Moonraker

Moonraker (1979)

Timing: 2:6 (126 min)

6.181/10
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6.631/10
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6.3/10
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All about film

Video 2

Photo 138

Actors and characters

Release date

1979-06-26

Country

France, United Kingdom, United States

Production

United Artists, EON Productions, Danjaq, Les Productions Artistes Associés

Genre

Action, Adventure, Thriller, Science Fiction

Budget

$34 000 000

Revenue

$210 308 099

Website

https://mgm.com/movies/moonraker

Director

Lewis Gilbert

Actors

Roger Moore, Lois Chiles, Michael Lonsdale, Richard Kiel, Corinne Cléry, Bernard Lee, Geoffrey Keen, Desmond Llewelyn, Lois Maxwell, Toshirô Suga
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Producer

Albert R. Broccoli, William P. Cartlidge, Michael G. Wilson

Operator

Jean Tournier

Composer

John Barry

Artist

Audition

Weston Drury Jr., Margot Capelier

Editing

John Glen
All team (32)

• The film's budget exceeds the combined budget of the first six James Bond films.
• The film was released before 'For Your Eyes Only' because the creators decided to capitalize on the popular space theme following the success of 'Star Wars'.
• For a long time, the film held the record for the number of characters involved in a zero-gravity scene.
• The film has nothing in common with Ian Fleming's novel except for the title, as well as the names of the main character and his antagonist.
• The first Space Shuttle launch took place on April 12, 1981, two years after the film's release.
• When Bond, dressed in a poncho, rides a horse to the Brazilian MI6 residence located in a monastery, the main theme from "The Magnificent Seven" plays in the background.
• The film shows seven space shuttles, and Drax mentions another defective one. In reality, only five space shuttles and one prototype were built under the "Space Shuttle" program.
• During launch, it is visible that the fuel tank of all the shuttles is white. In fact, it was only painted white for the first two launches, and then they stopped to reduce weight.
• The shuttle does not have a full-fledged fuel tank and returns to Earth as a glider, using the remaining fuel only for braking to descend from orbit, so the final race for the spheres on it would have been impossible.
• The film was released before "For Your Eyes Only" because the creators decided to capitalize on the popular space theme following the success of "Star Wars."
• When Bond, wearing a poncho, rides a horse to the Brazilian MI6 residence located in a monastery, the main theme from "The Magnificent Seven" plays in the background.
• The film features seven shuttles, and Drax mentions another defective one. In reality, only five shuttles and one prototype were built under the Space Shuttle program.