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Måltavla 1985 - Roger Moore
A View To A Kill
1985
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+ Roger Moore tillfrågades varför han valt att spela Bond för sjunde gången. "Jag tyckte synd om Cubby Broccoli" svarade Moore. "Han har så svårt att hitta någon som arbetar så billigt som jag". |
Handling
En hel generation hade blivit vana på Moores mer avslappnade inställning till Bond, och hade tjänat mer än en miljard dollar för filmare i processen. Produktionen var inte en smidig affär ändå. Den 007 Stage i Pinewood Studios, som byggdes för Älskade spion, brann ner 1984, strax innan inspelningen skulle äga rum . $ 30m längst ner på sidan gick på att bygga en ny studio, 007 Albert R. Broccoli scenen. När filmen gjordes, var den lilla frågan om undertecknandet nästa Bond äga rum. Två huvudkandidaterna skulle uppstå: Pierce Brosnan och Timothy Dalton. Tid skulle ge varje man en sväng på Bond, med två helt olika synsätt The Plot
Efter
att ha upptäckt en
möjlig koppling mellan
privat försvar
entreprenör Zorin
Industries (som
gör mikrochips
ogenomtränglig för
nukleära skador
för den brittiska
regeringen) och
KGB, James
Bond, i egenskap av
James St John
Smythe,
en köpare
av fullblod
racehorces (som
Zorin raser)
, infiltrerar
sin franska egendom
för att få
veta mer. När
hans identitet
avslöjas Bond
gör en
allians med Stacey
Sutton,
som Zorin
insisterar måste
sälja sina
aktier (i
arv från sin
framlidne far)
i hans oljebolag.
Bond och Stacey
upptäcker att
Zorin är
att förstöra Silicon
Valley för
att övertagandet
mikrochip marknaden.
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+ Maud Adams ha besökt inspelningsplatsen i San Francisco
som statist i en scen vid Fisherman´s Wharf. + Innan filmen börjar kan vi läsa en skylt som påpekar att namnet Zorin är fiktivt och inte är avsett att associeras med någon verklig person. Detta berodde på att man strax före premiären hade fått veta att det fanns ett företag som hette Zoran Ladicorbic (ägt av en modedesigner vid namn Zoran).
Levande Måltavla ett Svenskt 007 magasin 1985 Venz Played by: Dolph Lundgren |
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 James Bond Roger Moore |
 Stacey Sutton Tanya Roberts |
 Grace Jones as Mayday |
 Jean Rougerie (Achille Aubergine) Kontakt med Bond i Eiffeltornet i Paris |
 Max Zorin (Christopher Walken) |
 Fiona Fullerton as Pola Ivanova |
 Grace Jones as Mayday |
 Max Zorin (Christopher Walken) |
 Mayday with James Bond |
 Sir Godfrey Tibbett - Patrick Macnee |
 Chuck Lee and James Bond |
 Max Zorin (Christopher Walken) |
 Pola Ivanova - Fiona Fullerton |
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 Walter Gotell - General Gogol |
 Kimberley Jones James Bond |
 Dr. Carl Mortner - Willoughby Gray |
A View To A Kill (1985) - Roger Moore Roger Moore was back for a final fling as James Bond. A generation had been weaned onto Moore's more laid-back approach to Bond, and had earned more than a billion dollars for the film makers in the process. Production was not a smooth affair though. The 007 Stage at Pinewood Studios, built for The Spy Who Loved Me, burned down in 1984, just before filming there was to take place. The result, and a confidence booster to the British film industry, was that a chunk of the $30m at the bottom of the page went on building a new sound stage, the Albert R. Broccoli Stage.
Once the film was made, the little matter of signing the next Bond was to take place. Two main candidates were to emerge: Pierce Brosnan and Timothy Dalton. Time would give each man a turn at Bond, with two quite different approaches...
The Plot
After discovering a possible link between private defence contractor Zorin Industries (who are making microchips impervious to nuclear damage for the British Government) and the KGB, James Bond, acting as James St. John Smythe, a buyer of thoroughbred racehorces (which Zorin breeds), infiltrates his French estate to find out more. Once his identity is revealed Bond makes an alliance with Stacey Sutton, whom Zorin insists must sell her shares (handed down from her late father) in his oil company. Bond and Stacey discover that Zorin is to destroy Silicon Valley in order to takeover the microchip market. With the help of Zorin's former assassin May Day, Bond manages to defuse the bomb which would serve Zorin's purposes and then chases him to the top of the Golden Gate Bridge, where they brawl, with Zorin being the loser...
