@@georgehenderson7783 Moonraker had one of the best cinematic moments in its opening sequence where Bond is shoved out of the plane by Jaws, and the camera angle is below Bond outside the plane falling just ahead with him. You see Bond tumbling out with the plane getting smaller in the distance. The viewer felt the suddenness and intensity of falling out of the plane unexpectedly. Just awesome cinematography.
What I always admired about this scene, is the skill of the pilot flying the helicopter, and the stuntman hanging off one of the chopper's skids. First rate stunt work.
Since flying a helicopter through a warehouse was thought to be too dangerous, the scene was shot using forced perspective. A smaller mock-up was built by Derek Meddings' team closer to the camera that the stunt pilot Marc Wolff flew behind and this made it seem as if the helicopter was entering the warehouse. The footage inside the building was shot on location, though with a life-sized helicopter model which stood over a rail. Stuntman Martin Grace was a stand-in as Bond when the agent is dangling outside the flying helicopter, while Roger Moore himself was used in the scenes inside the model.
Roger Moore was the best Bond to me his movies were just great part of childhood in the 80s watching him with my parents sadly no longer here we all loved him.
My favorite so much that I recreate Intros as if I filled in for Roger. He looked so great in the role. Always neat and handsome. The best gadgets and sense of humour. I have a whole Bond collection of replicas. I am a film maker /actor.
Anyone realizes how amazing it is that ever since WW2, diving Stuka siren became a sound synonym for absolutely any airborne thing diving, for decades to come?
@@diogeneslantern18 It's like the ITC series if the sixties, The Baron, The Champions, etc. If anyone gets in a white mark II Jaguar in one if those, you know they're going to drive off a cliff two minutes later.
Yeah there used to be a clip about the Stuka Siren on YT and I said “Thanks to James Bond films, I grew up thinking that all aircraft make this sound whenever they go into a steep dive”. I think I got around 4000 likes on that one. Haha
Fun fact: The abandoned mill below (Beckton Gasworks, London, England) is where Kubrick filmed the urban war scenes in Full Metal Jacket about five years later.
It was director John Glen who made up this sequence; he thought Roger Moore was going to retire prior to shooting and wrote this "reunion" with Blofeld as an homage to the continuity of the Bond character - since he thought a new actor would have to be introduced. But then a favourable paycheck changed Roger Moore's opinion, he stayed on, and the thing was filmed nonetheless.
That makes perfect sense, since Glenn was the editor of on her majesty's secret service, so he probably thought it would be good to end that plot point that diamonds are forever choose to skip
Because of McLory(?) and the whole "Thunderball" lawsuit, they had stayed away from Spectre and Blofeld, so this was, kind of, the best option for a write-off of that portion of the "Bond Lore". Then, of course, the passing of the lawsuit instigator and the rights deal with Sony, including the adoption of "Never Say Never Again" into the overall Bond Film library, and the reintroduction of Blofeld and Spectre in the film "Spectre".
I was always surprised her father who was a powerful criminal did not get revenge himself. And the woman who actually shot Bonds wife was never heard of again
Before CGI... Before AI... Before Drones... there were REAL stunt people, real pilots, real actors... and real cinematography... THIS is true "action filled" adventure !
I also wanted to comment on how incredible the stuntwork with the helicopter was... The aerial flips , Bond hanging by the side and Bloefeld outside the helicopter...any number of things could have caused the stuntman to fall or be thrist upward towards the rotor blades...
@@ArmyWolves Sadly part of the reason stunts like this aren't really done anymore is that there were a few incidents where they went horribly wrong in other films...
The helicopter sequence between 2:52 and 3:00 it is really amazing and real. No CGI or miniature here. That is the real thing. Great job from pilot and stunt.
People usually loose hair from extremely scary experiences. Blofeld is the only men in history to experience the opposite. He "Only live twice" like Bond from here, but in "his second chance" with Daniel Craig, he had his hair back.
@@davidw.2791 Yes to do the obvious SAVE HIS LIFE you will saying anything if your outside of a helicopter facing the pleasure of being thrown into a smoke stack at 1,000 feet.What would you have done in the same situation.
Once he control the helicopter from his wheel chair why didn’t he ditched the helicopter straight in the river and killed him that would have been the end of Roger Moor ...... this is exactly how 9/11 happened somebody controlled the four aircraft from the ground similar to this and flew then into the twin towers and the pantegon.
It's not just the incredible flying and stunt work on the outside of the helicopter, but also the forced perspective miniature work and the slick editing with the very good (for it's time) rear projection inserts with Sir Roger. It's also a good historical document as the area where this was filmed later became The Docklands and Canary Wharf with it's modern office towers, marinas and light railway system.
A family member was responsible for the development of this area in '80's. There we are,,,,,,,,,my claim to fame at last!!!!! He should us around the area as his contract was ending in the '90's. He never mentioned it.
You learn something new every day. At 0:59, I didn't know that when a Bell Jet Ranger helicopter goes into a dive, it sounds exactly like a German Ju 87 "Stuka" fixed-wing aircraft in a dive.
I was going to point that out. Diving helicopters DON'T sound like STUKA dive bombers! hahahahahahaha. I noticed this in the theater when I saw it the first time.
This whole sequence was pretty much a giant middle finger to Kevin McClory, who owned the rights to SPECTRE and Blofeld and was developing his own rival Bond film at the time as well (which would eventually become "Never Say Never Again").
Thanks for uploading this sequence. I believe this sequence is perhaps some of the best stunt flying ever put on film. At 2:55 - 3:06 there is a maximum rate turn that is quite simply, mind-blowing. The skill of that pilot has been unmatched in cinema. It almost Never gets talked about though in Bond sites. I hope the pilot was well paid because by god, he flew something pretty awesome. Cool chopper too: always loved those Bell's....
I agree, Bell's helicopters look amazing. Plus this one has similiar colors to the ones used by Bond in assault on Piz Gloria, which could also be a reference to OHMSS.
@@metal87power It would have been better if the aerobatics were the pilot trying to dislodge Bond rather than just Blofeld having a bit of a laugh. The music didn't help either.
