Dalton was first approached to play Bond in 1969 and later in 1981 but was finally free from other obligations for 1987's The Living Daylights and felt he was finally ready to helm the role of 007. Like Connery and Moore before, Dalton was a Bond for his era. More hard-edged than his predecessors, it is said that Dalton's Bond most accurately reflects Fleming's Bond.Dalton returned in 1989's Licence to Kill which was fraught with complications.
The film was the first to stray extremely far from Fleming's source material, to save money the film was shot in Mexico rather than Pinewood Studios, and the title was changed from License Revoked close to the release date.
The Living Daylights (1987)
Directed by: John Glen
Starring: Timothy Dalton, Maryam d'Abo, Jeroen Krabbé, Art Malik. John Rhys-Davies, Joe Don Baker
Studio: Eon Productions
Distributed by: United Artists/MGM/UA Communications Co.
Release date: 29 June 1987
Running time: 131 minutes
Budget: $40 million
Box office: $191.2 million
Synopsis:
The Living Daylights represents the first appearance by Timothy Dalton as "Bond...James Bond." Based very, very loosely on an obscure Ian Fleming short story, the film finds Bond assigned to aid in the defection of KGB agent Jeroen Krabbe. 007 must prevent an unknown sniper from killing Krabbe before he can reach the West. The mysterious assailant turns out to be the luscious Maryam d'Abo, who like practically everyone in the film except Bond is Not All That She Seems. The plot wends its way through a scheme to trade several million dollars' worth of diamonds for weapons, which will be shipped off to mercenaries worldwide. The climax takes place high above the clouds in a cargo plane loaded with opium.
Licence to Kill (1989)
Directed by: John Glen
Starring: Timothy Dalton, Carey Lowell, Robert Davi. Talisa Soto
Studio: Eon Productions, Danjaq
Distributed by: United Artists/MGM/UA Communications Co.
Release date: 13 June 1989
Running time: 133 minutes
Budget: $32 million
Box office: $156.2 million
Synopsis:
Timothy Dalton is better in Licence to Kill than in his first James Bond endeavor (The Living Daylights), but he still seems uncomfortable on the right side of the law. This time around, Bond is working on his own rather than on behalf of the British Secret Service. His American friend Felix Leiter (David Hedison), an agent of the Drug Enforcement Administration, has been seriously injured by drug dealer Robert Davi, and 007 is out for blood. There is precious little time for the usual Bondian quippery and directorial campiness, resulting in a marked increase in bloodletting (including the "implosion" of secondary villain Anthony Zerbe). A climactic highway chase involving an oil tanker and a helicopter is stretched slightly beyond its value, but is still one of the best action setpieces in any Bond film.
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