The Spy Who Loved Me (film)

The Spy Who Loved Me
Theatrical release poster by Bob Peak
Directed by	Lewis Gilbert
Screenplay by	Christopher Wood Richard Maibaum
Based on	James Bond by Ian Fleming
Produced by	Albert R. Broccoli
Starring	Roger Moore Barbara Bach Curt Jürgens
Cinematography	Claude Renoir
Edited by	John Glen
Music by	Marvin Hamlisch
Production company	Eon Productions
Distributed by	United Artists
Release dates	7 July 1977 (1977-07-07) (London, premiere) 8 July 1977 (1977-07-08) (United Kingdom) 3 August 1977 (1977-08-03) (United States)
Running time	125 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom[1][2] United States[3]
Language	English
Budget	$13.5 million[4]
Box office	$185.4 million

The Spy Who Loved Me is a 1977 spy film, the tenth in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions. It is the third to star Roger Moore as the fictional secret agent James Bond. The film co-stars Barbara Bach and Curt Jürgens and was directed by Lewis Gilbert. The screenplay was by 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, the tenth book in the 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 a Soviet agent, Anya Amasova, to stop the plans, all while being hunted by Stromberg’s powerful henchman Jaws.

It was shot on location in Egypt (Cairo and Luxor) and Italy (Costa Smeralda, Sardinia), with underwater scenes filmed at the Bahamas (Nassau), and a new soundstage built at Pinewood Studios for a massive set which depicted the interior of a supertanker. The Spy Who Loved Me was well received by critics, who saw the film as a return to form for the franchise and praised Moore's performance. Moore himself called the film his personal favourite of his tenure as Bond. The soundtrack composed by Marvin Hamlisch also met with success. The film was nominated for three Academy Awards amid many other nominations and novelised in 1977 by Christopher Wood as James Bond, The Spy Who Loved Me.