It's too bad the legalities around the character of Blofeld prevented him from being specifically identified in this sequence, this was Broccoli's way of basically saying "if we can't use him we'll get rid of him, we don't need him." I liked how this sequence (though not shown in this clip) showed the grave of Tracy Bond and Bond visiting her grave. One of the very rare moments in the franchise she is referred to and showing that James still misses her (the other moment being in The Spy Who Loved Me when Anya Amasova mentions the marriage but Bond cuts her short as she touched a nerve).
That's one thing I woulda loved Sean Bean's character, Alec Trevelyan aka 006, see do to try and get under James' skin in Goldeneye, reference his late wife Tracy Bond in front of Natalya before the grenade pen detonates.
@@gregd2543 Kevin McClory who along with Jack Wittingham and Ian Fleming devised the story for Thunderball when Fleming wrote the novel of Thunderball McClory and Wittingham sued Fleming for using the screenplay they had all written for Thunderball for the novel. At the time of For Your Eyes Only McClory legally still owned certain story elements and characters in the Bond Franchise (including Blofeld)
Bond probably found Blofeld's cat and took him/her home and took care of him/her. After all, the cat didn't do anything to him. Couldn't help that his or her human was a real prick, bellend, a wanker and convenient four-letter words as Bond would say, to put it mildly
I can never watch OHMSS without then going and watching this moment. The downer ending requires me to watch this to reassure myself that yes, he did get what was coming to him in the end.
@@calanon534 There's no specific chronological order with the Sean Connery, Roger Moore films and Timothy Dalton films I don't think. the timeline becomes important only when they switch M to Judy Dench because of... obvious reasons
The skiing base jump from the opening from, "The Spy Who Loved Me", will always be my favorite Bond pre-title opening. But this one from, "For Your Eyes Only" will always be the most fun. Number One's turbo powered wheelchair and his promise to buy Bond a delicatessen still cracks me up! 😅
But unfortunately, he starred in some of the worst Bond titles. A view to a kill was like a cartoon. I tried to enjoy The man with the golden gun but some parts of it were just horrible, full of totally forgettable supporting characters. And the one where he was undercover as a clown, I can't even remember which title it was.
@@largol33t1 Oh, come on, I think you're trying to take the movies too seriously now. :) I get what you're saying though, his comedic approach wasn't appealing to you. I can respect that.
When Bond/Roger (same guy to me) rips the cables out and takes control of the chopper (4.14) the look on his face with the Bond theme always puts a great big smirk on my face
Don't you ever wonder the sheer joy when the screenwriter went - oh I have a great idea for an opening scene and it ends with Blofeld going down a chimney...:D
Saw this this as kid, like at 16 years old, and man was it fun to watch!!! Rodger Moore was so calm and cool... And I was oblivious to the meaning behind this sequence, in relation to rights to Blofeld's character/Spectre, for this whole 40 some years !!! An absolutely stunning opening segment.. I've enjoyed all of the "Bonds" over years.. Although, I have a sweet spot, for Rodgers cheeky wit I'll have to say .. God be with you Rodger....
Roger Moore is a much better actor than he gave himself credit for. He always thought of himself as someone who was hired because he was a pretty boy, but he had good acting skills.
one of the best eye brow shots from Rog, i was 9 when i saw this in the cinemas, the whole cinema applauded when he gain control of the helicopter. for a low budget Bond, this did a very good job. sometimes less is moore 😅 one of my faves.
@슈뢰딩거의 고양이 actually coming from Blofeld who hired men to kill Bond and himself killed several of his own men for failing as said in You Only Live Twice “This is the price of failure, Mr. Bond and shoots his associate Mr Osato. Blofeld had previously murdered Bonds wife Tracy with the help of Irma Bunt.
Moore was the first designated Bond by Saltzman and Broccoli. They wanted him first, but he was doing the Saint and wasn't available. So they got Connery instead. But Moore was the one they wanted first, so he really is the Bond of all Bonds.
As many times as I've seen this clip, it was only today that it occurred to me - when Blofeld is playing cat & mouse and has the remote control helicopter buzz the roof where he's watching/controlling all this, Bond could simply have jumped off the landing skid, easily survive a rolling landing on the roof (he was only a few feet above the roof), and dealt with Blofeld up close & personal.
@Karlimo Kevin McClory was a movie producer who owned the rights to novel "Thunderball" by suing Ian Flemming due to him forgetting to give credit to McClory and four other people for the story. (the book was a early failed screenplay/script that Flemming later adapted) The suit was later settled out of court and gave McClory certain screen rights to the novel's story, plot, and characters. That's why in Thuderballs title sequence, McClory was only credited as sole producer and Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman got a presents credit and served as executive producers. It was part of the deal he made with Broccoli and Saltzman to get the film made and use the rights of Blofeld and SPECTRE for the films for ten years and prevent McClory to start making his own rival Bond film. Its why Blofeld was "killed" in Diamonds are Forever. The ten year time limit was up and they were going to lose the rights. In 1976, McClory announced that he was going to make his own James Bond film which later became "Never, Say Never" . He got sued by MGM and EON to stop him but they lost. The Pre-title sequence was a message to McClory, telling him that they didn't need SPECTRE, Blofeld or him (from what I gather that McClory was an Asshole at the highest degree) and he can go fuck himself. They way that they kill Blofeld is the ultimate middle finger to McClory(instead of a epic death, he is kill in most anticlimactic way possible and is treated as an after thought) and tells the audience that the series does not need Blofeld or SPECTRE in it to be a James Bond film.
@@silverkitty2503 You have "no" ideal. Bad blood doesn't even cover how bad this feud was. There is even a book about the whole thing that both sides didn't want to come out due to it showing on how bad and dramatic it was. It was that crazy.
I was telling a friend Moore had the craziest run of Bond. Being accepted as Connery's replacement, Saltzman leaving, saving the franchise, going sci fi, saving UA from bankruptcy, and going against Never Say Never Again.
@@ninjavigilante5311Fun fact: the helicopter cop who jumps out in T2 was the actual stunt pilot. He also flew helicopters 🚁 and did scenes in First Blood, Predator and True Lies.
