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007 Vehicle: Wales and Edwards Rangemaster Milk Float / The Living Daylights (1987)

Bond vehicle: Wales and Edwards Rangemaster Milk Float

Bond movie: The Living Daylights (1987)

When infiltrating an MI6 safe house, Necros uses an innocent-looking milk float to make it look like he is just delivering milk and get past security before he "kidnaps" Koskov. Necros cunningly masterminds the infiltration of the Blayden safe house and the recovery of Koskov by utilizing his gift for disguises and mimicry.

Engine: 30-60 Volt electric battery
Top speed: 14 mph
Acceleration 0-100 km/h: n/a
Power: n/a
Transmission: duplex chain drive
Suspension: Front: Coil springs and two Aeon rubber auxiliary springs; Rear: Semi-elliptic dual rate leaf springs
Brakes: Front: mechanical; Rear: hydraulic
Length: 4780 mm
Width: 1670 mm
Weight: 3400 kg
Price 1987 / 2012: n/a / £ 3000 (approx)

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007 Vehicle: Land Rover Series III / The Living Daylights (1987)

Bond vehicle: Land Rover Series III

Bond movie: The Living Daylights (1987)

Engine: 2286 cm3, 4 cylinders
Top speed: 109 km/h
Acceleration 0-100 km/h: 29,1 seconds
Length: 3264 mm
Width: 1676 mm
Weight: 1380 kg
Price 1972 / 2008: £ 1002 / £ 3500 (completely restored specimen)

After shooting a British soldier, a Russian assassin drives Land Rover and tries to escape in Gibraltar's narrow and curly mountain roads.

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007 Vehicle: Lada 1500 / The Living Daylights (1987)

Bond vehicle: Lada 1500

Bond movie: The Living Daylights (1987)

When Bond and Kara Milovy are escaping icy roads and frozen lake in Czechoslovakia, Czech police chases them driving Ladas from Soviet times.

Engine: 1452 cm3, 8 valves total, 2 valves per cylinder
Top speed: 150 km/h
Acceleration 0-100 km/h: 14,5 seconds
Length: 4120 mm
Width: 1618 mm
Weight: 1060 kg
Price 1987 / 2008: £ approx. 3000 / £ 50

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Bond villain: Georgi Koskov

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Bond villain: Georgi Koskov

007 Film: The Living Daylights (1987)
Actor: Jeroen Krabbé

Mission:
Misleads MI6 into believing the KGB under General Pushkin has reactivated an assassination program targeting spies. Bond will be assigned to eliminate Pushkin, who is investigating Koskov for embezzlement; with Pushkin dead, Koskov will be free to continue supporting the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

Fate of the Bond villain:
Arrested; implied to be executed by Pushkin's government offscreen.

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Bond villain: Brad Whitaker

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Bond villain: Brad Whitaker

007 Film: The Living Daylights (1987)
Actor: Joe Don Baker

Mission:
Engage in a triangle deal with Feyador and Koskov where Whitaker will get valuable opium to finance operations.

Fate of the Bond villain:
Bond activates a bomb disguised as a key chain, dropping a bust of Wellington on Whitaker, crushing him.

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007 Vehicle: Aston Martin V8 Vantage / The Living Daylights (1987)

Bond vehicle: Aston Martin V8 Vantage

Bond movie: The Living Daylights (1987)

New Bond required a new car. In the movie "The Living Daylights" our agent went back to his roots - to Aston Martin.

Engine: 5340 cm3 V8 with twin cam-shafts
Top speed: 272 km/h
Acceleration 0-100 km/h: 5,3 seconds
Length: 4669 mm
Width: 1829 mm
Weight: 1724 kg
Price 1987 / 2007: £ 75 000 / £ 77 000

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Tom Pevsner has passed away

R.I.P. Tom Pevsner
2nd October 1926 - 19th August 2014

Bond credits:

"For Your Eyes Only" (1981) - Associate Producer
"Octopussy" (1983) - Associate Producer
"A View to a Kill" (1985) - Associate Producer
"The Living Daylights" (1987) - Associate Producer
"Licence to Kill" (1989) - Associate Producer
"GoldenEye" (1995) - Executive Producer

007 Video game: The Living Daylights (1987)

007 VIDEO GAME TITLE: The Living Daylights

YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 1987

DEVELOPER: Melbourne House

PLATFORM(S): Commodore 64, Amiga, Amstrad CPC and the BBC Micro

BOND LIKENESS: Timothy Dalton

ABOUT

The Living Daylights was a straightforward platform shooter game in which the player navigates James Bond through horizontally scrolling levels and shoots various bad guys.

