List of James Bond henchmen in The Spy Who Loved Me
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A list of henchmen from the 1977
James Bond
film The Spy Who Loved Me
.
teeth. These are capable of biting through a wide variety of materials, and Jaws prefers to kill his victims by biting through their Jugular vein
. The character was played in both The Spy Who Loved Me and the following film Moonraker
by actor Richard Kiel
.
Jaws, and his sidekick Sandor, were based on the villains Sol "Horror" Horowitz and "Sluggsy" Morant from Ian Fleming
's novel The Spy Who Loved Me.
as a henchman
to the villain, Karl Stromberg
. He would later appear in the sequel Moonraker
as a henchman to the villain Hugo Drax
. In his second appearance Jaws changed from a ruthless and unstoppable killing machine to more of a comedy figure. He eventually turns against Drax and helps Bond to defeat him. In Moonraker he gains a girlfriend, Dolly, who like Jaws almost never speaks.
In addition to having steel teeth, Jaws was also gigantic and extremely strong, which forced Bond to be especially inventive while fighting him. In combat during The Spy Who Loved Me, Bond found himself caught in an unbreakable death grip by Jaws, who was about to fatally bite him; Bond only escaped by using a broken electric lamp to send an electric shock through the assassin's teeth to stun him.
Jaws also has an uncanny ability to survive any misfortune seemingly unscathed and come back to challenge Bond again. In The Spy Who Loved Me, Jaws survives an Egyptian structure's collapse on top of him, being hit by a van, being thrown from a rapidly-moving train, sitting in the passenger seat of a car which veers off a cliff in Sardinia
and explodes (landing in a hut below, to the owner's dismay), a battle underwater with a shark, and the destruction of Stromberg's lair. In Moonraker, he survives falling several thousand feet after accidentally disabling his own parachute (he falls through a circus tent and lands in the trapeze net), a crash through a building inside a runaway cable car, and going over Iguazu Falls
. After each of these incidents, he always picks himself up, dusts off his jacket, straightens his tie and nonchalantly walks away. After the destruction of Drax's
space station, a throw-away line near the end is made that the American shuttle rescued him and his girlfriend.
He also appeared in a minor cameo in Inspector Gadget
during the end credits where Sykes, Sandford Scolex's assistant, is giving a speech to a henchmen support group. Other notable James Bond villains can also be seen during this scene.
Jaws only speaks once, in Moonraker, when he makes a toast to his girlfriend, "Well, here's to us".
appearances are in the 1997 Nintendo 64
game GoldenEye 007 in a bonus mission in which he is a henchman to the deceased Hugo Drax whom Bond needs to defeat, and a playable character in the multi-player mode, and the multi-platform 2004 game Everything or Nothing
as a henchman to Nikolai Diavolo (voiced by Willem Dafoe
). Both games use Richard Kiel's likeness and voice (grunts and sound effects). His likeness can also be found as the character Chuck Ferdon in the 2006 game Rugby by Electronic Arts.
Jaws is a playable multiplayer character in the 2010 video game GoldenEye 007
for the Nintendo Wii and the 2011 re-release GoldenEye 007: Reloaded for the PlayStation 3
and Xbox 360
.
In the game Everything Or Nothing, Jaws is electrocuted and is inside a train that is knocked over the side of a bridge. Later he drives a tanker intending to destroy the New Orleans levees, but Bond destroys his tanker. In another instance during a fight on a large lift in which Jaws is equipped with a flamethrower, Bond shoots the flamethrower backpack which ignites Jaws. Bond then climbs into the cockpit
of a plane and ejects his seat as the lift plummets to the ground. When Bond later lands on the remains at the bottom, Jaws is nowhere to be found and he is not seen or mentioned again in the game, which suggests that he has escaped the base and death once again.
In a multiplayer arena in the same game, Jaws wanders around looking for players to hurt. He can't be hurt himself, and any players that try to hurt him will be killed almost immediately by him.
Jaws is an unlockable multiplayer character in the game Nightfire. He is the tallest character in the game, and his punches can kill almost instantly. The character model's teeth are visible at close range.
Jaws appears briefly in the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis game James Bond The Duel. He wanders briefly around a section toward the end of the first stage and defeats the player with one touch.
Jaws also appears in the Game Boy game James Bond 007 as a boss. Bond must lead him to magnetized pads that will temporarily hold him in place, allowing time for Bond to attack him.
's novelisation of the film The Spy Who Loved Me; published as James Bond, The Spy Who Loved Me to differentiate from Ian Fleming
's novel. In Wood's version, Jaws's real name is Zbigniew Krycsiwiki and he was born in Kraków
, Poland
. After a failed attempt at becoming a basketball player (despite his astonishing height) Krycsiwiki was arrested by the secret police for having taken part in the (fictitious) "1972 bread riots". Whilst he was imprisoned the police "beat him with hollow steel clubs encased in thick leather" until they thought he was dead, leaving his jaw broken beyond repair. Krycsiwiki later escaped and stowed aboard one of Stromberg's vessels. Eventually he was caught, but instead of turning him in, Stromberg hired a prestigious doctor to create an artificial jaw. After 14 operations Krycsiwiki's jaw was restored using steel components that created two rows of terrifying razor-sharp teeth, although Jaws was left mute
.
Since none of the above is actually mentioned in either movie, this is not necessarily considered canonical
, and Wood contradicts his own continuity when one compares his scripts and his novelisations. In the novelisation of The Spy Who Loved Me Wood specifically states that Jaws is a mute. However, though Jaws remains mute in Wood's James Bond and Moonraker
novelisation, he actually does speak at the end of the film.
