Saturday 10 November 2012

"Mr. Bond is indeed of a very rare breed... soon to be made extinct." - Kamal Khan

Movie no 13
Octopussy
1983 - imdb (link)

A fake Fabergé egg and a fellow agent's death leads James Bond to uncovering an international jewel smuggling operation, headed by the mysterious Octopussy, being used to disguise a nuclear attack on NATO forces.

Cast

James Bond - Roger Moore

Villain - Kamal Khan - Louis Jourdan
Henchmen - Gobinder - Kabir Bedi

Bondgirls - Octopussy - Maud Adams
              - Magda - Kristina Wayborn
              
M - Robert Brown
Moneypenny - Lois Maxwell
Q - Desmond Llewelyn

Director - John Glen
Screenplay - George MacDonald Fraser, Richard Maibaum & Michael G. Wilson

Theme - "All Time High" - Rita Coolidge


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20 comments:

  1. Unknown10 November 2012 at 13:30

    We shall see is the India setting is handled as well as the Japan setting...

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  2. Kevin Taylor10 November 2012 at 13:32

    First one I saw at the cinema as a kid.

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  3. Unknown10 November 2012 at 13:39

    Not a fan of this theme.

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  4. Unknown10 November 2012 at 14:00

    Backgammon...a game that I haven't played in so long I don't think I can remember how.

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  5. Unknown10 November 2012 at 14:02

    Massive chequebook!

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  6. Unknown10 November 2012 at 14:03

    Yep...diplomatic as Japan.

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  7. Kevin Taylor10 November 2012 at 14:04

    This chase scene might actually be worse than the gondola one in Moonraker

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  8. Unknown10 November 2012 at 14:11

    He's out for dinner...I'm waiting for him to ask for a pint of cobra and the hottest thing on the menu.

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  9. Kevin Taylor10 November 2012 at 14:21

    While we're dealing with giant Indian men as henchmen, this is my choice for a Jaws type character if Daniel Craig's Bond ever goes that route: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1724637/

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  10. Kevin Taylor10 November 2012 at 14:33

    Barring a massive second hand turn around I think we're looking at Moore's worst Bond film here.

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  11. Kevin Taylor10 November 2012 at 14:47

    Getting mouth raped by an octopus has got to be the most horrific death in the series

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  12. Unknown10 November 2012 at 14:48

    The red jumpsuits for the women guards was a mistake, unless they're planning on getting an advantage through distraction.

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  13. Unknown10 November 2012 at 15:07

    Near schoolboy error...everyone knows gorillas don't wear watches!

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  14. Unknown10 November 2012 at 15:11

    Moore does do the cold-bastard element of Bond well.

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  15. Unknown10 November 2012 at 15:18

    Serious...did he learn nothing from 009?!

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  16. Unknown10 November 2012 at 15:20

    Kicked in the crackers with a clown shoe...poetic.

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  17. Unknown10 November 2012 at 15:28

    Q using the old hot air balloon chestnut.

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    1. Unknown10 November 2012 at 15:29

      "That's right dear, if you pull on this it makes it go up!"

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  18. Unknown10 November 2012 at 15:32

    Oh dear, it's gone all Carry on Nurse.

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  19. Kevin Taylor10 November 2012 at 15:44

    Yeah, worse than Moonraker

    Favourites so far...

    Film: Live and Let Die
    Song: Goldfinger (Shirley Bassey)
    Hottest Bond girl: Honey Ryder (Ursula Andress)
    Best Bond girl: Major Anya Amasova (Barbara Bach)
    Villain: Kananga (Yaphet Kotto)
    Henchman: Jaws (The Spy Who Loved Me)
    Fight: Bond Vs Grant on the train (From Russia With Love)
    Stunt: The Croc Run (Live and Let Die)
    Pre Title Sequence: The Spy Who Loved Me
    Pun: “I think he’s attempting re-entry Sir” (Moonraker
    Locations: For Your Eyes Only
    Gadget: Magnet Watch (Live and Let Die)

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