The first James Bond film of the 1980s
Summary
-James Bond is off on his next mission, which involves finding a missing British ship armed with a weapons encryption device and keeping it from falling into the hands of enemies
-Roger Moore: James Bond
-Carole Bouquet: Melina
-Topol: Columbo
-Lynn-Holly Johnson: Bibi
-Julian Glover: Kristatos
-Cassandra Harris: Lisl
-Jill Bennett: Jacoba Brink
-Michael Gothard: Locque
-John Wyman: Erik Kriegler
-Jack Hedley: Havelock
-Lois Maxwell: Miss Moneypenny
-Desmond Llewelyn: Q
-Geoffrey Keen: Minster of Defence
-Walter Gotell: General Gogol
-Towards the end, when Bond is climbing a mountain, he uses his shoelaces to create a Prusik knot, which attaches himself to his climbing rope. This is an actual technique used by mountain climbers to add additional safety. This technique was created by an Austrian mountain climber named Karl Prusik
-During the bobsled chase scene, a 23 year old stunt man named Paolo Rigoni died during the filming. The track was poorly designed in that it had a severe turn. He was not the only person to die there. One other person died there as a result of that severe turn during an actual bobsled race. The track was later changed to make the turn less dangerous
-On the tombstone of Bond's wife is the phrase "we have all the time in the world". These were the last words uttered to Bond in the 1969 film On Her Majesty's Secret Service
-With Roger Moore suffering from vertigo, the rock climbing scenes were made more difficult. He had taken a Valium and drank a large beer before filming. Stuntman Rick Sylvester dangled over a twenty foot drop while Roger Moore only dangled over a four foot drop
-Cassandra Harris, who plays Countess Lisl, was married to Pierce Brosnan at the time of filming. He would later go on to play James Bond. Five years later, he was offered the part of James Bond, specifically for the 1987 film The Living Daylights. He had to refuse the offer because of scheduling conflicts with the 1982 TV program Remington Steele
-At the time of filming, United Artists was all but bankrupt. The studio had just completed filming on the 1980 film Heaven's Gate, which was a commercial failure. For Your Eyes Only raked in $195 million and saved United Artists from bankruptcy. The people there decided to focus way less on personal movies and focus more on movies that would be successful
-In the film, James Bond rejects advances from Bibi (Lynn-Holly Johnson), due to the presumable assumption she is too young for him. He later has a relationship with Melina (Carole Bouquet), who seems much older than Bibi. In reality, both actresses are a year different in age
-The final scene with British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher marks the first time a government official appeared in a film, especially a James Bond film. Thatcher was played by Janet Brown, who was known for her accurate impressions of Thatcher
-Prior to the credits, the helicopter scene was filmed at the Beckton Gas Works. When Stanley Kubrick filmed his 1987 film Full Metal Jacket, he used this location to transform it into a Vietnamese village
-According to Sir Roger Moore, of all the cars he's driven in the Bond films, the one he states is his favorite is the Citroen 2CV
-Despite being a highly skilled cross country skiier, Roger Moore was not injured from skiing. Stunt man Willy Bogner handled any dangerous stunts
-The name of the main Bond girl, Melina, is a reference to Honey Rider from 1962's Dr. No. In Greek, "melina" means "honey"
-During the ice rink brawl scenes, replica jerseys of hockey teams were used. They included replica jerseys of the Montreal Canadiens as well as other U.S. and Swedish hockey teams with their logos removed
-The character Milos Columbo was named after Gioacchino Columbo, who designed the Ferrari engines, specifically the engines for Ferrari 125, which Ian Fleming was fond of
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