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Uppdrag Den brittiska underrättelsetjänsten upptäcker att någon försöker smuggla ovärderliga juveler. James Bond blir inkopplad och spåren leder till Indien där den vackra smuggeldrottningen Octopussy har sitt residens på en ö enbart bebodd av kvinnor. (Ön Lesbos Grekland). Ett mycket lockande resemål för Bond som inte direkt avskräcks det kvinnliga könet. Juvelsmugglingen visar sig vara en täckmantel. En krigsgalen rysk general planerar att föra in och spränga en atombomb i Västtyskland, för att sedan lägga skulden på USA och starta ett nytt världskrig. Svenskan Kristina Wayborn spelar den förföriska Magda. Samt det fanns med tre Bondbrudar. Maud Adams Kristina Wayborn Mary Stavin
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 General Orlov Played by: Steven Berkoff Orlov is a pompous Russian General dissatisfied with NATO's disarmament talks. He teams up with Kamal Khan to set up a nuclear bomb in an US air base in Germany. Orlov ends up dead when he is shot in the back while trying to flee to the West. |
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 Kamal Kahn: Played by: Louis Jourdan Another sly smuggler with a connection to the Soviet Union, Khan double-crosses his partner, Octopussy, to sell stolen Russian jewelry and plant a nuclear device on an American Air Force base. |
 Mischka and Grischka Played by David and Anthony Meyer, respectively The two knife-throwing, identical twins kill 009 in the beginning of the film. Bond becomes their next target. Near the end of the movie, Mischka gets hit by a cannon while Grishka is stabbed by Bond. |
 Gobinda: Kamal's main henchman is played well here by Kabir Bedi who has a lot of on-screen presence. He does everything his master commands, including fighting Bond on top of both a train and a plane, but also has a mind of his own and often takes the initiative himself to attack Bond. In another good chase, through an Indian marketplace, he has to chase Bond with a Tuk-Tuk taxi but Bond gets the upper hand as he has a 'company' Tuk-Tuk which has been given some not-so-standard Universal Export modifications. |
 Gobinda action scene on the train with Bond |
 A preserved historic railway with origins in the middle of the 19th century, the Nene Valley Railway stretches for around 12 km / 7 miles and links the station of Peterborough Nene Valley with Yarwell Junction..Of interest, the line has featured in a number of famous television programmes and movies, including both the James Bond films 'Octopussy' and 'Golden Eye'. |
 Magda Played by: Kristina Wayborn Description: At first glance, Magda appears to be one of Kamal Khan's henchman after she sleeps with Bond and steals the Faberge Egg. However, it is later revealed that she is in fact a member of Octopussy's Traveling Circus and helps lead the attack on Kamal Khan's palace during the film's finale. |
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 M Played by: Robert Brown Description: Taking over for Bernard Lee who passed away shortly after Moonraker's release, Robert Brown acts as the same character. It is often debated that he is actually Admiral Hargreaves, Brown's character in The Spy Who Loved Me, but it is never finitely stated that he is anyone other than Sir Miles Messervy, who was Bernard Lee's M. |
 Bianca Played by: Tina Hudson Description: Bianca: Seen helping Bond in the pre-credits sequence, Bianca helps Bond during the pre-title sequence by giving him Colonel Toro's ID badge,, then waits for him to make a getaway. Instead, Bond gets caught and instead of escaping, is driven out of the base under armed guard. Bianca follows with the horsebox Bond brought in and attracts the attention of the guards long enough for Bond to escape. |
 Agent 009 Played by: Andy Bradford Description: After escaping from Octopussy's circus with the Portrait of a Lady Faberge Egg, 009 is killed by Mischka and Grishka, but not before crashing into the British Ambassador's room and delivering the egg. |
  James Bond Played by: Roger Moore Description: Roger Moore returns for his sixth appearance as James Bond, a role which is now completely his. Moore has a certain confidence that, while more realistic, also comes across as slightly bored. In addition, his time in a clown outfit is one of the low points of the series. |
 Octopussy Played by: Maud Adams Description: Octopussy is an international jewel smuggler as well as the owner of Octopussy's Traveling Circus. She is trying to steal a host of Soviet jewels and artifacts, but is betrayed by her partner, Kamal Khan. She is also Bond's primary love interest in the film. |
 Colonel ToroPlayed by: Ken Norris Description: Looking like Bond's long lost twin, Colonel Toro stops Bond from destroying his top secret plane during the pre-title sequence. However, he is killed when Bond leads a heat-seeking missile into a hanger with Toro and the plane. |
 Vijay Played by: Vijay Amritraj Description: Vijay is Bond's main ally in India. A fellow British Secret Service employee, his knowledge of India proves invaluable. He meets his end at the hand of the villainous"Yo Yo Killer." |
 Yo Yo KillerPlayed by: William Derrick Description: This man kills Vijay with his bladed yo yo on the orders of Gobinda. He later tries to murder Bond in the same manor, but after missing he loses a battle with 007, which costs him his life. |
