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[[Image:SpyWhoLovedMeNew.jpg|200px|right|thumb|2003 [[Penguin Books]] paperback edition]]
[[Image:Naomi_watts.jpg|thumb|240px|Naomi Watts.]]
'''Naomi Watts''' (born [[September 28]], [[1968]]) is an [[England|English]]-born [[Australia|Australian]] actress and producer, most famous for her starring role in the ''[[The Ring|Ring]]'' films, as well as her recent portrayal of [[Ann Darrow]] in [[Peter Jackson]]'s remake of the 1933 [[horror]] epic, ''[[King Kong (2005 film)|King Kong]]''.
'''''The Spy Who Loved Me''''' is a [[James Bond]] novel by [[Ian Fleming]] first published in [[1962 in literature|1962]]. It is also the title of the tenth James Bond [[film]] and the third to star [[Roger Moore]] as Commander James Bond, [[United Kingdom|British]] Secret Service agent 007. ''The Spy Who Loved Me'' was made by [[Albert R. Broccoli]]'s [[EON Productions]] and was released in [[1977 in film|1977]]. It was the first official Bond film not to be produced by [[Harry Saltzman]], who had previously sold his shares of EON Productions to [[United Artists]] in [[1975]].
==Biography ==
===Early life===
Watts was born in [[Shoreham]], [[Kent]], [[England]], where she lived until the age of eight. Her parents, Peter and Myfanwy Watts had separated when she was four years old, and when she was seven her father died. Following her father's death, her mother relocated the family to the town of [[Llangefni]] (more specifically Llanfawr Farm, a district of Llangefni), in Northern [[Wales]], where they lived with Naomi's grandparents, Hugh and Nikki Roberts. Although her mother occasionally moved the family around Wales and England, usually to follow boyfriends, she always ended up returning to Llangefni. She lived there until she was 14. Then, during a trip to Australia, her mother became convinced that there was "the land of opportunities" and moved the family to [[Sydney, Australia|Sydney]] in [[1982]]. Her grandmother, Nikki, was Australian, which made it easier to obtain the documentation necessary, since Naomi and her family were entitled to Australian citizenship.


Her father was a sound engineer with [[Pink Floyd]] and her mother is described by Watts as a [[hippie]] "with passive-aggressive tendencies" who used to threaten to send her and her brother to foster care in order to convince her grandparents to take care of the family, since her mother had no money after her father's passing.
Fleming was never happy with the plot of the book and so only gave permission for the title to be used. Consequently the film tells a very different story, and was subsequently novelised by [[Christopher Wood (writer)|Christopher Wood]]. As such, it is considered the first wholly original Bond film and was the first Bond film to be novelised, instead of [[vice versa]].


In Sydney, she attended several acting schools (and in the very first lesson in the first school, she met [[Nicole Kidman]], with whom she shared a taxi home from class). In [[1986]] she took a break from acting and went to [[Japan]] to work as a model, but the experience was fruitless, and Watts describes it as one of the worst periods of her life, which lasted for about four months. Upon returning to Australia, Watts went to work for a local [[Department store|department store]] and from there she went to work as assistant fashion editor with an Australian fashion magazine. She only returned to acting when a casual invitation from a colleague to participate in a small play rekindled her passion for the scenic arts and prompted her to quit her job and dedicate herself completely to making it as an actress.
==The novel==
[[Image:SpyWhoLovedMeNovel.jpg|left|thumb|200px|1967 [[Pan Books]] paperback edition.]]
[[Image:Naomi Watts és David Lynch--.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Naomi Watts and [[David Lynch]] at [[Cannes Film Festival|Cannes]] (2001)]]
The shortest and most sexually explicit of Fleming's novels, it was banned in some countries and was not released in a paperback edition in [[Britain]] until several years after Fleming's death (Fleming had, in fact, requested that no paperback ever be published of the text). As a result, for British readers who never purchased the 1962 hardcover edition, ''The Spy Who Loved Me'', not ''[[The Man with the Golden Gun]]'', was their final Fleming James Bond novel. In the [[United States]], a condensed version of the novel was published in the [[men's magazine]], ''[[Stag (magazine)|Stag]]'' under the title, "Motel Nymph".


