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The Spy Who Loved Me
1977
· Movie
· 125 min
B
MEANRANK
71/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2188
- IMDb #2195
- Google retired #1311
- Rotten Tomatoes #1671
- Metacritic #2768
- Letterboxd #2243
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1882
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1942
- Metacritic Critics #2973
- Metacritic Audience #2349
- Criticker #1642
- Douban #1502
- Kinopoisk #2392
- AlloCiné #1765
- Trakt #2362
Every rating
50–90
out of 100
A British secret agent is tasked with investigating the disappearance of nuclear submarines from both British and Soviet fleets. He is forced to partner with a beautiful KGB agent, as their respective governments realize they are facing a common enemy. Together, they uncover a plot by a megalomaniacal industrialist who plans to destroy the world and create a new civilization under the sea.
Details
- Director
- Lewis Gilbert
- Writers
- Christopher Wood, Richard Maibaum
- Based on
- James Bond by Ian Fleming
- Studio
- EON Productions, United Artists
- Released
- 7 July 1977
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 125 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $13.5M
- Box office
- $185.4M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 8 nominations
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Awards & nominations
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| Academy Awards 1977 | Best Original Score | Marvin Hamlisch | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1977 | Best Original Song | " Nobody Does It Better " Music by Marvin Hamlisch; Lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1977 | Best Art Direction | Art Direction: Ken Adam and Peter Lamont ; Set Decoration: Hugh Scaife | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 1977 | Best Original Score | Marvin Hamlisch | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 1977 | Best Original Song | "Nobody Does It Better" Music by Marvin Hamlisch; Lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager | Nominee |
| Grammy Awards 1977 | Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special | Marvin Hamlisch | Nominee |
| British Academy Film Awards 1977 | Best Production Design | Ken Adam | Nominee |
| British Academy Film Awards 1977 | Best Original Film Music | Marvin Hamlisch | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
3 nominations
| Best Art Direction | Art Direction: Ken Adam and Peter Lamont ; Set Decoration: Hugh Scaife | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Marvin Hamlisch | Nominee |
| Best Original Song | " Nobody Does It Better " Music by Marvin Hamlisch; Lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
2 nominations
| Best Original Score | Marvin Hamlisch | Nominee |
| Best Original Song | "Nobody Does It Better" Music by Marvin Hamlisch; Lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager | Nominee |
Grammy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special | Marvin Hamlisch | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
2 nominations
| Best Original Film Music | Marvin Hamlisch | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Ken Adam | Nominee |