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I pre-titeln sekvens, som Acrostar flyger genom lagret, kan du se om du tittar noga nog stången på vilken modell strålen spetsad på. När Vijay är "fiske" (medan James är med Octopussy), är hans skjorta 2 knappar blyg för att vara knäppt till toppen. När inkräktarna smyga attackera honom framifrån och bakifrån, sliter de hans skjorta 4 knappar ner och nästan till naveln. Sen när Gobinda går nerför trappan och tittar på Vijay är hans skjorta tillbaka till att vara knäppt 2 knappar uppifrån. Sedan, när vi tittar på Vijay från utsiktspunkt av goon med Buzzsaw ser vi Vijay skjorta är uppknäppt 3 eller 4 spår igen. Under filmens klimax kan stuntman fördubbling för 007: s fallskärm tydligt ses när det blåser öppna sin jacka. Senare, när Gobinda faller av planet kan du tydligt se de orange band av hans fallskärm under hans jacka när han snurrar bort. Pre-förtexter med Acrostar planet var ursprungligen tänkt att vara lite Nelly typ striden sekvens i Moonraker och skulle ske ovanför Angel Falls i Brasilien. Det måste utrangeras när det faller "flodbädden torkade upp Octopussy ö låg i Udaipur, Indien. Det var också känd som "City of Sunrise". Magda var ett djur tränare, en jockey, och även en racerförare, innan hon blev skådespelerska. När Octopussy talar om Bonds bakgrund med sin far Major Dexter Smythe, är att historien faktiskt hela handlingen i Ian Fleming novell, "Octopussy". Den Faberge ägg auktion sekvens var i Ian Fleming novell, "Tillhör en Lady". Sidan säger redan att Faberge ägg auktion sekvens på Sothebys togs från novellen "Tillhör en Lady". Denna berättelse var faktiskt på uppdrag av en konst expert på Sothebys och publiceras i Sothebys årliga "Konst på auktion". En annan intressant länk till Sothebys är att chefen för Sothebys i många år, Peter Wilson faktiskt inkallad till MI6 under andra världskriget och hans kodnummer fanns 007, och hans vän och kollega Ian Fleming delvis använde honom som inspiration för karaktären. Octopussy är den första Bond-filmen för att bevisa länken till Sothebys. Sean Connery berömde faktiskt actionsekvenser i filmen Roger Moore använder Walther P-5 under större delen av filmen. Den P-5 liknar Walther P-38 som används av den tyska armén under andra världskriget. De största skillnaderna är mycket kortare pipa och en annan säkerhetsmekanism. Jämfört med PPK är något tyngre och avfyrar 9mm Parabellum rundan. Trots att han är känd för att vara allmän Orlov i Octopussy spelade Steven Berkoff en liknande roll som en sovjetisk officer i Rambo: First Blood Part II. Namnet Moneypenny assistent, Penelope Smallbone, kom från det riktiga namnet på en av dansarna i den TSWLM vinjett.
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tveksam till att ställa upp som 007 för sjätte gången. En av de som
var föreslagen som Bond ifall Moore skulle hoppa av, var Christopher
"Stålmannen" Reeve.
+Faye Dunaway var först på gång i rollen som Octopussy, men hon ville enligt uppgift ha ett rätt så högt gage, varför rollen gick till Maud Adams istället. +Den första scen som spelades in var den med Bond och M vid Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin. Datum: 10 augusti 1982. +Den som spelar 009 är Andy Bradford. Han var även den vakt vid St Cyril´s som Melina sköt i axeln i förra filmen, For Your Eyes Only. +Moneypennys assistent Penelope Smallbone spelas av Michaela Clavell, dotter till succéförfattaren James Clavell. Denne har skrivit tegelstenar som Shogun och Tai-Pan. +En av de mest omtalade "mindre lyckade tagningarna" i Bondserien var Lois Maxwells felsägning när den ovanstående scenen skulle spelas in. Maxwell introducerade sin assistent som "miss Smallbush." Enligt uppgift ska det p g a alla skratt-attacker ha tagit lång tid innan man kunde göra en ny tagning av scenen! +Bonds och Kamals backgammon-parti skulle från början ha varit med i The Spy Who Loved Me, fast då mellan Bond och Max Kalba. +Scenografen Peter Lamont lade ned massor av tid och energi på Octopussys parad-slup. Till sist hittade man två lämpliga båtar i Bombay, som man använde som förlaga till slupen. +Kristina Wayborn kommer från byn Isgärde på Öland. Innan hon bytte namn hette hon Britt-Inger Johansson. +Octopussy var den sista Bondfilm som även avslöjade titeln på nästa film, "James Bond will return in...". Här anges i och för sig titeln på nästa film till From a View to a Kill. Man strök senare ordet From i den titeln. +I samband med den svenska premiären på Octopussy kom Desmond Llewelyn, "Q", hit på PR-besök tillsammans med Mary Stavin och Gillian de Terville, som i filmen spelar två av Octopussys cirkusflickor. I intervjuer avslöjade Llewelyn att han egentligen är helt oteknisk och att han hade svårt att få vatten ur duschkranen på sitt hotellrum! +Octopussy var den av 80-talets Bondfilmer som fick bäst kritik i de svenska tidningarna. Jurgen Schildt kallade i Aftonbladet filmen för "kärt strunt" men gav den ändå tre plus. Bernt Eklund gav filmen tre getingar i Expressen. "Roger Moore är så avspänd att han förmodligen skulle somna stående om inte de läskiga skurkarna oavbrutet attackerade honom", tyckte Eklund. +Bondintresset var mycket högt under 1983, inte bara därför att det kom två Bondfilmer under det året, utan också därför att alla Bondfilmerna vid denna tid höll på att släppas på hyrvideo i Sverige. De första två Bondfilmerna på video var From Russia With Love och Goldfinger, som släpptes på hyrvideo i maj 1982. De lade sig