bond's body when Blofeld sends him down the lift to Willard Whyte 's private parking garage is an indication. In the film, Mr. Wint is played by the clean-shaven actor Bruce Glover and Mr. Kidd by bespectacled jazz musician Putter Smith in a rare acting role. Film Mr. Wint and his partner Mr. Kidd are American assassins working for Blofeld.

Their assignment is to kill off every link in a Slumber Brothers mobster diamond -smuggling 'pipeline' running from South Africa to the United States via The Netherlands , and to steal the diamonds from the mobsters so as to divert them to Blofeld (where they are to be incorporated into to a killer laser satellite ). The pair are almost certainly psychopathic and undoubtedly take a sadistic pleasure in their work – for example, to Wint's amusement Kidd photographs the body of the old lady (Mrs. Whistler) they have drowned in the canals of Amsterdam , joking about sending the pictures to the primary-age children to whom she was a school teacher. This is typical of an overtly morbid sense of humour they share, completing each other's sentences as a game and delighting in competing over laboured, blackly humorous puns. Thus an attempt to incinerate James Bond alive in a crematorium is "a glowing tribute" and "heart-warming". The couple also amuse themselves with the twisted application of proverbs – for example, after blowing up a helicopter Kidd begins the old quote, "If God had wanted man to fly..." to which Wint concludes: "He would have given him wings, Mr.

Kidd"; and Wint saying "If at first you don't succeed, Mr. Kidd", followed by Kidd's reply, "Try, try again, Mr. Wint." It is strongly implied (though not confirmed) in the film that the two are homosexual lovers. They are seen holding hands in one scene; and at one point, Mr. Kidd remarks that Tiffany Case is attractive, only to receive a glare from Mr. Wint, making him add, "...for a lady". Mr. Wint can also be seen spraying himself with perfume (Bond later remarks that Wint's perfume smells like a "tart's handkerchief"). The two use numerous methods of killing their targets (or trying to), some highly creative: Placing a scorpion down the shirt of a South African dentist . Using a timed bomb to blow up the helicopter which was meant to pick up the doctor's merchandise. Drowning Mrs. Whistler in the Amstel River. Sealing Bond in a coffin and sending him into a crematorium furnace. (In their dry style of humor, Wint refers to this as "very moving", referring to the conveyor belt carrying the coffin).

Burying Bond alive by putting him into a length of pipeline to be buried in the desert outside Las Vegas – the second time he has been unconscious at their mercy, yet again they opt for an overly elaborate kill. Drowning Plenty O'Toole with her legs tied to a block of concrete, in a swimming pool just deep enough to submerge her only up to the tip of her nose, and by doing so killing her as slowly as possible. In a deleted scene made available on DVD , the pair's shooting of Shady Tree is even seen to be achieved via a joke prop gun that first produces a flag with 'BANG!' written on it, before a real bullet. (This rejected scenario is reminiscent of a Bugs Bunny cartoon or the actions of the Batman 's arch-enemy The Joker .) Their final attempt to kill Bond and Case takes place on a cruise liner after Bond foils Blofeld's plot. They pose as stewards in the couple's suite, serving them a romantic dinner consisting of Oysters Andaluz, shashlik , tidbits, prime rib au jus and Salade Utopia. Dessert is La Bombe Surprise – in the most literal sense, since a bomb is really hidden in it.

However, Bond links the smell of Wint's cologne to his misadventure in the pipeline and quickly realises that something is wrong. After tasting a glass of Mouton Rothschild '55, Bond casually remarks that he had expected a claret with such a grand dinner. When Mr. Wint replies that the cellars are unfortunately poorly stocked with clarets, Bond exposes the henchman's ignorance, sharply replying that Mouton Rothschild in fact is a claret. Realizing Bond has blown their cover, the pair finally turn on him with physical violence. Mr. Kidd ignites the shashlik skewers, aiming to impale Bond while Mr. Wint strangles him with a chain. During the struggle, Bond first neutralises Kidd by splashing Courvoisier on the flaming skewers, setting Kidd on fire. Within seconds, he is engulfed in flames, and in desperation jumps overboard, the flames are extinquished but it is not shown whether he survives or not. After this elimination of Mr. Kidd, Tiffany throws the dessert at a notably distressed Mr. Wint, but she misses – and this reveals the bomb hidden in the bombe.

When Wint is distracted by the sight, Bond gains the upper hand against him, pulling the villain's coat-tails between his legs and tying his hands and the bomb together with them. Bond hoists an overexcited Mr. Wint overboard, and the bomb explodes before he hits the water. Novel In the novel, the duo have a less flamboyant role. As killers and "enforcers" to the Spangled Mob , it is their mission, among other things, to make sure the smuggling of the diamonds and everything connected to it go off without a hitch. If something does go wrong, Wint and Kidd (they are never referred to as "Mr." in the novels) are sent to "persuade" the perpetrators never to make a mistake again. They are obviously quite sadistic and give evidence of enjoying their jobs. This is particularly evident in a scene that Bond witnesses in a mud-bath, where they pour boiling mud over the face of a jockey who they believe has prevented a Mob-owned horse from winning a race. From London to New York City it is their job to tail whoever is smuggling the diamonds internationally to ensure that the smuggler doesn't get any ideas about going into business for himself.

For this, the duo pose as American businessmen who call themselves "W. Winter" and "B. Kitteridge". Although they are both hardened assassins, Wint is pathologically afraid of travel. When he does have to travel, he wears an identifying name tag and a sticker that says "My blood group is F". He also has to be paid a special bonus by his employers. Because of his phobia , Wint picked up the nickname "Windy" - although no one would dare call him that to his face. Kidd is nicknamed "Boofy" due to his 'pretty-boy' appearance. Felix Leiter suspects that they are both homosexual, a point emphasised in the film. In a ghost town outside Las Vegas, the leading gangster, Seraffimo Spang , penetrates Bond's cover and orders Wint and Kidd to torture Bond to learn his true identity. Wint and Kidd then perform a " Brooklyn stomping," kicking Bond into unconsciousness while wearing football cleats, after which Tiffany Case helps him escape. After they kidnap Tiffany on the Queen Elizabeth, Bond comes to her rescue by climbing down the side of the ship and diving into her cabin via the porthole.

