Okay, so there are quite a lot of fun facts to tell you for this one. Get strapped in, haha: After Moonraker, Roger Moore's original contract for Bond had ended, so it was in question whether or not he would return to the role. From this movie onwards he basically negotiated higher salaries for each movie. Because they didn't know if he was going to return, they also were looking for other actors to play Bond. Among them was Timothy Dalton, but he declined at that time. Obviously he would come back to the role a few years later. Since they thought a newcomer might be playing Bond, they wrote the scene at Tracy's grave in as a bit of connective tissue. Blofeld getting killed off was actually a bit of a "screw you" to Kevin McClory, the man who held the rights to that character and Spectre. There was a big ongoing legal battle at the time and the people at EON productions basically wanted to say "we don't need your character to make a successful Bond film". This is also why he's never clearly named as Blofeld in the movie, since the filmmakers strictly speaking didn't have the right for it. You might have noticed that Bond's superior M isn't in this movie. This is because Bernard Lee, who had played the character from Dr. No until Moonraker had sadly passed away before filming started. They wanted to honor him by not having the character appear in this film, so they had chief of staff Bill Tanner brief Bond instead. He has a larger role in the novels and in some of the Daniel Craig movies. Moore famously had a problem with the scene, where he kicks the car off the cliff. He felt it was a bit too brutal for his version of Bond, but the director, John Glen, thankfully convinced him to do it. Speaking of John Glen, he had been the editor on On Her Majesty's Secret Service and also a second unit director on other Bond films. He directed the bob sleigh chase in Majesty's, the ski chase opening in The Spy Who Loved Me and also the opening parachute fight of Moonraker. Since he was an editor before, he was very economic on set, knowing exactly what needed to be shot to get the scene right. He would go on to direct all of the 80s Bond films to come. Here's something to blow your mind: All of the underwater scenes where you can clearly see Melina are actually not underwater. The actress Carole Bouquet had a sinus disease, not allowing her to dive for long amounts of time. They created all of those underwater scenes by using a filter and fans to create the wavy hair effect and added the air bubbles in later on. I had watched this film soooo many times before hearing about that and had never ever noticed it. It's one of the most impressive bits of special effects history that never gets talked about. Anyway, I love this movie. It's connected to OHMSS in more ways than one. Not only visiting Tracy's grave and Blofeld, but also the theme of revenge. We never got to see Bond take his revenge due to the shift in Diamonds Are Forever, but this movie can be seen as a bit of a spiritual successor of OHMSS. I actually think those two and the second Dalton film License to Kill, make a great trio of films that are somewhat thematically linked.
Another interesting fun fact is that the woman in the flower shop (Robbin Young) that Bond buys the flowers from got the role as the prize in a contest the studio and Playboy magazine sponsored.
Everything you said was awesome. Just though I'd add a bit more to the last paragraph. John Glen said that he directed the pre title sequence for this movie as a sequel to OHMSS. which now looking back, makes sense seeing that Blofled still has his neckbrace which we saw at the end of the movie.
RIP Topol who was the pistachio eating hero who passed recently. His most famous role was in the 1971 movie musical Fiddler on the Roof. "If I were a rich man..." 🎶 The blonde countess who slept with Bond and died from being hit by the dune buggy had another Bond tie in. In real life the actress Cassie was married to Pierce Brosnan (90s Bond) and later died in real life, then their adult daughter a few years ago now died of the exact same condition her mother had. The back handed slaps that Jaws did to Dr. Goodhead in Moonraker was used not just once but twice to Bibi in this movie and very violently too that same back handed slap will be used once more in Octopussy. Thankfully they stopped having men brutally hitting women in this way after Octopussy.
It was Roger Moore’s decision not to have Bond sleep with the ice skater(Lynn Holly Johnson). He said she was old enough to be his daughter and he thought it was ridiculous and creepy. Good on him! As well, there is no CGI in these movies. The “fake” looks are a technique called rear projection where Moore and company are acting with the background images literally playing onscreen behind them. BTW, I met Julian Glover in 2002 and he was fabulous. He was in a production of Macbeth in London with a few other Bond alumni, Sean Bean from GoldenEye and Samantha Bond, who was Pierce Brosnan’s Moneypenny.
As far as I know the parrot was once owed by Diana Rigg (another call-back to "On her majesty's secret service") and will appear in another movie of the series.
The parrot was the hero of this film, feathers down. He was such a hero, he returned in The Living Daylights and was totally useless. With only a 50-50 success rate they decided they couldn't run the risk that he might grass Bond up to Sanchez.
