Apparently when this premiered in London, and they saw the scene where the Union Jack parachute was deployed, the entire audience gave a standing ovation to that moment.
Not just a jet ski, but that was the world premiere of the device. There was a James Bond documentary which talked about it. The producers asked the manufacturers to delay the sale of the bike and allow James Bond to reveal the bike to the world, so people would want the thing James Bond has instead of James Bond using this vehicle that people already knew about.
Two vehicles of this film were restored on the History Channel’s American Restoration. The jet ski that was restored wasn’t from this film as far as I can remember, but the underwater Lotus that was restored was restored although, it was mounted on a display in a position that it was either entering the water or already in it.
I am surprised you did not mention the Bond song in this film. "Nobody Does It Better" sung by Carly Simon is my favorite song from a Bond film and one of the best songs of the entire franchise. It is a very well known and loved song.
@@nooneofimportance2110 you're right. I don't recall seeing a parody of Jaws in Austin Powers, but there's no forgetting Random Task! "Who throws a shoe?" LOL!🤣
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Mortal Kombat ripped off Oddjob for the character of Kung Lao. 😂
Whenever I think of Roger Moore as Bond I instantly think of this film. The locations, the plot, the car, the action sequences. Combined with Moore's warmth and charm.Truly the peak of his time as Bond.
I love how much honest glee Shan takes in seeing explosions. He takes a pure, childlike joy in watching things distribute themselves at high speed across a wide area.
The next movie after this one is Moonraker. The next film was supposed to be For Your Eyes Only but that got changed by a little movie called Star Wars.
Shan- FYI this movie is an adaptation of Ian Fleming‘s novel in title only. The original novel is a outlier in the Bond universe in that it follows a woman and gives extensive backstory for her and James Bond only shows up in the last act of the novel. Other than the title and that one of the villains has steel-capped teeth it has absolutely nothing to do with the source material.
The opening stunt with the parachute was, at that time, the most complex they had tried. It nearly ended badly, as one of the ‘jettisoned’ skis nearly hit the open parachute. If it had, the parachute would probably of collapsed and, possibly, could have resulted in the death of the stuntman.they realised this on viewing the images on playback.
Which - along with "Run Silent, Run Deep" was one of the inspirations for the excellent Star Trek Episode "Balance of Terror" with the first appearance of the Romulans (and their cloaking ships.)
This was the first Bond film I saw. I was 10 or 11. So for me, this is what Bond was for a long time; Moore's charm, one-liners, over the top bad guys, exotic locales, nifty gadgets, and big set pieces. I had a hard time seeing anyone but Roger Moore in this role and he's still my ideal Bond because he set the template for me.
Roger Moore was my fav Bond for 2 reasons... I grew up in his era and compared to the other Bonds, he had the full package...Style, Charm, Wit and Humor!!
I still try to get people to watch the Dalton films more. They're so good, and I don't think they're hated more than they just get forgotten. I would always put Pam Bouvier from Licence to Kill in my top 3 Bond women.
@@Billis75 Although I still rank him 4th on my Bond list, I agree Dalton deserves more credit. License to Kill was my first time seeing a Bond movie in the theater.
SHAN - thats the 1977 Lotus ESPRIT , the DB5 takes a Break in this movie. the Lotus SUB was a REAL prop built from a Actual Lotus ESPRIT built by Perry Submarines. the SUB sub prop was SOLD at Auction for L 111,000 . the HERO car was Specially modified and had extensive Waterproofing.
Roger Moore apparently wrote that he wished he had quit the series after this one, but I for one am glad he stuck around. He's such an underrated James Bond.
Jaws is one of the few things in this movie which is taken from the Ian Fleming novels (based on a character with metal teeth called Sol "Horror" Horowitz).
This was the move that basically saved the Bond series when it was going through a really rough patch, with losing co-producer Harry Saltzman. They needed this to succeed and it did brilliantly!
Fun Trivia Fact - Because the submarine supertanker set was so huge and the eyesight of DP (director of cinematograpy), Claude Renoir, was failing at the time of this movie, since he could not see to the end of the massive submarine supertanker set & as a result could not supervise in the lighting, it then fell to set designer Ken Adams to light the enormous set. Having some difficulty himself as well, Ken Adam turned to his friend famous movie director Stanley Kubrick (of whom he worked with previously on Dr. Strangelove), to come visit the set and asked for his assistance to help to light it all. Kubrick said that he would help Ken out (and suggested the use of floodlights strategically placed in various areas in order to illuminate the rest of the entire set), he asked for his assistance to kept a secret (as for the why? There are various answers depending on who one talked to - and they range from Stanley's own personal ego to possible tax/legal issues he wished to avoid. 🤷) Nonetheless it was an uncredited Stanley Kubrick who helped Ken Adams get the job done...Also (Bonus Trivia Fact) it was Katharina Kubrick (Kubrick's stepdaughter) who designed & made the very steel dentures that Richard Kiel (Jaws) wore in this movie and in the next Bond film "Moonraker" (1979).
@@thomasnieswandt8805 - It was accidentally burnt down during the production of Ridley Scott's 'Legend' in 1985. The production crew talked to producer Albert R. 'Cubby' Broccoli and asked him if he wanted to rebuild the soundstage at Pinewood Studios (as they were getting ready to start filming more scenes for 'A View To A Kill') and he agreed it should be rebuilt (and it was renamed 'The 007/'Cubby' broccoli Soundstage' in his honor).
SHAN - Yes, most of the Filming was done at the Actual Historical sites in Egypt, before access was cut off to further Preserve the Relics , when they performed Stunts / broke stuff was a Pinewood Studios dressed up to look like Egypt .
Make sure you watch Mookraker next, not For Your Eyes Only. The movie change up was made at the last minute due to Star Wars and everybody wanting to ride those coat tails. Also, the captain of the U.S. sub at the end was in You Only Live Twice and Diamonds Are Forever (as different characters, of course).
Moonraker was the first I saw. Think I'd have been 7. Jaws(Richard Kiel) terrified me as a kid. Fast forward a few decades and I saw Mr Kiel in a wheelchair with a carer, while I was in hawaii for my honeymoon in '99. Looked in really ill health.
There are many reused actors in the Bond franchise. Walter Gotell, playing General Gogol here, first appeared as a Spectre henchman in From Russia With Love. Gogol will of course be back for many movies to come.
