The Living Daylights (1987)

Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1987
Running Times: 126 130 mins
Format: Technicolor Panavision (anamorphic) 35mm
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: Dolby

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Eon Productions / Danjaq / United Artists
Producers: Michael G. Wilson, Albert R. Broccoli
Associate Producers: Tom Pevsner, Barbara Broccoli
Production Managers: Philip Kohler, Sparky Greene, Arno Ortmair, Denise O'Dell
Production Manager (Action Unit): Leonhard Gmur
Unit Manager: Iris Rose
Production Supervisor: Anthony Waye
Prod Co-Ordinators: Pam Parker, Janine Lodge, Daniela Stibitz, Ihsanne Khalafaoui, Brenda Ramos, Davin Severdia, May Capsaskis
Director of Production: Charles Juroe

SCRIPT
Script: Richard Maibaum, Michael G. Wilson
Characters: Ian Fleming

DIRECTION
Director: John Glen
Assistant Director: Gerry Gavigan
2nd Unit Director: Arthur Wooster
2nd Unit Assistant Director: Terry Madden
Additional Assistant Director: Terry Blyther, Ahmed Hatimi, Mohammed Hassini, Callum McDougall, Crispin Reece, Nick Heckstall-Smith

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Alec Mills
2nd Unit Director of Photography: Arthur Wooster
Additional Photography: Tom Sanders
Aerial Photography: Phil Pastuhov
Camera Operator: Michael Frift
2nd Unit Camera Operator: Malcolm Macintosh
Additional Camera Operator: Michael Anderson, Fred Waugh, Peter Rohe
Focus: Frank Elliott, Michael Evans, Nicholas Wilson, Dan McKinny, Horst Becker
Electrics Supervisor: John Tythe
Camera Grips: Chunky Huse, Ken Atherfold, Richard Haw
Clapper Loader: Simon Mills
Stills: Keith Hamshere, George Whitear

EDITING
Editor: John Grover, Peter Davies
Assistant Editor: Matthew Glen, John Nuth, Wayne Smith

MUSIC
Music: John Barry; Mozart (40th Symphony in G Minor 1st Movement); Borodin (String Quartet in D Minor); Tchaikovsky (Rococo Variations)
Songs: Pal Waaktaar, John Barry (The Living Daylights); John Barry, Chrissie Hynde (Where Has Everybody Gone?; If There Was a Man)
Songs Performed By: A-Ha (The Living Daylights); The Pretenders (Where Has Everybody Gone?; If There Was a Man)
Song Producers: Jason Corsaro, A-Ha, John Barry (The Living Daylights); John Barry, Paul O'Duffy (Where Has Everybody Gone?; If There Was a Man)
Music Editor: Alan Killick
Music Mixer: Dick Lewzey

SOUND
Sound Recording: Derek Ball
Assistant Sound Recording: Brian Marshall
Additional Sound Recording: Brian Marshall, Roby Glover (Geuver?)
Sound Re-Recding Mixers: Graham V. Hartstone, John Hayward
Sound Editor: Colin Miller, Vernon Messenger, Derek Holding, Peter Musgrave
Assistant Sound Editor: Mark Mostyn, William Barringer, Robert Gavin
Assistant Sound Effects: Jean-Pierre Lelong
Boom Operator: Ken Nightingale

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Supervising Make Up: George Frost
Make Up: Eric Allwright, Naomi Donne, Edwin Erfmann
Hair Supervisor: Ramon Gow
Hair: Helen Lennox, Barbara Sutton
Costume Designer: Emma Porteous
Costume Supervisor: Tiny Nicholls
2nd Unit Wardrobe Master: Don Mothersill
Swimwear: Gottex
Hats: Kenneth Shilling
Costume Makers: Bermans and Nathans Ltd

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects Supervisor: Richard Hewitt
Special Visual Effects: John Richardson
Special Effects: Clive Beard, Chris Corbould, Danny Dark, Garth Inns, John Morris, Ken Morris, Willi Neuner, Brian Smithies, Joss Williams
Model Photography: Leslie Dear
Video Effects Supervisor: Richard Hewitt
Front Projection: Roy Moores
Title Opticals: Screen Opticals

