Maud Adams
Also Known As: Maud Solveig Christina Wikström
Biography: Maud Solveig Christina Wikström (born 12 February 1945), known professionally as Maud Adams, is a Swedish actress, known for her roles as two different Bond girls: in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), and as the eponymous character in Octopussy (1983) as well as making a brief uncredited appearance in A View to a Kill (1985). Description above from the Wikipedia article Maud Adams, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Luleå, Norrbottens län, Sweden
Birthday: February 12, 1945
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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The Man with the Golden Gun
Overview: Cool government operative James Bond searches for a stolen invention that can turn the sun's heat into a destructive weapon. He soon crosses paths with the menacing Francisco Scaramanga, a hitman so skilled he has a seven-figure working fee. Bond then joins forces with the swimsuit-clad Mary Goodnight, and together they track Scaramanga to a Thai tropical isle hideout where the killer-for-hire lures the slick spy into a deadly maze for a final duel.
Genres: Adventure Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-12-04
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Octopussy
Overview: James Bond is sent to investigate after a fellow “00” agent is found dead with a priceless Indian Fabergé egg. Bond follows the mystery and uncovers a smuggling scandal and a Russian General who wants to provoke a new World War.
Genres: Adventure Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-06-05
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From Rollerball to Rome - Reflection on a Sci-Fi Classic
Overview: Produced for the "ultimate edition" of "Rollerball" from Capelight Pictures in Germany, 2020. The Blu-Ray of the original 1975 classic comes packed with this fascinating 85-minute documentary that charts the influence of "Rollerball" on contemporary scifi cinema, including "Mad Max", "The Warriors" and "Escape from New York", as well as the Italian variant that struck the big time with motion picture successes such as "The Bronx Warriors" franchise, "The New Barbarians" and the wonderfully trashy "Endgame".
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-04-17
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Rollerball
Overview: In a corporate-controlled future, an ultra-violent sport known as Rollerball represents the world, and one of its powerful athletes is out to defy those who want him out of the game.
Genres: Science Fiction Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-06-25
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Bond Girls Are Forever
Overview: Through vintage film clips of past Bond movie epics, and with the participation of several former "Bond Girls" as interviewees (among them Dr. No's Ursula Andress and Diamonds Are Forever's Jill St. John), the documentary traces the evolution of the typical James Bond heroine from decorative damsel in distress to gutsy (but still decorative) participant in the action.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-11-06
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Angel III: The Final Chapter
Overview: Molly Stewart is now a successful freelance photographer in New York, and after seeing a familiar woman at an art gallery, begins to suspect that she might be her long missing mother. Following her trail to Los Angeles, Molly finds herself in the center of a major crime syndicate who will stop at nothing to execute their diabolical plans.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-10
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Tattoo
Overview: Karl Kinsky, an unbalanced tattoo artist, becomes obsessed with Maddy, a model he meets when he is hired to body-paint several women for a photo shoot, making the women look like they have large tattoos. As Kinsky grows more obsessed with Maddy, he becomes increasingly determined that Maddy should bear his "mark" -- forever.
Genres: Thriller Drama Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-10-09
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Ringer
Overview: In this thriller, a detective helps save a prostitute from a stalker. The gumshoe's investigation throws them into a world where no one is quite who they seem and where everyone has a shady past.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-01
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Laura
Overview: A blinded French sculptor completes a statue of a friend's daughter by using his sense of touch.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1979-11-28
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The Favorite
Overview: A French girl is kidnapped and sold as slave to the sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-08-09
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Silent Night Deadly Night 4: Initiation
Overview: A reporter investigating the bizarre death of a woman who leaped from a building in flames finds herself mixed up in a cult of witches who are making her part of their sacrificial ceremony during the Christmas season.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-11-21
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The Christian Licorice Store
Overview: A tennis champ falls in with the Hollywood crowd, finds himself being corrupted by the life in the fast lane.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-11-01
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Merciless Man
Overview: The city suffers and succumbs unarmed, but an ex secret agent succeeds in winning the struggle against the gangsterism. Intrigue and violence grip a society victim of the crime.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1976-12-04
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Soda Cracker
Overview: Williamson plays a cop called 'Soda Cracker', whose partner was killed in a mysterious assassination. He is convinced that the murder was committed by his old enemy, Ivan Moss, played by Bo Svenson. Despite threats from the mob and from the police department, he vows to continue his mission to find the persons responsible for the assassination. Maud Adams plays his new police woman partner, who falls in love with him during their investigations. 'Soda Cracker' also has to deal with the fact that many of the police officers on the squad may be corrupt, and tries to break down the criminal network whilst finding evidence against Ivan Moss.
