The Spy Who Loved Me, released in 1977, is the 10th film in the James Bond series and the third to star Roger Moore as MI6 agent James Bond. It was directed by Lewis Gilbert and the screenplay was written by Christopher Wood and Richard Maibaum. The film takes its title from the tenth novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series. Following a request by Ian Fleming when he sold the rights to the series that only the title of the novel be used, it is the first Bond film to be written with a wholly original plot line in its screenplay.^[1] The storyline involves a reclusive megalomaniac named Stromberg who plans to destroy the world and create a new civilization under the sea. Bond teams up with a Russian agent Anya Amasova to stop Stromberg. 007 - The Spy Who Loved Me movie poster File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... 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The Spy Who Loved Me film was highly acclaimed by critics.^[2] The soundtrack, composed by Marvin Hamlisch also met tremendous success. The film was nominated for three Academy Awards amidst many other nominations and subsequently novelised in 1977 by Christopher Wood as James Bond, The Spy Who Loved Me. Marvin Hamlisch (born June 2, 1944) is an American composer. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... See also: 1976 in literature, other events of 1977, 1978 in literature, list of years in literature. ...

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Plot

Ballistic missile submarines from the Royal Navy and the Soviet fleet are stolen in an attempt to launch their nuclear weapons at targets around the globe. Elsewhere in Austria, Bond escapes an ambush by Soviet agents, killing one of them in a downhill ski race that concludes when he skis off a cliff and falls only to open a Union Jack parachute. On returning, Bond learns that someone is trying to sell the plans of a highly advanced submarine tracking system to the highest bidder. He travels to Egypt, where he is assisted by a sheik who was a fellow student at Cambridge. The following day, he attempts to contact the prospective seller near the pyramids and first encounters Major Anya Amasova of the Soviet Army (codename "Triple X"), who becomes a rival in his search for the plans. Together, they travel across Egypt tracking the microfilm plans to Luxor, and down the Nile River. Ultimately, they partner due to a truce supported by their respective superiors at Abu Simbel and identify the person behind all the thefts as Karl Stromberg, a shipping tycoon. The Redoutable, a French SNLE (now a museum) A ballistic missile submarine is a submarine equipped to launch ballistic missiles (SLBMs), such as the Russian R-29 or the American/British Trident. ... This article is about the navy of the United Kingdom. ... Flag Ratio: 1:2 Union Jack is the commonly used name for the Union Flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. ... A view of the pyramids at Giza from the plateau to the south of the complex. ... Luxor on Nile, at Luxor Temple with mosque. ... There is also Nile, a death metal band from South Carolina, USA. The Nile in Egypt Length 6 695 km Elevation of the source 1 134 m Average discharge 2 830 m³/s Area watershed 3 400 000 km² Origin Africa Mouth the Mediterranean Basin countries Uganda - Sudan - Egypt The... Model showing the relative positions of the Abu Simbel temples before and after relocation Categories: Ancient Egypt stubs | Wonders of the World ... Karl Stromberg is a fictional character in the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me. ...

Bond and Amasova travel to Stromberg's base in Sardinia. In a train on their way, Bond saves Amasova as she is attacked by Stromberg's henchman, Jaws — finally, their rivalry changes into affection. Posing as a marine biologist and his wife, they visit Stromberg's base and discover that he has a mysterious new supertanker, the Liparus. After they leave the base, Jaws and other armed men, including a helicopter pilot named Naomi, chase them, but all attempts fail due to Bond's driving skills and the fact that his car – a Lotus Esprit from Q Branch – can convert into a submarine. Jaws retreats once again while Naomi and her other allies are killed. Some time later, Amasova learns Bond had killed her lover in Austria. She says that she will complete the mission with him, but kill him when it ends. Sardinia (pronounced ; Italian: ; Sardinian: or ) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily). ... Naomi is a fictional character in the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me, played by actress Caroline Munro. ... The Lotus Esprit was a sports car built by Lotus in the United Kingdom from 1976 to 2004. ... Q is a fictional character in the James Bond novels and films. ...

Assisted by American submarines, Bond and Amasova examine Stromberg's Atlantis base and confirm that he is operating the tracking system. But the submarine in which they then attempt to pursue the Liparus is captured by the supertanker. Stromberg begins to set his plan in motion — to launch nuclear missiles from the previously captured submarines to Moscow and New York City. This would trigger a global nuclear war, which Stromberg would outlive in his underwater hideout Atlantis, and subsequently a new civilisation would be established. Accordingly, he sets off to Atlantis, taking Amasova with him.

