Moonraker

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Moonraker is a 1979 British-French spy film based on the 1954 novel of the same name by Ian Fleming. The film was directed by Lewis Gilbert and distributed by United Artists.

Plot
James Bond is back for another mission and this time, he is blasting off into space. A spaceship travelling through space is mysteriously hijacked and Bond must work quickly to find out who was behind it all. He starts with the rockets creators, Drax Industries and the man behind the organization, Hugo Drax. On his journey he ends up meeting Dr. Holly Goodhead and encounters the metal-toothed Jaws once again.

Why It's Out Of This World

 * 1) Good direction by Lewis Gilbert.
 * 2) AMAZING song by Shirley Bassey.
 * 3) Drax was a great villain.
 * 4) Cool action scenes.
 * 5) Great acting, like always.
 * 6) Decent and memorable quotes:
 * 7) *"Take a Giant step for mankind."
 * 8) * "Well, here's to us!"
 * 9) The sets of the space station and outer space are awesome.
 * 10) The graphics are some of the best you will ever see in a Bond movie.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The film can feel a bit camp at times.
 * 2) Bond does get tortured a bit throughout the film.
 * 3) The pacing can be slow in places.

Reception
Moonraker premiered on 26 June 1979, in the Odeon Leicester Square, United Kingdom. Three days after the UK release, it went on general release in the US, opening in 788 theatres with 900 prints struck; it was United Artists' widest opening at the time. It grossed $14,744,718 in its first week from 900 bookings. On the mainland of Europe, the most common month of release was in August 1979, opening in the Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Norway, Iceland and Sweden between 13 and 18 August. Given that the film was produced largely in France, and it involved some notable French actors, the French premiere for the film was relatively late, released in that country on 10 October 1979. It saw a record attendance of 413,314 in its first week in France. Moonraker grossed a worldwide total of $210,300,000, making it United Artists' highest-grossing film at the time, surpassing The Spy Who Loved Me.

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