The Living Daylights

Although not entirely without unnecessary gadgets,the juvenile humour that is so evident in the Moore era is largely gone, and the film relies upon a good story rather than disconnected set pieces and is backed by a John Barry score that really makes The Living Daylights feel like a 007 film.

Although the pre-titles sequence is everything it should be, the title song by A-ha must rank as one of the weakest of the series and the sequence that is directly based on Ian Fleming’s finest short story is rather wasted as it discards the build up of tension in favour of some rather hasty action Dalton certainly looks the part, playing the role with a much harder edge than was in evidence during the Roger Moore years, and stands head and shoulders above any of Pierce Brosnan’s films.

What we say

Timothy Dalton’s first outing as James Bond demonstrates a return to par that had sadly been lacking for much of Roger Moore’s reign.

Locations

Original release

Premiere: 29th June 1987 at the Odeon Leicester Square
UK:  30th June 1987
US: 31st July 1987

Principal crew

Cast

Drinks

• Vodka martinis (one of them spiked with chloral hydrate
• Jim Beam
• Champagne

Cars

Aston Martin V8 Vantage Coupe (1987)

Quotes

• “Why didn’t you learn the violin?”
• “I’ve had a few optional extras installed”
• ‎”Hold on you’re dead!”
• “You should have brought lilies.”
• “We have an old saying too, Georgi. And you’re full of it.”
• “This is a mission, not a fancy dress ball!”
• “Sorry, old man, section 26, paragraph 5. Need-to-know. Sure you understand.”
• “If he fires me I’ll thank him.”
• “That must have scared the living daylights out of her.”
• ‎”I’ll report in an hour… Better make that two.”
• “They’re looking for a foreign car… A man and a woman…”
• “He met his Waterloo”

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