Stromberg's hideout, Atlantis

Bond stealthily opens Stromberg's weapon store-room and in no time, a huge battle ensues within the Liparus between its crew and the captured British, Russian, and American naval crews. With the help of the American submarine captain Bond is able to reprogramme the British and Soviet submarines to launch their missiles on each other, thus saving Moscow and New York. The captured Naval personnel annihilates Stromberg's henchmen and then sinks the Liparus. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...

Bond then insists on a final confrontation with Stromberg and the rescue of Amasova before the navy has to follow its orders and destroy Atlantis. Bond prevents himself from falling into a shark's tank inside Atlantis and finally confronts Stromberg in a dining room. He shoots Stromberg from beneath the table, but soon encounters Jaws. After a tough fight, Bond lifts Jaws using an electromagnet (which attracts Jaws' metal teeth) and then leaves him to be eaten by the shark.

Bond fighting Jaws inside Atlantis.

Bond then reunites with Amasova and they step into an escape pod as Atlantis is sunk. Amasova reminds Bond that she has vowed to kill him and draws her gun. But instead of shooting him, she fires at and opens a champagne bottle that he is holding. She admits having forgiven him and then, the two make love passionately. Nearby, Jaws gives the shark a lethal bite and swims out of Atlantis. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... An escape pod is a capsule or craft used to escape a vessel in an emergency, usually only big enough for one person. ...

Cast

• Roger Moore as James Bond (007): A British MI6 agent assigned to investigate the theft of two submarines.
• Barbara Bach as Anya Amasova (Agent Triple X): A Soviet KGB agent also investigating the theft. Her attraction to Bond is cut short when she learns he killed her lover.
• Curt Jürgens as Karl Stromberg: A megalomaniac planning to trigger World War III and destroy the world, then recreate a human settlement underwater.
• Richard Kiel as Jaws: Stromberg's henchman, afflicted by giantism. He makes repeated attempts to kill Bond and Amasova by biting them with his metal teeth.
• Caroline Munro as Naomi: Stromberg's personal pilot.
• Bernard Lee as M: The head of MI6.
• Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny: M's secretary.
• Desmond Llewelyn as Q: MI6's head of research and development. He supplies Bond with unique vehicles and gadgets, most notably the Lotus Esprit that converts into a submarine.
• Geoffrey Keen as Fredrick Gray: The British Minister of Defence.
• Walter Gotell as General Gogol: The head of KGB and Anya's boss.

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Production

The Spy Who Loved Me in many ways was a pivotal film for the Bond franchise, and was plagued since its conception by many problems. The first was the departure of Bond producer Harry Saltzman, who was forced to sell his half of the Bond film franchise in 1975 for twenty million pounds. Saltzman had branched out into several other ventures of dubious promise and consequently was struggling through personal financial reversals unrelated to Bond. This was exacerbated by the twin personal tragedies of his wife's terminal cancer (who Roger Moore recalls passing during the filming phase of this film's production cycle) and many of the symptoms of clinical depression in himself.^[3] This article does not cite any references or sources. ... GBP redirects here. ...

Another troubling aspect to the production was the difficulty in obtaining a director. The producers approached Steven Spielberg, who was in post production of Jaws, but ultimately decided to wait to see 'how the fish picture turns out'. The first director attached to the film was Guy Hamilton who directed the previous three Bond films as well as Goldfinger, but he left after being offered the opportunity to direct the 1978 film Superman (he was ultimately passed up for Richard Donner). EON Productions would later turn to Lewis Gilbert, who had directed the earlier Bond film You Only Live Twice. Steven Allan Spielberg (born December 18, 1946)[1] is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. ... Jaws is a 1975 thriller/horror film directed by Steven Spielberg, based on Peter Benchleys best-selling novel inspired by the Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916. ... Guy Hamilton (born September 11, 1922 [1]) is a noted English film director. ... Goldfinger is the third film in the James Bond series, and the third to star Sean Connery as the MI6 agent. ... For the franchise, see Superman film series. ... Richard Donner (born Richard Donald Schwartzberg on April 24, 1930) is an American film director and also producer through the production company, The Donners Company, he and his wife, producer Lauren Shuler-Donner, own. ... Lewis Gilbert (born March 6, 1920) is a British film director born in London, England. ... For the Ian Fleming novel, see You Only Live Twice. ...

