Hugo Drax | Villains Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Meeting Bond Bond meets Drax at his estate in California. When a plane carrying a Moonraker space shuttle on loan to the UK by Hugo Drax crashes, James Bond is sent to investigate what happened to the shuttle. As the shuttle was crafted by Drax Industries, Bond travels to California, where the shuttles are manufactured. There, he is picked up by Drax's pilot Corinne Dufour and flown to Drax's estate, which is from France. Bond is then welcomed by Drax's butler and brought to the drawing room, where Drax is playing Chopin's "Raindrop" Prelude in D flat major (op. 28) on his grand piano. He is then interrupted by the butler, who introduces him to Bond. After his female companions have left, Drax welcomes Bond, believing that his government sent him to apologize for the loss of the space shuttle. Bond tells him that an apology will be made to the American government when the British Secret Service has found out why there was no trace of the Moonraker in the crash site. They are then interrupted by Drax's henchman Chang , who delivers tea.

While drinking, Bond asks Drax about the Moonraker. Dufour then returns and Drax tells Bond that she will bring him to Dr. Holly Goodhead, who will show her around. After Bond and Dufour are gone, Drax tells Chang to make sure that some harm comes to Bond. After having been shown around by Dr. Goodhead, Bonds returns to Drax' office at night and opens his safe. Inside he finds files containing blueprints. He takes pictures of the files and returns them to the safe. This is witnessed by Chang. Hunt Bond and Drax on the hunt. The next day, Drax is having a pheasant hunt on the countryside surrounding his estate. He invites Bond, but Bond declines as he is leaving. He stops by to bid Drax farewell and thank him for his hospitality. Drax convinces him to participate, as a pheasant could fly over. Having posted an armed henchman in the trees nearby, Drax intends to kill Bond. When a pheasant flies, Drax points at it and Bond takes the rifle. He shoots, not hitting the pheasant but the sniper that falls to the ground.

Not having seen that, Drax tells Bond that he missed but Bond responds "Did I?". Uncomfortable because his man is not shooting Bond, Drax takes his rifle back when Bond gives it to him and watches Bond drive off. He then turns to see Corinne Dufour arrive. He tells her that he knows that he and Bond were in his office last night and that she showed Bond the safe. Although Corinne denies it, Drax tells her that her employment is terminated and that she will leave immediately. Corinne then turns, but Drax orders Chang to release his doberman pinschers, which follow Corinne into the forest and rip her apart. Venice Drax tricks Bond and the MI6. After finding out that Drax is manufacturing a highly lethal toxin in his Museum Of Antique Glass in Venice, Bond reports this to his superiors. However, when they arrive at the place instead of a laboratory they only find a vast office. They are greeted by Drax, which forces them to apologize to Drax. Leaving the building, M tells Bond that he has never been so humiliated in his life. Bond then hands him a flask of the toxin which he took from the laboratory.

Expecting to have defeated the MI6, Drax calls an associate in order to employ a replacement for Chang, who was killed by Bond. This leads him to employ Jaws as his new henchman. Brazilian Jungle Bond is eventually captured by Drax's henchwomen while investigating the Brazilian jungle for the plant Drax uses to create his toxin. He is brought before Drax, who brings him into the control room of the base. He there tells him about his toxin. On a screen, Bond and Drax then witness the lift-off of four Moonraker shuttles, causing Bond to ask for Drax's motivation for stealing the shuttle he lend to the British government. Drax tells him that he needed it as one of his own was faulty. Bond is brought before Drax. Claiming that Bond has distracted him enough, Drax tells Jaws to place Bond somewhere where he can get warm after his swim. Bond is brought into the chamber underneath the last Moonraker shuttle, where Dr. Goodhead already awaits him. Drax then enters the shuttle, leaving Bond and Goodhead to die in the fire when the rocket lifts off.

By use of his watch, Bond and Goodhead manage to flee into the air vent and escape their fiery demise. To uncover Drax's plan, Bond and Goodhead enter the sixth Moonraker shuttle which takes them to Drax's space base. Space base On Drax's base, Bond and Goodhead mix with the rest of the pilots, listening while Drax holding a speech. Finally explaining his plan, Drax explains that he, in a scheme similar to that of Karl Stromberg's plan, seeks to destroy the entire human race except for a small group of carefully selected humans, both male and female, which he views as physically perfected specimen to create a super race with. Using chemical weapons created by Drax's scientists, derived from his toxin, he intends to wipe out the remainder of humanity, while keeping all animals on Earth alive. The biological agents were to be dispersed around the earth from a series of 50 strategically placed globes, each containing enough toxin to kill 100 million people. After a period of time, when the chemical agents has become harmless, Drax plans for his master race to return to Earth to reinhabit the planet. Drax adresses his henchmen.