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007 Soundtrack: The Living Daylights (1987)

FILM: The Living Daylights(1987)

SOUNDTRACK RELEASED: 1987

SCORE COMPOSER: John Barry

TITLE SONG: "The Living Daylights"
COMPOSED BY: John Barry, Pål Waaktaar

PERFORMED BY: A-ha

The Living Daylights is the soundtrack title for the film The Living Daylights and the eleventh and final Bond soundtrack to be scored by composer John Barry. The soundtrack is notable for its introduction of sequenced electronic rhythm tracks overdubbed with the orchestra – at the time, a relatively new innovation.

The title song of the film, The Living Daylights, was recorded by pop group a-ha. a-ha and Barry did not collaborate well, resulting in two versions of the theme song. Barry's film mix is heard on the soundtrack and all three of a-ha's best-of compilations. The a-ha preferred mix can be heard on their 1988 album Stay on These Roads. However in 2006 a-ha's Paul Waaktaar-Savoy complimented Barry's contributions "I loved the stuff he added to the track, I mean it gave it this really cool string arrangement. That's when for me it started to sound like a Bond thing". The title song is one of very few 007 title songs that is not performed or written by a British or American performer in the history of the series.

Originally, British pop band Pet Shop Boys was asked to compose the soundtrack, but backed down when they learned that they should not provide a complete soundtrack but merely the opening theme song.

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TRACK LISTING

"The Living Daylights" – A-ha

"Necros Attacks"

"The Sniper Was a Woman"

"Ice Chase"

"Kara Meets Bond"

"Koskov Escapes"

"Where Has Everybody Gone" – The Pretenders

"Into Vienna"

"Hercules Takes Off"

"Mujahadin and Opium"

"Inflight Fight"

"If There Was a Man" – The Pretenders

"Exercise at Gibraltar"

"Approaching Kara"

"Murder at the Fair"

""Assassin" and Drugged"

"Airbase Jailbreak"

"Afghanistan Plan"

"Air Bond"

"Final Confrontation"

"Alternate End Titles"

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007 Book: Octopussy and The Living Daylights (1966)

Bond book: Octopussy and The Living Daylights

Author: Ian Fleming

Publication date: 23 June 1966

Octopussy and The Living Daylights(sometimes published as Octopussy) is the fourteenth and final James Bond book written by Ian Fleming in the Bond series. The book is a collection of short stories published posthumously in the United Kingdom by Jonathan Cape on 23 June 1966.
The two original stories, "Octopussy" and "The Living Daylights", were both adapted for publication in comic strip format in the Daily Express in 1966–1967.

"Octopussy"

Secret Service operative James Bond, code name 007, is assigned to apprehend a hero of the Second World War implicated in a murder involving a cache of Nazi gold. Bond appears briefly in this story, which is told mostly in flashback and from the point of view of Major Dexter Smythe, the villain.

"The Living Daylights"

An unusually morose James Bond is assigned sniper duty to help British agent 272 escape from East Berlin. Bond's duty is to prevent a top KGB assassin codenamed "Trigger" from killing 272 by eliminating the sniper.

"The Property of a Lady"

James Bond investigates a Secret Service employee, Maria Freudenstein, who is a double agent about to be paid by her Russian keepers by auctioning a clock crafted by Peter Carl Fabergé at Sotheby's in her name. The Russians have sent the Resident Director of the KGB in London to attend the auction and underbid for the item to push the price to the necessary value to pay for her services as a double agent. Bond attends the auction in hopes of spotting this man; after doing so the man is expelled from London as persona non grata.

"007 in New York"

A brief tale in which Bond muses about New York City and his favourite recipe for scrambled eggs, during a quick mission to the titular city to warn a female MI6 employee that her new boyfriend is a KGB agent. It is notable for including a rare humorous conclusion and for its mention of Solange, a young lady of Bond's intimate acquaintance who works in a shop, Abercrombie's, "appropriately employed in their Indoor Games Department".

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007 Director: John Glen

Who: John Glen

Born: 15 May 1932, Sunbury-on-Thames, England

John Glen is an English film director, film editor, and author. He is best known for his directorial and editing work on eight James Bond films from the 1960s to the 1980s.