===Career===
''The Spy Who Loved Me'' is a clear departure from previous Bond novels by Ian Fleming, in that the novel is told in the [[First-person narrative|first-person]] by a young woman named Vivienne Michel. James Bond actually doesn't appear until two-thirds of the way through the book. In order to maintain the fiction of the book's central character, Vivienne Michel (and, some critics suggest, distance himself from a book with which he was unsatisfied), Fleming gave "Michel" co-author credit and later claimed that he had found the manuscript "lying on his desk one morning" with a note signed by "Vivienne Michel". Fleming writes in his forward:
She first appeared in television commercials and then the drama series ''[[Home and Away]]'' in [[1988]] in the role of Julie Gibson. Her first big break came with the [[1995]] movie ''[[Tank Girl]]'' with the part of Jet Girl.


In 1997 she appeared in the short-lived series ''[[Sleepwalkers (TV series)|Sleepwalkers]]'' with [[Bruce Greenwood]].
:"''I was much interested in this view of James Bond, through the wrong end of the telescope, so to speak, and, after obtaining clearance for certain minor infringements of the [[Official Secrets Act]], I have much pleasure in sponsoring its publication.''"


In [[2001]], Watts appeared in [[David Lynch]]'s ''[[Mulholland Drive (film)|Mulholland Drive]]'', a performance which won high praise.
===Plot summary===
The quality and size of Watts' roles improved after ''Mulholland Drive'', and she starred in the highly successful US [[remake]] of ''[[The Ring]]'', a Japanese horror movie.
{{spoiler}}
In [[2004 in film|2004]] she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for her performance in the film ''[[21 Grams]]''.
The central character and narrator of ''The Spy Who Loved Me'' is "Vivienne Michel," a young [[Canada|Canadian]] woman who ends up running a cheap [[motel]] in the [[Adirondack Mountains]] to pay for a trip through [[United States|America]]. The novel is broken up into three parts.


Watts has recently been connected to the role of Vesper Lynd, the female lead in the upcoming James Bond film, [[Casino Royale (2006 film)|Casino Royale]]. [[Angelina Jolie]], [[Scarlett Johansson]], [[Charlize Theron]], and [[Sienna Miller]] all reportedly turned down the role, but Watts now appears to be the front runner at the time.
The first section of the book deals with Michel's past love affairs, the first being Derek Mallaby who took her virginity in a field after being kicked out of a cinema for indecent exposure. The relationship ended that night and Michel was subsequently dumped later when Mallaby sent her a letter from the [[University of Oxford]] saying he had met someone else and had recently gotten engaged. Michel details her second love affair to her [[Germany|German]] boss, Kurt Rainer, whom would eventually get Michel pregnant. After learning of her pregnancy and informing Rainer, he subsequently dumps her and pays for her to go to [[Switzerland]] to have an [[abortion]].


===Private life===
The second section of the book details Michel's journey through America and how she came to work at "The Dreamy Pines Motor Court" in the Adirondack Mountains for Jed and Mildred Phancey, the managers. After a while of working for them the Phancey's take a vacation and leave her in charge for one day until the owner, Mr. Sanguinetti arrives to resume business. In the meantime, however, two mobsters, "Sluggsy" Morant and Sol "Horror" Horowitz show up under the guise that they work for Sanguinetti and are there to look over the motel for insurance reasoning. In truth, the two were hired by Mr. Sanguinetti to burn down The Dreamy Pines Motor Court so that Sanguinetti can make a profit on the insurance. The blame for the fire would fall on Michel, who would perish in the fire. The mobsters, specifically "Sluggsy" are very cruel to Michel, threatening to rape her later that night and when she attempts to escape she is captured and beaten.
Watts has also been linked to numerous [[actors]]. She dated [[Heath Ledger]] for several years, was invovled with indie director Daniel Kirby, and is currently seeing actor Liev Schreiber. The two have been linked for a period.

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The two mobsters are however stopped in the third part of the book when British secret service agent James Bond appears blaming his being there on a flat tire while passing by. He later details to Michel why he's actually in America saying that after Operation ''[[Thunderball]]'' was completed, [[S.P.E.C.T.R.E.]] was pretty much finished except that the allied nations were still searching for [[Ernst Stavro Blofeld]] who had gotten away. The book ends with Bond protecting Michel through the night and later killing Sluggsy and Horror in a gun battle.
==Filmography==