8:51, you'd think with all the quantity of possible guest actors, we would not stumble on same actors in different roles. But it becomes almost a trope. We've seen the "Russian General"(Walter Gottel) in "From Russia with love", and "Fekesh" will pop up again with a different Bond.
I have to sing the praises again of Special Effects Master Derek Meddings. All the effects and model work in the bond movies up to Goldeneye are because of his years of building and blowing things up in almost all of the Gerry Anderson productions.
Richard Kiel was the best Bond henchman. I loved him as Jaws. I also remember him playing a ghost in an episode of Gilligan’s Island, acting with Clint Eastwood in Pale Rider and with Adam Sandler in Happy Gilmore. RIP Richard.
Also Richard Kiel did Force 10 From Navarone (but watch The Guns Of Navarone first). Force 10 also starred Barbara Bach AND Robert Shaw, Harrison Ford, Carl Weathers. 2 must sees.
Richard Kiel was also in The Cannonball Run 2. The first one had Roger Moore himself, driving an Aston Martin DB5 with all the gadgets from the Connery era, so it's one thing to look at if you miss Moore driving an Aston. Extremely silly movies, but fun in their way.
@@scottjo63 - I was surprised at the number of actors taken from the recent James Bond movies. On the whole, though, I found Force 10 to be a disappointment after the excellent The Guns of Navarone.
Don't forget that the next James Bond movie is NOT For Your Eyes Only. The next Bond movie that you must watch is Moonraker. Do not skip over Moonraker. Moonraker the James Bond movie where Bond goes into outer space.
The Roger Moore Bond movies are the most fun and entertaining in my opinion. However, I may be biased, since these were the Bond movies from my childhood.
SHAN - this is ONE of the FIRST ever Jetski to be offered on the Market. the one BOND uses is the Wetbike 78' by Spirit Marine, it uses a Suzuki 2 stroke Engine. it was Difficult to Ride , as you had to Balance it, as opposed to BOAT Hull Jetski today.
One of my absolute favourites! And they did intend to make "For your Eyes only" next but then "Star Wars" became an immense success, so they made "Moonraker" to captitalize on that success.
A name to know: Derek Meddings - model maker and special effects wizard; I think his first Bond film was Live and Let Die, and the impressive model-work continued from there. Years ago, there was a book out detailing his filmography - with lots of rare photos- and I regret not picking it up. As an OHMSS fan, I love any references to Tracy. So that was cool, wasn't it? A smidge of continuity - pops up again later, here and there...
@@Paul_1971 Well, you got closer to him than I did. I saw the book in a comic-book specialty shop, became fascinated with it as I flipped through it and saw all the films he had worked on, but ultimately left the book behind, alas.
If I recall correctly, Meddings was one of the modelers (not the Chief one - but one of staff) on the old Thunderbirds series - and was the head of the special effects unit on Space 1999. Despite the Space 1999 modelwork using some very old-school techniques (this was pre Star Wars and motion control cameras) the special effects were quite convincing.
@@logandarklighter That's correct -he did a lot of the Gerry Anderson stuff & I absolutely fell in love with Thunderbirds as a kid with the designs & modelwork. He also worked on Batman '89 and Goldeneye.
I think, as a child, this was my favorite. - And the Jaws vs. shark scene: I guess Fulci had his idea for the "zombie vs. shark"-scene in ZOMBI 2 from here.
Everyone has their own Bond era favorite. I saw my first Bond movie with Moore in Moonraker, and while I never particularly cared for Moore's portrayal, this movie is my favorite of his. Awaiting the Dalton flicks.
I come from a family of movie buffs so no matter the age I was always with them at the movies. I was about 7 yrs old when this came out. When Bond skis off the cliff and the parachute opens the audience went nuts cheering. So fun!
I'm not a big Moore fan but this is his best and its nice to look at a Bond movie again from when they were fun with the gadgets and everything. They did want an Aston Martin for the movie but for some reason the company decided they didn't want to be associated with the movies anymore. The story was that someone from Eon scheduled a pub lunch with the guy from Aston Martin and they were arguing about it in the place. However, in the next booth was the marketing guy from Lotus and he suddenly spied a big chance! He immediately phoned work and told them to get their new prototype Esprit running and roadworthy. He got the thing, drove it straight to the studio, blagged his way in and parked it in the head honcho's space, leaving it there! When the big cheese turned up, he found he couldn't park in his space because of the weird machine parked in it. As an argument developed about the thing ensued, the Lotus guy turned up, apologised and got in, driving away. The seed was sewn, if they couldn't use an Aston, what about that weird flying saucer they'd seen..? For Egypt tourist tips, check-out Karl Pilkington's 'An Idiot Abroad'.
They used a real Tanker for the exterieur shots and created a model incase they would need some back up shots. When they looked at the film, they noticed they couldnt use the footage of the tanker. So they filmed all the scenes again, using the model fitted with jetski engines. The shots turned out so perfect, they didnt use one frame of the original ship. They learned how good that model was, after the premiere. The captain of the real tanker asked when they filmed that amazing fly by scene. He didnt notice it was a model, at any point. Also funfact: When Bond and Anya escape from Atlantis, Barbara Bach didnt know that the set would be flooded. The panic on her face is real.
The very great Derek Meddings (many Bond films, Thunderbirds Are Go!, UFO and SPACE:1999, and ALIEN) did the miniature work on this. They used quite large miniatures and filmed in real daylight, which helps a lot in selling the effects.
yes i had a model of the Lotus Esprit and was obsessed with it for a few years when i was a kid growing up in England. A fantastic Bond! the sets were awesome!
Richard Kiel (Jaws) was a very nice, friendly guy. I met him at an A&W Root Beer shop in Coarsegold, CA. He was just getting some floats and I asked him if he was "Eegah!" a character from a really cheesy film he did in the 60's. He laughed and shook my hand. I'm a big guy, but my hand was dwarfed in his.
13:52 Yeah that moment really shows how huge Richard Kiel was. 13:58 I like how Jaws is just like annoyed that he fell off the train and nothing else. 15:59 Same there. 22:30 Shark has met it's match :D 22:57 The interesting part of this movie is that a bad guy didn't die, that surprised me first time seeing the movie. :)
Despite the end credits,Moonraker was actually the next in the series And as for the book,there is no resemblance.Fleming allowed them to buy the name,but not anything in the book,which isn't the typical Bond book.
I’ve probably seen this Bond film more than any other, because it got a *lot* of play on HBO when I was a teenager. The flag-parachute-on-skis shot is probably peak Roger Moore Bond. 14:36 That’s Caroline Munro, well-known for her roles over at Hammer Films.
