A View to a Kill (1985)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

John Glen

Writers:

Ian Fleming (story)
Richard Maibaum (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

24 May 1985 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Thriller

Tagline:

Adventure Above And Beyond All Other Bonds

Plot:

An investigation of a horse-racing scam leads 007 to a mad industrialist who plans to create a worldwide microchip monopoly by destroying California's Silicon Valley.

Plot Keywords:

Silicon Valley | Microchip | James Bond | Earthquake | Computer

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 4 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Mon. July 20	2:30 PM	USA
Tue. July 21	1:05 AM	USA

Cast

Roger Moore	...	James Bond
Christopher Walken	...	Max Zorin
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 / Hans Glaub
Desmond Llewelyn	...	Q
Robert Brown	...	M
Lois Maxwell	...	Miss Moneypenny
Walter Gotell	...	General Anatol Gogol

Also Known As:

From a View to a Kill (UK) (working title)

Runtime:

131 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Canada:PG (Ontario) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Germany:12 (re-release) (uncut) | West Germany:12 (cut) (video premiere) | Iceland:10 (original rating) | Iceland:12 (video rating) | UK:PG (cut) | South Korea:15 | Brazil:12 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Norway:16 (1985) | Singapore:PG | Sweden:15 | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

2201 Broadway, Oakland, California, USA

Company:

Danjaq

Trivia:

The Eiffel Tower Jump was made from a platform extending out into air which was necessary in order to perform the stunt. The platform was painted the same color as the Eiffel Tower and it can still be seen in the final film's footage.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Stacey hits the intruder on the head with the vase, the breaking sound is heard before the vase actually hits his head.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Kimberley Jones: I thought you'd never get back.
James Bond: Well, there was a heck of a crowd on the piste!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Premiere Bond: Opening Nights (2006) (V)

The view is great

Because my horrible DVD player kept freezing, causing me to have to watch this bit by bit, I kind of put off my review of this movie for a while. Now that I'm writing it, let me just say I greatly enjoyed this film. The settings are great, the action is awesome, the theme song (despite the horrible pre-movie credits) is one of the best, Christopher Walken plays one of the greatest villains ever, and Roger Moore is just fine. After being wowed by License to Kill recently, I thought Timothy Dalton would have been great in this show. But I was pleased by Moore's performance, and I think it's great that he showed such wonderful support for Cubby Broccoli. However, I do have to agree with everyone else about Tanya Roberts as Stacey Sutton. I believe she could have received a larger role since she was the Bond girl, but she was too American and was pretty helpless and annoying. I still recommend this film, for it's a lot better than people say it is. 3 and a half stars out of 5.