The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error The Spy Who Loved Me ( 1977 ) PG | James Bond investigates the hijacking of British and Russian submarines carrying nuclear warheads with the help of a KGB agent whose lover he killed. Director: From $10.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 24 titles created 03 Oct 2011 a list of 45 titles created 25 Oct 2014 a list of 25 titles created 11 Jun 2015 a list of 25 titles created 11 months ago a list of 24 titles created 4 months ago Title: The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) 7.1/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for 3 Oscars.

Another 2 wins & 8 nominations. See more awards » Videos James Bond is led to believe that he is targeted by the world's most expensive assassin while he attempts to recover sensitive solar cell technology that is being sold to the highest bidder. Director: Guy Hamilton Agent 007 is assigned to hunt for a lost British encryption device and prevent it from falling into enemy hands. Director: John Glen 007 is sent to stop a diabolically brilliant heroin magnate armed with a complex organization and a reliable psychic tarot card reader. Director: Guy Hamilton James Bond investigates the mid-air theft of a space shuttle and discovers a plot to commit global genocide. Director: Lewis Gilbert A fake Fabergé egg and a fellow agent's death lead James Bond to uncover an international jewel-smuggling operation, headed by the mysterious Octopussy, being used to disguise a nuclear attack on N.A.T.O. forces. Director: John Glen A diamond smuggling investigation leads James Bond to Las Vegas, where he uncovers an evil plot involving a rich business tycoon. Director: Guy Hamilton Agent 007 and the Japanese secret service ninja force must find and stop the true culprit of a series of spacejackings before nuclear war is provoked.

Director: Lewis Gilbert 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. Director: John Glen James Bond heads to The Bahamas to recover two nuclear warheads stolen by SPECTRE agent Emilio Largo in an international extortion scheme. Director: Terence Young James Bond woos a mob boss's daughter and goes undercover to uncover the true reason for Blofeld's allergy research in the Swiss Alps that involves beautiful women from around the world. Director: Peter R. Hunt James Bond is living on the edge to stop an evil arms dealer from starting another world war. Bond crosses all seven continents in order to stop the evil Whitaker and General Koskov. Director: John Glen James Bond goes rogue and sets off to unleash vengeance on a drug lord who tortured his best friend, a C.I.A. agent, and left him for dead and murdered his bride after he helped capture him. Director: John Glen Edit Storyline James Bond is back again and his new mission is to find out how a Royal Navy Polaris submarine holding sixteen nuclear warheads simply disappears whilst on patrol.

Bond joins Major Anya Amasova and takes on a a web-handed mastermind, known as Karl Stromberg, as well as his henchman Jaws, who has a mouthful of metal teeth. Bond must track down the location of the missing submarine before the warheads are fired. Written by simon Roger Moore as Ian Fleming's James Bond 007 See more » Genres: 3 August 1977 (USA) See more » Also Known As: La espía que me amó See more » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Trivia According to the book 'James Bond: A Celebration' (1987) by Peter Haining , who passed away in 2007, " Jules Verne 's Captain Nemo was the inspiration for [Ian] Fleming's Ernst Stavro Blofeld". The book states that the character " . . . has his origins in Caprtain Nemo, the hate-fuelled rebel of Jules Verne 's classic novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea [1870]". Blofeld was originally intended to be the villain in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977).

See more » Goofs On the train, the wine spill on Jaws' jacket disappears in one shot and is inconsistently dry in others. See more » Quotes HMS Ranger Navigator: Captain wants to keep 500 feet. Young officer, HMS Ranger : [over PA] Maneuvering, Control. Come in shallow to 500 feet. Young officer, HMS Ranger : [to crewman] Keep 500 feet HMS Ranger crewman: Keep 500 feet, sir. See more » Crazy Credits First opening credit sequence to incorporate specially shot footage of the actor playing James Bond (in this case, Roger Moore ). See more » Connections (Järvenpää, Finland) – See all my reviews Just like the highly disappointing "Die another day" is a regrettable class example of how to do everything in a James Bond film completely wrong, legendary "The Spy who loved me" is a prototype of a perfect 007 adventure. Everything seems to work here. First of all this was the first Bond movie that really showed what a modern pre-credits sequence should look like.

