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Lot Essay
It is interesting to note that Cain entitled this drawing Mr Big's Shark Gun... when in the film it is Bond's gun that Mr Big/Dr.Kananga appropriates and then tries out.
Details
Live And Let Die, 1973
Syd Cain
Mr Big's Shark Gun "Live & Let Die"
signed, production drawing, pencil on tracing paper, with a number of detailed annotations including: Palm Squeeze Trigger, Copper CO2 Cylinder To Clip Up Into Butt, "Primed" Capsule Drops Into Barrel, Barrel To Slide Back To Expose Loading.. and an additional Note To Special Effects: This Gun Should Be Practical In That It Fires The Capsule...Barrel & Butt To Come Apart - The Whole To Fit Into Designed Case. It Is Important That The Gun Is Not Recogisable As Such When The Case Is Opened.., the drawing additionally signed and inscribed at the foot Syd Cain Supervising Art Director '72
12¼x8¾in. (31x22.3cm.), mounted on paper for display purposes, overall measurements -- 16x11¼in. (40.6x28.5cm.)
Syd Cain
Mr Big's Shark Gun "Live & Let Die"
signed, production drawing, pencil on tracing paper, with a number of detailed annotations including: Palm Squeeze Trigger, Copper CO2 Cylinder To Clip Up Into Butt, "Primed" Capsule Drops Into Barrel, Barrel To Slide Back To Expose Loading.. and an additional Note To Special Effects: This Gun Should Be Practical In That It Fires The Capsule...Barrel & Butt To Come Apart - The Whole To Fit Into Designed Case. It Is Important That The Gun Is Not Recogisable As Such When The Case Is Opened.., the drawing additionally signed and inscribed at the foot Syd Cain Supervising Art Director '72
12¼x8¾in. (31x22.3cm.), mounted on paper for display purposes, overall measurements -- 16x11¼in. (40.6x28.5cm.)
Literature
Mechanics Of Escapism, Article In Daily Telegraph Magazine, 6 July, 1973, p. 26 (illus.)
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