snabbt i hyrvideo-toppen och stannade där under hela sommaren, trots fotbolls-VM och stekhet värme! I september 1982 följdes de av Dr. No och For Your Eyes Only, alltså den då nyaste filmen! Där kan man snacka om rusning efter hyrvideo... Sedan pytsade man ut ett par Bondfilmer i taget under det närmaste året. Man sparade Thunderball och The Spy Who Loved Me till sist! +I Sverige fick Octopussy massvis av medie-uppmärksamhet eftersom tre svenska tjejer medverkade i den (Maud Adams, Kristina Wayborn och Mary Stavin). +Av en ren tillfällighet avslöjades en skandal i Sovjetunionen samtidigt som Octopussy spelades in: Brezjnevs svärson var inblandad i en historia som gick ut på att den ryska statscirkusen smugglade in juveler i landet. Vid en razzia i svärsonens lägenhet fann man ädelstenar för 1 miljon dollar. +Maud Adams medgav att det tog tid att lära sig "säga filmens titel utan att rodna". +Roger Moore var inte säker på om han skulle vara med i filmen eller inte. Den som skulle hoppa in i fall han tackade nej var Christopher "Stålmannen" Reeve |
General
Info - Octopussy (1983) 
Bond returns for a sleeker, more entertaining film with Roger Moore at the helm for a sixth time. Threats of his resignation from the role had proved groundless as Moore signed on the dotted line. The usual production crew was back for another crack at Bond suggesting at some continuity. This would only partly be the case - the resultant cash was not far diminished from the previous film, the resultant film, however, would return to the mould of The Spy Who Loved Me and even Goldfinger. Decadence allied with competence - but was this James Bond's real all time high?
The Plot
Consider the situation in the early 1980's -The Cold War is fizzling away leaving many to wonder what to do. Not so General Orlov, who wants to attack NATO in their apparently weak state due to easing tensions. Rejections from Moscow force Orlov to ally with Kamal Khan in a win-win partnership - on one side, through Khan's unsuspecting associate Octopussy (and her circus), a nuclear bomb can be brought into West Germany for Orlov whilst at the same time, Orlov can get jewels from the Russian archive to aide Khan's smuggling operation, also into Europe. The bomb is to be set off at the circus inside a US military base, the blame subsequently being pinned on the US as an accident, with US forces having to withdraw from Europe leaving the door open to Orlov's megalomaniac plans. Bond, who allies with Octopussy, discovers this plan and de-activates the bomb, just, at the performance and then jets off to India to rescue her from Khan which, of course, is done successfully but with the help of Octopussy's gymnasts.
Budget: $25m - Gross: $184m
James Bond - Octopussy (1983)
After
deploying a more profound interpretation of Bond in For Your Eyes Only, Roger
Moore relaxes a little here and seems to enjoy the ride much better. With Maud
Adams as they leading lady, there was no doubt that the Bond-Octopussy
relationship would hit it off. There is a touch more class and panache to the
performance this time too. It gels much as The Spy Who Loved Me did, despite
Moore having a bug in India, and goes down as one of his most accomplished
perfomances as 007.
Bond,
the character, does some of the greatest continent hopping of the whole series.
He starts in South America, lands home in London, then goes to India, heads for
Germany, then back to India! As usual, he has up-to-date equipment such as the
LCD watch and the Acrostar Jet (well, almost up-to-date - it was planned to be
used in Moonraker, actually). He also like dressing up in this film, be it as a
Banana Republic General or a clown. As a clown, the scene where Bond has to
defuse the nuclear bomb, there is restraint where there 
could
have been overt humour - and the fuilm is much the better thanks to the control
of the producers.
Like For Your Eyes Only, Bond is truly shocked when an ally, in this case Vijay, is lost on the mission. In this move away from action-man Bond and into a more human type, the Roger Moore Bond really comes into its element.
Conclusion: A suitable follow-on performance from the previous film, the balance is about right. This Bond is somewhere between Moonraker and For Your Eyes Only, equating humour with humanity for a polished Bond. Perhaps it was the threat of the rival film Never Say Never Again which focussed the producer's minds to make Bond as good as he gets? Whatever, no-one can argue with this wonderful outing
Allies/MI6 - Octopussy (1983)
Allies
Vijay:
Vijay makes his presence known to Bond, rather cleverly, by playing the
"James Bond Theme" on his flute, which he using as part of his
snake-charming cover. He works as a tennis pro, fittingly enough, at Kamal's
club in town. He helps Bond to escape from this club later, after Bond
humiliates Kamal Khan, by driving the Taxi. He is not spared thougfh, and is
killed later in a vicious attack by one of Gobinda's henchmen, using the yo-yo
buzz saw. Bond is deeply shocked by his death at the lakeside and uses this as a
thrust for his revenge later.
Bianca: Seen helping Bond in the pre-credits sequence, Bianca sets Bond up as General Toro, then waits for him to make a getaway. Instead, Bond gets caught and instead of escaping, is driven out of the base under armed guard. Bianca follows with the horsebox Bond brought in and attracts the attention of the guards long enough for Bond to escape.
