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A View to a Kill (1985) - 14 trivia entries

Directed by John Glen, starring Alison Doody, Christopher Walken, Desmond Llewelyn, Lois Maxwell, Roger Moore (add more)

Genres: Action, Adventure, Thriller

Trivia

From "A View To A Kill" onward, the film's successor was no longer announced on the credits, replaced instead with "James Bond Will Return".

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The lines "What a view," and "To a kill," were once subtitled in Sweden as "What a view," and "Yeah, Tokyo."

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The San Francisco city council did not allow Zorin's death (falling from the Golden Gate) to be shot for fear that it might "inspire" suicides, so optical tricks had to be used.

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The disclaimer, "Neither the name Zorin nor any other name or character in this film is meant to portray a real company or actual person" was added after the producers discovered a real company known as Zoran Ladicorbic Ltd, whose industry was fashion design. This is the only Bond film to begin with a disclaimer.

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Christopher Walken was the first Oscar winner (Best Supporting Actor, "The Deer Hunter") to play a Bond villain. Walken had been a Bond fan since seeing "From Russia With Love" when he was 15.

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David Bowie was the original choice for Max Zorin, but he turned the film down.

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Mary Stavin, who plays Kimberley Jones in the pre-credits sequence, won the Miss World title in 1977. She had previously played one of Octopussy's girls in "Octopussy".

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The man heard over the loudspeaker at San Francisco City Hall is that of the producer, Michael G. Wilson.

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When Grace Jones screams during the mine sequence when sparks fly around her, her screams are for real. Jones did not know that the electric cables around her would go off as a special effect for the scene.

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This film holds the record for the least amount of screen time that a lead actor has ever appeared on screen in the role he is credited for. Due to Roger Moore's age, eight different stand-ins/ stunt-people were employed during filming to play the role of 'Bond', along with Moore himself.

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As already mentioned, this is Lois Maxwell's last film as Miss Moneypenny. However, before she left, she approached the film makers to suggest she come back playing the role of M. The makers declined, saying they didn't think a woman could play M. Ten years later Judi Dench took over the role.

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The film marked the last time that Lois Maxwell appeared as "Miss Moneypenny" in the Bond films. She had appeared in every Bond picture since 1962's "Dr. No", the only cast member to have done so.

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At the end of the film, General Gogol is seen with an Order of Lenin medal for Bond in M's office. The Order of Lenin is a real medal and entitles the owner free parking in Red Square on weekends.

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Duran Duran's theme tune from the film became the first Bond film theme to top the U.S. Billboard charts.

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