OCTOPUSSY (Roger Moore) James Bond Revisited
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- Опубликовано: 31 янв 2021
- Welcome back to James Bond Revisited, where we take a look back at all the 007 movies counting down to the eventual release of No Time to Die, which should come out... someday. This week, we're taking a look at Roger Moore's much-maligned second-to-last James Bond outing, Octopussy, which went up against Sean Connery's Never Say Never Again in the 1983 Battle of the Bonds and won!
Here's the thing - I love Octopussy. As a child, it was probably my favorite James Bond movie, so I have a weird, elemental connection to it. Is it critically a good movie? You tell me in the talkback below, but as you'll see in this video, it's a movie that's close to my heart. But, did you know James Brolin was all set to take over the part and Roger Moore only came back at the last minute? Check out our video and see why for yourself!
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One of the best opening sequence of the series with that mini jet.
Spot on! And that explosion of the hanger was awesome!!
Only Moonraker has a better opening ;-)
The Living Daylights would like a word in terms of being the best opening sequence.
I ❤ from Russia with love pre 🎬 movie Robert shaw ( spector agent grant).kill faked James bond (.Sean Connery)
Fill her up, please. 😊
James Brolin looked like a certain Mr Bale
My parents have been saying that for nearly 40 years.
I wonder if he knocked up a woman in Wales....
Out of 10 you anti english speaking ass! Out of 10
He probably declined the part because he had to return some videotapes.
Yep I was thinking the same damn thing.
Roger Moore era was all about fun. Always saw the Brosnan era as a fusion of Moore and Dalton
Brosnnan was a good bond. Post cold war bond.
Craig is post London bombings/ digital bond.
Next bond (Hardy/ cavill/ Pattinson/ madden/ Jean page) will be the post BRexit bond
I liked the way Moore could have smutty innuendo and one liners but also be credible as a serious and knowledgeable character when required.
If anything Brosnan tried to be a fusion of Moore and Connery and he failed miserably at that.
Agreed. Moore was all about the pussy and Dalton was about the job.
@@spaceodds1985 The Brosnan era was a huge success
Never apologise for loving "Octopussy". It's a stupendous movie: a glorious ride of non stop action in a neo-vintage adventure movie style. In short, a superb addition to the James Bond canon.
One of the greatest films they ever made
Amen
I thought it was silly and looking at from your perspective I can see your point. I guess if it had just been a movie about a secret agent , not Bond , I would probably agree with you.
It literally has everything you could ask for in a Bond film. My personal favourite.
Maud Adams was so lovely in this film!
When I was a kid, I never really noticed Moore's age in these later movies.
I did as a kid, but now I don't care. We all get old and it's nice to see a more seasoned agent in action. Also, Tom Cruise is near 60 and he's still playing Ethan Hunt.
I suppose it didn't help that I first watched the movies grossly out of order. Just whichever one the video store happened to have available that weekend.
@@Morgil27 I think that is common for most people tbh. I've been a fan for years but I never watched them in order until two years ago. Its a fascinating viewing experience. Decades change in front of your eyes.
@@Dohsoda yeah, I've seen all the movies plenty of times, but the only time I actually watched them in order was a few years ago when I marathoned the whole series right before Spectre came out.
I thought Roger Moore didn’t really show his age until AVTAK. Then he realized it was time to go. Although I would’ve love to see him go on forever!
One of the most underrated Bond movies. People just hate on it or dismiss it because they see Bond dressed up like a Clown. The circus scene is great though and is actually pretty tense
Lots of action on the way to the circus
I think For Your Eyes Only is Moore's best, but it's atypical for his era of Bond. Octopussy is the best in the "Moore style". Lots of action, interesting locations, and it's fun without (usually) going too far over the edge to insultingly silly.
Also, Magda is my favorite of the "secondary" Bond girls.
Its got some cheesy moments but we‘re left entertained by a very serious plot! The Germany scenes are quite serious for a Roger Moore film! The stunts are awesome, the locations are exotic, honestly its my favourite Roger Moore film!
I agree with everything you said.
FYEO and even 8PSSY are arguably atypical outliers for Moore.
Louis Jourdan is so damned smooth.
The "SIT!!!!!!" joke is aimed at UK viewers as a Dog trainer named Barbara Woodhouse was popular on television at the time, and this was her catchphrase!
I agree, one of the best Bond films. The death of 009 is unforgettable, highlighting these are mortals, after all.