After all in Roger Moore's first two flicks "Live and let die" and "The Man with the golden gun" we don't even see 007 until after the credits. From the opening ski chase to the underwater car, stunts are amazing. In many ways this has to be one of the most imaginative Bonds. Story is excellent, especially because it doesn't only deal with Stromberg's evil plot against the unaware world but because it has a pleasant little sideplot about 007's relationship with Major Anya Amasova. Villains are of course splendid, why should I even bother to mention that (almost literally) larger-than-life character Jaws is perhaps the most beloved bad guy James Bond has ever been against with. Curd Jürgens also gives a magnificent performance as the insane mastermind Stromberg. I'm one of the people who thinks that in the end Sean Connery is the one and only true James Bond. Nevertheless, "The Spy who loved me" is still better than some of Connery's Bond movies. At least it surpasses "From Russia with love", "Thunderball" and "Diamonds are forever" and I must admit these films are most terrific experiences too.

Everyone should see this film, not only the big Bond fanatics. Why? Simply because "The Spy who loved me" is not only a significant film in the movie series, it's much more than that. It's an important part of the pop culture. 42 of 62 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes James Bond Retrospective: The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) 8 Reasons To Be Excited For Universal's A Celebration Of Harry Potter James Bond Retrospective: The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) Considered by many to be Roger Moore's finest Bond film in 1977 The Spy Who Loved Me promised audiences the biggest and best Bond yet. 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 James Bond well established as a worldwide phenomenon raking in countless millions at the box-office, the tenth film in the series, The Spy Who Loved Me proved unexpectedly problematic in its journey to the screen and marked the longest gap between films since the series began. Due to personal financial issues Bond producer Harry Saltzman decided to sell his 50% stake in Danjaq S.A., the company he had established with Albert R. Broccoli to produce the Bond series. United Artists, who had been involved in the distribution of the films from the beginning, offered to buy his share of the company for $20 million with Broccoli maintaining overall control of the future of the series. Guy Hamilton, who had directed the previous three films as well as helping to establish the Bond formula with Goldfinger, had been expected to return but following an offer to bring the popular comic book character Superman to the big screen he declined. A decision that may not have been that wise in hindsight as he found himself replaced by Richard Donner when the films production moved to the UK where Hamilton was a tax exile.

The focus then turned to Steven Spielberg who was mid-way through the post-production of Jaws but due to uncertainty about how his shark film would be received he also had to decline. Instead, Broccoli hired a director who had already proven capable of handling the huge scale and expense of a Bond film, Lewis Gilbert, director of You Only Live Twice. A similar search for suitable screenwriters followed with Broccoli commissioning John Landis, Anthony Burgess and Gerry Anderson to produce treatments for the film before settling on well established Bond writer Richard Maibaum to provide a first draft. When Gilbert joined production Maibaums work was eventually re-written by Christopher Wood, who had made a name for himself as the writer of the British sex comedy series that began with Confessions Of A Window Cleaner. Further issues arose when writing the films script after initial ideas to include Bonds number one adversary Ernst Stavro Blofeld hit a brick wall after the on-going legal dispute with Kevin McClory, co-writer of Thunderball, meant that EON Productions could no longer use the character name or his criminal organisation SPECTRE in their films.

With the problems resolved, filming began in August 1976, almost two full years since the release of The Man With The Golden Gun. With double the budget of the previous film, numerous global locations and construction underway to build a giant new soundstage at Pinewood Studios to accommodate the films ambitious sets, the stage was set for this to become Bonds biggest adventure to date. James Bond Much like Sean Connery, who made his biggest impression with his third Bond film Goldfinger, Roger Moore does more or less the same thing with The Spy Who Loved Me. It is certainly his most successful outing as Bond and the three year gap since The Man With The Golden Gun has clearly given him time to mature into the role. The level of humour works well within the overall film but there is still enough room for the serious side of the character to shine through. Classic Line James Bond: The names Bond, James Bond. Max Kalba: (unimpressed) What of it? While the film is bigger than those that have come before, the character remains grounded with a tougher streak that until now had been missing from Moores Bond.

A scene that sees Bond standing on the edge of a rooftop with Sandor, one of Strombergs heavies, clinging onto Bonds necktie to stop him falling is a good example of the harder, edgier Bond. Rather than help the Sandor after he has revealed the information Bond was looking for, he swats him away allowing him to fall to his death, a move more akin to early Connery or modern day Daniel Craig. Pre-Credits & Theme Song The pre-credits sequence is a really efficiently edited montage of scenes that set the main plot in motion beginning with the capturing of a British submarine. As the news of the disaster is relayed to the British secret service we also see inside a Russian government office as General Gogol receives news that a Soviet submarine has suffered a similar fate. Both these events lead to the introduction of Russian agent Triple X, who we are initially led to believe is Sergei Barsov played by Michael Billington, originally one of the contenders for the role of Bond when Connery left after Diamonds Are Forever, however it turns out that Triple X is in fact the female agent with which he shares a bed, Major Anya Amasova played by Barbara Bach.