In the book, Jaws remains attached to the magnet that Bond dips into the tank, as opposed to the film where Bond releases Jaws from the magnet into the water:
The initial script concluded with Jaws being killed by the shark, but after a rough test screening (where Lewis Gilbert
's grandson was present), Jaws was so well liked that the scene was changed to have him survive.
-like design since she felt pointy teeth would injure the actor. Still, the dentures were uncomfortable and Richard Kiel could only wear them for about 35 seconds. When Jaws was to bite through an object a normal human can't bite through - for example, cable car
wire - the film makers used licorice.
in the James Bond
film The Spy Who Loved Me
, played by actor and wrestler Milton Reid
. Sandor, a stereotypical-looking thug (burly and bald-headed), attempts to kill Bond in Egypt under the orders of Stromberg; he finds Bond before Jaws does and ambushes him iafter he was lured there by Felicca, a Stromberg agent, but misses his shot and kills her instead of Bond. Bond then pursues him over the rooftops and after a brief fistfight Sandor starts to fall over the edge of the building. Sandor grabs Bond by his tie at the last second to try to hold on. Bond demands information; right after Sandor divulges what he knows, Bond lets him fall to his death.
Last Words:
Bond: "Where's Fekkesh?"
Sandor: "Pyramids!"
[Bond lets Sandor fall to his death]
Bond: "What a helpful chap."
in the James Bond
film The Spy Who Loved Me
, played by actress Sue Vanner. She appears in the intro to the film making love with Bond overnight in the cozy log cabin high in the Austrian mountains. However after he leaves, it appears she is an enemy (KGB
agent) and contacts her cohorts to pursue Bond as he leaves on skis. http://www.jamesbondmm.co.uk/bond-girls/sue-vanner
in the James Bond
film The Spy Who Loved Me
, played by actress Olga Bisera. When Bond arrived in Cairo, Egypt to contact Aziz Fekkesh in regard to the microfilm of the submarine tracking system developed by Stromberg, he instead found Felicca, who coyly said that Frekkesh would be "a little late". As Felicca distracts Bond by kissing him passionately, Sandor, hiding from a behind an overlooking window, attempted to shoot Bond. Felicca meets her demise when Sandor misses his mark and the bullet strikes her instead of Bond in a manner reminiscent of Thunderball
.
in the James Bond
film The Spy Who Loved Me
, played by actress Caroline Munro
.
's personal helicopter pilot/assistant. She is first seen in the film escorting Dr. Bechman and Professor Markovitz in to see Stromberg and then exits. She is then not seen again until much later in the film.
When we next see Naomi, she is escorting Bond and Amasova, who are posing as a marine biologist
and his wife, on a boat to Stromberg's ocean lair Atlantis to meet Stromberg. Bond flirts with Naomi, annoying Amasova. While Bond has his meeting with Stromberg, Naomi entertains Amasova, showing her around Atlantis.
After Bond and Amasova leave their meeting with Stromberg, he orders Jaws to let the couple get ashore and then kill them.
Indeed while driving along Sardinia
's coastal roads, several attempts are made to kill Bond and Amasova. There is a failed attempt by a motorcycle assassin, who careers off a cliff after his exploding sidecar triggers an explosion of feathers from a passing lorry which obscures his view. Jaws and his henchmen then appear in a Ford Cortina
and three of them fire gunshots at Bond's car, only for Bond to reply with a substance which obsecures their windscreen and causes it to veer off the road and crash into the roof of a barn. A helicopter then appears , chasing the car. As the helicopter comes from behind the cliff, it tries to gun down Bond's Lotus Esprit. It then flies alongside the car, and Bond is shocked to see Naomi piloting it. Bond nods at her, and Naomi responds with a sultry wink and opens fire again.
Naomi chases Bond all over the highways of Sardinia until he comes to a pier which he immediately drives off into the water. Naomi hovers overhead, believing she has won. Unbeknown to her, however, the Lotus is a submersible, and it had disappeared into the water and out of her sight. Bond then arms a surface-to-air missile and blows Naomi out of the sky. She was the first woman to ever be undeniably killed by James Bond.
.
A sniper and assassin for the KGB
, Borzov, at a signal from the girl in the cabin, leads a group of men skiing down the slopes to catch up with James. When he gets close, James aims and fires a ski-pole into his chest, killing him.
Later, it is discovered that Barzov is Anya Amasova
's boyfriend, and that she has sworn to avenge his death by killing James.
.
Fekkesh is an Egypt
ian businessman and part of the ring smuggling the submarine tracking device's plans that Karl Stromberg
commissioned. Bond, hoping to intercept the plans, is ambushed by Sandor at Fekkesh's apartment. Getting the information out of Sandor that Fekkesh is at a show at the Pyramids of Giza, Bond follows him there, but Fekkesh is killed by Jaws, though not before Fekkesh passes the device's plans (on microfilm) on to the next link in the chain, Max Kalba.
Searching for information, Bond opts to follow Fekkesh's trail and meet with Kalba at his nightclub
.
.
Kalba is a nightclub
owner in Egypt
and another link in the chain smuggling the submarine tracking device's plans on microfilm. After he receives the device from Aziz Fekkesh and Fekkesh is killed, Bond takes Fekkesh's place to meet with Kalba.
During the meeting, Kalba is distracted by a phone call, and when he goes to take it, he is met by Jaws, who crushes Kalba's trachea
with his metal teeth and steals the microfilm from him.
.
