The first unit opened its "Octopussy" account
on Tuesday 10th August 1982 at the famous Cold War landmark Checkpoint
Charlie in Berlin, Germany.
M: "Remember 007, you're on
your own."
Bond: "Why thank you sir, that's
a great comfort."
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In a rare turn, upon his return from India, 007 meets with M in the field just before the third act. M verifies the Octopussy circus was in East Berlin when 009 was killed and gives Bond
the go ahead to follow the lead to Karl Marxstadt and go over
the Berlin wall at Checkpoint Charlie under a salesman cover
to 'visit furniture factories'.
The scene where M briefs 007 in the car was the first shot captured
in principal photography. Robert
Brown was the new M, replacing
Sir Miles Messervy played by Bernard
Lee who had died shortly
before he was due to film "For
Your Eyes Only". Roger
Moore recommended Brown for the part as the two had worked together
20 years previously on Ivanhoe. Brown had previous appeared as
Admiral Hargreaves in "The
Spy Who Loved Me".
Graffiti painted in green on the
Berlin Wall by an unknown member of the production team
read:
"007 WAS HERE OCTOPUSSY".
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