Category: Octopussy

Top James Bond Kills of the Decade: 1980s

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Top James Bond Kills of the Decade: 1980s

For our third video in our series that shows you James Bond’s best kills from each of his movies, we take you to the 1980s.

This episode covers Bond’s kills in the six James Bond movies released in the 1980s:

  • FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
  • OCTOPUSSY
  • NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN
  • A VIEW TO A KILL
  • THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
  • and LICENCE TO KILL

As with our video Top 10 James Bond Kills of the Decade: 1960s which looked at the top James Bond kills from the 1960s, we include a non-EON Productions Bond movie, NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN in this video.

Did we miss any good James Bond Kills? Leave a Comment below!

Enjoy “Top James Bond Kills of the Decade: 1980s”. Drop us a note at info@spymovienavigator.com if you have any detailed comments.

And Top James Bond Kills of the Decade will return with our look at James Bond’s kills in the 1990s.

Click here to watch our Top 10 James Bond Kills of the Decade: 1960s and our look at the 1970s James Bond kills at this link.

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Gadgets in For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy, and A View To A Kill

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Gadgets in For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy, and A View To A Kill

Join Dan and Tom as they take a look at the gadgets in FOR YOUR EYES ONLY (FYEO), OCTOPUSSY, A View to a Kill (AVTAK). Are they believable?

Join us as we take a look at the gadgets in FOR YOUR EYES ONLY (FYEO), OCTOPUSSY, and A VIEW TO A KILL (AVTAK). We know that James Bond movies use a lot of gadgets. So lets look at the gadgets from these three Roger Moore James Bond movies. Are any of them believable?

Some of the gadgets we examine are:

From FOR YOUR EYES ONLY:

  • The ATAC Machine
  • The Identigraph
  • James Bond’s Watch

From OCTOPUSSY:

  • The briefcase with the hidden compartment
  • The fake crocodile
  • The DB-5J Jet
  • The yo-yo saw

From A VIEW TO A KILL:

  • Microchip scanner/locator
  • The Microcomparator
  • Snooper

That’s just a sample, we talk about many more gadgets from these three movies.

So take a listen and let us know what you think of these gadgets in gadgets in FYEO, OCTOPUSSY, and AVTAK. Did we miss any? Did you have the same impression about these? Leave us a comment at info@spymovienavigator.com.

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Octopussy

Octopussy editorial content, 007, James Bond, EON Production movies, spy movie podcasts, espionage, Roger MooreOctopussy was the 1983 installment of the James Bond series, starring Roger Moore as Bond.

An agent dies with a Fabergé egg which leads to an operation to unearth Octopussy’s (Maud Adams) smuggling operation.  This operation was a cover for a planned nuclear attack.

Louis Jourdan gives a strong performance as Kamal Khan, the lead villain in the movie.   Khan is supported by his henchman Gobinda (Kabir Bedi).  The soviet contingent is lead by Orlov (Steven Berkoff).

Much of this movie was filmed in India, bringing the Bond audience to another exotic location. The pretitle scene with Bond flying a micro-jet were filmed in Utah in the US.

Octopussy’s Turban Expert – Del Singh – A video interview

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Who knew? When Octopussy was being made, they found they needed someone who could tie a turban for Gobinda. And they were in Peterborough, England in 1983. Sounds like a challenge.

Dan and Tom talk with Del Singh about how he ended up taking on this job with his brother. He also talks about working on Octopussy and some of the challenges he witnessed while they were filming.

So, in honor of the 39th anniversary of the US release of Octopussy, let’s look behind the scenes. Subscribe!

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Octopussy’s Turban Expert – an interview with Del Singh

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Octopussy’s Turban Expert – an interview with Del Singh

Dan and Tom walk with Del Singh about his experience in working on OCTOPUSSY as a turban expert.  Fun Stuff!

Costumes can make or break a movie.  Eon Productions were struggling when filming Octopussy.  They couldn’t get the turbans to both look right and stay on the actor’s heads during actions scenes.  To make it even more of a challenge, they were filming near Peterborough England. What do do?

They found a turban expert, Del Singh, who happened to live in Peterborough.

Listen to this episode to hear Dan and Tom talk with Del about his experience in working on Octopussy.  Fun Stuff!

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In this interview with Del Singh, we discuss his experience with Octopussy.

  • How Eon Productions found him (this is fun)
  • How Del’s Sikh background helped him
  • Meeting Roger Moore
  • Why Del’s turbans were used and the different styles
  • What Del did during filming
  • He made HOW MUCH?
  • Roger Moore’s answers to the press about Connery’s return in Never Say Never Again
  • Dangerous stunts
  • Bond women – and a 20-year old’s impressions of working with them
  • Kabir Bedi, who played Gobinda and interactions with Del then and recently
  • And more …

 

 

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James Bond’s OCTOPUSSY Pre-Title Sequence Decoded!

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Join Dan, Tom and Vicky as they decode and take apart the pre-title sequence of Octopussy!

 

Bond in Latin American – again – women, impersonations, horses, min-jets, explosions, mustaches, a horse’s butts and more Moore quips in the Pre-Title Sequence to, Octopussy!

Is that micro- jet a real jet?

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Join Dan, Tom and Vicky as they decode and take apart the pre-title sequence of Octopussy!

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In this episode, we discuss the following from the pre-title sequence of Octopussy:

  • The type of horse competition shown
  • The scenes filmed in Utah
  • Ken Norris’ experience with Roger Moore
  • What does tetrytol do and what it the proper ratio?
  • The Acrostar
  • Where was that gas station where James Bond asked the attendant to “fill ‘er up”
  • And more …

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Derek Lyons – 4 Bond movies, Star Wars, Indiana Jones – tells Back Stories!

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Derek Lyons joins Dan, Tom & Vicky on Cracking the Code of Spy Movies! He's discusses his career which includes appearing in four James Bond movies, Star Wars and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

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Derek has made appearances in:

  • Octopussy
  • A View to a Kill
  • The Living Daylights,
  • GoldenEye, and even
  • Star Wars and
  • Indiana Jones

Listen as Derek tells us some amusing back-stories about his Bond experiences, meeting Sean Connery, Pierce Brosnan and more!

Here is where you can find out more about Derek:

Derek’s website: https://www.dereklyonssite.com/

Derek on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/derek.lyons.90

Derek on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DerekLyonsActor

Derek on Instagam: @zenlyons instagram

Derek on YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/DerekLyons

 

 

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