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29 June 1979 (USA) moreTagline:
Moonraker Is Out Of This World morePlot:
James Bond investigates the mid-air theft of a space shuttle and discovers a plot to commit global genocide. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 4 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(23 articles)
Review: 'James Bond Encyclopedia' (From Comicmix. 27 October 2009, 5:27 AM, PDT)
James Bond has licence to thrill in new comic strip collection
(From The Geek Files. 9 September 2009, 3:53 AM, PDT)
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Bond #11: Space trip more (228 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Roger Moore | ... | James Bond | |
| Lois Chiles | ... | Dr. Holly Goodhead | |
| Michael Lonsdale | ... | Hugo Drax | |
| Richard Kiel | ... | Jaws | |
| Corinne Clery | ... | Corinne Dufour | |
| Bernard Lee | ... | 'M' | |
| Geoffrey Keen | ... | Sir Frederick Gray | |
| Desmond Llewelyn | ... | 'Q' | |
| Lois Maxwell | ... | Miss Moneypenny | |
| Toshirô Suga | ... | Chang (as Toshiro Suga) | |
| Emily Bolton | ... | Manuela | |
| Blanche Ravalec | ... | Dolly - Jaws' Girlfriend | |
| Irka Bochenko | ... | Blonde Beauty | |
| Mike Marshall | ... | Col. Scott (as Michael Marshall) | |
| Leila Shenna | ... | Hostess Private Jet |
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
126 minColor:
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2.35 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Dolby (35 mm prints)Certification:
Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Ireland:PG | South Korea:15 | Brazil:12 | Germany:12 (re-rating) | West Germany:16 (original rating) | Portugal:M/12 | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | Norway:16 (1979) | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | USA:PG | Singapore:PG | UK:A (original rating) | Netherlands:12Fun Stuff
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Continuing an in-joke used in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Moonraker (1979) marks the second appearance of Victor Tourjansky as the "man with bottle". He would return a third and final time in the next Bond film For Your Eyes Only (1981), as the "man with wine glass". moreGoofs:
Continuity: Jaws pops the champagne cork with his teeth. His girlfriend is holding the glasses. It cuts away for about a second and it cuts back, and both champagne glasses are filled already. moreQuotes:
[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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MOONRAKER moreFAQ
What happens to Jaws and Dolly?What was the familiar western music that played when Bond was riding a horse and looking like a gaucho?
How did they create the G-force effect on Bond's face?
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"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.