"Bond production in February 1964 with the filming of ""Goldfinger"". He had worked on every production since ""The Spy Who Loved Me"", and had been executive producer on ""Moonraker"", ""For Your Eyes Only"" and ""Octopussy"". The day before the UK premiere of the non-Eon rival Bond film, ""Never Say Never Again"", Eon announced that Roger Moore would return as Bond for the seventh time. John Glen also returned as director, while Peter Lamont and John Barry also signed up as they had for ""Octopussy"". Michael G. Wilson co-wrote the screenplay with Richard Maibaum. On 27 June 1984 the 007 Stage"
"For Your Eyes Only (soundtrack) For Your Eyes Only is the soundtrack for the 12th James Bond film of the same name. The theme song was written by Bill Conti (music) and Michael Leeson (lyrics), and performed by Sheena Easton. The song was later nominated for both an Academy Award and Golden Globe in 1982. Easton also made Bond film history as the first (and, to date, only) artist to perform the theme song on-screen during the opening title sequence. Originally, the band Blondie was approached to write and perform the theme song for the film. They produced a song"
"For Your Eyes Only (song) ""For Your Eyes Only"" is the theme tune to the 12th James Bond movie, ""For Your Eyes Only"", written by Bill Conti and Mick Leeson, and performed by Scottish singer Sheena Easton. The song reached number four on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100, and number eight on the UK Singles Chart. It was nominated for Best Original Song at the Academy Awards in 1982. The song is written by Bill Conti and Mike Leeson. Conti – who was also responsible for the film's score – had originally written the song thinking about Donna Summer or"
"The video ""For Your Eyes Only"" was directed by Steve Barron. The song's music, with different lyrics and a different title (""To Know No Boundaries""), was used in a series of advertisements for Merrill Lynch during the mid-1980s. Like other Bond themes before it, Sheena Easton's version was not the only recorded song for the film. Rock band Blondie also recorded a song for the film that was optioned to the studio. For Your Eyes Only (song) ""For Your Eyes Only"" is the theme tune to the 12th James Bond movie, ""For Your Eyes Only"", written by Bill Conti and"
"he appeared as Donnor, the captain of the spaceship Firestar, in the film 'Firestar - First Contact' for Ice International Films directed by David Kent-Watson. John Wyman John Wyman is a British actor probably best known for his role as Erich Kriegler in the James Bond film ""For Your Eyes Only"". In the 1970s, John Wyman played ""The Mighty Ajax"" in a series of UK television commercials for Ajax cleaning products. The character would appear in a dirty kitchen and with a powerful slash of his arm, he cleaned it to a sparkle. He has also appeared in television series"
"1985). Timothy Dalton was strongly considered but Dalton declined, as he disliked the direction the series was taking at the time. Eventually, this came to nothing as Moore agreed to play Bond once again. Bernard Lee died on 16 January 1981, after filming began on ""For Your Eyes Only"", but before he could film his scenes as M, the head of MI6, as he had done in the previous eleven films of the series. Out of respect, no new actor was hired to assume the role and, instead, the script was re-written so that the character is said to be"
"Makepeace"", ""Beau Geste"", ""One by One"", ""Lovejoy"" and ""Heartbeat"". John Moreno John Moreno a.k.a. Juan Moreno (born 4 March 1939) is a British actor, probably best known for his role as Luigi Ferrara in the 1981 James Bond feature film ""For Your Eyes Only"". His other film credits include appearances in ""Les Misérables"" (1978), ""The Razor's Edge"" (1984), """" (1984) and ""Old Scores"" (1991). His television credits include ""Doctor Who"" (in the serial ""The Ambassadors of Death"" where he played Dobson), ""Moonbase 3"", ""The Duchess of Duke Street"", ""Return of the Saint"", ""The Sweeney"", ""The Enigma Files"", ""Kessler"", ""Farrington of"
"John Wyman John Wyman is a British actor probably best known for his role as Erich Kriegler in the James Bond film ""For Your Eyes Only"". In the 1970s, John Wyman played ""The Mighty Ajax"" in a series of UK television commercials for Ajax cleaning products. The character would appear in a dirty kitchen and with a powerful slash of his arm, he cleaned it to a sparkle. He has also appeared in television series such as ""The Onedin Line"", ""Star Maidens"", ""Blake's 7"", ""The Fourth Arm"" and ""Tales of the Unexpected"". In 1977, his film career started with Richard"