My favorite from my childhood. From Jaws to the theme song to the Lotus and of course Moore, who was great, so awesome. Actually brought the franchise back to the top of the box office.Sadly this is the peak of the Moore era.
My favorite Moore Bond film. For Your Eyes Only being my second favorite. Moonraker takes too far a turn to the silly for my tastes. They upped the budget by over $10 million compared to TMWTGG. This was the start of the Bond films being some of the most expensive films made. Derek Meddings did the miniature effects. The Liparus model was 80 feet long. They put detergent in the water to simulate white caps. The shot of the interior of the Liparus as it was sinking was also a miniature. Meddings did equally impressive scenes of destruction for the TV series Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet. In a lot of ways, this is a remake of You Only Live Twice. Submarines kidnapped instead of spacecraft, a submarine/car instead of Little Nellie, an oil tanker instead of a volcano, seconds to avoid an act that would start a nuclear war.
As others have stated, Moonraker ended up being the next in the franchise rather than For Your Eyes Only, so make sure you don't accidentally skip it. Barbara Bach (Mrs. Ringo Starr) is one of the few 60s-70s era Bond girls whose voice wasn't dubbed over by another actress
🔥🔥🔥GREAT REACT!!!🔥🔥🔥. This was the first Bond movie that my dad took me to at the theater. I was hooked! I saved up my lawn mowing money and bought the die cast toy of the Lotus Esprit car/sub and it was my treasure of youth!
The buzz for this film, at the time, was insane. There was a tonne of merchandise. Model Lotus Esprite cars with all the gadgets was the one everyone wanted. Jaws is a really strange Bond henchman because everyone loved him rather than hated him lol I think they knew that he was going to be a hit and so he survived at the end. This has the scifi elements.That parachute jump. The Lotus car. The superb music you keep saying "disco" was a hit single and is an absolute banger. Those incredible sets and submarines. I can't see your editing issue but if that is the worst element you could see then this film is a masterpiece lol
The irony of this movie is ... the death of a character who is one of the darkest deaths in the entire James Bond saga ...? If you see who I'm talking about? We are not far from a scene of horror
The movie has the title in common with the Ian Fleming novel, and that's about it. The novel is told from the point of view of a woman on the run for gangsters who stays the night at a motel, where she meets this Englishman who turns out to be some sort of spy, gets in her bed (the spy who loved me), and takes care of the gangsters. Then he leaves. Oh yeah, he was named Bond. James Bond.
Hey, you tell me Richard Kiel couldn't tear a van apart with his bare hands, and I'd call you a liar, sir. lol Speaking of, just a friendly reminder that Silver Streak is a great comedy thriller that you need to see at some point.
Really am enjoying your Bond reactions. Roger Moore has always been my favourite Bond. Not to say that I didn't like the others, just Moore is it for me.
I've just realised that despite this being one of my favourite Bond films I somehow haven't watched it through to the end in decades. Only reason I can think is that it always on Sunday afternoons on the TV and I keep falling asleep.
Jaws was simply the greatest Bond henchman ever! Definitely Moore’s best. Carly Simon’s theme song is tops as well. Loved the Lotus sub. Such a great looking car!
Richard Kiel played heavies in a number of films over the years, but Jaws is the most memorable. It would be easy to see him as comical, but at 7' 2" Kiel could be truly menacing. My first experiences with Bond in theaters was during the Roger Moore period, so he was Bond to me until I saw Dr. No. Great enthusiasm for the explosions Shan, always fun to watch.
Fleming's novel, The Spy Who Loved Me is quite unlike any of his other novels and is written from the viewpoint of the lead female character (who is not agent XXX). Fleming indicated that for the movies, this particular story was not to be used, the producers could only use the title.
Submarines are usually quite near to the surface to launch missiles and I assume the warheads were primed for air burst (most effective against ground targets, the shock wave slamming down like a hammer). From quick googling, I would assume the shock wave hitting the ocean surface and permeating through the water would be enough crush the sub's hull.
This one is SO DAMN GOOD, I knew I was seeing something special when I watched the Cairo sequence, among my top Bond films for sure, and probably the best Moore had done.
"James Bond will return in For Your Eyes Only," it says at the end of the credits for "The Spy Who Loved Me." That was the original plan, obviously. But that's not what happened. You see, another movie was released in that same year, 1977, that changed everything. The name of the film was “Star Wars.” And it sent the producers of the Bond films into a scramble to see if there was some Ian Fleming property they hadn’t tackled yet that would allow them to immediately cash-in on the post-“Star Wars” sci-fi craze. There was-“Moonraker.” And so “Moonraker” actually wound-up being the next film in the series, with “For Your Eyes Only” following after that.
The fight between Anya, Bond and Jaws takes place in 2 intercut temples in Luxor, the Ramasseum and the Temple of karnak (Abu Simbel appears later). I can certify that they are all definitely real, having visted them on many, many occasions (30+ and counting).
This one and the next (Moonraker) are my favorits with Roger Moore. I like your reactions ! If you what to see a good Film about Submarines you should try "Das Boot" greetings from Germany. And please go on with John Carpenter !
Das Boot, DEFINITELY. Martin, you've seen TBR Schmitt's reaction to "Das Boot"? It's great. Would love to see Shan do quite a few German movies, actually. Off the top of my head, "Das Boot", "Aguirre, Wrath Of God", "Alice In The Cities", "Ali Fear Eats The Soul", "Run Lola Run", not to mention Murnau's "Faust", "The Last Laugh" and "Sunrise" (which he directed, although it was made in Hollywood).
The tricky thing about Das Boot is that there are many different cuts. It might make it hard to follow along the full length reaction if you don't have the right one. Das Boot is of course realistic, showing the cramped space of real subs. On the commentary track of The Spy Who Loved Me, they joke a bit about how the luxurious settings of the fictional subs probably helped recruitment for the navy. 😊
@@TTM9691 - It is of course fine if you're just watching the UA-cam reaction. It's harder if you follow him on Patreon and want to watch the full length reaction. I already had the problem with his Abyss reaction. Not because I didn't have the right cut, but because I only had it on DVD, and DVDs in Norway are sped up slightly to match the PAL standard's 50Hz.
Glad you loved it. Now buckle up for Moonraker. I was only 12 when I saw it theatrically, and fell in love with it. It's extremely over the top and I love it, as it's a masterpiece for me.
