A VIEW TO A KILL | Bond is chased down the slopes

Bond (Roger Moore) is chased by the Russians in the pre-credit sequence for A VIEW TO A KILL which was filmed on this day in 1984. 007’s co-pilot in the submarine, Kimberley Jones, was played by Mary Stavin who was crowned Miss World 1977 and also appeared in OCTOPUSSY (1983).

[@angelhart1111]

My hubby is the stuntman for Rodger Moore in this epic scene! Steve Link along w the legendary Tom Sims!

[@AirwolfArchive]

Both did superb work. There’s a book out soon on them and the other men. By Jon Auty. I hope they were approached for interviews?

[@Mr.Commensence100]

I've always said in the 80s the stunt men on these James Bond films are the best I've ever seen. This movie they were amazing. One of my all time favorites. Thank you're hubby please.

[@AirwolfArchive]

Well, no, there were others elsewhere. A number of guys in the U.S. were phenomenal. Likewise in the UK on "Dempsey & Makepeace", "London's Burning".@@Mr.Commensence100

[@moonscar119]

Wait so he was the guy that went down the hill on the ski? Where did he learn those skills when snowboarding was such a new thing?

[@otironareal4653]

Sensacional, parabéns.

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

RIP Roger Moore you will be much missed by millions of bond fans who are always there to support your talent

[@raymondbrereton3298]

🙏♥️😇🪽

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

@@raymondbrereton3298yes he’s been dead for 7 years now

[@zachstolz6681]

It's funny how at 48, in 1994, Dalton thought he was too old to play Bond. Yet Moore played Bond until he was 57, his final being his 7th Bond film in a row. It's 2022, and he still holds that record even in death. Moore was a magnificent, monumental James Bond 007

[@jeancasti950]

In 1993 Dalton was dissapointed after of the dispute between MGM/UA and EON, by fault of Giancarlo Parretti.

[@lflagr]

It does seem like A View to a Kill was probably written for a much younger, newer James Bond, doesn't it? lol

[@ricardocantoral7672]

@@lflagr I think they Maibaum and Wilson were convinced that Moore would finally call it quits then Moore signed on yet again. Frankly, I wish Moore hung up his Walther after Moonraker. I always felt that For Your Eyes Only would have been the perfect starting point for a younger, more intense Bond. Dalton would have been perfect at 34 or 35 at the time.

[@alexdarcydestsimon3767]

Underrated Bond Actor.

[@gregblackburn4280]

zach....Moore was the best Bond, period.

[@tompegorinno5141]

View to a kill had one of the most KILLER soundtracks! Damn I dig that score 😍

[@jonathannagel7427]

Having seen Duran Duran live, yes!

[@franklesher4459]

"Call me James. Its five days to Alaska" Roger Moore was always a gentlemanly person as 007. He really brought certain humour inside the franchise.

[@yann-loicpenglaou6762]

I'm agree with you

[@alexdarcydestsimon3767]

@@yann-loicpenglaou6762 i agree" ou alors "i'm a greek" si vous vous êtes, par accident bien entendu, empalé sur le mât de misaine... Un accident assez commun chez les Bretons, paraît-il...

[@andrewfield5656]

Also the humor of what caviar and vodka for 5 days would do to their digestive tracts. That cabin was gonna stink badly.

[@raymondbrereton3298]

I heard that said story of Two brothers and Denahi celebrate ancestors from The Great spirits where the lights touch the earth in Disney’s 2003 Brother Bear.

[@htotube]

Roger Moore's era shall forever be remembered for these kind of scintillating chase sequences on ice.

[@karazor-el6085]

And the first appearance of a snowboard in a motion picture.

[@wimverbrugghe7171]

And impressive set pieces in The spy who loved me, Moonraker and this movie. It was also the time of megalomaniac villains with very ambitious plans: Drax, Stromberg and Zorin.

[@mercuryrising2424]

Take away the Beach Boys' song and it is one of the most badass beginnings to a Bond movie.

[@doug6500]

@@mercuryrising2424 Yeah, A View to a Kill has a great soundtrack across the board so the inclusion of the Beach Boys in this scene is puzzling. The showboating on the snowboard is out of sorts with the practical and efficient skiing performed earlier on. James Bond is not a boarder - end of.

