THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN

THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN. Guy Hamilton, dir. UK/USA: United Artists, 1974.

James Bond action-adventure premised on the existence and theft of "a solar cell that could solve the world's energy crisis." Note also attack on Bond's "plane with a solar-powered death ray," viewed positively as a tribute to the power of Solar. Cited by Keith Meatto, whom we quote, as one of "The Top Five" works "from the worlds of film and music" that "suggest that interest in this once-electrifying topic"—solar energy—"could easily be resparked" (Mother Jones, March/April 2000: 81).