After Bond and Goodhead deactivate the bases radar jammer, the space station appears on the radar of the Americans and a shuttle full of soldiers is sent to investigate. When told about this, Drax orders his men to use the bases laser to destroy the approaching shuttle. He is interrupted when Bond and Goodhead, who have been captured by Jaws, are brought before him. He then introduces to Bond the airlock chamber, intending to eject him and Goodhead into space. Intending for Jaws to hear, Bond inquires whether anyone not fulfilling his ideals of perfection will be exterminated, which Drax confirms. Realizing that neither he or his girlfriend meet Drax's ideals, Jaws switches sides and attacks Drax's men. They are however overwhelmed by Drax's men. To evade the destruction of the approaching shuttle and their own death, Bond quickly moves and pushes the bases emergency stop button, causing the entire facility to violently shake. As the base is no longer rotating, it also has no gravity. Bond, Goodhead and Jaws use this advantage to escape from the main room. Drax tries to kill Bond. Meanwhile, Drax's men and the approaching US soldiers meet in space and battle each other, with heavy casualties on both sides.

One technician also manages to get the station rotating again, however the soldiers have already managed to dock their shuttle and have boarded the station, creating a massive battle in the control room. Bond witnesses Drax running off and follows him, following him near the airlock chamber. There, Drax grabs a gun from a fallen soldier and points it at Bond, claiming that he will at least have the chance to put Bond out of Drax's misery. However, Bond acts first, shooting Drax with a cyanide dart out of his wristgun. Mortally wounded, Drax stumbles back and Bond opens the airlock chamber to blast the dying Drax into space. Gallery James Bond Retrospective: Moonraker (1979) 8 Reasons To Be Excited For Universal's A Celebration Of Harry Potter James Bond Retrospective: Moonraker (1979) With Star Wars ruling the box office in the late seventies, producer Albert R. Broccoli seized the opportunity to send James Bond into space for his eleventh film.

Flipboard To mark the 50th Anniversary of one of the most successful movie franchises of all time and with filming well underway on James Bonds 23rd official outing in Skyfall due for release later this year, I have been tasked with taking a retrospective look at the films that turned author Ian Flemings creation into one of the most recognised and iconic characters in film history. With the tenth James Bond film, The Spy Who Loved Me proving to be another success at the box office, Bonds adventures were set to continue in For Your Eyes Only but by the end of 1977 one film had eclipsed all others and changed everything. George Lucas Star Wars altered the face of cinema and in its wake filmmakers were keen to jump on the science fiction bandwagon. Producer Albert R. Broccoli seized the opportunity to send Bond into space for his eleventh film, deciding to take the title of Flemings third Bond novel, Moonraker as inspiration for an out of this world mission for the secret agent. Flemings book, published in 1955 had a very Earth based plot tackling timely issues of Communism, Nazism and V-2 rockets.

Broccoli hired screenwriter Christopher Wood, who had successfully written the largely original story around the title of the previous film to once again provide a new adventure for Bond only this time with a brief to making it more ambitious than ever. In addition to Wood, director Lewis Gilbert was hired to return and with his experience of spacecraft in from You Only Live Twice and as director of the largest scale Bond film to date, The Spy Who Loved Me, he was the perfect choice to bring a sci-fi Bond to the screen and with an inflated budget of $34 million how could he possibly fail? James Bond By the time Roger Moore began work on this his fourth Bond film he was already ten years older than Sean Connery had been when he made his final appearance in Diamonds Are Forever. Looking back now it is hard to believe he still had another three films and six years to go before he would retire from the role. Moonraker is the first misstep in Moores Bond career, the charm that he had brought to the part during his first three films is replaced by smarm and with the supporting females becoming younger there is something less believable about the ease in which he manages to seduce every woman he meets. Classic Line Hugo Drax: James Bond.

You appear with the tedious inevitability of an unloved season. As Moore had proved in his previous films, he was certainly more adept at delivering the humorous lines and witty quips than Connery was but with Christopher Wood back on script duty and with his CV including the British sex comedies of the Confessions series, the jokes in Moonraker feature even more innuendo than ever before. Moores raised eyebrow, something that had been a defining characteristic of The Saints Simon Templar, also begins to creep into Moores portrayal of Bond signposting the more risqué jokes in the film. Despite these few misgivings, Moore still proves to be a great choice in the role and is more than capable of providing a good balance between the action and some of the more serious aspects of the film. His interplay with recurring characters M, Q and Miss Moneypenny is always a joy and he still manages to make some of the films more ludicrous plot points work in a way that few other actors could get away with.

