"the thirteenth film in the series and provided the back story for the film Octopussy's family, while ""The Property of a Lady"" was more closely adapted for an auction sequence in the film. ""The Living Daylights"", released in 1987, was the fifteenth Bond film produced by Eon and starred Timothy Dalton in his first appearance as Bond. ""007 in New York"", meanwhile, provided character and plot elements for the first two films starring Daniel Craig as Bond, ""Casino Royale"" and ""Quantum of Solace"". Secret Service operative James Bond, code name 007, is assigned to apprehend a hero of the Second"
"Timothy Dalton Timothy Dalton (; born Timothy Leonard Dalton Leggett; 21 March 1946) is a Welsh born British actor. He is best known for portraying James Bond in ""The Living Daylights"" (1987) and ""Licence to Kill"" (1989), as well as Mr. Rochester in ""Jane Eyre"" (1983), Rhett Butler in the television miniseries ""Scarlett"" (1994), and Simon Skinner in ""Hot Fuzz"" (2007). Dalton was born in Colwyn Bay, North Wales, to an English father, Peter Dalton Leggett, who was a captain in the Special Operations Executive during the Second World War and was an advertising executive at the time of his"
"employed as a translator for filmmaker Nikita Mikhalkov. Dalton and Grigorieva had a son together (born August, 1997) named Alexander. They broke up around 2003. Dalton is a Manchester City F.C. supporter, and is often seen at the City of Manchester Stadium to watch the team play. Timothy Dalton Timothy Dalton (; born Timothy Leonard Dalton Leggett; 21 March 1946) is a Welsh born British actor. He is best known for portraying James Bond in ""The Living Daylights"" (1987) and ""Licence to Kill"" (1989), as well as Mr. Rochester in ""Jane Eyre"" (1983), Rhett Butler in the television miniseries ""Scarlett"""
"Michele Gammino Michele Gammino (born June 16, 1941) is an Italian actor, voice actor and radio and television presenter. Gammino is probably best known in Italy for his roles in dubbing film into the Italian language. He is the official Italian voice actor of Harrison Ford and Steven Seagal. He has even dubbed over 40 characters in Italian films portrayed by actors such as Kevin Costner, Bill Murray, Jack Nicholson and Bob Hoskins. He also performed the Italian voice of James Bond in ""The Living Daylights"" and ""Licence to Kill"" which both starred Timothy Dalton as Bond. In his animated"
"Maryam d'Abo Maryam d'Abo (born 27 December 1960) is an English film and television actress, perhaps best known as Bond girl Kara Milovy in the 1987 James Bond film ""The Living Daylights"". Born in London to Georgian mother Nino Kvinitadze (born 1920), a daughter of Giorgi Kvinitadze, and Anglo-Dutch father Peter Claude Holland d'Abo (1917–1995), d'Abo was raised in Paris and Geneva.</small> She decided to be an actress at the age of 11. She studied at Drama Centre London, while working as an advertising model. D'Abo made her screen debut in the low-budget science fiction horror film ""Xtro"" (1982), playing"
"waited six weeks. Dalton's first appearance as 007, ""The Living Daylights"" (1987) was critically successful, and grossed more than either of the previous two Bond films with Moore (""Octopussy"" (1983) and ""A View to a Kill"" (1985)), as well as contemporary box-office rivals such as ""Die Hard"" and ""Lethal Weapon"". His second film, ""Licence to Kill"" (1989), although almost as successful as its predecessor in most markets, did not perform as well at the U.S. box office, in large part due to a lacklustre marketing campaign, after the title of the film was abruptly changed from ""Licence Revoked"". The main"
"Giorgi Kvinitadze. In November 2003, d'Abo married Hugh Hudson, the Oscar-nominated British director of ""Chariots of Fire"" (1981). In 2007, d'Abo had surgery for a brain haemorrhage from which she recovered. Maryam d'Abo Maryam d'Abo (born 27 December 1960) is an English film and television actress, perhaps best known as Bond girl Kara Milovy in the 1987 James Bond film ""The Living Daylights"". Born in London to Georgian mother Nino Kvinitadze (born 1920), a daughter of Giorgi Kvinitadze, and Anglo-Dutch father Peter Claude Holland d'Abo (1917–1995), d'Abo was raised in Paris and Geneva.</small> She decided to be an actress at"