They have a fight, and Bond shoots them both. To avoid trouble, he then fakes evidence in the cabin to make it look like a murder-suicide . References in popular culture These two are frequently parodied as the characters "Mr. Wink" and "Mr. Fibb" on the animated series: Codename: Kids Next Door . The minor antagonists, Specs and Trapper , in the animated series Static Shock , are based on Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd. The pair are parodied in Daniel Waters' Sex and Death 101 , which features a lesbian couple named Bambi Wint and Thumper Kidd. The women not only have the surnames of the male assassins (and the first names of Willard Whyte's female bodyguards), but also converse in the same distinctive, polite speech patterns. A London diamond jewellery store, established 2002, is named Wint&Kidd.

[1] In Fallout 3 (VG) there are a pair of 'ghouls' the player may encounter on a mission, one named 'Wint', the other 'Kidd' Tiffany Case Joe Robinson Peter Franks is a diamond smuggler, portrayed in the film by British actor and stuntman Joe Robinson . In both the film and the book, James Bond takes his identity in order to meet Tiffany Case. Robinson claimed that he was a strong contender for the role of Red Grant in From Russia with Love . Though he lost the role to Robert Shaw , Connery recommended him for Diamonds are Forever. [2] In the book, Bond takes the identity of Franks because the two look similar. Franks never physically appears. In the movie, Franks is taken into customs of the Dover Ferry terminal so Bond can take his identity, and after he escapes he goes to Amsterdam to meet Tiffany. Bond, knowing he can't let Tiffany meet the real Peter Franks, heads for her apartment, where he encounters Franks in the elevator, and Bond's cover is blown when he is about to attack him.

A long and brutal fight then ensues, and Bond finally kills Peter by knocking him off a balcony with a fire extinguisher, where he falls to his death. Bond then switches his wallet with Peter's, to make Tiffany think he killed James Bond, thus maintaining his cover as Franks. The two then smuggle the diamonds to Los Angeles within the body of Peter Franks (the crotch specifically) . When Bond switches wallets with Franks, a Playboy card is seen in Bond's wallet. Shady Tree Shady Tree is a fictional character in the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever . In both the novel and movie, Michael (Shady) Tree was the link in the "Pipeline" who received the Diamonds once they were in America. His fate is unrevealed in the novel; he was based in New York and acted as a 'frontman'. He is a red-haired hunchback and deals with most of the 'small fry' henchmen. In the movie, he first appears taking James Bond off a crematorium because the diamonds given to him were fake. Then Bond goes to the hotel where he works as a stand-up comedian , and Tree is killed by Wint and Kidd.

The duo came to him saying (Wint) "Shady, we just adored your act. (Kidd) What taste, what style. (Wint again) And we have a few suggestions", to which he replied that "Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 40 years". Then, in a deleted scene, Kidd shoots a toy gun from which a "bang" sign pops out - and then the gun fires a real bullet, killing Tree. As the assassins come out of the room, Bert Saxby informs that Tree was needed alive because of the fake diamonds, to which Kidd replies "That's most annoying." Bert Saxby Bruce Cabot Albert R. "Bert" Saxby is a fictional character in the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever . One of Ernst Stavro Blofeld 's leading henchmen, Saxby was portrayed by King Kong star Bruce Cabot (who passed away the following year). Bert Saxby worked for Willard Whyte, until Blofeld took over; Saxby then became Blofeld's right-hand man . Saxby manages Whyte's end of the casino and first meets 007 while the latter is posing as Peter Franks.

Later Saxby goes up to he office to inform Blofeld that Shady Tree is dead; he then tells his boss to turn on one of the cameras watching 007. Blofeld simply commands Saxby to "just get me the diamonds." A few days later, Bert hires a person to steal the diamonds, that SPECTRE needs to complete their project, from jewel smuggler Tiffany Case's locker at the McCarren International Airport. The hired person takes the diamonds to Saxby in a Ford minibus, who then delivers them to Professor Doctor Metz at a gas station. He was shot and killed by CIA agents while attempting to assassinate Willard Whyte while taking cover behind a rock with a sniper rifle when Whyte was being rescued by Bond and the CIA. As the dead Saxby tumbled down a hill, Whyte spouted one of the movie's best-remembered deadpan-lines: "Tell him he's fired!" His name is a direct reference to James Bond film-producer Albert R. "Cubby" Broccoli. Bambi and Thumper Trina Parks and Lola Larson Bambi & Thumper are fictional characters in the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever , portrayed by actress Lola Larson and Trina Parks .

Their names are references to Bambi .The two are bodyguards who prevent anyone from seeing the reclusive Willard Whyte . When James Bond enters the house where Mr. Whyte is supposed to be staying at, he is seduced by Thumper, but she knees him in the groin and the two of them soon viciously attack him. Bond is even choked by Bambi's thighs, but soon gets out from that predicament, only to be thrown into an outdoor pool. The two women jump in to finish him off, but Bond is quickly able to turn the tables on them, holding them both underwater while Felix Leiter and his men show up. While Bond repeatedly dunks them for quite a while, he talks amusedly to Leiter, who complains about Bond "giving breaststroke lessons". Upon Felix asking about the location of Whyte, Bond says "Haven't found out yet". He then brings the two up for air and promptly shoves them down again, saying "Still haven't found out yet". The bubbles and struggles of the women underwater indicate that they are just about to drown, when Bond first releases Thumper.

She immediately flees to the poolside, while desperately kicking Bambi has to go through several more seconds of being held underwater. Thumper points out the shed below where Whyte is being held, and Bond eventually lets up Bambi, too. Bond, heading for Whyte, leaves behind the exhaustedly coughing women who are presumably arrested. Morton Slumber Morton Slumber is a fictional character in the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever . He is portrayed by David Bauer , who also appeared as a diplomat in You Only Live Twice . Slumber owns his own company, Slumber Inc., as well as a funeral home . He is one of the members of the diamond smuggling ring, using his business as a front for it. His role was to receive the diamonds from Peter Franks in a corpse bound for cremation and pass them off to Shady Tree. When Bond arrives disguised as Franks, Slumber takes the body of "Franks' brother" (actually the real Franks) and cremates it. In fact, Bond has planted fake diamonds in Franks' body in the knowledge that an attempt will be made on his life.