General
Gogol: Instead of
fighting for seemingly Soviet causes, Gogol pushes for a more positive agenda to
address Russia's internal problems, which is against Orlov's megalomanial scheme
to conquer Northern Europe. Gogol does not let it lie there. He keeps his eye on
Orlov until the point where he can prove that he is the thief of jewellery from
the Kremlin Art Repository - then the East German troops shoot Orlov, as he
tries to catch the train going into West Germany.
MI6
'M':
The character of
'M' returns here in the form of Robert Brown (who had played Admiral Hargreaves
in The Spy Who Loved Me). Following on from his predecessor, this 'M' gives Bond
a customary berating, this time for swapping the Fabergé eggs at Sotherby's.
Despite this initial reception, 'M' does give a wry smile when Bond leaves,
realising what he has done is for the best. Later 'M' joins Bond in East Berlin
to discuss future plans.
Miss Moneypenny: The shortest of all her roles, Moneypenny is overshadowed by her new, but not long-lived, assistant, Miss Penelope Smallbone. Instead of the usual pleasantries, Moneypenny seems to get the brunt of Bond's teasing as he is more interested in the new office beauty - much to Moneypenny's chagrin.
Miss
Penelope Smallbone:
Moneypenny's new assistant gets all of Bond's attention as he embarks on a new
mission. Smallbone gets her own desk and computer, but fails to appear again (I
wonder if Bond was happy?). It is fairly obvious that she was meant as a
Moneypenny replacement, but the producers must have thought better of it.
'Q': In his under-resourced Indian workshop, 'Q' prepares more new equipment for Bond, including a homer for Bond's Fabergé egg and a Liquid Crystal Display watch TV - which Bond uses to take close-ups of a secretary's bust, much to 'Q''s annoyance. Bond later gets a ride in 'Q''s Hot-Air Balloon to the Monsoon Palace. Bond fights his way to Octopussy while 'Q' lands the thing, thronged by a bevvy of Octopussy's beauties. They flirt with him but he is having none of it. He does suggest that his mind will return to them though, later.
Minister Of Defence, Frederick Gray: Fleeting this time, Gray is seen at the end of the film retuning to Gogol a treasure which Bond used to persuade Octopussy that Kamal's plans were not as he had suggested.
Jim Fanning: An art expert MI6 employs, Fanning is accompanied by Bond to Sotherby's where a real Fabergé egg is for sale, not one like that handed in, brutally, by 009 in West Germany. Bond nearly gives Fanning a coronary by outbidding Kamal for the egg, proceeding to swap the real egg for the fake in order to "smoke him out".
Agent 009: Seen just after the titles, 009 tries to escape the Octopussy circus with one of the fake Fabergé eggs. He is pursued eagerly by the knife-wielding Mischka and Grischka through a forest, in a very haunting scene. They catch up with him because he is hindered by his clown's outfit and the balloons on his back which keep popping. When they catch him up, they throw a knife at him, rendering him dead - or so they think. He has just enough time to get out of the river and crawl to the British Embassy and dispense of the egg.
Conclusion: Bond is helped in India by the fearless Vijay and in Europe by Gogol, an unlikely ally. The former is an interesting, if somewhat tongue-in-cheek ally, twhile the other is deadly serious in stopping Orlov. Poles apart yet both very good. Fanning is probably the only ally Bond has brough to near death on purpose, which makes for a rather amusing scene, while Smallbone acts to make Bond feel younger. The rest is as usual, except that 'M' is a mite softer now. This does not last for long though - The character would become tougher under Timothy Dalton's Bond.
Villains - Octopussy (1983)
Kamal
Khan: A
corrupt Afghan Prince who colludes with General Orlov to further both their ends,
Kamal is an intelligent and sophisticated villain the likes of which has not
been for a while in the series. He uses Octopussy's travelling circus as a means
of smuggling jewellery from country to country, admittedly with her knowledge,
but double crosses her by changing the jewels for a nuclear bomb when the circus
visits a US Air Base in West Germany. The role of Khan is played brilliantly by
Louis Jordan. His best scenes are when Bond betters him in both the auction room
(by out-bidding him to an outrageous sum for the Fabergé Egg) and in the club
(by cottoning-on to Kamal's technique for winning and turning the tables on the
cheat). His demise is spectacular as he is sent to his death when his plane is
forced to crash by Bond.
Gobinda:
Kamal's main henchman is played well here by Kabir Bedi who has a lot of
on-screen presence. He does everything his master commands, including fighting
Bond on top of both a train and a plane, but also has a mind of his own and
often takes the initiative himself to attack Bond. In another good chase,
through an Indian marketplace, he has to chase Bond with a Tuk-Tuk taxi but Bond
gets the upper hand as he has a 'company' Tuk-Tuk which has been given some
not-so-standard Universal Export modifications.
General
Orlov: Détente
and Orlov are like chalk and cheese. He seizes the opportunity to cause trouble,
with the assistance of Kamal Khan, buy offering the Afghan jewellery in trade
for getting the nuclear bomb into West Germany. This character is only memorable
due to his importance in the plot, not by the performance given by Steven
Berkoff. Our first encounter with Orlov is when he addresses the Russian 'Committee'
with his megalomaniac plans against NATO. He loses out to General Gogol in the
battle of words as Gogol displays much more composure and honesty.
