534 For Your Eyes Only (1981)
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This article is from the Movie Trivia, by Murray Chapman muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au with numerous contributions by others.
534 For Your Eyes Only (1981)
- 'Roger Moore' (qv) announces that he is reluctant to play 007 again, but is
lured back at the last moment for an undisclosed sum. To cover the
possibility of a new actor playing Bond, and to provide continuity, the
script writers included a scene in which 007 visits the grave of his
murdered wife.
- Director 'John Glenn' (qv) had previously edited and was second-unit director
on a number of previous Bond films.
- The pre-title sequence is a dig a 'Kevin McClory' (qv), who owns the rights
to Ernst Stavro Blofeld and SPECTRE. The unnamed man in a wheelchair is
obviously mean to be Blofeld, and disposing of him so early was producer
Cubby Broccoli's way of saying that the success of 007 did not depend on him.
- Stuntman 'Paolo Rigon' (qv) died during the filming of the bob sleigh chase.
- 'Bernard Lee' (qv), who played M for the last eleven 007 films died while
preparing for the role. As a mark of respect, Broccoli refused to recast
the role, changing the script to say that M was on leave.
- One of the Bond girls was played by 'Tula Cossey' (qv), who was later
revealed to be a former male.
- 'Sheena Easton' (qv) becomes the first vocalist to appear during the credits
sequence.
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