Bechmann is a renowned scientist who is working for Karl Stromberg. He designs the submarine-tracking device along with his colleague, Professor Markovitz. When the device is complete, Stromberg decides that instead of paying them they have outlived their usefulness and has their helicopter blown up.
.
Markovitz is a renowned scientist who is working for Karl Stromberg. He designs the submarine-tracking device along with his colleague, Dr. Bechmann. When the device is complete, Stromberg decides that they have outlived their usefulness and has their helicopter blown up. A secretary who smuggled the plans for the device on microfilm is also killed by being dropped into a shark tank.
.
The Liparus Captain is the captain of Karl Stromberg's flagship
, the Liparus. He is not seen until late in the film, carrying out various duties and operations in the ship's control centre. The captain ultimately answers to Stromberg. When the American, British and Russian submarine crews escape, the captain of the Liparus is able to warn Stromberg and give the order to seal off the control centre. Although he confidently tells Stromberg no other mishaps will occur, the Liparus Captain is killed when Bond detonates a bomb placed against the wall of the centre. As the crews storm the control centre, the captain tells Bond he is too late to derail Stromberg’s plan and that the SLBMs will begin ignition in four minutes.
1977 in film
The year 1977 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*In the Academy Awards, Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway and Beatrice Straight win Best Actor and Actress and Supporting Actress awards for Network....
James Bond
James Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
film The Spy Who Loved Me
The Spy Who Loved Me (film)
The Spy Who Loved Me is a spy film, the tenth film in the James Bond series, and the third to star Roger Moore as the fictional secret agent James Bond. It was directed by Lewis Gilbert and the screenplay was written by Christopher Wood and Richard Maibaum...
.
Jaws
Jaws gets his nickname from his trademark steelSteel
Steel is an alloy that consists mostly of iron and has a carbon content between 0.2% and 2.1% by weight, depending on the grade. Carbon is the most common alloying material for iron, but various other alloying elements are used, such as manganese, chromium, vanadium, and tungsten...
teeth. These are capable of biting through a wide variety of materials, and Jaws prefers to kill his victims by biting through their Jugular vein
Jugular vein
The jugular veins are veins that bring deoxygenated blood from the head back to the heart via the superior vena cava.-Internal and external:There are two sets of jugular veins: external and internal....
. The character was played in both The Spy Who Loved Me and the following film Moonraker
Moonraker (film)
Moonraker is the eleventh spy film in the James Bond series, and the fourth to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The third and final film in the series to be directed by Lewis Gilbert, it co-stars Lois Chiles, Michael Lonsdale, Corinne Clery, and Richard Kiel...
by actor Richard Kiel
Richard Kiel
Richard Dawson Kiel is an American actor best known for his role as the steel-toothed Jaws in the James Bond movies The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker as well as the video game Everything or Nothing, and Mr. Larson in Happy Gilmore...
.
Jaws, and his sidekick Sandor, were based on the villains Sol "Horror" Horowitz and "Sluggsy" Morant from Ian Fleming
Ian Fleming
Ian Lancaster Fleming was a British author, journalist and Naval Intelligence Officer.Fleming is best known for creating the fictional British spy James Bond and for a series of twelve novels and nine short stories about the character, one of the biggest-selling series of fictional books of...
's novel The Spy Who Loved Me.
Films
Jaws first appeared in the 1977 film The Spy Who Loved MeThe Spy Who Loved Me (film)
The Spy Who Loved Me is a spy film, the tenth film in the James Bond series, and the third to star Roger Moore as the fictional secret agent James Bond. It was directed by Lewis Gilbert and the screenplay was written by Christopher Wood and Richard Maibaum...
as a henchman
Henchman
Henchman referred originally to one who attended on a horse for his employer, that is, a horse groom. Hence, like constable and marshal, also originally stable staff, henchman became the title of a subordinate official in a royal court or noble household...
to the villain, Karl Stromberg
Karl Stromberg
Karl Sigmund Stromberg is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me. Stromberg was portrayed by the late German-born, Austrian actor Curt Jurgens. The character Stromberg was created specifically for the film by writer Christopher Wood...
. He would later appear in the sequel Moonraker
Moonraker (film)
Moonraker is the eleventh spy film in the James Bond series, and the fourth to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The third and final film in the series to be directed by Lewis Gilbert, it co-stars Lois Chiles, Michael Lonsdale, Corinne Clery, and Richard Kiel...
as a henchman to the villain Hugo Drax
Hugo Drax
Sir Hugo Drax is a fictional character created by author Ian Fleming for the James Bond novel Moonraker. Fleming named him after his friend, Sir Reginald Drax. For the later film and its novelization, Drax was largely transformed by screenwriter Christopher Wood. In the film, Drax is portrayed by...
. In his second appearance Jaws changed from a ruthless and unstoppable killing machine to more of a comedy figure. He eventually turns against Drax and helps Bond to defeat him. In Moonraker he gains a girlfriend, Dolly, who like Jaws almost never speaks.
In addition to having steel teeth, Jaws was also gigantic and extremely strong, which forced Bond to be especially inventive while fighting him. In combat during The Spy Who Loved Me, Bond found himself caught in an unbreakable death grip by Jaws, who was about to fatally bite him; Bond only escaped by using a broken electric lamp to send an electric shock through the assassin's teeth to stun him.