[[Image:Annkingkong.jpg|250px|thumb| Naomi Watts in King Kong (2005)]]
{{Bondbook|
{|
author= [[Ian Fleming]] (with "Vivienne Michel")|
! Film/TV show
publisher= [[Glidrose Productions]]|
! Year
hardbackUK=1962|
! Role
hardbackUS=1962|
|-
paperbackUK=1967|
| ''[[The Painted Veil]]'' || [[2006]] (filming) || Kitty Fane
paperbackUS=1963|
|-
titles=''Motel Nymph''|
| ''[[King Kong (2005 film)|King Kong]]'' || [[2005 in film|2005]] || Ann Darrow
preceded= ''[[Thunderball]]''|
|-
followed= ''[[On Her Majesty's Secret Service]]''|
| ''[[Stay (film)|Stay]]'' || 2005 || Lila Culpepper
}}
|-

| ''[[The Ring Two]]'' || 2005 || Rachel Kellerara
===Comic strip adaptation===
|-
Fleming's original novel was adapted as a daily [[comic strip]] which was published in the British ''[[Daily Express]]'' newspaper and syndicated around the world. The adaptation ran from [[December 18]], [[1967]] to [[October 3]], [[1968]]. The adaptation was written by [[Jim Lawrence (Cartoonist)|Jim Lawrence]] and illustrated by [[Yaroslav Horak]]. It was the last Ian Fleming work to be adapted as a comic strip, although the comic strip took great liberties with Fleming's novel, substituting a S.P.E.C.T.R.E.-related storyline involving Bond for the novel's autobiographical chapters involving Vivienne; the actual adaptation of the novel doesn't begin until the 2/3 point of the strip. The strip was reprinted by [[Titan Books]] in the early 1990s and again in 2004.
| ''[[Ellie Parker]]'' || 2005 || Ellie Parker

|-
===Trivia===
| ''[[I ♥ Huckabees]]'' || [[2004 in film|2004]] || Dawn Campbell
Although S.P.E.C.T.R.E. is referenced briefly, this novel is generally not considered part of the [[story arc]] that includes the previous novel, ''[[Thunderball]]'' and succeeding books ''[[On Her Majesty's Secret Service]]'' and ''[[You Only Live Twice]]''.
|-

| ''[[The Assassination of Richard Nixon]]'' || 2004 || Marie Andersen Bicke
==The film==
|-
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| ''[[We Don't Live Here Anymore]]'' || 2004 || Edith Evans
| image = 007TSWLMposter.jpg
|-
| caption = ''The Spy Who Loved Me'' movie poster
| ''[[21 Grams]]'' || [[2003 in film|2003]] || Cristina Peck
| bond = [[Roger Moore]]
|-
| writer = [[Christopher Wood (writer)|Christopher Wood]]
| ''[[Le Divorce]]'' || 2003 || Roxeanne de Persand
| screenplay = Christopher Wood,<br>[[Richard Maibaum]]
|-
| director = [[Lewis Gilbert]]
| ''[[Ned Kelly (2003 movie)|Ned Kelly]]'' || 2003 || Julia Cook
| music = [[Marvin Hamlisch]]
|-
| composer = Marvin Hamlisch <br> [[Carole Bayer Sager]]
| ''[[The Outsider]]'' || [[2002 in television|2002]] || Rebecca Yoder
| performer = [[Carly Simon]]
|-
| distributor = [[United Artists]]
| ''[[Plots with a View]]'' || 2002 || Meredith
| released = [[1977 in film|1977]]
|-
| runtime = 125 min.
| ''[[The Ring]]'' || [[2002 in film|2002]] || Rachel Keller
| preceded_by = [[The Man with the Golden Gun]]
|-
| followed_by = [[Moonraker]]
| ''[[Rabbits]]'' || 2002 || Suzie
| starring =
|-
| editing =
| ''[[Mulholland Drive (film)|Mulholland Drive]]'' || [[2001 in film|2001]] || Betty Elms/Diane Selwyn
| language =
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| budget =
| ''[[Down]]'' || 2001 || Jennifer Evans
| imdb_id =
|-
}}
| ''[[Ellie Parker]]'' || 2001 || Ellie Parker
''The Spy Who Loved Me'' in many ways was a make or break film for the Bond franchise and was plagued since its conception by many problems. The first was the departure of Bond producer [[Harry Saltzman]], who was forced to sell his half of the Bond film franchise due to financial difficulties. A second problem was the issue of finding a director. The first director attached to the film was [[Guy Hamilton]], who directed the previous three Bond films as well as ''[[Goldfinger]]'', but left after being offered the opportunity to direct the 1978 film, ''[[Superman: The Movie]]''. It has been reported that EON Productions, after Hamilton's departure, approached [[Steven Spielberg]] to direct the film, though after ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]'' turned out to be such a huge success, the producers would not agree to Spielberg's demands for creative control and turned instead to [[Lewis Gilbert]] who had directed the similar Bond film, ''[[You Only Live Twice]]''.
|-

