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Octopussy

  • 1983
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  • 2h 11m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
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Octopussy (1983)
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Globetrotting AdventureSpyActionAdventureThriller

A fake Fabergé egg recovered from the body of a fellow agent leads James Bond to uncover a jewel smuggling operation led by the mysterious Octopussy, and a plot to blow up a NATO air base.A fake Fabergé egg recovered from the body of a fellow agent leads James Bond to uncover a jewel smuggling operation led by the mysterious Octopussy, and a plot to blow up a NATO air base.A fake Fabergé egg recovered from the body of a fellow agent leads James Bond to uncover a jewel smuggling operation led by the mysterious Octopussy, and a plot to blow up a NATO air base.

  • Director
    • John Glen
  • Writers
    • George MacDonald Fraser
    • Richard Maibaum
    • Michael G. Wilson
  • Stars
    • Roger Moore
    • Maud Adams
    • Louis Jourdan
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.5/10
    118K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    3,855
    2,399
    • Director
      • John Glen
    • Writers
      • George MacDonald Fraser
      • Richard Maibaum
      • Michael G. Wilson
    • Stars
      • Roger Moore
      • Maud Adams
      • Louis Jourdan
    • 364User reviews
    • 95Critic reviews
    • 63Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 4 nominations total

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    Roger Moore
    Roger Moore
    • James Bond
    Maud Adams
    Maud Adams
    • Octopussy
    Louis Jourdan
    Louis Jourdan
    • Kamal
    Kristina Wayborn
    Kristina Wayborn
    • Magda
    Kabir Bedi
    Kabir Bedi
    • Gobinda
    Steven Berkoff
    Steven Berkoff
    • Orlov
    David Meyer
    • Twin One
    Tony Meyer
    • Twin Two
    • (as Anthony Meyer)
    Desmond Llewelyn
    Desmond Llewelyn
    • Q
    Robert Brown
    Robert Brown
    • M
    Lois Maxwell
    Lois Maxwell
    • Miss Moneypenny
    Michaela Clavell
    Michaela Clavell
    • Penelope Smallbone
    Walter Gotell
    Walter Gotell
    • Gogol
    Vijay Amritraj
    Vijay Amritraj
    • Vijay
    Albert Moses
    Albert Moses
    • Sadruddin
    Geoffrey Keen
    Geoffrey Keen
    • Minister of Defence
    Douglas Wilmer
    Douglas Wilmer
    • Fanning
    Andy Bradford
    Andy Bradford
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    • Director
      • John Glen
    • Writers
      • George MacDonald Fraser
      • Richard Maibaum
      • Michael G. Wilson
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    User reviews364

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    7ma-cortes

    Fun , exciting and thrilling new entry with a brilliant villain , Louis Jourdan

    Bond again in an electrifying movie that scored a new hit in the action genre . The immortal agent 007 , whose deadly precision , sourness , irony and irresistible attractive is perfectly portrayed by Roger Moore. This time he investigates the killing one his colleagues who appeared dead with a Russian egg Faberge of incalculable price . He undergoes an incredible adventure with spectacular pursuits until a chilling countdown , leading to a possible nuclear holocaust . This time OO7 taking off an elegant villainnamed Kamal Khan (Louis Jourdan) living in India, as Bond tries to stop him but the maniacal nasty wreak all sorts of havoc until Bond steps in and the heinous mastermind schemes to put a nuclear bomb at a circus whose owner is Octopussy (Maud Adams ,the only Bond girl who repeated acting , she previously played ¨The man with the golden gun¨) . Nobody does it better...thirteen times. James Bond's all time action high. Roger Moore. James Bond 007 . Nobody does him better. James Bond's all time high