"Live and Let Die (film) Live and Let Die is a 1973 British spy film, the eighth in the ""James Bond"" series to be produced by Eon Productions, and the first to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, it was the third of four Bond films to be directed by Guy Hamilton. Although the producers had wanted Sean Connery to return after his role in the previous Bond film ""Diamonds Are Forever"", he declined, sparking a search for a new actor to play James Bond. Moore was signed"
"2016. James married twice: to Donna Lea Beach from 1948 to 1950, with whom he had one child, and to Laurie Harper, from 1951 until her death in 2015, with whom he had five children. He resided in Gladstone, Oregon, and died from complications of diabetes on April 15, 2017, aged 96. Clifton James George Clifton James (May 29, 1920 – April 15, 2017) was an American actor, best known for his roles as Sheriff J.W. Pepper alongside Roger Moore in the ""James Bond"" films ""Live and Let Die"" (1973) and ""The Man with the Golden Gun"" (1974), the sheriff"
"Bond film ""The Living Daylights"", starring Timothy Dalton as 007. In 1995 and 1997, Baker returned to the series, this time playing a different character, CIA agent Jack Wade, in ""GoldenEye"" and ""Tomorrow Never Dies"", with Pierce Brosnan as Bond. Baker is one of four actors to appear as both a Bond ally and a villain, the others being Charles Gray, who appeared as Henderson in ""You Only Live Twice"" and Ernst Stavro Blofeld in ""Diamonds Are Forever""; Walter Gotell, who appeared as Morzeny, the SPECTRE Island trainer, in ""From Russia with Love"" and as General Gogol, the head of"
"film's end, Leiter is shown recovering in the hospital. Following Hedison's first outing in 1973 in ""Live and Let Die"", the Leiter role did not appear again until the 1987 film ""The Living Daylights"", by which time Bond was being played by Timothy Dalton; the role was taken up by John Terry. Smith and Lavington consider that, although the scene between Bond and Leiter sees warmth in the relationship between them, ""it is too fleeting to have any impact"". Pfeiffer and Worrall agree on the briefness of Leiter's role in the film, although they consider that Terry has ""virtually no"
"who lives on the edge. He could get killed at any moment, and that stress and danger factor is reflected in the way he lives, chain-smoking, drinking, fast cars and fast women."" Moore later referred to Dalton as the best actor to play Bond, although declined to watch ""The Living Daylights"" in cinema as he did not wish to demonstrate any negative opinions about the project.Broccoli enjoyed the change of tone, feeling that Brosnan would have been too similar to Moore.Neill thought Dalton performed well in the role and Brosnan called Dalton a good choice in 1987, but felt it"
"Brad Whitaker Brad Whitaker is a fictional character in the James Bond film ""The Living Daylights"". He was portrayed by American actor Joe Don Baker. Baker also appeared as Jack Wade, Bond's CIA contact, in Pierce Brosnan's first two Bond films, ""GoldenEye"" and ""Tomorrow Never Dies"". Steven Rubin describes Whitaker as a ""smarmy bad-guy arms trader."" Brad Whitaker is an international black market arms dealer. He is fascinated by war, but has no actual military experience, so he turns to arms dealing to organize his own personal military force. Expelled from West Point for cheating, he spends a short stint"
"35 and 40 years old. In preparing for the role, Dalton, a green-eyed, dark haired, slender, 6'2"" (1 m 88 cm) classically trained Shakespearean actor, was keen to portray the character as accurately as possible, reading up extensively on the books before his role in ""The Living Daylights"" (1987). Dalton's Bond was a serious one: dark, cold, emotional, stern, ruthless, showing little humour, and focused as a killer with little time for fun and indulgence. Dalton's interpretation of the character came from his ""desire to see a darker Bond"", one that was ""less of a womaniser, tougher and closer to"
"Richard Kiel Richard Dawson Kiel (September 13, 1939 – September 10, 2014) was a tall American actor and voice artist, best known for his role as Jaws in the ""James Bond"" franchise, portraying the character in ""The Spy Who Loved Me"" (1977) and ""Moonraker"" (1979); he lampooned the role with a tongue-in-cheek cameo in ""Inspector Gadget"" (1999). His next-most recognized role is the tough, but eloquent Mr. Larson in ""Happy Gilmore"" (1996). Other notable films include ""The Longest Yard"" (1974), ""Silver Streak"" (1976), ""Force 10 from Navarone"" (1978), ""Pale Rider"" (1985) and ""Tangled"" (2010). Kiel was born in Detroit, Michigan."
