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Holly Goodhead
Doctor Holly Goodhead is a fictional character from the James Bond franchise, portrayed by Lois Chiles. She does not appear in any of the Ian Fleming novels, only in the film version of ''Moonraker'' (1979), but her character is similar to that of Gala Brand, the female lead in the original novel '' Moonraker'' (1955). Biography Dr. Holly Goodhead ( Lois Chiles) is a scientist and astronaut working undercover for the CIA on Hugo Drax( Michael Lonsdale)'s ''Moonraker 5'' space shuttle, to gather intelligence on Drax's plan to exterminate the human race. James Bond (Roger Moore) is also working undercover in Drax's organization, for the British Secret Intelligence Service, and he meets Goodhead when she introduces him to a centrifugal force chamber, where astronauts get to grips with G-forces, and invites him to have a try. In her absence, however, Drax's henchman, Chang ( Toshiro Suga), tampers with the machine's controls to send it into overdrive; when Goodhead returns, Bond has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Bond
The ''James Bond'' franchise focuses on James Bond (literary character), the titular character, a fictional Secret Intelligence Service, British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short-story collections. Since Fleming's death in 1964, eight other authors have written authorised Bond novels or novelisations: Kingsley Amis, Christopher Wood (writer), Christopher Wood, John Gardner (British writer), John Gardner, Raymond Benson, Sebastian Faulks, Jeffery Deaver, William Boyd (writer), William Boyd, Anthony Horowitz and Charlie Higson. The latest novel is ''On His Majesty's Secret Service'' by Charlie Higson, published in May 2023. Additionally, Charlie Higson wrote a series on Young Bond, a young James Bond, and Samantha Weinberg, Kate Westbrook wrote three novels based on the The Moneypenny Diaries, diaries of a recurring series character, Miss Moneypenny, Moneypenny. The character—also known by the code nu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toshiro Suga
Toshirō Suga (born 22 August 1950) is a Japanese aikido instructor. He holds the rank of 7th dan Aikikai. Born in Tokyo, his aikido teachers included Morihei Ueshiba, the founder of the martial art, and Morihiro Saito. For many years, he taught military forces in Canada. He takes part in international seminars. He had a brief career in cinema, thanks in part to his student Michael G. Wilson. His best known part was as Chang in the 1979 James Bond film '' Moonraker''. Suga leads courses throughout Europe and conducts dan examinations for the Free German Aikido Association. He currently lives in Paris. Martial arts training Toshirô Suga started judo at age 15 in the Tokyo police force dojo. At the age of 17 (1968), guided by his father's advice, he began Aikido in the Aikikai Hombu Dojo in Tokyo. For the following year and a half, he had daily teaching from Morihei Ueshiba during the 15h00 class of Sadateru Arikawa sensei. He also attended the daily classes of Mitsugi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
007 Legends
''007 Legends'' is a first-person shooter video game featuring the character of British secret agent James Bond. It was developed by Eurocom and first released by Activision in October 2012 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, with Microsoft Windows and Wii U versions being released later that year. The Wii U release of the game was cancelled in Australia and the game was removed from all digital storefronts in January 2013. The game was released to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the James Bond film series. To achieve this, the single player campaign includes one mission from each of the six actors' eras: '' Goldfinger'' (Sean Connery), '' On Her Majesty's Secret Service'' (George Lazenby), '' Moonraker'' (Roger Moore), ''Licence to Kill'' (Timothy Dalton) and '' Die Another Day'' (Pierce Brosnan). A level based on ''Skyfall'' ( Daniel Craig) was later released as free downloadable content for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC versions, and included on disc on the Wii U version. Add ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Bach