| ''[[Never Date an Actress]]'' || 2001 || The shallow girlfriend
With a director finally secured, the next hurdle to be overcome was finishing the script, which had gone through several rewrites by numerous writers. Additionally, the initial villain of the film was [[Ernst Stavro Blofeld]], however, [[Kevin McClory]], who owns the film rights to ''[[Thunderball]]'' forced an [[injunction]] on EON Productions delaying the film further. The villain would later be changed from Blofeld to [[Karl Stromberg]] so that the injunction could be lifted. [[Christopher Wood (writer)|Christopher Wood]] was later brought in by Lewis Gilbert to complete the script. Although Fleming had requested no elements from his original book be used, the novel features a thug named Sol Horror who is described as having steel capped teeth. This character would be the basis for [[Jaws (James Bond)|Jaws]], although having steel capped teeth is where the similarity between Horror and Jaws ends.
|-

| ''[[The Wyvern Mystery]]'' || [[2000 in television|2000]] || Alice Fairfield
Regardless of all the problems throughout production of the film, ''The Spy Who Loved Me'' was a financial and box office success, raking in $185,400,000 worldwide on a production budget of $14 million [[USD]]. At the time it was the highest grossing Bond film. ''The Spy Who Loved Me'' was also nominated for three [[Academy Awards]] for:
|-
*[[Academy Award for Best Art Direction|Nominated Best Art Direction]], ([[Ken Adam]], [[Peter Lamont]], [[Hugh Scaife]])
| ''[[Strange Planet]]'' || [[1999]] || Alice
*[[Academy Award for Original Music Score|Nominated Best Original Music Score]] ([[Marvin Hamlisch]])
|-
*[[Academy Award for Best Song|Nominated Best Original Song]] (Marvin Hamlisch, [[Carole Bayer Sager]]).
| ''[[The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer]]'' || [[1999 in television|1999]] || Holly Maddux

|-
===Plot summary===
| ''[[The Christmas Wish]]'' || [[1998 in television|1998]] || Renee
{{spoiler}}
|-
A [[submarine]] from the [[Royal Navy]], a submarine from the [[United States Navy]], and a submarine from the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] fleet are stolen by the [[List of James Bond villains|villain]], [[Karl Stromberg]], in an attempt to launch their [[nuclear weapons]] at targets around the globe.
| ''[[Babe: Pig in the City]]'' || [[1998 in film|1998]] || [[voice actor|Additional Voices]]

|-
James Bond teams up with Major Anya Amasova (a.k.a. Agent Triple X) from the Soviet Union to find out what happened and prevent a possible [[World War III]]. The film begins in [[Egypt]] near the [[Egyptian pyramids|pyramids]]. Later the duo travels together to [[Sardinia]] before finding Stromberg's base. He plans to launch nuclear weapons from the submarines he took, with the first targets being [[New York City]] and [[Moscow]], to start World War III while he is safe in an underwater city. However, Bond is able to get the submarines to destroy each other and foils this plan.
| ''[[Dangerous Beauty]]'' || 1998 || Guila De Lezze

|-
The film is best known for the Bond's Lotus Esprit submarine/car and the introduction of [[Jaws (James Bond)|Jaws]], a giant and seemingly indestructible [[assassin]] with steel teeth. Jaws, played by [[Richard Kiel]], is the only henchman of the James Bond villains privileged to appear in more than one film. He later appeared in ''[[Moonraker]]''. Previously, Kiel played a similar character in the action comedy ''[[Silver Streak (1976 film)|Silver Streak]]'' starring [[Gene Wilder]] and [[Richard Pryor]].
| ''[[A House Divided]]'' || 1998 || Amanda

