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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A View to a Kill (1985) - 9 trivia entries
Directed by John Glen, starring Alison Doody, Christopher Walken, Desmond Llewelyn, Lois Maxwell, Roger Moore (add more)
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.
The lines "What a view," and "To a kill," were once subtitled in Sweden as "What a view," and "Yeah, Tokyo."
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".
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.
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.
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.
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.
David Bowie was the original choice for Max Zorin, but he turned the film down.
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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