Your first introduction to Jaws one of my favourite all-time Bond henchman after Oddjob and really scared me as a kid. The next film is actually Moonraker because Star Wars became an international success so For Your Eyes Only was put on hold and it became the film after Moonraker.
The Lipparus(supertanker) was an 80 foot scale model with an Evinrude outboard motor placed in it to produce the wake and the whole thing was filmed at faster speed to create the effect of size. They had a real supertanker captain see the footage and it fooled him! This magnificent miniature effect was pulled off my the legendary Derek Meddings.
"They had a real supertanker captain see the footage and it fooled him!" -- not sure if I believe that. Slo-mo waves behave differently and bigger ones still have different shapes and especially crests. I don't think a guy who spent significant time watching the open sea is easier fooled than abt. 12 year old me.
@@leslauner5062 It's really great as far as model shots go. Esp. for that time. But even as a kid I didn't buy it as being really a full size ship/ waves. Why would a person spending significant time on the sea? It's a marketing story. Or he said it because he was asked and then most people don't go, "yeah nice, but it still looks fake.", because they don't wanna be an asshole.
@@thetechsite9619 What the good captain's motives for saying it were, we may never know. I'm just paraphrasing what he was quoted saying. For my money, several of those shots were bulletproof...but you could be right.
This was one of the most fun, which you now know. Enjoyed watching you laugh at the one-liners and salivate at the explosions, you crazy guy you!!! :) Fun reaction!
And also one of the most underrated Bond films - Probably the most now that OHMSS has got the reevaluation it always deserved. I'd personally say For Your Eyes Only is in my Top 10 for sure but my Top 5 are Live and Let Die, The Spy Who Loved Me, The Living Daylights, OHMSS and From Russia With Love
So good to see another James Bond reaction from you, The Spy Who Loved Me is definitely one of the better Roger Moore Bond films, if not one of the best Bond films overall. I'm curious if you'll be continuing past the original 20 into the Daniel Craig era, or if you'll be reacting to Never Say Never Again with Sean Connery. They're both definitely very different takes on the Bond movie formula with varying degrees of success.
Barbara Bach married Ringo Starr soon after this movie....and they're still together! Not only a Bond girl, but a Beatle wife! Definitely an improvement, almost a reboot of the series. I have never been a Bond fanatic (although I've seen all of the 60s and 70s ones), but I'm really enjoying revisiting these movies with you. Every time you burst out laughing, I do, too! :D
FYI! The next film in the series was not “For Your Eyes Only” (my favorite Roger Moore Bond film). Instead, it was switched to “Moonraker” (not one of my favorite Roger Moore Bond films) in light of the success of Star Wars. Thus “Moonraker” went unannounced and “For Your Eyes Only” was promised twice.
If only Stromberg's sharks had frickin laser beams attached to their frickin heads! As much as I love John Barry's consistency in Bond films, I really enjoy Marvin Hamlisch's score for this film.
Apparently when this premiered in London, and they saw the scene where the Union Jack parachute was deployed, the entire audience gave a standing ovation to that moment.
SHAN - James Bond has an Official Rank in Her Majesty's NAVY , Rank of COMMANDER.
Not just a jet ski, but that was the world premiere of the device. There was a James Bond documentary which talked about it. The producers asked the manufacturers to delay the sale of the bike and allow James Bond to reveal the bike to the world, so people would want the thing James Bond has instead of James Bond using this vehicle that people already knew about.
When I saw this in the theatre, my friends and I referred to it as a “water motorcycle”. Jet ski wasn’t a word in vocab, yet. Peace from Toronto
Two vehicles of this film were restored on the History Channel’s American Restoration. The jet ski that was restored wasn’t from this film as far as I can remember, but the underwater Lotus that was restored was restored although, it was mounted on a display in a position that it was either entering the water or already in it.
I am surprised you did not mention the Bond song in this film. "Nobody Does It Better" sung by Carly Simon is my favorite song from a Bond film and one of the best songs of the entire franchise. It is a very well known and loved song.
It's one of my favourites, it sums up Bond to a T!
It is a great song and singer
Yep - my favorite too
For quite a while in the UK it was mostly known for its use in B&Q adverts.
I preferred the "men" version at the end.
Ah, Jaws, my favorite, and arguably the most famous, of the Bond villain henchmen.
I feel it could go either way between him and Oddjob. But yeah, Jaws is my favorite as well.
The only henchman who SURVIVED his encounters with Bond as well!
@@RHannah78 I would say Oddjob is the more infamous, being the most parodied and referenced, while Jaws is the more iconic of the two.
@@nooneofimportance2110 you're right. I don't recall seeing a parody of Jaws in Austin Powers, but there's no forgetting Random Task! "Who throws a shoe?" LOL!🤣
Mortal Kombat ripped off Oddjob for the character of Kung Lao. 😂
Whenever I think of Roger Moore as Bond I instantly think of this film. The locations, the plot, the car, the action sequences. Combined with Moore's warmth and charm.Truly the peak of his time as Bond.
As a kid, seeing this movie, I always loved Jaws. He was the greatest thing ever to me, and I loved that he did not die. :)
And Oddjob. 😂
They ruined him in the next one
Be survived long enough to watch Adam Sandler play golf
I love how much honest glee Shan takes in seeing explosions. He takes a pure, childlike joy in watching things distribute themselves at high speed across a wide area.
You must be a student of Physics. And loving it.
@@RoodeMenon Student of Megumin
The next movie after this one is Moonraker. The next film was supposed to be For Your Eyes Only but that got changed by a little movie called Star Wars.
Shan- FYI this movie is an adaptation of Ian Fleming‘s novel in title only. The original novel is a outlier in the Bond universe in that it follows a woman and gives extensive backstory for her and James Bond only shows up in the last act of the novel. Other than the title and that one of the villains has steel-capped teeth it has absolutely nothing to do with the source material.
Definitely one of the best Bond movies ever made, definitely Moores best. Dalton era getting closer and closer :)
Well, I like FYEO, OC and even MR (for it's first part) better. To each his own. And I love both Dalton films. TLD is in my overall top too.
Some good Moore ones coming up but really looking forward the Dalton ones too!
The opening stunt with the parachute was, at that time, the most complex they had tried. It nearly ended badly, as one of the ‘jettisoned’ skis nearly hit the open parachute. If it had, the parachute would probably of collapsed and, possibly, could have resulted in the death of the stuntman.they realised this on viewing the images on playback.