    The film contains excitement, emotion , lots of action , suspense , gorgeous women (a beautiful Kristina Wayborn) and extreme nasties (Jourdan , Steven Berkoff , Kabir Bedi) . The plot tosses in every cliché including the obligatory intervention from MonneyPenny (Lois Maxwell), M (Robert Brown) , and Q (Desmond Llewelyn) . Before essaying the role Bond , Roger Moore honed his suavity in the series as ¨The Saint¨, hence he adds a humorous-tongue-in-cheek dimension to Ian Fleming's famed creation as the connoisseur (women and wine especially) spy hero , starting his role Bond with ¨Live and let die¨. Film displays gimmicks and silly set pieces that usually marred the best Moore outings . In spite of a moving opening sequence and some thrilling scenes along the way the Bond-Moore series is starting to look a little bit tired , just as its main star . John Barry's music is unforgettable ,as always , and including a colorful cinematography by cameraman Alan Hume. An agreeable screenplay and more believable excitement with cliff-hangers situations come to mind ; still, this solid outing isn't a bad Bond and it does star the most sympathetic OO7 . This is one of the more watchable entries based on a short book by Fleming with the same title ¨Octopussy¨ and stars Roger Moore in top form as 007 and adding an assured direction by John Glen .
    8Fella_shibby

    Entertaining, action packed n hilarious at times.

    I first saw this in the early 90s on a vhs.

    Revisited it recently.

    This is the thirteenth in the Bond series and the sixth to star Roger Moore as James Bond.

    After the death of 009, Bond is assigned the task of following a general who is stealing jewels and relics from the Soviet government. The mission leads Bond to cross paths with an exiled prince n his associate, Octopussy and later Bond discovers a plot involving nuclear weapon.

    The film has one of the best pre credits scene of an aerial chase.

    For a change, Bond does a Tarzan stunt, dons a gorilla outfit n also of a clown.

    There is a lovely train sequence and a lol scene of that of a car being run on tracks by Bond.

    It has a jungle chase sequence involving elephants, tiger, leeches, spiders n crocodiles.

    But the best is the climactic aeroplane sequence which is tension filled n well shot.

    Bond's sliding on the rail of stairs n shooting villains is epic and he riding a horse n catching up an aeroplane is amazing. Both the scenes are copied by the Bollywood spy film Ek Tha Tiger but done in a good way by Salman Khan.

    This film has some very weak villains but a mighty strong n loyal henchman known as Gobinda played by an Indian actor Kabir Bedi.

    This time Bond faces knife throwing assassins, a deluded General Orlov, an exiled prince Khan, a strong henchman Gobinda with an intimidating glare that causes Bond to lose his appetite, lots of thugs, guards, hunters, Colonel Luis Toro n his soldiers n a very ruthless contract killer with a yo-yo saw.

    This time Bond gets to cool off with a sultry Hispanic female agent played by Tina Hudson, another hottie Kristina Wayborn and once again Maud Adams.

    This film is the only one with a Bond Girl whose name is used as the title of the film.

    Also Maud Adams played Bond girl in two different films, The Man With the Golden Gun and this film.

    Watch out for poor Q getting seduced by a bunch of females to which he replies, "later perhaps".
    michelerealini

    Anther great one

    "Octopussy" is really peculiar in the series. Because, for example, we see Bond dressed like a clown or keeping a plaster; there's an exotic and romantic atmosphere -which reminds us of some adventure books (like Emilio Salgari's "Sandokan" and "The count of Monte-Cristo"...) Here 007 has to travel between India and Germany for stopping a catastrophic plan of Soviet General Orlov and Afghan prince Khamal Khan.

    With a little more parody than in the previous film "For your eyes only", "Octopussy" continues in the line of more down to earth Bond adventures.

    Roger Moore's performance is good as usual, the cast is also remarkable -Louis Jourdan is one of the French actors who built a good Hollywood career, starring in films like Hitchcock's "The Paradine case" and Vincente Minnelli's "Gigi". He's Kamal Khan, a very charming and sophisticated villain -he's the criminal equivalent of Bond. Jourdan brings a special touch of glamour -you see he's an actor of the golden years of Hollywood!

    Maud Adams is the only actress who played twice a Bond girl -she was Andrea in "The man with the golden gun".

    Steven Berkoff is an established English actor, mainly for theater, but he played also in Stanley Kubrick's "Barry Lyndon".

    Kabir Bedi is an Indian actor very popular in the second half of the Seventies -he was "Sandokan" in a famous TV film made by RAI, Italian public TV.

    John Glen directs the film with a lot of fun and assures a great show. The film doesn't disappoint.

