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Synopsis:
  • A clown -- 009 in disguise -- gatecrashed an embassy party and died, a knife in his back... Clutched in his hand was a Faberge egg. MI6 discovers that this priceless jewel was a clever fake, and that another is to be sold at auction. Bond pursues Prince Kamal Khan, the buyer of the egg, to India, and not only uncovers a high-class smuggling racket, but also a plan to start WWIII involving a fanatical Russian general who intends to set off a nuclear weapon in West Germany and blame it on the US causing total nuclear disarment and undefended borders. Help comes from a beguiling source: the mysterious Octopussy and her traveling circus.

Release Date:
  • June 6, 1983

Plot:
  • To steal Russian jewels and detonate a nuclear bomb on a US airforce base causing total nuclear disarment and wwIII.

Box Office Results:
  • $183.7 million

Running Time:
  • 2 hours, 12 minutes

Issued sidearm:
  • Walther PPK
  • Walther P5 - given to Bond in India when he'd "mislaid" his PPK. Interestingly, the same pistol was used by Connery's Bond in Never Say Never Again the same year.

Gadgets:
  • Acrostar Mini Jet
  • Homer Seiko Watch
  • Miniature tracking and listening device
  • Fountain pen containing metal corroding acid and an earpiece
  • Crocodile disguise

Director:
  • John Glen

Screenplay:
  • Richard Maibaum
  • George MacDonald
  • Michael G. Wilson

Title Song:

  • All Time High

Title Song Artist:
  • Rita Coolidge

Starring:

Villains:
Henchmen:
  • Kabir Bedi as Gobinda
  • Indian tiger hunters with elephants
  • David Meyer as Mischka and Anthony Meyer as Grischka, the twin knife throwers
  • Indian thugs, including the yo-yo buzzsaw killer
  • Russian troops
  • Troops from a South-American country (pre-title sequence)
Bond Girls:
  • Maud Adams as Octopussy
  • Kristina Wayborn as Magda

Supporting Cast:
  • Vijay Amritraj as Vijay

Filming Locations:

  • Unidentified South American republic (with English road signs); Checkpoint Charlie, East Berlin, Germany; London, UK; Moscow, Russia; Udaipur, India; West Berlin, Germany; Feldstadt, Germany.

Best Quote: (According to mi6.co.uk)
  • Vijay: "Is he still there?"
Q: "You must be joking. 007 on an island populated exclusively by women? We won't see him 'til dawn.

"Bond... James Bond": Before sitting down to play Kamal Khan at backgammon.

Best Mistake (According to mi6.co.uk)
  • At Octopussy's palace, Bond and an opponent fall into the water and are immediately attacked by crocodiles. But earlier, Kamal's men swam to the palace unmolested.

Distinguishing Feature (According to mi6.co.uk)

Vital Statistics: (According to mi6.co.uk)
  • Conquests: 2
  • Martinis: 1
  • Kills: 14
  • "Bond, James Bond": 1
Title References:
  • The movie shares it's name with the bond girl

Trivia:
  • This is the first film to have Robert Brown playing M.
  • Moore was contracted for 5 movies ending with For Your Eyes Only with another one as a option. He reluctantly returned in Octopussy because the producers wanted a more established Bond actor to go up against Never Say Never Again, which stared Sean Connery.



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Anonymous Octopussy is a good 007, but Never Say Never Again was too! 3 Aug 27 2010, 10:50 AM EDT by DaltonCraigRules
 
Thread started: Aug 25 2010, 2:50 AM EDT  Watch
I like Octopussy a lot. Especially love the appearance of 80's tennis star VJ Armitraj. Too bad bad they kill him off. But, I also wanted to give a nod to Never Say Never Again. If you enjoy Bond movies, NSNA is a very good movie. Oddly enough, I find it to have a "Roger Moore Bond" feel. Anyways, they both came out in '83, and are both entertaining 007.
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jaws43 Roger Moore (page: 1 2) 35 Jul 11 2010, 12:02 AM EDT by S.P.E.C.T.R.E
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I believe that this is the best in the Roger Moore era. The opening sequence with Bond flying a mini jet through a narrow opening is classic, not to mention the yo-yo like saw blade that does in poor Vijay.
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jamesbond2 octopussy is good (page: 1 2 3 4) 60 Jun 23 2010, 3:21 PM EDT by Dalton007
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i dont understand why some people dont like octopussy, i say it is one of moores best
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