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The Spy Who Loved Me

  • 19771977
  • PGPG
  • 2h 5m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
108K
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Roger Moore and Barbara Bach in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
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James Bond investigates the hijacking of British and Russian submarines carrying nuclear warheads, with the help of a K.G.B. agent whose lover he killed.James Bond investigates the hijacking of British and Russian submarines carrying nuclear warheads, with the help of a K.G.B. agent whose lover he killed.James Bond investigates the hijacking of British and Russian submarines carrying nuclear warheads, with the help of a K.G.B. agent whose lover he killed.
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
108K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
2,397
887
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    • Director
      • Lewis Gilbert
    • Writers
      • Christopher Wood(screenplay by)
      • Richard Maibaum(screenplay by)
      • Ian Fleming(characters)
    • Stars
      • Roger Moore
      • Barbara Bach
      • Curd Jürgens
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Lewis Gilbert
    • Writers
      • Christopher Wood(screenplay by)
      • Richard Maibaum(screenplay by)
      • Ian Fleming(characters)
    • Stars
      • Roger Moore
      • Barbara Bach
      • Curd Jürgens
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 378User reviews
    • 116Critic reviews
    • 55Metascore
    • Nominated for 3 Oscars
      • 3 wins & 11 nominations total

    Videos5

    The Spy Who Loved Me
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    The Spy Who Loved Me
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    Photos525

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    Top cast

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    Roger Moore
    Roger Moore
    • James Bond
    Barbara Bach
    Barbara Bach
    • Major Anya Amasova
    Curd Jürgens
    Curd Jürgens
    • Stromberg
    • (as Curt Jurgens)
    Richard Kiel
    Richard Kiel
    • Jaws
    Caroline Munro
    Caroline Munro
    • Naomi
    Walter Gotell
    Walter Gotell
    • General Gogol
    Geoffrey Keen
    Geoffrey Keen
    • Minister of Defence
    Bernard Lee
    Bernard Lee
    • M
    George Baker
    George Baker
    • Captain Benson
    Michael Billington
    Michael Billington
    • Sergei
    Olga Bisera
    • Felicca
    Desmond Llewelyn
    Desmond Llewelyn
    • Q
    Edward de Souza
    Edward de Souza
    • Sheikh Hosein
    • (as Edward De Souza)
    Vernon Dobtcheff
    Vernon Dobtcheff
    • Max Kalba
    Valerie Leon
    Valerie Leon
    • Hotel Receptionist
    Lois Maxwell
    Lois Maxwell
    • Miss Moneypenny
    Sydney Tafler
    Sydney Tafler
    • Liparus Captain
    Nadim Sawalha
    Nadim Sawalha
    • Fekkesh
    • Director
      • Lewis Gilbert
    • Writers
      • Christopher Wood(screenplay by)
      • Richard Maibaum(screenplay by)
      • Ian Fleming(characters) (uncredited)
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      A representative from the Egyptian government was on-set throughout the shoot in Cairo and Giza, to make sure that the country was not portrayed in an unflattering light. For that reason, when the scaffolding collapses on Jaws, and Bond quips "Egyptian builders", Sir Roger Moore merely mouthed the line, dubbing it in later. It went unnoticed by the official Egyptian minder, and ironically, got a great laugh from Egyptian audiences.
    • Goofs
      For some reason the wet-bike is brought into the Captain's quarters for assembly. Nobody in their right mind would do this. It'd be assembled outside of the submarine since trying to carry it fully assembled throughout the sub would be virtually impossible.
    • Quotes

      [last lines]

      [Bond and Anya are discovered making love]

      M: 007!

      General Anatol Gogol: XXX!

      Sir Frederick Gray, Minister of Defence: Bond! What do you think you're doing?

      James Bond: Keeping the British end up, sir.

