A View to a Kill
A View to a Kill film poster
James Bond	Roger Moore
Also starring	Christopher Walken Tanya Roberts Grace Jones
Directed by	John Glen
Produced by	Albert R. Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson
Novel/Story by	Ian Fleming (story), Michael G. Wilson, Richard Maibaum
Screenplay	Michael G. Wilson, Richard Maibaum
Cinematography by	Alan Hume
Music by	John Barry
Main theme	A View to a Kill
Composer	John Barry Duran Duran
Performer	Duran Duran
Distributed by	MGM/UA Entertainment Co.
Released	May 24, 1985
Running time	126 min.
Budget	$30,000,000
Worldwide gross	$152,400,000
Admissions (world)	42.9 million
Preceded by	Octopussy
Followed by	The Living Daylights
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A View to a Kill is a 1985 spy film. It is the 14th film in the James Bond series, and the seventh and last to star Roger Moore as MI6 agent James Bond. Although the title is adapted from Ian Fleming's short story "From a View to a Kill", the film is the third completely original Bond film after The Spy Who Loved Me and Octopussy. In A View to a Kill, Bond is pitted against Max Zorin, who plans to destroy California's Silicon Valley. Shortcut: WP:-( Vandalism is indisputable bad-faith addition, deletion, or change to content, made in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of the encyclopedia. ... Shortcut: WP:-( Vandalism is indisputable bad-faith addition, deletion, or change to content, made in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of the encyclopedia. ... 007 - A View To A Kill movie poster File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Commander James Bond, CMG, RNVR is a fictional character created by novelist Ian Fleming, and the protagonist of the James Bond series of novels and films. ... For other persons named Roger Moore, see Roger Moore (disambiguation). ... Christopher Walken (born March 31, 1943) is an Academy Award-winning American film and theatre actor. ... Tanya Roberts (born Victoria Leigh Blum on October 15, 1955) is an American actress best known for her roles in Charlies Angels, The Beastmaster, Sheena , A View to a Kill and That 70s Show. ... Grace Jones (born Grace Mendoza on May 19, 1948, in Spanish Town, Jamaica) is a model, singer and actress. ... John Glen is a noted film director, born May 15, 1932 in Sunbury-on-Thames, England. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Michael G. Wilson (born 1943) is the stepson of the late James Bond producer Albert R. Broccoli and half brother to current James Bond producer, Barbara Broccoli. ... // James Bond Novels By Ian Fleming Ian Fleming. ... Ian Lancaster Fleming (May 28, 1908 – August 12, 1964) was a British author, journalist and Second World War Naval Officer. ... Richard Maibaum (May 26, 1909 - January 4, 1991) was an American film producer, playwright and screenwriter best known for his adaptations of Ian Flemings James Bond novels. ... Alan Hume (b. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... John Barry. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... A View to a Kill is the 13th single recorded by Duran Duran, released in May 1985. ... Duran Duran is an English Synth pop/pop/rock band notable for a long series of popular singles and vivid music videos. ... Duran Duran is an English Synth pop/pop/rock band notable for a long series of popular singles and vivid music videos. ... For alternate meanings of MGM, see MGM (disambiguation). ... is the 144th day of the year (145th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar). ... Octopussy is a 1983 spy film. ... This July 2007 does not cite any references or sources. ... // Back to the Future, starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd and Lea Thompson Rambo: First Blood Part II, starring Sylvester Stallone Rocky IV, starring Sylvester Stallone The Color Purple, starring Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey, Margaret Avery, Rae Dawn Chong, Adolph Caesar Out of Africa, starring Meryl Streep and... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ... Flemings image of James Bond; commissioned to aid the Daily Express comic strip artists. ... The official film logo of James Bond (007) The adventures of Ian Flemings fictional secret agent, James Bond, have become a successful film series, with twenty-one titles made by EON Productions as of 2007. ... For other persons named Roger Moore, see Roger Moore (disambiguation). ... The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), commonly known as MI6 (Military Intelligence, Section 6),[1] is the United Kingdoms external intelligence agency. ... Commander James Bond, CMG, RNVR is a fictional character created by novelist Ian Fleming, and the protagonist of the James Bond series of novels and films. ... Ian Lancaster Fleming (May 28, 1908 – August 12, 1964) was a British author, journalist and Second World War Naval Officer. ... This article is about the James Bond book and short story. ... The Spy Who Loved Me is the 10th film in the James Bond series and the third to star Roger Moore as MI6 agent James Bond. ... Octopussy is a 1983 spy film. ... A view of downtown San Jose, the self-proclaimed Capital of Silicon Valley. ...