James Bond - A View To A Kill (1985)
Making
his last, very last, appearance as Bond, Roger Moore finally relinquished his
licence to kill after seven missions. His time as 007, from Live And Let Die,
through the lows of The Man With The Golden Gun and the highs of The Spy Who
Loved Me, with Moonraker, For Your Eyes Only and Octopussy along the way before
finishing here. To a new generation of fans he was James Bond, not Sean Connery
- the legacy of a generation's work. Few had believed that Bond would survive
beyond Connery, but Moore's laid-back, more comedic, style fitted the era
perfectly. Although A View To A Kill was not as successful as it's predecessors,
Bond's popularity had been maintained right through the period. Many fans found
Moore's style a turn-off, many new people were attracted to the cinemas for the
first time. It's swings and roundabouts, but there is no doubting the mark Moore
has left on the Bond phenomenon.
As far as this mission was concerned, Bond jets from London to Paris, then on to San Fransisco for the finale. Not the most exotic of places, but the Paris scenes are the most interesting. His few innoculous instruments, such as the mini-copier and the polarising glasses, appear to be standard kit (there is no 'Q''s workshop scene for this film, a shame), although no mention is made. Only Roger Moore's Bond has ridden a horse to my knowledge (it has been pointed out by a smart wit that Bond rode a horse in Never Say Never Again. This is true, but is beyond my remit at the moment - at some point in the not too distant future I shall be looking at that film), but at least he does it well, despite the horse's handicap (being named "Inferno" says it all...). No personal car for this mission, so Bond manages to tear someone else's car in half instead - since when has Bond ever done anything by halves? Bond's reduced reliance on 'Q' is opposed by his forced reliance on May Day, at the end of the mission. Instead of Bond doing the hard work, it is May Day who winches Bond and the bomb from out of the mine. Is he going slack?
Moore's
last Bond introduces a new element to his interaction with women - paternity!
Instead of seizing the chance after cooking a "quiche des cabinets"
for Stacey, Bond puts her to bed and goes to sleep (sorry keeps guard, honest...)
instead of taking the obvious bait that she was handing out. Memories of the way
Moore Bond threw himself on Corinne Dufour (Moonraker) suggest that he has
matured somewhat. This is partly at odds with Bond's attitude towards Tibbett,
whilst posing as James St. John Smythe at Zorin's stud (with Tibbett as his
chauffeur-cum-butler). Rather than appear to acquiesce with his inferior, Bond
makes Tibbett do all the hard work, and makes it crystal-clear who's the boss.
Moore
handles his last Bond with the usual pinache and style you have come to expect.
The humour is raised again, almost to Moonraker levels - but I don't see that as
too much of an issue, it's often entertaining. It's now clear, if ever it wasn't,
that Moore has used ever increasing stuntmen as the films have progressed, quite
naturally considering that no-one is getting any younger. Many argue that Moore
should have finished after Octopussy. Be that as it may, but that film was a
success, and you don't leave such success behind so easily. Beyond A View To A
Kill, however, and his age would have made it impossible to retain an edge of
believability. Bond, after all, was a character in his thirties in the books.
Then again, Timothy Dalton, in the running as early as 1969 (at the age of 22),
did not become Bond until he was 40. Pierce Brosnan similarly. These days an
actor has to be established, so the thirty-something Bond may never happen again.
Conclusion: Not as quick on his feet as he used to be, Moore had to concede the role to a newcomer after this film. He is still fine for the acting, it's just the screenplay which is a let down. Bond doesn't see much exotica, and doesn't get to use many outrageous gadgets, as we've come to expect - and there's no Seiko watch! Was this script written with someone else in mind? There isn't even a long spell with a decent woman to match Bond's abilities, as in the previous four films. In some respects a retrograde Bond, in others, it's all a bit too modern for Roger Moore - he even admitted that the films had changed with A View To A Kill. The violence was much more prevalent, and not as much of the comic strip variety he happily associated with the films of yesteryear.
Allies/MI6 - A View To A Kill (1985)
Allies
Sir
Godfrey Tibbett: A
horse-trainer by profession, Tibbett joins up with Bond, 'M', 'Q', Minister Of
Defence Gray and Moneypenny at the racecourse, after studying Zorin and his
winning horse. Tibbett has his doubts about the horse's performance and, with
Bond acting as his master (James St. John-Smythe), goes to Zorin's stud near
paris to discover more. There they find out that Zorin is using steroids to
enhance the performance of his horses, and that he is hoarding microchips, but
why? (Project Main Strike, we discover, but only later.) Tibbett is killed at
the stud, well nearby at a petrol station, at the hands of May day. She gets
herself hidden in the back of Tibbett's Rolls Royce when he goes to get it
washed (actually he is going to signal 'M'). She strikes while he drives the car
into the car wash. A shame really - there are some great scenes between Moore
and Patrick Macnee (who plays Tibbett), and it would have been good to see much
more of him - it would have benefitted the film greatly.
