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Moonraker

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Swedish title:

Moonraker

Director:

Lewis Gilbert

Assistant director(s):

Michel Cheyko (1st Assistant Director)
Chris Carreras (2nd Assistant Director)

Second unit director:

Ernie Day och John Glen

Screenwriter(s):

Christopher Wood

Release dates:

18 August 1979 (Sweden)
26 June 1979 (UK)
29 June 1979 (USA)

Plot outline:

Megalomaniac Hugo Drax plans to destroy all human life on the planet by launching nerve gas-filled spheres from his ‘cloaked’ space station orbiting the Earth, from where his chosen physical and mental elite will re-inhabit the planet.

Awards:

N/A

MPAA:

Runtime:

126 minutes

Certification, UK:

N/A

Filming locations:

Brazil (Iguaçu Falls, Rio de Janeiro), Guatemala, France (Paris), Italy (Venice), USA (California and Florida) as well as Pinewood Studios (England), Les Studios de Billancourt (France) and Studios de Boulogne (France)

Film company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Distributor in Sweden:

United Artists AB

Production budget:

34 Million USD

Sweden Box-office:

13 249 573 SEK according to the Swedish Film Institute

UK Box-office:

N/A

US Box-office:

70 Million USD accoding to Box Office Mojo

Worldwide Box-office:

210 Million USD (Source: Box Office Mojo)

Cast (in alphabetical order):

Alfie Bass as lungsiktig italiernare
Anne Lonnberg as museum guide
Arthur Howard as Cavendish
Béatrice Libert as Mademoiselle Deradier
Bernard Lee as M
Blanche Ravalec as Dolly
Brian Keith as amerikansk kapten
Catherine Serre as Drax girl
Chichinou Kaeppler as Drax girl
Chris Dillinger as Drax technician
Christina Hui as Drax girl
Claude Carliez as gondoljären
Corinne Cléry as Corinne Dufour
Denis Seurat as officer på Boeing 747
Desmond Llewelyn as Q
Douglas Lambert as kontrollstationens chef
Emily Bolton as Manuela
Françoise Gayat as Drax girl
Geoffrey Keen as Frederick Gray
George Birt as kaptenen på Boeing 747
Georges Beller as Drax-tekniker
Guy di Rigo as ambulansman
Irka Bochenko as blond skönhet
Jean-Pierre Castaldi as piloten i jetplanet
Johnny Traber's Troupe as lindansarna
Kim Fortune as RAF Officer
Leila Shenna as värdinnan i jetplanet
Lizzie Warville as rysk flicka
Lois Chiles as Holly Goodhead
Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny
Michael Marshall as Colonel Scott
Michel Lonsdale as Hugo Drax
Nicaise Jean-Louise as Drax girl
Nicholas Arbez as Drax-pojke
Olga Bisera as Felicca
Richard Kiel as Jaws
Roger Moore as James Bond
Toshiro Suga as Chang
Walter Gotell as General Gogol

Producers:

Albert R. Broccoli (producer)
William P. Cartlidge (associate producer)
Michael G. Wilson (executive producer)

Music:

John Barry (film soundtrack composer)
Monty Norman (composer of the James Bond theme)
Shirley Bassey (singer of the title song)

Cinematograper:

Jean Tournier (Director of Photography)

Film editor:

John Glen

Casting:

Budge Drury and Margot Capelier

Production designer:

Ken Adam

Sound designer:

Colin Miller (dubbing editor)

Costume designer:

Jaques Renoir

Stills photographer:

Patrick Morin

Title designer(s):

Maurice Binder

Stunts:

Underwater Unit Directed By: Lamar Boren
Action Sequences Arranged By: Bob Simmons
Stunt Arranger (France): Claude Carliez
Skydiving Stunt Coordinator: Don “Tweet” Caltvedt
Aerial Technical Advisor: J.W. “Corkey” Fornof
Freefall Photographer: Rande De Luca
Stunt Rigger: Martin Grace
Pilot: J.W. “Corkey” Fornof
Stunt Glider Pilot: John Long

Stunt Doubles:
For Lois Chiles: Dorothy Ford (Cable car)
For Jean-Pierre Castaldi: B.J. Worth (Skydiving)

For Richard Kiel:
Martin Grace (Cable car)
Ron Lubingill (Skydiving)
Paul Weston (Cable car)

For Roger Moore:
Martin Grace
Richard Graydon (Cable car)
Jake Lombard (Skydiving)
John Long (Glider)
Peter Munt

Other Stunt Performers:
Dinny Powell
Eddie Eddon
Howard Curtis
Jack Cooper
Reg Harding
Tony Smart

Special effects by:

Chris Corbould (special effects technician)

Official website:

http://www.007.com

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