When Wint and Kidd attempt to assassinate Bond (by cremating him alive) to eliminate another link in the chain, Bond is removed from the furnace in the nick of time once Slumber and Tree realize that the diamonds are fake, and that "Franks" still has yet to deliver the real ones. Slumber's fate is unknown, but it could be assumed he was either arrested after Blofeld's plot unraveled, or killed by Mister Wint and Mister Kidd. Professor Dr. Metz Professor Dr. Metz is a fictional character in the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever . He is portrayed by Joseph Furst . Metz is a scientist and pacifist who is an expert on light refraction . He is duped by Blofeld into helping him build a laser satellite using the smuggled diamonds capable of destroying nuclear missiles. Metz believes that Blofeld intends to use the laser to insure world peace, and thus goes along with the plan. When Blofeld's intents are revealed as malicious, Metz asserts that he's bluffing, but is proven wrong yet again when Blofeld activates the satellite. Whether Metz was able to escape the exploding oil rig or not is unknown. Dr. Tynan Dr.

Tynan is a fictional character in the James Bond film and novel Diamonds Are Forever . He is portrayed by Henry Rowland . Tynan is a South African dentist who is the first link in the diamond smuggling pipeline. He extracts the diamonds from the mouths of miners and ships them out of the country. In both versions of the story, he is met by Wint and Kidd, who pick up the diamonds from him. Kidd then complains of a toothache, and when Dr. Tynan bends over to check on Kidd's mouth, Wint drops a scorpion down the back of his shirt (in the movie's alternate version, it was shoved up his mouth) , envenomating Tynan within seconds. When smuggler and helicopter pilot Joe meets Wint and Kidd, the former tells Joe that Tynan was "Bitten by the bug." Joe Joe the pilot is a fictional character in the James Bond film and novel Diamonds Are Forever . He is portrayed by Raymond Baker . Joe is the second link in the diamond smuggling chain that leads up to SPECTRE . He is the pilot of a helicopter , who the novel identifies as being from Germany .

In the novel, he receives the diamonds from Tynan in South Africa and delivers them straight to London , whereas in the film, he drops them off with Whistler in Amsterdam first. Unaware that Wint and Kidd have killed Tynan, Joe accepts a box, ostensibly full of diamonds, from them and flies off. Unfortunately for him, the box is actually an explosive , and Joe becomes the second victim of SPECTRE 's treachery. Mrs. Whistler Putter Smith Mr. Albert Wint and Mr. Charles Kidd are fictional characters in the James Bond novel and film Diamonds Are Forever . In the novel, Wint and Kidd are homosexual members of The Spangled Mob . In the film, it is assumed that they are henchmen for the villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld , though the characters share no scenes with and are not seen taking instructions from Blofeld (or anyone else, except for Bert Saxby) — though the fact that they are waiting for Bond's body when Blofeld sends him down the lift to Willard Whyte 's private parking garage is an indication. In the film, Mr. Wint is played by the clean-shaven actor Bruce Glover and Mr.

Kidd by bespectacled jazz musician Putter Smith in a rare acting role. Film Mr. Wint and his partner Mr. Kidd are American assassins working for Blofeld. Their assignment is to kill off every link in a Slumber Brothers mobster diamond -smuggling 'pipeline' running from South Africa to the United States via The Netherlands , and to steal the diamonds from the mobsters so as to divert them to Blofeld (where they are to be incorporated into to a killer laser satellite ). The pair are almost certainly psychopathic and undoubtedly take a sadistic pleasure in their work – for example, to Wint's amusement Kidd photographs the body of the old lady (Mrs. Whistler) they have drowned in the canals of Amsterdam , joking about sending the pictures to the primary-age children to whom she was a school teacher. This is typical of an overtly morbid sense of humour they share, completing each other's sentences as a game and delighting in competing over laboured, blackly humorous puns. Thus an attempt to incinerate James Bond alive in a crematorium is "a glowing tribute" and "heart-warming".

The couple also amuse themselves with the twisted application of proverbs – for example, after blowing up a helicopter Kidd begins the old quote, "If God had wanted man to fly..." to which Wint concludes: "He would have given him wings, Mr. Kidd"; and Wint saying "If at first you don't succeed, Mr. Kidd", followed by Kidd's reply, "Try, try again, Mr. Wint." It is strongly implied (though not confirmed) in the film that the two are homosexual lovers. They are seen holding hands in one scene; and at one point, Mr. Kidd remarks that Tiffany Case is attractive, only to receive a glare from Mr. Wint, making him add, "...for a lady". Mr. Wint can also be seen spraying himself with perfume (Bond later remarks that Wint's perfume smells like a "tart's handkerchief"). The two use numerous methods of killing their targets (or trying to), some highly creative: Placing a scorpion down the shirt of a South African dentist . Using a timed bomb to blow up the helicopter which was meant to pick up the doctor's merchandise. Drowning Mrs. Whistler in the Amstel River.

Sealing Bond in a coffin and sending him into a crematorium furnace. (In their dry style of humor, Wint refers to this as "very moving", referring to the conveyor belt carrying the coffin). Burying Bond alive by putting him into a length of pipeline to be buried in the desert outside Las Vegas – the second time he has been unconscious at their mercy, yet again they opt for an overly elaborate kill. Drowning Plenty O'Toole with her legs tied to a block of concrete, in a swimming pool just deep enough to submerge her only up to the tip of her nose, and by doing so killing her as slowly as possible. In a deleted scene made available on DVD , the pair's shooting of Shady Tree is even seen to be achieved via a joke prop gun that first produces a flag with 'BANG!' written on it, before a real bullet. (This rejected scenario is reminiscent of a Bugs Bunny cartoon or the actions of the Batman 's arch-enemy The Joker .) Their final attempt to kill Bond and Case takes place on a cruise liner after Bond foils Blofeld's plot.