I am so happy to find a Bond reviewer give love you Octopussy. It’s also the first Bond I saw in the theaters as a kid and have loved it every since. As over the top and silly as it was, it’s still one of my favorites.
So glad there are more out there who love this film, and I think the theme is one of the best too!
"Do you know what I like about you British? Octopussy. Man, I must have seen that film... Twice."
- Homer Simpson
Yes...Yes. Well that's not too bad
This was the first Bond movie I saw outside of Chicago
Moore’s third best Bond film. And IMO it would have been the perfect swansong for his tenure as 007. Yes, there is a Tarzan yell, there is an out of date reference with the reference to Barbara Woodhouse (SIT) Yes, there is a Merchant Ivory carnival vision of India... But this is a Moore Bond film, and tell me, which other screen hero could not only dress up as a clown, but look serious whilst defusing a bomb?
Maud Adams looks good and is very decent in the role. Louis Jourdan was born to play a Bond villain, and his line delivery and dialogue is fantastic. Steven Berkoff as General Orlov is just bats**t crazy. The guy probably drinks a mug of espresso laced with cocaine. The action is okay, the set pieces look good, the song is okay but IMO it fits in with the idea of Moore of leaving on an All Time High. Barry’s score is good, and IMO it was his best Bond score after over a decade on autopilot (nowhere near as great as his last Bond score, but its good to see him putting in the effort)
Shame this wasn’t Moore last Bond film, a nice swansong... but sadly it wasn’t.
Let us never talk about James Bond as a clown again.
spaceodds 1985:
::The guy probably drinks a mug of espresso laced with cocaine. ::
I would be very interested in patronizing the Starbucks that serves that.
100% right on Berkoff - the briefing scene with the Soviet generals is fantastic where he is ranting about the number tank divisions!
“The film in some ways does demonise Russia”
To be fair Octopussy doesn’t actually demonise the Soviets generally but invests its villainy in a single, corrupt general, Orlov. The film/script also takes care to depict Orlov as an isolated extremist roundly condemned by the Soviet leadership for his warmongering ambitions.
In a way, he's a Russian General Jack D. Ripper but more political #preciousbodilyfluids
I've always believed this was a very underrated Bond film.
I absolutely love Octopussy. It’s fun, it’s goofy, and it’s a pretty good Cold War thriller.
I have a similar relationship with Octopussy--one of my first Bond movies that I still love
"he was 56 and too old to play the part" .... I mean, he tried to get out, but they brought him back in.
To this day my mother still thinks he is the better Bond because she always thought him the most beautiful one. xD
I agree, it wasnt his fault, though, he himself in interviews mentioned how James Bond was suppoused to be in his mid/late 30s, so he was a bit off (20 years off), but he loved the character, and the studio kept calling him back because there was no replacement...
@@Jose-se9pu - looking at this now, it's obvious he and Maud Adams make a believable older couple, and it might have worked if they'd kept her around as his semi-steady girlfriend.
At the time, though, this just didn't work for me at all -- too much compositing work, too many times it was obvious it wasn't Moore doing the stunts...and, yeah, the script didn't steer into skid of his age like it should have.
Now I have this image of Roger saying the line from The Godfather III: "Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!" in his cut-glass English accent.
He was actually 55 but what's one year!
@@georgfriedrichhandel4390 Octopussy should of been Moore’s last outing as 007.
Octopussy is, along with TWINE, the most underrated film in the series. People don’t take it seriously because Bond is wearing a clown suit while attempting to disarm the bomb, but they’re missing the point. Bond has done everything he can to get to the circus, and nobody is believing him, and it’s all thanks to convincing Octopussy that the people are saved from the bomb. Plus, it’s here that Moore’s seriousness inspired Dalton for his run as Bond. It’s my 3rd favorite Roger Moore film, and one of my very favorite films of all time high.
It's the surrealism of the clown suit against the seriousness of the situation.
And a gorilla suit!
The Achilles' Heel of this film are the 'Tarzan yell' and the "Si...t!" quip in the jungle, much more so than the gorilla suit, or even the clown disguise 🎥😎
Nah, they stink. Diamonds Are Forever and Tomorrow Never Dies are way better.
I remember this film on Saturday night. I loved it. Lots of action and funny jokes.
John Glen deserves more credit for being able to translate this ridiculous script believably to the screen. I love this movie and it's something that continues to surprise me with how bizarre it can get.
Diamonds are Forever, Live and Let Die and The Man with the Golden Gun are my go to guilty pleasure Bond films. I feel like every bond fan has a few that just clicked with them in childhood and no matter how bad the movies might be, they can’t hate them.
