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ABOVE: NEW FACES
AT MI6 AND SOME UNLIKELY ALLIES (centre left) Douglas Wilmer
as antiquities expert Jim Fanning enlisted by MI6 to
accompany Bond at the Fabergé auction at SOTHEBY'S. (centre
right) Michaela Clavell (daughter of author James Clavell) as
Miss Smallbone with Lois Maxwell as Moneypenny in her 13th
appearance in the role. (bottom left) Robert Brown [centre] in
his debut as M with Walter Gotell as General Gogol, who with
Geoffrey Keen as The Minister of Defence, discuss the return
of the jewels stolen by General Orlov (Steven Berkoff) to the
Kremlin. (bottom right) Joining 007 on his mission in India,
Desmond Llewelyn as Q waits for Bond to return from
Octopussy's island, and pilots a hot air balloon as the pair
infiltrate Kamal Khan's (Louis Jourdan) Monsoon Palace at the
climax of Octopussy (1983).
BELOW:
Octopussy Behind‑the‑Scenes - a
talented crew all of whom were veterans of the James Bond
franchise.
(1) Director John
Glen (centre) with Camera Operator Alec Mills (left) and Assistant
Director Anthony Waye line up a shot for Octopussy (1983).
(2) Production Designer Peter Lamont at Pinewood Studios.
(3) Director of Photography Alan Hume returned to the series after
shooting For Your Eyes Only (1981).
(4) Stunt co-ordinator Bob Simmons [pictured right with
Anthony Meyer (left) and 2nd Unit Director and Photographer Arthur
Wooster (centre)] rehearses a fight scene on location at Black
Park near Pinewood Studios.
(5) Special Effects Supervisor John Richardson [pictured left with
Roger Moore] joined the series with Moonraker (1979) and
returned to the franchise after a two film absence.
(6) In addition to creating the Main Titles for Octopussy
(1983) Maurice Binder also shot additional footage of Maud Adams
for use in the teaser trailer. The sequence was shot at the Taj
Lake Palace on Jagniwas Island, Udaipur, India, where Adams
[pictured with Maurice Binder and returning to the series after
appearing as Andrea in The Man With The Golden Gun (1974)]
introduces her character direct to camera.
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