Moonraker
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Moonraker

Year:
Duration:
126 min
Genres:
Action | Adventure | Crime | Sci-Fi | Thriller
IMDB rate:
6.2
Director:
Lewis Gilbert
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 4 nominations
Details
Country: UK
Release Date: 1979-06-29
Filming Locations: Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Earnings
Budget: $34,000,000
Opening Weekend: $7,108,344 (USA) (1 July 1979)
Gross: $7,108,344 (USA) (1 July 1979)
Cast
Actor
Character
Catherine Serre
Catherine Serre
Moonraker
Leila Shenna
Leila Shenna
Moonraker
Roger Moore
James Bond
Lois Chiles
Holly Goodhead
Michael Lonsdale
Hugo Drax
Richard Kiel
Jaws
Corinne Cléry
Corinne Dufour
Bernard Lee
M
Geoffrey Keen
Sir Frederick Gray
Desmond Llewelyn
Q
Lois Maxwell
Miss Moneypenny
Toshirô Suga
Chang
Emily Bolton
Manuela
Blanche Ravalec
Dolly - Jaws' Girlfriend
Irka Bochenko
Blonde Beauty
Mike Marshall
Col. Scott
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
Kim Fortune
R.A.F. Officer
Lizzie Warville
Russian Girl
Johnny Traber's Troupe
Funambulists
Nicholas Arbez
Drax's Boy
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 Del Mateo
Christina Hui
Drax's Girl
Françoise Gayat
Drax's Girl - Lady Victoria Devon
Nicaise Jean-Louis
Drax's Girl
Béatrice Libert
Drax's Girl - Mademoiselle Deradier
Ken Adam
Man at St. Marks Square (uncredited)
Jean-Louis Airola
Drax Radarman 2 (uncredited)
S. Newton Anderson
Samuel (uncredited)
Jenny Arasse
Bit Part (uncredited)
Michel Berreur
Venice Boat Pilot (uncredited)
Daniel Breton
Fighting Monk / Spatial Base Guard (uncredited)
Albert R. Broccoli
Man at St. Marks Square (uncredited)
Dana Broccoli
Woman at St. Mark's Square (uncredited)
George Lane Cooper
Space Fighter (uncredited)
Jack Cooper
Space Fighter (uncredited)
Guy Delorme
Tree Assassin (uncredited)
Eddie Eddon
Space Fighter (uncredited)
Benoît Ferreux
Moonraker Pilot (uncredited)
Patrick Floersheim
Moonraker Pilot (uncredited)
Terry Forrestal
Space Fighter (uncredited)
David Gabison
Technician in Drax Launching Site (uncredited)
John Gant
Venice Coffin Assassin (uncredited)
Lewis Gilbert
Man at St. Mark's Square (uncredited)
Richard Graydon
Space Fighter (uncredited)
Rika Hofmann
Model (uncredited)
Peter Howitt
Rio de Janeiro Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Dominique Hulin
(uncredited)
W.C. 'Chunky' Huse
Sailor at St. Mark's Square (uncredited)
Carlos Kurt
Airport Metal Detector Guard (uncredited)
Melinda Maxwell
Drax's Girl
Marc Mazza
Technician in Venini Laboratory (uncredited)
Alexandra Middendorf
Moonraker Launch Technician (uncredited)
Patrick Morin
Painter at St. Mark's Square (uncredited)
Ralph Morse
Astronaut (uncredited)
Daniel Perche
Drax Radarman 1 (uncredited)
Jacques Pisias
Waiter at St. Mark's Square (uncredited)
Jean Rupert
Technician in Venini laboratory (uncredited)
Marc Smith
Tannoy voice (uncredited)
John Sullivan
Space Fighter (uncredited)
Victor Tourjansky
Man with Bottle
Jean Tournier
Painter at St. Mark's Square (uncredited)
Nikki Van der Zyl
Corinne Dufour
Herma Vos
Astronaut (uncredited)
Malcolm Weaver
Space Fighter (uncredited)
Paul Weston
Space Fighter (uncredited)
Michael G. Wilson
Man Outside Venini Glass
Did you know?
Trivia
In 1955, John Payne negotiated and purchased the rights for an option to "Moonraker", paying a $1000 a month option for nine months. Payne was the first ever person in Hollywood interested in making the James Bond novels into a film series. Apparently, he eventually gave up the option when he learned he couldn't obtain the rights to the entire 007 series. Moreover, there were allegedly trans-Atlantic problems between the USA and English agents of James Bond creator Ian Fleming. In 1955-56, the Rank Organisation via Ian Hunter bought an advance option from Fleming to the novel "Moonraker". Fleming stipulated £1000 for an advance option and £10,000 for the film rights. Rank did not develop the material further. In Spring 1959, Rank sold them back to Fleming. Harry Saltzman obtained the rights to the James Bond novels in 1960-61 and "Moonraker" was included in the package. Saltzman later went into partnership with Albert R. Broccoli to produce the James Bond films.
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Roger Moore's face was quite bruised after having intense bursts of air pumped onto it in the scene where the gravity simulator spins out of control. The airburst effect seen in the film was colloquially called a Moonraker by patrons who use the hand dryer at the Bikinis Sports Bar and Grill restaurant chain in Austin, Texas where a Houstonian who was a tourist in Austin who first used the XL hand dryer machine noticed the effect similar to Bond's facial expression when seen in the G-force simulator.
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"Moonraker" was loosely modeled after NASA's 1973 creation Skylab.
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Goofs
In the opening sequence, James Bond, Jaws, and the pilot free fall for nearly two minutes. For that amount of free fall time, the jump would have to be made at or above above 25,000 feet, which would require oxygen equipment.
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After launching from Drax's factory, the shuttles are shown in a proper inverted position, but with the cargo doors closed. When in orbit, the shuttle's main cargo bay doors must remain open to dissipate heat.
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During the gondola/speedboat chase in Venice, a boat named "Elvira" with the registration "VE 7352" gets hit by a wave from the bad guy's speedboat. The same boat is seen parked at a different location in the previous scene, when the speedboat destroys another gondola at an intersection.
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Quotes
Hugo Drax: First there was the dream, now there is reality. Here in the untainted cradle of the heavens will be created a new super race, a race of perfect physical specimens. You have been selected as its progenitors. Like gods, your offspring will return to Earth and shape it in their image. You have all served in public capacties in my terrestrial empire. Your seed, like yourselves, will pay deference to the ultimate dynasty which I alone have created. From their first day on Earth they will be able to look up and know that there is law and order in the heavens.
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James Bond: Moonraker 5, that's the answer. Drax's shuttle is armed with a laser. We can track those globes and destroy them.
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Hugo Drax: Mr. Bond, you persist in defying my efforts to provide an amusing death for you.
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Faq
Q
Who sings the title song?
A
Moonraker is sung by Welsh singer Shirley Bassey, who is the only performer to date that has done more than one Bond theme. She also did the themes for Goldfinger & Diamonds are Forever.
Q
What is the Moonraker?
A
The Moonraker is a space shuttle manufactured in California by Drax Industries. It was hijacked while being flown to England on the back of a 747. The jet subsequently crashed in Canada's Yukon Territory, but the Moonraker was nowhere to be found amid the debris.
Q
What happens to Jaws and Dolly?
A
After Bond destroys the last globe, a Houston controller states that the American shuttle rescued two survivors "a tall man and a short, blonde woman", indicating that Jaws and Dolly did indeed survive.
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Catherine Serre Leila Shenna
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