Chuck Lee: Bond meets Chuck Lee in the San Fransisco Fisherman's Wharf - Lee is posing as a fish-stall assistant when Bond finds him and gives the code words. They join up and identify the people on the photos Bond took in Paris. Lee, and local fisherman O'Rourke, explain that some strange goings-on have been occurring at a nearby oil pumping rig, which Bond goes to investigate later. With a great deal of imagination by the scriptwriters, Chuck Lee dies in the very same manner as Tibbett - he is grabbed from behind while setting off in his car. For the second time, too, Bond is trying to get a message through (this time to Washington, for reinforcements) but this does not happen as his messenger is killed.
General
Gogol: An an ally
for the second film in a row, Gogol goes to France to meet with Zorin. He
berates the psychopath for not obeying KGB orders and warns Zorin against any
rash plans when the recalcitrant refuses to take any more orders from the
Soviets. Later, using Pola Ivanova, Gogol has a go at wrecking Zorin's plans by
infiltrating the oil pumping rig. This ends in failure (Bond does more damage),
with Pola leaving the site with a tape recording identifying a little of the
plan - and that gets taken off her by Bond at the Nippon Spas! He makes his
final appearance for the film by congratulating Bond and by giving him the Order
of Lenin. Bond is absent from this, recovering with Stacey... Even Gogol manages
to raise the audience by respondng to 'M''s suggestion that the Russians would
have preferred Silicon Valley to go up by reminding him that Russian technology
needs U.S. technology to progress!
Achille
Aubergine: Killed
almost as soon as he is introduced, Aubergine explains his suspicions about
Zorin to Bond over dinner and wine at the restaurant up the Eiffel Tower. While
eating, a disguised May Day enters the restaurant and takes over as
butterfly-swinger from the normal person (she kills him), but the "Fabulous
Papillons" continue nevertheless until a poisoned one is flung into
Aubergine's face. Quite a tense scene (Barry's score helps) which culminates in
Bond chasing May Day up the Eiffel Tower.
MI6
'M': Robert Brown fits more comfortably into this role now, as the pipe suggests, and is able to speak easier to Bond in character. He is present at the briefing involving the microchip found by 007 in Siberia. He, and Bond, persuade the Minister Of Defence that an examination of Zorin's plants is needed to identify the microchip's leak, despite the Minister's worries that Zorin has influence in high places, including Her Majesty's Government.
'M' goes with Bond to the racecourse, and identifies Zorin for the agent. Doing plenty of travelling for a change, 'M' is forced to meet Bond in Paris after the carnage caused by the Renault Taxi and pay off the French a sum of six million Francs. He is seen again at the end of the mission accepting the Order of Lenin on Bond's behalf, and trying to contact Bond, through 'Q' (at Stacey's house).
Miss Moneypenny: For the fourteenth and final time, Lois Maxwell (who was the only member left of the original Dr. No cast and crew besides Cubby Broccoli) makes good as Miss Moneypenny - her act would not be beaten! For this mission, Moneypenny, once again, gets little time to speak to 007 at the outset, but is promised dinner (when he gets back) when he wins a bet on Pegasus, Zorin's horse, at the racecourse. Ever affectionate of Bond, she leaks a tear or two when Bond is announced missing by 'M' (as usual she is listening in to the conversation over the intercom). She never did get her man...
'Q': The tables are turned on this mission because it is usually 'Q' who gets more time on-screen than Moneypenny. They are about matched here beacuse wherever 'Q' goes, Moneypenny does too (the racecourse). At the outset, 'Q' presents the microcomparator to the grandees present in 'M''s office, as well as the Snooper which finds Bond later. It is just 'Q' who has to face the embarrassment at the film's end when he finds Bond and Stacey together in the shower - well, the Snooper does, but 'Q' does get a good eyeful courtesy of the machine.
Minister Of Defence, Frederick Gray: More fleeting this time, Gray is not happy with Bond's suggestion that Zorin's factory should be examined in more detail, arguing that Zorin is too influential. He is persuaded to back down, so long as they are careful. He is seen at the end, with 'M' and Gogol, accepting the Order of Lenin for Bond.
Conclusion: Why Chuck Lee? Why not Felix Leiter??? Bond was in America, after all, and considering that Leiter has met Bond in Jamaica, why would there have been any problem with San Francisco? A bad decision really. Back in Europe, Bond gets a much needed ally in Tibbett. Although not as physical as Bond, Tibbett's horse-related knowledge, and acting skills (as 007's servant) aid Bond enormously in getting into Zorin's stud. Chuck Lee is not so bad for the CIA's rep but, like Tibbett, dies too soon. 'Q' plays little part in the film besides the microcomparator whereas Moneypenny gets to have a good weep for a change. Is MI6 on the brink? No, 'M' is around to give Bond a healthy ticking-off, aided by the Minister Of Defence. Not bad, but not brillaint either - Tibbett saves the day though!