With a director finally secured, the next hurdle was finishing the script, which had gone through several revisions by numerous writers. The initial villain of the film was Ernst Stavro Blofeld; however Kevin McClory who owned the film rights to Thunderball forced an injunction on EON Productions against using the character of Blofeld, or his international criminal organization, SPECTRE, which delayed production of the film further. The villain would later be changed from Blofeld to Karl Stromberg so that the injunction would not interfere with the production. Christopher Wood was later brought in by Lewis Gilbert to complete the script. Although Fleming had requested no elements from his original book be used, the novel features a thug named Sol Horror who is described as having steel-capped teeth. This character would be the basis for the character of Jaws. Ernst Stavro Blofeld is a fictional character from the James Bond universe. ... Kevin ODonovan McClory (b. ... For other topics with this name, see Thunderball. ... Look up Injunction in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Spectre, taken from the Battle for Wesnoth computer game. ... Karl Stromberg is a fictional character in the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me. ... Christopher Wood (November 5, 1935 in London, England, UK) is a screenwriter best known for the James Bond films The Spy Who Loved Me (1977 with Richard Maibaum) and Moonraker (1979), as well as for the two novelizations based upon these films. ... Jaws is a fictional assassin in the James Bond films The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker (plus some later videogames). ...

Script

Broccoli commissioned a number of writers to work on the script, including Stirling Silliphant, John Landis, Ronald Hardy, Anthony Burgess, and Derek Marlowe. In the second volume of his autobiography, Burgess claims to have worked on an early treatment for the movie. Eventually, Richard Maibaum provided the screenplay and at first, he tried to incorporate ideas from all of the other writers into his script. Maibaum's original script featured an alliance of international terrorists attacking SPECTRE's headquarters and deposing Blofeld before trying to destroy the world for themselves to make way for a New World Order. However, this was shelved. Anthony Burgess (February 25, 1917 – November 22, 1993) was a British novelist, critic and composer. ... 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. ...

Meanwhile, Guy Hamilton who had overseen the previous three Bond films who was originally assigned to direct The Spy Who Loved Me, decided he wanted to direct Superman (1978). This left the way open for Lewis Gilbert to return for direction, a decade after his success with You Only Live Twice in 1967. When he read Maibaum's script he recommended Broccoli bring in another writer, Christopher Wood, to have a go at polishing it but keeping both the notion of a supertanker that captured other ships and a new metal-toothed villain, Jaws. For the franchise, see Superman film series. ... Lewis Gilbert (born March 6, 1920) is a British film director born in London, England. ... For the Ian Fleming novel, see You Only Live Twice. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... Christopher Wood could refer to: Christopher Wood, the artist. ...

Wood's proposed changes to Maibaum's draft script were agreed by Broccoli but before he could set to work there were more legal complications. In the years since Thunderball (1965), Kevin McClory had set up two film companies and was trying to make a new Bond film in collaboration with Sean Connery and novelist Len Deighton. McClory got wind of Broccoli's plans to use SPECTRE, an organisation that had first been created by Fleming while working with McClory and Jack Whittingham on the very first attempt to film Thunderball, back even before it was a novel, in the late 1950s. McClory threatened to sue Broccoli for alleged copyright infringement, claiming that he had the sole right to include SPECTRE and its agents in all films. Not wishing to extend the already ongoing legal dispute that could have delayed the production of The Spy Who Loved Me, Broccoli requested Wood to remove all references to Blofeld and SPECTRE from the script.^[4] For other topics with this name, see Thunderball. ... Kevin ODonovan McClory (b. ... Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born August 25, 1930) is a Academy Award, Golden Globe, and BAFTA Award-winning Scottish actor and producer who is perhaps best known as the first actor to portray James Bond in cinema, starring in seven Bond films. ... Len Deighton (left) teaches Michael Caine how to break an egg on the set of The IPCRESS File. ... Thunderball is the eighth novel by Ian Fleming based on the fictional British Secret Service agent Commander James Bond. ...

In the film, Stromberg's scheme to destroy civilization by capturing Soviet and British nuclear submarines and have them fire intercontinental ballistic missiles at two major cities is actually a recycled plot from a previous Bond film, You Only Live Twice, which was similar in that by stealing space capsules it would start a war between the Soviets and the Americans. The idea of commandeering nuclear missiles and threatening to fire them at two major cities likewise recalls the plot of Thunderball. The scheme in which the villain wishes to destroy mankind to create a new race or new civilization was also used in Moonraker, the next film after The Spy Who Loved Me. In Moonraker, the villain Hugo Drax had an obsession with starting human civilization over in space. The film Moonraker was also written by Christopher Wood. For the Ian Fleming novel, see You Only Live Twice. ... For other topics with this name, see Thunderball. ... Moonraker is a 1979 spy film. ... Sir Hugo Drax is a fictional character and villain created by author Ian Fleming for the James Bond novel Moonraker. ...

