Bond. Submarines. A giant tanker. A man with metal teeth.

And somehow, that’s not even the strange part.

This week on 100 Things We Learned From Film, we’re diving into Roger Moore’s The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) one of the biggest, daftest and most spectacular Bond films ever made.

Joining Planty and John is Ian Graham from Cult Connections Podcast, as we uncover the stories behind the making of the film, including the enormous 007 Stage, the casting of Barbara Bach and Richard Kiel, the incredible ski jump, the Lotus Esprit submarine, Ken Adam’s spectacular production design, Marvin Hamlisch’s disco-infused score and the many, many things that had to go spectacularly right to make this particular Bond adventure work.

We’ll also find out how close Catherine Deneuve came to playing Anya Amasova, why Stanley Kubrick secretly turned up at Pinewood, and how they managed to make a bloody Lotus Esprit go underwater.

So grab your tux, check your parachute and try not to annoy Jaws.

This is 100 Things We Learned From The Spy Who Loved Me.

This week we're joined by Ian Graham, host of Cult Connections Podcast.

Cult Connections explores the links between films, television and books, jumping from cult classics to major blockbusters and finding the connections, influences and weird little bits of film and TV history hiding between them. Ian is joined by a different guest for each episode, covering everything from horror and science fiction to classic television and the films that probably don't get talked about enough.

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