Vehicles - A View To A Kill (1985)
The
Rolls Royce: Bond
and Tibbett use this to enhance their cover as prospective horse buyer and
chauffeur. Later Tibbett is killed by May Day as he has the car washed at a
nearby petrol station and finally, once Bond has been made unconscious after the
horse chase, both are left to drown as May day pushes the Rolls Royce, with them
inside, into a lake. Bond survives this once he come round by escaping from the
car and breathing the air from one fo the tyres, very novel! Again, if you look
closely, May Day doesn't push the car into the lake, it done with a rope, which
can be seen if you look at the water just before the car goes into it - there is
a line which the rope made that was not air-brushed out properly.
Renault
11 Taxi: From
the outset this car looks about as interesting as the AMC Hornet Hatchback used
in The Man With
The Golden Gun. Bond comandeers it in pursuit of May Day after she jumps
spectacularly from the Eiffel Tower. In a damage-laden chase Bond races through
the streets of Paris chasing the parachuted May Day. In this chase its roof is
taken off by a barrier, it jumps onto and off a sight-seeing bus and has the
back-end sheared off in a collision with another car. Although technically
brilliant is it possible for a car to continue over any distance when the engine
is cut off from the fuel tank? (which is at the back for definite!)
Iceberg
Submarine: This
is employed by Bond to escape from Siberia in secret after fending off his
Russian pursuers. It is a luxurious craft in the shape of an iceberg complete
with beautiful pilot in the shape of Kimberley Jones (who initiates the
autopilot so she can put her mind to other things).
The
Airships: During
the film we see two different airships, a large model with a conference room and
and a scale model of Silicon Valley (obviously a copy of Goldfinger but
impressive nonetheless) and a means of removing unwanted passengers through a
trap door and slide. The smaller model can be blown up from a Portakabin, which
is used to make a hasty exit from the Main Strike Mine. The latter is used to
kidnap Stacey Sutton and, with Bond hanging from a mooring rope, he, Zorin, Dr.
Mortner, Scarpine and Sutton are all transported by one means or another to the
Golden Gate Bridge. Once Zorin is dead, a mistake by Mortner and some quick
thinking by Bond ensures that the airship is blown up.
Conclusion: Compared to many elements in this film, this section comes off lightly for critisism. This is due to the attention paid to the vehicles in this film, particularly the Renault taxi which, despite it's blandness, is made to be technically excellent. The airships in the film add to the oddness of Zorin and have a great effect when it comes to the finale battle on top of the Golden Gate Bridge. For effort, then...
Villains - A View To A Kill (1985)
Max
Zorin: Created
courtsey of Dr. Carl Mortner's experiments, Max Zorin was pushed into the world
by a mother who had been drugged up to the eyeballs with steroids. The hope, as
Chuck Lee explains in the film, was to "create" people with high IQs,
under a Nazi scheme. This treatment, for those children which were not aborted,
had a grave side-effect - they would be psychotics. Enter Zorin, one of the
"Steroid kids" who, after being snatched with Mortner to work for
Mother Russia, was allowed to reap rewards in the West through business success
- then uses this success to return secrets back home to Russia.
Instead of being kept on a tight line by the KGB Zorin, by now, considers himself to be disassociated with that organisation. From here he dreams up Project Main Strike - a scheme whereby the San Andreas fault is to be flooded in order to active a double earthquake, thus destroying Silicon Valley and then conquer the microchip market for himself and Zorin Industries.
The
casting of Christopher Walken as the psychotic Zorin was an excellent choice -
Walken (no disrespect) is good at playing oddballs and so fits the bill
perfectly. Zorin is a more 'active' villain, unlike others, as he does a lot of
the dirty work himself. (Of course we shouldn't forget that as a psychotic he
likes killing...) But, like Kamal Khan before him, Zorin is cultivated -
with an interest in horses and pageant - which the film seems to spend a lot of
time dealing with, especially the business of the horses, even if it does
provide a good chase. (Oh, and when he is resting from business, he like to
kickbox with May Day...) His best scene is his last, on top of the Golden Gate
Bridge, when he gets shoved off it by Bond in the climactic battle. He knows the
game is up, and smiles at Bond just as the agent gives him the final shove.
Just a side note... General Gogol tells Zorin "No-one ever leaves the KGB". If this was true, how come Francisco Scaramanga (The Man With The Golden Gun) worked for the KGB before going freelance, i.e. being let go? (Perhaps it was just a policy of General Gogol, as he was never in a Bond film until The Spy Who Loved Me, the one after The Man With The Golden Gun.)
Scarpine: Basically a henchman, for Zorin, in the Nick Nack mould. Scarpine acts as Zorin's head of security and chief henchman, going wherever Zorin does. He keeps an eye on James St. John-Smythe (Bond) when the agent infiltrates the French stud, posing as a potential horse breeder. He gets a good go with a machine gun inside the mine, later, helping Zorin to eradicate his workers there. The demise of the character arises at the end, when the airship to blown up by Mortner's dynamite. Unlike Gobinda, of Octopussy, Scarpine doesn't have to climb out of the aircraft and fight Bond - he gets a crack round the head by Stacey Sutton, rendering him unconscious. The character's background is not delved into, the time being taken up with that of Zorin, and so remains a simple, one-dimensional character.
