Octopussy

Octopussy is a 1983 film in which a fake Fabergé egg and a fellow agent's death leads James Bond to uncovering an international jewel smuggling operation, headed by the mysterious Octopussy, being used to disguise a nuclear attack on NATO forces. Directed by John Glen. Written by George MacDonald Fraser, Michael G. Wilson, and Richard Maibaum, based on a short story by Ian Fleming. Nobody does it better...thirteen times. (taglines) Kamal Khan Englishman. Likes eggs, preferably Faberge, and dice, preferably loaded. Mr. Bond is indeed of a very rare breed... soon to be made extinct. Dialogue [Bond and Vijay's car is being chased by Gobinda and his henchmen.] Bond: Vijay, we've got company! Vijay: No problem, this is a company car! Bond: You wouldn't have a smaller piece of thread than that wouldn't you, Q? [hands Q his coat] Somebody seems to have stuck a knife in my wallet. Q: Ah, and they missed you? What a pity! Bond: [looking at the tattoo on Magda's back] What is that? Magda: That's my little octopussy. Bond: So does he have a proposition for me or do you? Magda: He suggest a trade. The egg... for your life. Bond: Well, I heard the price of eggs was going up, but isn't that a little high? [Vijay arrives to relieve Q as they monitor Octopussy's island palace from the lakeshore] Vijay: Is he still there? Q: You must be joking! 007 on an island populated exclusively by women? We won't see him till dawn! Orlov: [enters the trailer, sees Bond in Mischka's clothes from behind] Leave that! Let's go. Bond: [turns around, facing Orlov with pointed gun] No, let's stay. You. Sit on that box. Hands on your knees. Come on, move! Now why is that bomb on the train? Orlov: Who are you? Bond: I'm with British Secret Service. [the scene cuts to two Russian soldiers having finished examining General Orlov's car with the jewel container inside the trunk and leaving to do their duty; the scene cuts again to Bond still holding General Orlov captive inside the trailer] Orlov: You should be more concerned about getting out of here alive. Bond: I am more concerned about an atomic bomb exploding on a United States Air Force base. You surely can't be inviting a full-scale nuclear war. What happens when the US retaliates? Orlov: [grins] Against whom? Bond: [frowning, realizing Orlov's scheme] My God. Of course. Our early-warning system will rule out the possibility of that bomb having come from Russia or anywhere else. Everyone will assume incorrectly that it was an American bomb triggered accidentally. Orlov: That would be the most plausible explanation. Bond: Europe will insist on unilateral disarmament, leaving every border undefended for you to walk across at will. And it doesn't matter a damn to you, I suppose, that thousands of innocent people will be killed in this little "accident" of yours? Orlov: Better than letting a handful of old men in Moscow bargain away our advantage in disarmament talks! Bond: On your feet, General. You're going to stop that train. Orlov: [they hear hoot as the train starts to move off] It's too late. Bond: You can stop it at the border. [the trailer door opens, revealing two Russian soldiers and Bond, having been caught, kills one soldier and escapes to avoid being killed by the other] Orlov: [referring to Bond escaping from the Russian soldier, who is chasing him] Kill him!! Kill him!! [General Gogol walks to a crawling General Orlov, who has just been shot by East German border guards, thinking he was trying to defect by chasing the Octopussy circus train] Gogol: A common thief! A disgrace to the uniform! Orlov: [weakly] Yes. But tomorrow, I shall be a hero of the Soviet... Union... [dies] [at Feldstadt Air Base, Kamal Khan prepares to leave ahead of the expected nuclear explosion] Kamal Khan: [to a USAF lieutenant-general] General, excuse me. I have some traveling arrangements to make. Enjoy the show. US general: Thank you. US aide: I'm sure the general will get a big blast out of this. Khan: I know he won't be disappointed. [Bond and Q float in a hot air balloon as Octopussy's troops raid Khan's lair] Bond: I trust you can handle this contraption, Q? Q: It goes by hot air. Bond: Oh, then you can. Khan: You seem to have a nasty habit of surviving. Bond: Well, you know what they say about the fittest. Taglines Nobody does it better...thirteen times. James Bond's all time action high. Nobody does him better. Cast Roger Moore - James Bond Maud Adams - Octopussy Louis Jourdan - Kamal Khan Kristina Wayborn - Magda Kabir Bedi - Gobinda Steven Berkoff - General Orlov Desmond Llewelyn - Q Robert Brown - M Lois Maxwell - Miss Moneypenny Michaela Clavell - Penelope Smallbone Walter Gotell - General Anatol Gogol External links 0086034 Octopussy octopussy Octopussy Category:Action films Category:James Bond 007 Category:Films based on short fiction Category:Films about terrorism Category:Films about nuclear war and weapons Category:1983 British films Category:1983 English-language films Category:British sequel films Category:Circus films Category:Films set in Berlin Category:Films set in India Category:Films set in London Category:Films set in the Soviet Union