One of the best bonds but the clip is missing the scene before this with Tracy's grave, one of the most poignant moments in the entire franchise and also adds real weight to bond's confrontation with the 'bald assassin'
@bigbadb10 You are confusing For Your Eyes Only with Octopussy. Never Say Never Again is from 1983. How could a film from 1981 make a dig at a film that hadn't even announced/filmed/shown?
bigbadb10 actually it’s a dig at Kevin mclory who was making the rival bond movie, we have all the time in the world is a quote by lazenby when Tracy dies in ohmss
@bigbadb10 - That line, the words by Bond when his wife was killed, is also the name of the song by Louis Armstrong for that movie "In Her Majesty's secret service".
Love your magical special touch! For,with Your Clever Immortal British Secret Agent Service All- Powerful Mind Only;No one cleverly outsmarts and overpowers villians such as the outstanding way you do 007 - Legendary purely and simply like no one else in the entire courageos craft. Sir Roger Moore R.I.P.
I agree, even though Moonraker is my favorite, this movie had a good plot is well. Good filming locations like Athens, Greece and Cortina, Italy. Tricky main Bond villain like Kristatos. He even got me fooled! And a beautiful but dark Bond girl armed with a crossbow. Enjoy!
Agreed. I do have a soft spot for Spy Who Loved Me. Possibly because at the age of 10 I realized I was a heterosexual male. It was probably Barbara Bach's evening gown.
I agree with Bond’s impulse to kill Blofeld, as opposed to the last movie with Craig, where he captured him. Although Blofeld undoubtedly possesses a treasure trove of information about his organization, it has been shown repeatedly that he is the master manipulator and his subordinates would continue to go to extreme lengths to secure his release. But, with him dead, his organization is permanently deprived of its most imaginative and destructive driving force. Bond made good use of his “license to kill”.
Considering their history, Bond would have been very foolish to leave Blofield alive. He would have found a way to bribe his way out of any prison and attack again. It was best to kill him and cripple his organization permanently.
I mean Bond had tried to kill Blofeld more than once by this point in the franchise to the point that finding volunteers to serve as fake Blofeld's was proving difficult because Bond had killed so many of them! Bond has never really made a concentrated effort to capture Blofeld. In this continuity it'd be fair to say that Blofeld _was_ SPECTRE.
Waltz’s Blofeld hadn’t killed James’s wife. Also Waltz’s Blofeld had lots of useful information at the end of Spectre. The 007 in FYEO had already broken Spectre so much so that all this broken Blofeld could offer James was a delicatessen.
@eating sugar no papa Roger Moore was actually older than Sean Connery, but didn't do his first one until eleven years after Connery did his first. When Connery did his last official Bond movie he was 41, Moore was 58 when he did his last.
Robert Rietti as the voice of Blofeld. The Italian actor also was dubbed for Lago in Thunderball and Tanaka in You Only Live Twice as the actors’ English was poor. We owe him the Good aftanoon meester Bond line lol. I love his manic laugh.
he got a remote control electric shock from a pair of communication headset that was rigged by electrical tasers or stuns etc and with enough voltage to kill someone for sure.
@@Patrick4959 it was a joke as some of line was used by Daniel Craig’s Bond in Casino Royale when Bond was asked how the bad guys contact died and Bond responded with “Not Well”
This is so great, and it is actually a 1000 times better than over the top CGI that is not grounded to the real world. This is because they did it for real. Even the dummy in the wheelchair is believable!
Actor playing the pilot -“Hey mom! I got a part in the new James Bond movie!!” Mom-“ Oh. Who are you playing?” Pilot-“Well according to the credits, I’m one of Blofeld’s LESS USEFUL PEOPLE. “
As I've said previously, it was a fixture on the BBC Sound Effects LPs that were released in 1970 and you actually hear the very same track as Bond/Moore is deplaned by Jaws in Moonraker.
I was always surprised her father who was a powerful criminal did not get revenge himself. And the woman who actually shot Bonds wife was never heard of again
Everyone thought Sean Connery's Bond had killed Blofeld at the Baja oil rig base. That included Roger Moore's Bond. Good thing he ended the S.P.E.C.T.R.E boss once and for all.
This will forever be my favorite 007 pre-credit opening. Love the Bondverse and much love for Sir. Roger Moore R.I.P.
It's good .... but A View To A Kill opening scene rocks the 🎙 ....
What about Moonraker? That's my favorite!
@@georgehenderson7783 Moonraker had one of the best cinematic moments in its opening sequence where Bond is shoved out of the plane by Jaws, and the camera angle is below Bond outside the plane falling just ahead with him. You see Bond tumbling out with the plane getting smaller in the distance. The viewer felt the suddenness and intensity of falling out of the plane unexpectedly. Just awesome cinematography.
@@georgehenderson7783 EXACTLY
@@DavidLLambertmobile NAH the pushing out of airplane without a parachute that’s THE BOMB!!!
What I always admired about this scene, is the skill of the pilot flying the helicopter, and the stuntman hanging off one of the chopper's skids. First rate stunt work.
The stunt double was Martin Grace doubling for Roger. The pilot was Marc Wolff. One of my all time favourite stunt sequences
@@J.B0079 Actually the pilot was George Sweeney
This was/is one of the best opening sequences from the bond films
The Bond films were renowned for their world class stunt work and this one does not disappoint. I need to binge the whole series again.
Since flying a helicopter through a warehouse was thought to be too dangerous, the scene was shot using forced perspective. A smaller mock-up was built by Derek Meddings' team closer to the camera that the stunt pilot Marc Wolff flew behind and this made it seem as if the helicopter was entering the warehouse. The footage inside the building was shot on location, though with a life-sized helicopter model which stood over a rail. Stuntman Martin Grace was a stand-in as Bond when the agent is dangling outside the flying helicopter, while Roger Moore himself was used in the scenes inside the model.
Can we just take a second to look at Ernst's pure happiness and childlike excitement. Bond is definitely his favorite person in the world.
"I'll buy you a delicatessen!"
Roger Moore was the best Bond to me his movies were just great part of childhood in the 80s watching him with my parents sadly no longer here we all loved him.
Sean Connery was THE Best Bond.
But Roger Moore was always My Favorite.
My favorite so much that I recreate Intros as if I filled in for Roger. He looked so great in the role. Always neat and handsome. The best gadgets and sense of humour. I have a whole Bond collection of replicas. I am a film maker /actor.
Roger Moore was indeed the best Bond and best looking too.
Of course, no doubt on it
I think Roger Moore had the best Bond run.
