THE SPY WHO LOVED THE ESPRIT               .

A three minute chase sequence, featuring a series of, triple action-loaded events, along the perilous curves of the Costa Smeralda coastline, is the culmination of three months' pre-production planning, and five weeks' shooting by a crew of seventy technicians at work on the new and biggest-ever Bond movie,

Roger Moore, at the wheel of his white Lotus Esprit, a streak of flashing power high above the Undulating cliffs and turquoise Mediterranean, engages in one
of the most extraordinary and impressive tussles with pursuing protagonists of even his OO7 experience. Four cameras, strategically placed at different mountain levels photograph the breathtaking sequence of events in which only Bond could remain cool and unruffled. Fourteen walkie-talkies were in constant use throughout this filming which involved lorries, a trailer, a motorcycle with a most unusual side-car, a helicopter piloted by an exquisitely beautiful enemy, the sheer cliff-edge - plunge to an unexpected burial ground some 600 feet below and a small mountain of feathers - to name but a few components of this memorable exercise in film action tactics.
Special transport was provided for villagers and holidaymakers, who might otherwise have been inconvenienced by temporarily blocked-off roads.

At the wheel of the multi-faceted Bond car, Roger Moore handles the new Lotus Esprit with all the flair and expertise that come built-in with the other tricks of his 007 trade.                                                            .

Where Bond drives, surprises and shocks follow. In THE SPY WHO LOVED ME the Bond designers have incorporated the kind of futuristic gadgetry that might well become some sophisticated spy's stock-in trade tomorrow.

Showing a schizophrenic wizardry, the Esprit takes to water with a panache that has already startled late-season Sardinian bathers, and has a volatile range of armoury at its disposal which sustains the unparalleled formula for the phenomenally successful survival of James Bond.

THE SPY WHO LOVED ME, the tenth and biggest-ever Bond film now shooting at Pinewood Studios for United Artists, stars Roger Moore as the legendary 007
and introduces Barbara Bach in her first international screen rote as Anya, a Russian spy. Produced by Albert R. Broccoli and directed by Lewis Gilbert, it also stars Curt Jürgens and Richard Kiel with Caroline Munro, Bernard Lee and Lois Maxwell. Filmed also on location in Egypt, Sardinia, the Bahamas, Canada and Scotland, It Is photographed by Claude Renoir, with Ken Adam as Production Designer.