|-
===Cast & characters===
| ''[[Sleepwalkers]]'' || [[1997 in television|1997]] || Kate Russell
*[[James Bond]] &mdash; [[Roger Moore]]
|-
*[[M (James Bond)|M]] &mdash; [[Bernard Lee]]
| ''[[Under the Lighthouse Dancing]]'' || [[1997]] || Louise
*[[Miss Moneypenny]] &mdash; [[Lois Maxwell]]
|-
*[[Q (James Bond)|Q]] &mdash; [[Desmond Llewelyn]]
| ''[[Persons Unknown]]'' || [[1996]] || Molly
*[[Jaws_(James Bond)|Jaws]] &mdash; [[Richard Kiel]]
|-
*[[Karl Stromberg]] &mdash; [[Curd Jürgens]]
| ''[[Timepiece]]'' || [[1996 in television|1996]] || Mary Chandler
*Major Anya Amasova (Agent Triple X) &mdash; [[Barbara Bach]]
|-
*[[List of James Bond allies#Gray, Sir Fredrick|Fredrick Gray]] (Minister of Defence) &mdash; [[Geoffrey Keen]]
| ''[[Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering]]'' || [[1996]] || Grace Rhodes
*[[List of James Bond allies#Gogol, General Anatol|General Gogol]] &mdash; [[Walter Gotell]]
|-
*Rubelvitch (Gogol's Assistant) &mdash; [[Eva Rueber-Staier]]
| ''[[Bermuda Triangle]]'' || [[1996 in television|1996]] || Amanda
*Naomi, Stromberg's Helicopter Pilot &mdash; [[Caroline Munro]]
|-

| ''[[Tank Girl]]'' || [[1995 in film|1995]] || Jet Girl
[[Robert Brown (actor)|Robert Brown]] also has a smaller role in ''The Spy Who Loved Me'' as Admiral Hargreaves. Brown would go on to replace Bernard Lee as M in ''[[Octopussy]]''. It has never been established as to whether Brown was supposed to be still playing Lee's character, a promoted Hargreaves, or someone else.
|-

| ''[[Gross Misconduct]]'' || [[1993]] || Jennifer Carter
[[Walter Gotell]] makes his first appearance as General Gogol of the KGB. Gogol would appear in all future Roger Moore Bond films and would make his final appearance in [[Timothy Dalton]]'s ''[[The Living Daylights]]''. While this was his first appearance as Gogol, this is Gotell's second appearance in a James Bond film. His first was in ''[[From Russia with Love]]'' where he played the villain Morzeny.
|-

| ''[[Wide Sargasso Sea]]'' || [[1993 in film|1993]] || Fanny Grey
===Crew===
|-
*Directed by: [[Lewis Gilbert]]
| ''[[Matinee]]'' || 1993 || Shopping Cart Starlet
*Produced by: [[Albert R. Broccoli]], [[William P. Cartlidge]]
|-
*Screenplay by: [[Christopher Wood (writer)|Christopher Wood]], [[Richard Maibaum]]
| ''[[The Custodian]]'' || 1993 || Louise
*Composed by: [[Marvin Hamlisch]]
|-
*Cinematography by: [[Claude Renoir]]
| ''[[Flirting (film)|Flirting]]'' || [[1991 in film|1991]] || Janet Odgers
*Film editor and second unit director: [[John Glen]]
|-
*Production design by: [[Ken Adam]]
| ''[[Home and Away]]'' || [[1991 in television|1991]] || Julie Gibson

|-
===Soundtrack===
| ''[[Brides of Christ]]'' || [[1991 in television|1991]] || Frances Heffernan
[[Image:007TSWLMsoundtrack.jpg|250px|thumb|Original The Spy Who Loved Me soundtrack cover]]
|-
The title song, "[[Nobody Does it Better]]" was performed by [[Carly Simon]] and was the first theme song to be titled differently than the name of the movie, although the phrase "the spy who loved me" is in the lyrics. The song became a hit that is still popular today and has been featured in numerous movies including the recently released ''[[Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005 film)|Mr. & Mrs. Smith]]'' ([[2005 in film|2005]]), ''[[Little Black Book]]'' ([[2004 in film|2004]]), ''[[Lost in Translation]]'' and ''[[Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (movie)|Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason]]'' (2004). In 2004, the song was honored by the [[American Film Institute]] as the 67th greatest song as part of their [[100 Years Series]].
| ''[[For Love Alone]]'' || [[1986]] || Leo's Girlfriend

|}
The soundtrack to the movie was composed by [[Marvin Hamlisch]] who filled in for veteran [[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]] who was unavailable for work in the [[United Kingdom]] due to tax reasons. The soundtrack, in comparison to other Bond films of the time, was more [[disco]]-oriented and included a new disco rendition of the [[James Bond music#The James Bond Theme|James Bond Theme]] entitled "Bond 77".