Diamond are forever? That is indeed guilty pleasure. I always thought it was self parody.... it was kinda sad
I love "Octopussy." I think it's Moore's best performance, which can be summed up in two words. "Double sixes." If you look past the circus trains and tiger hunts, General Orlov's plot to detonate a nuclear weapon on an American military base in Europe is the scariest villain plot in the entire series. In fact, Frederick Forsyth used the exact same idea, though played much more seriously, in "The Fourth Protocol," which was published the following year. The film version features Pierce Brosnan as the Russian villain. I have several friends who love "The Fourth Protocol," but I find it very dull and will argue that the story works much better with circus trains and tiger hunts. And Roger Moore.
"I love it. Sue me" :) I speak the same way about Tomorrow Never Dies.
Tomorrow Never Dies and Octopussy are my favorite Bond films along with On Her Majesty Secret Sevier and Skyfall.
My favourite bond theme song. Puts me straight back in that theatre in the late 1990’s
Tomorrow Never Dies has too many shootings and explosions but in a way, the film is smarter and more subversive than the average Bond adventure. The satire of big media is totally on point.
I appreciate "Tomorrow Never Dies" for being the last James Bond film that was content with being a James Bond film and not an examination of his angst.
@@jeffreywesthoff9245 Plus the plot has aged like fine wine.
"You have a nasty habit, of surviving."
"Mr. Bond is indeed of a very rare breed... soon to be made extinct."
Kamal Khan's one-liners rank up there with the very best villains.
Eating the eye out of the (I think) Goats head? Classic stuff!
"Well, you know what they say about the fittest."
We had this on VHS growing up and I love it!
One of my favorite Bond movies, easily in my top five or ten. It's so much fun. At some parts it feels like a legit Cold War thriller as the Germany segments are great with tense moments thanks to John Glen's directing, John Barry's score, and Roger Moore's acting. When Bond has to defuse the bomb in the clown suit, it really showed how good of an actor Moore was. Moore played the role lighter but whenever he played it serious we pay attention. It takes talent to manage that so well.
Funnily enough you mentioned wanting to see Daniel Craig have more fun? So does he. It's been apparent from Skyfall but more so Spectre how he wants to lighten up the role again. With No Time To Die, I really hope he gets to go out with a bang but also with that signature Bond balance.
I loved the way you expressed how wonderfully Roger Moore played the lighter and darker sides of bond. You're absolutely right, when Roger Moore's bond was funny, he was funny, but when he had to be serious he did it with a raw intensity that was believable, and didn't need swearing, screaming, super-fake and elaborate fight scenes that go one forever, and a constantly brooding look that makes me cringe. Sorry about the Daniel Craig rant.
@@robertbeckman2054Thank you for the comment I appreciate it! It got me to revisit this and think upon Roger again. Oh and no worries about the Daniel Craig rant, haha!
This movie has amazing intro and ending. The race to defuse the bomb is great and the clown scene is simply the highlight of the movie and even one of highlights of Moore's era. I have remembered it over 20 years. Everything else in between is just pure fun. It is the most colourful and comix like Bond ever made. You can feel they really had good time doing it and they did excellent job. I love all Moore's movies except AVTAK and Moonraker. These two are still very enjoyable but too flawed for various reasons (Moores age/his double in Avak and not very engaging story in Moonraker) that always somewhat bother me.
Dont forget the movie was written by George Macdonald Frasier who is one of the best historical fiction authors of all time. If you like James Bond definitely look into the Flashman book series. They are some of the most entertaining books you will ever read.
@@ColoradoStreaming hey thanks for the suggestion! I’ll check it out!
Man my opinion of Octopussy is exactly as you describe. I remember watching it on my little 14”” TV in my bedroom when I was a kid and I thought it was so cool and I still just love it, definitely in my top 5 Bonds.
I really like it too. I'm a fan of james macdonald fraser. Set pieces like the crowd oohing when he hits the guy with a tennis racket are really great, set the right tone are fun and don't take themselves deadly seriously. That balance is very hard to do and is what people loved about Bond and Roger Moore in particular. That miniature jet scene stands out as well.