As soon as Bond took control, Blofeld's cat was immediately like ''To hell with this, I'm off!'' lol
I noticed that,lol
@@MonteLeeMyPOVThat cat said "Show is over"!!!!
Plot twist, the cat is actually the mastermind and Blofeld was just a puppet.
You can kill 100 people in a movie but never a cat or dog
Blofeld’s cat is smarter than he is!
Anyone realizes how amazing it is that ever since WW2, diving Stuka siren became a sound synonym for absolutely any airborne thing diving, for decades to come?
Definitely!
The Wilhelm scream of the skies.
@@diogeneslantern18 It's like the ITC series if the sixties, The Baron, The Champions, etc. If anyone gets in a white mark II Jaguar in one if those, you know they're going to drive off a cliff two minutes later.
Yeah there used to be a clip about the Stuka Siren on YT and I said “Thanks to James Bond films, I grew up thinking that all aircraft make this sound whenever they go into a steep dive”. I think I got around 4000 likes on that one. Haha
The train at the end of Live and Let Die as the credits start.... British Rail horn🤔
Fun fact: The abandoned mill below (Beckton Gasworks, London, England) is where Kubrick filmed the urban war scenes in Full Metal Jacket about five years later.
Really? Awesome!
Excellent information, I didn't know that.
Don’t forget “Inferno” Dr Who story in 1970. Highest fall by a British stuntman at the time when Roy Scammell fell off a gas holder…
@WFitzgerald The ideal scenary for a war movie.
Ah, yes, the detritus of a globalist craphole, coming everywhere.
An extremely underrated movie, this film had some of the best stunt work in the entire franchise.
The practical stunts in this film might be unmatched in cinema.
The practical stunts in this film might be unmatched in cinema.
@@alfredvalrie5541You only Post Twice
Plus Carole Bouquete, the sumergible car, climbing the monastery's rocks, the poster framed by those legs, etc
@@javiercortes5232 The underwater lotus was not in this movie. You're thinking of The Spy Who Loved Me
It was director John Glen who made up this sequence; he thought Roger Moore was going to retire prior to shooting and wrote this "reunion" with Blofeld as an homage to the continuity of the Bond character - since he thought a new actor would have to be introduced.
But then a favourable paycheck changed Roger Moore's opinion, he stayed on, and the thing was filmed nonetheless.
Yeah makes sense and this is pretty much the only way it could be done without anyone getting sued lol
That makes perfect sense, since Glenn was the editor of on her majesty's secret service, so he probably thought it would be good to end that plot point that diamonds are forever choose to skip
I wish Dalton had started his tenure at that point.
Because of McLory(?) and the whole "Thunderball" lawsuit, they had stayed away from Spectre and Blofeld, so this was, kind of, the best option for a write-off of that portion of the "Bond Lore". Then, of course, the passing of the lawsuit instigator and the rights deal with Sony, including the adoption of "Never Say Never Again" into the overall Bond Film library, and the reintroduction of Blofeld and Spectre in the film "Spectre".
He should’ve retired it was getting ludicrous… most of the ladies /girls could’ve been his daughters!
Another testament to the wisdom of Tuco Ramirez: "When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk!"
So bloody true 🤠😂
*FACT 100*
Bond villains should have hired Tuco as consigliere
Blofel had the opportunity to kill Bond and he made him walk around so that he would kill himself.
“All right keep your hair on” one of Sir Roger’s classic lines 👌🤣
As he’s giving out a bit of head slapping 😆
"So you'll never guess who I killed on the way to work today M."
lol! spot on, mate!
"However due to international licensing issues, don't actually state your guess out loud."
hobbitdude13 “oh do be serious 007!..”
Q: *looks up from his clipboard* Oh do grow up double oh seven!
I was always surprised her father who was a powerful criminal did not get revenge himself. And the woman who actually shot Bonds wife was never heard of again
Before CGI... Before AI... Before Drones... there were REAL stunt people, real pilots, real actors... and real cinematography... THIS is true "action filled" adventure !
Before model helicopters …
Horrible use of blue screen though
Amazing. So much better than CGI. Real locations too!
I also wanted to comment on how incredible the stuntwork with the helicopter was... The aerial flips , Bond hanging by the side and Bloefeld outside the helicopter...any number of things could have caused the stuntman to fall or be thrist upward towards the rotor blades...
@@ArmyWolves Sadly part of the reason stunts like this aren't really done anymore is that there were a few incidents where they went horribly wrong in other films...
The helicopter sequence between 2:52 and 3:00 it is really amazing and real. No CGI or miniature here. That is the real thing. Great job from pilot and stunt.
yeah it was insane!
People usually loose hair from extremely scary experiences. Blofeld is the only men in history to experience the opposite. He "Only live twice" like Bond from here, but in "his second chance" with Daniel Craig, he had his hair back.
That is why these movies are amazing! Almost all is for real!
That is a maneuver that military pilots do, it’s called Return on target. Amazing stunt work anyway.
Blofeld - "Put me down!"
Joker - "VERY poor choice of words!"
Chris Nolan’s a massive Bond fan so I wouldn’t put it past him.
@@davidw.2791 The Delicatessen line was funny as hell to me
Dwight Love But what does that mean? Is it a metaphor for a large bribe?
@@davidw.2791 Yes to do the obvious SAVE HIS LIFE you will saying anything if your outside of a helicopter facing the pleasure of being thrown into a smoke stack at 1,000 feet.What would you have done in the same situation.
Once he control the helicopter from his wheel chair why didn’t he ditched the helicopter straight in the river and killed him that would have been the end of Roger Moor ...... this is exactly how 9/11 happened somebody controlled the four aircraft from the ground similar to this and flew then into the twin towers and the pantegon.
It's not just the incredible flying and stunt work on the outside of the helicopter, but
also the forced perspective miniature work and the slick editing with the very good (for it's time) rear projection inserts with Sir Roger. It's also a good historical document as the area where this was filmed later became The Docklands and Canary Wharf with it's modern office towers, marinas and light railway system.
Backton gas works. 😎
Bacton!!!
@@stevelee9924 Beckton. My mistake. Autocorrect….🙄
A family member was responsible for the development of this area in '80's.
There we are,,,,,,,,,my claim to fame at last!!!!!
He should us around the area as his contract was ending in the '90's. He never mentioned it.