Mischka
and Grischka: Identical
twins, identical target - Bond. They are a knife-throwing act in Octopussy's
circus but use their skill to more devastating effect when they kill 009 in East
Berlin whilst trying to retreive the fake Fabergé Egg. 007 on the other hand is
not overcome by these murderers as he kills both in separate confrontations; one
aboard the train, the other after they have jumped off it.
Conclusion: No real crackpots or crazed perverts here, just a criminal element trying to get on with its business. There's nothing wrong (or is that right?) with that, but it's all done with a touch of stoidness. Kamal is a corrupt businessman, who is really a bit-part to Orlov's megalomania. Admittedly, Orlov is not the most clear-headed of folks, and that makes him much better for the film, but we have met more worthy candidates for the loony title. On the other hand, Mischka, Grischka and Gobinda are much better - simple yet effective.
Women - Octopussy (1983)
Octopussy:
An exotic
lady to say the least. Octopussy owns a travelling circus with India as its base.
Her palace there is guarded by an all-female band of gymnasts which belong to
her revived Octopus cult. The circus is used as a cover, with her partner Kamal
Khan, for jewellery smuggling. Upon meeting Bond Octopussy she reveals that she
is the daughter of the disgraced British agent Dexter Smythe. Years before Bond
had been sent to look for Smythe in the Far East and had given him the option of
suicide rather than a court martial back home. As the film progresses Octopussy
and Bond become lovers. When she is kidnapped by Kamal, after Bond prevents the
nuclear bomb from exploding, 007 chases them to get her back.
There is a lot of chemistry between Roger Moore and Maud Adams and thus is a well remembered leading lady. Adams is the only woman to have played two major Bond film roles, having appeared as Andrea Anders in The Man With The Golden Gun. Octopussy (the film) allowed her to present her considerable skills as an actress, much more than her other role.
Magda:
A beautiful
sidekick for Octopussy's operations (and assistant to Kamal Khan), Magda is sent
to get back the real Fabergé Egg from Bond, in what ever way possible, whilst
he is at the hotel. She inadvertantly helps Bond by explaining her Octopus
tattoo which identifies her as one of the cult's members. Kristina Wayborn makes
a splendid job of Magda's character, with the script even letting her show off
her athletic skills in the battle at the Monsoon Palace.
Conclusion: Not quite the numbers Bond usually comes across on a mission, but his eventual relationship with Octopussy makes up for that. Magda is a much different proposition - acting as Kamal's mole, she has to take it by order, not that that seems to bother her! Both are beautiful, charismatic to some degree and have a great on-screen presence with Moore's Bond. Very accomplished.
Gadgets & Weapons - Octopussy (1983)
Demolition Briefcase: Seen in the pre-credits sequence, this briefcase houses a bomb beneath its false bottom. It is used unsuccessfully by Bond when he infiltrates the banana republic air base.
Mont
Blanc Fountain Pen: This
innocent piece of stationery actually has a dual purpose. It's barrel contains
some acid which will dissolve through metal - highly useful when Bond tries to
escape from the Monsoon Palace. Also, the lid contains an earpiece which Bond
uses to listen in on the bug placed inside the Fabergé Egg.
Seiko
Watches: The
first watch seen in the film contains a radio directional finder which he uses
to track down the Fabergé Egg after it is stolen by Magda. The second is, in
fact, a LCD television. Bond uses this when he is chasing Kamal and Gobinda who
had kidnapped Octopussy. Q's hot air balloon has a video camera mounted on it
which beamed the proceedings to Bond.
Yo-Yo
Buzz Saw: This
is a circular saw which, as its name suggests, runs up and down a wire like a
yo-yo. It is a horrific weapon used by one of the men employed by Gobinda to
assassinate Bond. Just before this terrific fight sequence Vijay is killed using
it but, luckily, we don't get to see its results on-screen. Nevertheless a
children's toy replica was made!
Conclusion: A much better Seiko watch here to For Your Eyes Only. Indeeds, better watches - we witness two in operation. The fountain pen is a useful tool and although its a shame that we don't see the demolition case being used, the explosion thereafter is more than enough! Just as fatal is the buzz saw, which, mercifully, is not shown in action too much in the film.
Vehicles - Octopussy (1983)
Acrostar
Mini-Jet: An
amazing one-seater jet which was built and flown by its designer, 'Corkey'
Fornof. With its wings folded up it was hidden behind a false horse's backside
inside a horse trailer, being pulled by a Range Rover. It is used to escape from
his pursuers once Bond has tricked his way from being guarded as he is escorted
from the air base. The response to this is to send up a heat-seeking missile to
destroy Bond. This is reversed when Bond flies through an aeroplane hangar. The
Mini-Jet makes it, but the missile does not and it blows the whole thing sky
high leaving Bond to finally escape. That whole sequence is brilliant as it
involved very detailed mock-ups and replicas which are indistinguishable to the
real thing onscreen. The only glitch is that if you look closely when the jet
flies through the hangar you can just see the prop which holds the plane at an
angle, obviously being towed through the hangar. Never mind, I didn't know about
it until I really looked.
