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- First 007 movie to be filmed in Dolby Stereo.
- Rick Sylvester was paid $30,000 for the skiing stunt in the opening sequence.
- After the film's release, demand for white Lotus Esprits surged to the point that new customers had to be placed on a three-year waiting list.
- General Gogol's first name is also heard for the only time in the series. M refers to him as Alexis.
- Producer Albert R. Broccoli saw a photo of a skier jumping out of a helicopter and insisted on recreating the stunt for the opening of the film..
- In the scene in which Bond and his compatriots are looking at the tracing of the submarine's course, the first few notes of the James Bond theme are played when the line is drawn onto the map.
- Michael Billington, who played Sergei Barsov, Anya's lover in the KGB, was under consideration for 007 and played him during the casting of the leading ladies.
- One of the models seen during the opening credits was named Penelope Smallbone. A character in Octopussy (1983) would be given this name.
- The metal teeth worn by Richard Kiel were so painful that he could only wear them for about 13 seconds. He only wears the teeth when his mouth is actually open.
- Caroline Munro is re-voiced by Barbara Jefford.
- When Bond drives the Lotus Esprit up onto the beach, you can see a child pointing out to the car in the water. This child is played by Richard George Kiel, son of actor Richard Kiel who portrayed Jaws.
- Introduced the jet ski to the world, sparking a new water-sport industry.
- According to Richard Kiel, the chain he bites through as Jaws during the Pyramids sequence was made of licorice.
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