Plot

The Eiffel Tower

In the pre-title sequence, James Bond is sent to Siberia to track down 003 and recover a microchip. Upon doing so, 007 is ambushed by Soviet Union troops and is forced to flee. After Bond has returned to England, Q has the microchip analysed and informs M, Bond, and the Minister of Defence that the microchip's design is an exact match of a microchip made by "Zorin Industries." Image File history File linksMetadata Sunny_Eiffel_Tower. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Sunny_Eiffel_Tower. ... The Eiffel Tower (French: , ) is an iron tower built on the Champ de Mars beside the River Seine in Paris, France. ... “Siberian” redirects here. ... Integrated circuit of Atmel Diopsis 740 System on Chip showing memory blocks, logic and input/output pads around the periphery Microchips with a transparent window, showing the integrated circuit inside. ... Q is a fictional character in the James Bond novels and films. ... M is a fictional character in Ian Flemings James Bond series, as well as the films in the Bond franchise. ...

Along with Miss Moneypenny, the group then venture to the Ascot Racecourse to observe the company's owner, Max Zorin. While at the track, Zorin's horse miraculously wins the race; Sir Godfrey Tibbett, a horse trainer, believes Zorin's horse was using some sort of drug, although Zorin's horse when screened prior to the race came back negative. Through Tibbett, Bond meets with a French private detective named Aubergine to discuss how Zorin's horse won the race, however, during their dinner at the Eiffel Tower, Aubergine is killed by May Day, but not before Bond learns that Zorin is holding an annual horse sale later in the month. Miss Moneypenny is a fictional character in the James Bond novels and films. ... Ascot Racecourse is a racecourse, located in the village of Ascot in the English county of Berkshire used for thoroughbred horse racing. ... Max Zorin is a fictional character in the James Bond film A View to a Kill. ... The Eiffel Tower (French: , ) is an iron tower built on the Champ de Mars beside the River Seine in Paris, France. ... May Day is a fictional character in the James Bond film A View to a Kill, played by actress Grace Jones. ...

Bond and Tibbett travel to Chantilly, France where Bond poses as James St. John Smythe (pronounced "sinjin"), a rich dilettante, with Tibbett as his chauffeur and valet. Bond and Tibbett locate and break into Zorin's secret labs where Tibbett learns that Zorin is using microchips in his horses to release a drug in the horse when prompted by a switch hidden in Zorin's cane. Afterwards Bond and Tibbett are discovered and are forced to flee. Tibbett is later killed by May Day and an attempt to drown Bond in a lake while unconscious inside a car fails. Later, General Gogol from the Soviet Union shows up at Zorin's estate with several other KGB agents, but Zorin, an ex-KGB agent himself, gets upset with Gogol and forces him to leave. Chantilly is a commune in the metropolitan area of Paris, France. ... The following is a list of recurring and notable allies found throughout the James Bond films and novels. ... The KGB emblem and motto: The sword and the shield KGB (transliteration of КГБ) is the Russian-language abbreviation for Committee for State Security, (Russian: ; Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti). ...