Jaws also has an uncanny ability to survive any misfortune seemingly unscathed and come back to challenge Bond again. In The Spy Who Loved Me, Jaws survives an Egyptian structure's collapse on top of him, being hit by a van, being thrown from a rapidly-moving train, sitting in the passenger seat of a car which veers off a cliff in Sardinia
Sardinia
Sardinia is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea . It is an autonomous region of Italy, and the nearest land masses are the French island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Tunisia and the Spanish Balearic Islands.The name Sardinia is from the pre-Roman noun *sard[],...
and explodes (landing in a hut below, to the owner's dismay), a battle underwater with a shark, and the destruction of Stromberg's lair. In Moonraker, he survives falling several thousand feet after accidentally disabling his own parachute (he falls through a circus tent and lands in the trapeze net), a crash through a building inside a runaway cable car, and going over Iguazu Falls
Iguazu Falls
Iguazu Falls, Iguassu Falls, or Iguaçu Falls are waterfalls of the Iguazu River located on the border of the Brazilian State of Paraná and the Argentine Province of Misiones. The falls divide the river into the upper and lower Iguazu. The Iguazu River originates near the city of Curitiba. It flows...
. After each of these incidents, he always picks himself up, dusts off his jacket, straightens his tie and nonchalantly walks away. After the destruction of Drax's
Hugo Drax
Sir Hugo Drax is a fictional character created by author Ian Fleming for the James Bond novel Moonraker. Fleming named him after his friend, Sir Reginald Drax. For the later film and its novelization, Drax was largely transformed by screenwriter Christopher Wood. In the film, Drax is portrayed by...
space station, a throw-away line near the end is made that the American shuttle rescued him and his girlfriend.
He also appeared in a minor cameo in Inspector Gadget
Inspector Gadget (film)
Inspector Gadget is a 1999 American live-action comedy film loosely based on the 1983 animated cartoon series Inspector Gadget. It starred Matthew Broderick as the title character, along with Rupert Everett as Dr. Claw, Michelle Trachtenberg as Penny, and Dabney Coleman as Chief Quimby...
during the end credits where Sykes, Sandford Scolex's assistant, is giving a speech to a henchmen support group. Other notable James Bond villains can also be seen during this scene.
Jaws only speaks once, in Moonraker, when he makes a toast to his girlfriend, "Well, here's to us".
Elsewhere in popular culture
- Jaws was spoofed in the 19771977 in filmThe year 1977 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*In the Academy Awards, Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway and Beatrice Straight win Best Actor and Actress and Supporting Actress awards for Network....
Mel BrooksMel BrooksMel Brooks is an American film director, screenwriter, composer, lyricist, comedian, actor and producer. He is best known as a creator of broad film farces and comic parodies. He began his career as a stand-up comic and as a writer for the early TV variety show Your Show of Shows...
film, High AnxietyHigh AnxietyHigh Anxiety is a 1977 comedy film produced and directed by Mel Brooks, who also plays the lead. This is Brooks' first film as a producer and first "speaking" lead role...
, which featured a psychopathic killer named "Braces", who wore large metal braces on his teeth for a reason that was never explained. - In a 2008 comic strip featuring Dick TracyDick TracyDick Tracy is a comic strip featuring Dick Tracy, a hard-hitting, fast-shooting and intelligent police detective. Created by Chester Gould, the strip made its debut on October 4, 1931, in the Detroit Mirror. It was distributed by the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate...
, a henchman, "Braces", who wears dental braces, is electrocuted after wiring from his own robot is caught in his dental hardware. - Jaws also makes a cameo in the animated series Jackie Chan AdventuresJackie Chan AdventuresJackie Chan Adventures is an animated television series chronicling the adventures of a fictionalized version of action film star Jackie Chan. Many of the episodes contain references to Chan's actual works. This series ran on Kids' WB! from September 9, 2000 to July 7, 2005 for a total of 95...
(episode Tough Luck), where he auditions as a prospective henchman for Finn and gets his steel teeth (which are revealed to be denturesDenturesDentures are prosthetic devices constructed to replace missing teeth, and which are supported by surrounding soft and hard tissues of the oral cavity. Conventional dentures are removable, however there are many different denture designs, some which rely on bonding or clasping onto teeth or dental...
) stuck in a board he bites into. - Jaws appeared in the 1990s animated spin-off James Bond Jr.James Bond Jr.James Bond Jr. is a fictional character described as the nephew of Ian Fleming's masterspy James Bond. The name "James Bond Junior" was first used in 1967 for an unsuccessful spinoff novel entitled 003½: The Adventures of James Bond Junior written under the pseudonym R. D. Mascott...
as a member of the SCUM organization and partner-in-crime of fellow henchman Nick Nack. In the show, Jaws underwent some change in his apearance; he was more muscular, and his chin was also metal. Also, Jaws spoke regularly. - In the final credits sequence of the Inspector Gadget movieInspector Gadget (film)Inspector Gadget is a 1999 American live-action comedy film loosely based on the 1983 animated cartoon series Inspector Gadget. It starred Matthew Broderick as the title character, along with Rupert Everett as Dr. Claw, Michelle Trachtenberg as Penny, and Dabney Coleman as Chief Quimby...
, Dr. Claw's assistant is shown attending a "Henchman's Anonymous" meeting. Richard Kiel, who is billed in the credits as "Famous Big Guy with Metal Teeth", is in attendance along with Oddjob (who is credited as "Famous Villain with Deadly Hat"). - Get SmartGet Smart (film)Get Smart is a 2008 American spy-fi comedy film based on Mel Brooks and Buck Henry's 1960s spy parody television series of the same name. The film stars Steve Carell as Maxwell Smart and Anne Hathaway as Agent 99...
