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Director:
Writers:
George MacDonald Fraser (screen story and screenplay) and
Richard Maibaum (screen story and screenplay) ...
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Richard Maibaum (screen story and screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
10 June 1983 (USA)
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Tagline:
Nobody does it better...thirteen times. more
Plot:
A fake Fabergé egg and a fellow agent's death leads James Bond to uncovering an international jewel smuggling operation, headed by the mysterious Octopussy, being used to disguise a nuclear attack on NATO forces. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins
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3 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(18 articles)
FilmShaft Set Report: When Ed dropped in on Dead Cert
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James Bond Museum Opens in the UK
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James Bond Museum Opens in the UK
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Roger Moore's Best Bond Film
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Roger Moore | ... | James Bond |
 | Maud Adams | ... | Octopussy |
 | Louis Jourdan | ... | Kamal |
| Kristina Wayborn | ... | Magda |
 | Kabir Bedi | ... | Gobinda |
| Steven Berkoff | ... | Orlov |
| David Meyer | ... | Twin One |
| Tony Meyer | ... | Twin Two (in closing credits) (as Anthony Meyer) |
| Desmond Llewelyn | ... | Q |
| Robert Brown | ... | M |
 | Lois Maxwell | ... | Miss Moneypenny |
| Michaela Clavell | ... | Penelope Smallbone |
| Walter Gotell | ... | Gogol |
| Vijay Amritraj | ... | Vijay |
 | Albert Moses | ... | Sadruddin |
Additional Details
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Runtime:
131 min
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) |
Dolby (35 mm prints) (as Dolby Stereo)
Certification:
Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) |
Canada:A (Nova Scotia) |
Canada:G (Quebec) |
Ireland:PG |
South Korea:15 |
UK:PG (tv rating) |
UK:PG (video rating) (1986) |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:PG |
Finland:K-16 |
France:U |
Iceland:12 |
Norway:15 |
Norway:16 (1983) |
Peru:14 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:PG |
USA:PG (Certificate #27025) |
West Germany:12 |
Singapore:PG |
Brazil:Livre
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Trivia:
Louis Jourdan as Kamal Khan was the second French actor to play a leading Bond villain in the official James Bond series. Michael Lonsdale as Hugo Drax was the first in Moonraker (1979), Sophie Marceau as Elektra King was the third in The World Is Not Enough (1999) whilst Mathieu Amalric as Dominic Greene in Quantum of Solace (2008) was the fourth.
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Continuity: Octopussy is hanging onto Bond's left arm to keep from falling, causing the injury to Bond's arm. However, his opposite arm is the one that is in the cast later on.
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Quotes:
[first lines]
James Bond: You didn't tell me there was going to be this much security.
Bianca: They moved the flight up to this afternoon.
James Bond: Well, we're going to have to go ahead as planned anyway.
[Bianca hands an ID badge with the name 'Luis Toro' to Bond]
James Bond: Toro. Sounds like a load of bull.
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James Bond: You didn't tell me there was going to be this much security.
Bianca: They moved the flight up to this afternoon.
James Bond: Well, we're going to have to go ahead as planned anyway.
[Bianca hands an ID badge with the name 'Luis Toro' to Bond]
James Bond: Toro. Sounds like a load of bull.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Ken Burns On-Set Movie (2006) (V)
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Soundtrack:
All Time High
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This is by far the best of the Roger Moore Bond films in my opinion. I may be prejudiced since "Octopussy" was the first Bond film I saw theatrically, but I absolutely loved it back then and it still holds up today. The plot is a fine blend of the serious stories of the early Connery films and the humorous touches of the Moore era. Add to that a smooth villain in Louis Jourdan, delicious over-the-top counterpoint from Steven Berkoff, a formidable henchman in Kabir Bedi, two exotic Bond girls in Maud Adams and Kristina Wayborn, beautiful location photography in the rich "travelogue" style (did India ever look as good as it does here?) and a great John Barry score and you can't go wrong with it at all. The tense buildup in the bomb countdown which has Bond donning clown makeup at one point is probably one of the most exciting in any Bond film.
Roger Moore hit his peak playing Bond in this film and the proof is how he seems so much better than Sean Connery does in the inferior "Never Say Never Again" that came out that same year. It's a pity that Moore didn't go out with this one, since "A View To A Kill" was so poor by comparison.
By all means rent this, watch it and have fun!