You learn something new every day. At 0:59, I didn't know that when a Bell Jet Ranger helicopter goes into a dive, it sounds exactly like a German Ju 87 "Stuka" fixed-wing aircraft in a dive.
I was going to point that out. Diving helicopters DON'T sound like STUKA dive bombers! hahahahahahaha. I noticed this in the theater when I saw it the first time.
All diving flying air...thing in this Bond films sounds like a Stuka. The jet planes also.
Trumpets of Jericho is it not called?
Also he could have jumped twice, the helico flew only few feet above the roof where Blofelt was.
@@tests6176 Oh yeah, its still doing high enough speed to get seriously injured. Good call!
This is how you really shoot action sequences, no CGI, pure genius at work!
The master bond director john glen
There are miniatures though!
Hats off to the stunt team.
The helicopter U-turn with the guy hanging on the side then buzzing right by blofeld is pure insanity. The balls these guys had….
unlike in Spectre which was trash
This whole sequence was pretty much a giant middle finger to Kevin McClory, who owned the rights to SPECTRE and Blofeld and was developing his own rival Bond film at the time as well (which would eventually become "Never Say Never Again").
I was working in the Royal Arsenal when this was shot great fun seeing the chopper flying around.Same place where they made Full Metal Jacket.
Thanks for uploading this sequence. I believe this sequence is perhaps some of the best stunt flying ever put on film. At 2:55 - 3:06 there is a maximum rate turn that is quite simply, mind-blowing. The skill of that pilot has been unmatched in cinema. It almost Never gets talked about though in Bond sites. I hope the pilot was well paid because by god, he flew something pretty awesome.
Cool chopper too: always loved those Bell's....
I agree, Bell's helicopters look amazing. Plus this one has similiar colors to the ones used by Bond in assault on Piz Gloria, which could also be a reference to OHMSS.
Technically speaking propably, but storywise it was too cartoony.
@@metal87power It would have been better if the aerobatics were the pilot trying to dislodge Bond rather than just Blofeld having a bit of a laugh.
The music didn't help either.
That turn is fantastic. Not much room for error with the building so close if you lost the height!
1 Bell, 2 Bells. Plurals are really simple. Apostrophes play no part.
The greatest line in any Bond movie has to be "I'll buy you a delicatessen, in stainless steel." Inexplicable but awesome.
@Greg Elchert That's great. I always wondered what that was about. Thanks for the info.
In German Version he offered him his house in bond street.
@@clemensJB
In the Indian version he offers him 6 goats and his eldest daughter .
@@sgtprestonoftheyukon2423 What?! This film was dubbed for hindi to??
The Bond Delicatessen, selling only Beluga caviar and Bollinger.
As someone who flies radio control airplanes, I can tell you that this man is an amazing RC pilot
He's a top notch player, but unfortunately he's a toxic gamer: look at how he smashes on his keyboard when he loses connexion!
Seems like it
E2
Gee wizz, real Collaborators?.
It could only be in fraction, however.
I did not think about calibration, the stars can align on their own
It took me almost a year to fly a collective pitch rc heli and I still wouldn’t come close to these maneuvers....with a joystick no less lol
Old school action films like this make us grow huge respect to the filmmakers because of the absence of CGI
It's too bad the legalities around the character of Blofeld prevented him from being specifically identified in this sequence, this was Broccoli's way of basically saying "if we can't use him we'll get rid of him, we don't need him." I liked how this sequence (though not shown in this clip) showed the grave of Tracy Bond and Bond visiting her grave. One of the very rare moments in the franchise she is referred to and showing that James still misses her (the other moment being in The Spy Who Loved Me when Anya Amasova mentions the marriage but Bond cuts her short as she touched a nerve).
That's one thing I woulda loved Sean Bean's character, Alec Trevelyan aka 006, see do to try and get under James' skin in Goldeneye, reference his late wife Tracy Bond in front of Natalya before the grenade pen detonates.
Also in License to Kill, at Felix's wedding.
And sort of did happen as well in The World is Not Enough when Elektra (Sophie Marceau) asked Bond if he's ever lost a loved one at one point.
What are the "legalities around the character of Blofeld" that "prevented him from being specifically identified?"
@@gregd2543 Kevin McClory who along with Jack Wittingham and Ian Fleming devised the story for Thunderball when Fleming wrote the novel of Thunderball McClory and Wittingham sued Fleming for using the screenplay they had all written for Thunderball for the novel. At the time of For Your Eyes Only McClory legally still owned certain story elements and characters in the Bond Franchise (including Blofeld)
4:20
Gotta love how the cat was smart enough to get out of dodge when it was necessary.
Bond probably found Blofeld's cat and took him/her home and took care of him/her. After all, the cat didn't do anything to him. Couldn't help that his or her human was a real prick, bellend, a wanker and convenient four-letter words as Bond would say, to put it mildly
@Giuseppe Shmo A new 'patsy', more like (my cats won't touch pastry).
He seemed to abandon the cat in You Only Live Twice., she has no loyalty.
I thought Blofeld pushed his kitty off. That would prove that no one is all bad.
That's because the cat is the real Mastermind!😼
"We can make a deal! I'll buy you a delicatessen! In stainless steel!" LMFAO
What is that about?
@@samsallon explain your question because I don't follow what you're trying to ask
@@michaelsantangelo571 why a delicatessen in stainless steel?
@@samsallon I must say that line has always puzzled me too since the first time I saw the movie. it seems to be just such a bizarre non-sequitur.
According producer Albert Broccoli is a mafia expression for something very expensive.
I can never watch OHMSS without then going and watching this moment. The downer ending requires me to watch this to reassure myself that yes, he did get what was coming to him in the end.
Ditto. The evolution of the Bond Character from Dr. No to the end of the Moore series was remarkable.
Indeed and watched this movie start right after OHMSS
I like "downer" endings.
Irma Bunt killed is the one that Bond's wife. It makes me mad that we never saw what happened to her. She's the one Bond needs to kill.
@@calanon534 There's no specific chronological order with the Sean Connery, Roger Moore films and Timothy Dalton films I don't think. the timeline becomes important only when they switch M to Judy Dench because of... obvious reasons
The Cat hissing when Bond fly's the helicopter back up had me in stitches 🤣
I will always love the little "slap head" bit. Bond is the best movie series.