They pose as stewards in the couple's suite, serving them a romantic dinner consisting of Oysters Andaluz, shashlik , tidbits, prime rib au jus and Salade Utopia. Dessert is La Bombe Surprise – in the most literal sense, since a bomb is really hidden in it. However, Bond links the smell of Wint's cologne to his misadventure in the pipeline and quickly realises that something is wrong. After tasting a glass of Mouton Rothschild '55, Bond casually remarks that he had expected a claret with such a grand dinner. When Mr. Wint replies that the cellars are unfortunately poorly stocked with clarets, Bond exposes the henchman's ignorance, sharply replying that Mouton Rothschild in fact is a claret. Realizing Bond has blown their cover, the pair finally turn on him with physical violence. Mr. Kidd ignites the shashlik skewers, aiming to impale Bond while Mr. Wint strangles him with a chain. During the struggle, Bond first neutralises Kidd by splashing Courvoisier on the flaming skewers, setting Kidd on fire.

Within seconds, he is engulfed in flames, and in desperation jumps overboard, the flames are extinquished but it is not shown whether he survives or not. After this elimination of Mr. Kidd, Tiffany throws the dessert at a notably distressed Mr. Wint, but she misses – and this reveals the bomb hidden in the bombe. When Wint is distracted by the sight, Bond gains the upper hand against him, pulling the villain's coat-tails between his legs and tying his hands and the bomb together with them. Bond hoists an overexcited Mr. Wint overboard, and the bomb explodes before he hits the water. Novel In the novel, the duo have a less flamboyant role. As killers and "enforcers" to the Spangled Mob , it is their mission, among other things, to make sure the smuggling of the diamonds and everything connected to it go off without a hitch. If something does go wrong, Wint and Kidd (they are never referred to as "Mr." in the novels) are sent to "persuade" the perpetrators never to make a mistake again. They are obviously quite sadistic and give evidence of enjoying their jobs.

This is particularly evident in a scene that Bond witnesses in a mud-bath, where they pour boiling mud over the face of a jockey who they believe has prevented a Mob-owned horse from winning a race. From London to New York City it is their job to tail whoever is smuggling the diamonds internationally to ensure that the smuggler doesn't get any ideas about going into business for himself. For this, the duo pose as American businessmen who call themselves "W. Winter" and "B. Kitteridge". Although they are both hardened assassins, Wint is pathologically afraid of travel. When he does have to travel, he wears an identifying name tag and a sticker that says "My blood group is F". He also has to be paid a special bonus by his employers. Because of his phobia , Wint picked up the nickname "Windy" - although no one would dare call him that to his face. Kidd is nicknamed "Boofy" due to his 'pretty-boy' appearance. Felix Leiter suspects that they are both homosexual, a point emphasised in the film.

In a ghost town outside Las Vegas, the leading gangster, Seraffimo Spang , penetrates Bond's cover and orders Wint and Kidd to torture Bond to learn his true identity. Wint and Kidd then perform a " Brooklyn stomping," kicking Bond into unconsciousness while wearing football cleats, after which Tiffany Case helps him escape. After they kidnap Tiffany on the Queen Elizabeth, Bond comes to her rescue by climbing down the side of the ship and diving into her cabin via the porthole. They have a fight, and Bond shoots them both. To avoid trouble, he then fakes evidence in the cabin to make it look like a murder-suicide . References in popular culture These two are frequently parodied as the characters "Mr. Wink" and "Mr. Fibb" on the animated series: Codename: Kids Next Door . The minor antagonists, Specs and Trapper , in the animated series Static Shock , are based on Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd. The pair are parodied in Daniel Waters' Sex and Death 101 , which features a lesbian couple named Bambi Wint and Thumper Kidd.

The women not only have the surnames of the male assassins (and the first names of Willard Whyte's female bodyguards), but also converse in the same distinctive, polite speech patterns. A London diamond jewellery store, established 2002, is named Wint&Kidd. [1] In Fallout 3 (VG) there are a pair of 'ghouls' the player may encounter on a mission, one named 'Wint', the other 'Kidd' Tiffany Case Joe Robinson Peter Franks is a diamond smuggler, portrayed in the film by British actor and stuntman Joe Robinson . In both the film and the book, James Bond takes his identity in order to meet Tiffany Case. Robinson claimed that he was a strong contender for the role of Red Grant in From Russia with Love . Though he lost the role to Robert Shaw , Connery recommended him for Diamonds are Forever. [2] In the book, Bond takes the identity of Franks because the two look similar. Franks never physically appears. In the movie, Franks is taken into customs of the Dover Ferry terminal so Bond can take his identity, and after he escapes he goes to Amsterdam to meet Tiffany.

Bond, knowing he can't let Tiffany meet the real Peter Franks, heads for her apartment, where he encounters Franks in the elevator, and Bond's cover is blown when he is about to attack him. A long and brutal fight then ensues, and Bond finally kills Peter by knocking him off a balcony with a fire extinguisher, where he falls to his death. Bond then switches his wallet with Peter's, to make Tiffany think he killed James Bond, thus maintaining his cover as Franks. The two then smuggle the diamonds to Los Angeles within the body of Peter Franks (the crotch specifically) . When Bond switches wallets with Franks, a Playboy card is seen in Bond's wallet. Shady Tree Shady Tree is a fictional character in the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever . In both the novel and movie, Michael (Shady) Tree was the link in the "Pipeline" who received the Diamonds once they were in America. His fate is unrevealed in the novel; he was based in New York and acted as a 'frontman'. He is a red-haired hunchback and deals with most of the 'small fry' henchmen.

