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Synopsis: James Bond 007's mission is to firstly, organise the defection of a top Soviet general. When the general is re-captured, Bond heads off to find why an ally of General Koskov was sent to murder him. Bond's mission continues to take him to Afghanistan, where he must confront an arms dealer known as Brad Whitaker. Everything eventually reveals its self to Bond.
Director(s): John Glen
Production: MGM Home Entertainment
  3 wins & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.7
Metacritic:
60
Rotten Tomatoes:
71%
PG
Year:
1987
130 min
1,609 Views


- James, she's just your type.

- Wrong again, Moneypenny. You are.

I'll file that

with the other secret information.

Specialist in child impersonations.

Assassination method:

explosive teddy bears.

That's all the KGB female assassins.

You know, we could try freelancers

stationed outside the Soviet bloc.

It'll have to wait. M wants you

out at the Blayden safe house.

Right... Looks like

it's a dead end here anyway.

- (loud rock music)

- Ah, good.

Something we're making for

the Americans. It's called a ghetto blaster.

You'd better hurry. M wants you

to pick up a parcel at Harrods on your way.

Be a dear and ask Records to monitor

Czech publication and news services

for any mention of a woman cellist

at the conservatoire in Bratislava.

I didn't know

you were such a music lover, James.

Any time you want to drop by and

listen to my Barry Manilow collection...

(sighs)

Sorry, sir. Excuse me.

Bloody Yanks.

(whistling)

(pop music)

(car horn)

Good morning, sir.

Control here. 007's on his way.

- (rapid bleeping)

- Morning.

Sorry, Mr. Bond.

You'll have to leave the metal.

Thank you, sir.

- Good morning, sir. May I help you?

- No, thanks. I'll manage.

- They're expecting you in the drawing room.

- Thank you.

- (knocks)

- Come.

James! James, I will never forget

what you did for me.

Thank you so... What's this?

Ohh!

From Harrods. A godsend.

- The food here is horrible.

- The foie gras is excellent.

As Russians say:
"Hearts and stomachs

good comrades make." (laughs)

What's this? Caviar. That's peasant

food for us, but with champagne it's OK.

Bollinger RD. The best.

The brand on the list was questionable,

so I chose something else.

Superb, Mr. Bond.

- May I suggest we resume the debriefing?

- Absolutely. Go ahead. I'm all yours.

(pop music on headphones)

- Where's the usual milkman?

- What d'you say?

- Where's the usual man?

- Flu.

- Hey, mate. Watch it.

- Kitchen entrance, round the back.

General Leonid Pushkin is why I defect.

What, your... your KGB superior?

Gogol's replacement

when he joined their foreign service.

Once we were like brothers,

but now he's a different man.

Power has gone to his head.

He's sick, like Stalin.

He hates our new policy of dtente.

I have here a secret directive

from Pushkin:
Smiert Spionom.

"Death to Spies", Minister.

For an assassination program, with list

of targets - British and American agents.

When this starts, Soviet and Western

Intelligence could destroy each other.

God forbid, this might lead to nuclear war.

Unless Pushkin can be...

How do you say?

...put away.

- Where is Pushkin now? In Moscow?

- Da.

But in three days he will leave for Tangier.

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Richard Maibaum

Richard Maibaum (May 26, 1909 – January 4, 1991) was an American film producer, playwright and screenwriter best known for his screenplay adaptations of Ian Fleming's James Bond novels.His widow, Sylvia Maibaum, pointed out that her husband was more than just a marvelously entertaining writer. He was, she said "innovative. Among his works are 'firsts': The first anti-lynching play on Broadway, The Tree (1932); the first anti-Nazi play on Broadway, Birthright (1933); the first movie that dealt with the problem of medication abuse, Bigger Than Life, written in 1955, released in 1956; the first movie that dealt with the ethical and moral decisions in kidnapping cases, Ransom!; the first movie that introduced the American public to the importance of training airmen for the defense of the United States in a war many recognized as coming, I Wanted Wings (Spring, 1941); and Diamonds Are Forever, begun 1970, the first film that discussed the use of laser-like satellite mounted weapons for global warfare."His papers now reside at his alma mater, the University of Iowa. more…

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