Dr.
Carl Mortner: The
"creator" of Zorin, Mortner (real name being Hans Glaub, not that that
is particularly relevant), like Scarpine, is nearly always by Zorin's side. As a
sort of father figure, Mortner is the only one shown any sort of emotion and
affection by Zorin. This is returned when, at the end, Mortner witnesses Zorin's
plunge to death thanks to Bond. Rather steroetypical, and not well thought out,
the character of Mortner is not particularly good - it could have been a lot
better with more detail and traits - and doesn't make you believe him when he
appears to be talking form wisdom.
Bob
Conley: Working
for Zorin as a mine supervisor, Conley willingly helps Zorin by not only
flooding out the Hayward Fault (to create a massive earthquake), but also
planting the bomb at the Main Strike Mine. His loyalty is not boundless, however,
as he protests when his men are not allowed to leave the mine before it is
flooded. For his disobedience he gets shot by Scarpine. This man does show a
little common sense when we first meet him - he freely admits that he has
nothing to do with horses, and that he can't even ride one!
W.
G. Howe: Working
as the head of the Oil and Mining Department at San Francisco City Hall, Conley
uses his position to cover up the plan being enacted by Zorin. Although not
mentioned in the film, Howe will have been heavily lobbied by Zorin to do this -
or probably end up with the Gods. He is also the employer of Stacey Sutton who,
when Zorin starts to push her, tries to uncover the whole affair. He has none of
it and immediately fires her form her job. Even Bond has a go at him, posing as
James Stock from the (London) Financial Times, but uncovers nothing. To slow the
pair down, Zorin tries to frame Bond and Stacey for the killing of Howe. He is
shot by Zorin, using Bond's gun in cold blood, then the whole floor is set
alight by the villain leaving Bond and Stacey to die there too.
Conclusion: Unlike the previous film, here we have a real bunch of deluded menaces. Zorin is mad, but believably mad in an understated way. He's used his intelligence to good effect thus far, but wants to go that little bit further - and enter the psychopath's Hall of Fame. Mortner, although equally mad, is nowhere near a believable, and is more a stereotype than anything else - which is a shame. Conley, Howe and Scarpine are mere tools to the big man, aiding his cause to the bitter end (they all die because of Zorin, although not all directly at his hands. In truth we find ourselves with a mixed bag. From mad to marginal, they're not a bad bunch really (that should be good, shouldn't it?)
Women - A View To A Kill (1985)
Stacey
Sutton: Sutton is
the heiress to the Sutton Oil Company, which Zorin is forcing her to sell to him.
It was a tiny company anyway, why should Zorin's emipre be that interested?
Anyhow, she gets embroiled in Zorin's affairs as she refuses to sell-up the last
remains of the affair (he has swindled the majority for his micro-chip empire
which, looking at the role of Sutton, would not have been that hard!) Now a
state geologist she 'helps' Bond locate the Main Strike Mine where Zorin intends
to destroy Silicon Valley. Not to put too fine a point on it, this 'performance'
by Tanya Roberts was dreadful. Whether the script gave her nothing else to do
but yell "James!" whenever she got into a spot of bother or Roberts is
just good at that sort of thing shall be left to debate. Very sexy, but that's
it!
May
Day: In
reality a villain but she turns to Bond's cause by the end of the film so she
can be explained here. May Day is a martial arts trainer come henchwoman for
Zorin - and a very good assassin! She is also strong (but it is much more
realistic than Dolly in Moonraker
who was just plain daft) and a trifle overpowering for 007 when she beds him and
makes sure that she is on top. When Zorin does the dirty on May Day and leaves
her to her death in the flooded mine she sacrifices her life to help Bond remove
the bomb that would bring an earthquake, and with it millions of dead, on
Silicon Valley. The part is well played by Grace Jones who add a good deal of
dimension to this character, aided well by an extravagant wardrobe and the
role's ability to do some dirty work (as opposed to Stacey Sutton). A very
interesting character who's had her vitamins.
Pola
Ivanova: This
KGB agent has little to do with the story save a little investigative work
concerning Zorin's affairs on the pumping platform and reminising with Bond in a
jaquzzi while he double-crosses her by swapping a cassette recording of Zorin's
plans with that of Tchaikovsky, played during their session of 'détente'. Fiona
Fullerton plays this part with considerable skill and she also gets a good grip
of the Russian accent too. Why, oh why was she never a Bond woman? Today the
major stars get such roles, who did the casting back then?
