
The Living Daylights ( Aston Martin V8 MkIV ) 1985
The Living Daylights
The Living Daylights (1987) is the fifteenth entry in the James Bond film series and the first to star Timothy Dalton as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The film’s title is taken from Ian Fleming’s short story, ‘The Living Daylights’. It was the last film to use the title of an Ian Fleming story until the 2006 instalment Casino Royale.
Theme Tune
A-ha – The Living Daylights
Hey driver, where we going?
I swear my nerves are showing
Set your hopes up way too high
The living’s in the way we die
Comes the morning and the headlights fade away
Hundred thousand people, I’m the one they blame
I’ve been waiting long for one of us to say
“Save the darkness, let it never fade away”
Oh, the living daylights
Oh, the living daylights
All right, hold on tight now
It’s down, down to the wire
Set your hopes up way too high
The living’s in the way we die
Comes the morning and the headlights fade away
Hundred thousand changes, everything’s the same
I’ve been waiting long for one of us to say
“Save the darkness, let it never fade away”
Oh, the living daylights
Oh, the living daylights
Oh, the living daylights
Get away
Comes the morning and the headlights fade away
Hundred thousand people, I’m the one they frame
Oh, the living daylights
Oh, the living daylights
Oh, the living daylights
You may run
Set your hopes up way too high
The living’s in the way we die
Set your hopes up way too high
The living’s in the way we die
Set your hopes up way too high
The living’s in the way we die
Set your hopes up way too high
The living’s in the way we die
Cast
Timothy Dalton … James Bond
Maryam d’Abo … Kara Milovy
Jeroen Krabbé … General Georgi Koskov
Joe Don Baker … Brad Whitaker
John Rhys-Davies … General Leonid Pushkin
Art Malik … Kamran Shah
Andreas Wisniewski … Necros
Thomas Wheatley … Saunders
Desmond Llewelyn … Q
Robert Brown … M
Geoffrey Keen … Minister of Defence
Walter Gotell … General Anatol Gogol
Caroline Bliss … Miss Moneypenny
John Terry … Felix Leiter
Virginia Hey … Rubavitch
John Bowe … Col. Feyador
Julie T. Wallace … Rosika Miklos
Quote
[after escaping out of a small jail cell]
Kara Milovy: You were fantastic. We’re free.
James Bond: Kara, we’re inside a Russian airbase in the middle of Afghanistan.
[struggling with Kara’s cello]
James Bond: Why didn’t you learn the violin?
James Bond’s car (registered on 18 March 1985 as B549 WUU; last on the road 1 July 2006) in the 1987 film The Living Daylights.
At the beginning of the film, the car is a V8 Volante (convertible). The car used in these scenes was a Volante owned by Aston Martin Lagonda chairman, Victor Gauntlett. Later, the car is fitted with a hardtop (‘winterised’) at Q Branch, and these scenes feature a pair of non-Vantage V8 saloons, fitted with the same number plate as the initial car, but with Vantage badges now fitted to match the previous Vantage.
The alterations and gadgets featured were:
Tire Spikes
Jet engine behind rear number plate
Retractable outriggers
Heat-seeking missiles behind fog lights
Lasers in front wheel hubcaps
Bulletproof windows
Fireproof body
Self-destruct system
Trivia
The rocket fired from the ‘ghetto blaster’ in Q’s lab was an effect activated off-screen by Britain’s Prince Charles – who was touring the studio at the time of filming. The effects crew offered to allow Prince Charles to activate the rocket that was used in the final cut of the film. The Royal visit also instigated the famous footage,photograph of Princess Diana hitting her husband over the head with a breakaway bottle (apparently instigated by actor Jeroen Krabbé).
Gadgets/Weapons/Technology
- Walther PPK 7.65mm
- Walther WA 2000 sniper’s fifle
- Colt Commando Model M733 assault rifle with ballistic face shield
- Philips keyfob – Bond activates the key fob with a wolf whistle and then by whistling the first bars of ‘Rule Britannia’ stun gas is released to a range of 5ft (1.5m). It is also packed with a highly concentrated plastic explosive and the skeleton keys open 90 percent of the world’s locks
- Milk bottle grenades
- Fake assassination kit consisting of a bulletproof vest, a clear plastic bag containing ‘blood’ and a blood capsule for ‘victim’ to bite into at the time of the ‘fake’ shooting
- Hydraulic detonator
- Night-vision goggles
- Opium bomb
- Pipeline pig
- Emergency alarm watch
- Rake metal detector
Quote
Kara Milovy: What happened?
James Bond: He got the boot.
[after demonstrating a boom-box rocket launcher]
Q: [to Bond] Something we’re making for the Americans. It’s called a “Ghetto Blaster”.