Also it was the single most expensive stunt as well for a long time - $500,000 (unadjusted)
The bad guy was played by Kurd Jurgens, who had played a German sub commander in the excellent "The Enemy Below" along with Robert Mitchum.
Which - along with "Run Silent, Run Deep" was one of the inspirations for the excellent Star Trek Episode "Balance of Terror" with the first appearance of the Romulans (and their cloaking ships.)
@@logandarklighter Also included Mark Lenard who'd go on to play Spock's Dad.
This was the first Bond film I saw. I was 10 or 11. So for me, this is what Bond was for a long time; Moore's charm, one-liners, over the top bad guys, exotic locales, nifty gadgets, and big set pieces. I had a hard time seeing anyone but Roger Moore in this role and he's still my ideal Bond because he set the template for me.
Same here.
Modern Bond movies are just too serious.
My favorite exchange from this movie
Bond: “Q, have I ever let you down?”
Q: “Frequently.”
Typical British understatement
Roger Moore was my fav Bond for 2 reasons... I grew up in his era and compared to the other Bonds, he had the full package...Style, Charm, Wit and Humor!!
Same here for the same reasons
I still try to get people to watch the Dalton films more. They're so good, and I don't think they're hated more than they just get forgotten. I would always put Pam Bouvier from Licence to Kill in my top 3 Bond women.
@@Billis75 I think he’ll like them. He liked Lazenby.
@@Billis75 Although I still rank him 4th on my Bond list, I agree Dalton deserves more credit. License to Kill was my first time seeing a Bond movie in the theater.
SHAN - thats the 1977 Lotus ESPRIT , the DB5 takes a Break in this movie.
the Lotus SUB was a REAL prop built from a Actual Lotus ESPRIT built by Perry Submarines.
the SUB sub prop was SOLD at Auction for L 111,000 .
the HERO car was Specially modified and had extensive Waterproofing.
Roger Moore apparently wrote that he wished he had quit the series after this one, but I for one am glad he stuck around. He's such an underrated James Bond.
He was in four more movies, and he said that it would be the last one after each one of them.
My reaction to a new Shan video is like Shan's reaction to Ken Adam.
Maybe UA-cam's most underrated reactor... like a good Bond film, this man needs more subs
Jaws is one of the few things in this movie which is taken from the Ian Fleming novels (based on a character with metal teeth called Sol "Horror" Horowitz).
Richard Kiel will forever be remembered as the alien in “The Twilight Zone” episode “To Serve Man.”
“It’s a cookbook!”
This was the move that basically saved the Bond series when it was going through a really rough patch, with losing co-producer Harry Saltzman. They needed this to succeed and it did brilliantly!
The interior of the tanker was the largest set ever constructed in history up to that point.
This was one of the first movies I ever saw in a theater as a kid.
Fun Trivia Fact - Because the submarine supertanker set was so huge and the eyesight of DP (director of cinematograpy), Claude Renoir, was failing at the time of this movie, since he could not see to the end of the massive submarine supertanker set & as a result could not supervise in the lighting, it then fell to set designer Ken Adams to light the enormous set. Having some difficulty himself as well, Ken Adam turned to his friend famous movie director Stanley Kubrick (of whom he worked with previously on Dr. Strangelove), to come visit the set and asked for his assistance to help to light it all. Kubrick said that he would help Ken out (and suggested the use of floodlights strategically placed in various areas in order to illuminate the rest of the entire set), he asked for his assistance to kept a secret (as for the why? There are various answers depending on who one talked to - and they range from Stanley's own personal ego to possible tax/legal issues he wished to avoid. 🤷) Nonetheless it was an uncredited Stanley Kubrick who helped Ken Adams get the job done...Also (Bonus Trivia Fact) it was Katharina Kubrick (Kubrick's stepdaughter) who designed & made the very steel dentures that Richard Kiel (Jaws) wore in this movie and in the next Bond film "Moonraker" (1979).
Man, I thought I knew Bond trivia, but somehow I missed all of that! That's really interesting.
The Tanker set was and is until today the largest single filmsets ever build. Sadly the original 007 Stage burned down a couple years later
should have went to TOHO studios , they are Master at Minitures.
@@thomasnieswandt8805 - It was accidentally burnt down during the production of Ridley Scott's 'Legend' in 1985. The production crew talked to producer Albert R. 'Cubby' Broccoli and asked him if he wanted to rebuild the soundstage at Pinewood Studios (as they were getting ready to start filming more scenes for 'A View To A Kill') and he agreed it should be rebuilt (and it was renamed 'The 007/'Cubby' broccoli Soundstage' in his honor).
One of the reasons why I love this film. Those tanker sequences sometimes look like A Clockwork Orange outtakes.
SHAN - Yes, most of the Filming was done at the Actual Historical sites in Egypt, before access was cut off to further Preserve the Relics , when they performed Stunts / broke stuff was a Pinewood Studios dressed up to look like Egypt .
The two best things about Stromberg were his webbed hands and him having completely no concept of nuclear fallout being a thing 😄
Fleming had a stipulation that only the title of his story “The Spy Who Loved Me” could be used in a film, so this is essentially an original story.
Make sure you watch Mookraker next, not For Your Eyes Only. The movie change up was made at the last minute due to Star Wars and everybody wanting to ride those coat tails. Also, the captain of the U.S. sub at the end was in You Only Live Twice and Diamonds Are Forever (as different characters, of course).
Moonraker was the first I saw. Think I'd have been 7. Jaws(Richard Kiel) terrified me as a kid.
Fast forward a few decades and I saw Mr Kiel in a wheelchair with a carer, while I was in hawaii for my honeymoon in '99. Looked in really ill health.
Shane is also in Superman II as a control center technician.
@@richwagener and as the police officer in Superman 3 (the plant fire scene)
He was also in Batman Begins, he was the water main technician who was kinda panicking when the train was speeding along at the end of the movie.
There are many reused actors in the Bond franchise. Walter Gotell, playing General Gogol here, first appeared as a Spectre henchman in From Russia With Love. Gogol will of course be back for many movies to come.
8:51, you'd think with all the quantity of possible guest actors, we would not stumble on same actors in different roles. But it becomes almost a trope. We've seen the "Russian General"(Walter Gottel) in "From Russia with love", and "Fekesh" will pop up again with a different Bond.
My favorite Moore Bond. More serious that his others and with the elegance of the 1970s.
