A View to a Kill (1985)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

John Glen

Writers:

Ian Fleming (story)
Richard Maibaum (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

24 May 1985 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Thriller

Tagline:

Adventure Above And Beyond All Other Bonds

Plot:

An investigation of a horse-racing scam leads 007 to a mad industrialist who plans to create a worldwide microchip monopoly by destroying California's Silicon Valley.

Plot Keywords:

Silicon Valley | Microchip | James Bond | Earthquake | Computer

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 4 nominations

Cast

Roger Moore	...	James Bond
Christopher Walken	...	Max Zorin
Tanya Roberts	...	Stacey Sutton
Grace Jones	...	May Day
Patrick Macnee	...	Sir Godfrey 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 / Hans Glaub
Desmond Llewelyn	...	Q
Robert Brown	...	M
Lois Maxwell	...	Miss Moneypenny
Walter Gotell	...	General Anatol Gogol
Geoffrey Keen	...	Sir Frederick Gray
Jean Rougerie	...	Aubergine
Daniel Benzali	...	WG Howe
Bogdan Kominowski	...	Klotkoff
Papillon Soo	...	Pan Ho (as Papillon Soo Soo)
Mary Stavin	...	Kimberley Jones
Dominique Risbourg	...	Butterfly Act Compere
Carole Ashby	...	Whistling Girl
Anthony Chinn	...	Taiwanese Tycoon (as Anthony Chin)
Lucien Jérôme	...	Paris Taxi Driver (as Lucien Jerome)
Joe Flood	...	U.S. Police Captain
Gérard Buhr	...	Auctioneer (as Gérard Bühr)
Dolph Lundgren	...	Venz
Tony Sibbald	...	Mine Foreman
Bill Ackridge	...	O'Rourke
Ron Tarr	...	Guard #1
Taylor McAuley	...	Guard #2
Peter Ensor	...	Tycoon
Seva Novgorodtsev	...	Helicopter Pilot
Sian Adey-Jones	...	The Girls
Caroline Hallett	...	The Girls
Nike Clark	...	The Girls
Paula Thomas	...	The Girls
Gloria Douse	...	The Girls
Lou-Anne Ronchi	...	The Girls
Elke Ritschel	...	The Girls
Mayako Torigai	...	The Girls
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Maud Adams	...	Woman in Fisherman's Wharf Crowd (uncredited)
Celine Cawley	...	The Girls (uncredited)
Helen Clitherow	...	The Girls (uncredited)
Tim Condren	...	Thug at Stacey's House (uncredited)
Clive Curtis	...	Salesman at Eiffel Tower (uncredited)
Deborah Hanna	...	The Girls (uncredited)
Kit Hillier	...	Head Waiter (uncredited)
Terri Johns	...	The Girls (uncredited)
Karen Loughlin	...	The Girls (uncredited)
Derek Lyons	...	Main Stike Mine Crew (uncredited)
Roland Malet	...	Auctioneer at Zoran's sale (uncredited)
Patricia Martinez	...	The Girls (uncredited)
Kim Ashfield Norton	...	The Girls (uncredited)
Doug Robinson	...	Thug at Stacey's House (uncredited)
Terry Sach	...	Mining Guard searhing truck for Bond (uncredited)
Suzanne Saunders	...	KGO 7 Reporter (uncredited)
Jane Spencer	...	The Girls (uncredited)
Michael G. Wilson	...	Man heard over loudspeaker at San Francisco City Hall (voice) (uncredited)
Steven Zax	...	Man in Fisherman's Wharf Crowd (uncredited)

Directed by
John Glen

Writing credits
Ian Fleming		(story "From A View to a Kill")
Richard Maibaum		(screenplay) and
Michael G. Wilson		(screenplay)

Produced by
Albert R. Broccoli	....	producer
Tom Pevsner	....	associate producer (as Thomas Pevsner)
Michael G. Wilson	....	producer

Original Music by
John Barry

Cinematography by
Alan Hume		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Peter Davies

Casting by
Debbie McWilliams

Production Design by
Peter Lamont

Art Direction by
John Fenner

Set Decoration by
Crispian Sallis

Costume Design by
Emma Porteus		(as Emma Porteous)

