The Spy Who Loved Me    

By Jeff Shannon

The best of the James Bond adventures starring Roger Moore as tuxedoed Agent 007, this globe-trotting thriller introduced the steel-toothed Jaws (played by seven-foot-two-inch-tall actor Richard Kiel) as one of the most memorable and indestructible Bond villains. Jaws is so tenacious, in fact, that Moore looks genuinely frightened, and that adds to the abundant fun. This time Bond teams up with yet another lovely Russian agent (Barbara Bach) to track a pair of nuclear submarines that the nefarious Stromberg (Curt Jürgens) plans to use in his plot to start World War III. Featuring lavish sets designed by the great Ken Adam (Dr. Strangelove), The Spy Who Loved Me is a galaxy away from the suave Sean Connery exploits of the 1960s, but the film works perfectly as grandiose entertainment. From cavernous undersea lairs to the vast horizons of Egypt, this Bond thriller keeps its tongue firmly in cheek with a plot tailor-made for daredevil escapism.

Academy Awards

The Spy Who Loved Me received Academy Awards nominations for Art Direction/Set Decoration (Ken Adam - Art Direction, Peter Lamont - Art Direction, Hugh Scaife - Art Direction), Music Scoring Awards (Best Original Score; Marvin Hamlisch) and Music Best Song (Marvin Hamlisch - Music, Carole Bayer Sager - Lyrics) .

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