In Zorin's airship, the billionaire industrialist unveils to a group of investors his plan to destroy Silicon Valley in an operation he dubs "Main Strike" in order to gain complete control of the microchip market. However, one of the investors wants nothing to do with the scheme and demands to leave; he is promptly dropped out of the airship by a secret chute and plunges to his death. Bond later learns that Zorin is a psychopath, the product of Nazi medical experimentation during World War II, and he was later trained by the KGB. To succeed, Zorin plans to detonate explosives beneath the lakes along the Hayward Fault and the San Andreas Fault causing them to flood. A bigger bomb is also on site in the mine to destroy a "geological lock" that is in place to prevent the two faults from moving at the same time. Once the "geological lock" is destroyed, it would supposedly cause a massive double earthquake. (The Hayward fault and San Andreas fault do not converge just South of the Bay as implied by the film's geology maps. The Hayward fault merges into the Calaveras fault which does intersect the San Andreas fault much much further South of the bay. Furthermore, part of the film takes place near a "San Andreas Lake" assumed to be right over the San Andreas fault, whereas in reality the real San Andreas Lake is on the East Side of the Bay while the fault line is on the West Side.) USS Akron (ZRS-4) in flight, November 2, 1931 An airship or dirigible is a buoyant lighter-than-air aircraft that can be steered and propelled through the air. ... A billionaire is a person who has a net worth of at least one billion units of currency, such as United States Dollars (USD), Pounds or Euros. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Business magnate. ... A view of downtown San Jose, the self-proclaimed Capital of Silicon Valley. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... The KGB emblem and motto: The sword and the shield KGB (transliteration of КГБ) is the Russian-language abbreviation for Committee for State Security, (Russian: ; Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti). ... For recent activity in the region shown on this map see the USGS map for this location. ... View of the San Andreas Fault on the Carrizo Plain in central California, 35°07N, 119°39W The San Andreas Fault is a geological fault that runs a length of roughly 800 miles (1300 kilometres) through western and southern California in the United States. ... An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of stored energy in the Earths crust that creates seismic waves. ...

Bond disguised as one of Zorin's miners.

Bond soon discovers state geologist Stacey Sutton, whom Zorin has double-crossed, and the two team up. Bond and Sutton then survive a fire started by Zorin in San Francisco City Hall and escape in a stolen fire truck after Zorin kills a city official then frames Bond for the murder. Bond and Sutton then sneak into Zorin's mine where he plots to blow up the "geological lock" to start the massive earthquake. Zorin floods the mine with the first set of explosives, the action almost killing Bond and Zorin's henchwoman May Day, while Sutton escapes the mine. As a result of being betrayed, May Day helps Bond remove the bigger bomb that would destroy the lock, and put the bomb on a handcar to send it out of the mine on a railroad line. However, the brakes on the car malfunction. May Day stays on the car and holds the brakes open. Doing so eventually costs her her life, but saves Silicon Valley. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Stacey Sutton is a fictional character in the James Bond film A View to a Kill. ... San Francisco City Hall in Summer 2003. ... A frameup refers to the act of framing someone, that is, providing false evidence in order to prove someone guilty of a crime. ...

The Golden Gate Bridge

In the final battle, Bond manages to grab a rope attached to Zorin's airship as he was leaving the mine. During the flight Bond gets the rope tangled on the Golden Gate Bridge. Zorin's ally Scarpine is knocked out by Stacey Sutton (who escapes to the Bridge) and is helpless for most of the fight. Zorin and Bond then fight on the bridge ending with Zorin falling to his death in San Francisco Bay. Scarpine then regains consciousness and his ally, Dr. Carl Mortner, tries to toss dynamite out of the airship, but it fails when Bond cuts the rope of the airship to let it rise and the airship is decimated, killing everyone inside. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3264x2448, 3035 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Central bank Federal Reserve System Golden Gate Bridge Tax Bank for International Settlements Income tax Tax, tariff and... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3264x2448, 3035 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Central bank Federal Reserve System Golden Gate Bridge Tax Bank for International Settlements Income tax Tax, tariff and... The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening into the San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean. ... The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening into the San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean. ... San Francisco Bay, San Pablo Bay, and the Golden Gate San Francisco Bay is a shallow, productive estuary through which water draining approximately forty percent of California, flowing in the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers from the Sierra Nevada mountains, enters the Pacific Ocean. ...