"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"
"stepson Michael G. Wilson, and his daughter, Barbara Broccoli. ""The Living Daylights"" was generally well received by most critics and was also a financial success, grossing $191.2 million worldwide. James Bond is assigned to aid the defection of a KGB officer, General Georgi Koskov, covering his escape from a concert hall in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia during intermission. During the mission, Bond notices that the KGB sniper assigned to prevent Koskov's escape is a female cellist from the orchestra. Disobeying his orders to kill the sniper, he instead shoots the rifle from her hands, then uses the Trans-Siberian Pipeline to smuggle Koskov"
"and initially proposed a prequel, showing Bond's first mission, although this was turned down by Broccoli. Script work continued while the producers searched for Moore's successor. The film was shot at the 007 Stage at Pinewood Studios, with principal photography starting on 29 September 1986, before moving to Vienna on 5 October, where the crew filmed for two weeks. Meanwhile, the second unit had started work on the pre-credits sequence on Gibraltar on 17 September before moving to Morocco. Filming finished on 13 February 1987. ""The Living Daylights"" was the twelfth and final Bond film to be scored by composer"
"16 other people, including the lawyers who helped with the house sale. Sean Connery Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born 25 August 1930) is a retired Scottish actor and producer, who has won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards, one of them being a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award and three Golden Globes, including the Cecil B. DeMille Award and a Henrietta Award. Connery was the first actor to portray the character James Bond in film, starring in seven Bond films, between 1962 and 1983. In 1988, Connery won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in ""The Untouchables""."
"studio. The duo later reworked the song they submitted into ""This Must Be the Place I Waited Years to Leave"", which was released on their ""Behaviour."" album in 1990. The Living Daylights (song) ""The Living Daylights"" is a song performed by Norwegian pop group a-ha for the 1987 James Bond film of the same name. It was written by guitarist Pål Waaktaar. After first appearing in the context of the film, a revised version was included in the band's ""Stay on These Roads"" studio album, which came out in 1988. John Barry was listed on the credits as co-writer and"
"Roger Moore Sir Roger George Moore (14 October 1927 – 23 May 2017) was an English actor. He is best known for having played Ian Fleming's fictional British secret agent James Bond in seven feature films from 1973 to 1985. Moore took over the role of Bond from Sean Connery in 1972, made his first appearance as 007 in ""Live and Let Die"" (1973), and went on to portray the spy in six more films until his retirement from the role in 1985. Appointed a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in 1991, Moore was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2003 for"
"""The Living Daylights"", as well as a double-decker bus in ""Live and Let Die"". Bond's adventures have taken him to over sixty countries, as well as outer space, in locations mostly described as attractive and exotic. These locations are primarily real places, though on occasion—such as San Monique (""Live and Let Die"") and Isthmus (""Licence to Kill"")—the destinations have been fictional. The locations used for filming have often altered because of the effects of Bond's presence: Scaramanga's hideout on Ko Tapu () in ""The Man with the Golden Gun"" is often now referred to as ""James Bond Island"" both by"
"ring was presented to Seymour in April 2016 in Singapore while she was there to star in ""The Vortex"". Jane Seymour (actress) Jane Seymour, OBE (born Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg; 15 February 1951), is an English-American actress. Best known for her performances in the James Bond film ""Live and Let Die"" (1973); ""Somewhere In Time"" (1980); ""East of Eden"" (1981); ""The Scarlet Pimpernel"" (1982 film); ""Onassis: The Richest Man in the World"" (1988); ""War and Remembrance"" (1988); the French epic ""La Révolution française"" (1989) as the ill-fated queen Marie Antoinette; ""Wedding Crashers"" (2005); and the American television series ""Dr. Quinn,"
"Living Daylights"" had first appeared in ""The Sunday Times"" on 4 February 1962; ""The Property of a Lady"" was commissioned by Sotheby's for the 1963 edition of their journal, ""The Ivory Hammer""; whilst ""007 in New York"" first appeared in the ""New York Herald Tribune"" in October 1963. The two original stories, ""Octopussy"" and ""The Living Daylights"", were both adapted for publication in comic strip format in the ""Daily Express"" in 1966–1967. Elements from the stories have also been used in the Eon Productions Bond films. The first, ""Octopussy"", starring Roger Moore as James Bond, was released in 1983 as"