Trivia
Timothy Dalton was originally unavailable to play Bond, and Pierce Brosnan was then chosen to play 007 in 1986 and was given the script to The Living Daylights (1987). Although he was contracted to Remington Steele (1982) for seven seasons, NBC decided to cancel the show at the end of the fourth season, which meant that Brosnan was free to play James Bond in The Living Daylights the following year. However, shortly after the end of the fourth season, NBC had second thoughts about canceling Remington Steele and subsequently approached the Bond producers directly, in an attempt to strike a deal that would allow Brosnan to play both James Bond and Remington Steele the following year.
Timothy Dalton was originally considered for the role of James Bond in the late 1960s, after Sean Connery left the role following You Only Live Twice (1967). Dalton was screen tested by Albert R. Broccoli for On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969) but he turned down the part as he thought he was too young. He was also considered for Diamonds Are Forever (1971) but turned it down again, still feeling he was too young.
Trivia
Features the only ever deliberate nude scenes in the James Bond film series outside of opening titles. They are when two men escape from a bombed building and when Pushkin’s girlfriend’s top is torn off in a hotel room.
Info
Production
companies |
Eon Productions
United Artists |
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Distributed by | United International Pictures |
Release date
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29 June 1987 (London, premiere) |
Running time
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131 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | $40 million |
Box office | $191.2 million |
Trivia
This was the last Bond film to be scored by John Barry.
OPENING SCENE
The pre-title sequence was filmed on the Rock of Gibraltar and although the sequence shows a hijacked Land Rover careering down various sections of road for several minutes before bursting through a wall towards the sea, the location mostly used the same short stretch of road at the very top of the Rock, shot from numerous different angles. The beach defences seen at the foot of the Rock in the initial shot were also added solely for the film,
The action begins with a group of “00” agents parachuting over that storied British base in the Med on a training exercise.
JAMES BOND ( Timothy Dalton )
OPENING CREDITS
The titles for the film The Living Daylights and the eleventh and final Bond soundtrack to be scored by composer John Barry. The soundtrack is notable for its introduction of sequenced electronic rhythm tracks overdubbed with the orchestra – at the time, a relatively new innovation. It was recorded by pop group A-ha. As of 2017 this is the only Bond film where the title song has not been performed by a British or an American.
Oh, the living daylights
Oh, the living daylights
Oh, the living daylights
BOND VILLAINS
- Necros
- Brad Whitaker
- Pushkin
BOND GIRLS
- Kara Milovy
- Miss Moneypenny
- Rosika Miklos
007 GADGETS
- Rake metal detector
- Whistle-activated keychain
- Cigarette case binoculars
STUNTS
This showdown in THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS (1987) was a fist fight on a cargo net hanging from the back of a Hercules. High above the Mojave Desert, stunt performers BJ Worth (Bond) and Jake Lombard (Necros) duked it out hanging from a 1500-pound net flying at 100 knots and 6,500 feet. A safety man was on standby ready to leap out and deploy specially disguised parachutes.
Not a stunt for anyone with a fear of heights
QUIZ 1
Who did Timothy Dalton Play in the Dr Who Series with Matt Smith ?
A. The Face of Boe
B. Rassilon (The Gallifrey Lord President)
C. The Master
D. Silurian
Press for Answer
B. The Gallifrey Lord President
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QUIZ 2
The title song of the film, “The Living Daylights”, was recorded by pop group A-ha. Who was Originally,asked to compose the soundtrack ?
A. Phil Collins
B. Howard Jones
C. Duran’ Duran
D. The Pet Shop Boys
Press for Answer
D. The Pet Shop Boys
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QUIZ 1
Who did Timothy Dalton Play in the Dr Who Series with Matt Smith ?
A. The Face of Boe
B. Rassilon (The Gallifrey Lord President)
C. The Master
D. Silurian
Rassilon is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. In the backstory of the programme, he was the founder of Time Lord society on the planet Gallifrey and its first leader, as Lord High President. After the original television series ended in 1989, Rassilon’s character and history were developed in books and other media.
- The Face of Boe
- Rassilon
- The Master
- Sontaran
QUIZ 2
The title song of the film, “The Living Daylights”, was recorded by pop group A-ha. Who was Originally,asked to compose the soundtrack ?
A. Phil Collins
B. Howard Jones
C. Duran’ Duran
D. The Pet Shop Boys
Originally, British pop duo Pet Shop Boys was asked to compose the soundtrack, but backed out when they learned that they should not provide a complete soundtrack but merely the opening theme song.
- Phil Collins
- Howard Jones
- Duran' Duran
- The Pet Shop Boys
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