Kimberley
Jones: Bond's
"entertainment" for the arduous journey back from Siberia. Jones is
the pilot/driver (?) of the iceberg machine which transports Bond too and from
Siberia in the pre-credits sequence. All she has to do is put the vehicle onto
autopilot, get the champers out from the overhead rack, then fall
not-so-gracefully into Bond's arms as he shoves the accelerator lever sharply.
One-dimensional? Yes, but still more involving than Stacey Sutton!
Conclusion: Were it not for the marvellous, if a little brief, performances by Grace Jones and Fiona Fullerton, this section would be the lowest of the whole site - perhaps one for effort. The role of Stacey Sutton is perhaps the least thought out, for a seemingly major character, in the whole series (although Tiffany Case, of Diamonds Are Forever comes close.) Fullerton is much the more accomplished actress, so why didn't they give her the role of Stacey Sutton instead? Admitted, Tanya Roberts was probably playing the role as written, but that is not wholly excusable. It would not have mattered who, or how old, the person playing the role was - anyone would have fitted in fine. A great loss - bulk of marks for Pola Ivanova and May Day. ½-mark for May Day's wardrobe too! (A late decision...)
Gadgets & Weapons - A View To A Kill (1985)
Camera
Ring: A
useful if somewhat gaudy addition to Bond's repertoir of gadgets. He uses it to
identify Bob Conley, the pumping rig supervisor and, and Dr. Carl Mortner, the 'creator'
of Max Zorin who worked for the Nazis during World War II, while he makes
small-talk with them at the after-auction party at Zorin's stud.
Shaver
Bug Detector: This
Philips shaver, with a bug detector built into it, is used by Bond and Tibbett
to locate possible bugs in Bond's room at Zorin's French château. A dictaphone
is then used to dupe Scarpine that Bond is fast asleep when in fact he is
investigating Zorin's mysterious stables.
Polarizing
Sunglasses: Basically
a pair of sunglasses that drastically reduces glare enabling Bond to spy through
a tinted window at Zorin making a pay off to Stacey Sutton. Scarpine gets
suspicious when he catches Bond staring through a window. Bond merely greets
Scarpine then walks away - as easy as that.
Mini Copier: A small calculator-sized instrument which Bond uses to get an imprint of the cheque Zorin writes for Sutton. This lets Bond put a name to Sutton's face and so can investigate further. If you look closely at this sequence you will see that the copier doesn't cover all of the cheque yet the imprint made covers all of it!
Zorin's
Computer: Not
dissimilar to a BBC Master Computer we had at school during the 1980's. Zorin
uses a database on it by getting a photo of Bond through a mirror then adding a
few details. It processes the information and informs Zorin that It is James
Bond, licence to kill and not James St. John Smythe (his alias) with whom he is
dealing. All this is done as Zorin is asking Bond about what kind of horse he
wishes to purchase (thus every entry on the computer seems to be
equestrian-related whereas that could not be further from the truth).
Jockey's
Whip: This
doubles as a transmitter to a device that injects steroids into Zorin's
racehorses, through an implanted syringe in the horse, ensuring that they win
every time. Zorin personally uses this when in pursuit of Bond, during the scene
where Bond is made to ride, and win on, "Inferno" in order to take the
auctioned horse gratis. Instead of ensuring Bond wins, Zorin does quite the
opposite by sending "Inferno" quite out of control and darting off
into the woods.
The 'Snooper': One of the most stupid devices ever to come from Q's workshop. It has video-cameras as eyes so that it can view whatever location it is in and then relay it to Q's van. One such location is Sutton's bathroom where she and Bond are having a shower. (Before the final cut, there was to be a scene where Bond uses the snooper at the oil pumping rig, to identify Zorin's plans - this was altered to what we see in the film, where Bond discovers the plan through Pola Ivaonva's tape recording.) Just one question... why couldn't Q knock on the door? It could be argued that he wanted to test the thing out yet the script suggests that they are desperately trying to find Bond - Moneypenny is even crying!
Conclusion: Hmm, what can you say? More involved than On Her Majesty's Secret Service, perhaps, but wanting nonetheless. The Mini Copier is fine, as standard kit, but doesn't exactly set the earth on fire like the Wrist Dart Gun from Moonraker! The Snooper could have been a cracking tool if only it had been used more often and for more involved purposes. Perhaps a more lasting legacy are the Polarising Sunglasses, a future successor to which would be those worn by Bond in The World Is Not Enough. Overall, there is nothing here that steals the show, although the Snooper tries, but instead they just come and go and appear rather normal and staid these days.
Budget: $30m - Gross: $152m
Summary: When Bond is sent to
investigate a security leak at the high-tech Zoran Industries, he discovers a
hotbed of murder and deception. The company's mysterious owner, Max Zorin has
devised a plan to corner the world's microchip market, even if he has to kill
millions to do it! But before Bond can stop Zorin, he must confront the madman's
beautiful and deadly companion May Day. With help from the gorgeous Stacey, Bond
will launch an all-out assault on Zorin's deadly scheme, climaxing in a
spine-tingling duel on the upper spans of the Golden Gate Bridge.