"that Topol's behavior greatly disturbed the cast and directors and resulted in the production not reaching Broadway as planned. In 1988, Topol starred in the title role in ""Ziegfeld"" at the London Palladium. He returned to the London stage in 2008 in the role of Honoré, from Maurice Chevalier's 1958 film ""Gigi"". Topol appeared in more than 30 films in Israel and abroad. Among his notable English-language appearances are the title role in ""Galileo"" (1975), Dr. Hans Zarkov in ""Flash Gordon"" (1980), and Milos Columbo in the James Bond film ""For Your Eyes Only"" (1981). He was said to be"
"John Moreno John Moreno a.k.a. Juan Moreno (born 4 March 1939) is a British actor, probably best known for his role as Luigi Ferrara in the 1981 James Bond feature film ""For Your Eyes Only"". His other film credits include appearances in ""Les Misérables"" (1978), ""The Razor's Edge"" (1984), """" (1984) and ""Old Scores"" (1991). His television credits include ""Doctor Who"" (in the serial ""The Ambassadors of Death"" where he played Dobson), ""Moonbase 3"", ""The Duchess of Duke Street"", ""Return of the Saint"", ""The Sweeney"", ""The Enigma Files"", ""Kessler"", ""Farrington of the F.O."", ""Squadron"", ""Only Fools and Horses"", ""Dempsey and"
"films from ""Dr. No"" in 1962 to ""Moonraker"" in 1979. With Lee's illness from stomach cancer in 1980–1981, he was unable to appear in his scenes for ""For Your Eyes Only""; he died on 16 January 1981 and, out of respect, no new actor was hired to assume the role for the film. Instead, the script was re-written so that the character is said to be on leave, letting Chief of Staff Bill Tanner takes over the role as acting head of MI6 and briefing Bond alongside the Minister of Defence. Lee was replaced for four films between 1983 and"
"out of ""For Your Eyes Only"" out of respect for the actor and trade his lines with M's Chief of Staff Bill Tanner as Broccoli refused to have the character recast. In 1983, they cast Brown to portray M on the recommendation of Bond actor Roger Moore, his ""Ivanhoe"" co-star and the father of Brown's goddaughter Deborah. It is not clear as to whether he was the same character as Lee's M or a different M, perhaps a promoted Hargreaves. Brown was succeeded by Judi Dench in ""GoldenEye"". Altogether, Robert Brown starred in five James Bond films. Other films: Robert"
"Glen described Gothard as ""a very good"" and ""captivating"" actor, as well as a friend. His final role was in David Wickes's ""Frankenstein"", starring Patrick Bergin and Randy Quaid. Gothard, who struggled with depression for much of his life, committed suicide by hanging on 2 December 1992. He was fifty-three years old. Michael Gothard Michael Alan Gothard (24 June 19392 December 1992) was an English actor, who portrayed Kai in the television series ""Arthur of the Britons"" and the mysterious villain Emile Leopold Locque in the 1981 James Bond film ""For Your Eyes Only"". Michael Gothard was born in London"
"the 1981 James Bond movie ""For Your Eyes Only"", where Bond (played by Roger Moore) met with the villainous Aris Kristatos (Julian Glover), where Kristatos (the real villain) tries to trick Bond into pursuing and killing his rival Milos Columbo (Topol). Stadio Olimpico Del Ghiaccio Stadio Olimpico del Ghiaccio () was built between 1952 and 1954, primarily as an open air Figure skating arena in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, to hold between seven and eight thousand spectators, with the possibility of making temporary arrangements to accommodate twelve to fifteen thousand for the period of the Olympics. The venue was inaugurated on"
"Eyes Only"" was submitted by Ronald Hardy, an English novelist and screenwriter in 1979. Hardy's treatment included the involvement of a character named Julia Havelock whose parents were assassinated by a man named Gonzales. ""For Your Eyes Only"" is noted for its pre-title sequence, described variously as either ""out-of place and disappointing"" or ""roaringly enjoyable"". The scene was shot to introduce a potential new Bond to audiences, thus linking the new actor to elements from previous Bond films (see casting, below). The sequence begins with Bond laying flowers at the grave of his wife Tracy Bond, before a Universal Exports"
"Michael Gothard Michael Alan Gothard (24 June 19392 December 1992) was an English actor, who portrayed Kai in the television series ""Arthur of the Britons"" and the mysterious villain Emile Leopold Locque in the 1981 James Bond film ""For Your Eyes Only"". Michael Gothard was born in London in 1939. As a child, he lived in both Wales and London. After leaving Haverstock School, he travelled in France for several months before returning home. He went through various jobs, including being a building labourer and a trainee reporter. He even had a brief spell as a clothes model, but he"