Tuk-Tuk
Company Taxi: Once
again Q's workshop at Universal Exports has been working overtime to change this
seemingly ordinary Tuk-Tuk three-wheeled taxi into a supercharged vehicle! Vijay
drives this machine and Bond clings on in the rear whilst they are being chased
by Gobinda and Co. in their ordinary taxi. It is made to ride on two wheels and
even flies through the air over a camel in a very funny chase.
Q's Hot Air Balloon: An idiotic yet amusing mode of transport for a sophisticated secret agent, this balloon is used by Bond and Q to get to the Monsson Palace whilst the battle between Octopussy's troupe and Kamal Khan's men ensues below. It is decorated in the Union flag and contains CCTV and a video camera which aides Bond in his search for the kidnapped Octopussy.
Crocodile
Submarine: Bond
uses this one-man submarine to get onto Octopussy's floating palace without
being noticed. It is also used to flee from the palace when Bond and a thug
together fall into the lake from the balcony of the palace. Access was made
through the mouth!
Conclusion: No Bond car this time, as such. Instead we are given the Acrostar Jet - a plane which Bond brings into the base without anyone noticing, then leaves with about everybody noticing! The Tuk-Tuk taxi is equally impressive in the stunts department, even if the tennis crack is a bit misguided. Q's Hot air balloon obviously has something to do with the ski-parachute jump from The Spy Who Loved Me - the Union Jack - but does not live up to its predecessor.
1983)
– James Bond may have met his match in Octopussy, an entrancing beauty
involved in a devastating military plot to destroy détente. From the palaces of
India to a speeding circus train in Germany and a mid-air battle on the wing of
a high-flying aircraft, only Agent 007 can stop the nightmarish scheme!
Acrostar
Mini-Jet: An
amazing one-seater jet which was built and flown by its designer, 'Corkey'
Fornof. With its wings folded up it was hidden behind a false horse's backside
inside a horse trailer, being pulled by a Range Rover. It is used to escape from
his pursuers once Bond has tricked his way from being guarded as he is escorted
from the air base. The response to this is to send up a heat-seeking missile to
destroy Bond. This is reversed when Bond flies through an aeroplane hangar. The
Mini-Jet makes it, but the missile does not and it blows the whole thing sky
high leaving Bond to finally escape. That whole sequence is brilliant as it
involved very detailed mock-ups and replicas which are indistinguishable to the
real thing onscreen. The only glitch is that if you look closely when the jet
flies through the hangar you can just see the prop which holds the plane at an
angle, obviously being towed through the hangar. Never mind, I didn't know about
it until I really looked.
Tuk-Tuk
Company Taxi: Once
again Q's workshop at Universal Exports has been working overtime to change this
seemingly ordinary Tuk-Tuk three-wheeled taxi into a supercharged vehicle! Vijay
drives this machine and Bond clings on in the rear whilst they are being chased
by Gobinda and Co. in their ordinary taxi. It is made to ride on two wheels and
even flies through the air over a camel in a very funny chase.
Q's
Hot Air Balloon:
An idiotic yet amusing mode of transport for a sophisticated secret agent, this
balloon is used by Bond and Q to get to the Monsson Palace whilst the battle
between Octopussy's troupe and Kamal Khan's men ensues below. It is decorated in
the Union flag and contains CCTV and a video camera which aides Bond in his
search for the kidnapped Octopussy.
Crocodile
Submarine: Bond
uses this one-man submarine to get onto Octopussy's floating palace without
being noticed. It is also used to flee from the palace when Bond and a thug
together fall into the lake from the balcony of the palace. Access was made
through the mouth!
Conclusion: No Bond car this time, as such. Instead we are given the Acrostar Jet - a plane which Bond brings into the base without anyone noticing, then leaves with about everybody noticing! The Tuk-Tuk taxi is equally impressive in the stunts department, even if the tennis crack is a bit misguided. Q's Hot air balloon obviously has something to do with the ski-parachute jump from The Spy Who Loved Me - the Union Jack - but does not live up to its predecessor.
Octopussy - Bede Acrostar 12' Jet Plane |
Octopussy Vijay Amritraj |
Vijay, James Bond's contact at Station I, played by tennis
star Vijay Amritraj in Octopussy Vijay Amritraj Played for Indien against Sweden in Davies Cup final 1987. |
This AUTO-RICKSHAW – TUK-TUK was used by the henchman Gobinda in
Octopussy to chase down and try to kill James Bond. It was built on the new
frame of a standard Honda three-wheeler. The motor, however, was significantly
beefed up by legendary stunt man Remy Julienne.