In the movie, he first appears taking James Bond off a crematorium because the diamonds given to him were fake. Then Bond goes to the hotel where he works as a stand-up comedian , and Tree is killed by Wint and Kidd. The duo came to him saying (Wint) "Shady, we just adored your act. (Kidd) What taste, what style. (Wint again) And we have a few suggestions", to which he replied that "Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 40 years". Then, in a deleted scene, Kidd shoots a toy gun from which a "bang" sign pops out - and then the gun fires a real bullet, killing Tree. As the assassins come out of the room, Bert Saxby informs that Tree was needed alive because of the fake diamonds, to which Kidd replies "That's most annoying." Bert Saxby Bruce Cabot Albert R. "Bert" Saxby is a fictional character in the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever . One of Ernst Stavro Blofeld 's leading henchmen, Saxby was portrayed by King Kong star Bruce Cabot (who passed away the following year).

Bert Saxby worked for Willard Whyte, until Blofeld took over; Saxby then became Blofeld's right-hand man . Saxby manages Whyte's end of the casino and first meets 007 while the latter is posing as Peter Franks. Later Saxby goes up to he office to inform Blofeld that Shady Tree is dead; he then tells his boss to turn on one of the cameras watching 007. Blofeld simply commands Saxby to "just get me the diamonds." A few days later, Bert hires a person to steal the diamonds, that SPECTRE needs to complete their project, from jewel smuggler Tiffany Case's locker at the McCarren International Airport. The hired person takes the diamonds to Saxby in a Ford minibus, who then delivers them to Professor Doctor Metz at a gas station. He was shot and killed by CIA agents while attempting to assassinate Willard Whyte while taking cover behind a rock with a sniper rifle when Whyte was being rescued by Bond and the CIA.

As the dead Saxby tumbled down a hill, Whyte spouted one of the movie's best-remembered deadpan-lines: "Tell him he's fired!" His name is a direct reference to James Bond film-producer Albert R. "Cubby" Broccoli. Bambi and Thumper Trina Parks and Lola Larson Bambi & Thumper are fictional characters in the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever , portrayed by actress Lola Larson and Trina Parks . Their names are references to Bambi .The two are bodyguards who prevent anyone from seeing the reclusive Willard Whyte . When James Bond enters the house where Mr. Whyte is supposed to be staying at, he is seduced by Thumper, but she knees him in the groin and the two of them soon viciously attack him. Bond is even choked by Bambi's thighs, but soon gets out from that predicament, only to be thrown into an outdoor pool. The two women jump in to finish him off, but Bond is quickly able to turn the tables on them, holding them both underwater while Felix Leiter and his men show up.

While Bond repeatedly dunks them for quite a while, he talks amusedly to Leiter, who complains about Bond "giving breaststroke lessons". Upon Felix asking about the location of Whyte, Bond says "Haven't found out yet". He then brings the two up for air and promptly shoves them down again, saying "Still haven't found out yet". The bubbles and struggles of the women underwater indicate that they are just about to drown, when Bond first releases Thumper. She immediately flees to the poolside, while desperately kicking Bambi has to go through several more seconds of being held underwater. Thumper points out the shed below where Whyte is being held, and Bond eventually lets up Bambi, too. Bond, heading for Whyte, leaves behind the exhaustedly coughing women who are presumably arrested. Morton Slumber Morton Slumber is a fictional character in the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever . He is portrayed by David Bauer , who also appeared as a diplomat in You Only Live Twice . Slumber owns his own company, Slumber Inc., as well as a funeral home . He is one of the members of the diamond smuggling ring, using his business as a front for it.

His role was to receive the diamonds from Peter Franks in a corpse bound for cremation and pass them off to Shady Tree. When Bond arrives disguised as Franks, Slumber takes the body of "Franks' brother" (actually the real Franks) and cremates it. In fact, Bond has planted fake diamonds in Franks' body in the knowledge that an attempt will be made on his life. When Wint and Kidd attempt to assassinate Bond (by cremating him alive) to eliminate another link in the chain, Bond is removed from the furnace in the nick of time once Slumber and Tree realize that the diamonds are fake, and that "Franks" still has yet to deliver the real ones. Slumber's fate is unknown, but it could be assumed he was either arrested after Blofeld's plot unraveled, or killed by Mister Wint and Mister Kidd. Professor Dr. Metz Professor Dr. Metz is a fictional character in the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever . He is portrayed by Joseph Furst . Metz is a scientist and pacifist who is an expert on light refraction . He is duped by Blofeld into helping him build a laser satellite using the smuggled diamonds capable of destroying nuclear missiles.

Metz believes that Blofeld intends to use the laser to insure world peace, and thus goes along with the plan. When Blofeld's intents are revealed as malicious, Metz asserts that he's bluffing, but is proven wrong yet again when Blofeld activates the satellite. Whether Metz was able to escape the exploding oil rig or not is unknown. Dr. Tynan Dr. Tynan is a fictional character in the James Bond film and novel Diamonds Are Forever . He is portrayed by Henry Rowland . Tynan is a South African dentist who is the first link in the diamond smuggling pipeline. He extracts the diamonds from the mouths of miners and ships them out of the country. In both versions of the story, he is met by Wint and Kidd, who pick up the diamonds from him. Kidd then complains of a toothache, and when Dr. Tynan bends over to check on Kidd's mouth, Wint drops a scorpion down the back of his shirt (in the movie's alternate version, it was shoved up his mouth) , envenomating Tynan within seconds.

When smuggler and helicopter pilot Joe meets Wint and Kidd, the former tells Joe that Tynan was "Bitten by the bug." Joe Joe the pilot is a fictional character in the James Bond film and novel Diamonds Are Forever . He is portrayed by Raymond Baker . Joe is the second link in the diamond smuggling chain that leads up to SPECTRE . He is the pilot of a helicopter , who the novel identifies as being from Germany . In the novel, he receives the diamonds from Tynan in South Africa and delivers them straight to London , whereas in the film, he drops them off with Whistler in Amsterdam first. Unaware that Wint and Kidd have killed Tynan, Joe accepts a box, ostensibly full of diamonds, from them and flies off. Unfortunately for him, the box is actually an explosive , and Joe becomes the second victim of SPECTRE 's treachery. Mrs. Whistler Diamonds Are Forever (1971) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends.