Paying homage to Benny Hill and his bald man slap?
The skiing base jump from the opening from, "The Spy Who Loved Me", will always be my favorite Bond pre-title opening. But this one from, "For Your Eyes Only" will always be the most fun. Number One's turbo powered wheelchair and his promise to buy Bond a delicatessen still cracks me up! 😅
A delicatessen in stainless steel sounds pretty random.
Alright, keep your hair on!
No, the best (and longest) is the boat chase on the Thames in The World is not Enough, though it’s a horrible bond movie.
Sir Roger Moore, a man with class.
Nice suit & tie
And no respect for the dead.
@@Sleygar well, after all...the pilot was just a drop-out, LOL
But unfortunately, he starred in some of the worst Bond titles. A view to a kill was like a cartoon. I tried to enjoy The man with the golden gun but some parts of it were just horrible, full of totally forgettable supporting characters. And the one where he was undercover as a clown, I can't even remember which title it was.
@@largol33t1 Oh, come on, I think you're trying to take the movies too seriously now. :) I get what you're saying though, his comedic approach wasn't appealing to you. I can respect that.
When Bond/Roger (same guy to me) rips the cables out and takes control of the chopper (4.14) the look on his face with the Bond theme always puts a great big smirk on my face
Roger's facial expressions were always 100% convincing, one among too many was at dinner with Scaramanger.
It is him, 12+ years older from OHMSS
@@Curi0u50ne loved the way Roger would automatically straighten his tie when outsmarted, the same dinner with Scaramanga for example
Imagine being so good they keep you on as Bond until you are 57.
@@kimblandino He was older than the mother of Tanya Roberts, his leading lady in A View To A Kill
Don't you ever wonder the sheer joy when the screenwriter went - oh I have a great idea for an opening scene and it ends with Blofeld going down a chimney...:D
Saw this this as kid, like at 16 years old, and man was it fun to watch!!! Rodger Moore was so calm and cool... And I was oblivious to the meaning behind this sequence, in relation to rights to Blofeld's character/Spectre, for this whole 40 some years !!! An absolutely stunning opening segment..
I've enjoyed all of the "Bonds" over years.. Although, I have a sweet spot, for Rodgers cheeky wit I'll have to say .. God be with you Rodger....
Blofeld: "PUT ME DOWN! PUT ME DOWN!"
Bond: "Very poor choice of words."😆
This has always been my favourite pre-title sequence!
Notice Bond’s sigh of relief on his face once he gains control of the helicopter
Roger Moore is a much better actor than he gave himself credit for. He always thought of himself as someone who was hired because he was a pretty boy, but he had good acting skills.
@@lukasnummer1 Agreed: he did 'humour' better than Connery [gasp!].
There is actually no "sigh of relief" on his face
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@@None-zc5vg Not really. Moore just did humor more over the top than Connery. Connery was clearly the more accomplished actor.
one of the best eye brow shots from Rog, i was 9 when i saw this in the cinemas, the whole cinema applauded when he gain control of the helicopter. for a low budget Bond, this did a very good job. sometimes less is moore 😅 one of my faves.
I love the obvious Blofeld dummy at 4:44 when Bond says "Alright, keep your hair on" and pats him on the head. 😂😂
pp
"Really? Have you no respect for the dead?" LMAO best quote from Blofeld
@슈뢰딩거의 고양이 actually coming from Blofeld who hired men to kill Bond and himself killed several of his own men for failing as said in You Only Live Twice “This is the price of failure, Mr. Bond and shoots his associate Mr Osato. Blofeld had previously murdered Bonds wife Tracy with the help of Irma Bunt.
And great laugh after that line!
Third anniversary of his death, today. RIP
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RIP in heaven, Roger.
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RIP Blofeld.
@@runawayplane6166 Ha ha ha ha. Yeah...i caught it. not sure anyone else has?... Lol!
Sean Connery
Roger Moore
RIP. Love you both.
And Desmond Llewelyn?
And Kojak 👍
Good Film Rojarmooresir
And Louis maxwell??😳
The two best Bonds if you ask me 🤟
Moore was the first designated Bond by Saltzman and Broccoli. They wanted him first, but he was doing the Saint and wasn't available. So they got Connery instead. But Moore was the one they wanted first, so he really is the Bond of all Bonds.
03:58 That Bill Conti score though. Love it when my fandoms collide 😀🙂
Its ok
The CAT survives
That's PURRFECT then!!
And I saw your comment at 42 likes. This is as far from CATastrophic as it can be.
@@101Volts 46 likes. ;)
I always assumed the cat was the REAL Blofeld.
9 lives...
As many times as I've seen this clip, it was only today that it occurred to me - when Blofeld is playing cat & mouse and has the remote control helicopter buzz the roof where he's watching/controlling all this, Bond could simply have jumped off the landing skid, easily survive a rolling landing on the roof (he was only a few feet above the roof), and dealt with Blofeld up close & personal.
It's the speed that would have knobbled Bond, not the height.
And it wouldn´t have been half as exiting!
@@chrisparkes2179 “knobbled Bond” …sounds like a biscuit 😂
@@friktionrc Merchandise opportunity!
What a boring movie it would be!
Dont be a director please
The fact that this whole scene is also an almighty "fuck you" to Kevin McClory just makes it all the better.
@Karlimo Kevin McClory was a movie producer who owned the rights to novel "Thunderball" by suing Ian Flemming due to him forgetting to give credit to McClory and four other people for the story. (the book was a early failed screenplay/script that Flemming later adapted) The suit was later settled out of court and gave McClory certain screen rights to the novel's story, plot, and characters. That's why in Thuderballs title sequence, McClory was only credited as sole producer and Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman got a presents credit and served as executive producers. It was part of the deal he made with Broccoli and Saltzman to get the film made and use the rights of Blofeld and SPECTRE for the films for ten years and prevent McClory to start making his own rival Bond film. Its why Blofeld was "killed" in Diamonds are Forever. The ten year time limit was up and they were going to lose the rights. In 1976, McClory announced that he was going to make his own James Bond film which later became "Never, Say Never" . He got sued by MGM and EON to stop him but they lost. The Pre-title sequence was a message to McClory, telling him that they didn't need SPECTRE, Blofeld or him (from what I gather that McClory was an Asshole at the highest degree) and he can go fuck himself. They way that they kill Blofeld is the ultimate middle finger to McClory(instead of a epic death, he is kill in most anticlimactic way possible and is treated as an after thought) and tells the audience that the series does not need Blofeld or SPECTRE in it to be a James Bond film.