Pre-Credits & Theme Song Opening with the hijacking of a Moonraker space shuttle setting the films main plot in motion, the pre-credits sequence continues with another excellent signature action scene. After the superb opening to The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker would have to do something pretty spectacular to top Rick Sylvesters skiing mountain leap and surprisingly, it actually comes close with another audacious parachute stunt. Beginning in typical style with Bond enjoying the company of a woman on board a small plane, it is soon revealed that he has fallen into a trap as the planes pilot emerges from the cockpit wearing a parachute. The pilot shoots the planes control panel before a brief tussle with Bond that sees the pilot pushed from the plane. As Bond watches the pilot fall, Jaws, the steel-toothed henchman from The Spy Who Loved Me, appears and pushes Bond from the plane. The following sequence sees Bond skydiving without a parachute towards the pilot with whom he manages to wrestle with during their freefall eventually taking the pilots parachute for himself. The incredible scene was filmed under the supervision of returning second unit director John Glen with stunt co-ordination by Don Calvedt.

The 88 jumps needed to complete the scene were performed by B.J. Worth, Jake Lombard and Ron Luginbill. Special skydiving equipment had to be devised to make the sequence possible such as an extra-thin parachute pack that could be hidden underneath Velcro seams in the stuntmens clothing to give the appearance of a missing parachute and special lightweight cameras had to be used to prevent whiplash injuries when the camera operator opened his parachute. By placing the camera right in the centre of the action as well as minimal use of actor close-ups, filmed in a studio, the scene is an exhilarating piece of edge-of-the-seat action and once again raises the bar for later Bond opening sequences to follow. After composer Marvin Hamlischs disco infused score for The Spy Who Loved Me, John Barry returned to scoring duties on Moonraker providing a more traditional approach to the music. Barry eschewed the usual horn heavy soundtrack for a more string based score and as a result produced some of his best accompaniments so far for the series. His score recalled cues from some of his previous Bond work as well as a number of fresh, evocative movements particularly when the film moves into space.

Initially the theme song was offered to Kate Bush and Frank Sinatra before Johnny Mathis accepted the opportunity to record the song with Barry. However with just weeks before the films release and despite having started the recording sessions, Mathis was unable to complete the recording and left the project leaving it to Goldfinger and Diamonds Are Forever singer Shirley Bassey to step in at the last minute and provide vocals for the track. Of the three songs she provided for the Bond films, this is probably her least memorable and after the diversity of the previous three Bond themes, the song is a relatively bland addition to the series. The Movie When a Moonraker space shuttle on loan to the UK is hijacked during an RAF test flight, British secret service agent James Bond is assigned to investigate. Bond heads to California to meet Hugo Drax, the billionaire owner of Drax Industries and manufacturer of the shuttle. During the meeting Bond is introduced to Dr. Holly Goodhead, a CIA agent working undercover within Draxs organisation. After several attempts on his life Bond quickly ascertains Drax as the prime suspect behind the hijacking and with Dr.

Goodheads assistance he uncovers Draxs plan to transport dozens of genetically perfect young men and women to his hidden space station to begin a new master race while simultaneously launching toxic globes into Earths atmosphere destroying all human life. Posing as pilots on one of the Moonraker shuttles, Bond and Dr. Goodhead follow Drax to his space station where, with the help of a platoon of US marines, they attempt to put a stop to Draxs plan. Moonraker shares a number of plot points and similar beats with director Lewis Gilberts other Bond films, You Only Live Twice and The Spy Who Loved Me. All three films have a megalomaniac villain intent on bringing about the end of the world with their plans beginning with the hijacking of military or space craft. Another similarity is that they feature three of the most ambitious and elaborate villains lairs which by the end of each film are destroyed after a large scale battle. Although this was Gilberts final Bond film, his contribution to the series cannot be understated.

His films took the Bond formula set by the early films from Goldfinger onwards and raised the bar with each of his films, challenging the crew to outdo the previous film until there was no possible way to go any bigger. In addition to the films title taking inspiration from Flemings original novel, Wood also carried over the underlying theme of Nazism in Draxs plot to destroy all human life and start his own master race from his space station by taking genetically perfect couples to his own Noahs Ark in space. However, alongside such a dark subject, the film bizarrely features some of the series lightest comic moments; during the now infamous scene with the Gondola hovercraft in Venice which includes a shot of a pigeon doing a double take there follows a scene where two scientists are killed when a vial of toxic liquid is released in a laboratory. The two scenes are almost side by side and are so tonally different it seems jarring that they even appear in the same film. The film includes a number of scenes that go from light to dark in such a short period and it is these tonal shifts that make the film so uneven. Classic Line Hugo Drax: Look after Mr. Bond.