Makeup Department
Eric Allwright	....	makeup artist
Joan Carpenter	....	hair stylist
George Frost	....	makeup supervisor
Ramon Gow	....	hair styles supervisor
Vera Mitchell	....	hair stylist
Bunty Phillips	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Leonhard Gmür	....	production manager
Jon Thor Hannesson	....	production manager
Philip Kohler	....	production manager
Ned Kopp	....	production supervisor: San Francisco
Iris Rose	....	unit manager
Serge Touboul	....	production manager
Anthony Waye	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Peter Bennett	....	assistant director: second unit
Willy Bogner	....	director: ski sequence
Laurent Brégeat	....	additional assistant director (as Laurent Bregeat)
Barbara Broccoli	....	additional assistant director
Gerry Gavigan	....	assistant director
Simon Haveland	....	additional assistant director
Nick Heckstall-Smith	....	additional assistant director
Edi Hubschmid	....	additional assistant director
Terry Madden	....	additional assistant director
Serge Ménard	....	additional assistant director (as Serge Menard)
Andrew Warren	....	additional assistant director
Arthur Wooster	....	second unit director
Radu Mihaileanu	....	assistant director: stunt unit (uncredited)
Geoffrey Moore	....	third assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Ted Ambrose	....	assistant art director
Michael Boone	....	assistant art director
Jille Brown	....	assistant set decorator
Kathrin Brunner	....	additional art director (as Katharina Brunner)
John Chisholm	....	property master
Ken Court	....	additional art director
Roger W. Deer	....	sketch artist (as Roger Deer)
Serge Douy	....	additional art director
Armin Ganz	....	additional art director
Michael Lamont	....	additional art director
Jim Morahan	....	assistant art director (as James Morahan)
Maciek Piotrowski	....	sketch artist
Ron Quelch	....	production buyer
Michael Redding	....	construction manager
Ernest Smith	....	scenic artist
Jacqueline Stears	....	scenic artist
Alan Tomkins	....	additional art director
Alan Cheevers	....	plasterer: stand-by on titles (uncredited)
Michel Conche	....	on-set propman (uncredited)
Barry Gibbs	....	props (uncredited)
Gavin Gordon	....	carpenter (uncredited)
Mark Harris	....	art department model maker (uncredited)
Dale Haugo	....	local lead scenic artist (uncredited)
Steve Payne	....	props stand-by: second unit (uncredited)
Anne Seibel	....	assistant set decorator (uncredited)
Bob Sherwood	....	stand-by prop (uncredited)

Sound Department
Derek Ball	....	sound recordist
Bill Barringer	....	assistant dubbing editor
Stan Fiferman	....	dubbing editor (as Stanley Fiferman)
Nigel Galt	....	dubbing editor
Graham V. Hartstone	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Graham Hartstone)
John Hayward	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jack T. Knight	....	dubbing editor (as Jack Knight)
Jean-Pierre Lelong	....	sound effects
Colin Miller	....	sound editor
Ken Nightingall	....	boom operator
Andrew Glen	....	assistant sound editor (uncredited)
Nicolas Le Messurier	....	sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Patrick Moriarty	....	sound effects: action unit (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Lawrence J. Cavanaugh	....	special effects (as Larry Cavanaugh)
John Morris	....	special effects
Kenneth Morris	....	special effects (as Ken Morris)
Willi Neuner	....	special effects (as Willy Neuner)
John Richardson	....	special effects supervisor
André Trielli	....	special effects
Joss Williams	....	special effects
Chris Corbould	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Neil Corbould	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Michael Dawson	....	special effects assistant (uncredited)
Nick Finlayson	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
David Harris	....	special effects foreman (uncredited)
R. Bruce Steinheimer	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Andy Williams	....	special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Leslie Dear	....	model photographer
Roy Moores	....	front projection
Charles Staffell	....	front projection
Alan Church	....	optical camera (uncredited)
Julian Parry	....	model unit (uncredited)

Stunts
M. James Arnett	....	stunt team supervisor (as Jim Arnett)
Pat Banta	....	stunt team
Robert Blasco	....	stunt driver
Christian Bonnichon	....	stunt driver
Jean-Claude Bonnichon	....	stunt driver
Claude Carliez	....	stunt team supervisor
Tracey Eddon	....	stunt team
Elaine Ford	....	stunt team
Martin Grace	....	action sequence arranger
Jean-Claude Houbart	....	stunt driver
Dominique Julienne	....	stunt driver
Michel Julienne	....	stunt driver
Rémy Julienne	....	driving stunts arranger (as Remy Julienne)
Jean-Claude Lagniez	....	stunt driver
Doug Robinson	....	stunt team
Michael Runyard	....	stunt team (as Mike Runyard)
Bob Simmons	....	stunt team supervisor
Bill Weston	....	stunt team
Jason White	....	stunt team
Marc Wolff	....	stunt pilot
B.J. Worth	....	parachute stunt: Eiffel Tower jump
Gillian Aldam	....	additional stunts (uncredited)
Del Baker	....	additional stunts (uncredited)
Dickey Beer	....	additional stunts (uncredited)
Dickey Beer	....	stunt coordinator snow ski unit (uncredited)
David Brandon	....	additional stunts (uncredited)
Terry Cade	....	stunts (uncredited)
Helen Caldwell	....	additional stunts (uncredited)
Don 'Tweet' Caltvedt	....	stunts (uncredited)
Dennis Camsey	....	additional stunts (uncredited)
Jack Carpenter	....	stunts (uncredited)
Tim Condren	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jack Cooper	....	additional stunts (uncredited)
Jean Coulter	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Gerry Crampton	....	additional stunts (uncredited)
Simon Crane	....	additional stunts (uncredited)
Graeme Crowther	....	additional stunts (uncredited)
Clive Curtis	....	additional stunts (uncredited)
Peter Diamond	....	stunts (uncredited)
John Eaves	....	ski stunt double: Roger Moore (uncredited)
Eddie Eddon	....	additional stunts (uncredited)
Stuart Fell	....	additional stunts (uncredited)
Terry Forestal	....	stunts (uncredited)
Tex Fuller	....	additional stunts (uncredited)
Martin Grace	....	ski stunt double: Roger Moore (uncredited)
Martin Grace	....	stunt double: Roger Moore, Golden Gate (uncredited)
Richard Graydon	....	additional stunts (uncredited)
Fred Haggerty	....	additional stunts (uncredited)
Reg Harding	....	additional stunts (uncredited)
Michael Haynes	....	ski stunt double: Roger Moore (uncredited)
Paul Heasman	....	additional stunts (uncredited)
Tom Hegarty	....	additional stunts (uncredited)
Frank Henson	....	stunts (uncredited)
Eddie Hice	....	stunts (uncredited)
Nick Hobbs	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jazzer Jeyes	....	stunts (uncredited)
Rémy Julienne	....	stunt double driver: Roger Moore (uncredited)
Jean-Claude Lagniez	....	stunt double driver: Roger Moore (uncredited)
George Leech	....	stunt double: Willoughby Gray (uncredited)
George Leech	....	stunts (uncredited)
Steven Lincoln	....	mono ski stunt double: Roger Moore (uncredited)
Jimmy Lodge	....	stunts (uncredited)
Mark McBride	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bronco McLoughlin	....	stunts (uncredited)
Patrick Médioni	....	stunts (uncredited)
Wayne Michaels	....	stunts (uncredited)
Lex Milloy	....	stunts (uncredited)
Valentino Musetti	....	stunts (uncredited)
Mike Potter	....	stunts (uncredited)
Dinny Powell	....	stunts (uncredited)
Eddie Powell	....	stunts (uncredited)
Greg Powell	....	stunts (uncredited)
Joe Powell	....	stunt arranger (uncredited)
Nosher Powell	....	stunts (uncredited)
Karen Price	....	stunt double: Tanya Roberts, Golden Gate (uncredited)
Thomas Sims	....	ski stunt double: Roger Moore (uncredited)
Tony Smart	....	stunts (uncredited)
Trevor Steedman	....	stunts (uncredited)
Stuart St. Paul	....	stunts (uncredited)
Roy Street	....	stunts (uncredited)
Malcolm Weaver	....	stunts (uncredited)
Chris Webb	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bill Weston	....	stunt double: Christopher Walken (uncredited)
Dick Ziker	....	stunt double: Roger Moore (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Peter Allwork	....	aerial camera operator
Kenneth Atherfold	....	camera grip (as Ken Atherfold)
Willy Bogner	....	photographer: ski sequence
David L. Butler	....	aerial camera operator (as David Butler)
Jan d'Alquen	....	additional photographer
Mike Evans	....	focus puller (as Michael Evans)
Mike Frift	....	camera operator (as Michael Frift)
Keith Hamshere	....	still photographer
Robert Hillmann	....	camera operator: second unit
Simon Hume	....	focus puller
Colin Manning	....	camera grip
Douglas Milsome	....	aerial camera operator (as Doug Milsome)
John Tythe	....	electrical supervisor
Malcolm Vinson	....	camera operator: second unit
George Whitear	....	still photographer
Arthur Wooster	....	photographer: second unit
Egil S. Woxholt	....	additional photographer (as Egil Woxholt)
John Glen	....	clapper loader: pre-shot scenes of San Francisco (uncredited)
Mark Hanlon	....	electrician (uncredited)
Alan Hume	....	camera operator: pre-shot scenes of San Francisco (uncredited)
Thomas Laughridge	....	camera operator: additional unit (uncredited)
Bill Pelkey	....	best boy electric: second unit (uncredited)
Nigel Seal	....	second assistant camera (uncredited)
Anthony Waye	....	focus puller: pre-shot scenes of San Francisco (uncredited)