@@rezevilfan oooookay seems these films types are dramatic
@@silverkitty2503 You have "no" ideal. Bad blood doesn't even cover how bad this feud was. There is even a book about the whole thing that both sides didn't want to come out due to it showing on how bad and dramatic it was. It was that crazy.
exactly, the whole SPECTRE/Blofeld thing was McClory's idea, Fleming had always used SMERSH in the previous novels
I was telling a friend Moore had the craziest run of Bond. Being accepted as Connery's replacement, Saltzman leaving, saving the franchise, going sci fi, saving UA from bankruptcy, and going against Never Say Never Again.
Roger Moore was my 007 as I'm 55 yrs old, the best❗️
I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw this in the theater as a teenager…
The movie industry has always had incredible helicopter pilots. Simply incredible.
Especially in t2
@@ninjavigilante5311Fun fact: the helicopter cop who jumps out in T2 was the actual stunt pilot. He also flew helicopters 🚁 and did scenes in First Blood, Predator and True Lies.
This is one of my favorite opening sequences. The guy in the wheelchair has a wonderful DEMONIC, taunting chuckle.
Blofeld was the leader of an evil terrorist organization. Diabolical fits as well as demonic.
One of the best bonds but the clip is missing the scene before this with Tracy's grave, one of the most poignant moments in the entire franchise and also adds real weight to bond's confrontation with the 'bald assassin'
@bigbadb10 You are confusing For Your Eyes Only with Octopussy. Never Say Never Again is from 1983. How could a film from 1981 make a dig at a film that hadn't even announced/filmed/shown?
bigbadb10 “we have all the time in the world” is a line that lazenby says when tracie dies at the end of ohmss.
I love that they connected the two
@bigbadb10 You are confusing For Your Eyes Only with Octopussy. Never Say Never Again is from 1983. For Your Eyes Only was filmed in 1980 & 1981.
bigbadb10 actually it’s a dig at Kevin mclory who was making the rival bond movie, we have all the time in the world is a quote by lazenby when Tracy dies in ohmss
@bigbadb10 - That line, the words by Bond when his wife was killed, is also the name of the song by Louis Armstrong for that movie "In Her Majesty's secret service".
Love your magical special touch! For,with Your Clever Immortal British Secret Agent Service All- Powerful Mind Only;No one cleverly outsmarts and overpowers villians such as the outstanding way you do 007 - Legendary purely and simply like no one else in the entire courageos craft.
Sir Roger Moore R.I.P.
Those were the days, the fabulous 70s....for movies, music, TV, sports, books, ......its all gone now.😢
Yeah, compared to this rubbish and drivel society in 2024. What a decline!
Gotta give Credit to the Stunt man making this scene outside the Helicopter
The stunt man was the great Martin Grace. He was Roger Moore's stunt double from The spy who loved me to A view to a kill.
@@maxillotto Yes, the first time I watched that scene, the twins jumped so high, it looked like I had the mumps.
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And to the crazy pilot that almost killed everyone at 2:55
@@AutoFirePad Yeah that is pretty astonishing stunt work!
This has always been and always will be my favorite Bond film especially this opening gambit, true genius
I still thing Goldeneye has the best opening.
This and TSWLM wee Moore's best. And two of the best from the franchise.
Criminally under-rated movie in the Bond franchise. Perhaps my favorite Roger Moore era Bond movie.
I agree, even though Moonraker is my favorite, this movie had a good plot is well. Good filming locations like Athens, Greece and Cortina, Italy. Tricky main Bond villain like Kristatos. He even got me fooled! And a beautiful but dark Bond girl armed with a crossbow. Enjoy!
"Criminally underrated?"
Agreed. I do have a soft spot for Spy Who Loved Me. Possibly because at the age of 10 I realized I was a heterosexual male. It was probably Barbara Bach's evening gown.
SO FREAKING COOL! I haven't seen the movie in over 30 years, but man this was a fantastic sequence!
Also, kudos to the pilot, some damn good flying!
Hearing you know who beg for his life was pretty hilarious in my opinion.
Me: Where is Blofeld?
James Bond: He's blowing down the chimney
"He's blowing off some steam"
"Oh, I imagine he's somewhere up in smoke!"
Blofield 2015: what did u do with the other me from 1981?
Daniel craig bond: oh, he went for a smoke. (Roger moore smirk)
He always was a bit of a drop out...
@@pertuk LOL!
I agree with Bond’s impulse to kill Blofeld, as opposed to the last movie with Craig, where he captured him. Although Blofeld undoubtedly possesses a treasure trove of information about his organization, it has been shown repeatedly that he is the master manipulator and his subordinates would continue to go to extreme lengths to secure his release. But, with him dead, his organization is permanently deprived of its most imaginative and destructive driving force. Bond made good use of his “license to kill”.
Considering their history, Bond would have been very foolish to leave Blofield alive. He would have found a way to bribe his way out of any prison and attack again. It was best to kill him and cripple his organization permanently.
Blofeld killed his wife.
It was personal not professional.
I mean Bond had tried to kill Blofeld more than once by this point in the franchise to the point that finding volunteers to serve as fake Blofeld's was proving difficult because Bond had killed so many of them! Bond has never really made a concentrated effort to capture Blofeld. In this continuity it'd be fair to say that Blofeld _was_ SPECTRE.
Waltz’s Blofeld hadn’t killed James’s wife. Also Waltz’s Blofeld had lots of useful information at the end of Spectre. The 007 in FYEO had already broken Spectre so much so that all this broken Blofeld could offer James was a delicatessen.
Dude, the scene was just supposed to be an epic action scene with a funny ending. No deeper thought went into this.
2:53 - That's insane. What a stunt.
@eating sugar no papa No shit, sherlock. :)
@eating sugar no papa Roger Moore was actually older than Sean Connery, but didn't do his first one until eleven years after Connery did his first. When Connery did his last official Bond movie he was 41, Moore was 58 when he did his last.
I wonder who they got to ride the wheelchair down into the chimney..?