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Peter Lamont
Art Director: Terry Ackland-Snow
Assistant Art Director: James Morahan, Ted Ambrose, Dennis Bosher
Additional Art Director: Michael Lamont, Ken Court, Fred Hole, Bert Davey, Thomas Riccabona, Peter Manhard
Set Decorator: Michael Ford, Christoph Kanter
Assistant Set Decorator: Jille Brown
Austrian Assistant Set Decorator: Christoph Kanter
Construction Manager: Anthony Graysmark
Assistant Construction Managers: Ken Pattenden, Alfred Dobsak
Main Title Designer: Maurice Binder
Props: Bert Hearn
Production Buyers: Sid Palmer, Peter Palmer
Production Buyer (Austria): Johannes Slapa
Sketch Artist: Roger Deer
Chief Sculptor: Fred Evans
Scenic Artist: Jacqueline Stears

MISCELLANEOUS
Continuity: June Randall
2nd Unit Continuity: Jean Bourne
Secretary to Broccoli: Sandra Frieze
Secretary to Wilson: Joanna Brown
Secretary to Juroe: Amanda Schofield
Location Production Secretary: Sophie Koekenhoff, Hind Hanif, Sonja Beutura
Production Accountant: Douglas Noakes
Assistant Accountant: Allan Davies
Production Controller: Reginald A. Barkshire
Horse Master: Greg Powell
Transport Co-Ordinator: Gerhard Rupp
US Contacts: Mary Stellar, Tina Banta
Aerial Liason: Marc Wolff
Armourer: Simon Atherton
Marketing Director: Charles Juroe
Unit Publicity: Geoff Freeman
Publicity Assistant: Rebecca West
Horse Providers: La Societe R.E.N.A.
Floral Arrangers: Kenneth Turner Flowers
CIA Boat Supervisor: Spectral Marine
Military Dioramas: Little Lead Soldiers
Transport: D & D International Locations, Location Facilities Ltd, Renown Freight, The Travel Company
Travel: D & D International Locations, Location Facilities Ltd, Renown Freight, The Travel Company

LOCATIONS
Locations: Atlas Mountains, Morocco; Bratislava, Slovakia; England, UK; Gibraltar, UK; Italy; Kärnten, Austria; Mojave Desert, California, USA (C-130 sequences); Tangier, Morocco; Vienna, Austria; Ourazazate, Morocco
Location Manager: Nick Daubeny, John Bernard, Arie Bohrer, Stefan Zurcher, Driss Gaidi
Morocco Production Liason: Zakaria Alaqui
Gibraltar Production Liason: Joseph Viale
Location Catering: Location Caterers, Rafael Hosteleria Internacional
Location Accountant: Jane Meagher, Christl Kirchner
Location Transport Managers: Arno Esterez, Andy Grosch

STUNTS
Stunt Supervisor: Paul Weston
Driving Stunts Arranger: Remy Julienne
Aerial Stunts Arranger: B.J. Worth
Aerial Stunt Double For Timothy Dalton: B.J. Worth
Aerial Stunt Double: Jake Lombard
Aerial Stunts: Jake Brake
Stunts: Doug Robinson, Michel Julienne, Nick Wilkinson, Simon Crane, Elaine Ford, Roy Alon, Del Baker, Jason White, Tom Delmar
Stunt Double For Timothy Dalton: Simon Crane
Horse Stunts: Brian Bowes, Jorge Casares, Steve Dent, Nick Gillard, Joaquin Olias, Miguel Lombard, Dan O'Brien, Jose Maria Serrano, Miguel Pedregosa, Graeme Crowther
Driving Stunts: Christian Bonnichon, Jo Cote, Jean-Claude Houbard (rn: Houbart), Dominique Julienne
Safety Climber: Hamish MacInnes

