Talk:Octopussy

Supporting cast

These are listed in the closing credits, but not the opening, need additional notability:

• Andy Bradford as 009: Undercover 00 agent who has infiltrated Octopussy's circus. Killed by Mischka and Grischka.
• Philip Voss as Auctioneer
• Bruce Boa as U.S. General
• Richard Permentier as U.S. Aide
• Suzanne Jerome as Gwendoline
• Cherry Gillespie as Midge
• Peter Porteous as Lenkin: Orlov's underling who has created the fake Fabergé eggs.
• Eva Rueber-Staier as Rublevitch, Gogol's secretary.
• Jeremy Bullock as Smithers, assistant in Q Branch
• Tina Hudson as Bianca
• William Derrick as Thug with Yo-yo
• Stuart Saunders as Major Clive
• Patrick Barr as British Ambassador
• Gabor Vernon as Borchoi
• Hugo Bower as Karl
• Ken Norris as Colonel Toro
• Tony Arjuna as Mufti
• Gertan Klauber as Bubi
• Brenda Cowling as Schatzi
• David Grahame as Petrol Pump Attendant
• Brian Coburn as South American VIP
• Michael Halphie as South American Officer

NOT CREDITED:

• Gary Russell plays one of the teenagers in the car that taunts Bond after refusing to give him a lift.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by AngusWOOF (talk • contribs) 05:06, 27 December 2020 (UTC)

References

In a bit of diegesis that "breaks the fourth wall", Vijay signals his affiliation to MI6 by playing the "James Bond Theme"

But that is extradiegesis. It would be diegesis if the James Bond theme existed in the same universe that James Bond exists in, and if it were, again in that world, known to be attached to either MI6 or James Bond. Of course in our world the theme is attached to Bond, but in our world Bond is not an actual secret agent. The joke works for us, extradiegetically. It could be construed as diegetic if there were a famous movie spy, call him Jim Cumber, in the Bond world, whose theme happens to be the same. This would then explain the wry smile the joke receives in the move. 81.49.6.122 (talk) 08:22, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

It is the only Bond film omitted from Phil Hardy's Science Fiction (1996), explicitly because it is "non-science fiction."

If we are going to have this tidbit, we must also be told why why out of all grotesk clownerie that is the franchise, this one Bond movie was singled out for such scorn! 81.49.6.122 (talk) 08:27, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

I am happy to report this has been removed. GA-RT-22 (talk) 20:06, 19 October 2021 (UTC)

Berlin Wall

Does this film belong in Category:Films about the Berlin Wall? We see what I assume is the wall briefly at the beginning of the film, but I don't think we see it again and I don't think it is discussed or figures into the plot. GA-RT-22 (talk) 22:21, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

The Fabergé Egg

Since ignorance is quite bold, especially among Wikipedia users, I will clarify, by hook or by crook, that the egg Bond takes to India to lure Kamal Khan is a fake egg. First of all, the British government is not going to risk an original jewel by the goldsmith Carl Fabergé for an intelligence mission, when the most logical thing to do is to return it to the Russian/Soviet government. In addition, when the egg is broken, it is clearly a fake, as a piece of jewellery does not break so easily, not even with the butt of a gun as it is shown in the film. The strategy is obvious; Bond wears a fake egg to make Kamal Khan believe he has the real one that was auctioned at Sotheby's. In that egg, Q installs a small microphone and transceiver. Later the egg is stolen by Magda and given to Kamal, Bond allows it because it is a fake and because he has the transceiver. The egg is broken with the butt of the gun and the rest is history.--2800:484:7393:A52E:5900:C918:3D8C:B867 (talk) 17:58, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

Tertiary sources, like Wikipedia, work by citing and summarising reliable sources. Publish your original research in a reputable source so that we can cite you or cite a source that says any of the above. DonQuixote (talk) 20:33, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

Don't come out with that bullshit. You don't comment, you spam. Do something interesting and important with your life and don't bother here.--2800:484:7393:A52E:5900:C918:3D8C:B867 (talk) 23:39, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

As per DonQuixote, you need to show where your pet theory has been confirmed by reliable sources. Until then, there is no reason not to follow the plot as seen - it's the real egg until specified as a fake.

Note that you're now at 4RR, and as such are looking at a block for edit-warring. Chaheel Riens (talk) 08:23, 25 February 2022 (UTC)

Bond takes the real egg with him when he leaves M's office to go to India. He only has 55 minutes to catch his flight, not enough time to manufacture another fake. As others have noted you would need RS to support your theory. GA-RT-22 (talk) 00:50, 4 March 2022 (UTC)