For Your Eyes Only [Blu-ray]

Director: Carole

Overview

Roger Moore is back as Secret Agent 007, this time on the trail of shipwreck that holds an Automatic Targeting Attack Communicator (ATAC) for all of the British Naval submarine fleet. Along the way he teams up with the beautiful Melina, played by Carole Bouquet, a maiden out for revenge against a Cuban hitman who killed her father, the head of a British effort to salvage the ATAC. Turns out the hitman was in league with Greek businessman Aris Kristatos (Julian Glover). who's working for the Soviets to attain the Communicator. Together with a drug smuggling rival of Kristatos (played by Topol), Bond and Melina race against time before the keys to all of Britain's missles get in the wrong hands. Richard Maibaum's screenplay has very little to do with the collection of short stories that made up Ian Fleming's For Your Eyes Only, save for the plotline involving Melina's seeking vengeance for the death of her father. The direction is by John Glen, who'd previously done second unit work on other Bond films and went on to direct four more films in the franchise. For Your Eyes Only eschews the gimmickry and campiness of earlier Roger Moore efforts by concentrating instead on intrigue, save for the campy opening that sees Bond dispatch the dastardly Blofeld in a broad comedic pre-credits scene.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/15/2015
UPC:	0883904333852
Original Release:	1981
Rating:	PG
Source:	Mgm (Video & Dvd)
Language:	English

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Roger Moore	James Bond
Lois Maxwell	Moneypenny
James Villiers	Tanner
Carole Bouquet	Melina Havelock
Julian Glover	Aristotle Kristatos
Topol	Columbo
Lynn-Holly Johnson	Bibi Dahl,Vice Admiral
Cassandra Harris	Countess Lisl
Jill Bennett	Jacoba Brink,Sharon, Q's Assistant
Michael Gothard	Emile Locque
John Wyman	Erik Kriegler
Jack Hedley	Havelock
Desmond Llewelyn	Q
Geoffrey Keen	Minister of Defense
John Wells	Denis
Janet Brown	Prime Minister
Walter Gotell	General Gogol
John Moreno	Ferrara
Koko	Actor
Charles Dance	Claus
Paul Angelis	Karageorge
Toby Robins	Iona Havelock
Jack Klaff	Apostis
Alkis Kritikos	Santos
Stag Theodore	Nikos
Stefan Kalipha	Gonzales
Graham Crowden	1st Sea Lord
William Hoyland	McGregor
Paul Brooke	Bunky
Eva Reuber-Staier	Rublevich
Fred Bryant	Vicar
Robbin Young	Girl in Flower Shop
Graham Hawkes	Mantis Man
Max Vesterhalt	Girl at Casino
Lalla Dean	Girl at Pool
Evelyn Drogue	Bond Beauty
Laoura Hadzivageli	Bond Beauty
Chai Lee	Bond Beauty
Kim Mills	Bond Beauty
Caroline Cossey	Bond Beauty
Vanya	Bond Beauty
Viva	Bond Beauty
Lizzie Warville	Bond Beauty
Alison Worth	Bond Beauty
John Hollis	Unnamed Blofeld (uncredited)
Bill Conti	Composer
Andy Bradford	Guard at St. Cyril
Jeremy Bulloch	Smithers
Clive Curtis	González Henchman
Sheena Easton	Herself - Singer in Title Sequence
Robert Rietty	Voices
Michael G. Wilson	Actor

Technical Credits

Richard Maibaum

Michael G. Wilson

Ian Fleming

Michael G. Cooney

John Glen	Director
Richard Maibaum	Screenwriter
Michael G. Wilson	Screenwriter,Executive Producer,Producer,Screenwriter
Albert R. Broccoli	Producer
Derek Meddings	Special Effects,Special Effects
Rick Sylvester	Stunts
Andrea Avila	Special Effects
Derek Ball	Sound Effects
Ken Barker	Sound Effects
Jean-Pierre Lelong	Sound Effects
Gordon K. McCallum	Sound Effects
Vernon Messenger	Sound Effects
Ian Fleming	Screenwriter
David McKeown	Stunts
Michael G. Cooney	Screenwriter
Ron Cartwright	Special Effects
Carole	Director
Tom Pevsner	Producer
Chris Corbould	Special Effects
Dino Galiano	Special Effects
David Harris	Special Effects

Editorial Reviews

After 1979's Moonraker, the keepers of the James Bond franchise determined that the series had drifted too far from its roots and became overly reliant on gadgetry and camp. For Your Eyes Only, the 12th film in the series, returns to the form that worked in the early Sean Connery films. The Bond character is restored to his earlier incarnation as an edgy, tough gentleman spy, and simple intrigue returns to the storytelling. Though it has fewer technological gimmicks than the typical Bond movie, For Your Eyes Only has a more believable plot and the villains seem human for once. Still, it could have been better. While the main body of the film offers constant riveting action, it is regrettably framed by a pair of unfortunate camp bits involving frequent Bond nemesis Ernst Blofeld and a Margaret Thatcher lookalike. In his fifth turn as Bond, Roger Moore delivers his finest performance. More serious than usual, Moore eschews the goofiness that marks his other portrayals. The acting highlight, however, comes from Carole Bouquet's performance as Melina Havelock. This "Bond girl" can actually act; she delivers a tough, adult portrayal -- a stark contrast to the silly characterization of Bibi offered by Lynn-Holly Johnson. Intended as comic relief, Bibi comes off as merely annoying -- so annoying even Bond won't sleep with her. While Topol provides good fun as the smuggler Columbo, Julian Glover and Michael Gothard make boring bad guys. Director John Glen, who'd previously done second unit work on the series, proves himself adept at using beautiful locations and staging breathtaking stunts. Note Topol's first scene with Moore, on a boat, as Glen subtly sways the camera to simulate rocking.