In the final scene, Q's surveillance robot, with Q himself at the controls, sneaks into Stacy's house and spots Bond and Stacy in the shower. When contacted by M about Bond's whereabouts, Q quips "He's cleaning up a few things," before the robot's view is obscured by a well-thrown nightdress.

Vehicles and gadgets

Main articles: List of James Bond vehicles and List of James Bond gadgets

• Iceberg Submarine — Bond escapes from a mission in Siberia by getting into a boat built to look like an iceberg.
• Bug Detector - Tibbet uses a device which is shaped like an electric razor to detect a bug hidden in the lamp near Bonds bed.

• Camera Ring — Bond wears a ring given to him by Q-Branch that acts as a camera.
• Polarized glasses — A pair of glasses with a variable polarization filter which enables Bond to see though a window despite daylight glare.
• Louis Vuitton Cheque-Book Imprint/Photocopier — Fortuitously shaped copying device which exactly fits over Zorin's cheque book allowing Bond to make a copy of the last cheque written.
• 1984 Renault 11 TXE — Bond steals this from a Parisian taxi driver to chase May Day after she killed a French secret agent, the car ends up being decapitated, and then chopped in half after going through a typical James Bond chase sequence.
• 1984 Chevrolet Corvette - Bond emerges from the waters of San Francisco bay and a KGB agent picks him up in the Corvette
• Rolls-Royce - driven by Patrick Macnee, it belonged to producer Albert R. Broccoli; for Macnee's small part, he received his own "starring" credit; that is, his name is the only name to appear on screen at the time.

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Cast

Main articles: List of James Bond henchmen in A View to a Kill and List of James Bond allies in A View to a Kill

Grace Jones as May Day

• Roger Moore as James Bond
• Robert Brown as M
• Desmond Llewelyn as Q
• Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny
• Christopher Walken as Max Zorin
• Tanya Roberts as Stacey Sutton
• Grace Jones as May Day
• Geoffrey Keen as Fredrick Gray (Minister of Defence)
• Walter Gotell as General Gogol
• Patrick Macnee as Sir Godfrey Tibbett
• Patrick Bauchau as Scarpine
• David Yip as Chuck Lee (CIA agent)
• Fiona Fullerton as Pola Ivanova
• Manning Redwood as Bob Conley
• Willoughby Gray as Dr. Carl Mortner
• Alison Doody as Jenny Flex
• Papillon Soo Soo as Pan Ho

This film is not only Roger Moore's swansong, but Lois Maxwell's as well. Maud Adams is often said to be visible as an extra in one of the Fisherman's Wharf scenes; in the DVD documentary Inside A View to a Kill, Adams explains that she was visiting her friend Roger Moore on location and ended up in the crowd, but admits she is unable to actually see herself in the film; director John Glen, in the same documentary, confirms that Adams appears as an extra, but does not specify where she is visible. The appearance remained a mystery for years until she was identified as standing in the background with a gentleman friend during one of the Fisherman's Wharf scenes. Adams, as a result, appears in three Bond films playing different characters, having previously played Andrea Anders in The Man with the Golden Gun in 1974 and the title role in Octopussy in 1983. A list of henchmen from the 1985 James Bond film A View to a Kill from the List of James Bond henchmen. ... 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Production

It was produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson. Wilson also co-authored the screenplay along with veteran screenwriter Richard Maibaum. At the end of Octopussy during the famed "James Bond Will Return" sequence, it listed the next film as "From a View to a Kill", the name of the original short story; however, the title was later changed a few months before filming, probably in order to accommodate some dialogue between MayDay and Zorin in which MayDay, looking at the Golden Gate Bridge says, "What a view..." and Zorin completes her sentence: "To a kill". The original title "From a View to a Kill" was taken by Fleming from a version of the words to a traditional hunting song "D'ye ken John Peel?": "From a find to a check, from a check to a view,/From a view to a kill in the morning". This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Michael G. Wilson (born 1943) is the stepson of the late James Bond producer Albert R. Broccoli and half brother to current James Bond producer, Barbara Broccoli. ... Richard Maibaum (May 26, 1909 - January 4, 1991) was an American film producer, playwright and screenwriter best known for his adaptations of Ian Flemings James Bond novels. ... Octopussy is a 1983 spy film. ... The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening into the San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean. ... John Peel (1776?-1854) was a British huntsman and is the subject of the 18th century song Dye ken John Peel? He was a Cumberland farmer, who kept a pack of fox hounds. ...