See that some harm comes to him. One commendable aspect of the film is the imagination and creativity shown in the sets, miniature models and special effects. The combination of contributions by production designer Ken Adam, returning for his final Bond film and visual effects maestro Derek Meddings help save the film with extraordinary attention to detail. Adam produces his trademark cavernous sets taking inspiration from many sources including Stanley Kubricks 2001: A Space Odyssey particularly for the design of Draxs space station. Draxs other Earth based locations also include many of the features that have become synonymous with Bond villain lairs such as the vast command centres with spinning dials and computer screens as well as a deadly pool, usually filled with sharks or piranhas but on this occasion a 15 foot long python. Adams contribution to the series shaped the look of the films from the very beginning of the series and his influence is still evident to this day in the money is no object attitude to creating memorable sets for the Bond films. Meddings miniature work really was the make or break aspect of the whole film. If the special effects had been below par the film would most likely have been an outright disaster.

At the time the NASA space shuttle program was still in its early stages and it was to be another 2 years after the film's release before the shuttle would make its first launch into space. The visualisation of the space scenes for the film took real imagination to bring them to life and aside from the slow motion weightlessness scenes the effect is for the most part convincing. The climactic outer space battle with Draxs forces going up against US marine astronauts, while impressive for its time is slightly less successful. It lacks the pace and excitement of some of the land based battles of previous films and is essentially a re-working of the underwater battles of Thunderball which also proved to be a little tedious. Moonraker is one of the oddest entries in the series and is a victim of Broccolis slightly misguided hopes that he could emulate the success of Star Wars with his Bond series when really there was no need, Bond was already popular on his own terms. For all the films faults there is still plenty to enjoy from the well paced familiar plot bringing the excessive decade to a close with a bang.

The Bond Villain Due to Moonrakers large budget, Broccoli accepted an offer to co-finance the film from the French subsidiary of United Artists, Les Productions Artistes Associés. As a result much of the film was shot in France avoiding the high taxation in England at the time but also forcing the casting of a number of French actors in the films key roles in particular that of the main villain Hugo Drax. Michael Lonsdale was chosen after beating James Mason, Stewart Grainger and Louis Jourdan to the role. Classic Line Hugo Drax: Mr. Bond, you persist in defying my efforts to provide an amusing death for you. Lonsdales Drax is very similar to Curt Jürgens Stromberg in The Spy Who Loved Me. They both share a plot to destroy humanity to essentially start again in space and under the sea, they have equally elaborate bases for their operations and the both employ the services of Jaws as their chief henchman. They also share many personality traits as well, understated but still with an air of menace using intelligence in their exchanges with Bond giving the whole interaction the feel of a chess game.

Drax rarely lets his guard down as he remains tranquil throughout the film refusing to rise to Bonds interference in his plans. Despite being modelled on Adolf Hitler and Jules Vernes Robur from Master Of The World, Drax is a tepid villain and is only memorable for being in the much derided Moonraker. After receiving a reprieve at the end of The Spy Who Loved Me; surviving a shark attack and the destruction of Strombergs Atlantis, series favourite Jaws, returns as Draxs lead henchman. Once again played by Richard Kiel, the metal toothed giant continues to prove to be a formidable foe for Bond throughout the first half of the film. Making his first appearance during the opening skydiving sequence surviving a freefall into a circus tent after his parachute fails, he also features in several of the films standout action scenes; an impressive cable car rooftop fight in Rio de Janeiro and a boat chase down the Amazon which sees him once again prove his indestructibility by surviving a fall over one of the worlds biggest waterfalls, the Iguazu Falls on the Brazilian and Argentine border. Classic Line Dr. Holly Goodhead: You know him?

James Bond: Not socially. His names Jaws, he kills people. Jaws is at his most menacing in a scene taking place during the Rio carnival where he corners Bonds female companion in an alleyway. This is Jaws at his most threatening, earning his place as one of the greatest Bond villains, however due to the inconsistency of the film Jaws is devalued by being made to become a source of comic relief towards the final half of the film. While there are moments of humour during some of his action scenes; he is seen flapping his arms like a bird after his parachute fails to open, he pulls the steering wheel off the boat when trying to steer away from the waterfall, it is as if he has become a Wile E. Coyote to Bonds Road Runner and to cap it all off he is given his own romantic subplot with the ever so slightly simple Dolly, played by French actress Blanche Ravalec and eventually ends the film as Bonds ally after Bond highlights the fact that he does not fit in with Draxs plan for a master race.

