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Octopussy (1983) - 14 trivia entries

Directed by John Glen, starring Desmond Llewelyn, Lois Maxwell, Louis Jourdan, Maud Adams, Robert Brown, Roger Moore (add more)

Genres: Action, Adventure, Thriller

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The "blink and you'll miss it" part of Smithers (Q's assistant who triggers the powerful door-slam) is played by Jeremy Bulloch. Only worth noting because we see his face for once, as he's most famous for a part where he wears a mask - Boba Fett in the Star Wars sequels.

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At the end of the pre-credits sequence, Bond says to the gas station attendant "Fill her up". Director John Glen initially removed the quip, but after he went to his local cinema and caught the trailer for "Octopussy", he realised it went down well with the audiences and decided to reinstate it.

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Kristina Wayborn broke several of her toes in her foot whilst filming the attack on Monsoon Palace by Octopussy's Circus. The bazooka she was to kick out of a villain's arms was supposed to be replaced with a plastic model, but the stunt man was holding a metal one by accident.

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American actor James Brolin was almost cast as James Bond in this film when at last minute Roger Moore agreed to play Bond again. The reason for this is because when it was announced that the rival Bond film, "Never Say Never Again", was going to be released in the same year, the producers re-contracted Moore in the belief that an established actor in the role would fare better against Sean Connery.

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When Bond bends metal bars surrounding a window, after weakening them with acid, a brief musical cue of the theme from "Superman" (1978) can be heard.

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Actor, William Derek -who plays a villain who uses a deadly yo-yo, made from circular saw blades- broke his arm during a rehearsal, falling from the balcony above Octopussy's bed. Although the injury was disguised, a bandage on his left arm can be seen in some shots during the fight in Octopussy's palace.

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The name of Miss Moneypenny's assistant, Penelope Smallbone, was the real name of one of the performers in the title sequence of "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977).

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Maude Adams, who played as Octopussy, is the only actress who performed the "Bond-Girl" role twice. She was seen previously as Scaramanga's mistress Andrea Anders in "The Man With The Golden Gun" (1974).

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The tiger who briefly appears during the tiger hunt sequence is actually a stuffed tuger pushed out on a wheelbarrow.

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In the scene where Kamel Kahn is playing the dice game in the casino, it is a tribute to "Goldfinger" (1964). Kahn is cheating and is thrashing his opponent, who says "Your luck has to run out sometime," just like when Goldfinger is cheating at cards. Also Bond takes over, and beats Kahn at his own game by using the "lucky" dice, like when Bond wins the golf game with Goldfinger. When Bond wins, Kahn's henchman crushes the dice in anger, like Oddjob who crushes the golfball.

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The title was a source of controversy and the film-makers were at one point unsure as to whether the MPAA would allow it. The fact that it was the title of one of Fleming's short stories allayed most people's fears.

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When fleeing through the underbrush away from the beaters and hunters, Bond encounters a tiger. He gestures at it and tells it to "sit-t." This is a cinematic tip-of-the-hat to Barbara Woodhouse, England's premier dog trainer, who used the same gesture and inflection to teach the "sit" command to her clients' dogs.

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The sequence containing the Fabergé egg was taken from Ian Fleming's short story, "Property of a Lady." This story was actually commissioned by an art expert at Sotheby's and published in Sotheby's annual review, "Art At Auction." The director of Sotheby's for many years, Peter Wilson, was drafted into MI6 during World War II and his code number was "007." He was a friend and colleague Fleming and became part of his inspiration for the James Bond character.

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The American Air Base in Germany where Bond disables the atomic bomb was actually an American base in England. Look closely and you'll see the painted stop signals on the left side of the road in some scenes.

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