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Release Date:
26 June 1981 (USA)
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Tagline:
Bond Has Everything - James Bond Agent 007 Is Back more
Plot:
Agent 007 is assigned to hunt for a lost British encryption device and prevent it from falling into enemy hands. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar.
Another 2 wins
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3 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(17 articles)
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User Comments:
Very Enjoyable & Down to Earth
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(Cast overview, first billed only) more
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Runtime:
127 min
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Certification:
Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) |
Iceland:12 |
Canada:A (Nova Scotia) |
Canada:G (Quebec) |
Australia:M (DVD rating) |
Australia:M (video rating) |
UK:PG (video rating) |
South Korea:15 |
Brazil:12 |
New Zealand:PG |
Portugal:M/12 |
Australia:M |
Finland:K-16 |
Ireland:15 |
Norway:15 |
Norway:16 (1981) |
Sweden:15 |
UK:PG |
USA:PG (Certificate #26343) |
West Germany:12 |
Singapore:PG |
UK:A (original rating)
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At one point, it wasn't certain that Roger Moore would return. Actors considered for the role of Bond included: Lewis Collins, David Warbeck, 'Michael Billington (II)', David Robb, Michael Jayston, Nicholas Clay and Ian Ogilvy. Oglivy, like Moore, spent several years playing The Saint on TV (Moore in "The Saint" (1962), Ogilvy in "Return of the Saint" (1978)), and would years later play a Bond-like character in a TV commercial.
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Continuity: As Bond climbs up through the forest to the pool party, the guard is distracted by a woman with long curly brunette hair and a red flower over her right ear; she is wearing a blue bikini and a long cover-up. After Bond passes her and the guard and proceeds up the hill to spy on the pool party, this same woman is now seen dancing at the party in the first shot seen through Bond's binoculars; she could not be in both places at once.
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Quotes:
[first lines]
Vicar: Mr. Bond, Mr. Bond. I'm so glad I caught you. Your office called. They're sending a helicopter to pick you up. Some sort of emergency.
James Bond: It usually is. Thank you.
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Vicar: Mr. Bond, Mr. Bond. I'm so glad I caught you. Your office called. They're sending a helicopter to pick you up. Some sort of emergency.
James Bond: It usually is. Thank you.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Cars of the Bond Movies (2008) (V)
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Soundtrack:
For Your Eyes Only
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What did Blofeld mean when he said, "Mr Bond! We can do a deal! I'll buy you a delicatessen! In stainless steel!"Why does Melina leave her oxygen tank on the ocean floor?
What is the Automatic Targeting Attack Communicator (ATAC)?
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I've never been a member of the James Bond fandom. Although I've seen "Dr. No", "Goldfinger", "From Russia with Love", "The Man with the Golden Gun" and others into the 1980's and 1990's (I haven't seen them all, though), I always preferred Indiana Jones as an action hero. He bumbles and stumbles through his adventures and doesn't have any neat gadgets to help him escape. Just a matter of personal choice. I've never read an Ian Fleming James Bond novel and I know almost no Bond trivia.
However, I found "For Your Eyes Only" a very entertaining adventure that wisely, after the ridiculous "Moonraker", brought James Bond down to earth.
A Greek fishing trawler strikes a sea mine off the coast of Greece and sinks into the Mediterranean Ocean. British intelligence is thrown into a panic. Why? Because the Greek fishing trawler was actually a British spy ship with a super secret code encryption device on board. Enter 007 (Roger Moore), who must retrieve the device before Soviet KGB employed agents do. Along the way, there will be double dealing, a young American Olympic skater (Lynn-Holly Johnson) with the teenage hots for Bond, an edge of your seat ski chase involving snowmobiles and high powered rifles, exploding burglar proof cars (a great bit of humor here!), tense cliff scaling, and underwater action. All the elements of high Bond adventure is here, it's all fast paced by director John Glen and, believe it or not...believable.
Here is a 007 adventure where we get a more human James Bond who must think his way through situations with almost no gadgetry. It's amusing to watch James fend off the sexual advances and attempted seductions brought on Olympic skater Bibi in a twist of Bond's regular romantic life. And best of all, the plot framework does not involve larger than life villains attempting to dominate the world through various diabolical (and unbelievable) schemes. Here is a 007 mission straight out of the real world Cold War. This story is grounded.
I've read that director John Glen, recognizing the excesses of "Moonraker", decided on this completely down to earth tone. I've also read that "For Your Eyes Only" is the most debated about Bond film among fans of the series. I don't know how much of the above is true, but I do know that "For Your Eyes Only" is a very enjoyable and down to earth adventure film.