Review: Despite its bad rap over the years, I found this to be a very
enjoyable movie. It had a lot of action, romance, explosions and close escapes.
I also really liked the ending on top the Golden Gate Bridge. The scene had all
the ingredients one has come to expect from a Bond movie. The film also had its
share of memorable chase scenes including a gripping horse race and a superb
fire-engine escape. Christopher Walken does an outstanding job as Max Zorin. One
truly believes he is a madman; the scene where he shoots the mineworkers while
laughing hysterically was outstanding. Unfortunately, that is where the movie's
plusses end. Stacy Sutton is up there with the worst Bond girls of the series.
She adds nothing to the movie and plays the role like a Barbie doll. Another
problem I had with the film was the hour-long horse segment at Zorin's estate.
Granted it did a lot of setting up for the rest of the movie, but it was too
long and got to be quite boring. Lastly, Roger Moore just looked too old for the
role; his wrinkles were in full-effect and it was no longer believable. Still,
all things considered, I think that A View to A Kill deserves more credit
than it is usually afforded...just not MUCH more.
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Venz Played by: Dolph Lundgren
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Venz Played by: Dolph Lundgren |
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Dolph Lundgren
Dolph Lundgren grew up in Stockholm, Sweden, where he attended the Royal Institute of Technology. He also lived in Nyland, in Kramfors Sweden, as a teenager. Spending time abroad in the U.S. on various academic scholarships, he attended Washington State University and Clemson in South Carolina. He received a master's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Sydney, Australia in 1982 (where he bused tables and worked as a bouncer at Icabod's Cafe) and the next year was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to MIT. While on his way to Boston to continue his studies, he stopped in New York City and there his life took a radical turn. He met with noted drama coach Warren Robertson, and decided to give acting a try. After beating out 5,000 hopefuls and winning the role of Drago opposite Sylvester Stallone in "Rocky IV", Lundgren went on to star in many feature films. Previous to getting the coveted role in "Rocky IV", he auditioned for a role in "Rambo: First Blood Part II." A world-class athlete and winner of several international karate competitions, Lundgren took up martial arts at 14 and is now a 3rd Dan (third degree Black Belt) in Kyokushinkai (full-contact karate) and attends the Swedish Kyokushin camps yearly. His accomplishments in the sport include being the captain of the Swedish Kyokushin karate team and the winner of the European Heavyweight Kyokushin Karate Championship in 1980 and 1981, as well as the Australian heavyweight division title in 1982. titles. Lundgren's lifelong interest in physical fitness led to his 1987 release of an exercise video called "Maximum Potential," based on his own daily workout. Lundgren has been writting a fitness book due for an estimated 2008 release. Lundgren was selected by the U.S. Olympic committee to serve as the Team Leader of the 1996 U.S. Olympic pentathlon team. He was responsible for administrative coordination and planning between the U.S. team and the USOC, and is also actively involved in promoting the image of this sport. "Over the past few years, my involvement with modern pentathlon has grown from pure interest to an opportunity to raise the visibility of the sport, increase recruitment of young talent and make sure that this event, originated by the founder of the Olympics, Baron de Coubertin, will remain in the Games," Lundgren said. Lundgren announced in 1993 the formation of Thor Pictures, which produced the dramatic thriller "Pentathlon." He is also a founding member of the theater group, Group of Eight, which performed "Another Octopus" in New York City. In 2004, Dolph Lundgren made his directorial debuts with the hard-core action dramas "The Defender" and "The Mechanik", in which he was both starring and directing. Since then, Lundgren has co-starred alongside Daniele Liotti, Max von Sydow, F. Murray Abrahams, Monica Cruz and Ornella Mutti in the Italian/Spanish/US co-production "The Inquiry", based on the 1986 eponymous film by Damiano Damiani; he also starred in "Diamond Dogs", the first in a series of feature films to be filmed on location in China. With several projects in development to star and direct, Lundgren just finished his third picture as a director, a modern western called "Missionary Man". Lundgren has also been working on the creation and launch of a new Dolph Lundgren brand, a licensing, media and publishing programme and the development of future entertainment and media projects. |
A View to a Kill (1985) Svensk FilmdatabasFilm
Handling:
James Bond, agent 007 vid British Secret Service,
konfronteras denna gång med psykopaten Max Zorin, som
planerar att spränga Silicon Valley (centrum för Amerikas
microchip-tillverkning) i luften. Till sin hjälp har Zorin
den ondskefulla May Day. I sista minuten lyckas Bond rädda
Silicon Valley och Kalifornien från en katastrof.