, which is both a parodyParodyA parody , in current usage, is an imitative work created to mock, comment on, or trivialise an original work, its subject, author, style, or some other target, by means of humorous, satiric or ironic imitation...
and an homageHomageHomage is a show or demonstration of respect or dedication to someone or something, sometimes by simple declaration but often by some more oblique reference, artistic or poetic....
to the James Bond film seriesJames Bond (film series)The James Bond film series is a British series of motion pictures based on the fictional character of MI6 agent James Bond , who originally appeared in a series of books by Ian Fleming. Earlier films were based on Fleming's novels and short stories, followed later by films with original storylines...
, has a character named Dalip, who looks like Jaws and does his Moonraker stunt of falling from the sky without a parachute and surviving. He also turns towards the good side in the end. - MythbustersMythBustersMythBusters is a science entertainment TV program created and produced by Beyond Television Productions for the Discovery Channel. The series is screened by numerous international broadcasters, including Discovery Channel Australia, Discovery Channel Latin America, Discovery Channel Canada, Quest...
tested the plausibility of Jaws biting through the steel cable car wire. The model based on the dentures used in the movie had little impact on the steel cable, even with a hydraulic press at ten times human bite strength. Jamie Hyneman then took huge metal pincers and went as "Claws", who, as the announcer said, was "Meaner than Oddjob, more ferocious than Jaws, taller than Nick Nack, and creepier than Tee Hee." With the metal pincers, he gets through the cord easily. Also, in the storyboard reenactment of the sequence from MoonrakerMoonraker (film)Moonraker is the eleventh spy film in the James Bond series, and the fourth to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The third and final film in the series to be directed by Lewis Gilbert, it co-stars Lois Chiles, Michael Lonsdale, Corinne Clery, and Richard Kiel...
, Jaws appears with a LargoEmilio LargoEmilio Largo is a fictional character and the main antagonist from the James Bond novel Thunderball. In the novel he is depicted, according to the British stereotypes about Italians, as a large, heavyset, olive-skinned, powerful man exuding animal charm, with the profile of a Roman emperor, and...
-style eye patch, and a moustache, neither of which was seen in the actual films in which the character appeared. - The character "Braces" in the video game TimeSplitters 2TimeSplitters 2TimeSplitters 2 is a first-person shooter video game available for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and Nintendo GameCube game consoles. The game was published by Eidos and developed by Free Radical Design. The game was first released in October 2002 in North America and Europe, and later in Japan...
is based on Jaws.
Games
Jaws' principal videogameJames Bond games
The James Bond video game franchise is a series of shooter games and other genres developed and published by a variety of companies...
appearances are in the 1997 Nintendo 64
Nintendo 64
The , often referred to as N64, was Nintendo′s third home video game console for the international market. Named for its 64-bit CPU, it was released in June 1996 in Japan, September 1996 in North America, March 1997 in Europe and Australia, September 1997 in France and December 1997 in Brazil...
game GoldenEye 007 in a bonus mission in which he is a henchman to the deceased Hugo Drax whom Bond needs to defeat, and a playable character in the multi-player mode, and the multi-platform 2004 game Everything or Nothing
James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing
007: Everything or Nothing is a third-person shooter video game, where the player controls James Bond. Bond is modeled after and voiced by the former James Bond actor Pierce Brosnan, making it his final performance for the character in game and film...
as a henchman to Nikolai Diavolo (voiced by Willem Dafoe
Willem Dafoe
Willem Dafoe is an American film, stage, and voice actor, and a founding member of the experimental theatre company The Wooster Group...
). Both games use Richard Kiel's likeness and voice (grunts and sound effects). His likeness can also be found as the character Chuck Ferdon in the 2006 game Rugby by Electronic Arts.
Jaws is a playable multiplayer character in the 2010 video game GoldenEye 007
GoldenEye 007 (2010 video game)
GoldenEye 007 is a 2010 first-person shooter video game developed by Eurocom and published by Activision for the Wii video game console, and the Nintendo DS handheld game console. It is a reimagining of the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye, and the 1997 Nintendo 64 video game GoldenEye 007...
for the Nintendo Wii and the 2011 re-release GoldenEye 007: Reloaded for the PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3
The is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
and Xbox 360
Xbox 360
The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
.
In the game Everything Or Nothing, Jaws is electrocuted and is inside a train that is knocked over the side of a bridge. Later he drives a tanker intending to destroy the New Orleans levees, but Bond destroys his tanker. In another instance during a fight on a large lift in which Jaws is equipped with a flamethrower, Bond shoots the flamethrower backpack which ignites Jaws. Bond then climbs into the cockpit
Cockpit
A cockpit or flight deck is the area, usually near the front of an aircraft, from which a pilot controls the aircraft. Most modern cockpits are enclosed, except on some small aircraft, and cockpits on large airliners are also physically separated from the cabin...
of a plane and ejects his seat as the lift plummets to the ground. When Bond later lands on the remains at the bottom, Jaws is nowhere to be found and he is not seen or mentioned again in the game, which suggests that he has escaped the base and death once again.
In a multiplayer arena in the same game, Jaws wanders around looking for players to hurt. He can't be hurt himself, and any players that try to hurt him will be killed almost immediately by him.
Jaws is an unlockable multiplayer character in the game Nightfire. He is the tallest character in the game, and his punches can kill almost instantly. The character model's teeth are visible at close range.
Jaws appears briefly in the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis game James Bond The Duel. He wanders briefly around a section toward the end of the first stage and defeats the player with one touch.
Jaws also appears in the Game Boy game James Bond 007 as a boss. Bond must lead him to magnetized pads that will temporarily hold him in place, allowing time for Bond to attack him.
