Wednesday, November 18, 2015

For Your Eyes Only (1981)



"Bond Has Everything - James Bond Agent 007 Is Back"


Directed by John Glen
Produced by Albert R. Broccoli
Screenplay by Michael G. Wilson, Richard Maibaum
Based on "For Your Eyes Only" by Ian Fleming
Starring: Roger Moore, Julian Glover, Carole Bouquet, Chaim Topol, Lynn-Holly Johnson
Music by Bill Conti
Cinematography: Alan Hume
Edited by John Grover
Production company: Eon Productions
Distributed by United Artists
Release date: 24 June 1981 (United Kingdom)
Running time: 127 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Budget: $28 million
Box office: $194.9 million


"For Your Eyes Only" is an action adventure thriller film directed by John Glen and written by Michael G. Wilson, Richard Maibaum, based on "For Your Eyes Only" by Ian Fleming. It's the twelfth installment of the "James Bond" film series which follows Secret Agent James Bond who is assigned to hunt for a lost British encryption device and prevent it from falling into enemy hands.


Cast
  • Roger Moore as James Bond
  • Carole Bouquet as Melina Havelock
  • Julian Glover as Aristotle Kristatos
  • Chaim Topol (credited as "Topol") as Milos Columbo
  • Lynn-Holly Johnson as Bibi Dahl
  • Michael Gothard as Emile Leopold Locque
  • Cassandra Harris as Countess Lisl von Schlaf
  • John Wyman as Erich Kriegler
  • Desmond Llewelyn as Q
  • Jill Bennett as Jacoba Brink
  • Jack Hedley as Sir Timothy Havelock
  • Geoffrey Keen as Sir Frederick Gray
  • James Villiers as MI6 Chief of Staff Bill Tanner
  • Walter Gotell as General Gogol
  • Jack Klaff as Apostis
  • Stefan Kalipha as Hector Gonzales
  • Charles Dance as Claus
  • Janet Brown as Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher


More girls, more adventures, more action -  in all other respects just an other part of "James Bond" film series.


Advantages
  • The plot

Disadvantages
  • Too pretentious
  • Some scenes are overacted

"Strangenesses"
  • Seems like James Bond is absolutely immortal

Clue Moments
  • St Georges
  • The casino
  • Albania
  • Kristatos 
  • The revenge


Soundtracks
  1. Bill Conti - For Your Eyes Onlу
  2. Bill Conti - A Drive In The Country
  3. Bill Conti - Take Me Home
  4. Bill Conti - Melina's Revenge
  5. Bill Conti - Gonzales Takes A Dive
  6. Bill Conti - St. Cyril's Monastery
  7. Bill Conti - Make It Last All Night
  8. Bill Conti - Runaway
  9. Bill Conti - Submarine
  10. Bill Conti - For Your Eyes Only
  11. Bill Conti - Cortina
  12. Bill Conti - The P.M. Gets The Bird / For Your Eyes Only - Reprise
  13. Bill Conti - Gunbarrel / Flowers For Teresa / Sinking The St. Georges
  14. Bill Conti - Unfinished Business / Bond Meets Kristatos
  15. Bill Conti - Ski... Shoot... Jump
  16. Bill Conti - Goodbye, Countess / No Head For Heights / Dining Alone
  17. Bill Conti - Recovering The ATAC
  18. Bill Conti - Sub Vs. Sub
  19. Bill Conti - Run Them Down / The Climb


Quotations
* * *
James Bond: A nose, Q, not a banana.
* * *
Blofeld: Mr Bond! We can do a deal! I'll buy you a delicatessen! In stainless steel!
* * *
Blofeld: Think twice 007, it's a long way down.
* * *
Tanner: I think we're having a bit of trouble with the line, Madam...
* * *
Frederick Gray: My God Jack. How deep is the water there?
First Sea Lord: Not deep enough, I'm afraid!
* * *
James Bond: I'm afraid we're being out-horse-powered!
* * *
James Bond: If I don't report in by tomorrow, not only will my people, but the entire Greek police, will come down on you like a load of bricks.
Columbo: By tomorrow, we'll be good friends. Let us drink to that.
James Bond: I'll wait until tomorrow.
* * *
You may see the trailer here.


Plot: 7/10
Entertainment: 7/10
Acting: 6/10
Originality: 6/10
Music and Sound: 7/10

7/10



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