"James Bond 007"
Directed by John Glen
Produced by Albert R. Broccoli
Screenplay by George MacDonald Fraser, Michael G. Wilson, Richard Maibaum
Based on "James Bond" by Ian Fleming
Starring: Roger Moore, Maud Adams, Louis Jourdan, Kristina Wayborn, Kabir Bedi
Music by John Barry
Cinematography: Alan Hume
Edited by Peter Davies, Henry Richardson
Production company: Eon Productions
Distributed by MGM/UA Entertainment Company
Release date: 6 June 1983 (United Kingdom)
Running time: 131 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Budget: $27.5 million
Box office: $183.7 million
"Octopussy" 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 thirteenth installment of the "James Bond" film series which follows Secret Agent James Bond who has to uncover an international jewel-smuggling operation, headed by the mysterious Octopussy, being used to disguise a nuclear attack on N.A.T.O. forces.
Cast
- Roger Moore as James Bond
- Maud Adams as Octopussy
- Louis Jourdan as Kamal Khan
- Kristina Wayborn as Magda
- Kabir Bedi as Gobinda
- Steven Berkoff as General Orlov
- David Meyer and Anthony Meyer as Mischka and Grischka
- Desmond Llewelyn as Q
- Robert Brown as M
- Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny
- Michaela Clavell as Penelope Smallbone
- Walter Gotell as General Gogol
- Vijay Amritraj as Vijay
The USSR is a worldwide evil? Do many people also think so about Russia? Ridiculous.
Advantages
- Action
Disadvantages
- Too pretentious
- Some scenes are overacted
"Strangenesses"
- Seems like James Bond is absolutely immortal
Clue Moments
- East Berlin
- Udaipur
- Karl-Marx-Stadt
- Octopussy
- A Fabergé egg
Soundtracks
- John Barry and Coolidge Rita - All Time High
- John Barry - Bond Look Alike
- John Barry - Miss Penelope
- John Barry - Meets The Knife and Gorbinda Attacks
- John Barry - That's My Little Octopussy
- John Barry - Arrival At The Island Of Octopussy
- John Barry - Introducing Mr. Bond
- John Barry - Bond At The Monsoon Palace
- John Barry - Bond Meets Octopussy
- John Barry - Poison Pen
- John Barry - Yo Yo Fight and Death of Vijay
- John Barry - The Chase Bomb Theme
- John Barry - The Palace Fight
- John Barry - All Time High
Quotations
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Orlov: The West is decadent and divided!
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[Bond and Q are floating in a hot air balloon]James Bond: I trust you can handle this contraption, Q?
Q: It goes by hot air.
James Bond: Oh, then you can.
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Jim Fanning: [after Bond bids for the egg] Have you gone mad?James Bond: Let's see how badly he wants it.
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Q: There's no time for that... later perhaps.
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Kamal Khan: Have a seat and play Mister... uh...James Bond: Bond, James Bond.
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Gobinda: The Englishman has escaped!Kamal Khan: He won't go very far. We'll track him.
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James Bond: [he tosses all his money to the crowd] Easy comes, easy goes!
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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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