A View to a Kill

A View to a Kill ( Renault 11 TXE ,Half Car ) 1984

A View to a Kill ( Renault 11 TXE ,Half Car ) 1984

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A View to a Kill

A View to a Kill is a 1985 spy film and the fourteenth in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions, and is the seventh and final appearance of Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Although the title is adapted from Ian Fleming’s 1960 short story “From a View to a Kill”, the film has an entirely original screenplay. In A View to a Kill, Bond is pitted against Max Zorin, who plans to destroy California’s Silicon Valley.

Theme Tune

A View to a Killn – Duran Duran

Meeting you with a view to a kill
Face to faces, secret places, feel the chill

Night fall covers me
But you know the plans I’m making
Still overseas,
Could it be the whole lot opening wide
A sacred why
A mystery gaping inside
A week is why

Until we dance into the fire
That fatal kiss is all we need
Dance into the fire
To fatal sounds of broken dreams
Dance into the fire
That fatal kiss is all we need
Dance into the fire

The choice for you is the view to a kill
Between the shades assassination standing still

First crystal tears,
Fallen of snowflakes on your body
First time in years
To drench you skin of lover’s rosy stain
A chance to find the phoenix for the flame
A chance to die

But can we dance into the fire
That fatal kiss is all we need
Dance into the fire
To fatal sounds of broken dreams
Dance into the fire
That fatal kiss is all we need
Dance into the fire

When all we see is the view to a kill

The title song was written by John Barry and Duran Duran, and was sung by Duran Duran. It has been the only James Bond song to reach number one in the U.S. It stayed at the top position for two weeks out of its 17-week run on the charts. It entered the U.K. and U.S. charts on May 18, 1985, and it peaked at number two on the U.K. charts. The soundtrack album charted in the U.K. on June 22, 1985, where it went to number 81. In the U.S., the soundtrack album entered the charts on June 29, 1985, peaking at 38.

Cast

Roger Moore … James Bond
Christopher Walken … Max Zorin
Tanya Roberts … Stacey Sutton
Grace Jones … May Day
Patrick Macnee … Tibbett
Patrick Bauchau … Scarpine
David Yip … Chuck Lee
Fiona Fullerton … Pola Ivanova
Manning Redwood … Bob Conley
Alison Doody … Jenny Flex
Willoughby Gray … Dr. Carl Mortner
Desmond Llewelyn … Q
Robert Brown … M
Lois Maxwell … Miss Moneypenny

Trivia

When Stacey comes out of the shack in Silicon Valley wearing a pair of coveralls, Bond comments “Pity you couldn’t find one that fits”, and Stacey gives him a dirty look. Roger Moore ad-libbed the line, and Tanya Roberts’ reaction was genuine. Roberts had refused to film the scene until the wardrobe department made her a pair of custom-fitted coveralls that would look flattering on her. Because she was so difficult to work with, director John Glen decided to leave it in.

Quote

[Hovering over San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge in their airship]

May Day: Wow! What a view!

Max Zorin: To a KILL!

One careful owner. Two halves. The 1984 Renault 11 TXE once abused by 007 (Roger Moore) in 1985’s A View To A Kill is up for grabs through the Orlando Auto Museum
Have you ever pursued an airborne Grace Jones with a Parisian taxi? Roger Moore has. Tanking along the banks of the River Seine during 1985’s A View to A Kill, this more-than-abused 1984 Renault 11 was gifted automotive immortality courtesy of the James Bond franchise.

Perhaps a prime example of 007’s less-celebrated vehicular victims, one of three 1.7-litre Renault 11 TXEs wholeheartedly mistreated by Remy Julienne’s famed stunt team has surfaced for sale on the open market. 

Naturally, it’s not road legal – but it’s still a genuine Bond car. Such an item rarely appears for sale. The cost? Well, it’s firmly P.O.A for now. We can imagine that the asking price won’t be cheap, but then how often do you get the chance to purchase a 007 stunt car?

In a sequence coordinated by Julienne himself, the Renault 11 is commandeered by Bond from a nonchalant taxi driver before traversing the fierce pedestrian staircase of Pont d’Iéna.

Not quite content with pounding the suspension into dust, Julienne (doubling for Moore) then jumps the Renault onto the roof of a moving bus, before ripping the 11’s top off and severing the entire car in half. 

Trivia

This film was Lois Maxwell’s final appearance as Miss Moneypenny. Apparently, after she was told that she would be retiring from the role, she thought she could become M as a promotion. Producer Albert R. Broccoli believed that audiences wouldn’t accept James Bond being given orders by a woman. M became a woman when Judi Dench took on the role in GoldenEye (1995).

Quote

[the morning after Bond sleeps with May Day]

Max Zorin: You slept well?

