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In issue 339, you asked if any ‘corkers’ were missing from your list of the 25 greatest movie stunts… Well, yes: a Guinness Book of Records-recognised stunt from the 1974 Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun. A stuntman did the broken-bridge jump, spinning an AMC Hornet 360 degrees in mid-air across a river, in one take…! Apparently, it brought Roger Moore to tears.

KEITH WHITTAKER, WESTON-SUPER-MARE

The story also goes that composer John Barry later regretted adding a (very 70s) slide-whistle sound effect to the big moment. If you ask , it only adds to the fun,’s high-altitude zip-line stunt with a joyful ‘Wheeeee!’, or ’s dam jump accompanied by an extra-long, letting-air-out-of-a-party-balloon stress fart. Perfection. Keith and everyone with a letter printed here will receive a copy of , available now on digital and on Blu-ray via Signature Entertainment. Didn’t send an address? Email it! Or your prize will be history!

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