Classic Line Log Cabin Girl: But James, I need you! James Bond: So does England! After the relatively action-free establishing scenes of the previous two films pre-credit sequences, the opening of The Spy Who Loved Me would go on to set the standard for all that followed making the opening scene the perfect excuse for a huge action set-piece with jaw-dropping stunts. The scene continues with Bond relaxing in the Austrian mountains in the company of a beautiful woman when he receives a ticker tape message from M requesting his return to the UK. As he skis down the mountain he is pursued by a team of Soviet agents including Barsov who he kills before out-running the other agents down the slopes. The camera pulls back to reveal he is skiing towards the edge of the mountain with a sheer drop off. As Bond speeds towards the edge he sails over the edge removing his skis as he free falls before pulling a ripcord revealing a parachute with a Union Jack design as the Bond theme plays. The stunt is not only one of the best of the series but one of the greatest movie stunts of all time.

Filmed from the top of Asgard Peak on Baffin Island in Canada, the stunt was performed by Rick Sylvester who was paid $30,000 for the feat successfully completed in one take and captured by the second unit under the direction of John Glen. Bond composer John Barry was unavailable to offer scoring duties for The Spy Who Loved Me so the producers turned to multi-award winning composer Marvin Hamlisch to provide the music for the film. Taking inspiration from the late-seventies trend for disco music, Hamlischs score is very much of its time and includes a re-working of the Bond theme to a disco beat entitled Bond 77. Hamlisch also co-wrote the theme song with his then girlfriend, Carole Bayer Sager which would go on to become synonymous with Bond and be used forever over montages of the series best moments. Performed by Carly Simon, Nobody Does It Better was the first theme song not to have the same title as the film but The Spy Who Loved Me was sung as part of the verse rather than the chorus.

The song proved to be a huge success and was nominated for an Oscar in 1977 as well as being placed 67th in the American Film Institutes greatest song of the last 100 years in 2004. The Movie When two British and Soviet nuclear submarines mysteriously disappear, British secret service agent James Bond is assigned to investigate. Tracing the sale of a sophisticated submarine tracking system to Egypt he encounters Major Anya Amasova, a female agent of the KGB on the same mission for her government. The investigation leads to Karl Stromberg, a millionaire shipping tycoon, who from his underwater base in Sardinia has masterminded a plot to capture British, Soviet and American submarines with his super-tanker, the Liparus, to bring about World War III launching nuclear missiles towards New York and Moscow so he can establish a new civilisation living underwater. Together, Bond and Amasova put their countries differences aside to put a stop to Strombergs plans and prevent a nuclear war.

The film is essentially a re-run of the plot from You Only Live Twice, with submarines being swallowed in much the same way as the rocket ships in Connerys fifth outing, no surprise as both films were directed by Lewis Gilbert, but on this occasion there is a much better balance between reality and the series excesses that had developed over the years. The increased budget has a clear impact on the scale of the production. Designer Ken Adam returns for his sixth Bond film to deliver sets so large EON Productions had to finance and build a brand new soundstage at Pinewood. Built to house the interior sets of Strombergs massive super-tanker, the 59,000 sq ft structure with a water tank capable of taking 1.2 million gallons of water, was large enough to accommodate the three full-scale nuclear submarines required by the storyline of the film. After Adams previous volcano base design for You Only Live Twice, this set ranks as one of his most impressive creations of the whole series and is to this day unmatched in its ambition. The Albert R.

Broccoli 007 Stage at Pinewood is still in frequent use despite being almost totally destroyed by fire on two occasions in 1984 and 2006. Since its construction in 1976 the facility has been used for no less than ten Bond films including the latest, Skyfall. The film also utilised the skills and imagination of special effects designer Derek Meddings. His miniature effects are some of the most convincing ever committed to the screen. After cutting his teeth model making for Gerry Anderson television shows such as Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and UFO, Meddings moved into feature films and made a name for himself as the go-to-guy for miniature and visual effects. Working in collaboration with Ken Adam, Meddings miniatures bring to life some of the more outlandish aspects of the film such as Strombergs underwater base, Atlantis and the huge super-tanker, the Liparus. While Strombergs huge ship, capable of swallowing three nuclear submarines, only ever existed as a model it measured over 60 feet in length and was shot on the Caribbean Ocean off the coast of Nassau.