Error A diamond smuggling investigation leads James Bond to Las Vegas, where he uncovers an evil plot involving a rich business tycoon. Director: From $10.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 22 titles created 09 Jul 2011 a list of 22 titles created 11 May 2012 a list of 28 titles created 26 Jun 2013 a list of 24 titles created 2 months ago a list of 24 titles created 1 month ago Title: Diamonds Are Forever (1971) 6.7/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 3 nominations. See more awards » Videos Agent 007 and the Japanese secret service ninja force must find and stop the true culprit of a series of spacejackings before nuclear war is provoked. Director: Lewis Gilbert 007 is sent to stop a diabolically brilliant heroin magnate armed with a complex organization and a reliable psychic tarot card reader.

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Director: Terence Young A fake Fabergé egg and a fellow agent's death lead James Bond to uncover an international jewel-smuggling operation, headed by the mysterious Octopussy, being used to disguise a nuclear attack on N.A.T.O. forces. Director: John Glen James Bond investigates the mid-air theft of a space shuttle and discovers a plot to commit global genocide. Director: Lewis Gilbert Investigating a gold magnate's smuggling, James Bond uncovers a plot to contaminate the Fort Knox gold reserve. Director: Guy Hamilton A resourceful British government agent seeks answers in a case involving the disappearance of a colleague and the disruption of the American space program. Director: Terence Young Edit Storyline James Bond's mission is to find out who has been smuggling diamonds, which are not re-appearing. He adopts another identity in the form of Peter Franks. He joins up with Tiffany Case, and acts as if he is smuggling the diamonds, but everyone is hungry for these diamonds. He also has to avoid Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd, the dangerous couple who do not leave anyone in their way. Ernst Stavro Blofeld isn't out of the question.

He may have changed his looks, but is he linked with the heist? And if he is, can Bond finally defeat his ultimate enemy. Written by simon BOND IS BACK - Sean Connery is BOND [British advance quad poster] See more » Genres: 17 December 1971 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Ian Fleming's Diamonds Are Forever See more » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Trivia Ninth James Bond movie and the seventh movie in the EON Productions official film series. It was the seventh film to both feature Bernard Lee as M and Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny and the sixth to feature Desmond Llewelyn as Q. It was the sixth James Bond film to star Sean Connery as James Bond and the last for him in the EON Productions official film series. See more » Goofs When Mr Wint and Mr Kidd exit the tunnel, with Mr Bond in the trunk of the car, the cover that lifts up has a Saguaro Cactus on it. That type of cactus only grow in extreme southeastern California, southern Arizona and adjoining northwestern Mexico. See more » Quotes [first lines] James Bond : [tossing Japanese man around] Where is he?

I shan't ask you politely next time. Where is Blofeld? Japanese man: Ca-Ca-Cairo. Crazy Credits THE END of DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER James Bond will return in LIVE AND LET DIE See more » Connections BOND#7: What Doesn't Stay in Vegas? Bond! 2 June 2007 | by Bogmeister (United States) – See all my reviews MASTER PLAN: steal a lot of diamonds to fashion an orbiting super-duper laser to, guess what, blackmail the world! The pre-credits teaser functions as an epilogue to "On Her Majesty's Secret Service," with Bond hunting his arch-nemesis, Blofeld, in a quick series of scenes throughout the world. The filmmakers tried to recapture the best of "Goldfinger" in this one, using the same director and singer Bassey on the credits again. Ending up with even a pale imitation of the best Bonder is not such a bad thing, but it also points to the lack of originality besetting the series by this time. This one probably breaks the record for unusual types of killings, mostly courtesy of gay assassins Wint & Kidd, who go through a bunch of victims very quickly early on.

The odd flavor and juxtaposition (detail of diamond smuggling over surreal liquidations) is an attempt to make Bond edgy & relevant now that the seventies began. The danger with all the attempts to be unusual, whether in regard to deaths or chases, is that it dips into a cutesy atmosphere a bit too far. Those fans fond of the seriousness in the previous film would probably not be amused, since it comes across as a dark parody of the usual spy stuff. That being said, Wint & Kidd, who represent the worst excesses of this film, end up as the highlights. From their very first scene in the desert, where they seem to draw inspiration from a scorpion, these two oddballs have the audience guessing on what they would do next - they are goofy, yes, but also lethal - interesting because they are somewhat original. Bond's mission, tracking an involved diamond smuggling operation, takes him briefly to Amsterdam, but he ends up in Las Vegas for most of the story. A subplot involves a missing billionaire, obviously patterned after Howard Hughes, who was still living as a recluse at this time.

M and, especially Moneypenny, have less screen time in this one, though Q pops up in an amusing scene testing one of his gizmos on some one-armed bandits (Vegas is no match for Q). Though the scenes in Vegas itself are less exotic than those of most Bond films, the film also makes good use of the surrounding desert terrain and there are numerous grand sets, notably a huge futuristic lab building, complete with tests of a fake moon landing, as well as a house built into the rocks. There is a good auto chase on the streets of Vegas, which has the infamous 'two-wheely' by Bond thru an alley. The two weird assassins pop up every now and then; they even have their own theme score, an eerie yet playful little tune. One of them looks very strange (Smith, a jazz musician with no acting experience), while the other (actor Glover, father of Crispin Glover) looks more normal but has very strange inflections to his speech. Every time they show up, a strange tension surfaces for the viewer. Besides Wint & Kidd, other outrageous foes for Bond include Bambi & Thumper, two wild martial arts girls who nearly knock his teeth in.

Their scene has a lot of energy and you won't soon forget them. The story is well-paced for the most part, with less of those slow spots that afflicted many of the later Bonders. However, a couple of deleted scenes with the Plenty character makes things a bit confusing for her character arc. Connery is, of course, several years older since his last Bonder, but he looks pretty much the same as he did in "You Only Live Twice." There may be a hint of grey around the edges and, in his scenes with M, it no longer comes across as 'the old man and the wiseguy kid' repartee, despite their best efforts. But Bond is still the ideal male here and it's still believable that femme fatale Tiffany falls for him by the end. She's a curious mixture of flaky girl and worldly woman, usually flippant in her approach, sort of reflecting the trivial nature of this Bonder, where nothing happening is really of grave import. That's why, when Blofeld's (him again) real plan is revealed, it's a bit out of left field; all of sudden, we see a super laser detonating missiles around the globe and everything has changed into matters of international import.