Barbara Bach, Lady Starkey (née Goldbach; August 27, 1946) is an American actress and former model. She played the Bond girl Anya Amasova in The Spy Who Loved Me (film), ''The Spy Who Loved Me''. She is married to former The Beatles, Beatles drummer Ringo Starr. Early life Bach was born Barbara Goldbach in New York City to Marjorie (née McKnight) and Howard Goldbach. Her father was Jews, Jewish and of History of the Jews in Austria, Austrian-Jewish descent, while her mother was a Catholic Church, Catholic of Irish descent; Bach and her siblings were raised in their mother's Catholic faith. Her father, who had recently retired from the United States Armed Forces, United States Military at the time of her birth, worked as a police officer for the New York City Police Department. She was raised in Rosedale, Queens, and graduated from Dominican Commercial High School, an all-girls school, in 1964. The following year, she shortened her surname to Bach and began modeling profess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anya Amasova
Major Anya Amasova (a.k.a. Agent XXX) is a fictional character in the 1977 James Bond film '' The Spy Who Loved Me'', portrayed by Barbara Bach. Amasova is an agent of the KGB. Biography After the theft of a submarine, M (Bernard Lee) recalls James Bond (Roger Moore) from a mission where he is currently in a cabin located in Austria (in the novelisation, on the Aiguille du Mort, a mountain near the town of Chamonix). While leaving Bond is ambushed by a Russian team, but is able to kill one of them in self-defense prior to parachuting off the mountain. Unbeknownst to Bond, the agent he killed is Agent Anya Amasova codename XXX (Barbara Bach)'s lover Sergei Barsov ( Michael Billington). She has also been recalled from a mission by General Anatoly Gogol (Walter Gotell) of the KGB. Anya meets Bond during a showdown at the Pyramids in Egypt, where her thugs fight with Bond when she believes he has killed Aziz Fekkesh (Nadim Sawalha), an Egyptian contact whose body has been found i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Spy Who Loved Me (film)
''The Spy Who Loved Me'' is a 1977 spy film, the tenth in the List of James Bond films, ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions. It is the third to star Roger Moore as the fictional secret agent James Bond filmography, James Bond and the second to be directed by Lewis Gilbert. The film co-stars Barbara Bach and Curt Jurgens. The screenplay was by Christopher Wood (writer), Christopher Wood and Richard Maibaum, with an uncredited rewrite by Tom Mankiewicz. The film takes its title from Ian Fleming's 1962 novel ''The Spy Who Loved Me (novel), The Spy Who Loved Me'', the tenth book in the List of James Bond novels and stories, James Bond series, though it does not contain any elements of the novel's plot. The storyline involves a reclusive megalomaniac named Karl Stromberg who plans to destroy the world and create a new civilisation under the sea. Bond teams up with Soviet Union, Soviet agent Anya Amasova to stop Stromberg all while being hunted by Stromberg’s powerfu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blanche Ravalec
Blanche Ravalec (born 19 September 1954) is a French actress. Career Ravalec is known to audiences mainly for her role as Dolly, Jaws' girlfriend in the 1979 James Bond film '' Moonraker''. Beyond this, she has made over 70 appearances in French-language TV and film. Among her English-to-French dubbing work is as "Christina McKinney" (Ashley Jensen) in ''Ugly Betty'', as "Emily Waltham" ( Helen Baxendale) in ''Friends'', and as "Bree Van de Kamp" (Marcia Cross) in ''Desperate Housewives''. She also provides voices for the French dub of ''Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends''. Filmography Film * 1978: '' Holiday Hotel'' – Yveline * 1978: ''Trocadéro bleu citron'' * 1978: ''La Carapate'' – Marguerite * 1978: '' Une histoire simple'' – Maggy (uncredited) * 1979: '' Moonraker'' – Dolly (Jaws' girlfriend) * 1982: '' Le Grand Pardon'' – Colette * 1982: '' Salut j'arrive'' * 1984: '' Les Voleurs de la nuit'' – The first woman * 1984: '' The Blood of Others'' – Religie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Space Station
A space station (or orbital station) is a spacecraft which remains orbital spaceflight, in orbit and human spaceflight, hosts humans for extended periods of time. It therefore is an artificial satellite featuring space habitat (facility), habitation facilities. The purpose of maintaining a space station varies depending on the program. Most often space stations have been research stations, but they have also served militarization of space, military or commercialization of space, commercial uses, such as hosting space tourism, space tourists. Space stations have been hosting the only continuous human presence in space, presence of humans in space. The first space station was Salyut 1 (1971), hosting the first crew, of the ill-fated Soyuz 11. Consecutively space stations have been operated since Skylab (1973) and occupied since 1987 with the Salyut program, Salyut successor Mir. Uninterrupted human presence in orbital space through space stations have been sustained since the operat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sugarloaf Mountain