John Glen´s 007 production:

Director:
"For Your Eyes Only" (1981)
"Octopussy" (1983)
"A View to a Kill" (1985)
"The Living Daylights" (1987)
"Licence to Kill" (1989)

Editor and Second unit director:
"On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1969)
"The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977)
"Moonraker" (1979)

Other:
In 2001, John Glen published his memoir, "For My Eyes Only".

James Bond: 1969, 1977-89
During the 1960s and 1970s, Glen served as a film editor and second unit director, working on such films as "Superman" (1978) and "The Wild Geese" (1978); he also contributed to three James Bond films: "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1969), "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977) and "Moonraker" (1979). Following the release of Moonraker, Glen was promoted to the rank of official director of the series; he went on to direct all five Bond films of the 1980s. He holds the record for directing the highest number of films in the series to date, just one film more than Guy Hamilton.

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007 Film: The Living Daylights (1987)

007 Film: The Living Daylights

Release year: 1987

Directed by: John Glen

Produced by: Albert R. Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson

The beginning of the film resembles the short story, in which Bond acts as a counter-sniper to protect a Soviet defector, Georgi Koskov. He tells Bond that General Pushkin, head of the KGB, is systematically killing British and American agents. When Koskov is seemingly snatched back, Bond follows him across Europe, Morocco and Afghanistan.

CAST:

Timothy Dalton as James Bond: an MI6 agent assigned to look into the deaths of and conspiracies against several of his allies.
Maryam d'Abo as Kara Milovy: Koskov's girlfriend and later Bond's love interest.
Joe Don Baker as Brad Whitaker: An American arms dealer and self-styled general. Baker called his character "a nut" who "thought he was Napoleon".
Art Malik as Kamran Shah: a leader in the Afghan Mujahideen.
John Rhys-Davies as General Leonid Pushkin: The new head of the KGB, replacing General Gogol.
Jeroen Krabbé as General Georgi Koskov: Whitaker's ally and a renegade Soviet general.
Andreas Wisniewski as Necros: Koskov's henchman, who poses repeated threats to Bond.
Thomas Wheatley as Saunders: Bond's ally.
Robert Brown as M: The head of MI6.
Desmond Llewelyn as Q: MI6's "quartermaster", who supplies Bond with multi-purpose vehicles and gadgets useful in the latter's mission.
Geoffrey Keen as Frederick Gray: The British Minister of Defence
Caroline Bliss as Miss Moneypenny: M's secretary.
John Terry as Felix Leiter: A CIA agent and ally to Bond.
Walter Gotell as General Gogol: The retired head of the KGB, now a diplomat shown in a cameo at the end of the film.
Virginia Hey as Rubavitch: General Leonid Pushkin's mistress in Morocco
Julie T. Wallace as Rosika Miklos: James Bond's contact in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia who works at the TransSiberian Pipeline.
Nadim Sawalha cameos as a police chief in Tangiers. Sawalha also appeared in a previous 007 film, The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), as Aziz Fekkesh.

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007 James Bond actor: Timothy Dalton

Who: Timothy Peter Dalton

Born: 21 March 1944 or 1946, Colwyn Bay, Denbighshire, Wales, UK

Timothy Peter Dalton is a British actor of film and television. Dalton is known for portraying James Bond in The Living Daylights (1987) and Licence to Kill (1989), as well as Rhett Butler in the television miniseries Scarlett (1994), an original sequel to Gone with the Wind.

Timothy Dalton trivia facts:

His Bond character was the last one to smoke cigarettes, though they have continued to drink martinis.

Dalton is a Manchester City F.C. supporter, and is often seen at the City of Manchester Stadium to watch his team play.

His favourite favourite Bond movie is Dr.No (1962).

Timothy Dalton´s 007 production:

The Living Daylights (1987)

Licence to Kill (1989)

James Bond: 1987-1994
Dalton had been considered for the role of James Bond several times. According to the documentary Inside The Living Daylights, the producers first approached Dalton in 1968 for On Her Majesty's Secret Service although Dalton himself in this same documentary claims the approach occurred when he was either 24 or 25 and had already done the film Mary, Queen of Scots (1971). Dalton told the producers that he was too young for the role. In a 1987 interview, Dalton said, "Originally I did not want to take over from Sean Connery. He was far too good, he was wonderful. I was about 24 or 25, which is too young. But when you've seen Bond from the beginning, you don't take over from Sean Connery." In either 1979 or 1980, he was approached again, but did not favour the direction the films were taking, nor did he think the producers were seriously looking for a new 007. As he explained, his idea of Bond was different. In a 1979 episode of the television series Charlie's Angels, Dalton played the role of Damien Roth, a millionaire playboy described by David Doyle's character as "almost James Bond-ian".