CASTING
Casting: Debbie McWilliams

CAST
Timothy Dalton (James Bond)
Maryam d'Abo (Kara Milovy)
Jeroen Krabbe (General Georgi Koskov)
Joe Don Baker (Brad Whitaker)
John Rhys-Davies (General Leonid Pushkin)
Art Malik (Kamran Shah)
Andreas Wisniewski (Necros)
Thomas Wheatley (Saunders)
Desmond Llewelyn (Q)
Robert Brown (M)
Geoffrey Keen (Minister of Defence)
Walter Gotell (General Anatol Gogol)
Caroline Bliss (Miss Moneypenny)
John Terry (Felix Leiter)
Virginia Hey (Rubavitch)
John Bowe (Colonel Feyador)
Julie T. Wallace (Rosika Miklos)
Kell Tyler (Linda)
Catherine Rabett (Liz)
Dulice Liecier (Ava)
Nadim Sawalha (Chief of Security, Tangier)
Alan Talbot (Koskov's KGB Minder)
Carl Rigg (Imposter)
Tony Cyrus (Chief of Snow Leopard Brotherhood)
Atik Mohamed (Achmed)
Michael Moor, Sumar Khan (Kamran's men)
Ken Sharrock (jailer)
Peter Porteous (gasworks supervisor)
Antony Carrick (male secretary, Blayden)
Frederick Warder (004)
Glyn Baker (002)
Derek Hoxby (Sergeant Stagg)
Bill Weston (butler, Blayden)
Richard Cubison (Trade Centre toastmaster)
Heinz Winter (concierge, Vienna hotel)
Leslie French (lavatory attendant)
Odette Benatar, Dianna Casale, Sharon Devlin, Femi Gardiner, Patricia Keefer, Ruddy
Rodriguez, Maite Sanchez, Cela Savannah, Karen Seeberg, Waris Walsh, Karen Williams (girls)
John Barry (orchestra conductor - uncredited)
Simon Crane (first Gibraltar soldier - uncredited)
Michael Percival (Blayden cook - uncredited)
Paul Weston (second Gibraltar soldier - uncredited)
Michael G. Wilson (opera patron - uncredited)

PLOT SUMMARY

James Bond oversees the defection of a top Soviet General and uncovers a plan by the Russians assassinate all Western agents. Though suspicious of the plot, Bond is sent to track down the KGB officer in charge and kill him - but what are the officer's real motives and how does the mystery tie in with Afghani arms smugglers?

A new Bond and finally the series gets its act together. Much better than most people seem to remember, Timothy Dalton makes a cracking debut as 007 and the story, with plenty of twists and turns, has distinct echoes of From Russia With Love (1963) which is, of course, no bad thing.

UK
Theatrical Distributor: MGM
Video Distributor: Warner Home Video

USA
Theatrical Distributor: United Artists
Video Distributor: CBS/Fox
Laserdisc Distributor: CBS/Fox / MGM

Finland
Rating: K-14

Germany
Rating: 12

Norway
Rating: 15

Sweden
Rating: 15

UK
Rating: PG

USA
Rating: PG

1987
June
29: UK - world premiere

July
10: Sweden - theatrical release
31: Finland - theatrical release
31: USA - theatrical release

August
5: Norway - theatrical release
13: Germany - theatrical release
14: Denmark - theatrical release

September
16: France - theatrical release

1992
October
3: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)

1994
April
Day Unknown: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)

1998
May
25: UK - television broadcast (on ITV - Carlton)

1999
August
28: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)

Living on the edge.

It's the only way he lives.

The new James Bond... living on the edge.

The most dangerous Bond. Ever.

James Bond 007 - Der Hauch des Todes - German title
Killing is no Game - translated French title
Death Is Not a Game - translated French / Belgian title
007 zona pericolo - Italian title
Agente 007, zona pericolo - Italian title
007: High Tension - translated Spanish title
Having the Finger on the Trigger - translated Greek title

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)
For Your Eyes Only (1981)
Octopussy (1983)
A View To a Kill (1985)

SEQUELS
Licence to Kill (1989)
Goldeneye (1995)
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
The World Is Not Enough (1999)
Die Another Day (2002)

SEE ALSO
Casino Royale (1967)
Never Say Never Again (1983)
Goldeneye (1997)
Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond (1987)

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

MAGAZINES

Monthly Film Bulletin August 1987 pp.243-245
review by (Raymond Durgnat)

Première (France) September 1987 p.19
review (by Bertrand Mosca)

Starburst 107 pp.13

Starburst 108 pp.40-44, 45
illustrated article, interview; illustrated review (by Gary Russell)

Variety 1 July 1987 p.10
review (by Pit)

Video Today March 1987 pp.16-17
illustrated review

BOOKS

The Incredible World of 007 pp.146
illustrated article

KEYWORDS

training exercices; gibraltar; mediterranean; parachutes; chases; car chases; land rovers; cars; aston martins; defectors; kgb; concerts; classical music; cellists; snipers; gas pipelines; safe houses; milkmen; kidnapping; audis; tangier; bratislava; lasers; missiles; gas; afghanistan; plastic-explosives; key rings; arms dealers; waxworks; toy soldiers; walkmans; assassins; freedom fighters; terrorists; hercules transports; aircraft; amusement parks; military; helicopters; czechoslovakia; cargo transports; assassination attempts; rebellions; drug runners; drugs; morocco; artificial hearts; sequels; vienna; austria; musicians; cellos; border checkpoints; ice; gadgets; ice skating; holding cells; fake assassination; ambulances; chlorohydrate