I have to sing the praises again of Special Effects Master Derek Meddings. All the effects and model work in the bond movies up to Goldeneye are because of his years of building and blowing things up in almost all of the Gerry Anderson productions.
Richard Kiel was the best Bond henchman. I loved him as Jaws. I also remember him playing a ghost in an episode of Gilligan’s Island, acting with Clint Eastwood in Pale Rider and with Adam Sandler in Happy Gilmore. RIP Richard.
Also Richard Kiel did Force 10 From Navarone (but watch The Guns Of Navarone first). Force 10 also starred Barbara Bach AND Robert Shaw, Harrison Ford, Carl Weathers. 2 must sees.
And the MST3K classic Eegah!
Richard Kiel was also in The Cannonball Run 2. The first one had Roger Moore himself, driving an Aston Martin DB5 with all the gadgets from the Connery era, so it's one thing to look at if you miss Moore driving an Aston. Extremely silly movies, but fun in their way.
@@scottjo63 - I was surprised at the number of actors taken from the recent James Bond movies. On the whole, though, I found Force 10 to be a disappointment after the excellent The Guns of Navarone.
Everyone seems to be forgetting his best selling cookbook, "How to Serve Man".
Don't forget that the next James Bond movie is NOT For Your Eyes Only.
The next Bond movie that you must watch is Moonraker. Do not skip over Moonraker.
Moonraker the James Bond movie where Bond goes into outer space.
No matter how many times I see the ski jump, I still hold my breath & cheer. 🇬🇧
The jet ski was invented for this movie.
Shan - As the others in this chat has said, the next movie is "Moonraker" and not "For Your Eyes Only"
The Roger Moore Bond movies are the most fun and entertaining in my opinion. However, I may be biased, since these were the Bond movies from my childhood.
Same
SHAN - this is ONE of the FIRST ever Jetski to be offered on the Market.
the one BOND uses is the Wetbike 78' by Spirit Marine, it uses a Suzuki 2 stroke Engine.
it was Difficult to Ride , as you had to Balance it, as opposed to BOAT Hull Jetski today.
One of my absolute favourites!
And they did intend to make "For your Eyes only" next but then "Star Wars" became an immense success, so they made "Moonraker" to captitalize on that success.
A name to know: Derek Meddings - model maker and special effects wizard; I think his first Bond film was Live and Let Die, and the impressive model-work continued from there. Years ago, there was a book out detailing his filmography - with lots of rare photos- and I regret not picking it up.
As an OHMSS fan, I love any references to Tracy. So that was cool, wasn't it? A smidge of continuity - pops up again later, here and there...
I'm a massive fan of Meddings work and so regret not speaking to him when I saw him at a comic con years ago when he was promoting that book.
@@Paul_1971 Well, you got closer to him than I did. I saw the book in a comic-book specialty shop, became fascinated with it as I flipped through it and saw all the films he had worked on, but ultimately left the book behind, alas.
If I recall correctly, Meddings was one of the modelers (not the Chief one - but one of staff) on the old Thunderbirds series - and was the head of the special effects unit on Space 1999. Despite the Space 1999 modelwork using some very old-school techniques (this was pre Star Wars and motion control cameras) the special effects were quite convincing.
@@logandarklighter That's correct -he did a lot of the Gerry Anderson stuff & I absolutely fell in love with Thunderbirds as a kid with the designs & modelwork. He also worked on Batman '89 and Goldeneye.
Sadly, Meddings passed away in 1995. "Goldeneye" was the last movie he worked on. Glad he went out on a high, at least.
I think, as a child, this was my favorite. - And the Jaws vs. shark scene: I guess Fulci had his idea for the "zombie vs. shark"-scene in ZOMBI 2 from here.
Everyone has their own Bond era favorite.
I saw my first Bond movie with Moore in Moonraker, and while I never particularly cared for Moore's portrayal, this movie is my favorite of his.
Awaiting the Dalton flicks.
I come from a family of movie buffs so no matter the age I was always with them at the movies. I was about 7 yrs old when this came out. When Bond skis off the cliff and the parachute opens the audience went nuts cheering. So fun!
I'm not a big Moore fan but this is his best and its nice to look at a Bond movie again from when they were fun with the gadgets and everything. They did want an Aston Martin for the movie but for some reason the company decided they didn't want to be associated with the movies anymore. The story was that someone from Eon scheduled a pub lunch with the guy from Aston Martin and they were arguing about it in the place. However, in the next booth was the marketing guy from Lotus and he suddenly spied a big chance! He immediately phoned work and told them to get their new prototype Esprit running and roadworthy. He got the thing, drove it straight to the studio, blagged his way in and parked it in the head honcho's space, leaving it there! When the big cheese turned up, he found he couldn't park in his space because of the weird machine parked in it. As an argument developed about the thing ensued, the Lotus guy turned up, apologised and got in, driving away. The seed was sewn, if they couldn't use an Aston, what about that weird flying saucer they'd seen..?
For Egypt tourist tips, check-out Karl Pilkington's 'An Idiot Abroad'.
They used a real Tanker for the exterieur shots and created a model incase they would need some back up shots. When they looked at the film, they noticed they couldnt use the footage of the tanker. So they filmed all the scenes again, using the model fitted with jetski engines. The shots turned out so perfect, they didnt use one frame of the original ship. They learned how good that model was, after the premiere. The captain of the real tanker asked when they filmed that amazing fly by scene. He didnt notice it was a model, at any point. Also funfact: When Bond and Anya escape from Atlantis, Barbara Bach didnt know that the set would be flooded. The panic on her face is real.
The very great Derek Meddings (many Bond films, Thunderbirds Are Go!, UFO and SPACE:1999, and ALIEN) did the miniature work on this. They used quite large miniatures and filmed in real daylight, which helps a lot in selling the effects.
yes i had a model of the Lotus Esprit and was obsessed with it for a few years when i was a kid growing up in England. A fantastic Bond! the sets were awesome!
Corgi has Reissued the ESPRIT from the Movie.
My friend had that model and i was so jealous
They had one in the movie theatre when I saw it.
Where is it now?
Richard Kiel (Jaws) was a very nice, friendly guy. I met him at an A&W Root Beer shop in Coarsegold, CA. He was just getting some floats and I asked him if he was "Eegah!" a character from a really cheesy film he did in the 60's. He laughed and shook my hand. I'm a big guy, but my hand was dwarfed in his.