In 1986, Dalton was approached to play Bond after Roger Moore had retired, and Pierce Brosnan could not get out of contractual commitments to the television series Remington Steele. However, Dalton would soon begin filming Brenda Starr and could do The Living Daylights only if the Bond producers waited six weeks.

Dalton's first appearance as 007, The Living Daylights (1987) was critically successful, and grossed more than the previous two Bond films with Moore, as well as contemporary box-office rivals such as Die Hard and Lethal Weapon. However, his second film, Licence to Kill (1989), although almost as successful as its predecessor in most markets, did not perform as well at the U.S. box office, in large part due to a lacklustre marketing campaign, after the title of the film was abruptly changed from Licence Revoked. The main factor for the lack of success in the U.S. was that it was released at the same time as the hugely successful Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Tim Burton's Batman, and Lethal Weapon 2, during the summer blockbuster season. In the United Kingdom - one of its critical markets, the film was also hampered by receiving a 15 certificate from the British Board of Film Classification which severely affected its commercial success. Future Bond films, following the resolution of legal and other issues, were all released between 31 October and mid-December, in order to avoid the risk of a summer failure, as had happened to Licence To Kill.

With a worldwide gross of $191 million, The Living Daylights became the fourth most successful Bond film at the time of its release. In 1998 the second Deluxe Edition of Bond's Soundtracks was released. The Living Daylights was one of the first soundtracks to receive Deluxe treatment. The booklet/poster of this CD contains MGM's quote about The Living Daylights being the fourth most successful Bond film.

Since Dalton was contracted for three Bond films, the pre-production of his third film began in 1990, in order to be released in 1991. What was confirmed is that the story would deal with the destruction of a chemical weapons laboratory in Scotland, and the events would take place in London, Tokyo and Hong Kong. However, the film was cancelled due to legal issues between UA/MGM and Eon Productions, which lasted for four years.

The legal battle ended in 1993, and Dalton was expected to return as James Bond in the next Bond film, which later became GoldenEye. Despite his contract having expired, negotiations with him to renew it took place. In an interview with the Daily Mail in August 1993, Dalton indicated that Michael France was writing the screenplay for the new film, and the production was to begin in January or February 1994. When the deadline was not met, Dalton surprised everyone on 12 April 1994 with the announcement that he would not return as James Bond. At this time, he was shooting the mini-series Scarlett. The announcement for the new Bond came two months later, with Pierce Brosnan playing the role. Dalton reflected in 2007, "I was supposed to make one more but it was cancelled because MGM and the film's producers got into a lawsuit which lasted for five years. After that, I didn't want to do it any more."

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007 Book location: House at the corner of Kochstrasse and Wilhelmstrasse / The Living Daylights (1966)

Bond book: The Living Daylights (1966)
Place and location in the book: House at the corner of Kochstrasse and Wilhelmstrasse, West-Berlin, West-Germany
Actual place and location: House at the corner of Kochstrasse and Wilhelmstrasse, Berlin, Germany
What happens here in the book: Bond should shoot the sniper from this apartment.
Visited by 007 Travelers: 2012

"The ugly six-storey building at the corner of Kochstrasse and the Wilhelmstrasse was the only one standing in a waste of empty bombed space. Bond paid off his taxi and got a brief impression of waist-high weeds and half-tidied rubble walls stretching away to a big deserted crossroads lit by a central cluster yellowish arc lamps, before he pushed the bell for the fourth floor and at once heard the click of the door opener."

Ian Fleming: "The Living Daylights"

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007 Vehicle: Wales and Edwards Rangemaster Milk Float / The Living Daylights (1987)

007 Vehicle: Land Rover Series III / The Living Daylights (1987)

007 Vehicle: Lada 1500 / The Living Daylights (1987)

Bond villain: Georgi Koskov

Bond villain: Brad Whitaker

007 Vehicle: Aston Martin V8 Vantage / The Living Daylights (1987)

Tom Pevsner has passed away

007 Video game: The Living Daylights (1987)

007 Soundtrack: The Living Daylights (1987)

007 Book: Octopussy and The Living Daylights (1966)

007 Director: John Glen

007 Film: The Living Daylights (1987)

007 James Bond actor: Timothy Dalton

007 Book location: House at the corner of Kochstrasse and Wilhelmstrasse / The Living Daylights (1966)

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