Moonraker (1979)

"The action is out of this world"

Directed by Lewis Gilbert
Produced by Albert R. Broccoli
Screenplay by Christopher Wood
Based on "Moonraker" by Ian Fleming

Starring: Roger Moore, Lois Chiles, Michael Lonsdale, Richard Kiel, Corinne Cléry
Music by John Barry
Cinematography: Jean Tournier
Edited by John Glen
Production company: Eon Productions
Distributed by United Artists
Release date: 26 June 1979 (United Kingdom)
Running time: 126 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Budget: $34 million
Box office: $210.3 million

"Moonraker" is an action adventure thriller film directed by Lewis Gilbert and written by Christopher Wood, based on "Moonraker" by Ian Fleming. It's the eleventh installment of the "James Bond" film series which follows Secret Agent James Bond who investigates the mid-air theft of a space shuttle and discovers a plot to commit global genocide.

Cast

• Roger Moore as James Bond
• Lois Chiles as Holly Goodhead
• Michael Lonsdale as Hugo Drax
• Toshiro Suga as Chang
• Richard Kiel as Jaws
• Corinne Cléry as Corinne Dufour
• Bernard Lee as M
• Geoffrey Keen as Frederick Gray
• Desmond Llewelyn as Q
• Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny
• Emily Bolton as Manuela
• Michael Marshall as Colonel Scott
• Walter Gotell as General Gogol
• Blanche Ravalec as Dolly

The more I watch "James Bond" film series, the more I go crazy: all parts blends together and this fact complicate seeing differences between them. And most of them become just a next picture, not a film I dream to watch.

Advantages

• Bernard Lee as M
• Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny

Disadvantages

• Too pretentious
• Some scenes are overacted
• Funny special effects

"Strangenesses"

• Seems like James Bond is absolutely immortal

Clue Moments

• A circus tent
• A centrifuge chamber
• Rio de Janeiro
• The space station

Soundtracks

1. John Barry - Main Title - Moonraker
2. John Barry - Space Lazer Battle
3. John Barry - Miss Goodhead Meets Bond
4. John Barry - Cable Car And Snake Fight
5. John Barry - Bond Lured To Pyramid
6. John Barry - Flight Into Space
7. John Barry - Bond Arrives In Rio And Boat Chase
8. John Barry - Centrifuge And Corinne Put Down
9. John Barry - Bond Smells A Rat
10. John Barry - End Title - Moonraker

Quotations

* * *

Hugo Drax: Mr. Bond, you persist in defying my efforts to provide an amusing death for you.

* * *

James Bond: Take a giant step back for mankind.

* * *

Dr. Holly Goodhead: You know him?
James Bond: Not socially. His name's Jaws, he kills people.

* * *

Hugo Drax: Look after Mr. Bond. See that some harm comes to him.

* * *

Hugo Drax: Jaws, Mr. Bond must be cold after his swim. Place him where he can be assured of warmth.

* * *

Dr. Holly Goodhead: I still don't know if I trust you.
James Bond: I don't know if I trust you either. That's what makes it more exciting, doesn't it?

* * *

Dr. Holly Goodhead: Come on, Mr. Bond. A 70-year-old can take 3 G's.
James Bond: Well, the trouble is there's never a 70-year-old around when you need one.

* * *

James Bond: Where did you learn to fight like that? NASA?
Dr. Holly Goodhead: No. Vassar.

* * *

Pilot Private Jet: This is where we leave you, Mr Bond.
James Bond: A little premature isn't it?

* * *

Hugo Drax: You have arrived at a propitious moment, considered to be your country's one indisputable contribution to Western Civilization: Afternoon tea. May I press you to a cucumber sandwich?
James Bond: Thank you, no, nothing at all.

* * *

Corinne: I never learned to read.

You may see the trailer here.

Plot: 6/10

Entertainment: 7/10

Acting: 6/10

Originality: 6/10

Music and Sound: 6/10

6/10

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