At 56, Roger Moore began to look too old and too lazy for playing 007 in the 1983 Octopussy, the thirteenth in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions.
It was the sixth to star Roger Moore as the MI6 agent James Bond and the second to be directed by John Glen.
The screenplay was written by George MacDonald Fraser, Richard Maibaum and Michael G. Wilson.
The film’s title is taken from a short story in Ian Fleming’s 1966 collection “Octopussy and The Living Daylights.”
Although the events of the “Octopussy” short story form part of the title character’s background, the film’s plot is mostly original. It does, however, contain a scene adapted from the Fleming short story “The Property of a Lady” (included in 1967 and later editions of Octopussy and The Living Daylights)
In Octopussy, Bond is assigned the task of hunting a megalomaniacal Soviet general (Steven Berkoff) who is stealing jewellery and art objects from the Kremlin art repository.
This leads Bond to the exiled Afghan prince Kamal Khan (Frenchman Louis Jourdan), and his associate Octopussy (Maud Adams), and his discovery of a dangerous plot to force disarmament in Western Europe with the use of a nuclear weapon.
Octopussy was produced by Albert R. Broccoli and executive produced by Michael G. Wilson; it was released four months before the non-Eon Bond film Never Say Never Again.
Highly profitable, the film earned $187.5 million against its $27.5 million budget.
Critical response, however, was mixed reviews. Praise was directed towards the action sequences and locations, but the plot and humor were criticized,
The film also became known as featuring one of the least appealing Bond Girls, played by Maud Adams, whose character gave the picture its name.
Octopussy was followed by A View to a Kill in 1985, which becane Roger Moore’s last Bond picture.
The next James Bond would be the young and handsome Brit, Timothy Dalton, who would make only two 007 movies.
Octopussy (1983): John Glen’s 13th Bond Picture, Introducing Roger Moore as the New 007
At 56, Roger Moore began to look too old and too lazy for playing 007 in the 1983 Octopussy, the thirteenth in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions.
It was the sixth to star Roger Moore as the MI6 agent James Bond and the second to be directed by John Glen.
The screenplay was written by George MacDonald Fraser, Richard Maibaum and Michael G. Wilson.
The film’s title is taken from a short story in Ian Fleming’s 1966 collection “Octopussy and The Living Daylights.”
Although the events of the “Octopussy” short story form part of the title character’s background, the film’s plot is mostly original. It does, however, contain a scene adapted from the Fleming short story “The Property of a Lady” (included in 1967 and later editions of Octopussy and The Living Daylights)
In Octopussy, Bond is assigned the task of hunting a megalomaniacal Soviet general (Steven Berkoff) who is stealing jewellery and art objects from the Kremlin art repository.
This leads Bond to the exiled Afghan prince Kamal Khan (Frenchman Louis Jourdan), and his associate Octopussy (Maud Adams), and his discovery of a dangerous plot to force disarmament in Western Europe with the use of a nuclear weapon.
Octopussy was produced by Albert R. Broccoli and executive produced by Michael G. Wilson; it was released four months before the non-Eon Bond film Never Say Never Again.
Highly profitable, the film earned $187.5 million against its $27.5 million budget.
Critical response, however, was mixed reviews. Praise was directed towards the action sequences and locations, but the plot and humor were criticized,
The film also became known as featuring one of the least appealing Bond Girls, played by Maud Adams, whose character gave the picture its name.
Octopussy was followed by A View to a Kill in 1985, which becane Roger Moore’s last Bond picture.
The next James Bond would be the young and handsome Brit, Timothy Dalton, who would make only two 007 movies.