James Bond: A little restless but I got off eventually.

Trivia

The final scenes for Lois Maxwell and Sir Roger Moore each make a reference to their end with the franchise. Maxwell’s last scene as Moneypenny shows her in tears, while Moore’s last scene as Bond has him, quite literally, throwing in the towel.

 

Gadgets/Weapons/Technology

  • Walther PPK 7.65mm
  • Camera ring
  • Shaver bug detector
  • Polarising sunglasses
  • Cheque book copier
  • Remote triggered implant
  • ‘Snooper’ surveillance robot
  • Avalanche-rescue receiver
  • Computer mirror camera
  • Limpet mines
  • Micro-comparator
  • Sharper Image credit card
  • Thermos bomb

Trivia

Although only appearing briefly, this movie is Dolph Lundgren’s first on-screen role, playing General Gogol’s KGB bodyguard Venz. He landed the position because he was dating Grace Jones at the time of filming, and was conveniently on-set when director John Glen realized he quickly needed someone to fill in as a simple gun-wielding bodyguard.

Info

Music by John Barry
Production
companies
Eon Productions
United Artists
Distributed by MGM/UA Entertainment Co. (United States)
United International Pictures (International)
Release date

22 May 1985 (San Francisco, premiere)

13 June 1985 (United Kingdom)

Running time
131 minutes
Country United Kingdom,United States
Language English
Budget $30 million
Box office $152.4 million

Trivia

In his DVD commentary, Roger Moore said that of the seven Bond films in which he starred, this is his least favorite. He didn’t like the increased violence, and he felt he was getting too old for the part.

OPENING SCENE

In A View to a Kill  Bond is nosing around a military station somewhere in the Soviet Union. He’s inevitably discovered, and has to evade a base full of bad guys on skis, on snowmobiles and in a helicopter. It’d all be exciting if it hadn’t all been done before — and in many cases better — in earlier Bond films. The one twist this time? After having a stolen snowmobile shot out from under him, Bond takes one of its skis and fashions it into a snowboard. This was 1985, remember. It’s entirely possible there are people out there who think that James Bond invented snowboarding thanks to this movie.

The filmmakers decided to score Bond’s snowboard escape with the Beach Boys’ “California Girls”

JAMES BOND ( Roger Moore )

OPENING CREDITS

The soundtrack was composed by John Barry and published by EMI/Capitol.[ The theme song, “A View to a Kill”, was written by Barry and Duran Duran, and performed by the band. “May Day Jumps” is the only track that uses the “James Bond Theme”. Barry’s composition from On Her Majesty’s Secret Service was modified for use in the songs “Snow Job”, “He’s Dangerous” and “Golden Gate Fight” of A View to a Kill.

Meeting you with a view to a kill
Face to faces, secret places, feel the chill

BOND VILLAINS

BOND GIRLS

007 GADGETS

STUNTS

In Paris it was planned that two stunt parachutists, B.J. Worth and Don Caldvedt, would undertake two jumps from a (clearly visible) platform that extended from a top edge of the Eiffel Tower. However, sufficient footage was obtained from Worth’s jump, so Caldvedt was told he would not be performing his own descent. Caldvedt, unhappy at not being able to perform the jump, parachuted off the tower without authorisation from the City of Paris.

He was subsequently sacked by the production team for jeopardising the continuation of filming in the city.

QUIZ 1

At the end of Octopussy, the “James Bond Will Return” sequence listed the next film as … ?

A. From a View to a Kill
B. Licence to Kill
C. A Kill to a View
D. At a View to Kill

Press for Answer

A. From a View to a Kill

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QUIZ 2

Early publicity for the film in 1984 included an announcement of who would play the villain Zorin, Who was it ?

A. Patrick Swayze
B. Bill Murray
C. David Bowie
D. Sylvester Stallone

Press for Answer

C. David Bowie

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QUIZ 1

At the end of Octopussy, the “James Bond Will Return” sequence listed the next film as … ?

A. From a View to a Kill
B. Licence to Kill
C. A Kill to a View
D. At a View to Kill

At the end of Octopussy, the “James Bond Will Return” sequence listed the next film as “From a View to a Kill”, the name of the original short story, but later the title was changed

 

A View to a Kill CARS 6 (1)

QUIZ 2

Early publicity for the film in 1984 included an announcement of who would play the villain Zorin, Who was it ?

A. Patrick Swayze
B. Bill Murray
C. David Bowie
D. Sylvester Stallone

Early publicity for the film in 1984 included an announcement that David Bowie would play Zorin. He initially accepted the role but later decided against it, saying “I didn’t want to spend five months watching my stunt double fall off cliffs.” The role was then offered to Sting, who turned it down, and finally to Christopher Walken

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