Well, we’re definitely not politically correct,” admits Glen. “We wouldn’t get away with a lot of the stuff we did now. We were of our time and reflected conventions of the time. In our films we tried to be up to date. But the woke age we’re living in now is going to ruin films if we’re not careful. You have to think twice before you do anything. You’re going to offend somebody somewhere, no matter what you do.” The Living Daylights theme song sung by A-Ha. It wasn't released as a single in the US due to some in-fighting between the band and the producers. It could've prevented them from being a one hit wonder over here. However, they were HUGE in Europe, so I don't think they were too bugged about Take on Me being their only hit stateside. Vijay Amritraj as Vijay, Bond's MI6 ally in India. This was Armitaj's acting debut after gaining prominence as a tennis player. Siskel, Gene (10 June 1983). "Action galore saves weak 'Octopussy' script". Chicago Tribune. Section 3, p. 1. Archived from the original on 4 July 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Best Bit: Q in that hot air balloon on sentimental grounds. The train fight should probably take it.

Lindner, Christoph (2009). The James Bond Phenomenon: a Critical Reader. Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0-7190-6541-5. Octopussy is directed by John Glen and adapted to screenplay by George Macdonald Fraser, Richard Maibaum and Michael G. Wilson. It stars Roger Moore, Maud Adams, Louis Jordan, Kabir Bedi, Steven Berkoff, Vijay Amritraj and Robert Brown. Music is scored by John Barry and cinematography by Alan Hume. The book also has some illustrations which use dots to create profiles of weapons, cars among others. I liked the designs. The pre-title sequence has a scene where Bond flies a nimble homebuilt Bede BD-5J aircraft through an open hangar. [17] Hollywood stunt pilot and aerial co-ordinator J. W. "Corkey" Fornof, who piloted the aircraft at more than 150 miles per hour (240km/h), has said, "Today, few directors would consider such a stunt. They'd just whip it up in a computer lab." [21] Having collapsible wings, the plane was shown hidden in a horse trailer; however, a dummy was used for this shot. [22] Filming inside the hangar was achieved by attaching the aircraft to an old Jaguar car with a steel pole, driving with the roof removed. [17] The second unit were able to add enough obstacles including people and objects inside the hangar to hide the car and the pole and make it look as though Moore was flying inside the base. For the explosion after the mini jet escapes, however, a miniature of the hangar was constructed and filmed up close. The exploding pieces of the hangar were in reality only four inches (10cm) long. [9] a b c d e f g "Inside Octopussy: An Original Documentary". Octopussy (Ultimate Edition). MGM Home Entertainment.The pre-title sequence is unrelated to the rest of the film, involving James Bond's mission to destroy technology which has fallen into the hands of an unnamed Latin American country, and features him flying an ultralight aircraft. This collection of three short stories - which according to the cover are "the last great adventures of James Bond" - were first published in Playboy ("Octopussy" and "Property of a Lady") and Argosy ("Living Daylights") magazines.

Dexter Smythe is a retired intelligence agent drinking himself near to death in Jamaica. Note irony in that Ian Fleming was doing the same. When Smythe gets a visit from James Bond, he sort of knows it is trouble, as Major Smythe has been keeping a big secret since the end of WWII. BEST (AND WORST) JAMES BOND MOVIES". E!. Archived from the original on 13 November 2012 . Retrieved 13 August 2007. The tuk-tuk chase (actually adapted Honda 250R motorcycles) was masterminded by French stunt driver Rémy Julienne, who also did the stunt driving on The Italian Job. “He spoke very little English,” recalls Glen, “but we spoke the same language in terms of action.” At the end of the film, the credits announce that the next Bond film title as From a View to a Kill. This was later changed to A View to a Kill right before filming began. Octopussy is also the last Bond film to date to announce the title of the next film in the end credits.After being absent in For Your Eyes Only due to tax problems, John Barry returned to do his ninth Bond score. [26] Barry made frequent references to the "James Bond Theme" to reinforce Octopussy as the official Bond film, given that the motif could not be featured in Never Say Never Again, and opted to include only subtle references to the music of India, avoiding instruments such as the sitar for feeling that authentic music "didn't work dramatically". He also wrote opening theme " All Time High" with lyricist Tim Rice. "All Time High", sung by Rita Coolidge, is one of seven musical themes in the James Bond series whose song titles do not refer to the film's title. "All Time High" spent four weeks at number one on the United States' Adult Contemporary singles chart and reached number 36 on the Billboard Hot 100. [25] GoldenEye (1995) • Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) • The World Is Not Enough (1999) • Die Another Day (2002) Octopussy is a fine heroine but was villainy her true calling? The film allows us to flirt with the idea. Her initially unseen face, exotic pet and floating palace all point in the direction of Wrong ‘Un. But was a female mastermind a step too far? Apparently so. Imagine if Octopussy bore a grudge, not gratitude, over Bond’s treatment of Papa Octopus. And after the inevitable naked wrestling she went full Fiona Volpe on us. Now that really would have broken new ground – and pretty fertile ground too.