The stuntman was probably hooked onto the heli door with a harness
TheSmithersy
Probably related to Buster of Mythbusters fame. 😉
Robert Rietti as the voice of Blofeld. The Italian actor also was dubbed for Lago in Thunderball and Tanaka in You Only Live Twice as the actors’ English was poor. We owe him the Good aftanoon meester Bond line lol. I love his manic laugh.
This particular Pre-Title sequence is still very watchable, even 43yrs after the movie's original release. 😉👌
"How did he die?" "The helicopter pilot? Not well."
I see what you've done there
he got a remote control electric shock from a pair of communication headset that was rigged by electrical tasers or stuns etc and with enough voltage to kill someone for sure.
@@Patrick4959 it was a joke as some of line was used by Daniel Craig’s Bond in Casino Royale when Bond was asked how the bad guys contact died and Bond responded with “Not Well”
@@scottknode898 i don't think that was a joke mate.
Wasn't that Casino Royale?
3:58 that moment when Bill Conti’s score finally kicks in.
It's the most glorious moment ever
piece of sht soundtrack.
@@fredrikfredrik1844 Aye you probably like Spectre's clichéd soundtrack
@@clonecommanderfoggy682 It's a piece of sht soundtrack hands down. Conti had no place anywhere near a Bond film.
@@fredrikfredrik1844 Well I think he did and its better for it. Its one of the best.
for me personally, For Your Eyes Only has the best opening sequence of all Bond franchise
Also, has a great intro song by Sheena Easton. It's definitely one of my favorite Bond movies.
Gotta go with the ski jump in The Spy Who Loved Me
The Spy Who Loved outclasses all Roger Moore openings and ranks among one of the best of all Bond openings.
For me Spy, Moonraker, Eyes and Octopussy are the golden era of action packed Bond pre title sequences
Seriously? Better than the openings of From Russia with Love, The Spy who Loved Me, The Living Daylights, GoldenEye, Casino Royale?? 😉
The model perspective scene where the helicopter appears to fly into the building is film making at it's finest.
This is so great, and it is actually a 1000 times better than over the top CGI that is not grounded to the real world. This is because they did it for real. Even the dummy in the wheelchair is believable!
"Your fading from my picture Mr. Bond......BUT..... the end cannot be far away.....aaah ha ha hahahaha!"
Yes for him.
Keep that chain, filthy animal
Miss old Rog..such a great sense of humour,great value on chat shows too!RIP
"Really, have you no respect for the dead?" Says Blofeld after killing the poor pilot in the first place!
technically blofeld wasn't disrespecting the dead since he wasn't dead yet.
@@scottmatheson3346 Welp he definitely was after falling out of that heli
We are so focused on Bond’s survival that anyone else who dies in the movie is so easily dismissed.
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I survived higher falls. Also two crashes in my C175 and 8 car crashes in 50 years.
When we bought a Sony Betamax player, this snippet was included in its demo tape. I watched this in the demo tape so many times over and over again.
Like it when Bond pulls the remote control lead out and the cat hisses like he knows something is wrong lol
Same here🙂
Cats always know when the shits about to hit the fan.
"Goodbye Mr Bond, I trust you had a pleasant fright."
Knowing that I just watched a real action sequence without any CGI is quite satisfying and makes me have more respect for this art.
Avenged his wife AND put his most recurring nemesis down all in the same moment.
Best Tuesday morning EVER.
Actor playing the pilot -“Hey mom! I got a part in the new James Bond movie!!”
Mom-“ Oh. Who are you playing?”
Pilot-“Well according to the credits, I’m one of Blofeld’s LESS USEFUL PEOPLE. “
Roger Moore was my personal favorite James Bond.
The best pre-cgi Bond flick. The greatest downhill ski chase ever filmed
I love how a descending helicopter suddenly sounds like a diving Stuka bomber from WW2.
You ever wonder why he just didn't shoot Melina's parents when he dropped her off?
As I've said previously, it was a fixture on the BBC Sound Effects LPs that were released in 1970 and you actually hear the very same track as Bond/Moore is deplaned by Jaws in Moonraker.
I think Bond answered the call
Another one of my favorite opening intro. Never loose your cool. Love it.
The first Bond film I ever saw. :)
For me it was Spy Who Loved Me in a cinema in Edinburgh. Great memories with dad (who is 84 now).
Seeing that Philips logo on the speaker gave me a flashback 😊
The white cat survived and went on to become the symbol of Fancy Feast cat food brand!
I thought he became the bad guy in Cats and Dogs. (Cats rule!)
Make no mistake, the main Villain hiding in plain sight got away 4:20
Roger did what George and Sean didn't: truly sent Blofeld to HELL!
True!
I was always surprised her father who was a powerful criminal did not get revenge himself. And the woman who actually shot Bonds wife was never heard of again
@@robertpreston2220 good point
Everyone thought Sean Connery's Bond had killed Blofeld at the Baja oil rig base. That included Roger Moore's Bond. Good thing he ended the S.P.E.C.T.R.E boss once and for all.
@@victorcolon1454 Love how Roger Moore's Bond finally ended Bloefield!
"Put me down, put me down." "Oh, you want to get off?" "Mr Boooonnnnddddd!"😄😁
Real actors,Real scenes👏✨️
No cgi bs like current generation. Love it.
I like the obvious dummy when he patted him on the head. 😂
One of the strongest bond movies ever done
Yes, and a brilliant pre-titles scene: fiendishly funny, absurd and elegantly crafted/ written/ acted/photographed. "Mister BOOOOOOOND!!" ;D
The villain screaming,"Mr Bond!!!!",when he was dropped into the chimney,l made a cackling laugh.😂😂😂
Cold blooded by Mr bond
Also a bomb whistle.
Mad props to whoever piloted that helicopter! 👍🏆🎖
Gotta love the Stuka siren sound when the helicopter is losing height! LOL
At the time they didn't have the rights to the character, this was them say they didn't need him anymore.....
All the special effects available today but Hollywood cant make stunts like this from decades ago.
Aw, poor Blofeld. He fall down go BOOM! 😊😊😊
Finally! Justice for the Late Mrs. Bond👍👍
Gotta love how the cat scrammed out of there when it saw the helicopter approaching.
As others have noted, kitteh was the true mastermind behind Spectre...