A shipping magnate, Karl Stromberg, has employed two brilliant scientists to develop a submarine tracking system. Once it is finished, he assures them of multimillion-dollar payouts to their Swiss bank accounts, but not before ruthlessly murdering his young assistant by dumping her into a tank inhabited by a man-eating tiger shark. Shortly afterwards, British & Soviet submarines vanish while on routine moves, and Bond is called into action. Also called to duty is his Soviet counterpart, Major Anya Amasova (Barbara Bach). Though they are initially working against each other, the British Secret Service & KGB begin to work together to find the microfilm contains the tracking system. Bond & Anya must deal with Stromberg's goons who have been ordered to eliminate anyone who comes into contact with the microfilm. One of these is Jaws (Richard Kiel), a 7' towering goliath with metal teeth. When a U.S. submarine is also hijacked, Bond & Anya must move quickly to avert World War 3, which Stromberg is hoping to start...
AMAZON.COM REVIEWS FOR THE SPY WHO LOVED ME (1977): The second grab bag of 007 adventures features three Bonds in five films, including the legendary movie that started it all. In 1962 Sean Connery defined the cinematic James Bond as a tough, charming, and thoroughly professional cold war spy with a license to kill in the lean, hard-edged Dr. No. With Ursula Andress (as the original Bond girl Honey Ryder, who makes her entrance in a bikini), Bond battles a renegade supervillain with little more than his wits, his cunning, and his Walther PPK (this was before Q armed him with the coolest toys a superspy ever had). George Lazenby, a handsome Australian model with a self-effacing confidence, made his first and only appearance as James Bond in the underrated On Her Majesty's Secret Service, a witty and action-packed adventure that makes 007 history when Bond marries the girl (the lovely and talented Diana Rigg, fresh from her duties as the butt-kicking spy on the TV series The Avengers). Roger Moore brought a light tone and a suave assurance to the series as the third Bond, and the set features three of his seven appearances. In The Man with the Golden Gun, he battles million-dollar assassin Christopher Lee, one of Bond's most magnetic adversaries. The Spy Who Loved Me, perhaps Moore's finest hour, is a return to the extravagant set pieces and cold war thrills of Connery's pictures and introduces Richard Kiel's steel-dentured Jaws to the series. Jaws returns as a comic figure in Moonraker, a misguided sci-fi entry that takes Bond to space for a physically impressive but dramatically lackluster adventure. More of a mixed bag than the initial seven-film James Bond Gift Set, this set is aimed at the Bond completist rather than the general fan. The DVD editions of the films each feature audio commentary by the director and key members of the crew, "making of" documentaries, and a host of stills, TV spots, and trailers. --Sean Axmaker
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- ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards
1989
Won
ASCAP Award
Most Performed Feature Film Standards
Marvin Hamlisch
Carole Bayer Sager
For the song "Nobody Does it Better".
- Academy Awards, USA
1978
Nominated
Oscar
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
Ken Adam
Peter Lamont
Hugh Scaife
Best Music, Original Score
Marvin Hamlisch
Best Music, Original Song
Marvin Hamlisch (music)
Carole Bayer Sager (lyrics)
For the song "Nobody Does It Better".
- Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
1978
Nominated
Saturn Award
Best Actor - Science Fiction
Roger Moore
- BAFTA Awards
1978
Nominated
Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music
Marvin Hamlisch
BAFTA Film Award
Best Production Design/Art Direction
Ken Adam
- Golden Globes, USA
1978
Nominated
Golden Globe
Best Original Score - Motion Picture
Marvin Hamlisch
Best Original Song - Motion Picture
Marvin Hamlisch
Carole Bayer Sager
For the song "Nobody Does It Better".
- Golden Screen, Germany
1978
Won
Golden Screen
- Grammy Awards
1978
Nominated
Grammy
Best Album of Original Score written for a Motion Picture or Television Special
Marvin Hamlisch
- Writers Guild of America, USA
1978
Nominated
WGA Award (Screen)
Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium
Christopher Wood
Richard Maibaum
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