For Your Eyes Only - The James Bond film. This is easily one of the
best Bond films, and it has aged considerably better than most of the other
films, e.g. Moonraker. It is also sparse on the gadgets and special
effects compared to later releases, and instead provides an impressing
display of stunts and bad guys. Also, Roger Moore was never better than this.
Synopsis: A British under cover spy trawler hits a mine and
sinks to the bottom of the Adriatic Sea. On board is some kind of encryption
device ("ATAC") for control of British submarine nuclear weapons.
James Bond is sent to retrieve the device before it falls into the wrong hands,
but the Soviet's are more than eager to lay their hands on it. Bond goes to
Greece and tracks down the local Soviet contact "Gonzales", who
promptly captures Bond. Luckily for him, the sultry Melina shows up, killing
Gonzales who in turned had had her parents killed. A wild car chase follows, and
equipped with her old Citroën, Bond manages to outrun three or four
Mercedes, before commenting
Love to drive in the country-side, don't you ?
Trying to track down one of Gonzales' associates, Bond goes to upscale
ski-resort Cortina, where he supposedly is. The highlights from Cortina
include Bond on skis being chased down a ski jump tower, after which a
fantastic motocross cycles vs. skis chase ensues. This takes Bond down in a
bobsleigh run, among other things. From here the story goes via Greek
smugglers, ice skating teens and hockey villains to the destruction of the
ATAC at a far off monastery .
Oh, must not forget the opening sequence, which starts with Bond
visiting his wife's grave, but soon turns into action where Bond gets hijacked
in a helicopter. Being Bond, he regains control of the helo, picks up the
villain - who turns out to be Bonds nemesis Blofeld -
in his wheel chair and drops him of into a high factory chimney. "Mr
Boooooooooooooooond....!"
Trivia:
Facts, Crew and Cast:
Opened in England on the 24th of June, 1981, and two days later in
the United States.
Running time: 2h 07m
Producer: Albert R Broccoli
Director: John Glen
Script: Richard Maibaum and Michael G Wilson
James Bond: Roger Moore
Melina Havelock: Carole Bouquet
Milos Colombo: Topol
Bibi: Lynn-Holly Johnson
Aristotle Kristatos: Julian Glover
Q: Desmond Llewelyn
Moneypenny: Lois Maxwell
General Gogol: Walter Gotell
Previous Bond: Moonraker, James Bond will return in: Octopussy
reference: various www fan sites