Leftover canisters of gasoline used during filming of Ridley Scott's Legend caused Pinewood Studios' "007 Stage" to be burnt to the ground in 1984. Albert R. Broccoli, the producer of the James Bond films, had the studio rebuilt in 4 months time so that filming could commence on A View to a Kill. The soundstage was renamed "Albert R. Broccoli's 007 Stage". In July 2006 the stage burned down a second time. Sir Ridley Scott (born November 30, 1937 in South Shields, County Durham) is an influential Academy Award-nominated English film director, and producer. ... Legend is a 1985 fantasy film released by 20th Century Fox (in Europe) and Universal Pictures (in the U.S. and Canada), directed by Ridley Scott and starring Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry, Alice Playten, and Billy Barty. ... The entrance to Pinewood Studios Pinewood Studios is a major British film studio situated approximately 20 miles west of London among the pine trees on what was the estate of Heatherden Hall, near the village of Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire. ... A sound stage is a hangar-like structure, building or room, that is soundproof for the production of theatrical motion pictures and television, usually inside a movie studio. ... Albert R. Broccolis 007 Stage (formerly 007 Stage) is one of the largest sound stages in the world, and certainly the most famous. ...

Casting

Christopher Walken as Max Zorin

Notably, Christopher Walken is the first Bond villain actor, and the only chief villain, to have won an Academy Award (for a different film) (Benicio del Toro was only a henchman to the chief villain in Licence to Kill). Walken had been a long-time fan of the James Bond series, and said that one of his inspirations as an actor was the character of Red Grant (played by Robert Shaw) in From Russia with Love (1963). Early publicity for A View to a Kill in 1984 included an announcement that David Bowie would play Max Zorin. A statement from Albert Broccoli went on record as saying "David would make the perfect villain. We plan to exploit his unique physical oddity - his different-coloured and different-sized eyes." Bowie replied that his appearance in the movie was "absolutely out of the question...I think for an actor it's probably an interesting thing to do, but I think that for somebody from rock it's more of a clown performance. And I didn't want to spend five months watching my stunt double fall off mountains." Many years later, Bowie said that "it was simply a terrible script and I saw little reason for spending so long on something that bad, that workmanlike. And I told them so. I don't think anyone had turned down a major role in a Bond before. It really didn't go down too well at all. They were very tetchy about it." The role of Zorin was offered to Sting and then to Christopher Walken.^[1] Image File history File links Christopherwalken007. ... Image File history File links Christopherwalken007. ... Christopher Walken (born March 31, 1943) is an Academy Award-winning American film and theatre actor. ... Max Zorin is a fictional character in the James Bond film A View to a Kill. ... A series of memorably despicable villains is a signature of the James Bond film series. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... Benicio Monserrat Rafael Del Toro Sanchez (born February 19, 1967, in San Germán, Puerto Rico) is an Academy Award winning Puerto Rican actor. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... A list of henchmen from the 1963 James Bond film and novel From Russia with Love from the List of James Bond henchmen. ... Robert Shaw as Quint in Jaws. ... For the video game, see From Russia with Love (video game). ... David Bowie (IPA: []) (born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947) is an English singer, songwriter, actor, multi-instrumentalist, producer, arranger and audio engineer. ... Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, CBE (born 2 October 1951), universally known by his stage name Sting, is an English musician from Newcastle upon Tyne. ...