[@gordonAfranks]

How about the one he skis off a cliff and his Union Jack parachute opens?

[@jamieforbes3661]

James Bond! Rocking the first snowboard!

[@bikashchandrasur1988]

Okkkkk

[@uphonemyint9362]

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[@SashaShame]

I remember seeing this film in the theater when it first came out. The moment that Bond appeared on the snowboard, and "California Girls" started playing, the entire theater erupted in laughter and applause! Perhaps it's one of those you-had-to-be-there moments, so for those that might not appreciate it simply from not having been alive at the time, pretty much nobody knew what the concept of snowboarding even was until this film came out. I remember *everybody* non-stop talking about the snowboarding scene, and how cool they thought it was, and there was an instant and dynamic interest in snowboarding as a sport. I grant you, if the first time you saw this was on a television set, for a computer screen, and particularly with snowboarding being much more well-known than it was back then, I can see how this would easily come across as really cornball. But at the time, there was simply nothing like it, and that sequence just blew away everybody!

[@adammorris2265]

Really? Snowboarding was not known in 1985?

[@SashaShame]

It had been around for about 20 or so years in 1985, but this movie brought it into the mainstream.

[@M1tjakaramazov]

Me and my friends saw it on VHS when it came out. Pretty much same reaction. I was 9 and been skiing for 3 years by then, and I'd seen the things on the slopes now and then. We thought the Beach Boys music was a bit corny, but understood the idea behind it. This scene combined with a Juicy Fruit ad convinced me to try it myself. Later knowing it was Tom Sims who did the stunt made it even more cool.

[@M1tjakaramazov]

@@adammorris2265 It was mostly an American phenomenon. Riders were still hounded and denied access to lifts at the resorts, so numbers were low. Also the tech was very limited, so getting started was hard. It didn't really hit the mainstream until the early/mid nineties.

[@richardbonfiglio1765]

That thing in the movie was called a Winterstick, a feeble attempt at the snowboard concept early on. It was like trying to surf a canoe. You had to be really good to just make the thing work. Snowboard technology followed that of the skateboard, and everybody already knew how to do that. Until 1985 snowboarding was a renegade sport practiced by beach trash and not allowed amongst decent folk. Come 1985, at the ski school Director's meeting, Leroy from Squaw says we gotta do something about those snowboarders, every left turn they make is blind ! The Director from Dodge Ridge says: we sold eleven thousand snowboard lessons this winter. Not eleven thousand dollars, but eleven thousand times fifty dollars. Everybody woke up. The MAGIC WORDS were spoken. Starting tje next day Mammoth Mountain was open to snowboards, as well as anyother place that wanted that money. The rest is history.

[@peterfranks6243]

Happy Birthday on what would have been your 95th Sir Roger Moore. You were my Bond growing up and have a special place in my heart. God bless you

[@kieranwhite6647]

I've always found it touching seeing the locket with a picture of 003's wife and child in

[@gauravtributes5023]

Me too.

[@peterburke1709]

Bonds thinking as he holds it well at least 003 had some people to live for and to lose and did better than me and lasted more than tracy

[@francescgarcia7340]

Me too

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

Me too

[@michaelfenn7742]

Soys

[@89RASMUS]

This is how Bond movies should be. So over the top, filled to the brim with action and not ashamed of being more than a bit goofy. Anything beyond Goldeneye and they take themselves far too seriously.

[@joshbostock_2040]

A view to a kill was my first ever james bond film so it always has a special place in my heart

[@bobeobigzigzigzeo]

same here

[@kiriko36]

For me, it was The Spy Who Loved Me.

[@24rival13]

Same

[@seancameron149]

a view to a kill was your first ever bond film. Poor you.

[@thescreentroll8632]

@@seancameron149 Sure Moore is looking old but the villain is great, the Duran Duran song topped the charts and it is better than the dullness of Moonraker. It is just a silly Bond flick.

[@juliandavies1974]

Personally for me this is one of the best intros. The quick change from serious action to comedy action gets me every time.....

