Movie Description
Agent 007 is as daring as ever in OCTOPUSSY: the 13th installment in the James Bond series. When fellow secret serviceman Agent 009 is murdered over a treasured Faberge egg, the British intelligence sends James Bond (Roger Moore) to investigate. Bond follows the egg to India after it is put up for auction and bought by the wealthy prince Kamal Khan (Louis Jourdan). There he meets the enigmatic and beautiful circus leader, Octopussy (Maud Adams) and discovers that Khan and the maniacal Russian General Orlov (Steven Berkoff) plan to cripple Western Europe with a nuclear explosion and incite a world war.
As indicated by its risqué title, OCTOPUSSY is one of the most licentious of the Bond films. Complete with the standard Bond components (sleazy one liners and deafening explosions) it overflows with sexual innuendoes. Maud Adams is the most alluring Bond of starlets to date. Her titillating performance as OCTOPUSSY inspired sexual fantasies in an entire generation of moviegoers. Having worked on a number of Bond films as an editor and director, John Glen insures a Bond film which is pleasing to both the cinematic aesthete and the Bond fanatic. Bordering on the realm of high art, OCTOPUSSY is a cinematic masterpiece.
| Credits | | Producer: | Albert R. Broccoli | | Cast: | Douglas Wilmer, Louis Jourdan, Robert Brown |
Notes
Color by Technicolor. Shot in Panavision; prints by Metrocolor.
Additional cast members: Kristina Wayborn (Magda); David and Tony Meyer (Twins); Vijay Amritraj (Vijay); Suzanne Jerome (Gwendoline); Cherry Gillespie (Midge); Albert Moses (Sadruddin); Michaela Clavell (Penelope Smallbone)
OCTOPUSSY is Roger Moore's sixth Bond film. Sean Connery, of course, was the original James Bond for this series. It is the fourth Bond picture produced by Albert R. Broccoli alone, who bought out co-producer Harry Saltzman. OCTOPUSSY was followed by FROM A CIEW TO A KILL and preceded by FOR YOUR EYES ONLY, the latter also directed by John Glen.
Acting debut for tennis star Vijay Amritraj. Michaela Clavell is novelist James Clavell's daughter. Maud Adams is the first woman to have two major roles in a Bond picture; she also appeared in THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN.
Editorial Reviews
"...Better than most [007 films]....[Moore and James Bond] have grown gracefully indivisible..."
New York Times - p.C17 - Vincent Canby
"...Thrilling stuntwork....Roger Moore is eminently effective in the Bond role....Spectacular aerial stuntwork marking both the pre-credits teaser and [an] extremely dangerous-looking climax..."
Variety - Lor.
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