A View to a Kill - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

Fan of A View to a Kill or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to A View to a Kill

[albert]

According to former C.I.A. Agent Tony Mendez (the subject of the spy movie Argo (2012)), after watching this movie, his superior at the C.I.A. asked him if they have any facial recognition technology as depicted in this movie. When Mendez told him they did not, he ordered them to develop it.

[jeffrey]

The idea to set the story in California's Silicon Valley was a concept conceived by Producer and co-Writer Michael G. Wilson. In the first draft, Zorin wanted to destroy Silicon Valley by changing the course of Halley's Comet, but it was later decided that this plot was not believable.

[ethel]

[21:00]James Bond falls through the roof of a boat. He would do so again in The Living Daylights (1987).

[nora]

The fishing-butterfly-hook-marionette kill in the Eiffel Tower restaurant was an unused concept from Moonraker (1979), where it would have been a poisonous bee brooch. Director John Glen suggested the change from bee to butterfly.

[sara]

Third Bond movie to not state the title of the next Bond movie during the ending credits.

[mathew]

When Bond first talks with Chuck Lee near the boat, a horn sounds the first notes of the James Bond theme.

[alyssa]

Grace Jones recalled in her autobiography that while doing automatic dialogue replacement for this movie, her clothes kept making rustling noises. So she stripped off, and carried on while naked.

[cameron]

Sir Roger Moore turned fifty-seven during filming, making him the oldest actor to play Bond. Sir Sean Connery was fifty-two in Never Say Never Again (1983).

[kim]

At the end of the introduction sequence, Bond fires a weapon that enters and explodes inside the Russian helicopter. The "weapon" is a regular emergency flare, which wreaks havoc inside the helicopter.

[bryan]

This is the only Bond film that has the distinction of being placed on Siskel and Ebert's Worst of The Year list. Siskel in particular never cared for Moore as Bond.

[ivan]

At the time of this movie's release, Sir Sean Connery told the press, "Bond should be played by an actor thirty-five, thirty-three years old. I'm too old. Roger's too old, too!"

[ethel]

When Stacey Sutton shows Bond the Earth tremor details on her home computer, the electronic sound made by the computer is the same sound as that made by the computer in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) when the submarine-launched missiles are in the air.

[duane]

Zorin's thoroughbred stud sale is dated to May 3, 1985 (via the five million dollar check he makes out to Stacey). His "Main Strike" takes place on the twenty-second, which became the real-life date of this movie's premiere in San Francisco.

[morris]

The effect of splitting the Renault in half was achieved by disabling an electromagnet used to hold the front and rear sections of the car together. The car was equipped with a small fuel tank in the front section. Because the "half car" did not have a muffler, it was quite loud.

[lonnie]

Barbara Broccoli had to collect Grace Jones every morning, because Jones didn't enjoy early morning starts. She learned to be very diplomatic with Jones in the car ride to the studio.

[oscar]

Product placements, brand integrations, and promotional tie-ins for this movie include: Renault automobiles; Michelin tires; Stolichnaya vodka; BP; Phillips computers; Phillips Electronics; Apple computers, Lafite Rothschild wine; The Sharper Image; Cartier; Bollinger Champagne, particularly a Bollinger '75; Diner's Club; Chevron Oil USA; Seiko Time (U.K.) Ltd.; Whiskas, and two spin-off video games, A View to a Kill (1985) and A View to a Kill (1985).

[claude]

The role of Max Zorin was offered to Rutger Hauer.

[wallace]

Maud Adams is said to be visible as an extra in one of the Fisherman's Wharf scenes. In the DVD documentary Inside 'A View to a Kill' (2000), Adams explains that she was visiting her friend Sir Roger Moore on-location, and ended up in the crowd, but admits she is unable to actually see herself in this movie. In the same documentary, John Glen confirmed that Adams appeared as an extra, but does not specify where she was visible. The appearance remained a mystery for several years, until she was identified as standing in the background during one of the Fisherman's Wharf scenes. As a result, Adams is confirmed to have appeared in this, and two other Bond movies, The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) and Octopussy (1983).

[elmer]

The second Bond movie, after The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), to include a scene where female pubic hair is visible (during the fight exercise between Zorin and May Day). Granted, it's very brief and one would have to freeze the movie at the precise moment, but it's clearly seen sticking out from May Day's workout attire.