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Release Date:
3 August 1977 (USA)
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Tagline:
He's Bond. He's Back. He's 007. more
Plot:
James Bond investigates the hijacking of British and Russian submarines carrying nuclear warheads with the help of a KGB agent whose lover he killed. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars.
Another 2 wins
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6 nominations
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Roger Moore | ... | James Bond |
 | Barbara Bach | ... | Major Anya Amasova |
 | Curd Jürgens | ... | Karl Stromberg (as Curt Jurgens) |
 | Richard Kiel | ... | Jaws |
| Caroline Munro | ... | Naomi |
| Walter Gotell | ... | General Anatol Gogol |
| Geoffrey Keen | ... | Sir Frederick Gray |
| Bernard Lee | ... | 'M' |
| George Baker | ... | Captain Benson |
 | Michael Billington | ... | Sergei Barsov |
| Olga Bisera | ... | Felicca |
| Desmond Llewelyn | ... | Q |
| Edward de Souza | ... | Sheikh Hosein (as Edward De Souza) |
 | Vernon Dobtcheff | ... | Max Kalba |
| Valerie Leon | ... | Hotel Receptionist |
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Runtime:
125 min | Sweden:123 min (cut version)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Canada:AA (Ontario) |
Canada:A (Nova Scotia) |
Canada:G (Quebec) |
Canada:PA (Manitoba) |
Ireland:PG |
South Korea:15 |
Brazil:12 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Australia:M |
Finland:K-16 |
France:U |
Iceland:12 |
Netherlands:12 |
Norway:15 |
Norway:16 (1977) |
Spain:T |
Sweden:15 |
UK:PG (video rating) (1987) |
USA:PG |
West Germany:12 |
Argentina:13 |
Singapore:PG |
UK:A (original rating)
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During the fight scene at the Pyramids between Bond and two KGB agents, Bond at one point delivers a blow that causes one of the men to, in reflex, cross his arms over his chest, making him resemble a character in old Egyptian drawings.
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Factual errors: When Bond and Jaws are fighting on the train, he breaks a lamp, and uses the live wires to "electrocute" Jaws. Since Bond and Jaws are struggling and their bodies are making contact, Bond would get shocked equally as much as Jaws does.
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HMS Ranger Navigator: Captain wants to keep 500 feet.
Young officer, HMS Ranger: [over PA] Maneuvering, Control. Come in shallow to 500 feet.
Young officer, HMS Ranger: [to crewman] Keep 500 feet
HMS Ranger crewman: Keep 500 feet, sir.
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HMS Ranger Navigator: Captain wants to keep 500 feet.
Young officer, HMS Ranger: [over PA] Maneuvering, Control. Come in shallow to 500 feet.
Young officer, HMS Ranger: [to crewman] Keep 500 feet
HMS Ranger crewman: Keep 500 feet, sir.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "20 to 1: Movie Heroes & Villains (#5.1)" (2007)
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Soundtrack:
Aquarium
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Why does Stromberg want to destroy the world when he can just live in peace in his underwater city?Where is Sardinia?
What are some of the differences from the book?
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With Roger Moore making the part his own by this his third bond film, Albert R. Broccoli had to come up with a strong action-packed epic, if they were to attract audiences that had been spoilt rotten by 'Star Wars' the same year.
'The Spy Who Loved Me' offers no new scenarios, in fact you could easily dissect each key scene and match it to something that's been done before. There's an underwater battle like the one in 'Thunderball' a ski chase not too dissimilar to the one in 'Her Majesty's...' and even the final big shoot out is not unlike the one in 'You Only Live Twice' (which was also directed by Lewis Gilbert) but 'The Spy Who Loved me' is more than merely a sum of its parts, and when each part is handled as expertly as these, you don't seem to care if it has indeed been done before.
The film like Moore exudes a certain charm, and provides a certain amount of nostalgia looking back at it now, with it's lively 70's fashions, even Bond's theme gets the disco treatment quite superbly. Ken Adam's stunning larger than life sets fit the film's extravagant, big budget flavour perfectly. Appreciative nods must also go to some fantastically attractive women, Caroline Munro playing the enticing Naomi has to be one of the most seductive looking femme fatales to steam up a wide-screen, and more's the pity that she didn't grace it longer. Barbara Bach is equally alluring, and a fine match for Roger Moore in all sense of the word . The film also offers a wealth of laughs while not forgetting the chills and spills, Richard Keil providing all as the relentless and unforgettable Jaws. The scene where he tears open a Sherpa Van like a sardine can is particularly memorable, as is him brushing himself off after plummeting into a farmhouse from a flying Mercedes. Some fine touches of drama too, Bond's response to XXX's remarks about his career and wife are handled with compassion and reverence.
So in all everything is here you could possibly want in a 007 adventure; top stunts, beautiful women, cool villains, those gloriously huge Pinewood sets and THAT car, wrapped in an exciting globe-trotting story line where Bond has to save the world from certain destruction, accompanied by Carly Simon sveltely singing 'Nobody does it better' it's not surprising that the 'Spy Who Loved Me' is one of the most memorable of all Bond films.