Films compared with novelisations
Most of the background information on Jaws comes from Christopher WoodChristopher Wood (writer)
Christopher Wood is an English screenwriter and novelist best known under the pseudonym 'Timothy Lea' for the Confessions series of novels and films. Under his own name, he adapted two James Bond novels for the screen: The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker .Wood has written many novels...
's novelisation of the film The Spy Who Loved Me; published as James Bond, The Spy Who Loved Me to differentiate from Ian Fleming
Ian Fleming
Ian Lancaster Fleming was a British author, journalist and Naval Intelligence Officer.Fleming is best known for creating the fictional British spy James Bond and for a series of twelve novels and nine short stories about the character, one of the biggest-selling series of fictional books of...
's novel. In Wood's version, Jaws's real name is Zbigniew Krycsiwiki and he was born in Kraków
Kraków
Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
. After a failed attempt at becoming a basketball player (despite his astonishing height) Krycsiwiki was arrested by the secret police for having taken part in the (fictitious) "1972 bread riots". Whilst he was imprisoned the police "beat him with hollow steel clubs encased in thick leather" until they thought he was dead, leaving his jaw broken beyond repair. Krycsiwiki later escaped and stowed aboard one of Stromberg's vessels. Eventually he was caught, but instead of turning him in, Stromberg hired a prestigious doctor to create an artificial jaw. After 14 operations Krycsiwiki's jaw was restored using steel components that created two rows of terrifying razor-sharp teeth, although Jaws was left mute
Speech disorder
Speech disorders or speech impediments are a type of communication disorders where 'normal' speech is disrupted. This can mean stuttering, lisps, etc. Someone who is unable to speak due to a speech disorder is considered mute.-Classification:...
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Since none of the above is actually mentioned in either movie, this is not necessarily considered canonical
Canon (fiction)
In the context of a work of fiction, the term canon denotes the material accepted as "official" in a fictional universe's fan base. It is often contrasted with, or used as the basis for, works of fan fiction, which are not considered canonical...
, and Wood contradicts his own continuity when one compares his scripts and his novelisations. In the novelisation of The Spy Who Loved Me Wood specifically states that Jaws is a mute. However, though Jaws remains mute in Wood's James Bond and Moonraker
James Bond and Moonraker
James Bond and Moonraker is a novelization by Christopher Wood of the James Bond movie Moonraker. Its name was changed to avoid confusion with Fleming's novel. It was released in 1979...
novelisation, he actually does speak at the end of the film.
In the book, Jaws remains attached to the magnet that Bond dips into the tank, as opposed to the film where Bond releases Jaws from the magnet into the water:
- Now both hands were tearing at the magnet, and Jaws twisted furiously like a fish on the hook. As Bond watched in fascinated horror, a relentless triangle streaked up behind the stricken giant. A huge gray force launched itself through the wild water, and two rows of white teeth closed around the threshing flesh.
The initial script concluded with Jaws being killed by the shark, but after a rough test screening (where Lewis Gilbert
Lewis Gilbert
Lewis Gilbert CBE is an English film director, producer and screenwriter.-Early life:He was the son of music hall performers, and spent his early years travelling with his parents, and watching the shows from the side of the stage. He first performed on-stage at the age of 5, when asked to drive a...
's grandson was present), Jaws was so well liked that the scene was changed to have him survive.
Production
The character was inspired by Fleming's description of a hoodlum named Horror in his novel The Spy Who Loved Me. When Horror speaks, he reveals steel-capped teeth. Jaws' teeth were designed by Katharina Kubrick Hobbs using a cogGear
A gear is a rotating machine part having cut teeth, or cogs, which mesh with another toothed part in order to transmit torque. Two or more gears working in tandem are called a transmission and can produce a mechanical advantage through a gear ratio and thus may be considered a simple machine....
-like design since she felt pointy teeth would injure the actor. Still, the dentures were uncomfortable and Richard Kiel could only wear them for about 35 seconds. When Jaws was to bite through an object a normal human can't bite through - for example, cable car
Cable car
A cable car is any of a variety of transportation systems relying on cables to pull vehicles along or lower them at a steady rate, or a vehicle on these systems.-Aerial lift:Aerial lifts where the vehicle is suspended in the air from a cable:...
wire - the film makers used licorice.
Sandor
Sandor is a fictional characterFictional character
A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...
in the James Bond
James Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
film The Spy Who Loved Me
The Spy Who Loved Me (film)
The Spy Who Loved Me is a spy film, the tenth film in the James Bond series, and the third to star Roger Moore as the fictional secret agent James Bond. It was directed by Lewis Gilbert and the screenplay was written by Christopher Wood and Richard Maibaum...
, played by actor and wrestler Milton Reid
Milton Reid
Milton Rutherford Reid was an Indian-born English actor and professional wrestler. He was born in India, the son of a Scottish-born Customs and Excise inspector and an Indian woman...
. Sandor, a stereotypical-looking thug (burly and bald-headed), attempts to kill Bond in Egypt under the orders of Stromberg; he finds Bond before Jaws does and ambushes him iafter he was lured there by Felicca, a Stromberg agent, but misses his shot and kills her instead of Bond. Bond then pursues him over the rooftops and after a brief fistfight Sandor starts to fall over the edge of the building. Sandor grabs Bond by his tie at the last second to try to hold on. Bond demands information; right after Sandor divulges what he knows, Bond lets him fall to his death.
Last Words:
Bond: "Where's Fekkesh?"
Sandor: "Pyramids!"