10:52 Julian Glover was the first actor I ever got an autograph from through the mail. It was a Kristatos photo. He's the only actor who was in a Bond, Indiana Jones and Star Wars film (Empire Strikes Back)
This was my first Bond movie. I wanted a crossbow after that. I even read the comic after it came out. The only movie where you see the singer during the credits.
Yes!! Glad ya'll enjoyed it!!! I really love this as an underrated one. Now to ride along with you until my next favorite one with TD (Living Daylights)!
Great review. This is my favourite (Moore) Bond. It's still a bit underrated, I guess, but it's a great movie. A bit more serious and Roger is at his best here. Although I miss John Barry I think Bill Conti did an excellent job here.
Someone said some bad boys sneaked in a puppy into the theater in a Bond movie and when the usual scene came up, they would pinch it and it would yelp out loud.
Since you 2 really liked the 80's disco feel of the soundtrack, I thought I would mention that the composer was none other than Mr. Rocky himself, Bill Conti. This is one of my favorite of the Bond soundtracks.
Great stuff as usual! The next one is a great Bond flick, very exciting and with the best name(I can see your mom rolling her eyes already 😂 😂 😂! You guys have me addicted to this channel, I love it.
The stuntman who did the cliff fall was the same guy who skis off the mountain in The Spy Who Loved Me. 38.19 did you recognise 'Smithers'?. Its Jeremy 'Boba Fett' Bulloch again.
You might recognize the actor playing Columbo from somewhere else. A film you actually mentioned in your last reaction. That's the guy who went on to play Dr. Hans Zarkhov in Flash Gordon.
If I remember right, the opener was both closure on that particular arc, and (as has been the case a few times.. ) a rights issue with the Blofeld character. So, they dropped him :)
My second favorite Roger Moore's james bond movie :) And please, I beg you, you really must react to "Never say never again" (the last james bond with Sean Connery) after Octopuss*. It's the only james bond who wasn't made by the society EON. It was released the same year (1983) but between Octopuss* and "A view to a kill" (Octopuss* was released in june 1983 and never say never again in october I think). I hope you'll react to it ;)
As good as this Bond movie was (and it WAS a good one) it was the first one where, for me anyway, the age difference between Bond (Roger Moore) and the Bond girl (Carole Bouquet) made their relationship in the film a bit 'creepy'.
God bond movie but my personal favorite bond movie is license to kill with timothy dalton from 1989 dark cold and brutal just like what 007 is in the books .:D
SARDAR UDHAM (2021) is the best bollywood movie ever made (highly critically acclaimed). IMDB 8.4. ROTTEN TOMATOES 94% Mark my words you will not forget this movie. It will break your stereotype regarding indian movies that they are only song and dance and fun . It will change your top 10 movie list of all times. One of the most important films ever made. Very much grounded and realistic. If you like artistic and mature Cinema , you should definitely checkout. You'll be blown away in a weird way. You'll experience the new dimension of Indian Cinema. THANK YOU Brother.
RIP Bernard Lee. He wasn’t in this because he passed away right before production.
Couldn't they have done a "Weekend at Bernie's" ? ....
@@jamesalexander5623 I hate the fact that I laughed at this XD
@@ShayLonsdale Me Too. But I do it all the time. I'm old and don't give a crapola!
That's the British fighting spirit! Never quit til you've accomplished your mission & tea is always taken at 4.
Okay, so there are quite a lot of fun facts to tell you for this one. Get strapped in, haha:
After Moonraker, Roger Moore's original contract for Bond had ended, so it was in question whether or not he would return to the role. From this movie onwards he basically negotiated higher salaries for each movie. Because they didn't know if he was going to return, they also were looking for other actors to play Bond. Among them was Timothy Dalton, but he declined at that time. Obviously he would come back to the role a few years later.
Since they thought a newcomer might be playing Bond, they wrote the scene at Tracy's grave in as a bit of connective tissue. Blofeld getting killed off was actually a bit of a "screw you" to Kevin McClory, the man who held the rights to that character and Spectre. There was a big ongoing legal battle at the time and the people at EON productions basically wanted to say "we don't need your character to make a successful Bond film". This is also why he's never clearly named as Blofeld in the movie, since the filmmakers strictly speaking didn't have the right for it.
You might have noticed that Bond's superior M isn't in this movie. This is because Bernard Lee, who had played the character from Dr. No until Moonraker had sadly passed away before filming started. They wanted to honor him by not having the character appear in this film, so they had chief of staff Bill Tanner brief Bond instead. He has a larger role in the novels and in some of the Daniel Craig movies.
