US (1977): Action/Sci-Fi/Thriller
Though not Ian Fleming's most famous James Bond novel, 1962's The Spy Who Loved Me was distinguished by the unique device of telling the story from the heroine's point of view; in fact, Bond doesn't make an appearance until the story is two-thirds over. This would hardly work in the film world's Bond franchise, so the original austere plotline of the novel was eschewed in favor of a labyrinthine story involving outer-space extortion. The leading lady, a "hard-luck kid" in the original, is now sexy Russian secret agent Barbara Bach, who joins forces with Bond (Roger Moore, making his third appearance as 007) to foil yet another megalomaniac villain (Curt Jurgens), who plans to threaten New York City with nuclear weaponry. Beyond the eye-popping opening ski-jump sequence, the film's best scenes involve 7'2" Richard Kiel as steel-toothed henchman "Jaws." Fifteen scriptwriters worked on this picture; only two were credited, including Bond-film veteran Richard Maibaum. Carly Simon's recording of the theme song was a big pop hit. Lewis Gilbert directs for Danjaq-EON/U-A. (Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide)
3 nominations
· Art Direction/Set Decoration 1977: Ken Adam, Peter Lamont & Hugh Scaife - Art Direction
· Music Scoring Awards (Best Original Score) 1977: Marvin Hamlisch
· Music Best Song 1977: "Nobody Does It Better" Marvin Hamlisch - Music, Carole Bayer Sager - Lyric