All There in the Manual: The script reveals that May Day is 28 years old.Sean Connery himself (who was around 55 when A View To A Kill released) said "Bond should be played by an actor 35, 33 years old.
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Age Lift: One of the movie's biggest criticisms was Roger Moore's portrayal of Bond at age 57 (he was 45 when he was first cast as Bond in Live and Let Die, the oldest Bond at the time of their debut, although at least back then he had the excuse of looking younger than he was), despite the fact that, while the movie didn't pinpoint Bond's exact age, it was still obviously treating Bond as being younger than his actor was.Actually Pretty Funny: Just as their getaway vehicle is taking off, Scarpine makes a quip that causes Zorin to break out in laughter:.The Brute to Zorin and gender-flipped variation of Scary Black Man, a tall and tough Amazonian Beauty who can lift a man clean over her head and set up as a woman who could take Bond himself to the cleaners Unfortunately, she doesn't make it to the end. '80s Hair: This was the only Bond film from the '80s to truly show this, from Stacy's feathery bangs to May Day's box cut.The '80s: Duran Duran doing the theme song, Grace Jones, Tanya Roberts, a title sequence filled to the brim with day-glo effects and chicks with '80s Hair, the use of wailing electric guitars in the score.Preceded by Octopussy and followed by The Living Daylights with Timothy Dalton succeeding Moore as Bond. With the help of the geologist (and Girl of the Week) Stacey Sutton ( Tanya Roberts), Bond finds out that the company's owner, Max Zorin ( Christopher Walken as a shamelessly over-the-top villain) and his lover May Day ( Grace Jones as one of the most genuinely intimidating henchwomen of the series), plans to destroy California's Silicon Valley to ensure he has the monopoly on the production of computer chips. Sam Smith's "Writing's on the Wall" from Spectre not only reached #1, it debuted at #1.Īfter a Zorin Industries computer chip is found in Siberia, Bond is sent to investigate the company at a horse race competition. It took another 30 years for a Bond song to hit #1 in the UK. note This song only made it to #2 in the UK, however. Duran Duran performed the Title Theme Tune which is, to date, the only Bond song to make it to number 1 on the US pop charts. The only thing this movie uses from the Ian Fleming short story From a View to a Kill (from the anthology For Your Eyes Only) are five words from the title and Paris as a setting. Also notable for being the final Bond film to feature Lois Maxwell as Moneypenny. The one where Bond goes black.and never goes back, and teams up with John Steed.Ī View to a Kill is the fourteenth James Bond film in the Eon Productions series, the third to be directed by John Glen and the seventh and final installment to star Roger Moore. Zorin: Intuitive improvisation is the secret of genius.īond: Herr Doktor Mortner would be proud of his creation.
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