Genres: Crime Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-06-01
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Hell Hunters
Overview: A Nazi scientist, wanted as a war criminal, develops a spider serum that turns people into fascist Nazi zombies. A pair of investigators who have devoted their lives to hunting down Nazi war criminals set out to stop him.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-02-15
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Jane and the Lost City
Overview: Jane and the Colonel must journey to Africa to the lost city to retrieve the diamonds before the Nazis do. Comedy based on the popular wartime comic strip.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-09-03
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Deadly Intent
Overview: An archaeologist smuggles a valuable ancient jewel into the US. He is soon murdered by people looking for the jewel, but he had hidden it. The killers, believe that his widow knows where the artifact is hidden, go after her.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-05-12
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Target Eagle
Overview: A Spanish police chief hires an undercover agent, Eagle, to infiltrate a gang of heroin smugglers. Infiltrating the gang, he uses a female agent as a point of contact. However he discovers that there bigger goings-on than dope. The gang is involved in the transportation of smuggled uranium for the manufacture of nuclear arms for sale to Libya and other aspiring third world countries.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1982-09-10
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Nairobi Affair
Overview: A former green beret is hired by the Kenyan government to stop increasingly bold and violent poachers. As if that wasn't hard enough, he has to deal with his estranged father, now a safari guide, and with the woman they both love.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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Mahoney's Last Stand
Overview: "A truly remarkable performance!" - Charlie Chaplin In this rare and virtually unseen film we follow the exploits of Leroy Mahoney (Alexis Kanner) as he settles in the country leaving behind a wayward life to work his land. With plot only provided as subtext, the simple story is a dramatization of a man and his resolve to live a quite honest life farming. Mahoney’s Last Stand has only appeared on Canadian TV and in particular remains neglected, forgotten even, with no release even on VHS.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-11-01
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The Women's Club
Overview: Patrick is a struggling screenwriter who takes a second job as a male prostitute. He is supposed to write by day and do right by his lonely clientele at night, but he develops writer's block. When Patrick decides to draw from his amorous experiences as inspiration for his next screenplay, the women conspire to prevent it.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-01-02
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The Hostage Tower
Overview: A flamboyant master criminal and several specialists stage an audacious scheme to capture the Eiffel Tower and hold as hostage one of its visitors, the U.S. President's mother, while the head of a UN security force tries to stop them.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-09-19
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Killer Force
Overview: Head of company security, Harry Webb, fears that a diamond theft is about to take place at their major mining complex deep in the desert. He quickly manages to become very unpopular, particularly with Claire Chambers, a celebrated cover girl, daughter of the mine administrator. She is visiting the man she loves, Mike Bradley, who is responsible for security at the mine. Nelson, the mine administrator, gives Bradley a curious mission - to steal a diamond. He wants to implicate Bradley in order to bring him into contact with a certain Lewis who is preparing to rob the mine with the aid of a group of mercanaries and a local accessory known as Father Christmas. Webb, not being informed of the deceit, relentlessly pursues Bradley, who is contacted by Lewis. With the mercanaries in the process of penetrating the mine. Bradley reveals himself to be Father Christmas, the organiser of the entire operation...
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-01-14
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U-Turn
Overview: In this Canadian romance, Scott (David Selby) was so smitten by the looks of a pretty girl that he spends years looking for her. He keeps his searches a secret from his live-in lover, whom he stays with the entire while. When Scott actually meets the girl, he discovers that she has been similarly motivated, even though she is married and has had two children in the meantime. They share a romantic assignation and discover that the ideal figure they were each searching for is absent.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-08-15
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A Man of Passion
Overview: A coming of age story of a young boy who is left to live with his grandfather, a famous painter. With his grandfather's fame comes a grand lifestyle where the boy learns about life, women and sex. Stars Anthony Quinn, Maud Adams.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1989-05-26
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Playing for Time
Overview: When a Jewish songstress is plucked from the stage and sent to Auschwitz, she and other musicians find themselves assigned to a terrible task—using their talents to soothe fellow prisoners who are sentenced to die in the gas chambers.
