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Overview

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Director:
John Glen
Writers:
Richard Maibaum (screenplay) and
Michael G. Wilson (screenplay)
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Release Date:
31 July 1987 (USA) more
Tagline:
James Bond 007 at his most dangerous in The Living Daylights more
Plot:
James Bond is living on the edge to stop an evil arms dealer from starting another world war. Bond crosses all seven continents in order to stop the evil Whitaker and General Koskov. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
3 wins & 3 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(15 articles)
James Bond: Rounding up the rumours on the next film
 (From The Geek Files. 12 June 2009, 8:43 AM, PDT)

Bond 23 in Afghanistan?
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A Great Bond Film more
US TV Schedule:
Mon. July 206:00 AMUSA   

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Additional Details

Also Known As:
James Bond 007: The Living Daylights (USA) (trailer title)
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Runtime:
130 min
Country:
UK | USA
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Company:
Danjaq more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Features the only ever deliberate nude scenes in the James Bond film series outside of opening titles. They are when two men escape from a bombed building and when Pushkin's girlfriend's top is torn off in a hotel room. more
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Whitaker tells Bond that the Duke of Wellington needed German mercenaries to defeat Napoleon. In fact, the only German troops to serve under Wellington's command, the King's German Legion, were part of the regular British Army. (King George III of Great Britain was Elector of Hanover in Germany; when the French occupied Hanover and disbanded its army, many Hanoverian troops fled to Britain and were formed into the KGL). The only other German troops to fight alongside Wellington were the Prussian contingent of the Allied Army at Waterloo. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
M: Gentlemen, this may only be an exercise so far as the Ministry of Defence is concerned. But for me, it is a matter of pride that the 00 section has been chosen for this test. Your objective is to penetrate the radar installations of Gibralter. Now, the SAS has been placed on full alert to intercept you, but I know you won't let me down. Good luck, men.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in James Bond: Licence to Thrill (1987) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Where Has Every Body Gone? more

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49 out of 67 people found the following comment useful:-
A Great Bond Film, 29 November 1998
Author: M-10 from Westchester, New York

Perhaps one of the most overlooked films in the James Bond series, this one brought things back down to Earth for the series. Though Roger Moore made a good James Bond, he had by now out-grown the series. Timothy Dalton is perhaps the most underrated actor to play James Bond, due to his rather brief stint as the character. He is terrific in both his films, and gives 007 a brooding that Bond has not had in any of his previous films. The movie is also good because the romance between Dalton and Mariam D'abo is there and is wonderful to see. Though Kara Milovy is not a tough Bond girl, she is one of the most sensitive and most romantic with Bond himself. The side love story is great to watch. The villains are not that good, for they are not given enough screen time, but the plot is great to try and figure out. Though it's not half as confusing as Mission: Impossible, it still took me a while to catch on at some parts. On a side note, John Rhys Daves once again proves what a great character actor he is as General Pushkin. This Bond movie stands out for it is basically the last to incorporate the USSR, the KGB, and any other Cold War element plots. Cheers to The Living Daylights, an unsung hero of the James Bond series.

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