In keeping with previous larger-than-life Bond films, producer Albert R. Fleming reacquired the rights in 1959 and sold them to producer, Harry Saltzman in 1961.Įon Productions shelved Moonraker as a sequel to On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969), but fast-tracked it after the success of George Lucas’s Star Wars (1977). The Rank Organisation also delayed the project, even though Fleming provided a script. However, Fleming cancelled the option when Payne claimed the film rights to the other Bond novels as well. Roger Moore’s most outrageous Double-0 Seven movie, Moonraker is a fantastic adventure that is guaranteed to entertain.įollow a moonlight trail to discover the secrets behind the 11th Bond film.Īmerican actor, John Payne optioned the film rights for nine months in 1955 for $1,000 with a contingency for $10,000 more if Moonraker got off the ground. Narrowly escaping from Venice, Double-0 Seven convinces M (Bernard Lee) to assign him to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he not only discovers that Drax’s fast-paced scheme is heading truly out of this world, but that Drax is being aided by James Bond’s old adversary, Jaws (Richard Kiel). Holly Goodhead (Lois Chiles), who initially rebuffs his invitation to join forces. Discovering that Drax has developed strange equipment in Venice, Italy, Bond encounters undercover NASA-trained CIA agent, Dr. Starting his investigation at Drax Industries near Los Angeles, California, Bond’s suspicions are aroused by its sophisticated chairman, Hugo Drax (Michael Lonsdale). When an American aircraft transporting a Moonraker space shuttle is destroyed en route to the UK, leaving no trace of the space shuttle, James Bond is assigned to find the Moonraker.
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