Maud Adams

Octopussy Directed by John Glen Written by George Macdonald Fraser, Richard Maibaum, and Michael G. Wilson United Kingdom, 1983 1983 presented a unique challenge for the Bond franchise. For the first time since Ursula Andress strolled out of the water, there were going to be two Bond films in theatres in the same year. As …

Following James Bond’s out of this world experience in the financially successful (665 million, adjusted for inflation) if artistically vapid Moonraker, the series’ sole producer, Albert Broccoli, thought it best to venture in a different direction, one that would feel slightly more grounded, all the while still playing on the strengths of his star: cool …

‘The Man with the Golden Gun’ is Bond at his most uncertain.