The clever combination of miniatures and cinematography blending real elements with visual effects complete the overall effect to create impressive scenes that despite being far-fetched seem credible on film. The Spy Who Loved Me proves that sometimes bigger can be better and for better or worse raises the bar for what would be expected from a Bond film in the future. It is probably Moores finest hour but there is still room for further development of his interpretation of the role over the course of the next four films and many more peaks and troughs along the way. If I was to pick a Bond film to define each decade I would choose Goldfinger for the sixties and The Spy Who Loved Me for the seventies as both perfectly capture their own period through the styles and fashions of their times as well as capturing their Bond at his peak. The Bond Villain After the relatively low-key villains of the previous two films, the main villain in The Spy Who Loved Me, Karl Stromberg, fits more within the Blofeld and Goldfinger mould of megalomaniacal millionaire with plans for world domination only instead of an obsession with gold or money, he has a plan to destroy the world so he can start a new civilisation under the sea.

To play the role, director Gilbert suggested German/ Austrian actor Curt Jürgens, with whom he had previously worked on the 1959 film, Ferry To Hong Kong. Jürgens performance is quite understated but still possesses the requisite amount of menace to make his plan believable. While slightly less eccentric than Auric Golfinger or Blofeld, he presides over his empire from his fantastical base leaving much of the work to his employees and henchmen making his world destruction plans all the more viable with a huge army at his disposal. While not much of a physical threat to Bond, he still has a presence and intellect to play Bond at his own game going along with his attempts to infiltrate his lair under the guise of a marine biologist all the while knowing his true identity. Taking perverse pleasure in the murder of his personal secretary after she tries to steal from him, killed after falling from a booby trapped lift into a shark tank, Stromberg is an unpredictable force and a worthy addition to the rogues gallery of Bond villains. Classic Line James Bond: Dont you miss the outside world? Stromberg: For me, this is all the world.

There is beauty...there is ugliness...and there is death. Topping the long list of henchmen in the Bond series, Strombergs steel-toothed, mute assassin, Jaws, played by Richard Kiel, joins Goldfingers Oddjob as one of the most memorable and iconic of all Bond villains. At 2.18m tall he towers above Bond and proves to be practically indestructible as he manages to defy death after being crushed by scaffolding and falling masonry, thrown from a moving train as well as walking away from the car wreck after it goes over the edge of a cliff crashing into a building below. Kiel had made a name for himself during the early 1960s in a string of low budget science fiction and horror television shows and films. In the same year as The Spy Who Loved Me, Kiel was chosen to play The Incredible Hulk in the television adaptation of the popular Marvel comic.

After filming had begun on the pilot episode he was replaced by Lou Ferrigno after it was decided the Hulk should be more muscular rather than tall, however it was his role in the Bond films that would prove to be the pinnacle of his career and with his unique look, a role he would forever be associated with. Writer Christopher Wood took inspiration for Jaws from the Ian Fleming character, Horror, who appears in the original novel. The character proved to be so popular with test audiences that his final scenes had to be re-written. Originally he was supposed to be killed by Strombergs shark but instead he kills the shark by biting into it with his metal teeth and is later seen swimming away from Strombergs Atlantis as it sinks into the sea. Realising the popularity and potential for the character he makes a return as Hugo Draxs henchman in the following film, Moonraker. Strombergs other noteworthy henchman comes in the shapely form of bikini clad assassin Naomi, played by Caroline Munro. Adding a touch of sex appeal to the main car chase, she pursues Bond in her helicopter winking and waving at him as she attempts to shoot him off the road.

No stranger to the world of James Bond, Munro had already made an appearance in the 1967 spoof Casino Royale but was most well known for her roles in a number of Hammer Horror films in the early seventies. Turning down the opportunity to play General Zods female companion Ursa in the Superman films in favour of a role in The Spy Who Loved Me, she only appears briefly in the film but still manages to leave a lasting impression. The Bond Girl The Spy Who Loved Me marked a change in the traditional portrayal of the Bond girl. Rather than just a companion for Bond, with the introduction of Major Anya Amasova the Bond girl became his equal. The film takes full advantage of the one-upmanship in having two agents from opposing sides joining forces to defeat a common enemy. The dialogue between Triple X and 007 is particularly snappy and while they start out working almost against each other they soon realise their matching goal would be more achievable working in unison. Cast just four days before principal photography began, former model Barbara Bach took the role of Agent Triple X bringing undeniable beauty to the part.

