Production Year: 1987 - Action/Adventure - Director: John Glen - Original Language: English - Classification: Parental Guidance - Starring:Timothy Dalton, Maryam D'Abo, Jeroen Krabbe, Joe Don Baker, John Rhys Davies, Art Malik, Geoffrey Keen, Desmond Llewelyn
In this instalment of the James Bond series, Agent 007 is assigned to protect a Russian defector from the KGB. When the defection proves to be an elaborate ploy, Bond woos her... more
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LIVING DAYLIGHTS
In this instalment of the James Bond series, Agent 007 is assigned to protect a Russian
... more
defector from the KGB. When the defection proves to be an elaborate ploy, Bond woos her anyway, and together they follow a trail to a crooked American arms dealer s...
LIVING DAYLIGHTS
In this instalment of the James Bond series, Agent 007 is assigned to protect a Russian
... more
defector from the KGB. When the defection proves to be an elaborate ploy, Bond woos her anyway, and together they follow a trail to a crooked American arms dealer supplying weapons to Afghanistan.n
The Living Daylights [1987]
The Living Daylights, new boy Timothy Dalton's first Bond outing, gets off to a rocking
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start with a pre-credits sequence on Gibraltar, and culminates in a witty final showdown with Joe Don Baker's arms dealer, set on a model battlefield full of toy soldiers. While the Aston Martin model whizzing through the car chase has been updated for the late 1980s--including lethal lasers and other deadly gizmos--the plot is pretty standard issue, maybe a little more cluttered and unfocused than usual, involving arms, drugs and diamond smuggling. Nevertheless, the action-formula firmly in place, this one rehearses the moves with ease and throws in some fine acting. Maryam d'Abo, playing a cellist-cum-spy, is the classy main squeeze for 007 (uncharacteristically chaste for once). Dalton, with his wolfish, intelligent features, was a perfectly serviceable secret agent, but never caught on with the viewers, perhaps because everyone was hoping for a presence as charismatic as Sean Connery's in the franchise's glory days.--Leslie Felperin On the DVD: Casting the new Bond takes up much of the "making-of" documentary: first Sam Neill was in the running, but vetoed by Cubby Broccoli, who wanted Timothy Dalton and had considered him as far back as On Her Majesty's Secret Service (but Dalton felt he was just too young at the time). When Dalton proved unavailable, Pierce Brosnan was hired. Then, at the last minute, Brosnan's Remington Steele contract was renewed and he had to drop out. Dalton came back in, on the proviso that he could give Bond a harder, more realistic edge after the action-lite of the Roger Moore years. The second documentary attempts to profile the enigmatic Ian Fleming, who was apparently as mysterious and chameleon-like as his alter ego. The commentary is a miscellaneous selection of edited interviews from various members of the cast and crew. There's also Ah-Ha's "Living Daylights" video, and a "making-of" featurette about it. A brief deleted scene (comic relief--wisely dropped) and trailers complete another strong package. --Mark Walker
...A View To a Kill the producers of the world's most enduring franchise had not only to find a new James Bond but also freshen up their slightly tired series. 33 year-old Pierce Brosnan was eventually hired and after Michael G Wilson's proposed origin idea was rejected by Albert R Broccoli, a taut more grounded film was planned with Fleming's short story giving the film both its title and opening sequences. At the last minute Brosnan's Bond dream was ... ...had spoken to Broccoli about the James Bond mantle several times before but now he was finally free and Broccoli needed him desperately.
The Living Daylights opens with a well directed pre-credit sequence set on Gibraltar. A military exercise between the '00' section and the SAS is gatecrashed by an enemy Agent. He kills three men before Bond pursues him in an exciting runaway Jeep set-piece. Timothy Dalton does a lot of his own stuntwork and proves ...
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Actor(s): Timothy Dalton, Maryam D'Abo, Jeroen Krabbe, Joe Don Baker, John Rhys Davies, Art Malik, Geoffrey Keen, Desmond Llewelyn
Director(s): John Glen
Genre: Action & Adventure
Classification: Parental Guidance
Production Year: 1987
Running Time: 2 hours 6 minutes
Franchise Name: James Bond
Consumer Advice: Contains moderate violence and mild sex
Video Category: Feature Film
Plot: In this instalment of the James Bond series, Agent 007 is assigned to protect a Russian defector from the KGB. When the defection proves to be an elaborate ploy, Bond woos her anyway, and together they follow a trail to a crooked American arms dealer supplying weapons to Afghanistan.
Release details
DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)
Studio(s): MGM ENTERTAINMENT; CINRAM LOGISTICS
Release date: 17/07/2006
No of Discs: 2
Catalogue No: MDR 51772 UE
Barcode: 5035822177291
Production Designer: John Barry
Music Director: John Barry
Composer: John Barry
Author: John Barry
DVD Description
In this instalment of the James Bond series, Agent 007 is assigned to protect a Russian defector from the KGB. When the defection proves to be an elaborate ploy, Bond woos her anyway, and together they follow a trail to a crooked American arms dealer supplying weapons to Afghanistan. Digitally restored.
Languages
Main Language: English
Subtitle Language: Greek, Dutch, Norwegian, Finnish, English, Danish, Swedish, HIndi
Hearing Impaired Language: English
Technical information
Special Features: Audio Commentaries, , Deleted Scenes, , Expanded Angles, , Interactive Guide, , Featurettes, , Trailers, , TV Spots
Aspect Ratio: 2.35 Wide Screen
Sound: DTS 5.1 Surround, Dolby Digital Surround 5.1
Professional reviews
Review: ...[Dalton] has enough presence, the right debonair looks and the kind of energy that the Bond series has lately been lacking....This cast is a good one... (New York Times, )
...Timothy Dalton's a class act....The Fourth Bond registers beautifully on all key counts of charm, machismo, sensitivity and technique... (Variety, )
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