Moore famously had a problem with the scene, where he kicks the car off the cliff. He felt it was a bit too brutal for his version of Bond, but the director, John Glen, thankfully convinced him to do it.
Speaking of John Glen, he had been the editor on On Her Majesty's Secret Service and also a second unit director on other Bond films. He directed the bob sleigh chase in Majesty's, the ski chase opening in The Spy Who Loved Me and also the opening parachute fight of Moonraker. Since he was an editor before, he was very economic on set, knowing exactly what needed to be shot to get the scene right. He would go on to direct all of the 80s Bond films to come.
Here's something to blow your mind: All of the underwater scenes where you can clearly see Melina are actually not underwater. The actress Carole Bouquet had a sinus disease, not allowing her to dive for long amounts of time. They created all of those underwater scenes by using a filter and fans to create the wavy hair effect and added the air bubbles in later on. I had watched this film soooo many times before hearing about that and had never ever noticed it. It's one of the most impressive bits of special effects history that never gets talked about.
Anyway, I love this movie. It's connected to OHMSS in more ways than one. Not only visiting Tracy's grave and Blofeld, but also the theme of revenge. We never got to see Bond take his revenge due to the shift in Diamonds Are Forever, but this movie can be seen as a bit of a spiritual successor of OHMSS. I actually think those two and the second Dalton film License to Kill, make a great trio of films that are somewhat thematically linked.
Another interesting fun fact is that the woman in the flower shop (Robbin Young) that Bond buys the flowers from got the role as the prize in a contest the studio and Playboy magazine sponsored.
Everything you said was awesome. Just though I'd add a bit more to the last paragraph. John Glen said that he directed the pre title sequence for this movie as a sequel to OHMSS. which now looking back, makes sense seeing that Blofled still has his neckbrace which we saw at the end of the movie.
Bernard Lee unfortunately died in 1979 due to cancer effectively making Moonraker his swan song movie as M in the James Bond series.
The stunt work in all the James Bond films is not only top notch but pretty groundbreaking. Just ask Tom Cruise.
RIP Topol who was the pistachio eating hero who passed recently. His most famous role was in the 1971 movie musical Fiddler on the Roof. "If I were a rich man..." 🎶
The blonde countess who slept with Bond and died from being hit by the dune buggy had another Bond tie in. In real life the actress Cassie was married to Pierce Brosnan (90s Bond) and later died in real life, then their adult daughter a few years ago now died of the exact same condition her mother had.
The back handed slaps that Jaws did to Dr. Goodhead in Moonraker was used not just once but twice to Bibi in this movie and very violently too that same back handed slap will be used once more in Octopussy. Thankfully they stopped having men brutally hitting women in this way after Octopussy.
After all those years of playing Tevya in Fiddler, "I'm a very RICH MAN"
I think Topol became a rich man.
You're right about the guy with the wine glass who kept showing up in each film. He was the assistant director.
It was Roger Moore’s decision not to have Bond sleep with the ice skater(Lynn Holly Johnson). He said she was old enough to be his daughter and he thought it was ridiculous and creepy. Good on him! As well, there is no CGI in these movies. The “fake” looks are a technique called rear projection where Moore and company are acting with the background images literally playing onscreen behind them. BTW, I met Julian Glover in 2002 and he was fabulous. He was in a production of Macbeth in London with a few other Bond alumni, Sean Bean from GoldenEye and Samantha Bond, who was Pierce Brosnan’s Moneypenny.
Lynne Holly Johnson was already a famous Skater before turning Actress. The young girl that Bond turns down is now in her 60's.
The parrot in this movie used to be owned by Diana Rigg. It also reappears in The Living Daylights.
The Countess was Pierce Brosnan’s wife. That’s when he first met the Bond people. She died years later of cancer.
As far as I know the parrot was once owed by Diana Rigg (another call-back to "On her majesty's secret service") and will appear in another movie of the series.
The parrot was the hero of this film, feathers down. He was such a hero, he returned in The Living Daylights and was totally useless. With only a 50-50 success rate they decided they couldn't run the risk that he might grass Bond up to Sanchez.
10:52 Julian Glover was the first actor I ever got an autograph from through the mail. It was a Kristatos photo. He's the only actor who was in a Bond, Indiana Jones and Star Wars film (Empire Strikes Back)
One of my favorite Bond films. Great location shots and opening theme by Sheena Easton. But that cheesy 70's score, ugh!
This was my first Bond movie. I wanted a crossbow after that. I even read the comic after it came out.
The only movie where you see the singer during the credits.
One of the best Bond songs too.