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Octopussy: Film -
Trivia När Bond krökar metallstänger kring ett fönster efter att försvaga dem med syra, en kort musikalisk citat av temat från Superman (1978) kan höras. Maud Adams (Octopussy) dök tidigare (och dödades) i en annan James Bond-filmen (Mannen med den gyllene pistolen (1974)). Faye Dunaway och Sybil Danning ansågs för rollen. Elefanten jaga sekvensen hade sitt ursprung i den Mannen med den gyllene pistolen (1974). Producent Harry Saltzman hade velat en elefant panikartad flykt i filmen så Bond och Scaramanga kunde jaga varandra på elefant tillbaka. Resten av kreativa team drog sig idén, men Saltzman gick för att se en elefant tränare. Det visar sig att elefanter behöver en speciell sko på fötterna för att skydda dem från ojämna ytor när de arbetar. Några månader senare, under inspelningen i Thailand, fick Albert R. Broccoli ett samtal säger han elefant skor var redo. Harry Saltzman hade tydligen beställt cirka 2.600 par av dem. Sekvensen inte hamna i "Mannen med den gyllene pistolen" och mannen som gjorde skorna inte får betalt. Från och med 1990, EON Productions påstås fortfarande skyldig honom. Under gjutningen var James Brolin nästan gett rollen som James Bond när i sista minuten gick Roger Moore att spela Bond igen. Brolin skärm tester kan ses på dvd. Moore hade gått ut av kontrakt efter For Your Eyes Only (1981). Produktionen gick med säker satsning och populära Moore eftersom filmen skulle konkurrera med Never Say Never Again (1983) starring ursprungliga och tidigare James Bond skådespelaren och legenden Sean Connery. Osäkerheten i att använda en amerikansk skådespelare i rollen och med att införa en ny aktör att gå upp mot Connery var skälen. James Brolin, Oliver Tobias och Michael Billington var screen-testas för rollen som James Bond. Fordon presenterade ingår en Acrostar Mini Jet aka en Bede Jet, gul och svart trehjuliga indiska auto rickshaw Tuk-Tuk Company Taxi, en mörkgrå metallic Alfa Romeo GTV 6 Quadrifoglio, en vit Volkswagen Beetle eller VW bugg, olika Mercedes gör bland annat en svart Mercedes-Benz 250 SE, Mercedes-Benz 600 Pullman och Mercedes-Benz 240D, Kamal Khans svarta Rolls Royce Phantom III bil och privat Beechcraft C-45 'Twin Bok' plan, Q Hot Air Balloon, en alligator Båt, fem BMW 5 serien sedans och en BMW motorcykel för västtyska polisfordon, en Range Rover cabriolet, Army Truck och Willys jeep, och en Aerospatiale Alouette 316B helikopter. Den backgammon spel var ursprungligen tänkt att äga rum i Max Kalba klubb i The Spy Who Loved Me (1977). Den Acrostar Jet var 12 meter lång med en enda mikro-turbo jetmotor TRS-18. Det kan flyga på 160 mph och sväva på 310 mph och nå 30.000 fot med en klättring hastighet av 2500 meter per minut. Den testades och ägs av J.W. "Corkey" Fornof av Louisiana som hade varit uncredited luftfart konsult på Moonraker (1979) och även arbetat med Licence to Kill (1989) som pilot. Första James Bond-filmen att släppas med MGM Lion-logotypen i början. MGM samman med United Artists 1982, året innan lanseringen av Octopussy och detta är den första Bond-filmen distribueras av det nya bolaget, MGM / UA Distribution Co Den Octopussy karaktär var ursprungligen tänkt att vara en villainess och i media vid tidpunkten rapporterades det att Faye Dunaway var övervägs för denna del. Camé: [Michael G. Wilson] en passagerare på flodbåt / en sovjetisk säkerhetsrådet medlem. När Lois Maxwell som Miss Moneypenny introducerar sin nya assistent Penelope Smallbone (Michaela Clavell) James Bond (Roger Moore), under en tar, kallade hon av misstag sin Penelope Smallbush istället. Det var inte en planerad del av den indiska cabbie jagar sekvens när en cyklist red mellan de två slåss fordon, ger extra spänning. Footage av Roger Moore och Kristina Wayborn i sängen som visas i en av filmens trailers ingår inte i själva filmen. Annan aktör hyrdes utöver Vijay Amritraj när det fanns en tvist med skådespelare kapital eftersom Armitraj inte var medlem i skådespelarens unionen. Stuntman Martin Grace hade en allvarlig olycka under inspelningen på tåget. Hängande på sidan av den, gick tåget till en icke-bedömning område av banan, och han körde in i en Pilon som allvarligt skadar benet och höften och hospitalizing honom i sex månader. Han gjorde en fullständig återhämtning. I tåget, flygande bil stunt, när bilen landade, en av de stunt män klädda som fiskare bara gjort det ur roddbåt i sjön där bilen landade. Denna film kan ses i den färdiga filmen. Krokodil vatten fartyg som James Bond reser i en referens / hyllning till dykardräkt med en duva-on-the-head sekvensen från Goldfinger (1964). Ken Burns, en extra arbete på filmen på Nene Valley tågposition fick filma en Super-8 sex minuter lång film om inspelningen på Peterborough, England plats. Detta finns nu att se på den Ultimate Edition DVD av filmen. Den korta inkluderar bilder av Roger Moore och Michael G. Wilson och fokuserar på maskiner och filmskapande mekanik. Den sexton åriga extra spelade en östtysk gränsbevakningsväsendet och bodde nära till platsen. Han var tillgivet kallas på uppsättningen som "3rd Unit". Vijay Amritraj är en professionell tennisspelare i verkliga livet. "Bolaget" taxi som används för att plocka upp 007 var speciellt konstruerade på Pinewood Studios, och kan hastigheter över 70mph. Robert Brown visas som "M" för första gången. Slutet krediter identitet nästa film som, "Från tanke på en Kill." I själva verket titeln likvidation är inför