Blofeld, as played by Gray, is more urbane and effeminate than the previous two versions, more attuned to a villain planning world domination, but he's also too civilized, too polite to Bond in the climactic sequence, diffusing his threatening presence. CIA liaison Leiter recalls the non-descript Leiter of "Goldfinger," as well. The climax on that oil rig sea platform in Baja is not very well done, with Blofeld's end especially disappointing (he would not return, except in the teaser of "For Your Eyes Only"). But, the epilogue is excellent. Bond, but not Connery, would return in "Live and Let Die." Bond:8 Villain:7 Femme Fatales:7 Henchmen/women:8 Leiter:6 Fights:8 Stunts/Chases:8 Gadgets:6 Auto:7 Locations:6 Pace:8 overall:7 16 of 22 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes Have you met the Barely There Bond Girls? - Telegraph Have you met the Barely There Bond Girls?

David Thomas rediscovers the memorable Bond girls who met a sticky end Monica Bellucci seduces Bond briefly in Spectre. Photo: Heathcliff O'Malley By David Thomas Comments The casting of 51-year-old Monica Bellucci as the oldest ever Bond girl, in Spectre, caused a media sensation. Finally, 007 was growing up! At last, middle-aged women were being seen as sexy, too! But when the film was released last week, cinema-goers were surprised to discover that Bellucci’s part lasts no more than a few minutes, before she is discarded for 30-year-old Léa Seydoux. Bellucci, it seems, belongs to a very specific group in the 007 canon: the Barely There Bond Girl. These aren’t the ones he drags around the world amid explosions, bullets and car-chases, only to drive, float or orbit off into the sunset as the final credits roll. No, these girls – convinced by agents that a Bond credit will give their nascent acting careers a lift – make fleeting appearances early in the film. They usually end up in bed with 007, and their amorous exploits all too often lead them to a sticky end.

And, despite it all, they have often included some of the most memorable characters in the franchise. So what became of the actresses behind the Barely There Bond Girls ? The actress: Shirley Eaton Her character: Jill Masterson in Goldfinger (1964) Her Bond: Sean Connery Shirley Eaton as the iconic golden Bond girl in Goldfinger. Photo by Rex Features. Having appeared in three Carry On films and an episode of The Saint, Shirley Eaton became an iconic Bond girl, not for the way her character lived but how she died. Bond meets Jill Masterson when she is helping her boss, Auric Goldfinger, cheat at cards. Naturally, she switches her allegiance to Bond (“Call me James,” 007 insists). But he wakes to find that Goldfinger has taken his revenge. Jill is lying dead, painted in gold on the bed beside him. That image put Eaton, now 78, on the cover of Life magazine and has stayed with her ever since. She retired from acting soon after to raise her two sons. She called her 1999 autobiography Golden Girl, and her website offers signed snaps of her in Goldfinger.

It does not, however, sell any tapes of her spoken lines: they were dubbed on afterwards by another actress, Nikki van der Zyl. The actresses: Lola Larson and Trina Parks Their characters: Bambi and Thumper in Diamonds Are Forever (1971) Their Bond: Sean Connery Trina Parks in Diamonds are Forever. Photo by Rex Features Bambi and Thumper are the semi-naked bodyguards barring Bond’s way to their boss, the villain Willard Whyte. “Is there anything I can do for you?” asks Thumper, the first black, female character in a Bond film. “I can think of several,” smarms Bond. “First, we’re going to have a ball,” Thumper retorts, before kneeing Bond in the crotch. He gets his revenge, however, almost (but not quite) drowning the girls in Whyte’s pool. For Lola ‘Bambi’ Larson, this marked her only screen appearance of any note. Trina Parks has been somewhat more successful, working as an actress and singer, including a season in the Fabulous Palm Springs Follies, an annual revue show whose performers were all aged 55 and over.

The actress: Tula, aka Caroline Cossey Her character: Girl by Pool in For Your Eyes Only (1981) Her Bond: Roger Moore Roger Moore was Tula's bond. Photo: Rex Tula, a model whose previous highpoint had been waterskiing behind the Loch Ness monster in a Smirnoff ad, was essentially set decoration: she sunned herself beside a pool as Roger Moore did his safari-suited stuff in the foreground. But she does have one significant claim to fame: she was the only transgender Bond girl. On the morning after the film’s London premiere, the News of the World ran a story headlined James Bond Girl Was a Boy. Tula (now 61) found herself famous for all the wrong reasons, but made the best of it with an autobiography, a Playboy spread, and appearances in 80s pop videos, before settling down to married life in Atlanta, Georgia. The actress: Teri Hatcher Her character: Paris Carver in Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) Her Bond: Pierce Brosnan Teri Hatcher in Tomorrow Never Dies.

Photo by Film Stills Paris is a former lover of Bond’s, now married to the media magnate villain Elliot Carver, who makes the fatal mistake of falling back in love with 007. “I used to look in the papers every day for your obituary,” she says. “Sorry to disappoint,” replies Bond before having his way with her. Sadly, Mr Carver finds out what the missus has been getting up to, and the next thing Bond knows, she’s been assassinated. Hatcher, 50, found her greatest fame years later, in 2004, when she appeared in Desperate Housewives, which immediately became a huge global hit. So her Bond character died, but she most certainly thrived. The actress: Cecile Thomsen Her character: Professor Inga Bergstrom in Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) Her Bond: Pierce Brosnan Pierce Brosnan was Thomsen's bond. Photo: REX FEATURES Possibly the most improbable Oxford don in movie history, Thomsen was 22 when she filmed the role of a professor who has to teach Bond Danish, but ends up in bed with him instead.