13:52 Yeah that moment really shows how huge Richard Kiel was.
13:58 I like how Jaws is just like annoyed that he fell off the train and nothing else. 15:59 Same there.
22:30 Shark has met it's match :D
22:57 The interesting part of this movie is that a bad guy didn't die, that surprised me first time seeing the movie. :)
Despite the end credits,Moonraker was actually the next in the series
And as for the book,there is no resemblance.Fleming allowed them to buy the name,but not anything in the book,which isn't the typical Bond book.
The next one is not actually for your eyes only it’s moonraker
This right here is one of the best Bond films ever made!
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The number one on my James Bond list. Nice reaction.
I've been waiting all week for this, to witness Shan watching the awesome TSWLM for the first time!
I’ve probably seen this Bond film more than any other, because it got a *lot* of play on HBO when I was a teenager.
The flag-parachute-on-skis shot is probably peak Roger Moore Bond.
14:36 That’s Caroline Munro, well-known for her roles over at Hammer Films.
Jaws is just awesome and prob the most famous bond henchmen besides maybe oddjob.
This one and GoldenEye were always my favorites as a kid.
I have waited for this for weeks. To hell with the weekend, I'm opening my box of chocolate NOW.
The Lotus Esprit nicknamed "Wet Nellie" is on the pages of movie history now. Along with Bullitt's Mustang and the Plymouth Fury called Christine.
My favorite from my childhood. From Jaws to the theme song to the Lotus and of course Moore, who was great, so awesome. Actually brought the franchise back to the top of the box office.Sadly this is the peak of the Moore era.
My favorite Moore Bond film. For Your Eyes Only being my second favorite. Moonraker takes too far a turn to the silly for my tastes. They upped the budget by over $10 million compared to TMWTGG. This was the start of the Bond films being some of the most expensive films made.
Derek Meddings did the miniature effects. The Liparus model was 80 feet long. They put detergent in the water to simulate white caps. The shot of the interior of the Liparus as it was sinking was also a miniature. Meddings did equally impressive scenes of destruction for the TV series Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet.
In a lot of ways, this is a remake of You Only Live Twice. Submarines kidnapped instead of spacecraft, a submarine/car instead of Little Nellie, an oil tanker instead of a volcano, seconds to avoid an act that would start a nuclear war.
SHAN - the Ships are all SCALE models , some shots of the SUBS are Real.
Modeling has improved a lot Since the 1960's TOHO Era.
Definately the best of the Roger Moore Bond movies and one of the best in the series overall. It is just so much fun.
As others have stated, Moonraker ended up being the next in the franchise rather than For Your Eyes Only, so make sure you don't accidentally skip it.
Barbara Bach (Mrs. Ringo Starr) is one of the few 60s-70s era Bond girls whose voice wasn't dubbed over by another actress
And you know why they slotted Moonraker between these two films, right? :P
🔥🔥🔥GREAT REACT!!!🔥🔥🔥. This was the first Bond movie that my dad took me to at the theater. I was hooked! I saved up my lawn mowing money and bought the die cast toy of the Lotus Esprit car/sub and it was my treasure of youth!
The steel teeth were so painful that Richard Kiel (Jaws) could only wear them for about one minute at a time.
New gadgets and the submarine car. And we're introduced to a new bad guy; Jaws. One of my core personal favorite Bond movies. Next up, Moonraker.
The next one is moon raker not for your eyes only. After Star Wars success they decided to make moonraker and fyeo comes after that
The buzz for this film, at the time, was insane. There was a tonne of merchandise. Model Lotus Esprite cars with all the gadgets was the one everyone wanted. Jaws is a really strange Bond henchman because everyone loved him rather than hated him lol I think they knew that he was going to be a hit and so he survived at the end.
This has the scifi elements.That parachute jump. The Lotus car. The superb music you keep saying "disco" was a hit single and is an absolute banger. Those incredible sets and submarines. I can't see your editing issue but if that is the worst element you could see then this film is a masterpiece lol
If you like gadgets, you're going to love the next one, Moonraker. That's basically a sci-fi cartoon come to life.
I thought Moonraker was the end of bond. but it wasn't
The irony of this movie is ... the death of a character who is one of the darkest deaths in the entire James Bond saga ...? If you see who I'm talking about? We are not far from a scene of horror
The next one is "For Your Eyes Only", as it states in the title card at the end of the film.
@@attorneyrobert nop sir.
The movie has the title in common with the Ian Fleming novel, and that's about it.
The novel is told from the point of view of a woman on the run for gangsters who stays the night at a motel, where she meets this Englishman who turns out to be some sort of spy, gets in her bed (the spy who loved me), and takes care of the gangsters. Then he leaves. Oh yeah, he was named Bond. James Bond.
Hey, you tell me Richard Kiel couldn't tear a van apart with his bare hands, and I'd call you a liar, sir. lol
Speaking of, just a friendly reminder that Silver Streak is a great comedy thriller that you need to see at some point.
Yes! Silver Streak the first and best team up of Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor.
This is my favorite Bond movie, I love it for so many reasons, the action, the theme song, the beautiful Barbara Bach and of course Jaws.
You can see the production value is large scale with this just from the camera work.
The Wet Nellie (The Lotus) has been recreated in real life on Top Gear
One of the best intro songs
Really am enjoying your Bond reactions. Roger Moore has always been my favourite Bond. Not to say that I didn't like the others, just Moore is it for me.
I've just realised that despite this being one of my favourite Bond films I somehow haven't watched it through to the end in decades. Only reason I can think is that it always on Sunday afternoons on the TV and I keep falling asleep.
Ignore what the film says at the end, Moonraker is next & For Your Eyes Only is the one after that.
Jaws was simply the greatest Bond henchman ever! Definitely Moore’s best. Carly Simon’s theme song is tops as well. Loved the Lotus sub. Such a great looking car!
Richard Kiel played heavies in a number of films over the years, but Jaws is the most memorable. It would be easy to see him as comical, but at 7' 2" Kiel could be truly menacing. My first experiences with Bond in theaters was during the Roger Moore period, so he was Bond to me until I saw Dr. No. Great enthusiasm for the explosions Shan, always fun to watch.
Fleming's novel, The Spy Who Loved Me is quite unlike any of his other novels and is written from the viewpoint of the lead female character (who is not agent XXX). Fleming indicated that for the movies, this particular story was not to be used, the producers could only use the title.