====Track listing====
#Nobody Does It Better &mdash; Carly Simon
#Bond 77 (James Bond Theme)
#Ride To Atlantis
#Mojave Club
#Nobody Does It Better (Instrumental)
#Anya
#The Tanker
#The Pyramids
#Eastern Lights
#Conclusion
#End Titles-Nobody Does It Better &mdash; Carly Simon

===Vehicles & gadgets===
{{main articles|[[List of James Bond vehicles]] and [[List of James Bond gadgets]]}}
*[[Lotus Esprit]] &mdash; Including all of the usual Q refinements, this car was equipped with [[surface to air missile]]s. The main feature of the car however was the ability to transform into a submarine. Once transformed it could unleash depth charges and smoke screens. The car was nicknamed ''Wet Nellie'', a reference to the autogyro provided by Q for Bond's use in ''You Only Live Twice''.
*[[Wetbike]] &mdash; a [[hydrofoil]] "water motorcycle" used by Bond to travel from the US Submarine to Stromberg's Atlantis to save Triple X. Built by a subsidiary of [[Minnesota]]-based Arctic Enterprises.
*XXX's Cigarette &mdash; The cigarette used by Triple X contained knock-out powder.
*[[Seiko]] Quartzwatch &mdash; Basically working like a pager, it had a built-in telex that allowed MI6 to send important messages to Bond, printing them out like a miniature [[teletype]]. (It actually looked more like a [[label-maker]] tape.)
*[[Ski pole]] gun &mdash; Was used to fire a projectile at his pursuers. He uses it to kill Triple X's lover while escaping from him in the pre-credits sequence.

===Locations===
====Film locations====
*The [[Austria|Austrian]] [[Alps]]
*[[Cairo|Cairo, Egypt]]
*[[Giza pyramid complex]]
*[[Precinct of Amon-Re|Great Hypostyle Hall]] at [[Karnak|Karnak, Egypt]]
*[[Moscow|Moscow, Russia]]
*[[Sardinia]]

====Shooting locations====
*[[Pinewood Studios]] / [[Albert R. Broccoli's 007 Stage|007 Stage]]
*Sardinia
*Egypt
*[[Malta]]
*[[Scotland]]
*[[Okinawa]]
*[[Switzerland]]
*[[Auyuittuq National Park]], [[Canada]]

===Trivia===
* At the end of the film, the credits announce that the next Bond film will be ''[[For Your Eyes Only]]''. Ultimately, however, the producers chose instead to adapt ''[[Moonraker]]'' next in order to cash in on the sci-fi/fantasy craze sparked by the success of ''[[Star Wars]]'' and ''[[Superman (movie)|Superman]]''.
* This is the second film in the history of the Bond series (as of 2004) in which M refers to Bond by his first name, rather than simply 007 or Bond (the first time was at his wedding in ''[[On Her Majesty's Secret Service]]''). We also hear M's real first name (Miles) for the first time on film. In addition, Q is referred to by his real name (Major Boothroyd) for the first time since ''[[From Russia with Love]]''. But Miss Moneypenny is still left without a first name!
* The 007 Soundstage at [[Pinewood Studios]], for many years the largest in the world, was specially constructed for this film.
*Prior to the film's release, Barbara Bach posed nude for the [[List of men's magazines|men's magazine]] ''[[Playboy]]''.
* [[Michael Billington]], who plays Anya's ill-fated lover, Sergei, was considered a candidate for the role of Bond on several occasions in the 1970s and 1980s. He is best known for his role as Paul Foster in the science fiction series ''[[UFO (TV series)|UFO]]''.
* Demand for Lotus Esprits surged after the film was released. Many new customers were put on a three-year waiting list.
* [[Stanley Kubrick]] provided uncredited assistance in supervising the lighting of the tanker set due to cinematographer [[Claude Renoir]]'s failing eyesight.
* Although this isn't the first Bond film to relocate M's office to an exotic location as a branch office (''[[You Only Live Twice]]'' was the first), it is the first to have Q-Branch likewise relocated with a full array of weapons and testing personnel catering to the particular region of the world. Future similar relocations would occur in ''[[Moonraker]]'' and ''[[Octopussy]]''. (Q, on his own, first joined Bond in the field in ''[[Thunderball]]''.)
* [[Valerie Leon]] has a brief scene with Moore. She also appears in ''[[Never Say Never Again]]'' opposite [[Sean Connery]]'s James Bond.