Dolph Lundgren, best known for his role as Sylvester Stallone's boxing rival Ivan Drago in Rocky IV, has a brief appearance as one of General Gogol's KGB henchman. Grace Jones, who was dating Lundgren at the time, had asked the film's producers to find a small part for Lundgren. Lundgren appears during the confrontation between Gogol and Zorin at the racetrack; Lundgren is seen standing several steps below Gogol. during this scene, May Day lifts another of Gogol's henchman up over her head. Lundgren's character draws his gun. May Day then throws the other henchman into a wall. Dolph Lundgren (born Hans Lundgren, November 3, 1959[1]) is a Swedish actor, director and karateka. ... Sylvester Stallone (born July 6, 1946) is a two-time Academy Award-nominated American actor, director, producer and screenwriter. ... Ivan Drago (Russian: Иван Драго) is a fictional boxer played by Dolph Lundgren who was featured in Rocky IV of the Rocky series. ... Rocky IV is the fourth and most successful movie, in terms of box office gross, of the Rocky franchise. ... The following is a list of recurring and notable allies found throughout the James Bond films and novels. ...

Filming

In Paris it was planned that two stunt men, B.J. Worth and Don Caldvedt, would help film two takes of a parachute drop off 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 jump. Caldvedt, unhappy at not being able to perform the jump, parachuted off the tower without authorization from the City of Paris. He was subsequently sacked by the production team for jeopardizing the continuation of filming in the city. City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) The Eiffel Tower in Paris, as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ... The Apollo 15 capsule landed safely despite a parachute failure. ... The Eiffel Tower (French: , ) is an iron tower built on the Champ de Mars beside the River Seine in Paris, France. ... Sacked is an Australian slang term for being fired from an occupation. ...

When a company with a name similar to Zorin (the Zoran Corporation) was discovered in the United States, a disclaimer was added to the start of the film affirming that the evil Zorin was not related to any real-life company. This is one of only two Bond films to have a disclaimer at the start of the film (Licence to Kill had a disclaimer in the end credits about the dangers of smoking); The Living Daylights has a disclaimer about the use of the Red Cross logo. The Zoran Corporation (NASDAQ:ZRAN) was founded in 1983 by Dr. Levy Gerzberg, with focus on DSP technology. ... This July 2007 does not cite any references or sources. ...

In the mine scene towards the end of the film, Grace Jones' screams when sparks fly around her are genuine. The sparks were created to mimic the effect of electrical cables in and near the water, but Jones was not told about them.

Papillon Soo originally had many of Scarpine's lines and had a larger role as Pan Ho (such as almost the entire chateau sequence had her acting Scarpine's part), it was given to him for unknown reasons.

The Zorin Airship

In 1984, Airship Industries managed a major marketing coup with the inclusion of their Skyship 500 series airship in the film. At the time Airship Industries were producing a fleet of ships which were recognisable over many capitals of the world offering tours, or advertising sponsorship deals. As all Bond films have included the most current technology, this included the lighter than air interest. USS Akron (ZRS-4) in flight, November 2, 1931 An airship or dirigible is a buoyant lighter-than-air aircraft that can be steered and propelled through the air. ...

The Zorin Industries ship used was in fact an actual Skyship 500 which at the time was operating a promotional tour of Los Angeles for the 1984 Olympic Games.

In the film, the first introduction to lighter than air travel is when the villain, Max Zorin, made an appearance in airship used as a "mobile" HQ and conference suite, in a planned but currently nonexistent Skyship 6000. A mock up model had been made showing a larger Skyship 500 with a double decked gondola and four ducted propulsion units. This was shown floating over San Francisco Bay, and cleverly disposing of a conference passenger. The ship was similar to the designs at the time of a larger skyship 5000 and the envelope and shape of the gondola can be seen as almost direct copies of the designs. The ship was mocked up in green Zorin Industries livery. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... (Redirected from 1984 Olympic Games) There were two Olympic Games in the year 1984: 1984 Summer Olympics 1984 Winter Olympics This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... A Venetian gondola A gòndola is a traditional Venetian rowing boat. ... San Francisco Bay, San Pablo Bay, and the Golden Gate San Francisco Bay is a shallow, productive estuary through which water draining approximately forty percent of California, flowing in the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers from the Sierra Nevada mountains, enters the Pacific Ocean. ...

