![]() It received an Academy Award nomination for Best Song, and was featured in a song and dance number at the Oscars on March 29, 1982. The song was a Top 10 hit on both the U.K. The title song is the first in the James Bond film franchise in which we see the person who is singing, in this case, Sheena Easton. ![]() The interiors were filmed back at Pinewood Studios on a set designed by Peter Lamont. Cyril's in this movie), but built a set on top of a neighboring rock for some of the hideout's exteriors. They did not film inside the monastery (known as St. The movie crew was eventually able to film at the location, which included a gigantic fall by Stuntman Rick Sylvester. A special hearing of the Greek Supreme Court was convened, where a panel of judges decreed that the monks only had rights over the interiors of the mountain-top monastery, but the exteriors were the domain of the people and the local government. Reportedly, Sir Roger Moore told them that he had once been a Saint (a reference to The Saint (1962)). ![]() ![]() They allegedly did not like the violence associated with James Bond. The monks who lived in the monastery on top of the Meteora Mountain placed sheets and plastic on top of the roofs and external infrastructure so as to halt filming. ![]() A major problem occurred during production which threatened to stop the filmmakers filming. ![]()
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