There is a brief scene where Anne Baxter has lined up Gregory Peck with her rifle. The camera angle is shot straight down the rifle barrel and looks almost exactly like the opening scene of all the 007 movies where James Bond is being tracked, turns and fires his pistol at the camera, complete with the rifling inside the barrel.
Anyone know if this movie served as the inspiration for the James Bond opening sequence or if its just a coincidence?
I thought the same thing. I don't know if it was or not, but I would guess so. It just seems too similar to be coincidence.
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I googled and found a Wikipedia entry, which is active as of today (June 15, 2008). It claims that the sequence was created by Maurice Binder and copyrighted in 1962. The Wiki makes no mention of the similar use in Yellow Sky. Its all a big coincidence or someone isn't giving Yellow Sky due credit. Either way, I bet that copyright is invalid.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bond_gun_barrel_sequence
Excuse the pun, but that's quite a stretch. Incidentally, a camera shot down a gun barrel also appears in the 1957 film, Forty Guns.
shareI just saw the scene while switching channels. Thought the very same thing. Ideas by themselves cannot be the subject of a copyright - only the published works emanating from them. Obviously, this was an inspiration - though not one that has been admitted by anyone. Yellow Sky is as they say, "visually arresting" as a whole and any such an eye-catching composition within it will surely linger on in one's mind. Good designers know where to find "inspiration". Let us appreciate the ideas of the innovators. Cheers.
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shareOne thing's for sure, Anne Baxter knows how to handle a rifle.
The scene where she's blasting away with her Winchester clearly shows she's not intimidated by the weapon and knows how to take aim and fire and reload -- unlike most actresses (and many actors) seem to be when firing a weapon.
I was impressed with Anne Baxter, as well. I didn't recall seeing her before and happened to see two of her films today (The Blue Gardenia - 1953, was on TCM).
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