Octopussy (1983)

Michaela Clavell as Penelope Smallbone and Lois Maxwell as Moneypenny in Octopussy (1983)

Penelope Smallbone: Never Forget

Michaela Clavell as Penelope Smallbone and Lois Maxwell as Moneypenny in Octopussy (1983)

Michaela Clavell as Penelope Smallbone and Lois Maxwell as Moneypenny in Octopussy (1983)

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Bianca (Tina Hudson) prepares James Bond (Roger Moore) to imitate Colonsel Luis Toro in the opening sequence of Octopussy (1983)

“Toro? Sounds like a load of bull.”

Bianca (Tina Hudson) prepares James Bond (Roger Moore) to imitate Colonel Luis Toro in the opening sequence of Octopussy (1983)

Bianca (Tina Hudson) prepares James Bond (Roger Moore) to imitate Colonel Luis Toro in the opening sequence of Octopussy (1983)

Title sequence snippet from Octopussy (1983)

Octopussy’s Laser Gun?

Title sequence snippet from Octopussy (1983)Nope…just an awesome GIF from its opening title sequence! 🙂

Octopussy Tattoo

Nice tattoo

Octopussy Tattoo

Sir Roger Moore as James Bond in Octopussy (1983)

C’mon, Octopussy!

Sir Roger Moore as James Bond in Octopussy (1983)

White text with black outline can be read on any color

Property of a Lady - the Faberge Egg from Octopussy (1983)

“Property of a Lady”

Property of a Lady - the Faberge Egg from Octopussy (1983)

“Property of a Lady” is the name of the Fabergé egg in Octopussy (1983). It is also the third short story by Ian Fleming incorporated into the collection of short stories Octopussy and The Living Daylights. Moreover, it was also the working title for a rumored 1991 James Bond film starring Timothy Dalton, that eventually stalled indefinitely. Brosnan of course took over as 007 after that.

The Wikipedia page for the eggs is a great one to get lost in. 🙂

009 in Octopussy (1983)

RIP 009

009 in Octopussy (1983)

Roger Moore's clown costume in Octopussy (1983) takes the cake...the ultimate dorkiest Bond moment!

Clowning Around

This polarizing scene from Octopussy (1983) starts out lighthearted but ends with high tension as an undercover James Bond disguises himself as a circus clown to defuse a nuclear bomb. All in all, it is by far the dorkiest look of Roger Moore’s Bond, but looking past his costume and apparent masterful makeup artistry, I’m not sure there is a more defining “James Bond saves the world” scene in all of the movies.

Sure, Bond has defused many a bomb in his time, and even another nuclear one in Goldfinger (1964) albeit without a large audience like Bond has here. And yes, maybe they could’ve dressed Bond in something more flattering (a ringmaster with a top-hat, perhaps?), but the buildup for this scene and how an obstinate American general eventually tells everyone in the audience to shut up and let the absurdly dressed clown Bond defuse the bomb makes it all the more climactic. You can feel the tension! And I also think (to a degree) Bond’s look of desperation is made even more urgent because of his clownface makeup!

I won’t get over Bond’s look in this scene any time soon (and I wish at the end of the scene he would’ve just kept his red nose on for the full effect or took it off entirely, rather than having it hang awkwardly on his neck), but I also won’t let it take away from it significance amongst other times in the series when Bond heroically saves the world. Not many other scenes can top this one in that regard!

Roger Moore's clown costume in Octopussy (1983) takes the cake...the ultimate dorkiest Bond moment!

1. Roger Moore’s clown costume in Octopussy (1983) takes the cake…the ultimate dorkiest Bond moment!

RIP Louis Jourdan

RIP Louis Jourdan (Kamal Khan in Octopussy) 1921 – 2015 http://bit.ly/1zh1lS2

Drake disapproves of Roger Moore's clown suit in Octopussy (1983), but approves of his white tuxedo

Drake: Octopussy

Drake disapproves of Roger Moore's clown suit in Octopussy (1983), but approves of his white tuxedo

Drake disapproves of Roger Moore’s clown suit in Octopussy (1983), but approves of his white tuxedo