For Your Eyes Only (1981)

Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1981
Running Times: 127 mins
Format: Technicolor Panavision (anamorphic) 35mm 70mm (blow-up)
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: Dolby Stereo

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Eon Productions / United Artists
Executive Producer: Michael G. Wilson
Producer: Albert R. Broccoli
Associate Producer: Tom Pevsner
Prod Controller: Reginald A. Barkshire
Production Supervisor: Bob Simmonds
Production Managers: Mara Blasetti, Philip Kohler, Aspa Lambrou
Unit / Location Managers: Vincent Winter, Peter Bennett, Michaelis Lambrinos, Redmond Morris, Umberto Sambuco

SCRIPT
Script: Richard Maibaum, Michael G. Wilson
Stories: Ian Fleming (For Your Eyes Only; Risico)

DIRECTION
Director: John Glen
Assistant Director: Anthony Waye, Terry Madden, Michael Zimbrich, Gareth Tandy, Tony Broccoli
2nd Unit Director: Arthur Wooster
2nd Unit Assistant Director: Gerry Gavigan

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Alan Hume
2nd Unit Director of Photography: Arthur Wooster
Camera Operator: Alec Mills
2nd Unit Camera Operator: Robert Kindred
2nd Camera Operators: Dewi Humphreys, Jack Lowin, John Morgan
Electrical Supervisor: John Tythe
Grip: Chunky Huse
Stills: Keith Hamshere
Lighting and Grip Package: Lee Lighting Ltd
Laboratories: TVC Laboratories, New York, USA

EDITING
Editor: John Grover
Additional Editor: Eric Boyd-Perkins
Assembly Editors: Derek Trigg, Peter Davies

MUSIC
Music: Bill Conti
James Bond Theme: Monty Norman
Lyrics: Michael Leeson
Song Performed By: Sheena Easton
Music Mixed By: John Richards
Music Recorded At: The Music Centre, Wembley
Song Produced By: Christopher Neil

SOUND
Sound Recording: Derek Ball
Sound Re-Recording: Gordon K. McCallum, Ken Barker
Sound Re-Recorded At: Pinewood Studios Ltd
Sound Editor: Colin Miller, Bill Trent, Vernon Messenger
Sound Effects: Jean-Pierre Lelong

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make Up: George Frost, Eric Allwright
Costume Designer: Elizabeth Waller
Wardrobe: Tiny Nicholls
Bouquet and Harris' Wardrobe: Raemonde Rahvis, London
Ski Suits: Bogner

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects Director of Photography: Paul Wilson
Special Effects Supervisor: Derek Meddings
Special Effects: John Evans
Optical Effects: Les Films Michel François

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Peter Lamont
Art Director: John Fenner, Michael Lamont, Mikes Karapiperis, Franco Fumagalli
Set Decorator: Vernon Dixon
Production Illustrator: Denis Rich
Scenic Artist: Ernest Smith
Main Title Designer: Maurice Binder

MISCELLANEOUS
Continuity: Elaine Schreyeck
2nd Unit Continuity: Phyllis Townshend
Production Accountant: Douglas Noakes
Assistant Accountant: Sarah Lucraft
Director Of Publicity: Charles Juroe
Executive Producer's Secretary: Joanna Brown
London Contact: Van Jones
Marine Advisors: Barry Goldsmith, David Halsey
Production Assistants: Iris Rose, Sally Ball
Production Controller: Reginald A. Barkshire
Skating Scenes Staged By: Brian Foley
Unit Publicist: Brian Doyle

LOCATIONS
Locations: Achillion, Corfu, Greece (casino scenes); Bahamas (underwater scenes); Cortina d'Ampezzo, Veneto, Italy; England, UK; Meteora, Greece
Studio: Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Location Managers: Redmond Morris, Vincent Winter
Location Unit Managers: Michalis Lambrinos, Peter Bennett, Umberto Sambuco

STUNTS
Action Sequence Co-Ordinator: Bob Simmons
Driving Stunts Co-Ordinator: Remy Julienne
Climbing Team: Rich Sylvester, Herbert Raditschnig, Chester Brown, Bill Fox
Stunts: Martin Grace, Pat Banta, Cyd Child, Jo Cote, John Eaves, Hans Hechenbichler, Michel Julienne, Wolfgang Junginger, George Leech, Wendy Leech, Gavin McKinney, Gareth Milne, Bernard Pascual, Frances Young, Paolo Rigon

AERIAL UNIT
Aerial Director: James Devis
Aerial Photographer: James Devis
Aerial Team: Albert Werry, Andrew Von Preussen, Czeslav Dyzmna, Marc Wolff, Nigel Brendish, Robin Browne, John Crewdson

SKI UNIT
Ski Director: Willy Bogner
Ski Sequences Photographer: Willy Bogner
Ski Team: Christian Troschke, Georg Ostler, Gerhard Fromm, Gerhard Huber, Giovanni Dibona, Michael Ratajczak, Peter Rohe, Sabine Boueke, Verena Baldeo, Victor Tourjansky, Wolfgang Kleinwaechter