Submarines are usually quite near to the surface to launch missiles and I assume the warheads were primed for air burst (most effective against ground targets, the shock wave slamming down like a hammer). From quick googling, I would assume the shock wave hitting the ocean surface and permeating through the water would be enough crush the sub's hull.
I've missed your Bond reactions! Glad to see you're back and with one of the best. This film and Moonraker are like Ken Adam Heaven!
This one is SO DAMN GOOD, I knew I was seeing something special when I watched the Cairo sequence, among my top Bond films for sure, and probably the best Moore had done.
"James Bond will return in For Your Eyes Only," it says at the end of the credits for "The Spy Who Loved Me." That was the original plan, obviously. But that's not what happened. You see, another movie was released in that same year, 1977, that changed everything. The name of the film was “Star Wars.” And it sent the producers of the Bond films into a scramble to see if there was some Ian Fleming property they hadn’t tackled yet that would allow them to immediately cash-in on the post-“Star Wars” sci-fi craze. There was-“Moonraker.” And so “Moonraker” actually wound-up being the next film in the series, with “For Your Eyes Only” following after that.
The fight between Anya, Bond and Jaws takes place in 2 intercut temples in Luxor, the Ramasseum and the Temple of karnak (Abu Simbel appears later). I can certify that they are all definitely real, having visted them on many, many occasions (30+ and counting).
This one and the next (Moonraker) are my favorits with Roger Moore. I like your reactions ! If you what to see a good Film about Submarines you should try "Das Boot"
greetings from Germany. And please go on with John Carpenter !
Das Boot, DEFINITELY. Martin, you've seen TBR Schmitt's reaction to "Das Boot"? It's great. Would love to see Shan do quite a few German movies, actually. Off the top of my head, "Das Boot", "Aguirre, Wrath Of God", "Alice In The Cities", "Ali Fear Eats The Soul", "Run Lola Run", not to mention Murnau's "Faust", "The Last Laugh" and "Sunrise" (which he directed, although it was made in Hollywood).
The tricky thing about Das Boot is that there are many different cuts. It might make it hard to follow along the full length reaction if you don't have the right one.
Das Boot is of course realistic, showing the cramped space of real subs. On the commentary track of The Spy Who Loved Me, they joke a bit about how the luxurious settings of the fictional subs probably helped recruitment for the navy. 😊
@@Yngvarfo I've seen a great "Das Boot" reaction from the TBR Schmitt channel, I had no trouble following the video.
@@TTM9691 - It is of course fine if you're just watching the UA-cam reaction. It's harder if you follow him on Patreon and want to watch the full length reaction. I already had the problem with his Abyss reaction. Not because I didn't have the right cut, but because I only had it on DVD, and DVDs in Norway are sped up slightly to match the PAL standard's 50Hz.
@@Yngvarfo I understand. I never watch full reactions, that didn't occur to me.
Glad you loved it. Now buckle up for Moonraker. I was only 12 when I saw it theatrically, and fell in love with it. It's extremely over the top and I love it, as it's a masterpiece for me.
Your first introduction to Jaws one of my favourite all-time Bond henchman after Oddjob and really scared me as a kid. The next film is actually Moonraker because Star Wars became an international success so For Your Eyes Only was put on hold and it became the film after Moonraker.
The Lipparus(supertanker) was an 80 foot scale model with an Evinrude outboard motor placed in it to produce the wake and the whole thing was filmed at faster speed to create the effect of size. They had a real supertanker captain see the footage and it fooled him! This magnificent miniature effect was pulled off my the legendary Derek Meddings.
"They had a real supertanker captain see the footage and it fooled him!" -- not sure if I believe that. Slo-mo waves behave differently and bigger ones still have different shapes and especially crests. I don't think a guy who spent significant time watching the open sea is easier fooled than abt. 12 year old me.
@@thetechsite9619 It was an 80 foot model of the tanker and it absolutely fooled the captain. Derrek Meddings was a genius.
@@leslauner5062 It's really great as far as model shots go. Esp. for that time. But even as a kid I didn't buy it as being really a full size ship/ waves. Why would a person spending significant time on the sea? It's a marketing story. Or he said it because he was asked and then most people don't go, "yeah nice, but it still looks fake.", because they don't wanna be an asshole.
...and this is nitpicking, but the sources I know of, talk about 19m/ 63 feet.
@@thetechsite9619 What the good captain's motives for saying it were, we may never know. I'm just paraphrasing what he was quoted saying. For my money, several of those shots were bulletproof...but you could be right.
This was one of the most fun, which you now know. Enjoyed watching you laugh at the one-liners and salivate at the explosions, you crazy guy you!!! :) Fun reaction!
I can't wait for "For Your Eyes Only". My all-time favorite Bond film. Also, the most grounded/realistic of all the Roger Moore films.
And also one of the most underrated Bond films - Probably the most now that OHMSS has got the reevaluation it always deserved.
I'd personally say For Your Eyes Only is in my Top 10 for sure but my Top 5 are Live and Let Die, The Spy Who Loved Me, The Living Daylights, OHMSS and From Russia With Love
So good to see another James Bond reaction from you, The Spy Who Loved Me is definitely one of the better Roger Moore Bond films, if not one of the best Bond films overall. I'm curious if you'll be continuing past the original 20 into the Daniel Craig era, or if you'll be reacting to Never Say Never Again with Sean Connery. They're both definitely very different takes on the Bond movie formula with varying degrees of success.
The opening ski sequence almost went horribly wrong a ski almost got tangled up in the parachute you can see this happen in the jump
The spy who loved me is a great Bond movie and it’s thrue the next Bond movie is moonraker.
Barbara Bach married Ringo Starr soon after this movie....and they're still together! Not only a Bond girl, but a Beatle wife! Definitely an improvement, almost a reboot of the series. I have never been a Bond fanatic (although I've seen all of the 60s and 70s ones), but I'm really enjoying revisiting these movies with you. Every time you burst out laughing, I do, too! :D
Nobody Does It Better - one of the two best Bond songs, along with Live And Let Die.
FYI! The next film in the series was not “For Your Eyes Only” (my favorite Roger Moore Bond film). Instead, it was switched to “Moonraker” (not one of my favorite Roger Moore Bond films) in light of the success of Star Wars. Thus “Moonraker” went unannounced and “For Your Eyes Only” was promised twice.
If only Stromberg's sharks had frickin laser beams attached to their frickin heads! As much as I love John Barry's consistency in Bond films, I really enjoy Marvin Hamlisch's score for this film.