Many of the locals, including the mercenaries, seem to respect and even fear Octopussy, not wanting to interfere with her or having intention to get on her island. The Connery-starring film had plum source material, too – it was a remake of the hugely successful Thunderball – whereas the official Bond team were now scraping the barrel of Ian Fleming tales. British writer George MacDonald Fraser, author of the Flashman stories, came onboard to write an original Bond adventure (though some scenes were inspired by remaining Fleming tidbits – the short stories Octopussy and The Property of a Lady). When Fraser was introduced to Moore as the writer, the latter quipped “Commiserations.” After being absent in For Your Eyes Only due to tax problems, John Barry returned to do his ninth Bond score. [26] Barry made frequent references to the "James Bond Theme" to reinforce Octopussy as the official Bond film, given that the motif could not be featured in Never Say Never Again, and opted to include only subtle references to the music of India, avoiding instruments such as the sitar for feeling that authentic music "didn't work dramatically". He also wrote opening theme " All Time High" with lyricist Tim Rice. "All Time High", sung by Rita Coolidge, is one of seven musical themes in the James Bond series whose song titles do not refer to the film's title. "All Time High" spent four weeks at number one on the United States' Adult Contemporary singles chart and reached number 36 on the Billboard Hot 100. [25] Obviously Google would explain all but it would be disingenuous to pretend I understood the plot of Octopussyin one viewing. Let’s be generous and say a certain coherency is sacrificed on the altar of fun. Well, you can’t make an omelette without….

a b c d e f g "Inside Octopussy: An Original Documentary". Octopussy (Ultimate Edition). MGM Home Entertainment.The pre-title sequence has a scene where Bond flies a nimble homebuilt Bede BD-5J aircraft through an open hangar. [17] Hollywood stunt pilot and aerial co-ordinator J. W. "Corkey" Fornof, who piloted the aircraft at more than 150 miles per hour (240km/h), has said, "Today, few directors would consider such a stunt. They'd just whip it up in a computer lab." [21] Having collapsible wings, the plane was shown hidden in a horse trailer; however, a dummy was used for this shot. [22] Filming inside the hangar was achieved by attaching the aircraft to an old Jaguar car with a steel pole, driving with the roof removed. [17] The second unit were able to add enough obstacles including people and objects inside the hangar to hide the car and the pole and make it look as though Moore was flying inside the base. For the explosion after the mini jet escapes, however, a miniature of the hangar was constructed and filmed up close. The exploding pieces of the hangar were in reality only four inches (10cm) long. [9] En estos tres relatos vemos una muestra de ello. En uno, Bond no es el protagonista, pero su aparición en escena supone el final de la vida del que sí lo es. En otro relato, Bond tiene un caso emocionante pero carente de acción para averiguar quién es un espía de la KGB ¡en una puja! Y en el tercer cuento Bond tiene que ejercer su licencia 00 para eliminar a un francotirador enemigo. Tres historias muy diferentes, que sumándolas no dan para una novela, pero que nos ponen en situación de la diversidad de ideas en las que Fleming sitúa a su personaje estrella. You Only Live Twice was one of two Eon productions, the other being Octopussy, to be released in the same year as a rival Bond film. Casino Royale was the other offering. While both films turned a healthy profit, Casino Royale was accused of lowering the takings of You Only Live Twice. Ironically, on the second occasion this happened, in 1983, Connery was in the lead role for the rival Bond film, Never Say Never Again. The tuk-tuk chase (actually adapted Honda 250R motorcycles) was masterminded by French stunt driver Rémy Julienne, who also did the stunt driving on The Italian Job. “He spoke very little English,” recalls Glen, “but we spoke the same language in terms of action.” And yet disarming a nuke in a clown suit is frequently held against Moore (yes, I’ve made a couple of snarky references). But really this should be Article 1 in his favor. Literally, no other Bond could pull that off (luxuriate, for a moment, in the thought of Craig).

Fleming, Ian; Gammidge, Henry; McLusky, John (1988). Octopussy. London: Titan Books. ISBN 1-85286-040-5. Griswold, John (2006). Ian Fleming's James Bond: Annotations And Chronologies for Ian Fleming's Bond Stories. AuthorHouse. ISBN 978-1-4259-3100-1. Bond meets Vijay and Sadruddin (Albert Moses), head of MI6 station in India, assigned to assist Bond. They tell him that the octopus tattoo on Magda is from Octopussy.

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I decided to read this in light of recent news that all of Ian Fleming's works are to be rewritten for these more sensitive times. I must have bought it more than a decade ago. D'Arc, James V. (2010). When Hollywood came to town: a history of moviemaking in Utah (1sted.). Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith. ISBN 9781423605874. GoldenEye (1995) • Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) • The World Is Not Enough (1999) • Die Another Day (2002) Siskel, Gene (10 June 1983). "Action galore saves weak 'Octopussy' script". Chicago Tribune. Section 3, p. 1. Archived from the original on 4 July 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Tennis player Vijay Amritraj was the first person cast after Cubby, a huge tennis fan, met him at Wimbledon