 The elephant hunt sequence had its origins in the  _Man with the Golden Gun, The (1974)_ (qv). Producer  Harry Saltzman (qv) had wanted an elephant stampede in the movie  so Bond and Scaramanga could chase each other on elephant back. The  rest of the creative team balked at the idea, but Saltzman went to  see an elephant trainer. It turns out that elephants need a special  shoe on their feet to protect them from rough surfaces when they  work. A few months later, while filming in Thailand,  Albert R. Broccoli (qv) got a call saying his elephant shoes were  ready. Harry Saltzman had apparently ordered about 2,600 pairs of  them. The sequence did not end up being in "The Man with the Golden  Gun" and the man who made the shoes did not get paid. As of 1990,  EON Productions allegedly still owed him.