    • Crazy credits
      "THE END of THE SPY WHO LOVED ME JAMES BOND will return in FOR YOUR EYES ONLY" - though in fact the next film in the series was switched to Moonraker in light of the success of sci-fi movie Star Wars. Thus Moonraker went unannounced and For Your Eyes Only was promised twice. For other examples of the next film being announced in error, see Goldfinger, Thunderball, and Octopussy.
    • Alternate versions
      The 1992 RCA Videodisc version of the film fades before the credits end, omitting the title card that tells us that Bond will return in "For Your Eyes Only".
    • Connections
      Edited from You Only Live Twice (1967)
    • Soundtracks
      Nobody Does it Better
      Music by Marvin Hamlisch

      Lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager

      Performed by Carly Simon

    User reviews378

    Review
    Top review
    7/10
    Spectacular outdoors,hectic action and megalomaniac villain in a new enjoyable outing Bond
    This time James Bond-Roger Moore third outing and best entry ,he join forces with female Russian agent named Anya Amasova(Bach)to eliminate a nasty villainous(Curt Jurgens)and his henchman, a giant steel-toothed named Jaws(Richard Kiel).He schemes to utilize captured US and Russians atomic underwater with objective to destroy the world.For the first time nuclear submarines from Russia,Britain are sailing side by side.It may look like the beginning of WWIII,but don't worry .As usual,intervene Q (Desmond LLewelyn),MonneyPenny(Lois Maxwell),M(Bernard Lee) and Russian general Gogol(Walter Gotell).Roger Moore plays perfectly the master spy,Moore tells about his Simon Templar,The Saint, that he was a private person doing things for other people to help them and was rather a boy-scout following the rules of television and James Bond is an assassin licensed to kill.He's right,the tone is perfect for the times and for Roger Moore's brand of James Bond.Times have changed and for example, the Ian Fleming book based the film ,has nothing to do with cinematographic adaptation.His beautiful co-star is Barbara Bach and of course no Bond movie would be complete without the gorgeous Bond girls(Caroline Munro,Valerie Leon,among others).The movie is an agreeable blending of frenetic action,spectacular and exciting sets and humor with tongue in cheek.The film contains the world's largest sound stage specially constructed by production designer Ken Adam.In the inauguration day was even as special guest,former Prime Minister,Sir Harold Wilson. The motion picture is shot in Sardinia, Cala Volpe.There appears the car Lotus Esprit,¨Sweet Nellie¨, with weapons and rapidly become in sub.There's a very funny scene when the Lotus comes out of the water,but in order to avoid seeing the car underwater,Kem Adam had a speedboat doing waves .The scenes were really very simple attached a cable under the van to the front of the Lotus and pulled the car out the water.The Lotus could function underwater,but had to wear breathtaking equipment inside.The producer Albert Broccoli tells that they went to Egypt in the mid-1970s,tensions were hight in the Mideast.It took some careful negotiation to get out crew into Egypt.They had to submit the script in advance and an Egyptian government official had to be present during the shooting to make Egypt certain and did not portray the country in a negative light.The most challenging sequence was the night shooting in pyramids Giza,where was re-staged the ¨Son et Lumiere¨,despite the dramatic lighting effects much of the show had to be recreated in studio(Pinewood) using special effects.While the Bond films are not travelogues ,the producers do like to take viewers to spectacular places and show them things in a way that they've never seen before.The producers gambled that audiences were ready for a more fantasy-laden Bond film.Egypt(with an impressive temple of Karnak) was a great location for cameraman Claude Renoir,made it look elegant and exotic,Claude was the nephew of the great director,Jean Renoir.He helped photograph many Renoir's great films,like the ¨Grand illusion¨.He also shot second unit on ¨Cleopatra¨and photographer the 60s cult classic,¨Barbarella¨.This is his last major film as cinematographer.The film is well directed by Lewis Gilbert who had previously directed¨You only live twice¨a decade earlier.This picture is one of the more memorable Bond-Moore.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 3, 1977 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Languages
      • English
      • Italian
      • Arabic
    • Also known as
      • Vohun, ki me je ljubil
    • Filming locations
      • Faslane Naval Base, Her Majesty's Naval Base Clyde, Gare Loch, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
    • Production company
      • Eon Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $13,500,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $46,838,673
    • Gross worldwide
      • $46,854,802
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 5 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • 6-Track Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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