Resumo de The Spy Who Loved Me

The Spy Who Loved Me is the tenth novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series. It was first published by Jonathan Cape on April 16, 1962. It is the shortest and most sexually explicit of Fleming's novels, as well as a clear departure from previous Bond novels, in that the story is told in the first-person by a young woman named Vivienne Michel. James Bond actually does not appear until two-thirds of the way through the book.Due to the reactions by critics and fans, Fleming was not happy with the book and consequently only gave permission for the title to be used when he sold the film rights to Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli. In 1977 the title was used for the tenth film in the EON Productions series. It was the third to star Roger Moore as British Secret Service agent, Commander James Bond. Per Fleming's wish the film only uses the title and is therefore considered the first wholly original Bond film. The film was novelized the same year by screenwriter Christopher Wood and is the first novelisation of a Bond film. To avoid confusion with Fleming's novel, the book was named James Bond, The Spy Who Loved Me.The film begins in Austria, where Bond escapes an ambush by Soviet agents, killing one of them in a downhill ski race that concludes in an all-time iconic Bond film moment: when Bond skis off a vast cliff and fall? only to open a Union Jack parachute (the film was released in Great Britain's Silver Jubilee year). On reporting back to base, Bond learns that someone is trying to sell the plans of a highly advanced submarine tracking system to the highest bidder. Bond then travels to Egypt, where he is supposed to contact the prospective seller near the pyramids. Here he first encounters the beautiful Major Anya Amasova, who becomes a rival in his search for the plans, and later a partner in a somewhat uneasy truce (supported by their respective superiors) when they realize that the person behind the theft of the plans (Karl Stromberg, who is a shipping tycoon) is also responsible for the disappearance of the submarines.The duo decides to travel to Stromberg's base in Sardinia. In a train on the way there, Bond saves Amasova's life as she is attacked by Jaws. Shortly after their arrival in Sardinia, Amasova learns about Bond's killing of the Soviet agent in Austria, who the audience already knows was her lover. She tells Bond she will complete the mission with him, but vows that after she has fulfilled her duty, she will kill 007 in revenge. Posing as a marine biologist and his wife, they visit Stromberg's base and discover that he has a mysterious new supertanker, the Liparus. After they leave the base, Jaws and others, including a helicopter pilot called Naomi (Caroline Munro), attempt repeatedly to kill them, but all attempts fails due to Bond's driving skills and fact that his car ? a Lotus Esprit from Q Branch ? can convert into a submarine. With this, they examine Stromberg's Atlantis base and confirm that he is operating the tracking system. The United States Navy submarine in which they then attempt to pursue the Liparus is, like the other subs, captured by the modified supertanker, and Stromberg begins to set his plan in motion. The plan is to launch nuclear missiles from the submarines he captured, the targets being Moscow and New York City. This will start World War III, which Stromberg will wait out in his underwater city, establishing a new civilization. However, a huge battle within the Liparus between its crew and those captured from the subs culminates in escape and a race to destroy Atlantis. Bond is able to get the British and Soviet submarines to destroy each other first, saving Moscow and New York, but then insists on a final confrontation with Stromberg and the rescue of Amasova, after whom the villain is now lusting; after a final fight with Jaws, Bond shoots Stromberg and the two spies depart his base just before it is destroyed. As they await rescue in a small escape pod, Bond finds a bottagne and suggests they have a drink. Amasova reminds Bond that she has vowed to kill him and draws her gun, but instead of shooting him, she smiles when the top pops off the champagne bottle, making a for-once visibly shaken Bond jump. He asks for a last request, which Amasova then grants: he suggests they get out of their wet clothes and Amasova finally forgives him and the two embrace passionately. Their respective bosses are subsequently horrified to find them in a compromising position?"Just trying to keep the British end up Sir." Bond quips before pulling the shade.The film is best known for Bond's Lotus Esprit submarine/car and the introduction of Jaws, a giant and seemingly indestructible assassin with steel teeth. Jaws, played by Richard Kiel, does not speak and is the only henchman of the James Bond villains privileged to appear in more than one film. He later appeared in Moonraker (in which he has one line). Previously, Kiel had played a similar character in the action comedy Silver Streak starring Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor.For details visit: http://www.amazon.com/Spy-Who-Loved-James-Bond/dp/042508681X

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