46637

1977 (Copyright)
1977-08-28 (Release)

United Kingdom

Danjaq S.A., Eon Productions, United Artists

James Bond is called back for duty when a British nuclear submarine vanishes, and the submarine tracking technology used in the disappearance goes on sale on the black market in Egypt. In Cairo, Bond finds a rival in Major Anya Amasova of the Russian Army (and the KGB's agent 'Triple X'), who is similarly investigating the disappearance of a Soviet submarine, the Potempkin. Bond and Anya escape the clutches of hired assassin 'Jaws', a giant with metal teeth, whom the eccentric marine biologist Karl Stromberg has sent to kill anyone who comes in contact with a microfilm containing some details of his secret tracking technology. (Stromberg has developed this for his own use, but his assistant has stolen it and put it up for sale to the highest bidder.) After viewing part of the microfilm, Bond and Anya (now working together) following a lead to Sardinia, where they learn that the stolen submarines have been housed inside an enormous tanker owned by Stromberg, who plans to use the nuclear warheads to start a new world war, with a view to creating a new human civilization beneath the sea. (Synopsis)

Photography note: Stanley Kubrick was taken to the Atlantis set by production designer Ken Adam in order to advise on the source lighting of the set. Shooting note: Onscreen wording: 'Made by Eon Productions Limited on location in Egypt, Sardinia, Canada, Malta, Scotland, Okinawa, Switzerland and at Pinewood Studios, London, England. Underwater sequence filmed in Nassau, Bahamas.' The opening ski/parachute fall was performed at Mount Asgard, Baffin Island, Canada. Credit wording note: Willy Bognor's credit reads 'Ski Sequence photographed and supervised by'. [For cataloguing purposes in this record the credit is split.]

Directed by: Lewis Gilbert
©: Danjaq S.A.
Made by: Eon Productions
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Roger Moore (James Bond, 007)
Barbara Bach (Major Anya Amasova, 'Triple X')
Curt Jurgens (Karl Stromberg)
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