Jaws change of allegiance, while serving the films plot, makes little sense in the overall scheme of things and is a sad end to a great character. Draxs other henchman Chang is played by Toshiro Suga making his film debut. The Japanese aikido instructor was recommended for the role by the films executive producer Michael G. Wilson who was also one of Sugas pupils. His most memorable scene takes place in a Venice glass museum as he fights with Bond destroying most of the museums exhibits in the process. The Bond Girl For the lead role of CIA agent Dr. Holly Goodhead, former fashion model Lois Chiles was chosen following appearances in The Great Gatsby and Agatha Christies Death On The Nile. Initially offered the role of Anya Amasova during the casting of The Spy Who Loved Me, Chiles turned down the opportunity while she temporarily retired from acting, however when she happened to sit next to Lewis Gilbert on a flight he convinced her to take the role in Moonraker. Dr.

Goodheads relationship with Bond is similar with that of Anya Amasova, the Russian agent in The Spy Who Loved Me, in that they are essentially working towards the same goal and after initially working apart they decide to join forces to bring down their common enemy. The partnership lacks the interplay of Amasova and Bond with none of the underlying conflict that made that match so interesting. As was also the case with Amasova, Dr. Goodhead is portrayed as Bonds equal rather than someone to constantly save from perilous situations. Without her ability to pilot the Moonraker to Draxs space station Bond would have been stranded back on Earth, so her role is vital to the success of Bonds mission. Gadgets Moonraker will always be remembered with some disdain for one gadget that took the concept too far. Bonds motorised gondola is one of the most absurd vehicles of the series. Starting out with a decent boat chase through the canals of Venice, Bond foils his pursuers by pressing a button that converts the gondola into a hovercraft so he can take the boat on land and make his escape across St. Marks Square.

After the excellent Lotus submarine of The Spy Who Loved Me, the Bondola seems totally ridiculous and impractical. The scene is ruined even further by the reaction shots of the people of the square culminating in the double take by a pigeon. A later scene with Bond on the Amazon River slightly restores faith in Qs gadgets. Bond finds himself part of yet another boat chase, the fourth of Moores career, as Jaws and a number of Draxs men attempt to stop Bond finding Draxs hidden base. Bonds hydrofoil boat is loaded with mines, torpedoes and is fitted with a hang glider setting up his escape as he is able to fly out of the boat as it sails over a waterfall. Bonds other significant gadget is his wrist operated dart gun. The gun, capable of shooting armour-piercing or venomous darts is used on a couple of occasions during the film. The first is used during a scene that sees Bond trapped in a G-force centrifuge machine. As Chang takes to the controls of the machine Bond forced to endure G-forces of up to 13G before he used the dart gun to shoot the controls and disable the machine bringing it to a halt.

The other significant use of the gun is during the films climax it is used to shoot Drax before he is sent into the vacuum of space. James Bond Will Return.. Despite mixed reviews from critics, Moonraker was a huge hit at the box office going on to take over $210 million setting a Bond record that remained unbeaten until 1995 and the release of Goldeneye. The same phenomenon had occurred during the Sean Connery era when Thunderball, considered to be one of Connerys weaker Bonds took more money than the previous film, Goldfinger, generally accepted as Connerys best. The Spy Who Loved Me had obviously left audiences wanting more and Broccolis gamble on sending Bond into space had paid off financially but after conquering space there was only one way for the character to go and that was back to Earth for his next adventure taking a more back to basics approach To catch up on previous installments of the James Bond Retrospective click here: Dr.

No , From Russia With Love , Goldfinger , Thunderball , You Only Live Twice , On Her Majestys Secret Service , Diamonds Are Forever , Live And Let Die , The Man With The Golden Gun , The Spy Who Loved Me 1000+ images about MOONRAKER on Pinterest | Desmond llewelyn, Actresses and James bond Corinne Dufour - James Bond Moonraker Actress: French actress Corinne Cléry, born in 1950. See More Drax Industries | James Bond Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia 007 Legends Drax Industries or Drax Enterprise Corporation is a company founded and owned by the billionaire industrialist Hugo Drax . Although primarily an aerospace company, the Drax Group also owns a number of subsidiaries worldwide, producing and transporting individual equipment components. It appears in the 1979 film Moonraker and was later re-imagined for the 2012 video game 007 Legends .