"The Living Daylights (song) ""The Living Daylights"" is a song performed by Norwegian pop group a-ha for the 1987 James Bond film of the same name. It was written by guitarist Pål Waaktaar. After first appearing in the context of the film, a revised version was included in the band's ""Stay on These Roads"" studio album, which came out in 1988. John Barry was listed on the credits as co-writer and producer, and the initial release of the song was his version. A second version of the song, re-worked by A-ha in 1988, later appeared on their third album, ""Stay"
"former kind of roles. Wilson screen tested for ""The Living Daylights"" (1987) for the role of James Bond, appearing in test footage opposite Maryam d'Abo (the Bond girl in ""The Living Daylights"") as Tatiana Romanova, re-enacting scenes from ""From Russia with Love"" (1963). Wilson was featured in a series of Calvin Klein ads featuring Christy Turlington for Eternity in 1991, as well as a poster ad, years later in 1998. Wilson released ""Musicals"" on the EMI label in 1989 (re-issued in 2004), with John McGlinn conducting Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo. It features him singing songs of the American Musical Theatre"
"David Hedison as Felix Leiter, who reprised the role in ""Licence to Kill"". Hedison had said ""I was sure that would be my first and last"", before being cast again. Madeline Smith, who played Miss Caruso, sharing Bond's bed in the film's opening, was recommended for the part by Roger Moore after he had appeared with her on TV. Smith said that Moore was extremely polite to work with, but she felt very uncomfortable being clad in only blue bikini panties while Moore's wife was on set overseeing the scene. ""Live and Let Die"" was the only Bond film until"
"Lives"" for the 2012 Chichester Festival, reprised at the Gielgud Theatre in 2013. Toby Stephens Toby Stephens (born 21 April 1969) is an English stage, television, and film actor who has appeared in films in both Hollywood and Bollywood. He is known for the roles of Bond villain Gustav Graves in the 2002 James Bond film ""Die Another Day"" (for which he was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor), Edward Fairfax Rochester in a BBC television adaptation of ""Jane Eyre"" and in his role as Captain Flint in the Starz television series ""Black Sails"". Stephens is a"
"preferring Wood. Instead Maibaum worked on a Bond spoof """" (1980). Maibum was brought back to work on the Bonds in association with Michael G. Wilson, Broccoli's step-son. Their first movie together was ""For Your Eyes Only"" (1981). It was followed by ""Octopussy"" (1983), on which George MacDonald Fraser also did a draft; ""A View to a Kill"" (1985), Moore's last Bond; ""The Living Daylights"" (1987), the first Bond from Timothy Dalton, whom Maibaum considered the best actor of the four Bonds; and ""Licence to Kill"" (1989). Maibaum once told an interviewer that writing for Bond is ""a case of"
"had happened to ""Licence to Kill"". With a worldwide gross of , ""The Living Daylights"" became the fourth most successful Bond film at the time of its release. In 1998 the second Deluxe Edition of Bond's soundtracks was released. ""The Living Daylights"" was one of the first soundtracks to receive Deluxe treatment. The booklet/poster of this CD contains MGM's quote about ""The Living Daylights"" being the fourth most successful Bond film. Since Dalton was contracted for three Bond films, the pre-production of his third film began in 1990, in order to be released in 1991. What was confirmed is that"
"Cross attempted to prosecute the filmmakers and distributors. However, no legal action was taken. As a result, a disclaimer was added at the start of the film and some DVD releases. ""The Living Daylights"" has a ""Fresh"" score of 71% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 52 reviews. IGN lauded the film for bringing back realism and espionage to the film series, and showing James Bond's dark side. ""The Washington Post"" even said Dalton developed ""the best Bond ever."" Roger Ebert of the ""Chicago Sun-Times"" criticised the lack of humour in the protagonist, however, while Jay Scott of ""The Globe and"
"Jane Seymour (actress) Jane Seymour, OBE (born Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg; 15 February 1951), is an English-American actress. Best known for her performances in the James Bond film ""Live and Let Die"" (1973); ""Somewhere In Time"" (1980); ""East of Eden"" (1981); ""The Scarlet Pimpernel"" (1982 film); ""Onassis: The Richest Man in the World"" (1988); ""War and Remembrance"" (1988); the French epic ""La Révolution française"" (1989) as the ill-fated queen Marie Antoinette; ""Wedding Crashers"" (2005); and the American television series ""Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman"" (1993–1998), she has earned an Emmy Award, two Golden Globe Awards and a star on the Hollywood"
"of him, ""this egotistical US arms dealer models himself on history's most notorious dictators. In between orchestrating international arms deals, Whitaker enjoys re-creating battles with his vast dioramas and toy soldiers."" They believe that Joe Don Baker, although amusing, was miscast in the role as Whitaker. They also criticized his believability as a villain, describing him as an ""oaf"" from the American South who nobody would doubt could easily be defeated by James Bond. Brad Whitaker Brad Whitaker is a fictional character in the James Bond film ""The Living Daylights"". He was portrayed by American actor Joe Don Baker. Baker"