Moonraker

Director: Lewis Gilbert Lewis Gilbert

Overview

Secret agent James Bond finds himself battling yet another megalomaniacal villain in this entry in the long-running series of adventure films. This time Bond's opponent is Sir Hugo Drax, whose plans to destroy the earth with an atomic-powered rocket force Bond to add space travel to his resume.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/15/2015
UPC:	0883904333234
Original Release:	1979
Rating:	PG
Source:	Mgm (Video & Dvd)
Language:	English
Sales rank:	13,148

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Lois Chiles	Dr. Holly Goodhead
Roger Moore	James Bond
Michaël Lonsdale	Hugo Drax,Actor
Richard Keil	Jaws
Corinne Clery	Corinne Dufour
Geoffrey Keen	Sir Frederick Gray
Bernard Lee	M
Desmond Llewelyn	Q
Lois Maxwell	Miss Moneypenny
Toshiro Suga	Cha
Emily Bolton	Manuela
Blanche Ravalec	Dolly
Irka Bochenko	Blonde Beauty
Mike Marshall	Col. Scott,Col. Scott
Leila Shenna	Hostess Private Jet
Anne Lonnberg	Museum Guide
Jean-Pierre Castaldi	Pilot Private Jet
Walter Gotell	General Gogol
Douglas Lambert	Mission Control Director
Arthur Howard	Cavendish
Alfie Bass	Consumptive Italian
Brian Keith	U.S. Shuttle Captain
George Birt	Captain Boeing 747,Actor
Kim Fortune	R.A.F. Officer
Lizzie Warville	Russian Girl
Guy Guy Di Rigo	Ambulanceman
Chris Dillinger	Drax's Technician
Claude Carliez	Gondolier
Georges Beller	Drax's Technician
Denis Seurat	Officer Boeing 747
Chichinou Kaeppler	Drax's Girl - Signora de Mateo
Christina Hui	Drax's Girl
Francoise Gayat	Drax's Girl - Lady Victoria Devon
Nicaise Jean-Louis	Drax's Girl
Catherine Serre	Drax's Girl - Countess Lubinski
Benoît Ferreux	Moonraker Pilot #2
Michael G. Wilson	Man Outside Venini Glass
Jenny Arasse	Bit Part
Michel Berreur	Venice Boat Pilot
Albert R. Broccoli	Man at St. Marks Square,Woman at St. Mark's Square
Barrie Holland	Space Fighter
Anne Lombers	Guide
Marc Mazza	Lab technician (uncredited)
John Barry	Composer

Technical Credits

Christopher Wood

Lewis Gilbert	Director
Christopher Wood	Screenwriter
William P. Cartlidge	Producer
Albert R. Broccoli	Producer
Michael G. Wilson	Executive Producer
Daniel Brisseau	Sound Mixer

Editorial Reviews

Moonraker is quite simply one of the weirdest James Bond movies out there, as close to accidental spoof as anything in the series (not counting Casino Royale, which was supposed to be real spoof). Not only does it feature the larger-than-life, metal-toothed villain Jaws (Richard Kiel), performing even stranger feats than he did in The Spy Who Loved Me, but also a downright loopy foray into outer space, complete with an exchange of laser blasts better suited to the contemporaneous Star Wars movies. Of course, diversions from the straight and narrow in a long-running series like this are always welcome, and Moonraker has fun with its lighter tone and silly finale. Directing his third Bond film, Lewis Gilbert also knows how to provide the goods, including a taut sequence atop a tram that'll be a doozy for anyone afraid of heights. Of course, the fact that Jaws is severing the tram's thick support wire with his teeth just restores focus on the sense of kookiness that suffuses the whole enterprise. Moonraker was the middle of Roger Moore's seven films as 007.