Filming

The Lotus Esprit as seen falling into the sea and then in submarine mode.

The film was shot at the Pinewood Studios in London, Porto Cervo in Sardinia, Egypt (Mosque of Ibn Tulun, Gayer-Anderson Museum), Malta, Scotland, Okinawa, Switzerland and Mount Asgard on Baffin Island in the then northern Canadian territory of Northwest territories (now located in Nunavut). Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The gatehouse at Pinewood Studios Pinewood Studios is a major British film studio situated in Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Porto Cervo is regarded as the jewel town of the Costa Smeralda and is located in the gulf of the same name in northern Sardinia. ... Ibn Tulun Mosque is located in Cairo, Egypt. ... The Gayer-Anderson Museum is located in Cairo, Egypt, adjacent to the Mosque of Ahmad ibn Tulun in the Sayyida Zeinab neighborhood. ... This article is about the country. ... This article is about the prefecture. ... Mount Asgard is a well-known twin peaked mountain on Baffin Island, both flat-topped cylindrical rock towers, separated by a saddle. ... Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. ... Main articles: History of Canada, Timeline of Canadian history Canada has been inhabited by aboriginal peoples (known in Canada as First Nations) for at least 40,000 years. ... For the former United States territory, see Northwest Territory. ... For the Canadian federal electoral district, see Nunavut (electoral district). ...

In March 1976 construction began of a new sound stage at Pinewood, the 007 Stage. To complement this stage, EON also paid for the building a water tank in capable of storing approximately 1,200,000 gallons. The soundstage was in fact so enormous that celebrated director Stanley Kubrick visited the production, in secret, to advise on how to light the stage.^[5] Kubrick redirects here. ...

The main unit began its work in August 1976, travelling first to Sardinia and later to Egypt for some of the film's early scenes. While in Sardinia, Moore drove the first of two Lotus Esprits that were to feature in the film. The second specially modified model was unveiled by Ken Adam and Derek Meddings in October when the second unit, travelled to Nassau to film the underwater sequences.^[5] The main feature of the car was the ability to transform into a submarine. Once transformed it could unleash depth charges and smoke screens. The car seen entering the sea was a shell, propelled off the jetty by a compressed air cannon. The car was registered as PPW 306R. Only two cars of the type were available, and so the production had to requisition the Esprit from Colin Chapman, the head of the Lotus Company."^[6] Next on the schedule was the filming of Richard Kiel's first scenes as Jaws from September 5, 1976 onwards.^[7] For other uses, see August (disambiguation). ... Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sardinia (pronounced ; Italian: ; Sardinian: or ) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily). ... The Lotus Esprit was a sports car built by Lotus in the United Kingdom from 1976 to 2004. ... For other uses of Nassau, see Nassau (disambiguation). ... Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman (19 May 1928 - 16 December 1982)[1] was an influential British designer, inventor, and builder in the automotive industry. ... is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

While construction of the "Liparus" set continued, the second unit headed by John Glen departed for Mount Asgard where in July 1976 they staged the film's pre-credits sequence. Bond film veteran Willy Bogner captured the action staged by stuntman Rick Sylvester who earned $30,000 for the stunt.^[8] This stunt cost $500,000 - the most expensive single movie stunt at that time. John Glen is a noted film director, born May 15, 1932 in Sunbury-on-Thames, England. ... Mount Asgard is a well-known twin peaked mountain on Baffin Island, both flat-topped cylindrical rock towers, separated by a saddle. ... Rick Sylvester is a Hollywood stuntman, most famous for his BASE jump using skis and parachute from Canadas Mount Asgard for the James Bond movie The Spy Who Loved Me in July 1976. ...

The production team returned briefly to the UK to shoot at the Faslane submarine base before setting off to Spain, Portugal and the Bay of Biscay where the super tanker exteriors were filmed. On 5 December 1976, with principal photography finished, the 007 Stage was formally opened by the then Prime Minister Harold Wilson.^[5] James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, PC (11 March 1916 – 24 May 1995) was one of the most prominent British politicians of the 20th century. ...

