A View to a Kill (1985)

Director:

John Glen

Writers:

Ian Fleming (story)
Richard Maibaum (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

24 May 1985 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Thriller

Tagline:

Adventure Above And Beyond All Other Bonds

Plot:

An investigation of a horse-racing scam leads 007 to a mad industrialist who plans to create a worldwide microchip monopoly by destroying California's Silicon Valley.

Plot Keywords:

Silicon Valley | Microchip | Explosion | James Bond | Earthquake

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 4 nominations

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Roger Moore	...	James Bond
Christopher Walken	...	Max Zorin
Tanya Roberts	...	Stacey Sutton
Grace Jones	...	May Day
Patrick Macnee	...	Sir Godfrey Tibbett
Patrick Bauchau	...	Scarpine
David Yip	...	Chuck Lee
Fiona Fullerton	...	Pola Ivanova
Manning Redwood	...	Bob Conley
Alison Doody	...	Jenny Flex
Willoughby Gray	...	Dr. Carl Mortner / Hans Glaub
Desmond Llewelyn	...	Q
Robert Brown	...	M
Lois Maxwell	...	Miss Moneypenny
Walter Gotell	...	General Anatol Gogol

Also Known As:

From a View to a Kill (UK) (working title)

Runtime:

131 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Canada:PG (Ontario) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Germany:12 (re-release) (uncut) | West Germany:12 (cut) (video premiere) | Iceland:10 (original rating) | Iceland:12 (video rating) | UK:PG (cut) | South Korea:15 | Brazil:12 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Norway:16 (1985) | Singapore:PG | Sweden:15 | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

2201 Broadway, Oakland, California, USA

Company:

Danjaq

Trivia:

The Remy-Julienne Stunt Team from France did many of the stunts in this movie, but in the San Francisco segment, a scene in which Roger Moore was supposed to be driving a fire truck, the stunt driver was too short to reach the pedals and properly operate the truck. There wasn't much time to 'rig' the truck so Moore volunteered to drive it himself, quite expertly as noted by the local San Francisco Teamsters. Moore claims he was a lorry driver among other things before his acting paid the bills.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Pola Ivanova sneaks out of the Japanese bath-house with the (wrong) tape, she leaves her clothes and underwear behind in a pile; supposedly, she's wearing only a robe. Outside, the robe slips, and briefs are visible.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Kimberley Jones: I thought you'd never get back.
James Bond: Well, there was a heck of a crowd on the piste!

Movie Connections:

Edited into Kameleon als schokkend doelwit (2007) (V)

Soundtrack:

California Girls

There wasn't anything wrong with this one...

Despite Roger Moore being a little over the hill for his last Bond film, I still loved it.

The basic premise of this movie is, yes, I admit it, similar to Goldfinger. Christopher Walken who happened to be a product of Nazi experimentation plans to destroy silicone valley and have a monopoly on the computer chip market. This was a great story line, especially in the 1980's when computers were becoming cool.

Tonya Roberts, In my humble opinion was probably the most beautiful Bond girl there was. Her sexy throaty whisper was intoxicating. May Day (Walken's strange and muscular girlfriend) added so much too the story, especially what she did at the end.

Despite what people say about this being one of the worst 007 movies, it had a solid story. An amazing performance by Christopher Walken and a very sexy Tanya Roberts. This movie should at least be somewhere in the middle of your James Bond list. So please give this one a chance, it's one of my favorites. Oh, and we can't forget the theme song, which has to be the best James Bond theme ever, and you can't deny that.