[Bond lets Sandor fall to his death]
Bond: "What a helpful chap."
Log Cabin Girl
Log Cabin Girl is a fictional characterFictional character
A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...
in the James Bond
James Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
film The Spy Who Loved Me
The Spy Who Loved Me (film)
The Spy Who Loved Me is a spy film, the tenth film in the James Bond series, and the third to star Roger Moore as the fictional secret agent James Bond. It was directed by Lewis Gilbert and the screenplay was written by Christopher Wood and Richard Maibaum...
, played by actress Sue Vanner. She appears in the intro to the film making love with Bond overnight in the cozy log cabin high in the Austrian mountains. However after he leaves, it appears she is an enemy (KGB
KGB
The KGB was the commonly used acronym for the . It was the national security agency of the Soviet Union from 1954 until 1991, and was the premier internal security, intelligence, and secret police organization during that time.The State Security Agency of the Republic of Belarus currently uses the...
agent) and contacts her cohorts to pursue Bond as he leaves on skis. http://www.jamesbondmm.co.uk/bond-girls/sue-vanner
Felicca
Felicca is a fictional characterFictional character
A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...
in the James Bond
James Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
film The Spy Who Loved Me
The Spy Who Loved Me (film)
The Spy Who Loved Me is a spy film, the tenth film in the James Bond series, and the third to star Roger Moore as the fictional secret agent James Bond. It was directed by Lewis Gilbert and the screenplay was written by Christopher Wood and Richard Maibaum...
, played by actress Olga Bisera. When Bond arrived in Cairo, Egypt to contact Aziz Fekkesh in regard to the microfilm of the submarine tracking system developed by Stromberg, he instead found Felicca, who coyly said that Frekkesh would be "a little late". As Felicca distracts Bond by kissing him passionately, Sandor, hiding from a behind an overlooking window, attempted to shoot Bond. Felicca meets her demise when Sandor misses his mark and the bullet strikes her instead of Bond in a manner reminiscent of Thunderball
Thunderball (film)
Thunderball is the fourth spy film in the James Bond series starring Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Ian Fleming, which in turn was based on an original screenplay by Jack Whittingham...
.
Naomi
Naomi is a fictional characterFictional character
A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...
in the James Bond
James Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
film The Spy Who Loved Me
The Spy Who Loved Me (film)
The Spy Who Loved Me is a spy film, the tenth film in the James Bond series, and the third to star Roger Moore as the fictional secret agent James Bond. It was directed by Lewis Gilbert and the screenplay was written by Christopher Wood and Richard Maibaum...
, played by actress Caroline Munro
Caroline Munro
Caroline Munro is an English actress and model known for her many appearances in horror, science fiction and action films of the 1970s and 1980s.-Early career:...
.
Biography
Naomi is Karl StrombergKarl Stromberg
Karl Sigmund Stromberg is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me. Stromberg was portrayed by the late German-born, Austrian actor Curt Jurgens. The character Stromberg was created specifically for the film by writer Christopher Wood...
's personal helicopter pilot/assistant. She is first seen in the film escorting Dr. Bechman and Professor Markovitz in to see Stromberg and then exits. She is then not seen again until much later in the film.
When we next see Naomi, she is escorting Bond and Amasova, who are posing as a marine biologist
Marine biology
Marine biology is the scientific study of organisms in the ocean or other marine or brackish bodies of water. Given that in biology many phyla, families and genera have some species that live in the sea and others that live on land, marine biology classifies species based on the environment rather...
and his wife, on a boat to Stromberg's ocean lair Atlantis to meet Stromberg. Bond flirts with Naomi, annoying Amasova. While Bond has his meeting with Stromberg, Naomi entertains Amasova, showing her around Atlantis.
After Bond and Amasova leave their meeting with Stromberg, he orders Jaws to let the couple get ashore and then kill them.
Indeed while driving along Sardinia
Sardinia
Sardinia is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea . It is an autonomous region of Italy, and the nearest land masses are the French island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Tunisia and the Spanish Balearic Islands.The name Sardinia is from the pre-Roman noun *sard[],...
's coastal roads, several attempts are made to kill Bond and Amasova. There is a failed attempt by a motorcycle assassin, who careers off a cliff after his exploding sidecar triggers an explosion of feathers from a passing lorry which obscures his view. Jaws and his henchmen then appear in a Ford Cortina
Ford Cortina
As the 1960s dawned, BMC were revelling in the success of their new Mini – the first successful true minicar to be built in Britain in the postwar era...
and three of them fire gunshots at Bond's car, only for Bond to reply with a substance which obsecures their windscreen and causes it to veer off the road and crash into the roof of a barn. A helicopter then appears , chasing the car. As the helicopter comes from behind the cliff, it tries to gun down Bond's Lotus Esprit. It then flies alongside the car, and Bond is shocked to see Naomi piloting it. Bond nods at her, and Naomi responds with a sultry wink and opens fire again.
Naomi chases Bond all over the highways of Sardinia until he comes to a pier which he immediately drives off into the water. Naomi hovers overhead, believing she has won. Unbeknown to her, however, the Lotus is a submersible, and it had disappeared into the water and out of her sight. Bond then arms a surface-to-air missile and blows Naomi out of the sky. She was the first woman to ever be undeniably killed by James Bond.
Sergei Barzov
Sergei Barzov is portrayed by Michael BillingtonMichael Billington (actor)
Michael Billington was a popular British film and television actor....
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A sniper and assassin for the KGB
KGB
The KGB was the commonly used acronym for the . It was the national security agency of the Soviet Union from 1954 until 1991, and was the premier internal security, intelligence, and secret police organization during that time.The State Security Agency of the Republic of Belarus currently uses the...