Cue an innuendo-laden smut-fest as our man smirks: “I’ve always enjoyed studying a new tongue”, before being interruptus in mid-coitus by a call from Moneypenny. “I’m brushing up on a little Danish,” he says. “You always were a cunning linguist, James,” she replies. Now 41, Thomsen has done little of note in the years since her Bond appearance, but is notable for being a Danish actress who has somehow not appeared in any episode of Borgen, The Killing, or any other Scandi-crime series. The actress: Madonna Her character: Verity in Die Another Day (2002) Her Bond: Pierce Brosnan Madonna played Verity in Die Another Day. Photo by BroadImage/Rex Verity is a fencing teacher at a London club (they all have one, you know) who doesn’t have time to bed Bond in their brief scene together, but does still remark: “Do you handle your weapon well?”, to which Bond replies: “I’ve been known to keep my tip up.” She then invited him to tie up the laces of her fencing outfit, which somehow involves a black corset.

Madonna, 57, was quite well known prior to her appearance in the film, for which she also wrote and performed a desperately mediocre theme song – and has remained so ever since. The actress: Caterina Murino Her character: Solange in Casino Royale (2006) Her Bond: Daniel Craig Murino played the married Solange in Casino Royale. Photo by Getty Images The first Bond girl to be seduced by Craig’s rebooted Bond, Solange is riding along a Bahamian beach in her bikini when she spots Bond emerge from the water in a pair of blue swimming trunks that cause global media meltdown. They work for Solange, too. She promptly beds Bond, wondering why all the nice men she meets can’t be like him: “Because then they’d be bad,” he points out. Minor catch: Solange is married. And it’s a Law of Bond that villain’s women who sleep with him invariably die. Soon, her tortured corpse is trussed up in a hammock. Bond does not waste time mourning. Murino, 38, appeared as a sexy French teacher in a St Trinians remake, before settling into a steady career in French and Italian TV series and movies.

The actress: Gemma Arterton Her character: Strawberry Fields in Quantum of Solace (2008) Her Bond: Daniel Craig Gemma Arterton as Strawberry Fields in Quantum of Solace. Photo by Columbia Pictures Strawberry Fields is an MI6 agent in Bolivia, ordered to send Bond back to London, even if she has to arrest him. “I think she has handcuffs,” says Bond’s pal Mathis. “I hope so,” he replies. Like any red-blooded girl, Strawberry finds Bond irresistible. But their affair is terminated when she is killed and left on a bed, covered in oil (a knowing homage to Shirley Eaton’s demise in Goldfinger). Arterton played a St Trinian’s schoolgirls in two films, before and after her Bond appearance, and is now thriving as an action heroine in blockbusters like Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, which between them have grossed almost £400m worldwide. The actress: Monica Bellucci Her character: Lucia Sciarra in Spectre (2015) Her Bond: Daniel Craig Monica Bellucci plays Lucia Sciarra in Spectre.

Photo by Getty Images Bond kills Lucia’s husband, as he informs her when they meet at the funeral. Hours later, they’re going at it hammer and tongs, heedless of their combined age of 98. By some miracle, Lucia does not die, if only because Bond kills the men sent to assassinate her. The effect of her Spectre cameo on Bellucci’s career is still uncertain. She is currently filming On the Milky Road for the Bosnian director Emir Kusturica. Thumper (Bambi) : Wikis (The Full Wiki) The Full Wiki More info on Thumper (Bambi) Wikis Advertisements Note: Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the Wikipedia article! This article doesn't yet, but we're working on it! See more info or our list of citable articles . Top rankings for Thumper (Bambi) 22nd From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Young adult Thumper thumping his foot from Bambi Thumper is a fictional rabbit character from Disney 's animated movie Bambi . He appeared again in Bambi II . He is known and named for his habit of thumping his left hind foot.

Thumper also appears at the Walt Disney Parks and Resorts as a meetable character . The character was an important influence upon the development of the movie Bambi which started production with an adult tone which seemed too serious and uncommercial. As voiced by the young actor, four-year-old Peter Behn , the vivacious character of Thumper was expanded from its original minor role and led to a focus upon the young animals in the story. [1] Thumper is Disney's adaptation of Friend Hare from the novel Bambi, A Life in the Woods . The personality and visual appearance of the character was based upon Beatrix Potter 's Benjamin Bunny . [2] Unlike real rabbits, Thumper is drawn with paw pads, a feature that most rabbits lack. Film appearances The character Thumper first appears in the film Bambi, watching as Bambi is first presented as the young prince to the creatures of the forest. He remarks that Bambi is "kinda wobbly" but is reproved by his mother who makes him repeat what his father had impressed upon him that morning, "If you can't say something nice, don't say nothing at all".

[3] This moral is now known by such names as the "Thumperian principle", "Thumper's rule" or "Thumper's law". [4] A few days later a still-wobbly Bambi was out with his mother when they re-encountered Thumper, who took it upon himself to teach the fawn various tricks, notably that of speech. He succeeded in teaching Bambi a few words, notably "bird" and "flower" which Bambi accidentally used to name a young skunk . Thumper tried to correct Bambi but the skunk said, "That's alright. He can call me Flower if he wants to. I don't mind". The three animals go on to become friends and this encounter provides another moral lesson in the virtues of tolerance and an easy disposition. [5] In the winter, Thumper tries to teach Bambi how to skate on the ice but Bambi is wobbly again. [6] In Bambi II , Thumper again appears hiding from his sisters and trying to help Bambi learn to be brave in the hopes of impressing his dad.

Thumper is the main protagonist in a video storybook, Thumper Goes Exploring, which was released with the Platinum Edition of Bambi on March 1, 2005. [7] The adult version of Thumper can be seen amongst the crowd of toons during the final scene of Who Framed Roger Rabbit . He is also mentioned as Roger Rabbit's uncle in one scene of the film. Metaphorical usage Thumper is used as a metaphor for a cuddly pet when referring to women. [8] "'Bambi" and "Thumper" are the names of two female bodyguards in the James Bond movie Diamonds Are Forever . The name was used for a project by the General Electric Company which looked at ways to defend the USA against ballistic missiles , such as the V2 , which were used by Germany in World War II . This subsequently led to the United States Air Force program BAMBI – BAllistic Missile Boost Intercept. [9] References

Question: Which James Bond film features two female bodyguards named Bambi and Thumper ?
Answer: DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER