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Director:
Writers:
Ian Fleming (story)
Richard Maibaum (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
24 May 1985 (USA) more
Tagline:
Adventure Above And Beyond All Other Bonds more
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. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 4 nominations more
NewsDesk:
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A View to a Thrill!! more (236 total)
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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]
Pogled na ubojstvo (Croatia) [hr]
The Beautiful Prey (Japan: English title) [en]
Zabójczy widok (Poland) [pl]
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Runtime:
131 min
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Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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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
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Trivia:
'Dianne Feinstein (I)' was the mayor of San Francisco at the time of filming. Because Roger Moore was her favorite of the first three actors to play Bond, she granted all the necessary permits to film in the city. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Bond puts the oxygen tank into the turbine, the bottom part of the tank is the part that gets jammed in the fan blade. Notice that the paint is not damaged very much. When Zorin pulls the oxygen tank out of the turbine, the center of the oxygen tank is where it has been cut, and the paint is also badly damaged. more
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!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Premiere Bond: Opening Nights (2006) (V) more
Soundtrack:
California Girls more
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Is "A View to a Kill" based on a book?How does the title "A View to a Kill" fit into the movie?
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Seriously underrated and lambasted by critics, but in my opinion one of the best Bond films. Moore bowed out of the series, just in time (well, at least close to it...) and with a serious bang. Christopher Walken is deliciously evil and psychopathic as Mack Zorin, the Nazi engineered genius looking to take over the tech industry by destroying Silicon Valley with a major flood disaster and earthquake. He is definitely one of the best movie villains ever. Along with some of the best music scoring of all the films in the series, including the fantastic Duran Duran song which epitomizes the 80's, the final showdown between Zorin and Bond on top of the golden gate bridge is breathtakingly exciting. I get goose bumps watching the ending! Many people hate this entry in the 007 series, calling it cheezy, clichéd, and that Moore is just too hammy and way too old. I disagree. I claim to be a true Bond-phile, having seen every film many times over, and have read every one of the most excellent (and quite different from the films) Fleming novels (btw the Fleming short story View to a Kill is actually the basis for the films Live and Let Die and For Your Eyes Only) and find that this is definitely one of my favourites. A great watch with amazing music, villains, and final action sequence.