So: not funny, pointless, and confusing? There couldn't be a more appropriate opening scene to this grindingly bizarre parody of the EON Bond films, forced into the world through the sheer willpower of producer Charles K. Which, given where the plot goes, also makes it confusing. It's quite weird on its own, and not nearly funny enough to work as a parody of the actual Bond opening sequences, and it turns out to have been snipped from a scene much later in the film for no better reason that 'just because'. Mathis shows his credentials, apparently waggling his dick at Bond, and they agree to find a quieter place to confer. With no context at all to explain what's happening, British secret agent 007, James Bond (Peter Sellers) meets with an apparently Scottish inspector, Mathis (Duncan Macrae) in a public street urinal in Paris.
With uncredited contributions by Woody Allen, Val Guest, Ben Hecht, Joseph Heller, Peter Sellers, Terry Southern, and Billy Wilder Written by Wolf Mankowitz & John Law & Michael Sayers A previous review of this film can be found here.Ī guide to all things Bond at Alternate Ending.ĭirected by John Huston, Ken Hughes, Val Guest, Joseph McGrath, and Robert Parrish