en Kill (1985). Bond möter upp med Vijay när han hör Vijay spela ett par barer av "The James Bond Theme". Q visas som en aktiv deltagare i ett uppdrag för första gången, i motsats till att bakom kulisserna. Det andra källmaterial, novellen "Property of a Lady," publicerades ursprungligen i en specialutgåva av ett auktionshus katalog. Det var inte en del av den ursprungliga novellsamlingen Octopussy, men lades senare när boken publicerades i pocket. Pre-förtexter med Acrostar planet var ursprungligen avsedd att vara en You Only Live Twice (1967) Lite Nelly typ striden sekvens i Moonraker (1979) och skulle ske ovanför Angel Falls i Venezuela. Det måste utrangeras när det höstens flodbädden torkat upp. Den Acrostar planet användes i pre-vinjett nu hänger från taket i en restaurang i Clearwater Florida, USA. Octopussy ö låg i Udaipur, Indien. Det var också känd som "City of Sunrise". Enligt uppgifter i pressen före produktionen var Persis Khambatta en föregångare för titelrollen. Karaktären av Penelope Smallbone namngavs för en av modellerna som dök upp i öppningen krediterar till The Spy Who Loved Me (1977). Direktör varumärke: [John Glen] [[duva]:. Som Bond smyger på kanten efter att ha brutit ut ur hans rum på Kamal herrgård] Octopussy sägs vara dotter till en major Dexter Smythe som hade ett husdjur bläckfisk och var med ett mord om en olaglig cache av Nazi guld. James Bond tillät honom att begå självmord hellre än att fångas. Detta är den enda hänvisningen till Ian Flemings ursprungliga novell "Octopussy" i filmen. Den Maud Adams Octopussy tecken visas inte i novellen som det är namnet på sällskapsdjur bläckfisk. Tekniskt därför i filmen, skulle Octopussy riktiga namn är eller skulle ha varit Ms Smythe. "Skiten", den tredje novell i Ian Flemings Octopussy samling kort refereras i början av filmen: en brittisk agent försöker fly från Östtyskland. Vid ett tillfälle under Bonds flykt från Khans palats, hör vi den berömda Tarzan skrika från Johnny Weissmuller filmer av 1930-talet. The Knife-kasta dubbla mördare ursprungligen tänkt för Moonraker (1979), men när det filmens berättelse utvecklats till en annan riktning som de lades åt sidan för detta. Roger Moore använder Walther P-5 under större delen av filmen. En stor porträtt av clown Lou Jacobs för Ringling Bros Barnum & Bailey Circus kan ses under cirkus prestanda sekvensen. Den sista filmen av Patrick Barr. Det registreringsnummer för Kamal Khan (Louis Jourdan) brun sedan Mercedes bil i Västtyskland var SR 4785. Det registreringsskylt antal allmänna Orlov West German Mercededss var BT-36-72. Det registreringsnummer för den röda västtyska Kharmann Ghia full av part-besökare som inte hjälper en desperat 007 var BT RS 1730. Den Fabergé ägg som visas i filmen var faktiskt den kejserliga kröning ägg designad av Peter Carl Fabergé. Det gjordes 1897 för att fira 1894 Coronation av tsar Nikolaj II. The Jeweled ägg innehåller en modell av en Coronation Coach, en guilloche område starbursts med en genomskinlig lime gul emaljering på utsidan, trellised grönaktiga guld lagerträd ledighet band har monterat vid varje skärningspunkt ett ogenomskinligt svart emaljerad Imperial guld dubbelpil örn med en ros diamant på bröstet, på toppen är en stor porträtt diamant med ett kluster av tio mindre diamanter, och en mindre stående diamant ligger inom ett kluster av rosenstenar vid den omvända slut. Nästan 20 år senare ägget skulle visas på nytt i filmen Oceans Twelve (2004). |
Ian Fleming's Octopussy James Bond Movie 1983
 1980
Alfa
Romeo GTV
6
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 1974
Austin FX4
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 Bajaj
RE
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 Bedford
TK
|
 1982
BMW 518
[E28]
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 1981
BMW 633
CSi
[E24]
|
 1977
BMW 733i
[E23]
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 BMW
R 80
S
|
 1975
Chevrolet
Chevelle
Malibu
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 Daimler
Ferret
Scout
Car
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 Daimler
Fleetline
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 Dodge
M-37
|
 1974
Fiat 128
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 GAZ
24
Volga
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 GAZ
BA-64
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 1941
GMC CCKW
353
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 1961
IFA P3
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 1946
International
Harvester K1
|
 International
Harvester M4
A1
|
 Jeep
M38
A1
|
 1980
Land-Rover
Range
Rover
Convertible
|
 1976
Mercedes-Benz
240
D
[W123]
|
 1968
Mercedes-Benz
280
SE
[W108]
|
 1973
Mercedes-Benz
280
SE
[W116]
|
 Mercedes-Benz
600
Pullman
[W100]
|
 1980
Opel Kadett
[D]
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 1975
Renault
4
F4
|
 1934
Rolls-Royce
Phantom
II
|
 Rolls-Royce
Silver
Shadow
I
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 unknown
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 1971
Volkswagen
1302
[Typ
1]
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 1977
Volkswagen
Golf
I [Typ
17]
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 1964
Volkswagen
Karmann
Ghia
Convertible
[Typ
14]
|
 1979
Volkswagen
Polo
I [Typ
86]
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 1983
Volvo 240
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 Willys
MB
'Jeep'
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