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A View to a Kill (Original title)From a View to a Kill (Working title)
Dates: 1985 (Copyright), 06 August 1984 (Production), 14 June 1985 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: John Glen

Synopsis: James Bond adventure. Microchip manufacturer and industrialist Max Zorin hatches a plot to destabilise the San Andreas fault in California, destroying Silicon Valley and enabling him to monopolise the market. Bond travels from Siberia to Ascot, and from Paris to San Francisco in his bid to stop Zorin.

Genre:
Action and Adventure

Subject:
Espionage
Releases
Date: 13 June 1985Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 131 mins Length: 11785 FeetDialogue (original): English

Credits (187)
©: Danjaq S.A., Made by: Eon Productions, From: MGM/UA Distribution Co., Presents/Produced by: Albert R. Broccoli, Produced by: Michael G. Wilson, Associate Producer: Thomas Pevsner, Unit Manager: Iris Rose, Production Manager: Philip Kohler, Production Manager: Serge Touboul, Production Manager: Leonhard Gmür, Production Manager: Ned Kopp & Co., Production Manager: Jón Thór Hannesson, Production Supervisor: Anthony Waye, Production Co-ordinator: May Capsaskis, Production Co-ordinator: Nathalie Farjon, Production Co-ordinator: Norma Garment, Production Co-ordinator: Sally Hayman, Production Co-ordinator: Maureen Murphy, US Contacts: Mary Stellar, Tina Banta, Production Controller: Reginald A. Barkshire, Production Accountant: Douglas Noakes, Location Accountant: Hazel Crombie, Location Accountant: Mauricette Boisard, Location Accountant: Jane Meagher, Cristl Kirchner, Location Manager: Nick Daubeny, Location Manager: Agust Baldursson, Location Manager: Stefan Zürcher, Location Manager: Jean-Marc Deschamps, Location Manager: Steph Benseman, Location Manager: Rory Enke, Production Secretary: Joanna Brown, Janine King, Mr [Roger] Moore's Assistant: Doris Spriggs, 2nd Unit Directed and Photographed by: Arthur Wooster, Ski Sequence Directed and Photographed by: Willy Bogner, Assistant Director: Gerry Gavigan, Assistant Director: Peter Bennett, Additional Assistant Director: Edi Hubschmid, Additional Assistant Director: Laurent Brégeat, Additional Assistant Director: Serge Menard, Additional Assistant Director: Terry Madden, Additional Assistant Director: Andrew Warren, Additional Assistant Director: Simon Haveland, Additional Assistant Director: Nick Heckstall-Smith, Barbara Broccoli, Continuity: June Randall, Continuity: Penny Daniels, Daphne Carr, Casting by: Debbie McWilliams, US Casting: Jane Jenkins, Janet Hirshenson, Screenplay by: Richard Maibaum, Michael G. Wilson, [Possessory Credit for] James Bond 007: Ian Fleming, Director of Photography: Alan Hume, Additional Photography: Jan D'Alquen, Additional Photography: Egil Woxholt, Model Photography: Leslie Dear, Aerial Camera: David Butler, Aerial Camera: Peter Allwork, Doug Milsome, Camera Operator: Michael Frift, Camera Operator: Malcolm Vinson, Camera Operator: Robert Hillman, Focus: Simon Hume, Michael Evans, Electrical Supervisor: John Tythe, Camera Grip: Colin Manning, Ken Atherfold, Stills: Keith Hamshere, George Whitear, Front Projection: Charles Staffell, Roy Moores, Special Effects Supervisor: John Richardson, Special Effects: John Morris, Special Effects: Joss Williams, Special Effects: Ken Morris, Special Effects: André Trielli, Special Effects: Larry Cavanaugh, Special Effects: Willy Neuner, Computer Effects: Ira Curtis Coleman, Editor: Peter Davies, Additional Editor: John S. Smith, Henry Richardson, Production Designed by: Peter Lamont, Art Director: John Fenner, Additional Art Director: Michael Lamont, Additional Art Director: Ken Court, Additional Art Director: Alan Tomkins, Additional Art Director: Serge Douy, Additional Art Director: Armin Ganz, Katharina Brunner, Assistant Art Director: James Morahan, Assistant Art Director: Ted Ambrose, Assistant Art Director: Michael Boone, Set Decorator: Crispian Sallis, Assistant Set Decorator: Jille Brown, Sketch Artist: Roger Deer, Maciek Piotrowski, Scenic Artist: Ernest Smith, Scenic Artist: Jacqueline Stears, Production Buyer: Ron Quelch, Property Master: John Chisholm, Construction Manager: Michael Redding, Costumes Designed by: Emma Porteous, Costume Supervisor: Tiny Nicholls, Costumes Made by: C & G Costumers Ltd, Additional Wardrobe for Ms [Grace] Jones: Azzedine Alaia, Make-up Supervisor: George Frost, Make-up: Eric Allwright, Make-up: Bunty Phillips, Hairdressing