Can you guess which movie poster each letter comes from in the above ‘ransom note’ collage? The answers after the jump!
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James Bond (Roger Moore) takes a picture using his 007 spy camera in Moonraker (1979)
The title card from Moonraker (1979)
The beginning of the end credits for Moonraker references an out-of-this-world filming location!
Moonraker was literally filmed in space! (note the exclamation point used for emphasis)
It must have cost a fortune for filming…perhaps Drax assisted with production costs? A quick Google shows it’s possible to use private space agencies to go intergalactic at ~$200,000 per flight, or around $60,000 in 1979 dollars. Although no such agency existed back then…
Richard Kiel as Jaws smiles in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
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Richard Kiel as Jaws smiles in Moonraker (1979)
The Bond movie franchise’s response to the space-based Star Wars phenomenon of the late 1970’s comes in the form of Moonraker (1979). And this fight scene perfectly encapsulates the movie’s attempt at inserting some James Bond action into the vast bleakness of space.
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The end credits of The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) says that For Your Eyes Only (1981) is the next movie
Eon Productions jumped the gun!
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Roger Moore as James Bond escapes via hang glider in Moonraker (1979)
Might be my favorite escape!
