The disintegrating of the space station was created by Meddings and members of the special effects team by shooting shotguns at the miniature model in the film Moonraker .
For the scene involving the opening of the musical electronic laboratory door lock in Venice , producer Albert R. Broccoli requested special permission from director Steven Spielberg to use the five-note melody from his film Close Encounters of the Third Kind ( 1977 ) .
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