For the finale, the ship in question was in fact an actual Skyship 500 registration G-B1HN which at the time was operating a promotional tour of Los Angeles and had played a major part of the opening ceremony of the 1984 Olympic Games. For the games, the ship had "WELCOME" painted across the side of the hull. During the 1984 season, the ship was predominantly in green and red, as part of Fujifilm's blimp fleet. As the film was set around California, the Bond production team were also able to utilize the ship and shots of the ship over San Francisco and famous landmarks. (Redirected from 1984 Olympic Games) There were two Olympic Games in the year 1984: 1984 Summer Olympics 1984 Winter Olympics This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Fujifilm Holdings Corporation, or Fujifilm, is a Japanese company known for its photographic film and cameras. ...

The ship was adapted with a similar livery, bearing the fictitious Company of "Zorin Industries" and various smaller scale, yet perfectly working, models of the ship were used at various stages.

In the film, the ship is used as an escape vehicle for Max Zorin and his assistants. The escape airship was hidden inside a portable contractors office (portacabin) where the top extension collapsed down. This allowed escapees to enter the office door, and dramatically press a few buttons, and the roof of the building would collapse open, allowing the envelope to inflate through the top.

In actuality, this was not possible, as inflation can take up to 24 hours; however, In this film, the inflation took approximately two minutes.

Shooting locations

• Pinewood Studios / Albert R. Broccoli's 007 Stage
• Iceland
• Switzerland
• France
  • Eiffel Tower, Paris
  • Jules Verne Restaurant, Eiffel Tower
  • Château de Chantilly
• San Francisco, California — United States
  • Fisherman's Wharf
  • Golden Gate Bridge
  • Lefty O'Doul Bridge (in chase scene)
• England — United Kingdom
  • Ascot Racecourse
  • Amberley Working Museum

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Credits

At the conclusion of the end credits, it says the traditional "James Bond will return" but not the title of the next film as had been tradition since From Russia with Love, nor has the title of the next film been announced in the end credits of any Bond film since. For the video game, see From Russia with Love (video game). ...

Reception

A View to a Kill is usually mentioned along with The Man with the Golden Gun and Moonraker as one of the worst entries in the Bond series. Though totalling a box office take of $152.4 million worldwide, the U.S. box office was $50.3 million (not adjusted for inflation) with U.S. admissions of only 14.1 million - over seven million down from Octopussy (1983). The contemporary criticism centered on the aging Roger Moore (57 during filming). Roger Moore remarks in his solo commentary (2006 Ultimate DVD Edition) that he regards A View to A Kill as his least favorite Bond film he featured in, citing an increase in violence as a significant reason as well as the fact that he was ill throughout the majority of the shoot. Also reflecting on the issue of his age, he said, “Looking back I realized I did look as old as I felt”. In other interviews, Moore stated he felt somewhat embarrassed, since he found out during production that he was older than Tanya Roberts's mother. As with its predecessor Octopussy, this film is often cited as the reason why the creators decided to take the series, revived two years later with Timothy Dalton as Bond, in a darker, more morally ambiguous direction. The Man with the Golden Gun is the ninth film in the James Bond series and the second to star Roger Moore as MI6 agent James Bond. ... Moonraker is a 1979 spy film. ... ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Indian Ocean Territory,[1] the British Virgin Islands, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 2. ... Octopussy is a 1983 spy film. ... Tanya Roberts (born Victoria Leigh Blum on October 15, 1955) is an American actress best known for her roles in Charlies Angels, The Beastmaster, Sheena , A View to a Kill and That 70s Show. ... Octopussy is a 1983 spy film. ... Timothy Peter Dalton (born March 21, 1946[1]) is a Welsh born English actor of stage and screen, best known for portraying James Bond in The Living Daylights (1987) and Licence to Kill (1989) and in his roles in Shakespearean related films and plays. ...