Supervisor: Ramon Gow, Hairdresser: Vera Mitchell, Joan Carpenter, Main Title Designed by: Maurice Binder, Title Opticals: National Screen Service Ltd., Filmed in: Panavision, {Colour by}: Technicolor, Prints in: Metrocolor, Music Composed and Conducted by: John Barry, Title Song Composed by: Duran Duran, John Barry, The James Bond Theme Written by: Monty Norman, Title Song Performed by: Duran Duran, Orchestrations: Nicholas Raine, Title Song Produced by: Bernard Edwards, Music Editor: Alan Killick, Music Mixer: Dick Lewzey, Sound Recordist: Derek Ball, Boom Operator: Ken Nightingall, Re-recording Mixer: Graham Hartstone, John Hayward, {Recorded in}: Dolby Stereo, Sound Editor: Colin Miller, Dubbing Editor: Jack Knight, Dubbing Editor: Nigel Gatt, Dubbing Editor: Stanley Fiferman, Assistant Dubbing Editor: Bill Barringer, Sound Effects: Jean-Pierre Lelong, Driving Stunts Arranger: Rémy Julienne, Action Sequences Arranger: Martin Grace, The Stunt Team - Supervisor: Jim Arnett, The Stunt Team - Supervisor: Bob Simmons, Claude Carliez, The Stunt Team: Jason White, The Stunt Team: Mike Runyard, The Stunt Team: Tracey Eddon, The Stunt Team: Bill Weston, The Stunt Team: Elaine Ford, The Stunt Team: Doug Robinson, Pat Banta, The Driving Team: Michel Julienne, The Driving Team: Dominique Julienne, The Driving Team: Christian Bonnichon, The Driving Team: Jean-Claude Lagniez, The Driving Team: Jean-Claude Bonnichon, The Driving Team: Jean-Claude Houbart, Robert Blasco, The Aerial Team - Eiffel Tower Jump: B.J. Worth, The Aerial Team - Skyship 500: Nicholas T. Bennett, The Aerial Team - Pilot: Marc Wolff, The Aerial Team - Pilot: Rick Holley, The Aerial Team - Pilot: Chuck Tamburro, The Aerial Team - Pilot: Robert Liechti, Gerry Crayson, The Horse Team: Olivier Victor-Thomas, The Horse Team: Christian de Lagarde, The Horse Team: Marcel Riou, The Horse Team: François Nadal, The Horse Team: Mario Luraschi, The Horse Team: Brian Bowes, Anthony Fairbairn, The Snow Team: Peter Rohe, The Snow Team: John Eaves, The Snow Team: Thomas Sims, The Snow Team: Steven Link, The Snow Team: Joe Brown, Andrea Florineth, Iceland Adviser: Iceland Breakthrough, Tony Escritt, Director of Marketing: Charles Juroe, Publicity Assistant: Jennifer Collen-Smith, Unit Publicist: Geoff Freeman, Made at: Pinewood Studios
Cast (58)
Roger Moore (James Bond, 007), Christopher Walken (Maximillian Zorin, 'Max'), Tanya Roberts (Stacey Sutton), Grace Jones (May Day), Patrick Macnee (Sir Godfrey Tibbett), Patrick Bauchau (Scarpine), David Yip (Chuck Lee), Fiona Fullerton (Pola Ivanova), Manning Redwood (Bob Conley), Alison Doody (Jenny Flex), Willoughby Gray (Dr Carl Mortner), Desmond Llewelyn (Q), Robert Brown (M), Lois Maxwell (Miss Moneypenny), Walter Gotell (General Gogol), Geoffrey Keen (Minister of Defence), Jean Rougerie (Achilles Aubergine), Daniel Benzali (W.G. Howe, Director of Oil and Mines), Bogdan Kominowski (Klotkoff, KGB agent May Day picks up), Papillon Soo Soo (Pan Ho), Mary Stavin (Kimberley Jones, agent in iceberg boat), Dominique Risbourg (butterfly act compère), Carole Ashby (whistling girl), Anthony Chin (Taiwanese tycoon), Lucien Jérôme (Paris taxi driver), Albert Simono (Paris police sergeant), Joe Flood (U.S. police captain), Gérard Buhr (auctioneer), Dolph Lundgren (Venz, KGB agent at racecourse), Tony Sibbald (mine foreman), Bill Ackridge (O'Rourke), Ron Tarr, Taylor Mcauley (guard), Peter Ensor (tycoon), Seva Novgorodtsev (helicopter pilot), Sian Adey-Jones, Samina Afzal, Celine Cawley, Nike Clark, Helen Clitherow, Maggie Defreitas (hatless, dark-haired woman in navy dress near Zorin at Ascot), Gloria Douse (woman in off-white, shoulderless dress at chateau party), Caroline Hallett (woman in blue dress Bond greets outside Zorin's office window at chateau party), Deborah Hanna, Josanne Haydon-Pearce (white-gloved woman with binoculars by Zorin at Ascot), Ann Jackson (blonde woman in light blue strapped dress at chateau party), Terri Johns, Karen Loughlin, Angela Lyn, Patricia Martinez, Kim Ashfield Norton (escort with Bob Conley at chateau party), Elke Ritschel, Lou-Anne Ronchi, Helen Smith, Jane Spencer (short-haired woman in black cocktail dress at chateau party), Paula Thomas, Mayako Torigai, Toni White (woman near Zorin at Ascot/woman displaying '007' in opening titles)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (39)
In: Empire supplement: Bond: the ultimate celebration  Pages: 44-49
Title: bombastAuthor: SMITH, Adam Article type: ArticleLanguage: English

