film information
Produced by Albert R. Broccoli & Michael G Wilson
Directed by John Glen
Screenplay by Richard Maibaum & Michael G Wilson
World Premiere 29th June 1987 (London, England)
US Release Date 31st July 1987
Worldwide Box Office $191,200,000 US
Budget $30,000,000 US
Running Time 130 Minutes
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Jeroen Krabbe (General Georgi Koskov)
bond allies
Julie T. Wallace (Rosika Miklos)
John Rhys-Davies (General Leonid Pushkin)
locations
Gibraltar; Bratislava; Czech-Austria border; London and rural locales; Vienna; Tangier; Afghanistan.
actual locations
'Sniper' Book Shop in Vienna, Austria
Prater Ferris Wheel in Vienna, Austria
Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, Austria
Volksoper Opera House in Vienna, Austria
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After dropping in on Linda aboard her boat, she asks 007 who he is, to which Bond replies in his usual way.
behind the scenes
Composer John Barry appears as Kara's orchestra leader in the final scene.
Arms Dealer Brad Whitaker would later play Bond's ally Jack Wade in Goldeneye and Tomorrow Never Dies.
During filming of the pre-credits sequence in Gibraltar, Timothy Dalton met a Royal Artillery Captain called James Bond.
Prince Charles and Princess Diana got a sneak preview private demonstration of the Aston Martin's features.
Producer Michael G. Wilson features in a cameo - he is seen at the opera, sitting near Saunders.
During the rooftop chase in Tangier, quite a long scene was never shown in the actual film. It featured Dalton riding a ‘magic carpet’ that went down some telephone wires. Bond then dismounts the carpet and jumps on the back of a motorbike and speeds into the distance. §