For so long my favorite Roger Moore James Bond film was "The Spy Who Loved Me". But after seeing this film in 1983 with my Father this film has become my most favorite Roger Moore Bond film. Maud Adams chemistry with Roger is superb. At one point I read that Roger really enjoyed working with her. She makes this film fun and special. Louis Jourdan was a superb villian. This was the last Bond film I went to see with my Father before his heart disease and cancer. So I think of how much we enjoyed seeing this together. Now it's 41 year's ago and I look back on the great memories it has for me. Kristina Wayborn is also great in this too and the John Barry score is so good. I just bought the expanded 40th Anniversary CD film score of "Octopussy". Bond films used to be fun and pure escapism. This was a very special film and time for me in my life. I really like it and I would give it a TEN as my favorite of the Roger Moore Bonds. It does what it is supposed to do. It's very fun and entertaining. A really good show. I love this film.
I love Maud Adams!!!🍸
It's a great movie, I must have watched it dozens of times since I was a kid. And Magda is gorgeous.
Yes, I also watched this as the ABC Saturday night movie of the week. And it’s also my favorite James Bond film. It just has everything that defines a Roger Moore Bond movie and if Moore is your Bond, then this is the movie for you IMO. Now some trivia: the story that Octopussy tells about James Bond allowing her father to save face and honor was the entire plot of the original Octopussy story written Ian Fleming.
How is James Brolin not Christian Bales father to 😳
Christian looks more like James than Josh 🤣😂
We need to call Maury to find out whos the real father...
The very first Bondfilm from back then and somehow still my all time favorite.
"Toro? Sounds like a load of bull."
"Oh so you're a Toro too."
Octopussy. The first Bond I saw in theaters. As such, it's one of my favorites too. But, I know it's not a great movie.
13 or 14 when this came out, such memories. Roger Moore was Bond for Gen X.
This is one of the best of the Moore era. Great action and stunts, a more "serious" plot, the Bond Girls are more interesting than a typical 007 movie, and some much appreciated segments where he's actually doing real spy work. Without the gags like the Tarzan yell, this is one of the best.
As an individual that was a child in the 80s. The threat of nuclear war wasn't just something on tv..it seemed imminent back then. And "The Day After" still gives me chills up to now. Anyone that's chanced should watch clips of it on youtube, it's horrifying stuff.
We had "Threads" over here. I suppose nuclear war was the fear mongering horror that climate issues are now. It did feel like things could go south very quickly, and now we know they nearly did in '82, '83.
Who Dares Wins is a good action movie of that era
"Roger Moore was 56..." You do realize that Tom Cruise was also 56 when filming Mission Impossible: Fallout!
Tom Cruise still has that baby face...
Yup. It just shows what kind of conditioning and how taking care of yourself has become so much better nowadays than 35 years ago.
@@rcrxjlb, lots of plastic surgery though!
Also, Roger was never the athletic type, plus life in the 60s to 80s was very drunk and Smokey lol
@@Filmmaker809 nah
I’m with you. This one is one of my favorites. A blast. Fun, funny and great set pieces too. The scooter chase is one of the best chases in the series. Love this one!
Just saying that I love this series!
Octopussy IS my favorite Bond movie. If I catch it on tv, I’ll stick with it to the finish. And I watch the dvd at least 4-5 times per year.
I acknowledge that there is no one area where you can say it’s the BEST one, let alone overall. But there’s something about it that puts it on top for me. I think you’re right - it’s just ‘fun’. And the issue of Moore’s age was definitely helped by casting a Bond girl that was at least somewhat age-appropriate. Izabella Scorupco is my favorite Bond girl. But Maude Adams if right there with her.
Very underrated James bond movies 🎬❤ backgammon scene
I get you. When I was kid I loved this one. The intro at gas station is unforgetable. I also remembered the train and circus scenes. The previous.one was also good but somewhat better in thethe first half. Octopzssy is neverending ride.
@@kkarx ❤ backgammon scene;; auctions scene: bedroom scene with pretty woman; guards on the truck 🚚 with James bond ( Roger Moore) & James bond female friend in the car tried in to distracted with her body
This is my most watched bond movie out of the series, simply because it’s fun.
Love this series man. Everything you do for JoBlo is always A+ stuff.
Super nice of you to say buddy
Octopussy, in Udaipur they build a whole tourist industry around the film....
Cool!
Dude this made my Monday. I love your series on Bond!
I love this film, it's got humour, chicks and action.
8/10 for this film. one of the most memorable bond films ever made.
Always look forward to this series. I hope after you're finished you can find another to revisit. Thank you for making these great videos!
Could you imagine trying to release a movie that these days 😆.... there would be riots!!