, Borzov, at a signal from the girl in the cabin, leads a group of men skiing down the slopes to catch up with James. When he gets close, James aims and fires a ski-pole into his chest, killing him.
Later, it is discovered that Barzov is Anya Amasova
Anya Amasova
Major Anya Amasova is a fictional character and the deuteragonist in the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me, portrayed by Barbara Bach...
's boyfriend, and that she has sworn to avenge his death by killing James.
Aziz Fekkesh
Aziz Fekkesh is portrayed by Nadim SawalhaNadim Sawalha
Nadim Sawalha is a Jordanian-born English actor and father of actresses Julia and Nadia Sawalha.He was born in Madaba in 1935 and came to England from Jordan in the 1950s, to study drama...
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Fekkesh is an Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
ian businessman and part of the ring smuggling the submarine tracking device's plans that Karl Stromberg
Karl Stromberg
Karl Sigmund Stromberg is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me. Stromberg was portrayed by the late German-born, Austrian actor Curt Jurgens. The character Stromberg was created specifically for the film by writer Christopher Wood...
commissioned. Bond, hoping to intercept the plans, is ambushed by Sandor at Fekkesh's apartment. Getting the information out of Sandor that Fekkesh is at a show at the Pyramids of Giza, Bond follows him there, but Fekkesh is killed by Jaws, though not before Fekkesh passes the device's plans (on microfilm) on to the next link in the chain, Max Kalba.
Searching for information, Bond opts to follow Fekkesh's trail and meet with Kalba at his nightclub
Nightclub
A nightclub is an entertainment venue which usually operates late into the night...
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Max Kalba
Max Kalba is portrayed by Vernon DobtcheffVernon Dobtcheff
Vernon Dobtcheff is a French and British actor.Dobtcheff was born in Nîmes, France, to a family of Russian descent. He attended Ascham Preparatory School in Eastbourne, Sussex, England, in the 1940s, where he won the Acting Cup...
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Kalba is a nightclub
Nightclub
A nightclub is an entertainment venue which usually operates late into the night...
owner in Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
and another link in the chain smuggling the submarine tracking device's plans on microfilm. After he receives the device from Aziz Fekkesh and Fekkesh is killed, Bond takes Fekkesh's place to meet with Kalba.
During the meeting, Kalba is distracted by a phone call, and when he goes to take it, he is met by Jaws, who crushes Kalba's trachea
Vertebrate trachea
In tetrapod anatomy the trachea, or windpipe, is a tube that connects the pharynx or larynx to the lungs, allowing the passage of air. It is lined with pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium cells with goblet cells that produce mucus...
with his metal teeth and steals the microfilm from him.
Motorcyclist
The motorcyclist is a henchman of Karl Stromberg. When Bond and Anya were driving in the Lotus Esprit in Sardinia, he suddenly started chasing them with his motorbike. When Bond and Anya got stuck behind a truck, he launched his jet-powered sidecar (as guided missile role) at the Lotus, but then James overtook the truck and the sidecar hit the truck what contained pillow feathers, what then exploded and created a cloud of feathers and the motorcyclist drives off the cliff, covered in feathers. James then remarks: "All those feathers and he still can't fly".Dr. Bechmann
Dr. Bechmann is portrayed by Cyril ShapsCyril Shaps
-Biography:Shaps was born in Highbury, London; he was of Polish ancestry and his father was a tailor.He was a child broadcaster, providing voices for radio commercials at the age of 12. After grammar school and Army service he trained at RADA and then worked for two years as an announcer, producer...
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Bechmann is a renowned scientist who is working for Karl Stromberg. He designs the submarine-tracking device along with his colleague, Professor Markovitz. When the device is complete, Stromberg decides that instead of paying them they have outlived their usefulness and has their helicopter blown up.
Professor Markovitz
Professor Markovitz is portrayed by Milo SperberMilo Sperber
Milo Sperber was a Polish-born English actor.Sperber trained as a lawyer in Vienna before joining a local drama school; in 1939 he fled Germany, and the Nazis, landing in England. Early in World War II, he joined the Oxford Pilgrim Players; he gained experience directing the company on tour in...
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Markovitz is a renowned scientist who is working for Karl Stromberg. He designs the submarine-tracking device along with his colleague, Dr. Bechmann. When the device is complete, Stromberg decides that they have outlived their usefulness and has their helicopter blown up. A secretary who smuggled the plans for the device on microfilm is also killed by being dropped into a shark tank.
Liparus Captain
The Liparus Captain is played by Sydney TaflerSydney Tafler
Sydney Tafler , was a British film and television actor, first appearing in London's West End in 1936, after two years at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, with Sir Seymour Hicks in The Man in Dress Clothes....
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The Liparus Captain is the captain of Karl Stromberg's flagship
Flagship
A flagship is a vessel used by the commanding officer of a group of naval ships, reflecting the custom of its commander, characteristically a flag officer, flying a distinguishing flag...
, the Liparus. He is not seen until late in the film, carrying out various duties and operations in the ship's control centre. The captain ultimately answers to Stromberg. When the American, British and Russian submarine crews escape, the captain of the Liparus is able to warn Stromberg and give the order to seal off the control centre. Although he confidently tells Stromberg no other mishaps will occur, the Liparus Captain is killed when Bond detonates a bomb placed against the wall of the centre. As the crews storm the control centre, the captain tells Bond he is too late to derail Stromberg’s plan and that the SLBMs will begin ignition in four minutes.