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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
George MacDonald Fraser (screen story and screenplay) and
Richard Maibaum (screen story and screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
10 June 1983 (USA) more
Tagline:
Nobody does it better...thirteen times. more
Plot:
A fake Fabergé egg and a fellow agent's death leads James Bond to uncovering an international jewel smuggling operation, headed by the mysterious Octopussy, being used to disguise a nuclear attack on NATO forces. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 3 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(17 articles)
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Bond As Indiana Jones more (172 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Roger Moore | ... | James Bond | |
| Maud Adams | ... | Octopussy | |
| Louis Jourdan | ... | Kamal Khan | |
| Kristina Wayborn | ... | Magda | |
| Kabir Bedi | ... | Gobinda | |
| Steven Berkoff | ... | General Orlov | |
| David Meyer | ... | Twin One | |
| Tony Meyer | ... | Twin Two (also as Anthony Meyer) | |
| Desmond Llewelyn | ... | Q | |
| Robert Brown | ... | M | |
| Lois Maxwell | ... | Miss Moneypenny | |
| Michaela Clavell | ... | Penelope Smallbone | |
| Walter Gotell | ... | General Anatol Gogol | |
| Vijay Amritraj | ... | Vijay | |
| Albert Moses | ... | Sadruddin |
Additional Details
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Runtime:
131 min
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)
Certification:
Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Ireland:PG | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | France:U | Iceland:12 | Norway:15 | Norway:16 (1983) | Peru:14 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | USA:PG (Certificate #27025) | West Germany:12 | Singapore:PG | Brazil:Livre
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The movie had an boy's own adventure theme inspired due to the box office success of Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). Similary, the elephant hunt sequence was inspired by the Richard Connell novel and movie of The Most Dangerous Game (1932). more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: During a close-up of the car-on-railroad stunt, the car has proper flanged railroad wheels rather than shot up and skinned up automobile wheels (albeit dressed up to resemble the original wheels). more
Quotes:
[first lines]
James Bond:
You didn't tell me there was going to be this much security.
Bianca:
They moved the flight up to this afternoon.
James Bond:
Well, we're going to have to go ahead as planned anyway.
[Bianca hands an ID badge with the name 'Luis Toro' to Bond]
James Bond:
Toro. Sounds like a load of bull.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Premiere Bond: Opening Nights (2006) (V) more
Soundtrack:
All Time High more
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Was there ever a James Bond like this one? Oh, there were better Bond stories, no doubt, but I do doubt there were any more entertaining than this one.
In "Octopussy," we get more of an Indiana Jones-type adventure story than the usual spy farce. In fact, there is so much adventure in here it gets tiring, to be frank. It's almost too much....but it is a lot of fun along the way.
The best part of the film isn't the wild adventure, either: it's the humor. This has more laughs in it - stupid and clever - than any Bond film I can recall.
Roger Moore, Maud Adams, Louis Jordan, Kristina Wayborn, Steven Berkoff and Kabir Bedi must have had a lot of fun - and been worn out - making this film. By the way, itt's always interesting to see the intriguing Adams.
This and "Goldfinger" are my two favorites of the Bond series, and I'm glad to see so many others here share that opinion.