Over the course of the film she forms a lively chemistry with Moore and a nicely complex relationship with Bond that develops at every turn of the films plot. With the underlying sub-plot that Bond killed her former lover during the pre-credits ski chase lending her a certain unpredictability and a fresh twist to the partnership. Classic Line James Bond: Wheres Anya? Stromberg: Well, well...a British agent in love with a Russian agent. Détente, indeed. Gadgets Since Goldfinger, Bond had always been associated with Aston Martin but in 1977 another British sports car maker stepped in to provide Bond with a gadget filled car to rival his world famous DB5. After a tip off that the next Bond film was in pre-production at Pinewood Studios, Lotus PR man Donovan McLauchlan took a prototype Lotus Esprit to the studio and parked it close to the entrance giving the car maximum exposure. Within days it had been chosen to make an appearance in The Spy Who Loved Me and would prove to be one of the films main highlights.

The spectacularly filmed car chase sequence through the hills of Sardinia features some incredible stunt driving involving a motor-cycle with a guided missile sidecar, a Ford Granada full of Strombergs heavies including Jaws and a machine gun toting helicopter piloted by Naomi. The chase culminates with Bond driving his Lotus off the end of a wooden jetty into the ocean where the car transforms into a submarine. Classic Line James Bond: (After Anya has just used one of the Lotus submarines weapons to kill an enemy) How did you know about that? Anya Amasova: I stole the plans to this car two years ago. In total, 2 production model Lotus Esprit S1 cars were provided to the crew as well as 5 complete body shells. The cars were given to production designer Ken Adam and John Stears to convert for use in the film and a full scale working submarine version was made for the underwater scenes featuring adjustable fins and propellers, a periscope, a smoke screen, mines and a surface to air missile which Bond uses to takedown Naomis helicopter.

Scale models were used for many of the close-up shots of the conversion from car to submarine and the car used for the initial jump off the jetty was just a shell powered by compressed air. Dubbed Wet Nellie after the Little Nellie gyrocopter used in You Only Live Twice, the Lotus was immortalised by die-cast car manufacturer Corgi with a model that at the press of a button would convert into the submarine and featured rockets that would fire from the rear screen. Alongside the Aston Martin DB5, Bonds Lotus Esprit remains one of the greatest movie vehicles of all time. James Bond Will Return.. The Spy Who Loved Me remains a fan favourite and is commonly regarded as Moores best Bond film. Grossing over $185 million at the worldwide box-office it seemed the series could do no wrong in the eyes of the audience. At the end of the films closing credits it stated that James Bond would return in For Your Eyes Only but following the monumental success of George Lucas Star Wars during the same year it was looking more likely that Bond would soon be taking his next adventure out of this world...

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 Super Reviewer ½ definitely one of the better roger moore entries. bach was great, and jaws is one of my favorite bond villains. the story had its moments where it just got silly, but the plot was entertaining and the locations were great. the film has some classic bond moments. danny d Super Reviewer ½ Roger Moore's third outing is not only one his best, nut one of the best in the entire series. The plot is the typical Cold War global domination scheme wherein we get megalomaniac anarchist Stromberg threatening New York and Moscow with nukes. The broad plot isn't what's great though, rather the way steps leading up to it, featuring lots of globetrotting, and Bond teaming up with a sexy Russian agent who holds her own against him.

Plus, we get a cool car/submarine, and the first of two appearances by Jaws, a behemoth of a henchman with a set of metal teeth. He's awesome. There's several good action scenes, and a little, but surprisingly not much goofiness. Well, there is the "Lawrence of Arabia moment" which is odd, hilarious, and totally awesome. Marvin Hamlisch provides a great score, Carly Simon's theme is decent, and the film has the typical grandeur we've come to expect from the series. Yeah, the plot could be a little more original, and the pacing could be tightened here and there, but Moore holds it all together, and he gets tremendous support from Barbara Bach as his female counterpart, Richard Kiel as Jaws, and Curt Jurgens as Stromberg. All in all, this is a terrific film that you really shouldn't miss. Chris Weber Super Reviewer A dynamic and sensational action-thriller. A bold, fun and compelling Bond film that has two main leads instead of one. Roger Moore and the breathtaking Barbra Bach are irresistible together, they have great chemistry together, they combine the action and romance perfectly.

Richard Kiel is a force of nature, making the action sequences involving him and Moore just more exciting and awesome to watch. A dazzling adventure that shows no one really does it better than Bond. Bravo stuff Sir. Roger Moore. Al S "The Spy Who Loved Me" Theatrical Trailer Original 1977 - YouTube "The Spy Who Loved Me" Theatrical Trailer Original 1977 Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later.

