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The Spy Who Loved Me is widely considered the best James Bond movie. In this video essay, I break down why Roger Moore’s third Bond film is so revered, and why 45 years later The Spy Who Loved Me is still thought of as one of, if not the best James Bond movie ever made. Spoiler alert – it’s not just the Lotus submarine car, or the parachute jump. We’ll analyse both the film itself, and also place The Spy Who Loved Me in its historical context by looking behind the scenes at how this movie ended up saving the entire James Bond series.

THE SPY WHO LOVED ME: In a globe-trotting assignment that has him skiing off the edges of cliffs and driving a car deep underwater, British super-spy James Bond (Roger Moore) unites with the beautiful Russian agent Anya Amasova (Barbara Bach) to defeat megalomaniac shipping magnate Karl Stromberg (Curt Jurgens), who is threatening to destroy New York City with nuclear weapons. Bond's most deadly adversary on the case is Stromberg's henchman, Jaws (Richard Kiel), a seven-foot giant with terrifying steel teeth.

00:00 – Nobody Does It Better
02:28 – Historical context (the making of The Spy Who Loved Me)
08:39 – TSWLM pre-title sequence
12:19 – The villains (Stromberg and Jaws)
13:26 – The plot thickens (off to Egypt)
16:55 – Bond and Anya
21:09 – The Lotus Esprit (the submarine car)
24:00 – The final act (the Ken Adam set)
26:03 – Keeping the British end up

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Inside The Spy Who Loved Me documentary (Part 1) -    • Inside "The Spy Who Loved Me" Pt.1/2 ...  

Inside The Spy Who Loved Me documentary (Part 2) -    • Inside "The Spy who Loved Me" Pt.2/2 ...