Octopussy is one of my all time favorite Bond movies. It has it all. Great review. I could really feel your enjoyment for it going back to being a kid. It does that for me, too. Awesome movie!
I can certainly understand your fondness of this, particularly as it was an early big screen watch for you. I was fortunate enough for my first Bond big screen outing to be The Spy Who Loved Me, which outclassed this in every regard. But what YOU enjoy is what you enjoy. I'm enjoying the series and look forward to the future ones.
Not the best film imho but always find it strangely touching when Bond seems (very briefly) genuinely sad when Vijay gets killed. James Brolin really does look like an older Christian Bale in the screen test.
There was a lot of silliness but it's balanced by a realistic and grounded Cold War plot and a number of excellent touches.
The Buzz Saw Yo-Yo may have been a nod to Hong Kong Kung Fu flicks, where they kept coming up with weirder and weirder weapons to fight with. Anyone remember The Flying Guillotine?
My first in movie Bond experience was Man with a Golden Gun. so this was my third in movie Bond flick. Yeah a bit silly but still fun.
“For Your Eyes Only” was Roger Moore’s best Bond film by far. He managed to give Bond more humanity, balanced with his natural charm. Excellent cast. And the script had roots in two Ian Fleming short stories, with some thrilling action.
But then he and John Glen drew up a new “To Do” list: crocodile mini-sub, Tarzan yell, dated joke about pet training, tennis racquet fight, gorilla suit, clown suit, and a fight outside a plane. Add a stereotypical view of India: rope tricks, snake charmers, nail beds, crowd scrambling for cash. A scooter-taxi chase - filmed at Pinewood. (All devised at their “home base”: the most expensive five-star hotel in India.) Stir in Moore’s idea of wit: “Here, this should keep you in curry for awhile.” Top it off with a Swedish leading lady, and a Frenchman as an “Afghan” prince. (What, no Indian actors were available?) Perfect list for a genuinely annoying film, striving to be a more expensive version of “Man With the Golden Gun.”
Moore could have made a graceful exit then, but noooo . . . ! He had to be laughed out the door, after an extra layer of make-up and a sexual encounter with Grace Jones. Nice one, Roj !
Totally agree with you, one of my favourite Bond films. It was the one I watched the most as a kid
Love these Bond vids! Thanks!
For Your Eyes Only was one the ten highest-grossing movies of 1981 so it did pretty well at the domestic box office.
Really enjoying this series so far. Looking forward to the next.
James Bond and Fun... I remember those times.
One of my favourite 'mini-series' you folks have put together. I've loved every one of them and look forward to the next one!
Check out Calvin Dyson and DutchBondFan's takes.
@@anonb4632 Dutchbondfan is excellent
@@mooseyman74 I like his reviews. He's very funny. Calvin is good too but has a different flavour.
Excellent review! Octopussy is my #2 favorite 007 film. And you are correct, “No, ma’am, I’m with the economy tour” is for me the best line of the 007 series. Thank you!!!
First Bond movie I saw in the theater, and my all time favorite. Thanks for featuring it!
I completely agree with you. This was the first one I saw at the cinema. It's Top Ten for me.
I saw octopussy for the first time a few weeks ago and I agree its one of the best ones
This movie is just plain "money on the screen" popcorn action intrigue, with romance instead of sleaze ... Tell someone who doesn't like it to try to defend Die Another Day or Quantum of Solace and see where OCT stands.
I with you Octopussy is Bond gold, Quantum and Die Another Day are two of the worst with Man With The Golden Gun rounding out my bottom 3.
Die Another Day is easily defendable. It's rhe most fun and over the top movie
This was my second James bond watch when I was a kid and I love this film
My fav Moore. So easy to watch with tons of memorable moments and great pacing.
Loving this series so much, great job 👍
This video pleases me, It's normally quite harsh nowadays but matey treads lightly for he knows he treads upon my dreams.
Thoroughly enjoying this series, adopts waiting position for next one.
Recording it today!
When I watched it long back, it was a fun movie that's it.
But now, i realised the plot is so convoluted, it needs a re watch for sure.
My 3rd best Moore's film after TSWLM AND FYEO
Can't disagree in the slightest. It has it's odd weak spot but overall, I love this movie. Berkoff and Jourdan were both brilliant villains. Looking back, there's an amazing amount of Raiders homage in there too.
