Acrostar Jet — Used in the opening sequence of the film. The wings of this plane fold up vertically while not in use. During this mission, Bond hid the plane in a horse trailer. Due to a small gas tank, Bond was forced to land at a gas station to refill. Acrostar Mini Jet; Tuk-Tuk ‘Company Taxi’; Q’s hot-air balloon; Crocodile submarine; Bianca’s Range Rover; Orlov’s Mercedes Gadgets/Weapons/Technology Before setting off to film in the Indian city of Udaipur, Glen’s car – which was parked in the EON garage – was broken into. He wondered if the other secret agent, that rogue 007, had infiltrated their operation.

Octopussy": Bond has a relatively minor role in this initial story, the recounting of a British soldier's murder and theft as World Word II wound down, his profiteering of his crime, and his contentment at getting away with his crimes... until a British spy shows up at his estate in Jamaica, identifying himself as "Bond, James Bond." Not only is Bond there on official business, but the murdered German was a friend of his, a man who was kind to a young boy who needed a hand when he lost his parents. Still, Bond gives the officer, a Major Dexter Smythe, the opportunity to save face and take his own way out. The glimpse into Bond's past sheds some light on his sense of loyalty, as he's experienced kindness when he was at his lowest, and as a man he'll do that for others, be they the boss he respects, a colleague in need, or even a traitor who faces disgrace. The irony is that the mercy Bond allows Smythe was taught to him by the man Smythe murdered, the man Bond is there to avenge. Berkoff is suitably unhinged as Orlov – part power-mad fruit loop, part common thief. “Effectively a version of Putin,” says Field. Barbara Broccoli, daughter of Cubby and current Bond series producer, recommended Berkoff after seeing him perform his own play. Glen went to see Berkoff on stage, too. “He transformed himself into a mouse,” cries Glen. “He’s very clever… A very odd man.” Watch — Another gift from Q-Branch, this watch branded by Seiko comes with a beacon that leads Bond to a Fabergé Egg. The model used in the movie is the Seiko G757-5020 (often mistaken for the G757-5000, which had a rubber strap instead of the metal one clearly seen in the movie). In the shimmering tapestry of James Bond villains, the rogues’ gallery of the Octopussy cast stands distinct. With the suave and menacing duality of Louis Jourdan’s Kamal Khan, an Afghan prince in exile, it’s a marvel to watch him plot the demise of a US airbase in cahoots with Steven Berkoff’s renegade Soviet soldier, General Orlov. While Jourdan melds charisma with a shadow of impending danger, Berkoff remains resolutely and unflinchingly ominous.Following For Your Eyes Only, Roger Moore had expressed a desire to retire from the role of James Bond. His original contract had been for three films ( Live and Let Die in 1973, The Man with the Golden Gun in 1974 and The Spy Who Loved Me in 1977) which was fulfilled. Moore's following two films ( Moonraker in 1979 and For Your Eyes Only in 1981) were negotiated on a film-by-film basis. Given his reluctance to return for Octopussy, the producers engaged in a semi-public quest for the next Bond, with Timothy Dalton and Lewis Collins [5] being suggested as a replacement and screen tests carried out with Michael Billington, Oliver Tobias, and American actor James Brolin. [6] However, when rival Bond production Never Say Never Again was announced, the producers persuaded Moore to continue in the role as it was thought the established actor would fare better against former Bond Sean Connery. [9] It has been reported that Brolin had actually been hired and was on the point of moving to London to begin work on Octopussy, while Broccoli refused to dispute Tobias's public statements that he was about to be cast as Bond. [10] [6] Octopussy also pitted Bond against a tough opponent: his old self, as Sean Connery returned to play 007 in the rival, rogue Bond film, Never Say Never Again, also released in 1983 – “the Battle of the Bonds”. In 2006, Eon used the plot of Fleming's first novel, Casino Royale, for its 21st film of the same name. However, a main character was named Solange, after the woman featured in "007 in New York". No surprise, but "Octopussy" bears no resemblance to the terrible Roger Moore movie, except that there is (very briefly) an octopus in the story. Bond himself is also an afterthought, appearing in just two brief scenes to ask a couple of questions about events that happened in Germany at the end of World War II. Similarly, while (thankfully) never made into a movie, "Property of a Lady" involves a Faberge egg, which as I recall was also a plot point in the Octopussy film. There's a more direct book/film connection with "Living Daylights," as the whole story is basically the first 15 minutes of the movie, (again, as I remember - don't hold me to it). Griswold, John (2006). Ian Fleming's James Bond: Annotations And Chronologies for Ian Fleming's Bond Stories. AuthorHouse. ISBN 978-1-4259-3100-1.

Gogol has a meeting with M telling him that the USSR will deny the incident ever occurred. However, he suggests Bond should return the Romanov Star. M agrees, but informs Golgol that 007 is on medical leave. During medical leave on Octopussy's boat, Bond surprises Octopussy by having none of the assumed injuries, and the two make love. Dexter Smythe is a retired intelligence agent drinking himself near to death in Jamaica. Note irony in that Ian Fleming was doing the same. When Smythe gets a visit from James Bond, he sort of knows it is trouble, as Major Smythe has been keeping a big secret since the end of WWII. Roger Moore couldn’t believe that James Bond had to wear a gorilla costume – one of several unlikely disguises in Octopussy. “These actors never read the bloody script until the night before,” laughs Octopussy director John Glen. “Roger came in and said, ‘You can’t be serious about me dressing up in that costume, can you?’ Roger was looking at me like I was completely mad. But he went along with it.” Tennis player Vijay Amritraj was the first person cast after Cubby, a huge tennis fan, met him at WimbledonIn the second story, a Soviet scientist is planning to defect through Berlin one day next week. The KGB is aware of this and has sent their most accomplished sniper to Berlin. Bond is given the assignment of killing the sniper. He is not an he is not comfortable with this despite his double O status. This is very reminiscent of the Timothy Dalton movie. The Fabergé egg in the film is based on a real one, made in 1897 and which was called the Coronation Egg. The egg in the film is listed in the auction catalogue as being " The Property of a Lady", which is the name of one of Ian Fleming's short stories released in more recent editions of the collection Octopussy and The Living Daylights. Bond finds Octopussy and confronts her, only to find out that she feels indebted to him: When Bond was sent after her father, a traitorous British Major, for smuggling and murder years before, he let him commit suicide rather than face the shame of a court martial. Octopussy declares Bond her ally in front of Khan, and the two make love in the evening. The following night, they defend her palace against unknown assailants; during the brawl Bond fakes his death and leaves to Karl-Marx-Stadt, having discovered that Octopussy's circus will perform there the next day. He also finds Vijay killed by the same assailants, hired by Khan.