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 James Bond Gunnar Schäfer from James Bond 007 Museum Nybro Sweden in Eiffel Tower
A View to a Kill (1985)
Svensk
Filmdatabas Svensk filmindustri |
Cast & Crew - A View To A Kill (1985)
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Cast Credits
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Production
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James Bond - 007
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Roger Moore
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Director
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John Glen
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Stacey Sutton
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Tanya Roberts
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Producers
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Albert R.
Broccoli
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Max Zorin
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Christopher
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Michael G.
Wilson
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May Day
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Grace Jones
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Director of
Photography
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Alan Hume
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Scarpine
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Patrick Bauchau
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Editor
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Peter Davies
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Sir Godfrey
Tibbett
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Patrick Macnee
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Music Comp. and
Cond. by
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John Barry
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Chuck Lee
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David Yip
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Title Song Sung
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Duran Duran
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Robert Brown
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Screenplay by
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Richard Maibaum
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Miss Moneypenny
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Lois Maxwell
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Michael G.
Wilson
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'Q'
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Desmond
Llewellyn
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Production
Designer
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Peter Lamont
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Minister Of
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Geoffrey Keen
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Art Director
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John Fenner
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General Gogol
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Walter Gotell
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Assistant Art
Directors
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James Morahan
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Dr. Carl Mortner
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Willoughby Gray
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Ted Ambrose
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Bob Conley
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Manning Redwood
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Michael Boone
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Jenny Flex
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Alison Doody
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Associate
Producer
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Tom Pevsner
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Pola Ivanova
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Fiona Fullerton
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Camera Operator
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Michael Frift
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Achille
Aubergine
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Jean Rougerie
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Special Effects
Supervisor
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John Richardson
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Howe
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Daniel Benzali
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Action Sequences
Arranger
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Martin Grace
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Klotkoff
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Bogdan
Kominowski
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Driving Stunts
Arranger
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Remy Julienne
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Pan Ho
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Papillion Soo
Soo
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Ski Seq. Dir'd
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Willy Bogner Jnr.
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Kimberley Jones
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Mary Stavin
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Production
Supervisor
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Anthony Waye
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Butterfly Act
Compere
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Dominique
Risbourg
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Casting by
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Deborah
McWilliams
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Whistling Girl
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Carole Ashby
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Make-up
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George Frost
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Taiwanese Tycoon
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Anthony Chin
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Costume
Supervisor
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Tiny Nicholls
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Paris Taxi
Driver
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Lucien Jerome
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Add. Wardrobe
for Ms. Jones
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Azzedine Alaia
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U.S. Police
Captain
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Joe Flood
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Costumes
Designed by
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Emma Porteous
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Auctioneer
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Gerald Buhr
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Hairdressing
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Ramon Gow
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Venz
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Dolph Lundgren
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Continuity
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June Randall
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Mine Foreman
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Tony Sibbald
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Main Title
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Maurice Binder
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O'Rourke
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Bill Ackridge
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Ron Tarr
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Tycoon
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Helicopter Pilot
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Seva
Novgoredtsev
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 American
LaFrance 
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 1973
Audi 80
B1
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 1982
Austin Mini
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 1977
Cadillac Fleetwood
75
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 1968
Chevrolet 2
Ton
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 1984
Chevrolet Corvette
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 1976
Chevrolet Monte
Carlo
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 1975
Citroën CX
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 1974
Dodge D-100
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 1977
Dodge Monaco
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 1983
Ford Bronco
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 1983
Ford LTD
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 Jeep
Cherokee
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 Land-Rover
Range
Rover
Series I
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 Mack
Superliner
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Mitsubishi
Starion
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 1980
Opel Kadett
[D]
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 Peugeot
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Ti
Limousine
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Det var i tisdags som den forna Bondbruden Celine Cawley, 46, överraskade en inbrottstjuv i sitt hem. Något som slutade i en fruktansvärd tragedi.
Roger Moore as James Bond and Celine Cawley , Patrick Bauchau (Scarpine)
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A Kill Region One DVD it’s thought that we’ve actually located
Maud Adams. Check Chapter 19 “Fisherman’s Warf”, the scene between
David Yip (Chuck Lee) and Roger Moore (James Bond). Maud
Adams can be seen in a black pants suit, tan jacket, and black sunglasses
holding hands with a plaid shirts mustached man. She slides in on the
right side of the screen at exactly 1:00:28 when Chuck Lee says, “During
World War II…” and she slides off the left side of the screen at
1:00:36 when James Bond asks, “With any success?”.
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Levande Måltavla Svensk Original Poster 70x100cm Mint 1-sheet 1983
A View To A Kill (1985)Maud Adams
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Maud Adams Kvinna i Streetcar (okrediterad) Maud Adams tittade förbi på inspelningen av en View To A Kill och klev på en spårvagn som Bond kommer in San Francisco Fisherman's Wharf. Hon är kvinnan sitter med den vita glasögon som innehar en solbränna väska.
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