In the DVD commentary, a saltwater swimming pool (which was used for Stromberg's shark tank) with a live shark was used, which was filmed in the Bahamas along with stunt doubles.

Music

Main article: The Spy Who Loved Me (soundtrack)

The theme song "Nobody Does it Better" composed by Marvin Hamlisch, written by Carole Bayer Sager, and performed by Carly Simon. It was the first theme song in the James Bond series to be titled differently than the name of the movie,^[9] although the title is in the lyric. Alternate cover Re-release cover The Spy Who Loved Me is the soundtrack for the 10th James Bond film of the same name. ... Original The Spy Who Loved Me soundtrack cover, featuring Nobody Does It Better Nobody Does It Better is a James Bond theme used for the 1977 film The Spy Who Loved Me and released Single EP, Soundtrack Album. ... Marvin Hamlisch (born June 2, 1944) is an American composer. ... Carole Bayer Sager (born March 8, 1947 in New York City, New York) is an American lyricist, songwriter and singer best-known for writing the lyrics to many popular songs performed on Broadway and in Hollywood films. ... Carly Elisabeth Simon (born June 25, 1945 in New York City) is an Academy Award, Golden Globe and two-time Grammy Award winning American musician who emerged as one of the leading lights of the early 1970s singer-songwriter movement. ...

The song met immediate success and is featured in numerous movies including Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), Little Black Book (2004), Lost in Translation and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004). In 2004, it was honoured by the American Film Institute as the 67th greatest song as part of their 100 Years Series. Mr. ... The year 2005 in film involved some significant events. ... Promotional poster for Little Black Book Little Black Book is a 2004 drama / romantic comedy film, directed by Nick Hurran. ... The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. ... Lost in Translation is an Academy Award-winning 2003 comedy-drama film. ... Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason is a 2004 movie directed by Beeban Kidron. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The American Film Institute, celebrating the 100th anniversary of film, created several top 100 lists covering movies in American cinema. ...

The soundtrack to the movie was composed by Marvin Hamlisch, who filled in for veteran John Barry due to his being unavailable for work in the United Kingdom due to tax reasons. The soundtrack, in comparison to other Bond films of the time, is more disco-oriented and included a new disco rendition of The James Bond Theme entitled "Bond 77". In addition, Hamlisch incorporated into his score several pieces of classical music. For instance while feeding a duplicitous secretary to a shark, Stromberg plays Bach's Air on the G String, that was famous for accompanying disaster-prone characters. He then plays the opening string section of the second movement, Andante, of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21 'Elvira Madigan' as his hideout Atlantis rises from the sea. Marvin Hamlisch (born June 2, 1944) is an American composer. ... John Barry, OBE (born John Barry Prendergast on 3 November 1933 in York, England) is a renowned Golden Globe and five-time Academy Award-winning English film score composer. ... This article is about the music genre. ... The James Bond Theme is one of the signature themes for the James Bond films. ... “Bach” redirects here. ... The Air on the G String is an adaptation of Johann Sebastian Bachs famous Air. ... “Mozart” redirects here. ...

Release and reception

The Spy Who Loved Me opened with a Royal Premiere, attended by Princess Anne, at the Odeon Leicester Square in London on 7 July 1977 (i.e., 7.7.77). It grossed $185.4million worldwide,^[10] with $46 million in the United States alone.^[11] On August 25, 2006, the film was re-released at the Empire Leicester Square Cinema for one week.^[12] It was again shown at the Empire Leicester Square 20 April 2008 when Director Lewis Gilbert attended the first digital screening of the film. Princess Anne redirects here. ... Leicester Square at night in 2005: a view towards the northeast corner. ... is the 237th day of the year (238th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The film was received positively by most critics and is considered by some the best James Bond film to star Roger Moore.^[2] Christopher Null praised the gadgets, particularly the Lotus Esprit car.^[13] James Berardinelli of Reelviews said that the film is "suave and sophisticated", and Barbara Bach proves to be an ideal Bond girl — "attractive, smart, sexy, and dangerous".^[14] Brian Webster stated the special effects as "good for a 1979[sic] film", and Marvin Hamlisch’s music, "memorable".^[15] The Times placed Jaws and Stromberg as the sixth and seventh best Bond villains (respectively) in the series in 2008,^[16] and also named the Espirit as the second best car in the series (behind the Aston Martin DB5).^[17] A Bond Girl is a character or actress portraying a love interest or sex object of James Bond in a film, novel or video game. ... The Times is a national newspaper published daily in the United Kingdom (and the Kingdom of Great Britain before the United Kingdom existed) since 1788 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register. ... The 1963 Aston Martin DB5 was an improved DB4. ...