Reviews weren't to the extent of Octopussy, as shown on Rotten Tomtoes with a 45% "Rotten".The plotline was also criticized for being almost identical to that of Goldfinger. In Goldfinger, the villain's scheme is to irradiate the entire U.S. gold reserve, making it worthless, causing financial meltdown in the West, plus the value of Auric Goldfinger's personal gold stocks would increase tenfold; correspondingly in A View to a Kill, Max Zorin intends to destroy Silicon Valley by triggering a massive earthquake, thus leaving his company with a monopoly on the microchip market, also similar to the plot of the 1978 film Superman: The Movie. Also as in Goldfinger, one of the business partners in the scam gets cold feet and would rather take the money and run. While Mr. Solo was assassinated by Oddjob and his body disposed of in a car crusher, in A View to a Kill, the dissenter in the ranks is dropped from Zorin's airship and into San Francisco Bay. Additionally, both Zorin and Goldfinger are being bankrolled by the Communists: in the former case, Zorin is an ex-KGB agent, while the bomb intended to irradiate Fort Knox is supplied by the Chinese. Some have noted that this movie clears up one of the most oft-cited plot issues with Goldfinger. In the earlier movie Goldfinger explains his plan to the room full of hoods, only to kill them seconds later. It has often been pointed out that he in fact had no reason to explain a plan to people he intended to kill. In A View to a Kill Zorin is negotiating a business contract so he has a reason to explain the plan. There are some who disagree that this was one of the worst Bond movies.^[2][3] Goldfinger is the third film in the James Bond series, and the third to star Sean Connery as the MI6 agent. ... Christopher Reeve as the Man of Steel, Superman Superman, also known as Superman: The Movie, is a 1978 Warner Bros. ... San Francisco Bay, San Pablo Bay, and the Golden Gate San Francisco Bay is a shallow, productive estuary through which water draining approximately forty percent of California, flowing in the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers from the Sierra Nevada mountains, enters the Pacific Ocean. ... This article is about United States Army post. ...

• Date of first broadcast in US: 5th November 1987, on ABC
• Date of first broadcast in UK: 31st January 1990 (7th most viewed programme in the UK in 1990)

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Soundtrack

Main article: A View to a Kill (soundtrack)

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Video games

A View to a Kill was also made into two video games in 1985. Namcos Pac-Man was a hit, and became a universal phenomenon. ...

The first, titled A View to a Kill, was published by Domark. It is available on ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, and MSX. Domark was a computer and video games software house based in Britain. ... The ZX Spectrum is a home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Sinclair Research Ltd. ... The Amstrad CPC was a series of 8-bit home computers produced by Amstrad during the 1980s and early 1990s. ... The Commodore 64 is the best-selling single personal computer model of all time. ... Sony MSX 1, Model HitBit-10-P MSX was the name of a standardized home computer architecture in the 1980s. ...

The second, titled James Bond 007: A View to a Kill was a text-based video game for DOS and Apple II computers. It was developed by Angelsoft, Inc. and published by Mindscape Inc. Usually used in reference to a computer application, especially a computer game, a text-based application is one whose primary input and output are based on text rather than graphics. ... Instructions on how to use the directory command. ... The 1977 Apple II, complete with integrated keyboard, color graphics, sound, a plastic case and eight expansion slots. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Related to the film, the character Mayday was a playable multiplayer character in the 1997 and 2000 video games GoldenEye 007 and The World Is Not Enough for the Nintendo 64. Mayday is also available as a A.I. bot in the 2002 video game, Nightfire.Later, Nikolai Diavolo, a character played by Willem Dafoe in the 2004 game James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing, claimed Max Zorin was his mentor and friend. In GoldenEye: Rogue Agent, A multiplayer level is the summit of the Golden Gate Bridge, Including a trapdoor deathtrap, and the Zorin blimp, which would fire on players when activated. Players are also able to climb on the large suspension cables, but only for a short distance before slipping and falling to their deaths. Online gaming redirects here. ... GoldenEye 007 is a 1997 first-person shooter video game developed by Rareware for the Nintendo 64 video game console, and based on the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This section needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ... Nightfire is a first-person shooter video game based on Ian Flemings British secret agent James Bond. ... William Dafoe, Jr. ... GoldenEye: Rogue Agent is a first-person shooter video game from Electronic Arts using the James Bond license. ... The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening into the San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean. ...

References

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