In: Screen International n1573 24 Nov 2006  Page: 32
Title: Nobody does it betterAuthor: MITCHELL, Robert Article type: Short ArticleLanguage: English
Description: CASINO ROYALE topped 27 territories on its opening weekend. Tables show the domestic and international takings of the fi rst 20 Bond films and the gross takings of DIE ANOTHER DAY b y territory, the most successful Bond film to date.

In: Film Score Monthly v8 n4 Apr/May 2003  Page: 33
Title: Score: reviews of CDsAuthor: MacDONALD, Darren Article type: Soundtrack ReviewLanguage: English

In: Music from the Movies n38 2003  Pages: 49-50
Title: Film music review: archival releasesAuthor: WOOLSTON, Steve Article type: Soundtrack ReviewLanguage: English

In: Film Review n604 April 2001  Page: 88
Title: A view to a killAuthor: TR Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English

In: StarBurst n272 April 2001  Page: 78
Title: DVD fileAuthor: ATKINS, Ian Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English

In: Sight and Sound v11 n6 June 2001  Pages: 59-60
Title: Homemovies: reviewsAuthor: LEIGH, Danny Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English

In: Entertainment Weekly n515 3 Dec 1999  Pages: 40-42, 44, 46
Title: And the Bond played onAuthor: ESSEX, Andrew Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Review of the James Bond movie title hit songs.

In: TV Guide v47 n46 13 Nov 1999  Pages: 26-28, 30
Title: Licensed to still thrillAuthor: SCHWED, Mark Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Seven Bond girls discuss their roles.

In: Vanity Fair n471 November 1999  Pages: 136-141
Title: Bond girls are foreverAuthor: FEIRSTEIN, Bruce Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Nineteen Bond girls pose for photographer Annie Leibovitz. Short note on each and general note by Bruce Feirstein.

In: Cinefantastique v29 n9 January 1998  Pages: 23-25
Title: 007 Heir to the Bond legacyAuthor: GIAMMARCO, David Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: On Michael G Wilson, longtime Bond producer and son-in-law of Cubby Broccoli.

In: Sight and Sound v3 n7 July 1993  Page: 61
Title: [Sight and Sound - v3 n7 July 1993: no known title]Article type: NoteLanguage: English
Description: Video note

In: Cinefantastique v15 n5 January 1986  Pages: 37-53
Title: [Cinefantastique - v15 n5 January 1986: no known title]Language: English

In: Time Out n773 13 Jun 1985  Page: 37
Title: [Time Out - n773 13 Jun 1985: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
Description: Caption review.

