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User Rating:
6.6/10   21,607 votes
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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
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Awards:
2 wins & 3 nominations more
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(18 articles)
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Runtime:
131 min
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Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
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2.20 : 1 more
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70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints) (as Dolby Stereo)
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Cameo: [Michael G. Wilson]a passenger on the riverboat / a Soviet Security Council Member. more
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Bond runs the gate at the circus, the officer draws his pistol, presumably to shoot Bond or the vehicle, but instead shoots several warning shots. This is highly illegal. 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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Referenced in Starz Inside: Fashion in Film (2008) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
All Time High more

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21 out of 35 people found the following review useful.
Roger Moore's Best Bond Film, 5 September 1999
Author: Eric-62-2 from Morristown, NJ

This is by far the best of the Roger Moore Bond films in my opinion. I may be prejudiced since "Octopussy" was the first Bond film I saw theatrically, but I absolutely loved it back then and it still holds up today. The plot is a fine blend of the serious stories of the early Connery films and the humorous touches of the Moore era. Add to that a smooth villain in Louis Jourdan, delicious over-the-top counterpoint from Steven Berkoff, a formidable henchman in Kabir Bedi, two exotic Bond girls in Maud Adams and Kristina Wayborn, beautiful location photography in the rich "travelogue" style (did India ever look as good as it does here?) and a great John Barry score and you can't go wrong with it at all. The tense buildup in the bomb countdown which has Bond donning clown makeup at one point is probably one of the most exciting in any Bond film.

Roger Moore hit his peak playing Bond in this film and the proof is how he seems so much better than Sean Connery does in the inferior "Never Say Never Again" that came out that same year. It's a pity that Moore didn't go out with this one, since "A View To A Kill" was so poor by comparison.

By all means rent this, watch it and have fun!

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