Casting Department
Janet Hirshenson	....	casting: USA
Jane Jenkins	....	casting: USA

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Azzedine Alaïa	....	additional wardrobe: Grace Jones (as Azzedine Alaïa)
Tiny Nicholls	....	costume supervisor
Renate Wienert	....	wardrobe supervisor (uncredited)

Editorial Department
John Nuth	....	assistant editor
Henry Richardson	....	additional editor
John S. Smith	....	additional editor
Mark Mostyn	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
John Barry	....	conductor
Alan Killick	....	music editor
Dick Lewzey	....	music mixer
Monty Norman	....	composer: James Bond theme
Nic Raine	....	orchestrator (as Nicholas Raine)
Sidney Margo	....	music contractor (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Billy G. Arter	....	transportation coordinator
Arnaud Esterez	....	transportation (uncredited)

Other crew
Agust Baldursson	....	location manager
Tina Banta	....	contact: USA
Reginald A. Barkshire	....	production controller
Nicholas T. Bennett	....	pilot: Skyship 500
Steph Benseman	....	location manager
Maurice Binder	....	title designer: main titles
Willy Bogner	....	director: ski sequence
Mauricette Boissard	....	location accountant (as Mauricette Boisard)
Brian Bowes	....	horse team
Joanna Brown	....	production secretary
Joe Brown	....	snow team
May Capsaski	....	production coordinator (as May Capsaskis)
Daphne Carr	....	continuity: second unit
Jennifer Collen-Smith	....	publicity assistant
Hazel Crombie	....	location accountant
Ira Curtis-Coleman	....	computer effects (as Ira Curtis Coleman)
Penny Daniels	....	continuity: second unit
Nick Daubeny	....	location manager
Christian de Lagarde	....	horse team
Jean-Marc Deschamps	....	location manager
John Eaves	....	snow team
Rory Enke	....	location manager
Tony Escritt	....	advisor: Iceland
Anthony Fairbairn	....	horse team
Nathalie Farjon	....	production coordinator
Andrea Florineth	....	snow team
Geoff Freeman	....	unit publicist
Norma Garment	....	production coordinator
Jerry Grayson	....	pilot
Sally Hayman	....	production coordinator
Richard Holley	....	pilot (as Rick Holley)
Charles Juroe	....	marketing director
Janine King	....	production secretary
Christl Kirchner	....	location accountant
Robert Liechti	....	pilot
Steven Link	....	snow team
Mario Luraschi	....	horse team
Jane Meagher	....	location accountant
Maureen Murphy	....	production coordinator
François Nadal	....	horse team
Douglas Noakes	....	production accountant
June Randall	....	continuity
Marcel Riou	....	horse team
Peter Rohe	....	snow team
Thomas Sims	....	snow team
Doris Spriggs	....	assistant: Mr. Moore
Mary Stellar	....	contact: USA
Charles A. Tamburro	....	aerial coordinator
Charles A. Tamburro	....	pilot (as Chuck Tamburro)
Olivier Victor-Thomas	....	horse team
Marc Wolff	....	pilot
Stefan Zürcher	....	location manager
Cathryn Blum	....	key location assistant (uncredited)
Thomas 'Doc' Boguski	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Don 'Tweet' Caltvedt	....	skydiver backup (uncredited)
Jean-Louis Monthieux	....	location manager (uncredited)
Michael Turk	....	iceberg minisub constructor (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Danjaq
• Eon Productions
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
• United Artists