===Novelisation===
[[Image:SpyWhoLovedMeMovieNovel.jpg|right|thumb|200px|1977 Triad/Panther British paperback edition.]]
When Ian Fleming sold the film rights to the James Bond novels to Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli, he only gave permission for the title ''The Spy Who Loved Me'' to be used. Since the screenplay for the film had nothing to do with Fleming's original novel, [[Glidrose Publications]], for the first time, authorised that a [[novelization|novelisation]] be written based upon the script. This would also be the first regular Bond novel published since ''[[Colonel Sun]]'' nearly a decade earlier. [[Christopher Wood (writer)|Christopher Wood]], who co-authored the screenplay with [[Richard Maibaum]], was commissioned to write the book, which was given the title '''''James Bond, The Spy Who Loved Me'''''. Wood would also novelise the screenplay for the next Bond film, ''[[Moonraker]]'' in [[1979]].

The novelisation and the screenplay, although both written by Wood are somewhat different. In the novelisation [[SMERSH (James Bond)|SMERSH]] is still active and still after James Bond. Their part in the novelisation begins during the "pre-title credits" sequence in which Bond is escaping from a cabin on the top of Aiguille du Mort, a mountain near the town of [[Chamonix]]. After the mysterious death of Fekkish, SMERSH appears yet again this time capturing and torturing Bond for the whereabouts of the microfilm that retains plans for a submarine tracking system. The appearance of SMERSH conflicts with a number of Bond stories, including the film ''[[The Living Daylights]]'' ([[1987 in film|1987]]), in which a character remarks that SMERSH has been defunct for over 20 years. It also differs from the latter half of Fleming's Bond novels in which SMERSH is mentioned to have been put out of operation. Members of SMERSH from the novelization include the Bond girl Anya Amasova and her lover Sergei Borzov as well as Colonel-General Niktin, a character from Fleming's novel ''[[From Russia with Love]]'' who has since become the head of SMERSH.

Other differences include the villain, [[Karl Stromberg]] being renamed as Sigmund Stromberg. The change of Stromberg's given name as well as the existence of SMERSH may be in someway due to the [[Thunderball#Controversy over the novel|controversy over ''Thunderball'']], in which [[Kevin McClory]] was made aware of certain plot points of the film ''The Spy Who Loved Me''. At one point the villain of the film was to be [[Ernst Stavro Blofeld]] and his organization [[S.P.E.C.T.R.E.]]; however, this was changed to avoid a possible lawsuit over the rights to this character, which originated from the novel ''[[Thunderball]]''.

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author=[[Christopher Wood (writer)|Christopher Wood]]|
publisher=[[Glidrose Publications]]|
hardbackUK=1977|
hardbackUS=None|
paperbackUK=1977|
paperbackUS=1977|
titles=|
preceded= ''[[James Bond: The Authorised Biography of 007]]''|
followed= ''[[Moonraker#Novelisation|James Bond and Moonraker]]'' (film novelisation)|
}}

===See also===
*''[[Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me]]'', a James Bond parody.


==External links==
==External links==
*{{imdb name | id=0915208 | name=Naomi Watts}}
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*[http://www.naomiwatts.com/ Naomi Watts Experience] fan site
* {{imdb title|id=0076752|title=The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)}}
*[http://www.aceshowbiz.com/celebrity/naomi_watts/ AceShowbiz Database]
* [http://www.mgm.com/title_title.do?title_star=SPYWHOLO MGM's official site for the film]
*[http://www.simplynaomi.com/ Simply Naomi] Fan Site


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Naomi Watts.

Naomi Watts (born September 28, 1968) is an English-born Australian actress and producer, most famous for her starring role in the Ring films, as well as her recent portrayal of Ann Darrow in Peter Jackson's remake of the 1933 horror epic, King Kong.