Contents [ show ] Film appearances Drax Industries first appears in the 1979 film Moonraker, in which the villain, Hugo Drax, uses the company to further his scheme of wiping out the majority of humanity and replacing it with a new master race of 'perfect' human specimens. As an aerospace firm, the company is known for manufacturing the Moonraker space shuttles for NASA. Arriving in California, James Bond is given a brief aerial tour of the Drax Industries facilities by pilot Corinne Dufour . She shows him the main complex - a large-scale industrial area contained on the Drax Estate - where all the main production facilities for assembling the Moonraker shuttles (workshops, hangars, design and experimental blocks) are located. Aside from manufacturing the Moonraker shuttles the complex also houses research laboratories. Initially, the laboratories were secretly being used to develop a deadly nerve toxin . But by the time of the film's events production has been moved to another location - the Venini Glass factory in Venice . Venini Glass Later in the film, Bond follows confidential weapons blueprints to Venini Glass, a Venetian glass manufacturer originally founded by Bruno Venini and subsequently acquired by Drax Industries.

Ostensibly a legitimate business, the glass-works' founder is notable for having crafted a glass-handled sword, the only one of its kind in the world, which was owned by General Menotti in the late 18th century. Its glass museum houses numerous examples of Venini's craftsmanship. However, following Drax's acquisition of the firm, their premises have secretly become the location where his doomsday weapon is assembled, with its glass components and the Black Orchid toxin produced on site. Carlos and Wilmsberg Inc. The completed devices are then shipped via import-export firm Carlos and Wilmsberg Inc. to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. As with Venini Glass, Carlos and Wilmsberg are also a subsidiary of the Drax Group. Manuela , an operative of Station VH, notes that they are very big importers in Rio and have have a warehouse on Carioca Avenue. Drax Air Freight Bond investigates the warehouse only to find it empty. Drax has moved the weapons via his haulage company, Drax Air Freight, to a secret launch facility located somewhere in the upper basin of the Amazon River. Operating from São Pedro airport, Drax Air Freight runs a fleet of Lockheed L-188 Electra aircraft.

Ideology Hugo Drax's leadership places a strong emphasis on eugenics, as the billionaire uses Drax Industries to further his scheme of wiping out the bulk of humanity and replacing it with a new master race. Many of the company's employees physically reflect this principle. Business structure Drax Enterprise Corporation (also known as Drax Industries) Venini Glass (Subsidiary) C&W. Inc. (Carlos and Wilmsberg) (Subsidiary) Drax Air Freight (Subsidiary) Hugo Drax (Moonraker, 1979): 25 best James Bond villains ever | Stuff 25 best James Bond villains ever 25 Hugo Drax (Moonraker, 1979) Drax may be your bog-standard villainous megalomaniac, but he wins a place on this list simply for plotting the most grandiose scheme of any Bond villain. Not for him the piffling crimes of irradiating Fort Knox or drug smuggling, no - he wants to destroy all life on earth and repopulate it with his army of gym bunnies. From his secret base. In spaaaaaace.

Well, no-one can accuse him of not thinking big. Chang (007) | Villains Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Type of Villain No information Chang is a villain in the 1979 James Bond movie Moonraker. He is an enforcer and henchman of Hugo Drax , the movie's main villain. He was played by Toshiro Suga. History After the disappearance of a Moonraker spaceshuttle, James Bond is sent to California to investigate its owner Hugo Drax. While talking, they are then interrupted by Drax' henchman Chang, who delivers tea. While drinking, Bond asks Drax about the Moonraker. Dufour then returns and Drax tells Bond that she will bring him to Dr. Holly Goodhead, who will show her around. After Bond and Dufour are gone, Drax tells Chang to make sure that some harm comes to Bond. While showing Bond around, Bond and Goodhead arrive at the centrifuge chamber, in which astronauts are trained to endure the gravity force felt when travelling to space. She invites Bond to have a go and Bond accepts.

After being strapping Bond into the chamber, Goodhead is visited by Chang, who tells her that Drax wants to speak her. As Goodhead leaves to phone Drax, Chang enters the control room and activates the centrifuge., quickly accelerating it's G-Force to lethal level. When Bond presses the button signaling that he has enough, Chang ignores it. To save himself, Bond uses his wrist cannon to deactivate the control mechanism, causing the machine to stop. The return of Dr. Goodhead stops Chang from acting further and he leaves the control room, which Bond witnesses. At night, Chang follows Bond and witnesses him and Corinne Dufour breaking into Drax' office. He tells Drax about this. The next day, Drax is hosting a hunt on the premises surrounding his estate. There, Drax confronts Corinne about the events the night before. Though Corinne denies having part in it, Drax orders Chang to release his hounds. Chang does so and the hounds pursue Corinne into the forest and kill her. When Bond is in Venice investigating Drax's Museum Of Antique Glass in Venice, he finds out that Drax is manufacturing a highly lethal toxin.