Uploaded on Dec 23, 2007 Original Theatrical Trailer for the tenth James Bond movie: "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977) starring Roger Moore as James Bond 007 Barbara Bach as Anya (Agent Triple X) Curt Jurgens as Karl Stromberg Richard Kiel as Jaws ---------------------- Download James Bond: The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) YIFY Torrent for 720p mp4 movie in yify-torrent.org Reviewed byeamon-hennedy ( [email protected] )Vote: 9/10 Undeniably one of the finest James Bond films to star Roger Moore, the film has plenty of excess, top notch special effects (for 1977) anyway, the humor less overt and left over for puns and one liners, and one of the first strong and independent Bond women, paving the way for future love interests like Jinx and Wai Lin. The Spy Who Loved Me scarcely puts a foot wrong. Sure the plot is far fetched to the extreme (an underwater building and a villain looking to repopulate the earth in his underwater city), but it has plenty of charm and is frequently enjoyable.

Moore looks very confident in his performance as Bond, the one liners oozing effort and confidence, showing he has hit his stride in this, his third appearance as the character. His chemistry with Barbara Bach is in full swing, despite her odd Russian accent, and the two of them make for a great on screen couple. This is a return to the values of many of the Bond films that were missing the last time around. The extravagant sets are back, the villain has plenty of henchman for Bond and the cavalry to fight and the gadgets are in full swing. Everything from a parachute with the Union Jack on it to the Lotus with just about every conceivable gadget at Bond's disposal. The emphasis on sight gags and overt comedy is gone and replaced with moments of genuine suspense, just check out Bond having to steal the detonator of a nuclear weapon, not to mention the superb theme tune Nobody Does it Better by Carly Simon. It's an apt song for a series that found its footing and gave its lead actor his first classic Bond film.

"Nobody does it quite the way you do" Reviewed byMerwyn Grote ( [email protected] )Vote: 8/10 You don't review James Bond movies, you evaluate them, rate them according to how well they meet expectations. There are certain things one has come to expect, even demand of a Bond film and each individual effort either delivers or it doesn't. So, here are ten elements that make a Bond film a Bond film and how THE SPY WHO LOVED ME rates on a scale of 1 to 10: Title: THE SPY WHO LOVED ME: The title seems more appropriate for a Harlequin Romance novel, and if suitable at all for a Bond film, it would have been a better title for ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE. Yet, it does finally work the word "spy" into the title of a Bond film. 7 points. Pre-Credit Teaser: It's all very nicely done: Within a few minutes, we see a submarine stolen and its crew kidnapped; we meet the Soviet's top agent, who just happens to be -- surprise!

-- a woman; and we get the added treat of one of Bond's greatest stunts, the great skiing-skydiving trick. A pretty cool way to kick off the film and set up the various story lines. 9 points. Opening Credits: Arguably the silliest of all of Maurice Binder's efforts, the opening sequence finds 007 bouncing around on a trampoline while various miniature, and apparently naked, babes do gymnastics on the barrels of guns. (Pity he didn't come up with that idea for THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN.) Bordering on self-parody, it is nonetheless naughty and fun and colorful and oh-so very James Bond. 9 points. Theme Song: No beating around the bush here, the song gets right to the point: "Nobody does it half as good as you, Baby, you're the best." Just what Bond is best at is open to interpretation. The music by Marvin Hamlisch is swanky and matched by Carol Bayer Sager's dreamy and only slightly sarcastic lyrics. And Carly Simon's vocals bring it all home. Maybe not the best Bond song, but right up there. 9 points. "Bond, James Bond": Moore finally makes the role his.

The number of smug one-liners have been trimmed, yet he still invests the character with humor -- plus some warmth and charm, and unexpected sadness. And we get to see a bit of Bond's vanity as he matches wits with a female agent who is his equal and not impressed by his stock-and-trade flirtations. Moore's best appearance as Bond. 9 points. Bond Babes: The prevailing notion has always been that "Bond Girl" equals "Bimbo," which is only partly true. Most of the women Bond encounters are highly skilled professionals -- as well as being bimbos. But Soviet agent Major Anya Amasova, a.k.a. XXX, is the first Bond Girl to give James a run for his money. She's smart, sexy, capable, resourceful and it takes her almost the whole movie to actually fall in love with Bond. What will power! As played by Barbara Bach (a.k.a., soon-to-be Mrs. Ringo Starr), Anya ranks as one of the best Bond Girls, easily worthy of 9 points.