    "Octopussy" is the last great Roger Moore movie as Bond, and maybe the last BIG Bond of the series as well -because it's original, lavish, acrobatic, romantic and pompous.

    8,5/10
    7DKosty123

    Best of Roger Moore's 007's

    I have a spot for this film. The photography on location in India & Eastern Europe is top notch. The women in this film are to me the most beautiful ones of the Bond series. Not only is Maud Adams just wonderful, but Kristina Wayborn looks great too. The action sequences in this one are among the best of the series & the humor is great. Louis Jourdan is a great bad guy & the film based upon 2 of Ian Flemings short stories put together by George MacDonald Fraser works well. This film has a pace to it, & you just can enjoy the ride when you watch it. The opening sequence has nothing to do with the rest of the film.

    I often still imagine Kristina Wayborn as my girl instead of a Bond girl. The brunette in the opening sequence is a looker too. What I love about the opening is that it sets the tone for the rest of the movie. While the stunts look awesome, this film is played for a lot of laughs along with the action. It succeeds on both counts, & truly is the "Property of a Lady" with so many good looking Bond Women.

    Rita Coolidge had her all time best song with the theme song for this film which seems to have been written for her voice. It's an all time high from Louis Jourdan (Kamal) to Bond in a gator tuxedo!
    6gerard-21

    The Producers Were Confused.

    They didn't know what type of Bond film to make: an overblown action comedy best personified by Moonraker or a down to earth action thriller like they had done in For Your Eyes only, the previous picture. Solution: they gave the audience both! Result: this movie is very uneven. There are some great sequences: the teaser featuring the mini jet, the killing of 009, the auction, the backgammon game and subsequent chase scene, the fight in Octopussy's bedroom and the train sequence all come to mind. But there is just too much misplaced humor in between and the rest of the movie after Bond diffuses the bomb is unnecessary and somewhat silly. Moore really shows his age in this one too, as does Maude Adams. Stephen Berkoff is awful, but Louis Jordan is great. Christina Wayborn deserves top marks as well. While not a bad film, and certainly one of Moore's better outings, this could have been so much better. Some of the best Bond scenes ever are present here, but they are overwhelmed by the shear enormity of it all: the producers just tried to put all of the past elements into this movie to please every Bond fan. So while there is something for everyone and it is entertaining, Octopussy is ultimately a victim of it's own excesses.

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    • Trivia
      According to Sir Roger Moore's commentary in the DVD during the dinner scene, the eyeball in the stuffed sheep's head that Louis Jourdan eats is made out of marzipan.
    • Goofs
      The train of the "Octopussy Circus" has a steam engine which was a quaint, obsolete technology in 1983. However, due to the rising oil prices in the 1970s the railroad company of the German Democratic Republic started re-using steam engine trains in their regular traffic. The last steam engine got out of order in 1988.
    • Quotes

      [after Bond has escaped]

      Kamal Khan: Mr. Bond is indeed of a very rare breed... soon to be made extinct.

    • Crazy credits
      JAMES BOND WILL RETURN IN "FROM A VIEW TO A KILL" - this is the second time in the series that the title of the next Bond film is not given as it will eventually appear (the FROM being dropped from Fleming's original title). See also The Spy Who Loved Me.
    • Alternate versions
      ABC cut 30 seconds from this film for its 1986 network television premiere.
    • Connections
      Edited into Toyota Corona Roger Moore 'Octopussy' Television Commercial (1983)
    • Soundtracks
      All Time High
      Music by John Barry

      Lyrics by Tim Rice

      Performed by Rita Coolidge

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    • Release date
      • October 5, 1983 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
      • India
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Languages
      • English
      • Russian
      • German
      • Spanish
      • Hindi
    • Also known as
      • 007: Octopussy contra las chicas mortales
    • Filming locations
      • Monsoon Palace, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India(Kamal Khan's palace)
    • Production companies
      • United Artists
      • Eon Productions
      • Danjaq
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    • Budget
      • $27,500,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $67,893,619
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $8,902,564
      • Jun 12, 1983
    • Gross worldwide
      • $67,917,359
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    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      • 2h 11m(131 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Surround 7.1
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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