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Director:
Writer:
Christopher Wood (screenplay)
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Release Date:
29 June 1979 (USA) more
Tagline:
Moonraker Is Out Of This World more
Plot:
James Bond investigates the mid-air theft of a space shuttle and discovers a plot to commit global genocide. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 4 nominations more
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(24 articles)
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Bond #11: Space trip more (228 total)

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Ian Fleming's Moonraker (UK) (complete title)
Moonraker (France)
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Runtime:
126 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Dolby (35 mm prints)
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All of the space center scenes were shot at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. more
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Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Drax is "playing" the Raindrop Prelude on the piano, his hands are either playing different notes to the music, moving at the wrong time or not touching the keys at all. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Captain: How are we doing, Richard?
RAF Officer: We should pass over the English coast 15 minutes ahead of time, sir.
Captain: Wow! With this load on our back, that's good going.
RAF Officer: Just trust the RAF, sir.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in My Name Is Bond... James Bond (1979) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
MOONRAKER more

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How did they create the G-force effect on Bond's face?
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What was the familiar western music that played when Bond was riding a horse and looking like a gaucho?
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4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
Bond #11: Space trip, 13 July 2008
Author: sheenafilm from Hamburg, Germany

"Moonraker" was the most expensive Bond ever, but after the success of "The Spy Who Loved Me", the producers were confident enough to take a step into the top budgets, also contemplating that after the blockbuster hit "Star Wars", a technical show up in space would sell. The movie was an immediate success, but apparently didn't become one of the most popular for the fans in long term, admittedly it has a few ups and downs. A very silly bit is the gondola, driving on land in Venice. The centrifuge, on the other hand, was a terrific idea. The opening sequence is a classic again: Bond falls out of a plane without a parachute, so he has to get one on the way down! The duel between Bond and Jaws (returned from "The Spy Who Loved Me") in the dizzying height of the cable railway is breathtaking. So is the beauty of Corinne Clery; not easy for Lois Chiles afterwards to get Bond's attention, but "take me around the world one more time" is a beautiful line. We get a Goldfinger type of villain again, a more sophisticated person though: Drax meets Bond early on, we know he's the bad guy, but we don't know what his plan is. The musical score of "Moonraker" includes quite a few ironic comments, but the western reference was a bit too obvious. The set design for Drax' base is remarkably different from the rocket base in "You Only Live Twice". While the latter was covering a huge round crater, Drax' controls in "Moonraker" are crammed in a rather narrow triangle room, but with a hundred screens nonetheless.

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