In: The Hollywood Reporter v287 n7 22 May 1985  Page: 3,17
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v287 n7 22 May 1985: no known title]Language: English

In: Cinefantastique v15 n3 July 1985  Page: 22
Title: [Cinefantastique - v15 n3 July 1985: no known title]Language: English
Description: Production report.

In: Screen International n502 22 Jun 1985  Page: 27
Title: [Screen International - n502 22 Jun 1985: no known title]Language: English

In: Screen International n509 10 Aug 1985  Page: 21
Title: [Screen International - n509 10 Aug 1985: no known title]Article type: InterviewLanguage: English
Description: Interview with director.

In: Écran Fantastique n60 September 1985  Page: 6
Title: [ L'Écran Fantastique - n60 September 1985: no known title]Language: French

In: Cinema Papers n54 November 1985  Pages: 71-72
Title: [Cinema Papers - n54 November 1985: no known title]Language: English

In: Monthly Film Bulletin v52 n618 July 1985  Pages: 228-229
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v52 n618 July 1985: no known title]Language: English

In: Variety 22 May 1985  Page: 14,36
Title: [Variety - 22 May 1985: no known title]Language: English

In: City Limits n193 14 Jun 1985  Page: 23
Title: [City Limits - n193 14 Jun 1985: no known title]Language: English

In: Screen International n490 30 Mar 1985  Page: 6
Title: [Screen International - n490 30 Mar 1985: no known title]Language: English
Description: Title song to be recorded by Duran Duran.

In: Prevue n60 Jul/Aug 1985  Pages: 52-57
Title: [Prevue - n60 Jul/Aug 1985: no known title]Language: English
Description: Production report, stills.

In: Screen International n479 12 Jan 1985  Page: 18,20
Title: [Screen International - n479 12 Jan 1985: no known title]Language: English
Description: Production report.

In: American Cinematographer v66 n7 July 1985  Pages: 83-91
Title: [American Cinematographer - v66 n7 July 1985: no known title]Language: English
Description: Ned Kopp discusses his work as location manager for the San Francisco sequence of the film.

In: Films and Filming n370 July 1985  Page: 46
Title: [Films and Filming - n370 July 1985: no known title]Language: English

In: Prevue n59 Apr/May 1985  Pages: 58-61
Title: [Prevue - n59 Apr/May 1985: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
Description: Preview.

In: StarBurst n85 1985  Pages: 11-14
Title: [StarBurst - n85 1985: no known title]Article type: InterviewLanguage: English
Description: Interview with Roger Moore.

In: StarBurst n85 1985  Page: 15
Title: [StarBurst - n85 1985: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
Description: Review.

In: Filmfaust n47/48 Aug/Sep 1985  Page: 13
Title: [Filmfaust - n47/48 Aug/Sep 1985: no known title]Language: German

In: The Listener v113 n2914 20 Jun 1985  Page: 33
Title: [The Listener - v113 n2914 20 Jun 1985: no known title]Language: English

In: The Hollywood Reporter v283 n22 28 Aug 1984  Page: 24
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v283 n22 28 Aug 1984: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.

In: Stills n13 October 1984  Page: 41
Title: [Stills - n13 October 1984: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits, locations, notes.

In: Screen International n459 18 Aug 1984  Page: 12
Title: [Screen International - n459 18 Aug 1984: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.

In: Screen International n455 21 Jul 1984  Page: 15
Title: [Screen International - n455 21 Jul 1984: no known title]Language: English
Description: Details.

In: Screen International n458 11 Aug 1984  Page: 1,22
Title: [Screen International - n458 11 Aug 1984: no known title]Language: English
Description: Further details.

In: Screen International n425 17 Dec 1983  Page: 1,2
Title: [Screen International - n425 17 Dec 1983: no known title]Language: English
Description: Note.


Books held in BFI Reuben Library (4)
Title: Pinewood: the story of an iconic studio
Author: McCabe, Bob  Pages: 375 pages

Title: Some kind of hero: the remarkable story of the James Bond films
Author: FIELD, Matthew  Pages: 704 pages

Title: music of James Bond
Author: BURLINGAME, Jon  Pages: ix, 293 pages

Title: For my eyes only
Author: GLEN, John  Pages: 236p.


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Video materials(1)
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