Post by ©DURANMANIA Board Team on Jun 23, 2004 22:20:08 GMT -5
Date of Release
World Premiere 7th July 1977, Odeon Leicester Square, London.
the story
When a massive underwater craft abducts U.S. and Russian submarines, global tensions are heightened to the brink of war. In order to find the true culprit, James Bond joins forces with beautiful Russian agent Anya Amasova. Together they follow a trail that leads to Karl Stromberg, a powerful shipping magnate who is implementing a horrific scheme for world domination. Bond struggles to foil the plot, but Stromberg has provided him with a most lethal adversary: Jaws, a seemingly indestructible steel-toothed giant. Agent 007's adventure takes him to the Egyptian pyramids, under the sea and to a mountaintop ski chase that builds to one of the most amazing stunts ever filmed.
Bond’s Women
Major Anya Amasova – Agent Triple X (Barbara Bach)
Felicca (Olga Bisera)
Log Cabin Girl (Sue Vanner)
Bond’s Enemies
Karl Stromberg (Curt Jurgens)
Jaws (Richard Kiel)
Naomi (Caroline Munro)
Sergei Borzov (Michael Billington)
Sandor (Milton Reid)
Max Kalba (Vernon Dobtcheff)
Aziz Fekkesh (Nadim Sawalha)
Liparus Captain (Sydney Tafler)
Dr. Bechmann (Cyril Shaps)
Dr. Markovitz (Milo Sperber)
Stromberg’s Assistant (Marilyn Galsworthy)
Bond’s Allies
Admiral Hargreaves (Robert Brown)
Sheik Hosein (Edward de Souza)
Captain Benson (George Baker)
USS Wayne Captain Carter (Shane Rimmer)
HMS Ranger Captain Talbot (Bryan Marshall)
General Gogol (Walter Gotell)
Rubelvitch (Eva Rueber-Staier)
Frederick Gray (Geoffrey Keen)
‘M’ (Bernard Lee)
Miss Moneypenny (Lois Maxwell)
‘Q’ (Desmond Llewelyn)
Bond's Car
Lotus Esprit S1
Bond’s Gadget
Ski pole which fires explosive headed projectile
Main Title Music
‘Nobody Does It Better’ sung by Carly Simon
End Title Music
‘Nobody Does It Better’ sung by Carly Simon
Music Score
Marvin Hamlisch
Production Design
Ken Adam
Main Titles Designer
Maurice Binder
Screenplay
Christopher Wood & Richard Maibaum
Editor
John Glen
Director
Lewis Gilbert
Producer
Albert R. Broccoli (the first solely produced
James Bond film)
Filming Locations
Pinewood Studios, London, England
Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada (Asgard)
Bahamas (underwater scenes)
Canada
Egypt
Malta
Okinawa, Japan
Sardinia, Italy
Scotland, UK
Switzerland
Budget
$13 million
Worldwide Box Office
$185.4 million
Worldwide Box Office Gross Income 2002 inflation-adjusted
$552 million
Review: Moore has finally perfected his Bond character and the movie works around his portrayal. This movie also marks the beginning of the "Russian era" where for ten years all Bond movies deal with the Russians in some way or another. With Moore's new-found security, everything around him just seemed to drop into place. He navigated around the sets as if he were really a secret agent. Also introduced in the film was Jaws who, despite his invincibility, is one of the best henchmen of the series. The plot was new and refreshing after the SPECTRE era and the painful memory of Scaramanga. As for Barbara Bach, although stunningly beautiful, her acting was terrible. Watching her made me long for the days when the Bond girl's voice was dubbed.
Major Anya Amasova/Agent Triple X (Barbara Bach),
James Bond (Roger Moore)
Karl Stromberg (Curd Jurgens)
peace & love
SLIM K