While leaving the facility, Bond is ambushed by Chang, who attacks him with a bambus sword. They continue their fight inside the museum, smashing many of the expensive vases and glasses. Eventually, Bond cuts Chang's sword to pieces with a glass sword he picked up. Realising that Bond is stronger, Chang flees into the upper parts of the building, hiding there and attacking Bond from behind. He attempts to strangle Bond with a chain but Bond escapes, eventually reaching the highest part of the building, the clock tower. There, Bond grabs Chang and throws him through the ornate glass of the clock's dial, causing him to fall to his death into a piano on the plaza below. Gallery Moonraker (1979) Moonraker (1979) Created by Filmsquare  Updated On: October 3, 2014 James Bond investigates the mid-air theft of a space shuttle and discovers a plot to commit global genocide.

1 World Way, Los Angeles, CA Airport · West Los Angeles · 4098 tips and reviews Filmsquare: James Bond lands at LAX in Moonraker (1979) and is met by Drax employee and helicopter pilot Corinne Dufour to be flown to Drax's estate. Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte, Maincy, Île-de-France Castle · 35 tips and reviews Filmsquare: The Château appears in Moonraker (1979) as the estate of villain Hugo Drax. In the film it is superimposed onto the Mojave desert where it was supposedly transported "brick-by-brick". (Centre Pompidou – Musée National d'Art Moderne) Place Georges Pompidou, Paris, Île-de-France Art Museum · Hôtel-de-Ville · 520 tips and reviews Filmsquare: When James Bond is being shown around Drax's spacecraft manufacturing facility in Moonraker (1979), Holly Goodhead's office is in fact in the Centre Pompidou.

VAB Rd (Btwn Utility Rd & Saturn Causeway), Cape Canaveral, FL Monument / Landmark · 14 tips and reviews Filmsquare: Internal shots of Hugo Drax's space shuttle hangar in Moonraker (1979) were filmed inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at Cape Canaveral. Château de Guermantes, Guermantes, Île-de-France Palace · 2 tips and reviews Filmsquare: Besides the Château Vaux-le-Vicomte, some interior scenes of Drax's residence were shot at Château des Guermantes in Moonraker (1979); including the safe-cracking scene with Bond and Corinne Dufour. Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte, Melun, Île-de-France Monument / Landmark · 1 tip Filmsquare: James Bond joins Hugo Drax shooting pheasant near the Statue of Hercules in the grounds of Vaux-le-Vicomte in Moonraker (1979). Bond foils another assassination attempt with his shotgun.

Piazza San Marco, Venice, Veneto Plaza · San Marco, Venice, Veneto · 530 tips and reviews Filmsquare: James Bond pays a few visits to the Piazza San Marco in Moonraker (1979). Firstly when investigating the Venini glass works, then again later via hovercraft gondola! 314 San Marco, Venice, Veneto Miscellaneous Shop · San Marco · 1 tip Filmsquare: James Bond visits Venini Moonraker (1979) to investigate hexagonal glass tubes detailed in plans stolen from Drax. A fight in the showroom broke the record for most smashed sugar glass! Venice, Veneto Island · San Giorgio Maggiore · 16 tips and reviews Filmsquare: After a boat chase around Venice, James Bond's would-be assassins turn tail and flee towards San Giorgio Maggiore in Moonraker (1979). Historic Site · Cannaregio · 2 tips and reviews Filmsquare: James Bond surprises Dr Goodnight just outside the Scuola Grande della Misericordia in Moonraker (1979). S.

Marco 2809 (Campo Santo Stefano), Venice, Veneto Music School · San Marco · 3 tips and reviews Filmsquare: James Bond follows Dr Goodhead across Venice and through the courtyard at the Conservatorio de Musica "Benedetto Marcello" in Moonraker (1979). Read more. Hugo Drax | James Bond Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Share Hugo Drax is a fictional character and primary antagonist created by author Ian Fleming for the James Bond novel Moonraker . Fleming named him after his friend, Sir Reginald Drax. For the later film of the same name and its novelization , Drax was almost entirely changed by screenwriter Christopher Wood . In the film, Drax is portrayed by French actor Michael Lonsdale , who would later reprise the role for the 2012 video-game 007 Legends . Villains :: MI6 :: The Home Of James Bond 007 Appearance: Tall average figure with blue eyes, clean cut black hair and well manicured beard.

