A View to a Kill
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British cinema poster for A View to a Kill, illustrated by Dan Gouzee
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| Directed by | John Glen |
| Produced by |
Albert R. Broccoli Michael G. Wilson |
| Screenplay by | Michael G. Wilson Richard Maibaum |
| Based on |
James Bond by Ian Fleming |
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| Music by | John Barry |
| Cinematography | Alan Hume |
| Edited by | Peter Davies |
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (US) United International Pictures (International) |
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131 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $30 million |
| Box office | $152.4 million |
A View to a Kill (1985) is the fourteenth spy film of the James Bond series, and the seventh and last to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Although the title is adapted from Ian Fleming's short story "From a View to a Kill", the film has an entirely original screenplay. In A View to a Kill, Bond is pitted against Max Zorin, who plans to destroy California's Silicon Valley.
The film was produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, who also wrote the screenplay with Richard Maibaum. It was the third James Bond film to be directed by John Glen, and the last to feature Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny.
Despite receiving a mixed reception by critics, it was a commercial success, with the Duran Duran theme song "A View to a Kill" performing well in the charts and earning a Golden Globe nomination for Best Song. Christopher Walken was also praised for portraying a "classic Bond villain".
MI6 agent James Bond is sent to Siberia to locate the body of 003 and recover a microchip originating from the Soviet Union. Upon his return, Q analyses the microchip and establishes that it is a copy of one designed to withstand an electromagnetic pulse and made by government contractor Zorin Industries.
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