"Smooth Operator."
Directed by John Glen
Produced by Albert R. Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson
Screenplay by Michael G. Wilson, Richard Maibaum
Based on "James Bond" by Ian Fleming
Starring: Roger Moore, Tanya Roberts, Grace Jones, Patrick Macnee, Christopher Walken
Music by John Barry
Cinematography: Alan Hume
Edited by Peter Davies
Production company: Eon Productions
Distributed by MGM/UA Entertainment Company
Release date: 13 June 1985 (United Kingdom)
Running time: 131 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Budget: $30 million
Box office: $152.4 million
"A View to a Kill" is an action adventure thriller film directed by John Glen and written by Michael G. Wilson, Richard Maibaum, based on "James Bond" by Ian Fleming. It's the fourteenth installment of the "James Bond" film series which follows Secret Agent James Bond who must get a mad industrialist planing to create a worldwide microchip monopoly by destroying California's Silicon Valley.
Cast
- Roger Moore as James Bond
- Christopher Walken as Max Zorin
- Tanya Roberts as Stacey Sutton
- Grace Jones as May Day
- Patrick Macnee as Sir Godfrey Tibbett
- Patrick Bauchau as Scarpine
- David Yip as Chuck Lee
- Willoughby Gray as Dr. Carl Mortner
- Fiona Fullerton as Pola Ivanova
- Manning Redwood as Bob Conley
- Alison Doody as Jenny Flex
- Desmond Llewelyn as Q
- Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny
- Geoffrey Keen as Fredrick Gray
- Walter Gotell as General Gogol
- Papillon Soo Soo as Pan Ho
- Daniel Benzali as W. G. Howe
To my mind, this part is one of the worst in "James Bond" film series - even more stupid turns than ever before.
Advantages
- Christopher Walken as Max Zorin
- Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny
Disadvantages
- Too pretentious
- Some scenes are overacted
"Strangenesses"
- Seems like James Bond is absolutely immortal
Clue Moments
- Ascot Racecourse
- Siberia
- San Francisco City Hall
Soundtracks
- John Barry - Gunbarrel
- John Barry - Snow Job
- John Barry & Duran Duran - A View To A Kill (Performed By Duran Duran)
- John Barry - Butterfly Act
- John Barry - May Day Jumps
- John Barry - Bond Meets Stacey
- John Barry - Pegasus Stable
- John Barry - Tibbett Gets Washed Out
- John Barry - Horse Chase
- John Barry - Bond Escape Roller
- John Barry - Droping Out
- John Barry - Bond Underwater
- John Barry - Jacuzzi Source
- John Barry - Wine With Stacey
- John Barry - Fanfare
- John Barry - He's Dangerous
- John Barry - Destoy Silicon Valley
- John Barry - Airship To Silicon Valley
- John Barry - May Day Bombs Out
- John Barry - Stacey Attacks
- John Barry - Golden Gate Fight
- John Barry - Cleaning Up
- John Barry & Duran Duran - A View To A Kill (End Title) (Performed By Duran Duran)
- John Barry - Extended & Alternate Cues
- John Barry - Suite
- John Barry & Duran Duran - A View To A Kill (Alternate) (Performed By Duran Duran)
Quotations
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James Bond: Well my dear, I take it you spend quite a lot of time in the saddle.Jenny Flex: Yes, I love an early morning ride.
James Bond: Well, I'm an early riser myself.
* * *
Pola Ivanova: The bubbles tickle my... Tchaikovsky!
* * *
James Bond: What's this thing loaded with?Stacey Sutton: Rock salt.
James Bond: Now you tell me!
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Pola Ivanova: In my dressing room, later, did you know I was an agent with orders to seduce you?James Bond: Why do you think I sent you three dozen RED roses...?
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Pola Ivanova: Long time no see, James...![she giggles]
Pola Ivanova: ... Oh, you haven't changed a bit!
James Bond: Well, YOU have. You're even LOVELIER.
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General Anatol Gogol: [Bond has just received the Order of Lenin from General Gogol] The order of Lenin, for Comrade Bond. The first ever non-Soviet citizen to receive this award.M: I'd thought the KGB would have celebrated if Silicon Valley had been destroyed.
General Anatol Gogol: On the contrary, Admiral, where would Russian research be without it?
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You may see the trailer here.
Plot: 6/10
Entertainment: 7/10
Acting: 6/10
Originality: 6/10
Music and Sound: 6/10
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