"John Rhys Davies was optioned to revive his part in both ""Licence To Kill"" and ""Goldeneye"" in the scripting stages. Joe Don Baker was hired based on his performance in ""Edge of Darkness"", which was helmed by future Bond director Martin Campbell. Director John Glen decided to include the macaw from ""For Your Eyes Only"". It can be seen squawking in the kitchen of Blayden House when Necros attacks MI6's officers. Other actors considered for the role of James Bond included Mel Gibson, Mark Greenstreet, Lambert Wilson, Antony Hamilton, Christopher Lambert, Finlay Light, and Andrew Clarke. The film was shot"
"For Your Eyes Only (short story collection) For Your Eyes Only is a collection of short stories by the British author Ian Fleming, and the eighth book to feature the fictional British Secret Service agent Commander James Bond. It was first published by Jonathan Cape on 11 April 1960. It marked a change of format for Fleming, who had previously written James Bond stories only as full-length novels. The collection contains five short stories: ""From a View to a Kill"", ""For Your Eyes Only"", ""Quantum of Solace"", ""Risico"" and ""The Hildebrand Rarity"". Four of the stories were adaptations of plots"
"Canada. If completed, the film will only be able to be released in Canada, China and other countries in which the copyright has expired. For Your Eyes Only (short story collection) For Your Eyes Only is a collection of short stories by the British author Ian Fleming, and the eighth book to feature the fictional British Secret Service agent Commander James Bond. It was first published by Jonathan Cape on 11 April 1960. It marked a change of format for Fleming, who had previously written James Bond stories only as full-length novels. The collection contains five short stories: ""From a"
"You Only Live Twice (film) You Only Live Twice is a 1967 British spy film and the fifth in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions, starring Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The film's screenplay was written by Roald Dahl, and loosely based on Ian Fleming's 1964 novel of the same name. It is the first James Bond film to discard most of Fleming's plot, using only a few characters and locations from the book as the background for an entirely new story. In the film, Bond is dispatched to Japan after American and Soviet"
"a role he reprised 18 times subsequently, more than anybody else. His training montage tune, ""Gonna Fly Now"", topped the Billboard singles chart in 1977, and earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song. Conti also composed music for the sequels ""Rocky II"" (1979), ""Rocky III"" (1982), ""Rocky V"" (1990) and ""Rocky Balboa"" (2006). Conti also worked for some other films and, eventually, for television series. In 1981, he wrote the music for the James Bond film, ""For Your Eyes Only"", when John Barry was unwilling to return to the United Kingdom for tax reasons, and provided the"
"on the bullet were verified by the CIA, and that Scaramanga is attempting to provoke a battle with MI6. This leads to Bond being sent to find Scaramanga. In ""For Your Eyes Only"", Bill Tanner (now played by James Villiers due to Michael Goodliffe's death in 1976) is given a bigger role, as Bernard Lee, who played M, had died. Tanner gives Bond his assignment (along with Sir Fredrick Gray), which sends him to find Hector Gonzales. Bond is unable to get information from Gonzales later on because Melina Havelock kills him after Bond is captured. Tanner then gets upset"
"she praise him describing him as self-effacing: ""Moore gets the chance to look scaredan emotion that suits him and makes him more likable"". A number of Moore's personal preferences were transferred into his characterisation of Bond: his taste for Cuban cigars and his wearing of safari suits were assigned to the character. Moore's use for cigars in his early films put him in contrast to the cigarette-smoking Connery, Lazenby and Dalton. By the time of Moore's fifth film, ""For Your Eyes Only"", released in 1981, his characterisation had come to represent an old-fashioned character, in contrast to the fashionability Connery"
"included Greece, Italy and England, while underwater footage was shot in The Bahamas. ""For Your Eyes Only"" was released on 24 June 1981 to a mixed critical reception; the film was a financial success, generating $195.3 million worldwide. This was the final Bond film to be distributed solely by United Artists; the studio merged with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer soon after this film's release. The British information gathering vessel ""St Georges"", which holds the Automatic Targeting Attack Communicator (ATAC), the system used by the Ministry of Defence to communicate with and coordinate the Royal Navy's fleet of Polaris submarines, is sunk after accidentally"
"to director, a position he would occupy for four subsequent films. The transition in directors resulted in a harder-edged directorial style, with less emphasis on gadgetry and large action sequences in huge arenas (as was favored by Lewis Gilbert). Emphasis was placed on tension, plot and character in addition to a return to Bond's more serious roots, whilst ""For Your Eyes Only"" ""showed a clear attempt to activate some lapsed and inactive parts of the Bond mythology."" The film was also a deliberate effort to bring the series more back to reality, following the success of ""Moonraker"" in 1979. As"