Biography

Early life

Watts was born in Shoreham, Kent, England, where she lived until the age of eight. Her parents, Peter and Myfanwy Watts had separated when she was four years old, and when she was seven her father died. Following her father's death, her mother relocated the family to the town of Llangefni (more specifically Llanfawr Farm, a district of Llangefni), in Northern Wales, where they lived with Naomi's grandparents, Hugh and Nikki Roberts. Although her mother occasionally moved the family around Wales and England, usually to follow boyfriends, she always ended up returning to Llangefni. She lived there until she was 14. Then, during a trip to Australia, her mother became convinced that there was "the land of opportunities" and moved the family to Sydney in 1982. Her grandmother, Nikki, was Australian, which made it easier to obtain the documentation necessary, since Naomi and her family were entitled to Australian citizenship.

Her father was a sound engineer with Pink Floyd and her mother is described by Watts as a hippie "with passive-aggressive tendencies" who used to threaten to send her and her brother to foster care in order to convince her grandparents to take care of the family, since her mother had no money after her father's passing.

In Sydney, she attended several acting schools (and in the very first lesson in the first school, she met Nicole Kidman, with whom she shared a taxi home from class). In 1986 she took a break from acting and went to Japan to work as a model, but the experience was fruitless, and Watts describes it as one of the worst periods of her life, which lasted for about four months. Upon returning to Australia, Watts went to work for a local department store and from there she went to work as assistant fashion editor with an Australian fashion magazine. She only returned to acting when a casual invitation from a colleague to participate in a small play rekindled her passion for the scenic arts and prompted her to quit her job and dedicate herself completely to making it as an actress.

Naomi Watts and David Lynch at Cannes (2001)

Career

She first appeared in television commercials and then the drama series Home and Away in 1988 in the role of Julie Gibson. Her first big break came with the 1995 movie Tank Girl with the part of Jet Girl.

In 1997 she appeared in the short-lived series Sleepwalkers with Bruce Greenwood.

In 2001, Watts appeared in David Lynch's Mulholland Drive, a performance which won high praise. The quality and size of Watts' roles improved after Mulholland Drive, and she starred in the highly successful US remake of The Ring, a Japanese horror movie. In 2004 she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for her performance in the film 21 Grams.

Watts has recently been connected to the role of Vesper Lynd, the female lead in the upcoming James Bond film, Casino Royale. Angelina Jolie, Scarlett Johansson, Charlize Theron, and Sienna Miller all reportedly turned down the role, but Watts now appears to be the front runner at the time.

Private life

Watts has also been linked to numerous actors. She dated Heath Ledger for several years, was invovled with indie director Daniel Kirby, and is currently seeing actor Liev Schreiber. The two have been linked for a period.

Filmography

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Naomi Watts in King Kong (2005)
Film/TV show Year Role
The Painted Veil 2006 (filming) Kitty Fane
King Kong 2005 Ann Darrow
Stay 2005 Lila Culpepper
The Ring Two 2005 Rachel Kellerara
Ellie Parker 2005 Ellie Parker
I ♥ Huckabees 2004 Dawn Campbell
The Assassination of Richard Nixon 2004 Marie Andersen Bicke
We Don't Live Here Anymore 2004 Edith Evans
21 Grams 2003 Cristina Peck
Le Divorce 2003 Roxeanne de Persand
Ned Kelly 2003 Julia Cook
The Outsider 2002 Rebecca Yoder
Plots with a View 2002 Meredith
The Ring 2002 Rachel Keller
Rabbits 2002 Suzie
Mulholland Drive 2001 Betty Elms/Diane Selwyn
Down 2001 Jennifer Evans
Ellie Parker 2001 Ellie Parker
Never Date an Actress 2001 The shallow girlfriend
The Wyvern Mystery 2000 Alice Fairfield
Strange Planet 1999 Alice
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer 1999 Holly Maddux
The Christmas Wish 1998 Renee
Babe: Pig in the City 1998 Additional Voices
Dangerous Beauty 1998 Guila De Lezze
A House Divided 1998 Amanda
Sleepwalkers 1997 Kate Russell
Under the Lighthouse Dancing 1997 Louise
Persons Unknown 1996 Molly
Timepiece 1996 Mary Chandler
Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering 1996 Grace Rhodes
Bermuda Triangle 1996 Amanda
Tank Girl 1995 Jet Girl
Gross Misconduct 1993 Jennifer Carter
Wide Sargasso Sea 1993 Fanny Grey
Matinee 1993 Shopping Cart Starlet
The Custodian 1993 Louise
Flirting 1991 Janet Odgers
Home and Away 1991 Julie Gibson
Brides of Christ 1991 Frances Heffernan
For Love Alone 1986 Leo's Girlfriend
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