Distributors

• MGM/UA Entertainment Company (1985) (USA) (theatrical) (as MGM/UA Entertainment Co.)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2000) (Australia) (DVD) (Special Edition)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2006) (Brazil) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox (2006) (UK) (DVD) (Ultimate Edition)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1989) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• CBS/Fox Home Video (1986) (USA) (VHS)
• MGM Home Entertainment (Europe) (2001) (UK) (DVD)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (USA) (DVD)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (USA) (laserdisc)
• MGM/UA Home Video (2006) (UK) (DVD) (Ultimate Edition)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) (2006) (worldwide) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (Australia) (DVD) (Ultimate Edition)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (UK) (DVD) (Ultimate Edition)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Ultimate Edition)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Special Edition)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1985) (Australia) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1986) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1986) (Spain) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1985) (France) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1985) (UK) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1985) (Italy) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1986) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1985) (Norway) (theatrical)
• Warner Home Video (1986) (Australia) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Airship Industries  the producers gratefully acknowledge the co-operation of
• Amberley Working Museum  the producers gratefully acknowledge the co-operation of (as Amberley Chalk Pits Museum)
• Ascot Authority, The  the producers gratefully acknowledge the co-operation of
• Azzédine Alaïa  Grace Jones' gowns
• Bollinger Champagne  the producers gratefully acknowledge the co-operation of
• British Ski Federation  title skiers
• Cartier  the producers gratefully acknowledge the co-operation of
• Castle Air  helicopters
• Central Casting  crowd artists
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Chateau of Chantilly  the producers gratefully acknowledge the co-operation of
• City of Paris  the producers gratefully acknowledge the co-operation of
• City of San Francisco  the producers gratefully acknowledge the co-operation of
• EMI Records  soundtrack
• Flying Pictures  aerial filming services provided by
• National Screen  title opticals
• Ned Kopp & Company  production manager
• Phillips Electronics  the producers gratefully acknowledge the co-operation of
• Pinewood Studios  sound re-recording
• Pinewood Studios  studio
• Renault  the producers gratefully acknowledge the co-operation of (as Renault Automobiles)
• Saga Film  production services
• Seiko Time (U.K.)  the producers gratefully acknowledge the co-operation of

Also Known As:

From a View to a Kill (UK) (working title)
Dangereusement vôtre (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
Ölüme bir bakis (Turkey: Turkish title) (TV title) [tr]
007 - Alvo em Movimento (Portugal) [pt]
007 - Na Mira dos Assassinos (Brazil) [pt]
007 ja kuoleman katse (Finland) [fi]
Agente 007, bersaglio mobile (Italy) [it]
En la mira de los asesinos (Chile) [es]
James Bond 007 - Im Angesicht des Todes (West Germany) [de]
Levande måltavla (Sweden) [sv]
Med døden i sikte (Norway) [no]
Panorama para matar (Spain) [es]
Panorama per matar (Spain: Catalan title) [ca]
Perspectiva unei crime (Romania) [ro]
Pogled na ubistvo (Serbia) [sr]
The Beautiful Prey (Japan: English title) [en]
Zabójczy widok (Poland) [pl]

Runtime:

131 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Canada:PG (Ontario) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Germany:12 (re-release) (uncut) | West Germany:12 (cut) (video premiere) | Iceland:10 (original rating) | Iceland:12 (video rating) | UK:PG (cut) | South Korea:15 | Brazil:12 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Norway:16 (1985) | Singapore:PG | Sweden:15 | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

2201 Broadway, Oakland, California, USA

Company:

Danjaq

Trivia:

Was announced as "From A View To A Kill" in the end credits of Octopussy (1983)

Goofs:

Continuity: Zorin's shoes change between shots at the end of the movie.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Kimberley Jones: I thought you'd never get back.
James Bond: Well, there was a heck of a crowd on the piste!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Inside Q's Laboratory (2000) (V)

Very good!!!

This is a good Bond film, but sadly is the last with Roger as 007. Despite this, A View to a Kill has one of if not the best Bond bad guys ever. Chris Walken is in fine form as the evil Zorin - a psychopathic mega-lo-maniac with his eyes set on computer domination of the world by destroying silicone valley. I found his devilish laughter, especially just before he dies, one of the best moments in the film. Also his horse related exchanges with 007 are swiftly and enjoyable executed. Obviously Moore does it again with a fine portrayal as JB. The scene with the Iceberg, the fight at Miss Suttons house, the fire truck, the race course are particularly enjoyable. Grace Jones is VERY scary as May Day and certainly one of the most unusual Bond girls. Tanya Roberts as Stacey Sutton is fine and does what all Bond girls are supposed to do - say "oh James" at the end of the film. With Lois Maxwell and Roger Moore leaving the series its a good swan song for them both. (Also, the title Duran Duran sequence is probably the best of the lot with its colourful 80's imagery and the punchy track from a great band!)