Partly filmed around the corner where I live the nean valley railway
Octopussy is on my top 10:Bond films. As silly as it was, it has its darker moments. I always remember Bond tracking down and ending the assassin who killed his fellow agent. Moore goes deadly serious and says, with perfect venom “That’s for 009.” I also remember Octopussy because my mom loved Louis Jourdan watched it just for him. She would get this cute little grin and pronounce his name with the appropriate accent, and a look that said she had a secret, or knew something I didn’t. Maud Adams and her “amazons” were awesome too. Anyway, very entertaining film.
Actually this is probably my second favorite outing by Moore (FYEO is first). It would have been the 4th Bond movie I saw on initial theatrical release, so it's not because of it being my first exposure. I just enjoy the story, the villains, the girls and the pace. Plus it still has that Fleming Sweep where we're introduced to the exotic locales.
My god I love this move so much and this series so much fun to watch 😀
This was quality! Loved it! "No Ma'am I'm with the economy tour" lol
These videos are so great
YES thank You, of course this Bond Movie is one of the best!!!! What can I do, I grew up with Roger Moore as James Bond I do have him in my heart for all time. I loved Octopussy as well, for me it has the best Action-Scenes! The train-scene is amazing and at the end the plain-fight is sick!!!
1. Moonraker
2. For Your Eyes Only
3. Octopussy
4. From Russia with Love
5. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
6. Thunderball
7. The Spy Who Loved Me
8. Live and Let Die
9. Goldfinger
10. Dr. No
11. Diamonds are Forever
12. You only Live Twice
13. The Man with the Golden Gun
I really like these looks at 007. Excellent work.
I always remember the excitement of this film being released in 1983, as I was at an age where I was getting into the whole 007 vibe (12 years old). Even though I wasn't allowed to go see it, I did collect some pretty cool stickers from Shredded Wheat cereal boxes at the time! The scene at the end where Bond hangs onto the plane as it takes off and twirls through the air trying to throw him off is simply breath-taking. It's just such a completely nuts thing to do and every time I watch it I find myself biting my nails, hoping that he doesn't lose his grip. Hanging onto the roof of a plane at god knows how many thousand feet? WTF? (and yes, I know it's just a movie). Classic.
haven't seen this one in a long time, but also remember liking it a lot! And yeah, that saw thing is pretty cool! :D
Octopussy is an entertaining film! Maud Adams is always worth watching!
“I’m deadly serious! I’m a British agent!” 🤡
Its a good job the stupid script didn't have Bond infiltrating a fashion show, they would have had him dressed as a woman; *tears off wig and smears lipstick* "I'm deadly serious....." yeah right.
Spectacular action and I don't care what anyone says The Clown scene is tense and exciting and Roger nails it
I grew up in the 80s, and Roger Moore will always be viewed as "my stepdad". 🤗
Roger Moore ❤ hom my hero
I get the love for this movie. I was born in 1980 so...I remember TBS Wk-end movies watching this. Definitely Nostalgic
This was my first Bond film when I was nine so I still like it a lot.
I love this one too! 👍🏻👍🏻
I really enjoyed Octopussy as well JoBlo. Awesome review... brought back so many memories.
Octopussy is very underrated in my opinion. Easily top ten James Bond material. I even think it's an underrated movie in general and a great spy thriller!
The railway scenes for this picture were filmed at the Nene Valley Railway, a preserved railway near Peterborough in England.
I visited at about the time they were filming there, and it was bizarre to see a small British country station, Water Orton, with station signs proclaiming it to be Karl Marx Stadt. More recently I visited Chemnitz (which is what Karl Marx Stadt is called now) and the large station with many tracks is about as different from Water Orton as you can imagine.
I remember seeing a pile of smashed-up Mercedes cars, which were presumably used in the stunt where the car is thrown up into the air by the train. There was also a large hydraulic or compressed-air cylinder by the side of the track, which was used to throw the cars in the air for this stunt. And of course there was a Mercedes on rail wheels, as well as rail wagons marked up for Octopussy’s circus.
I've heard a story that Roger Moore and Sean Connery would have met during shooting each respective movie, and gone together to a local bar to compare experiences being James Bond. Imagine having been there!
The 1st Bond-movie I saw and still one of my favourites!
I saw this at the Spotsylvania Mall Theater in Fredericksburg, Virginia back when it came out. I Loved It.
You know I have really been enjoying this series, it really is great! And I have to admit, I kind of agree with you a bit about this movie, it's not a great film, but every single time I watch it I enjoy the hell out of it. Silly? Yup. Fun? Hell yeah! Very much looking forward to the next two instalments... Keep up the good work, and thanks for it!