Organisations & Alliances: The Drax Corporation, Jaws , Chang Profile Debonair and charming, but with a sinister hostile edge, Drax revels in the lap of luxury and constantly seeks out the very finest in life. His estate stretches for miles across California and what he doesn't own he simply doesn't want. He enjoys the high life, the arts, 18th Century French architecture and classical music and often plays his grand piano. Behind the mast of highbrow sophistication is a short temper and a ruthless lust for perfection. If any of his employees do not hold true to the highest standard of work they are instantly and brutally disposed of. Hugo Drax is a control freak and a ruthless businessman who will stop and nothing till his his life's goal is achieved. Even the conquest of space is not sufficient reward for Drax's megalomaniac tendencies - Drax wishes to control the fate of the entire human race. “Allow me to introduce you to the airlock chamber. Observe, Mr Bond, your route from this world to the next.

And the treacherous Dr Goodhead; your desire to become America's first woman in space will shortly be fulfilled.” Scheme Obsessed with the domination of the globe and indeed outer space, Drax selects a small army of the "finest" humans on earth. Being the head of huge company that manufactures space shuttles and other space exploration equipment, he uses his resources to build a huge space station to temporarily house the model humans of his master race. In a sick and twisted plot, Drax' scientists have developed a biological weapon that to be deployed from space, to wipe out human civilization, while his master race was lives and breeds on the space station. Drax expects 100% loyalty from the selected few and truly sees himself as a God - holding the fate of the human race in his hands. "You have arrived at a propitious moment, considered to be your country's one indisputable contribution to Western Civilization: Afternoon tea. May I press you to a cucumber sandwich?" I've Been Expecting You James Bond is tasked with the investigation of the missing Moonraker shuttle - on loan from the US Space Administration and the Drax Corporation.

Over afternoon tea, Hugo Drax assumes that Bond has come to apologise in person and a wisp of disdain crosses his calm persona when he finds Bond is tasked with a formal investigation. By the world, he is seen as a great businessman, a philanthropist and a genius. To Bond, he is a madman whose over-inflated ego now threatens the world. Headquarters Hugo Drax has all that money can buy - lavish cars, helicopters and even a private French Chateau, imported stone by stone from France. The Californian climate suited Drax and there he made his home and his production centre for the Moonraker space programme. With outposts from Venice to Rio, Drax can relocate to the various operation centers in order to carry out aspects of his manic plan. His plan to annihilate the inhabitants of Earth in favour of his own "super-race" is made possible by his space station based headquarters. Gadgets & Vehicles In charge of 10 Moonraker space shuttles - the first of their kind in the world - Drax elects to fly to his space station in Moonraker 5, armed with a deadly laser. The space station itself is fortified against any attack and cloaked against radar.

The authorities have no clue of its existence. "At least I shall have the pleasure of putting you out of my misery." Dress Code Formal and proper, Drax's dress sense reflects his taste for fine food, lavish architecture and formal civilisation. Mostly cut in black, with white trim, Drax's suits are impeccably tailored to his physique. Goodbye, Mr Bond With Drax's space station being blasted to bits by US Space Marines, Bond comes face to face with this manic villain for the last time. It is 007 who holds the ace up his sleeve and shoots a deadly dart from Q 's latest contraption into Drax - before assisting him into the wrong side of his own airlock. Biography Michael Lonsdale (born Alfred de Turris) was born to an English father and French mother, in 1931 - Paris, France. He is renowned for being perfectly bilingual in both English and French and wins many a role with this skill. In the 1950's Lonsdale began winning roles in various French television and film productions. His career blossomed during the 1970's with a rush of French films, making a name for himself in the industry.

"Look after Mr. Bond... see that some harm comes to him." It was in 1979 that Lonsdale came to Hollywood attention after performing in two Hollywood productions - J. Lee Thompson's war film, "The Passage" and the 11th James Bond production, "Moonraker" as the arch villain, Drax. With the success and popularity of "Moonraker" Lonsdale won roles in a variety of Hollywood productions including "Chariots of Fire", "Enigma", "Name of the Rose" and more recently Robert De Niro's "Ronin" and Steven Spielberg's "Munich". Despite the Hollywood break, Michael Lonsdale remains in high demand for many French productions as well as maintaining his Hollywood spotlight.

Question: Villain Hugo Drax appears in which 1979 James Bond film?
Answer: Moonraker