Genres: Drama Music History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-09-30
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Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
Overview: The story of actor Roger Moore, including clips from his movies, television shows and interviews with the actor, his family and acquaintances.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-11-16
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Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond
Overview: An hour documentary on the history of Bond for the 25th anniversary of the film series.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-05-13
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And the Winner Isn't
Overview: A satirical documentary charting Geoffrey Moore and his daughter Ambra’s journey through Hollywood, as the pair track down celebrities and industry insiders in their bid to find out what it takes to become an Academy Award winner.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-12-08
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The Mysterious Death of Nina Chereau
Overview: A woman accused of murder escapes an asylum and her psychiatrist tries to find her.
Genres: Horror Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1988-08-24
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Ann-Margret - Från Valsjöbyn till Hollywood
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2014-05-01
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Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'
Overview: A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film "The Man with the Golden Gun"
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-05-20
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Celebrity Nude Revue: Easy 80's Volume 1
Overview: The naked floodgates burst open in the Saucy 70s and the 80s continued the trend. Welcome to the 80s, Jerry Falwell, Reagan conservatism, VCRs, pay tv, big hair and AIDS. Drive-ins and grindhouses were replaced by multiplex theaters, but the VCR and Pay TV came to the rescue with a flood of direct to video sexy features. Remember trying to watch scrambled Pay TV looking for some skin?
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-10-26
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The Men Behind the Mayhem: The Special Effects of James Bond
Overview: Documentary looking at the special effects from the bond movies and the men who created them. Narrated by Marie Clairu.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-25
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The Boys in the Band
Overview: A witty, perceptive and devastating look at the personal agendas and suppressed revelations swirling among a group of gay men in Manhattan. Harold is celebrating a birthday, and his friend Michael has drafted some other friends to help commemorate the event. As the evening progresses, the alcohol flows, the knives come out, and Michael's demand that the group participate in a devious telephone game, unleashing dormant and unspoken emotions.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-03-16
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Inside 'Octopussy'
Overview: Documentary looking at the production of the James Bond movie 'Octopussy'. Narrated by Patrick Macnee.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-25
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James Bond in India
Overview: The making of the James Bond movie Octopussy (1983) in Udaipur, India during 1982.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-25
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives
Overview: Anthony Caruso, an old friend of Perry Mason, comes to Denver on the request of Dee Morrison. She's married to famed photographer David Morrison, who wants to shoot a photo featuring his former models. The tricky thing is that all of his former models are also his former wives. But Dee knows Anthony can convince them to do it which he does. And David shoots them. Later Dee catches David it what appears to be in an inappropriate situation with his assistant. They have an argument and she leaves. Later David is found dead and she's arrested and Anthony defends her. And he suspects it could have been one of the wives
Genres: Drama Thriller Mystery Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-12-17
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Inside 'A View to a Kill'
Overview: A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film "A View to a Kill"
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-01
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A View to a Kill
Overview: A newly-developed microchip designed by Zorin Industries for the British Government that can survive the electromagnetic radiation caused by a nuclear explosion has landed in the hands of the KGB. James Bond must find out how and why. His suspicions soon lead him to big industry leader Max Zorin who forms a plan to destroy his only competition in Silicon Valley by triggering a massive earthquake in the San Francisco Bay.
Genres: Adventure Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-05-24
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The Exotic Locations of 'Goldfinger'
Overview: A tour of the exotic locations of 'Goldfinger'.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-10-04
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The Seekers
Overview: Immigrants, their American relatives and government officials deal with the stress of living in a post 9-11 world.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-01
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Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus
Overview: A stunt car racing team gets involved in a madcap cross-country auto race that is supposed to determine the disposition of a family fortune.
Genres: Action Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-06-27
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