Marvin Hamlisch was nominated for several awards such as the Academy Award for Best Song, Original Music Score, the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score,Grammy Award for Best Score for a Motion Picture and the BAFTA Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music ("Nobody Does It Better") in 1978. Additionally, Ken Adam was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction and BAFTA for Best Production Design/Art Direction The Academy Award for Best Song is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are songwriters and composers. ... The Academy Award for Original Music Score is presented to the best substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically for the film by the submitting composer. ... For the main article see Golden Globe Awards. ... The Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media has been awarded since 1960. ... BAFTA Award The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ... Original The Spy Who Loved Me soundtrack cover, featuring Nobody Does It Better Nobody Does It Better is a James Bond theme used for the 1977 film The Spy Who Loved Me and released Single EP, Soundtrack Album. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... Sir Ken Adam (born 5 February 1921 as Klaus Adam) is a production designer most famous for his set designs for the early films in the James Bond series. ... The Academy Awards are the oldest awards ceremony for achievements in motion pictures. ... BAFTA Award The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ...

Novelisation

Main article: James Bond, The Spy Who Loved Me

1977 Triad/Panther British paperback edition

When Ian Fleming sold the film rights to the James Bond novels to Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli, he gave permission only for the title The Spy Who Loved Me to be used. Since the screenplay for the film had nothing to do with Fleming's original novel, Glidrose Publications, for the first time, authorised that a novelization be written based upon the script. This would also be the first regular Bond novel published since Colonel Sun nearly a decade earlier. Christopher Wood, who co-authored the screenplay, was commissioned to write the book titled James Bond, The Spy Who Loved Me. 2003 Penguin Books paperback edition The Spy Who Loved Me is a James Bond novel by Ian Fleming first published in 1962. ... Download high resolution version (533x832, 74 KB) This work is copyrighted. ... Download high resolution version (533x832, 74 KB) This work is copyrighted. ... Ian Fleming Publications is the production company formerly known as both Glidrose Productions Limited and Glidrose Publications Limited, named after its founders John Gliddon and Norman Rose. ... A novelization (or novelisation in British English) is a work of fiction that is written based on some other media story form rather than as an original work. ... 1978 reprint by Panther Books. ... Christopher Wood (November 5, 1935 in London, England, UK) is a screenwriter best known for the James Bond films The Spy Who Loved Me (1977 with Richard Maibaum) and Moonraker (1979), as well as for the two novelizations based upon these films. ...

The novelisation and the screenplay, although both written by Wood, are somewhat different. In the novelisation SMERSH is still active and after James Bond. Their role begins during the pre-title. After the mysterious death of Fekkish, SMERSH appears yet again, this time capturing and torturing Bond for the whereabouts of the microfilm that retains plans for a submarine tracking system (Bond escapes after killing two of the interrogators). The appearance of SMERSH conflicts with a number of Bond stories, including the film The Living Daylights (1987), in which a character remarks that SMERSH has been defunct for over 20 years. It also differs from the latter half of Fleming's Bond novels in which SMERSH is mentioned to have been put out of operation. Members of SMERSH from the novelization include Amasova and her lover Sergei Borzov as well as Colonel-General Niktin, a character from Fleming's novel From Russia with Love who has since become the head of SMERSH. In the book, Jaws remains attached to the magnet that Bond dips into the tank, as opposed to the film where Bond releases Jaws into the water.^[18] SMERSH (in capitalised letters) is a Soviet counterintelligence agency featured in Ian Flemings early James Bond novels and films as agent 007s nemesis. ... For other uses, see The Living Daylights (disambiguation). ... // May 9 - Actor Tom Cruise marries actress Mimi Rogers. ... From Russia with Love, published in 1957, is the fifth James Bond novel written by Ian Fleming and is considered to be one of the best in the series—the 1963 film version has been often cited by several film critics as the best of the movie franchise. ...

See Also

• 007: Nightfire, a 2002 video game featuring the Atlantis setting from this film.
• sQuba, a submersible car inspired by the movie.^[19]

References

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Bibliography

• Wood, Christopher (2006). James Bond, The Spy I Loved. Twenty First Century Publishers. ISBN 1904433537. 

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