Max the parrot was called Chrome and was owned by former Bond girl Diana Rigg and makes another appearance in a future Bond film.
Yes!! Glad ya'll enjoyed it!!! I really love this as an underrated one. Now to ride along with you until my next favorite one with TD (Living Daylights)!
The monastery in this film is the same used in the Moore/Niven war movie Escape to Athena
One of the best Bond songs ... from a musical perspective only.
The "Countess" was played by Cassandra Harris who was married to Pierce Brosnan at the time
The guy with the wine was a friend of Cubby Broccoli’s. They put him in as a personal joke😀
Great review. This is my favourite (Moore) Bond. It's still a bit underrated, I guess, but it's a great movie. A bit more serious and Roger is at his best here. Although I miss John Barry I think Bill Conti did an excellent job here.
Someone said some bad boys sneaked in a puppy into the theater in a Bond movie and when the usual scene came up, they would pinch it and it would yelp out loud.
Since you 2 really liked the 80's disco feel of the soundtrack, I thought I would mention that the composer was none other than Mr. Rocky himself, Bill Conti. This is one of my favorite of the Bond soundtracks.
Nice catch on Charles Dance as Claus in his first Theatrical Film role (he was in a few TV shows/movies in the 70’s)
Even if anyone doesn't like musicals I'm sure you would love fiddler on the roof ❤😊RIP Topol Bless him the best musical if I was a rich man,If only
Charles dance played as Ian Fleming in a movie called “Golden eye”
That car was definitely burglary protected.
Love how Bond weaponized the Citroen 2CV
Great stuff as usual! The next one is a great Bond flick, very exciting and with the best name(I can see your mom rolling her eyes already 😂 😂 😂! You guys have me addicted to this channel, I love it.
The lady that got hit by the dune buggy on the beach was Cassandra Harris Pierce Brosnans wife who died of cancer.
30:00 "Friendly enemies" ... you should absolutely react to the movie ... *Hopscotch* with Walter Matthau ...
The stuntman who did the cliff fall was the same guy who skis off the mountain in The Spy Who Loved Me. 38.19 did you recognise 'Smithers'?. Its Jeremy 'Boba Fett' Bulloch again.
The girl in blue bikini by the swimming pool was Tula, the first trans Bond girl. Though it's a blink and miss role.
You might recognize the actor playing Columbo from somewhere else. A film you actually mentioned in your last reaction. That's the guy who went on to play Dr. Hans Zarkhov in Flash Gordon.
Bernard Lee died January 16th 1981
If I remember right, the opener was both closure on that particular arc, and (as has been the case a few times.. ) a rights issue with the Blofeld character. So, they dropped him :)
Topol passed away last month.
The countess was played by Pierce Brosnan's wife.
Cassandra Harris (the Countess)was married to Pierce Brosnan
This was Charles Dances first movie
My second favorite Roger Moore's james bond movie :)
And please, I beg you, you really must react to "Never say never again" (the last james bond with Sean Connery) after Octopuss*. It's the only james bond who wasn't made by the society EON.
It was released the same year (1983) but between Octopuss* and "A view to a kill" (Octopuss* was released in june 1983 and never say never again in october I think).
I hope you'll react to it ;)
Thanks for the suggestion! We'll likely watch those at the end of the series as an extra.
As good as this Bond movie was (and it WAS a good one) it was the first one where, for me anyway, the age difference between Bond (Roger Moore) and the Bond girl (Carole Bouquet) made their relationship in the film a bit 'creepy'.
The only Bond movie without M.
The time of SKIING STUNTS / ACTION ...
God bond movie but my personal favorite bond movie is license to kill with timothy dalton from 1989 dark cold and brutal just like what 007 is in the books .:D
SARDAR UDHAM (2021) is the best bollywood movie ever made (highly critically acclaimed).
IMDB 8.4. ROTTEN TOMATOES 94%
Mark my words you will not forget this movie.
It will break your stereotype regarding indian movies that they are only song and dance and fun .
It will change your top 10 movie list of all times.
One of the most important films ever made.
Very much grounded and realistic.
If you like artistic and mature Cinema , you should definitely checkout.
You'll be blown away in a weird way.
You'll experience the new dimension of Indian Cinema.
THANK YOU Brother.
Tilly in Goldfinger survived longer in the book. Pussy Galore called her Yummy and she blushed.
a greek women, like Elektra, who always avenge their loved ones...that'll come back later! with another french!
They Electracute em!
Without Bond, Our Lives Would be as Shakey as a Fiddler on the Roof!
State of the art technology.
Commodore 64? 🤔
Give us a kiss. Give us a kiss.
❤❤