UNDERWATER UNIT
Underwater Director: Al Giddings
Underwater Photographer: Al Giddings
Underwater Team: Arlette Greenfield, Charles Nicklin, John Bremer, Ken Court, Moby Griffin, Pete Romano, Richard Mula, Steve Bowerman, Terry Kerby, Doug Laughlin, Randolph Johnson, Walter Clayton, Jack Monestier

CAST
Roger Moore (James Bond)
Carole Bouquet (Melina)
(Chaim) Topol (Columbo)
Lynn-Holly Johnson (Bibi)
Julian Glover (Kristatos)
Cassandra Harris (Countess Lial)
Jill Bennett (Brink)
Michael Gothard (Loque)
John Wyman (Kriegler)
Jack Hedley (Havelock)
Lois Maxwell (Miss Moneypenny)
Desmond Llewlyn (Q)
Geoffrey Keen (Minister of Defence)
Walter Gotell (General Gogol)
James Villiers (Tanner)
John Moreno (Ferrara)
Charles Dance (Claus)
Paul Angelis (Karageorge)
Toby Robins (Iona Havelock)
Jack Klaff (Apostis)
Alkis Kristikos (Santos)
Stag Theodore (Nikos)
Stefan Kalipha (Gonzales)
Graham Crowden (1st Sea Lord)
Noel Johnson (Vice Admiral)
William Hoyland (McGregor)
Paul Brooke (Bunky)
Eva Rueber-Staier (Rublevich)
Fred Bryan (vicar)
Robin Young (girl in flower shop)
Graham Hawks (mantis man)
John Wells (Denis)
Janet Brown (Prime Minister)
Max Vesterhalt (girl at casino)
Lalla Dean, Evelyn Drogue, Laoura Hadzivageli, Koko, Chai Lee, Kim Mills, Tula (Tula Cossey?),
Vanya, Viva, Lizzie Warville, Alison Worth (girls at pool)
Andy Bradford (St Cyril's guard - uncredited)
Jeremy Bulloch (Smithers - uncredited)
Lalla Dean (girl at Pool - uncredited)
Sheena Easton (singer in opening credits - uncredited)
John Hollis (Ernst Stavros Blofeld - uncredited)
Michel Julienne (henchman driver - uncredited)
Bob Simmons (Gonzales' henchman at the exploding car - uncredited)
George Sweeney (helicopter pilot - uncredited)
Victor Tourjansky (man with wine glass - uncredited)
Max Vesterhalt (girl at casino - uncredited)
Michael G. Wilson (Greek priest - uncredited)

USA
Theatrical Distributor: United Artists

Finland
Rating: K-16

Germany
Rating: 16

Norway
Rating: 15

Sweden
Rating: 15

UK
Rating: PG

USA
Rating: PG
The Boston Globe and Los Angeles Times felt that the poster for For Your Eyes Only was a bit too steamy and cropped the image of the bare woman's legs just above her knees. The Pitsburgh Press went even further, drawing in a pair of shorts!

TIMELINE

1981
June
24: UK - world premiere
26: USA - theatrical release

August
6: West Germany - theatrical release
10: Denmark - theatrical release
21: Finland - theatrical release
21: Norway - theatrical release
22: Sweden - theatrical release

2002
April
13: USA - television broadcast (on ABC)

POSTER TAGS

No one comes close to JAMES BOND 007

Top Secret - translated Swedish title
Agente 007, solo per i tuoi occhi - Italian title
James Bond 007 - In tödlicher Mission - German title
Ur dödlig synvinkel - ?????
007 Somente para seus olhos - Spanish title
Rien que pour vos yeux - French title

1981
Academy Awards
Best Song - nomination

LINKS

SEQUEL TO
Dr No (1962)
From Russia with Love (1963)
Goldfinger (1964)
Thunderball (1965)
You Only Live Twice (1967)
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
Live and Let Die (1973)
The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Moonraker (1979)

SEQUELS
Octopussy (1983)
A View to a Kill (1985)
The Living Daylights (1987)
Licence to Kill (1989)
Goldeneye (1995)
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
The World Is Not Enough (1999)
Die Another Day (2002)

SEE ALSO
Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond (1987)
True Lies (1994)
Never Say Never Again (1983)
Casino Royale (1967)

FOOTAGE INCLUDED
The James Bond Story (1999)
Premiere Bond: Die Another Day (2002)

MAGAZINES

The Dark Side 55 p.25 (UK)
short review

TV Times 2 - 8 April 1988 p.56 (UK)
credits

BOOKS

Hoffman's Guide to SF, Horror and Fantasy Movies 1991 - 1992 p.140
credits, short review

The Incredible World of 007 pp.146
article

OTHER SOURCES

screen
credits, review source

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