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Best Scene or Scenes?

posted 19 years ago by grstmc
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I like this film better and better each time I see it, but still can't abide
the rest of the series.

The best scenes in "The Silencers"? For my money that would have to be those involving the reverse-firing gun, where Stevens (Gail) goes from being a helpless bimbo to action heroine.

It can't be easy wringing humor out of somebody getting shot (and showing the bulletholes no less) but it is expertly done here. Especially the part where Webber (Sam) gets what's coming to him. Well played by Stevens.

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[–] wmkoenig 19 years ago

<<Though's there humour, occasionally the film turns rough. Take the hotel room scene. Matt is questioning Gail Hendricks ( Stella Stevens ). Frustrated by her refusal to give a straight answer, Matt rips off her dress, leaving Gail fuming in her underwear. "I suppose you enjoyed that!", she spits at him. Matt replies, "Not particularly.". What's interesting is that this scene isn't played for laughs. In actual fact, it feels like something Donald Hamilton might have written.>>

It was. It's basically from The Silencers novel. The hotel was seedier, the location less glamorous, but the basics of that scene (minus the gas device in the telephone) is from Hamilton.

Also, in the novel, Mac (Helm's superior) and introduces himself as MacDonald. The first-person narration informs us that MacDonald isn't Mac's real name but doesn't specify what it is. The filmmakers, left with no other clues, latched onto this and made the character's name MacDonald, though he is often referred to as Mac. The actual name turned out to be Arthur M. Borden (which Hamilton didn't real until his 14th Helm novel in 1972).

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[–] George_Costanza_1 19 years ago

My favourite scene is the one in the car when he turns on the radio, we hear Sinatra singing Come fly with me and Dino sez something like " that Sinatra is terrible..." then he changes the radio station and we hear Everybody loves somebody (by Dino of course!) and the King of cool sez " This guy knows how to sing", i LOVE that kind of humor (and i love Dino too) !

"How long I been on ?" - Dean Martin

[–] kentsmokerguy 19 years ago

Hey pally, I totally agree...how 'bout the scene where Dino says a"It can't be Lovey."

May all our days be Dinodays. Long live our Master of Hip, our King of Cool, the one and only DINO!

[–] George_Costanza_1 18 years ago

Yeah Kentsmokerguy it is also a very funny line, Dino was a gifted man.

"How long I been on ?" - Dean Martin

[–] kentsmokerguy 18 years ago

Hey Mack pally, Dino was so gifted that he made every line he said meaningful with seemingly no Dinoeffort at all!!!!!

May all our days be Dinodays. Long live our Master of Hip, our King of Cool, the one and only DINO!

[–] rbownds1 17 years ago

Are you kidding? It isn't even close. Nancy Kovack's little strip and kill scene out does them all.

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[–] ZolotoyRetriever 12 years ago

My favorite scene is the part where Matt Helm has that big motorized bed that magically deposits him right into a big, sudsy "bathtub" (actually the size of a small swimming pool!), where he is greeted with a hot babe by the name of "Lovey Kravezit". If I had a similar arrangement, I'd never have any trouble getting out of bed every morning. lol

[–] TejasTeacher 11 years ago

Oh My God Yes. The Giant Bubble bath was amazing. Larger than life and still very sexy.

I remember seeing this scene when I was a young boy and I constantly looked for it on Saturday afternoons, when I got a little older (ahem)

I wanted that tub and I wanted Lovey in the suds with me.

[–] TejasTeacher 11 years ago

And another delightful possibility in the final scene. Shouldn't Lovey be near by waiting to assist Mr. Helm anytime the bed deposits him in the tub?

[–] joeparkson 11 years ago

My favorite scenes are those with Tina. They show Dean's incredible acting talent in not being impressed with her sexiness.

I couldn't have been that blase.

Absurdity: A Statement or belief inconsistent with my opinion.

[–] dobberx 10 years ago

I like the sequence near the end when the bad guy's complex is being destroyed by Helm and you keeping the computer voice counting down and saying that everything is still A-Okay.

[–] Sparky1932 10 years ago

Agreed. Probably the sexiest death scene in spy spoof history. Robert Webber (Sam) suffers the ultimate humiliation of having his demise witnessed by his ex girlfriend (Gail) with a reverse firing gun that belongs to her new love Matt Helm. Gail's reactions to both the first and second attempt to shoot her, especially that sexy shrug of her shoulders, was a hoot.

[–] grstmc 10 years ago

And while we're on the subject-
In an interview on Larry King's former interview show, Stevens herself commented that the gun scene was her own personal favorite from "Silencers".

So, we're in excellent company on that.

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