Bond Villain: Karl Stromberg (nice villainous name, by the way) is one of those mad billionaires who hopes to create a new world order by mass genocide and building a new society, this time underwater. It is pretty much a cliche character and unfortunately Curt Jurgen plays the part like a grumpy old man and can't seem to muster up even a maniacal laugh. 5 points. Bond Baddies: Oddjob look-a-like Sandor, played by Milton Reid, puts in an appearance long enough to die a memorable death, but it is Richard Kiel who steps into the limelight as Jaws, one of the great Bond villains. If being a hulking, seven-foot tall muscle man weren't enough, he also has steel teeth and an amazingly obsessive desire to kill 007. Playing Wile E. Coyote to Bond's Road Runner, Jaws earns 9 points. Sinister Plot: Stromberg steals a Russian and a U.S. sub, as well as a British one, with the hopes of starting World War III and destroying the civilization as we know it today. Been there, done that. 4 points.

Production values: Romantic imagery, clever lighting effects and intriguing camera angles make this the most visually appealing Bond film. In the past, the emphasis was always on the most effective way to film action sequences, but here director Gilbert Lewis strives for that little bit extra as far as mood and romance. 9 points. Bonus Points: Connery had his Astin Martin and Moore gets a Lotus Esprit. It is not nearly as snazzy, but it does turn into a submarine and you never know when that will come in handy. 5 points. Summary: It had been hinted at in the three previous Bond adventures, but a new sense of style is fully apparent here. The roughness and grit that many of the purists loved about Connery's films are pretty much gone in favor of a polish and panache. Whether that is being suave or merely superficial is open to interpretation, but it does set the tone and the expectations for all future Bond adventures. Bond-o-meter Rating: 84 points out of 100. Q supplies 007 with 'Wet Nellie,' one of the most remarkable vehicles ever entrusted to Bond's tender care since Goldfinger's DB5...

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Following the disappearance of two Russian and British submarines, both equipped with nuclear warheads, British Secret Service head M ( Bernard Lee ) and KGB General Anatol Gogol ( Walter Gotell ) agree to work together in 'a new era of Anglo-Soviet cooperation.' Consequently, MI6 agent James Bond ( Roger Moore ) and KGB agent Major Anya Amasova ( Barbara Bach ) are sent together to Sardinia in an attempt to pursue a lead that links reclusive shipping magnate Karl Stromberg ( Curd Jürgens ) with a microfilm containing designs for the submarine tracking system that may have been used to abduct the missing subs...that is, if they can avoid the bite of Stomberg's assassin Jaws ( Richard Kiel ), a 7' towering Goliath with steel teeth. Is "The Spy Who Loved Me" based on a book? All of the James Bond movies are based, in some part, upon novels by British author Ian Fleming [1908-1964]. The Spy Who Loved Me is based on Fleming's 1962 novel of the same name. It was adapted for the screen by Richard Maibaum and Christopher Wood.

Wood, in turn, novelized the movie in James Bond, The Spy Who Loved Me, published the same year in which the movie was released (1977). The Spy Who Loved Me is the tenth film in the EON Bond franchise and the third movie to feature Roger Moore as James Bond, 007. What exotic places does Bond visit in this movie? Bond starts out in Austria, where he is just finishing another mission. He is then sent to Egypt in order to obtain the plans to a highly-advanced submarine tracking system that is being marketed to the highest bidder. There he meets Anya Amasova who is on a similar mission to obtain the plans for the Soviets. When the plans lead them to a rich shipping tycoon Karl Stromberg, who lives in an underwater "city" that he calls Atlantis, Bond and Anya are ordered by their respective superiors to go together to Sardinia to get the plans from Stromberg. Is this the movie where we finally learn M's first name? Yes.

As M and Gogol, are about to enter a room, M says to Gogol "After you, Alexis," and Gogol replies, "After you, Miles." Assuming the two leaders know each other familiarly and aren't using made up names, it would appear that M's first name is Miles. Why does Stromberg want to destroy the world when he can just live in peace in his underwater city? According to producer Michael G. Wilson on the documentary "Inside The Spy Who Loved Me", Stromberg wants to destroy mankind for polluting the oceans. An earlier version of the script had Stromberg targeting the submarine SLBMs at the world's oil fields. However, an early version of "Never Say Never Again" due to be produced around this time involved Blofeld threatening to destroy New York unless humanity stops polluting the oceans and the producer Kevin McClory sued Eon for plagiarism. Consequently, all references to pollution were removed from the script. So Bond uses a nuclear warhead to break into the control room? He uses the detonator for the warhead which is what is termed a 'shaped charge', conventional explosive configured in such a way that it focuses its' blast in one direction.

