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The locomotive used for the Octopussy circus is a former Danish States-railways Class S 740, returned to Denmark in the 1990s. This was the only time the train in question was taken out for out use during its time in the UK. GoldenEye (1995) • Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) • The World Is Not Enough (1999) • Die Another Day (2002)

The pre-title sequence has a scene where Bond flies a nimble homebuilt Bede BD-5J aircraft through an open hangar. [17] Hollywood stunt pilot and aerial co-ordinator J. W. "Corkey" Fornof, who piloted the aircraft at more than 150 miles per hour (240km/h), has said, "Today, few directors would consider such a stunt. They'd just whip it up in a computer lab." [21] Having collapsible wings, the plane was shown hidden in a horse trailer; however, a dummy was used for this shot. [22] Filming inside the hangar was achieved by attaching the aircraft to an old Jaguar car with a steel pole, driving with the roof removed. [17] The second unit were able to add enough obstacles including people and objects inside the hangar to hide the car and the pole and make it look as though Moore was flying inside the base. For the explosion after the mini jet escapes, however, a miniature of the hangar was constructed and filmed up close. The exploding pieces of the hangar were in reality only four inches (10cm) long. [9]

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It certainly wasn’t the time to debut a new 007. Never Say Never Again was ready to go into production too, the result of a decades-long battle over the rights of Thunderball. Never Say Never Again was “unofficial” – as in, not made by Broccoli’s EON Productions, the Bond producers since 1962’s Dr No – but the rogue film had a not-so-secret weapon in Connery, who was lured out of Double-O retirement after 12 years. After watching the video to the song linked above, I may have to give this movie another shot. It looks like there's a lot of silly action that I can appreciate, but my memories, hazy as they are, tell me I was unimpressed. Dalton is no Moore or Conery, or so I recall. Also, the tone of the Bond films changed with A View to a Kill, and they became a little more serious and grittier. In short, they weren't quite as much fun as earlier installments, so that works against this one too. And isn't this the one with the general and his toy war machines or something at the end? Still, I bet it's been every bit of 25 years since I've seen this (though I've caught bits and pieces on TV in the ensuing years), so maybe I should try it again. Regardless, the short story was really good. Octopussy also has the most sustained action of perhaps any Bond film: from the whiplash-inducing Acrostar jet sequence and high-speed tuk-tuk chase, to Bond running across a moving train and fighting atop a plane thousands of feet in the air.

Tennis player Vijay Amritraj was the first person cast after Cubby, a huge tennis fan, met him at Wimbledon The Fabergé egg which is stolen was made in 1898 and is entitled 'Lilies of the Valley', although its name not mentioned in the film. The egg contains a model of the imperial state coach. Obviously Google would explain all but it would be disingenuous to pretend I understood the plot of Octopussyin one viewing. Let’s be generous and say a certain coherency is sacrificed on the altar of fun. Well, you can’t make an omelette without….

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Gary Arnold of The Washington Post felt Octopussy was "one of the snazziest, wittiest productions" of the film series, in which he praised John Glen's direction, Louis Jourdan's performance, and the screenplay. [36] Writing for The New York Times, Vincent Canby praised the film, but noted how "much of the story is incomprehensible". [37] Gene Siskel, reviewing for The Chicago Tribune, awarded the film three stars out of four, stating it is "surprisingly entertaining—surprising because in his previous five Bond appearances Roger Moore has always come off as a smug stiff. In Octopussy Moore relaxes a bit and, just as important, his role is subordinated to the film's many and extremely exciting action scenes. Octopussy has the most sustained excitement in a Bond film since You Only Live Twice." However, he felt that the character Octopussy was detrimental to the film and the action "blunts a script that is weak on characterization and long on male chauvinism". [38]