Octopussy - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

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

[claude]

Product placements, brand integrations, and promotional tie-ins for this movie include: Land Rover; Mont Blanc Pens; Seiko watches, including the Seiko TV and G757 Sports 100 watches; Enco (ExxonMobil); and Alfa Romeo, Volkswagen, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz cars.

[sandra]

The "company" taxi used to pick up 007 was specially constructed at Pinewood Studios, and capable of speeds in excess of seventy miles (one hundred thirteen kilometers) per hour.

[bernard]

This is the only James Bond movie in the EON Productions official franchise that featured the famous West Berlin and East Berlin Cold War crossing point, "Checkpoint Charlie".

[manuel]

The blue and white twin-tailed plane and the end of the film began as a 1942 Beechcraft AT-11 "Kansan" training aircraft for the U.S. Army Air Force in WWII. Itg was converted to a C-45G, then a C-45H model in 1957. It was sold to a private individual in 1958 with civilian registration N9072Z. Sold again in 1979 and registration changed to N75WB. Exported to the UK in 1983 and registered G-BKRG. That registration was canceled in 1998. The plane was stripped and about to be scrapped when it was rescued and restored c.2003-07 and as of 2019 is on static display outside the T2 Hanger at the Lelystad Aviodrom Musem in the Netherlands.

[kristina]

Filming of the twelve-foot Acrostar Jet, as it flew through the hangar, was achieved by attaching the aircraft by a steel pole to an old Jaguar, with the roof torn off, and driving along. The second unit was able to add obstacles, such as people and objects, to complete the illusion that Sir Roger Moore was actually flying his tiny plane through an aircraft hangar. The exploding hangar pieces were four inches high.

[francisco]

Another actor was hired in addition to Vijay Amritraj when there was a dispute with Actor's Equity because Armitraj was not a member of the actor's union. However, Producer Albert R. Broccoli asked his friend Leonard Goldberg to arrange a guest appearance for Vijay on Fantasy Island (1977) in order to receive Screen Actors Guild membership and subsequent Equity approval.

[melinda]

Some of the exterior scenes at the Circus (set in Germany), were filmed at the U.S. Air Force Base in Upper Heyford, England. This is especially seen when Bond is driving through the unguarded main gate, when he crashes through the barricade on the flight line, and the wide shot of the circus performer trailers. F-111 aircraft can be seen in the background. These were the aircraft stationed at the base at that time.

[kristina]

Q appears as an active participant in a mission for the first time, as opposed to being behind the scenes.

[alyssa]

Barbara Parkins auditioned, and was considered for the role of Octopussy. She appeared with Sir Roger Moore in Shout at the Devil (1976).

[ella]

During pre-production, there were some concerns of how a movie with this title would be received.

[harry]

The first line of the Ian Fleming short story read: "'You know what?' said Major Dexter Smythe to the octopus. 'You're going to have a real treat today if you can manage it'." The last line read: "It is only from the notes of Dr. Graves, who performed the autopsy, that it has been possible to construct some kind of postscript to the bizarre and pathetic end of a once valuable officer of the Secret Service."

[jim]

During casting, James Brolin was almost given the role of James Bond, when at the last minute, Sir Roger Moore agreed to play Bond again. Brolin's screentests can be seen on the DVD. Moore had gone out of contract after Moonraker (1979), and had agreed to return to the role one more time in For Your Eyes Only (1981). The production went with Moore, because this movie would be competing with Never Say Never Again (1983), starring original and former James Bond actor, Sir Sean Connery. The uncertainty in using an American actor in the role, having to introduce a new actor, and going-up against Connery were the reasons. In the meantime, Oliver Tobias, Michael Billington, Timothy Dalton, and Ian Ogilvy had also been considered for James Bond.

[kim]

It was not a planned part of the Indian cabbie chase sequence when a cyclist rode between the two battling vehicles, providing added suspense.

[victoria]

The Octopussy music score was recorded at the (now demolished) CTS (Cine-Tele Sound) Studios in Wembley, London, England. The studios were, at the time, known as The Music Centre.

[amber]

In the fight in Octopussys bedroom a henchman is thrown into the aquarium and a Blue Ringed Octopus attaches itself to the mans face. This octopus is almost the same size as his head when this species of octopus is about the size of a golf ball

[melinda]

Louis Jourdan and Kabir Bedi appeared in Counterforce (1988).

[albert]

Because of the hotel's involvement with this movie, Udaipur's Lake Palace Hotel is now nicknamed "The Octopussy Hotel".

[jesse]

John Glen: [pigeon] As Bond creeps on the ledge after breaking out of his room at Kamal's mansion.

[victoria]

Udaipur's Lake Palace Hotel is often nicknamed "The Octopussy Hotel".