This is used to trigger the nuclear explosion of the radioactive material but by itself will easily cut through steel. How does the movie end? Stromberg captures the USS Wayne the same way he captured the Royal NavyRanger and the Soviet Potemkin submarines by knocking out their electrical power with sonar and then swallowing the entire sub inside the hold of the Liparus supertanker. He releases the first two subs with orders to destroy New York and Moscow and then takes Anya with him to Atlantis, leaving Bond behind with the other prisoners (the crew from the three captured submarines). Bond breaks loose and frees the prisoners, who overpower the crew of the Liparus. However, the control room still remains impregnable until Bond blows it open by using the detonator from one of the Wayne's nuclear torpedoes. With only three minutes until the submarines launch their warheads, Bond manages to reprogram them so that they blow up each other instead of New York and Moscow. Bond and the prisoners escape the Liparus on the Wayne and use another of its torpedoes to blow up the Liparus, sinking it completely. Orders then come from the Pentagon to blow up Atlantis, but Bond asks the captain to give him one hour so that he can rescue Anya.

Bond jet-skis to Atlantis and is greeted by Stromberg, who tries first to feed Bond to his shark (but Bond straddles the elevator floor and isn't dropped into the water) and then tries to shoot him under the table (but Bond moves just in time and fires four bullets into Stromberg). He then goes looking for Anya but encounters Jaws instead. Bond eludes Jaws by turning on an electromagnet that holds Jaws by his teeth, and Bond then drops him into the shark tank (the shark gets the worse of it). Just as Bond finds and releases Anya, the Wayne commences firing on Atlantis. As the Atlantis crumbles into the ocean, Bond and Anya are jettisoned into the water in Stromberg's escape pod, conveniently outfitted with a supply of Dom Perignon '52. Anya then points a gun at Bond, reminding him of her vow to kill him when the mission is over. Bond asks for a favor and suggests that they first get out of their wet clothes. Anya smiles, drops the gun, and goes into Bond's arms. In the final scene, Jaws can be seen swimming to shore, while the Royal Navy picks up the escape pod.

Both M and Gogol look in the window and see Bond and Anya in flagrante delicto. "Bond, what do you think you're doing?" M asks. "Keeping the British end up, sir," Bond replies and pulls down the shades. What are some of the differences from the book? The original novel is a completely different story. It tells the story of a troubled woman named Vivienne Michel who is in danger of being murdered by gangsters, one of whom inspired the character of Jaws. She is eventually rescued by Bond (who doesn't appear until Chapter 10). "The Spy Who Loved Me" Opening Credit Sequence - YouTube "The Spy Who Loved Me" Opening Credit Sequence Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Nov 28, 2009 The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) is the tenth spy film in the James Bond series, and the third to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond.

It was directed by Lewis Gilbert and the screenplay was written by Christopher Wood and Richard Maibaum. The film takes its title from the tenth novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series, though as Ian Fleming requested that only the title of the novel be used, the film does not contain any elements of the novel The Spy Who Loved Me. The storyline involves a reclusive megalomaniac named Stromberg who plans to destroy the world and create a new civilization under the sea. Bond teams up with a Russian agent Anya Amasova to stop Stromberg. The theme song "Nobody Does it Better" was composed by Marvin Hamlisch, written by Carole Bayer Sager, and performed by Carly Simon. It was the first theme song in the James Bond series to be titled differently than the name of the movie, although the title is in the lyric. The song met immediate success and is featured in numerous movies including Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), Little Black Book, Lost in Translation and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004). In 2004, it was honored by the American Film Institute as the 67th greatest song as part of their 100 Years Series.

Category Watch Full movie: The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Online Free | ffilms.org ADs Watch Full movie: The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Online Free. James Bond investigates the hijacking of British and Russian submarines carrying nuclear warheads with the help of a KGB agent whose lover he killed. Director: Lewis Gilbert Writers: Christopher Wood (screenplay), Richard Maibaum (screenplay), Stars: Roger Moore, Barbara Bach and Curd Jürgens Your rating: none The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) - Movie | Moviefone The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) Where To Watch DVD Release Date: March 31st, 1998 PG|2 hr 5 min Follow the movie on Facebook Plot Summary In a globe-trotting assignment that has him skiing off the edges of cliffs and driving a car deep underwater, British super-spy James Bond (Roger Moore) unites with sexy Russian agent Anya Amasova (Barbara Bach) to defeat megalomaniac shipping magnate Karl Stromberg (Curt Jurgens), who is threatening to destroy New York City with nuclear weapons.

Bond's most deadly adversary on the case is Stromberg's henchman, Jaws (Richard Kiel), a seven-foot giant with terrifying steel teeth.

Question: Who played James Bond in the 1977 film ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’?
Answer: Roger Moore