Sugarloaf Mountain (, ) is a peak situated in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on a peninsula at the mouth of Guanabara Bay. Rising above the harbor, the peak is named for its resemblance to the traditional shape of concentrated refined loaf sugar. It is known worldwide for its cableway and panoramic views of the city and beyond. The mountain is one of several monolithic granite and quartz mountains that rise straight from the water's edge around Rio de Janeiro. Geologically, it is considered part of a family of steep-sided rock outcroppings known as bornhardts. The mountain is protected by the Sugarloaf Mountain and Urca Hill Natural Monument, created in 2006. This became part of a World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO in 2012. Origins of the name The name Sugarloaf was coined in the 16th century by the Portuguese during the heyday of sugarcane trade in Brazil due to sugar imports from the Portuguese conquest of Goa, according to historian Vieira Fazenda. Blocks of sugar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Kiel
Richard Dawson Kiel (September 13, 1939 – September 10, 2014) was an American actor. Standing tall and often referred to as "the Gentle Giant", he was known for portraying Jaws in '' The Spy Who Loved Me'' (1977) and '' Moonraker'' (1979). Kiel's next-most-recognized role is the tough but eloquent Mr. Larson in ''Happy Gilmore'' (1996). Other notable films include '' The Longest Yard'' (1974), '' Silver Streak'' (1976), '' Force 10 from Navarone'' (1978), '' Cannonball Run II'' (1984), '' Pale Rider'' (1985) and ''Tangled'' (2010). On television, he portrayed the giant alien in the highly regarded 1962 '' Twilight Zone'' episode, " To Serve Man". Early life Kiel was born on September 13, 1939, in Detroit, Michigan. His extraordinary height was a result of gigantism, a condition caused by an excess of human growth hormone. When he was nine years old, his family moved to Los Angeles County, California, where Kiel graduated from Baldwin Park High School. Before becoming a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaws (James Bond)
Jaws is a fictional character in the ''James Bond'' franchise. He appears in the films '' The Spy Who Loved Me'' (1977) and '' Moonraker'' (1979), played by Richard Kiel. Depicted as a henchman in the service of various villains, the character is distinguished by his metal teeth, imposing size, immense strength, and near invulnerability. Jaws is regarded as one of the most iconic characters in the franchise and has been featured in various related media. Creation Played by Richard Kiel, the character of Jaws was inspired by Ian Fleming's description of a hoodlum named Sol "Horror" Horowitz in his novel '' The Spy Who Loved Me''. When Horror speaks, he reveals steel-capped teeth. The initial script of ''The Spy Who Loved Me'' concluded with Jaws being killed by the shark but, after a rough test screening, Jaws was so well-liked that the scene was changed to have him survive. In the storyboard of the sequence from '' Moonraker'' (1979), Jaws appeared with an Emilio Largo-style ey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio De Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the List of cities in Brazil by population, second-most-populous city in Brazil (after São Paulo) and the Largest cities in the Americas, sixth-most-populous city in the Americas. Founded in 1565 by the Portuguese people, Portuguese, the city was initially the seat of the Captaincy of Rio de Janeiro, a domain of the Portuguese Empire. In 1763, it became the capital of the State of Brazil, a List of states of the Portuguese Empire, state of the Portuguese Empire. In 1808, when the Transfer of the Portuguese Court to Brazil, Portuguese Royal Court moved to Brazil, Rio de Janeiro became the seat of the court of Queen Maria I of Portugal. She subsequently, under the leadership of her son the prince regent John VI of Portugal, raised Brazil to the dignity of a kingdom, within the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves, United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and Algar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
