In the October 20, 2014 interview with Huffington Post, director Ron Clements recalls the experience of visiting the islands of the South Pacific to gain artistic and authentic references for the film: "When we visited those islands, John Musker and I were especially interested in meeting people who lived on islands where they had grown up surrounded by an ocean. We wondered how that might affect your point-of-view. And we learned a lot. We learned all kinds of things that we didn't know. We learned how the sea and the land are one and the same. How these people think of the ocean as something that unites the islands, not something that separates them. And then we learned about the great migration and how the people of the Islands take great pride in the fact that their ancient ancestors invented this way of navigation called dead reckoning which involved studying the stars and the currents. And way before the European explorers or the Vikings, these people had this very, very incredibly advanced techniques of navigation." As Clements continued, "So many of these ideas in terms of respect for nature, respect for the ocean and the elements - all of these things - really had a huge influence on us and then began to make their way into this film's story," Ron continued. "Which is why Moana is now the most ambitious thing that John and I have ever attempted. There's definitely an epic aspect to this story. Not to mention huge opportunities for comedy and action and adventure. But at the same time, there's also a key relationship at the very heart of this story. An emotional core that - I think - is especially important with this film. But as it is with any of these things, you just hope that - in the end - you can get it right."
A View to a Kill - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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This was Lois Maxwell's final appearance as Miss Moneypenny. Apparently, after she was told that she would be retiring from the role, she thought that she could become M as a promotion. However, at the time, Producer Albert R. Broccoli believed that audiences would not accept James Bond being given orders by a woman. M did become a woman when Dame Judi Dench took on the role in GoldenEye (1995).
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After Producer Albert R. Broccoli told Lois Maxwell (Miss Moneypenny) that she would not return for the next Bond movie, he commented that they were the only two people from Dr. No (1962), who were still working on the franchise.
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Patrick Macnee got the role of Sir Godfrey Tibbet, because he wanted to be in a Bond movie, and also because he and Sir Roger Moore were the best of friends. Macnee had also been friends with Bond Creator Ian Fleming, and subsequently had voiced narration for Bond movie short video documentaries, when they were first released on videocassette and DVD in 1995 and 2000.
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The only element of this movie taken from the original Bond story by Ian Fleming is its title, and the French location. However, it has been pointed out that the 1981 James Bond novel "Licence Renewed" by John Gardner featured an Ascot horse racing scene similar to that seen in this movie.
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The opening sequence of this movie is the first time 007 is depicted on a mission inside Russia. Specifically, it was the snow-capped region of Siberia, Russia (which was filmed in Iceland).
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This movie was intensely disliked by Sir Roger Moore, who was barely on speaking terms with Grace Jones during filming. He did not consider this to be a real 007 movie. Moore said, "I was horrified on the last Bond I did. Whole slews of sequences where Christopher Walken was machine-gunning hundreds of people. I said, 'That wasn't Bond, those weren't Bond films.' It stopped being what they were all about. You didn't dwell on the blood and the brains spewing all over the place."
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After Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976) and The Sea Wolves (1980), this was Sir Roger Moore and Patrick Macnee's final movie together.
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Because of the unprecedented level of co-operation from the San Francisco authorities, Producer Albert R. Broccoli insisted that the premiere take place in the city. It was held at the Palace of Fine Arts, and was the franchise's first World Premiere to be in the U.S.
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The 1962 silver Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II, seen in this movie, was owned by Producer Albert R. Broccoli, who lent it to the production. Its license plate number in this movie was 354 HYK. A duplicate model without an engine was used when Zorin and May Day push it into the lake.
A View to a Kill - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
A View to a Kill - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
A View to a Kill - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
A View to a Kill - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
A View to a Kill - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
A View to a Kill - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
A View to a Kill - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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