russia love film russia love british american spy thriller film directed produced written based novel second film james_bond film series second role agent james_bond film bond sent assist soviet clerk turkey plans avenge bond killing following success sequel doubled budget available producers addition filming location turkey action scenes shot scotland production ran budget schedule rushed finish scheduled october release date russia love critical commercial success taking million worldwide box office receipts million budget predecessor blockbuster 1960s cinema plot seeking exact revenge james_bond killing agent organisation expert plan manipulate stealing device soviets leader number puts operative organisation number charge mission recruits red grant ordering protect bond killing bringing device sell soviets assist scheme recruits clerk soviet istanbul thinking working london informs bond contacted station turkey offering defect cia years message states defect brought bond photo supposedly found soviet intelligence file prior departure bond supplied case containing concealed knife concealed gold special tear gas trap connected lock mechanism rifle travelling istanbul bond heads city meet station head tailed working russians turn tailed grant kills bond taken hotel stealing car dumping outside soviet escapes attempt life assists bond following day spy soviet learning rival agent recently returned attack life declares stay city takes bond rural gypsy settlement learns promptly attacks men wounded attack bond narrowly avoids killed secretly saved grant following night bond track hideout kill bond rifle returning hotel suite night bond finds waiting bed sleeps aware filming day heads pre arranged rendezvous drop floor plans grant ensuring bond receives plans killing bulgarian tail attempts intercept drop plans bond successfully steal escape device train quickly notices soviet security officer named prompting bond subdue bond leaves grant kills makes appear killed preventing bond leaving train rendezvous men station bond passes word death requests agent station meet train arrives station grant nash sent station killing posing dinner grant bond involvement theft unaware truly going believing working russia grant reveals bond plans leave film took hotel forged blackmail letter appear deaths result murder suicide bond quickly convinces accept bribe gold exchange final cigarette grant setting trap case ensuing struggle bond narrowly gains upper hand stabbing grant case concealed knife dawn having recovered leaves train bond grant truck drive dock taking moored boat grant planned use hearing news grant death number summons remind tolerate failure having executed given final chance complete mission instructed bond returns britain sends agent named intercept bond squadron boats bond escapes releasing boat gasoline drums signal boats flames eventually reach venice check hotel discussing mission success disguised maid attempts steal struggling bond tries kill gun poisoned toe spike concealed shoe shoots final scene bond throws bedroom film water canal cast james_bond secret intelligence service agent voiced clerk bond love interest based station chief istanbul colonel chief operations officer assassin principal bond enemies chief trains personnel chess chief planning officer anonymous credit body voice number chief bond nemesis secretary major head section british intelligence department bond semi regular girlfriend chief gypsy tribe dirty work train conductor bulgarian assassin works killer soviets balkans respectively jealous gypsy girls man lonely girlfriend production following financial success second james_bond film studio doubled budget offered million approved bonus receive salary president named novel russia love favourite books time life magazine producers chose follow bond cinematic debut russia love film president kennedy saw white house november going dallas crew film returned major exceptions production designer went work replaced art director title designer replaced stunt coordinator unavailable replaced performed stunts film replaced composer soundtrack film introduced conventions essential elements series pre title sequence character referred film number secret weapon bond helicopter sequence repeated subsequent bond film man golden gun action scene main climax theme song lyrics line james_bond return credits writing novel cold war thriller producers replaced soviet undercover agency crime syndicate avoid controversial political overtones training grounds inspired film original screenwriter accompanied istanbul replaced lack progress writers returned second film series sources state credited adaptation suggestions carried script stated interview cinema retro screenwriter projects screenplay russia love followed novel closely left series called constant screenplay ideas original work kept making filming progressed red grant added istanbul scenes prior film crew trip turkey change brought focus plot grant started saving bond life late change shooting involved grant killing spy instead bond ends finding man dead quarter movie added chase scenes helicopter changed location bond battle paris venice casting uncredited actor played number played professor previous bond film end credits credited question mark lines actor final cut unavailable return welsh actor fan bond comic strip published accepted screen credit omitted opening film reserved exit credits credited simply character referred dialogue introduce remained character better known series films death actresses considered role including italians danish actress english born miss universe runner ultimately cast supposedly choice started taking english classes role producers ultimately chose lines british stage actress final cut scene bond finds hotel bed screen test standing time bond scene later traditional screen test scene prospective james_bond actors greek actress originally considered role unavailable cast austrian singer hearing musical recordings young wanted actor remarkable face minor character remembered audiences led casting young considered convincing intellectual women tested roles fighting gypsy girls cast spent weeks practising fight choreography stunt work arranger mexican actor recommended young director play experiencing increasing discomfort location istanbul diagnosed cancer filming istanbul terminated production moved britain scenes brought forward complete scenes delay visibly pain continued working long possible longer work returned home took life remaining shots left london stunt double stand ins englishman strong contender role red grant given filming film set istanbul turkey locations included railway station belgrade railway stations office london venice hotel interior scenes filmed footage train film train journey set eastern_europe journey truck ride shot scotland switzerland end scenes film shot venice qualify british film funding time percent film filmed great_britain