Agent 007 is as daring as ever in OCTOPUSSY: the 13th installment in the James Bond series. When fellow secret serviceman Agent 009 is murdered over a treasured Faberge egg, the British intelligence sends James Bond (Roger Moore) to investigate. Bond follows the egg to India after it is put up for auction and bought by the wealthy prince Kamal Khan (Louis Jourdan). There he meets the enigmatic and beautiful circus leader, Octopussy (Maud Adams) and discovers that Khan and the maniacal Russian General Orlov (Steven Berkoff) plan to cripple Western Europe with a nuclear explosion and incite a world war.
As indicated by its risqué title, OCTOPUSSY is one of the most licentious of the Bond films. Complete with the standard Bond components (sleazy one liners and deafening explosions) it overflows with sexual innuendoes. Maud Adams is the most alluring Bond of starlets to date. Her titillating performance as OCTOPUSSY inspired sexual fantasies in an entire generation of moviegoers. Having worked on a number of Bond films as an editor and director, John Glen delivers insures a Bond film which is pleasing to both the cinematic aesthete and the Bond fanatic. Bordering on the realm of high art, OCTOPUSSY is a cinematic masterpiece.
DVD Features:
Region 1
2-Disc Set - Checkpoint, Sensormatic
Widescreen
Audio:
Dolby Digital - English
Subtitles - Spanish, French - Optional
Additional Product: Movie Money Ticket Promotion
Distributor Notes: From a thrilling jet chase to a climactic countdown to nuclear disaster, James Bond is back in an electrifying adventure that pushes the limit for nonstop excitement. Roger Moore portrays the immortal action hero, perfectly capturing Agent 007's deadly expertise, acerbic wit and overpowering sex appeal as he investigates the murder of a fellow agent who was clutching a priceless Fabergé egg at the time of his death.
Depuis une poursuite enlevante en jet jusqu'à un compte à rebours fatidique avant une catastrophe nucléaire, James Bond est de retour dans une aventure électrisante qui repousse les limites du divertissement. Roger Moore incarne le héros d'action immortel en rendant à merveille les talents redoutables, l'humour cinglant et le charme irrésistible de l'agent 007 alors qu'il enquête sur l'assassinat d'un collègue qui, au moment de sa mort, serrait dans son poing un oeuf Fabergé d'une valeur inestimable.
Source: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Associate Producer
Tom Pevsner: ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
Costume Designer
Emma Porteous: Costume Designer
Director of Photography
Alan Hume: British Director Of Photography
Director of Photography
John Fenner:
Featured
Kristine Wayborn:
Source Writer
Ian Fleming: British Author/"James Bond"
Supervising Editor
Peter Davies: EDITOR/SOUND EDITOR
Additional Music/Songs
Tim Rice: Oscar winning lyricist, soundtrack, THE LION KING, EVITA
Review 1:
"...Better than most [007 films]....[Moore and James Bond] have grown gracefully indivisible..."
Source: New York Times
p.C17 06/10/1983
Review 2:
"...Thrilling stuntwork....Roger Moore is eminently effective in the Bond role....Spectacular aerial stuntwork marking both the pre-credits teaser and [an] extremely dangerous-looking climax..."
Source: Variety
06/08/1983