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James Bond Special Edition 13 - Octopussy (1983)
Front Cover Actor Back Cover
Maud Adams
Vijay Amritraj
Kabir Bedi
Steven Berkoff
Robert Brown
Louis Jourdan
Desmond Llewellyn
David Meyer
Roger Moore
Tony Neyer
Kristina Wayborn
Movie Details
Genre Action; Adventure
Director John Glen (II); John Glen
Producer Albert R. Broccoli
Writer George MacDonald Fraser; Richard Maibaum
Studio MGM / UA
Language English
Audience Rating PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Running Time 2 hr 11 mins
Country USA
Color Color
Plot
Roger Moore was nearing the end of his reign as James Bond when he made Octopussy, and he looks a little worn out. But the movie itself infuses some new blood into the old franchise, with a frisky pace and a pair of sturdy villains. Maud Adams--who'd also been in the Bond outing The Man with the Golden Gun--plays the improbably named Octopussy, while old smoothie Louis Jourdan is her crafty partner in crime. There's an island populated only by women, plus a fantastic sequence with a hand-to-hand fight that happens on a plane--and on top of a plane. The film even has an extra emotional punch, since this time out 007 is not only following the orders of Her Majesty's Secret Service, but he is also exacting a personal revenge: a fellow double-0 agent has been killed. Two Bond films were actually released in 1983 within a few months of each other, as Octopussy was followed by Sean Connery's comeback in Never Say Never Again. The success of both pictures proved that there was still plenty of mileage left in the old license to kill, though Moore had one more workout--A View to a Kill--before hanging it up. And that title? The franchise had already used up the titles to Ian Fleming's novels, so Octopussy was taken from a lesser-known Fleming short story. --Robert Horton
Personal Details
Seen It Yes
Index 308
Collection Status In Collection
Links Amazon US
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Atlantic DVD
Product Details
Format DVD
Region Region 1
Screen Ratio 2.35:1
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
UPC (Barcode) 027616853950
Chapters 36
Release Date 10/17/2000
Subtitles French; Spanish
Packaging Keep Case
Audio Tracks English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1
Extra Features
Audio Commentary
"Inside Octopussy" Documentary
"Designing Bond - Peter Lamont" Documentary
Animated Storyboard Sequences
Music Video
Original Theatrical Trailers
Collectible "Making-Of" Booklet