"Just for You (1952 film) Just for You is a 1952 American musical film starring Bing Crosby and Jane Wyman and the final motion picture to be directed by Elliott Nugent. It was nominated for two Academy Awards in 1953. The film was based on the book ""Famous"" by Stephen Vincent Benét. Filming took place between October 22 and December 20. 1951. It is said that Judy Garland had originally been sent a script as she was being considered for the female lead, but she apparently decided not to proceed with the project. Location scenes were filmed at Lake Arrowhead,"
"two films. After a six-year hiatus, during which a legal wrangle threatened Eon's productions of the Bond films, Irish actor Pierce Brosnan was cast as Bond in ""GoldenEye"", released in 1995; he remained in the role for a total of four films, before leaving in 2002. In 2006, Daniel Craig was given the role of Bond for ""Casino Royale"", which rebooted the series. Craig has appeared for a total of four films and his fifth is scheduled for release in 2020. The series has grossed almost $7 billion to date, making it the third-highest-grossing film series (behind ""Harry Potter"" and"
"For Your Height Only For Your Height Only (also known as ""For Y'ur Height Only"") is a 1981 Filipino comedy spy action film starring Weng Weng. Its title is a play on words on ""For Your Eyes Only"", the title of the James Bond film released that same year. A sequel was produced in 1982, titled ""The Impossible Kid"". Weng Weng is known as the shortest man to ever be a lead in a feature film, standing at 2'9"" (83 cm). The diminutive Agent 00, the number 1 agent from the Secret Agency, is provided with a number of new"
"Bond film ""For Your Eyes Only"". It features in the climax to the film where Bond ascends the rock cliff and intrudes upon Aristotle Kristatos and Erich Kriegler to retrieve the ATAC decoder. Aristotle Kristatos, played by Julian Glover, was using the monastery in the film as a hideout. Eventually Bond throws the ATAC decoder off the cliff top when approached by the KGB. The Monastery also features in the 1961 film Tintin and the Golden Fleece. Monastery of the Holy Trinity, Meteora The Holy Trinity Monastery () (also known as Agia Triada, Ayías Triádhos, Ayia Triada; all meaning ""Holy"
"along with director J.J. Abrams, repeated a similar flight plan around the globe for the world tour of . David Giammarco David Giammarco is a Canadian-born television personality, actor, journalist, and author of the book ""For Your Eyes Only: Behind the Scenes of the James Bond Films"". David Giammarco was born in Toronto, spent his summers in California, and attended school in Canada. He studied drama and filmmaking at York University and started as an entertainment reporter at 14 years old, writing celebrity feature interviews for ""The Toronto Sun"" and hosting a radio show. Giammarco has written for American magazines"
"within the year. US sales, when the novel was released there a year later, were much slower. Following a comic strip adaptation in 1958–59 by John McLusky in the ""Daily Express"", the novel was adapted in 1973 as the eighth film in the Eon Productions Bond series and the first to star Roger Moore as Bond. Major plot elements from the novel were also incorporated into the Bond films ""For Your Eyes Only"" in 1981 and ""Licence to Kill"" in 1989. The British Secret Service agent James Bond is sent by his superior, M, to New York City to investigate"
"annoyance"", another claimed that ""In the end, ""For Your Eyes Only"" stands as one of the best James Bond film scores of the 1980s."" The title song, written by Conti and Michael Leeson, was sung by Sheena Easton, who holds the distinction of being the first title song artist to appear on screen in a Bond film, as designer Maurice Binder liked Easton's appearance and decided to add her to the opening credits. The producers of the film wanted Blondie to perform the title song: the band wrote a song titled ""For Your Eyes Only"", but decided to decline the"
"two children, son Kellen and daughter Jensie. In January 2010, she suffered a stroke brought on by a patent foramen ovale, a heart condition, and subsequently underwent heart surgery. Lynn-Holly Johnson Lynn-Holly Johnson (born December 13, 1958) is an American professional ice skater and actress. After achieving some success as a figure skater in the mid-1970s, she began an acting career, including a Golden Globe-nominated role in 1978's ""Ice Castles"" and her role as Bibi Dahl in the 1981 James Bond film ""For Your Eyes Only"". Johnson was born Lynn Holly Johnson in Chicago, Illinois to Margaret, a housewife, and"