James Bond 007, Octopussy. Declassification of the 13th James Bond movie including opening, title song, credits, villains, girls, gadgets, chases, binds, one-liners, and locations.

Opening

• goes undercover at a military base but gets caught. Uses personal jet with unfolding wings to escape pursuing military vehicles. When tailed by a heat-seeking missile, rolls and turns personal jet and flies through military hangar just before they close the doors, causing the missile to follow him in and explode the hangar

Title Song/Credits

• "All Time High" by Rita Coolidge
• neon red Bond symbols and octopi projected onto naked women, naked silhouetted women tumbling and multiple women's arms holding pistols enwrapping Bond

Villains

• General Orlov, Soviet general set on making a nuclear attack against NATO forces in Europe, funded by the auction of counterfeit Faberge eggs (Steven Berkoff)
• Kamal Khan, exiled Afghan prince and Orlov's partner (Louis Jourdan)
• Mischka, knife-throwing circus twin one (David Meyer)
• Grischka, knife-throwing circus twin two (Anthony Meyer)
• Gobinda, turban-wearing bodyguard (Kabir Bedi)
• circular-saw yo-yo assassin (William Derrick)

Girls

• Octopussy, jewelry smuggler and circus owner (Maud Adams)
• Magda, Kamal and Octopussy's assistant (Kristina Wayborn)
• Bianca, Bond's aide at the military base (Tina Hudson)
• Octopussy Girls (Mary Stavin, Carolyn Seaward, Carole Ashby, Cheryl Anne, Jani-Z, Julie Martin, Joni Flynn, Julie Barth, Kathy Davies, Helene Hunt, Gillian de Terville, Safira Afzal, Louise King, Tina Robinson, Alison Worth, Janine Andrews, Lynda Knight)

Gadgets

• personal jet with unfolding wings
• circular-saw yo-yos
• miniature microchip homing device and microphone
• pen-tip hypersensitive earpiece
• radio directional finder wrist watch
• LCD TV wrist watch
• metal-dissolving nitric and hydrochloric acid fountain pen

Chases

• Land Rover chased by military vehicles from military base
• personal jet chased by heat-seeking missile
• three-wheeled cab chased by three-wheeled cab and jeep through city streets in India
• chased on foot through jungle by hunters on elephants, with close encounters with a tarantula, tiger, snake, leech and crocodile
• train chased by car driving on tireless rims along railroad tracks
• car chased by police cars and motorcycle along German roads
• horseback riders chased by Bond on horseback
• plane taking off down runway chased by Bond on horseback, ending with him jumping onto tail fin just as plane takes off

Binds

• captured and under transport on the back of a military truck, uses Bianca's sexy distraction to pull guards' parachute cords and send them flying off the back of the truck, then jumps across to Bianca's Range Rover
• tailed by a heat-seeking missile, rolls and turns personal jet and flies through military hangar just before they close the doors, causing the missile to follow him in and explode the hangar
• fighting with a thug, flips him onto a bed of nails
• at knife point of a thug, borrows sword from throat of a sword swallower and knocks thug onto bed of hot coals
• in bed with Octopussy and about to be hit from above by circular-saw yo-yo, feels a drip of water on his face and moves out of the way just in time
• in fight with circular-saw yo-yo assassins, grabs one of their ropes while yo-yo is in the down position and pulls assassin off balcony; plants another's face into aquarium where octopus latches onto his face and kills him
• attacked by Mischka with blow torch and knives, pushes lever to drop heavy circus canon on his head
• chasing train along tracks in car with tireless rims, uses umbrella to pin accelerator to the floor and jumps onto side of train just before another oncoming train smashes car off tracks
• forced beneath train car under the attack of Gobinda's sword, uses severed air hose to fight Gobinda back
• pinned to cabin door by four of Grischka's knives in his sleeves, uses hand to unlatch door and swing it open just as Grischka lunges at him with another knife, then throws one of the knives at Grischka and kills him
• with nuclear bomb set to explode during circus show on U.S. Air Force base in Germany, steals a car to get to the base, avoids the authorities, finds a clown suit to put on, gets in the circus act, warns Octopussy of the bomb and that she's been double-crossed by Kamal and Orlov and disarms the bomb at the last second
• with Octopussy's attempt to head off Kamal from getting away going awry, flies in on hot air balloon, swings from basket through window, shoots his way through several guards and chases Kamal on horseback
• with Kamal's escape plane taking off down the runway, chases behind on horseback and jumps onto tail fin just as plane takes off
• clinging to top of plane in flight with Kamal doing rolls to try to shake him off, slides to side wing and short-circuits one of the propellers
• under knife attack by Gobinda on top of plane, bends and flicks antenna in Gobinda's face, knocking him off plane to his death
• with plane in an emergency landing but running out of land and approaching a cliff, jumps with Octopussy onto ground just before plane goes off cliff and crashes into rocks below

One-liners

• "Toro, sounds like a load of bull," after inspecting the fake Colonel Luis Toro identification badge given to him by Bianca
• "Well, it's a small world - you're a Toro, too," after he is captured by the real Colonel Toro
• "Fill 'er up," after landing his personal jet and rolling it to a stop at a filling station
• "Well, I must say you become more beautiful every day," to Penelope when seeing her unexpectedly in Miss Moneypenny's place upon entering Miss Moneypenny's office
• "I'm sure I will," to receptionist's "I hope you have a pleasant stay," while spying a beautiful woman in a bathing suit
• "And figures," to Magda's "You have a very good memory for faces"
• "Keep you in curry for a few weeks," as he shares some of his winnings off of Kamal with one of his Indian aides
• "Step on it," to cab driver just before they drive down some steps
• "Thank God for hard currency," after stab in the chest is blocked by the wad of cash in his breast pocket
• "You'd better stick this back yourself," to sword swallower upon returning him his sword
• "It certainly pays to advertise," after losing the enemy by driving cab through an ad banner that got immediately replaced by a roll-down replica
• "Having problems keeping it up, Q?" after a demo of an experimental rising rope falls over
• "Smashing, Q," after demo of door that slams open on person when knocker is knocked
• "Wonderful for poison pen letters," after demo of hydrochloric acid fountain pen
• "That is handy - perfect image, Q," after zooming video camera in on assistant's cleavage to demo the LCD TV wrist watch
• "So, does he have a proposition for me or do you?" when the subject of Kamal is brought up after having been invited to Magda's dinner table
• "Well, I'd heard the price of eggs was going up, but isn't that a little high?" when Magda suggests a trade of the Faberge egg for his life
• "Well, let's get on with making a few," after Magda takes his picture and says she collects memories for her scrapbook
• "Of course you do," to Magda's, "I need refilling" of her champagne glass
• "Actions speak louder than words," to Magda's "I don't know how to say goodbye," before she flips over the balcony to the ground below using her scarf tied to the railing
• "I don't suppose you'd care for a nightcap?" to male guard after he prevents him from having a nightcap with Magda
• "Sexual discrimination - I'll definitely have to pay it a visit," after hearing that Octopussy's island is full of beautiful women with no men allowed
• "You know what they say about the fittest," to Kamal's "You have a nasty habit of surviving"
• "Oh, then you can," after telling Q he hopes he can handle flying the hot air balloon and Q says, "It goes by hot air"

Locations

• India
• Germany
• United States
• England

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