commonwealth gypsy camp filmed actual camp actually shot replica scene rats theft shot spain britain allow filming wild rats filming white rats painted work principal photography began april wrapped august director eye realism evident production opening chess match wins game enactment victory production designer built chess motif set brief sequence noteworthy featured case issued tear gas bomb detonated case opened folding sniper rifle rounds ammunition throwing knife gold boxer cambridge young choreographed fight grant bond stunt scene took weeks film violent worry production stunts unexpected loss production proceeded experiencing complications uncredited filming editor set editing film key elements filmed helping opening scenes hunt young conceived moving red grant training sequence beginning film prior main title signature feature enduring bond film briefing rewritten projection film lines schedule budget production crew struggled complete production time announced premiere date october july scouting locations scotland day filming climactic boat chase helicopter crashed water art director aboard craft sank feet water escaped minor injuries despite young camera day work days later driver fell asleep shoot crashed car actress face bruised scenes delayed weeks facial healed helicopter boat chase scenes original novel added create action climax inspired crop scene north northwest previous collaboration scenes initially shot istanbul moved scotland speed boats run fast waves sea rented boat filled cameras ended sinking helicopter hard obtain special effects crew nearly arrested trying local air base helicopter chase filmed radio controlled miniature helicopter sounds boat chase replaced post production boats loud explosion shot got control burning seriously injuring photographer commissioned producers james_bond films shoot series actresses film theatrical property pistol arrive volunteered use air pistol photographs james_bond posters release long barrel pistol film poster artist long pistol drawings british posters opening credits disagreements producers want return designer stepped place projected credits female dancers inspired artist projecting light clouds 1920s work started tradition clad women bond films title sequences music russia love bond film series primary soundtrack composer theme song composed oliver fame sung title credit music lively instrumental version tune beginning barry brief james_bond vocal version later played film source music radio properly film end titles barry travelled crew turkey try getting influences local music ended local instruments finger exotic feeling thought turkish music comedic tone fit dramatic feeling james_bond movies film barry introduced theme action music came considered secondary james_bond theme composed lighter enthusiastic adventurous theme relax audience arrangement appears twice soundtrack album second version entitled takes gypsy camp bond theft machine completed film features norman supervised music post rocket launch music played russia love helicopter attacks release reception russia love premiered october leicester square london attended premiere following year released countries worldwide united_states premiere april new_york release russia love doubled gross earning million million dollars worldwide box office reissue grossed million million north_america popular movie british box office film cinematographer won bafta award award laurel awards stood film secured second place category film nominated golden globe award best original song russia love contemporary reviews comparing film predecessor writing guardian said russia love didn lively fresh fast moving went film highly immoral way uplifting life enhancing great film making sure fun writing observer noted way credits self mocking picture went film manages cracking pace nearly way set pieces stunning box tricks critic times wrote bond secret ideal square conventional particular morality courage physical equipment thinking feel critic thought overall nonsense tongue cheek doubt fortune new_york_times said don miss don miss bit fun adventure fiction pseudo realistic fantasy mad desperate adventure bond sinister characters istanbul fictional grand scale style thoroughly tongue cheek time magazine called film fast smart directed performed commented extensively film humour saying director young master form episode hands audience memorable result slight sly thriller formula russian agent instance simply escape window escapes window brick wall painted poster portrait window crawling mouth bond simply train russian hope read somebody lips makes way gallery beneath joint runs submarine walls close range important soviet secrets heroine legs reflective reviews russia love received generally positive reviews critics rotten_tomatoes sampled reviewers judged reviews positive online sites commonly state russia love best bond film time book described russia love excellent surprisingly tough gritty james_bond film free later bond films play real people worry hope relationship work splendid villains exciting choreographed fights actors play straight excellent results film critic cited favourite bond film writing russia love avoids slipping comic book realm successors giving sampling familiar bond formula action women cars etc russia love effectively paced plotted features gallery including ultimate bond villain offers countless thrills june called film gets better age magazine named ninth greatest british film time making james_bond film appear list praised film impressive staging action scenes ign listed second best bond film year entertainment_weekly film ninth bond films criticising slow pace collector set released november mgm chose russia love best bond film conversely book bond phenomenon man golden touch british author states know enthusiasts regard russia love holy bond let honest dull time polled film critics directors actors stunt actors list action films russia love listed guide called film series high points said advantages enjoyed later bond films notably intelligent script retained substance novel overt cold war politics cuban missile crisis occurred previous year current producer series stated start trying russia love end consider favourite bond film listed spy loved favourites explaining felt film bond style formula perfected video game adaptation russia love video game developed released november north_america follows storyline book film albeit adding new scenes making action oriented significant changes story replacement organisation octopus constituted long running legal dispute film rights writer cast film returned likeness allowed 1960s likeness bond actor 70s recorded character dialogue marking return role years played bond featuring person multiplayer mode game depicts elements later bond films martin game penned previously worked film scripts world video game soundtrack composed
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