[@vaginalflora6209]

The pilot of the Soviet helicopter, Seva Novgorodtsev, is a famous radio host of Russian-language programs on the BBC. I caught his broadcasts at night in the 80s when I was a schoolboy.

[@matt_kyote97]

Followed by best Bond Theme song!!

[@BeeABaw]

Rodger Moore had the most exciting Bond movies and the best ski moments. Brosnan was the modern equivalent. They need to get back to this type of storytelling.

[@michaellawrence7570]

One of the best chase scenes ever thanks for the memories Sir Roger moore . You'll always be my favourite Bond you were brilliant.

[@paudieslattery7536]

One of the most under-rated Bond movies.

[@karthika0791]

One of the finest opening scenes 007 movies.

[@adamlea6339]

I'm surprised Bond isn't representing England in the winter olympics with the sheer skill he demonstrates here.

[@unhooked25]

One of his stand ins with the skiing was in the Olympics or so I heard.

[@user-xc7uo6md3n]

Too busy saving the world

[@davider6884]

This pre-title sequence really gets quite an unfair amount of hate.. Just ignore the Beach Boy‘s song and you have a stunt-packed, action-packed pre-title sequence with a fantastic John Barry score at that! It really deserves more love

[@Trazynn]

The music up to that point is amazing. Really cool modulation on the theme.

[@cellomaan]

I realy agree with you. Im so tirred of the hate towards this film in generel. Its one of my favorit bond movies. And i actually laughed the first time i heard the beach boys song. It hasnt aged that well and to day I would maybe have wanted something else. But it was a difrend time and this joke is kind of 70ish. I like that they keep the style. The only bad thing about this movie was the same problem with moonraker. Notesable stuntdobbels... Otherwhise this is an amazing movie. I freaking love AVTAK!!!!

[@actioncom2748]

People seem to forget that back in those days Bond films was supposed to be fun, not edgy. That's why there was Beach Boys music.

[@ricardofineartist]

I saw this in the theater back in the day, my first Bond film in the cinema. I remember when California Girls came on the whole theater laughed and cheered, no one had seen snowboarding before so it was like he was surfing on snow, that was the joke. Different times. One of my favourites.

[@SlyRy]

I don’t ignore the song. I think it’s great.

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

Rest in peace Roger Moore 1927-2017

[@kevinobrien9626]

2:22 One of the most unconvincing insert shots I've seen in a while. Still love the movie though, love Walken as Zorin.

[@SlyRy]

I've always loved this opening. The second unit team nailed it. John Barry's score is so great too. I like the detail of having the locket with a picture of family members. There's almost too many stunts that occur but they're all really neat. Bond is clever here. Snowboarding is dope. The Beach Boys cover never bothered me because it's a great tune, I'm having fun watching, and it's mixed really well between John Barry's score that comes booming back. I like that the cat and mouse chase with the helicopter comes to a creative end with the flare gun. It's overall a pretty awesome intro.

[@ponnusamy5802]

Ĺò

[@TheSaneHatter]

The Beach Boys MAKE this scene! I don't give a damn what anyone says: hilarious! And bonus points for Bond doing snowboarding before it was mainstream.

[@greatdelusion7654]

100%. The mischievous Bond portrayed by Roger Moore was always a most fun and entertaining spectacle!

[@stenwald]

Except it wasn’t the Beach Boys 😊

[@user-dq6tf9ms6q]

I love Moore he was a hero when I was growing up he has an all round capability haha

[@stenwald]

First film I saw at the cinema (I was 4) - I thought this scene was - and still is - amazing!

[@sadkakn4034]

Filmin ismi neydi tam olarak

[@TobiasSwede]

Rather see Bond going down the slope with Beach Boys playing then seeing No Time to Die again!

[@oriolesfan61]

Moore's Bond is different from Connery's Bond. Both actions did very well in their roles.

[@babarbhatti77]

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[@lukasnummer1]

I think the bit with "California Girls" is funny; I don't mind it at all. In general, "A View to a Kill" is one of the most unfairly hated Bond films, I think. Most people believe Roger Moore was too old and kind of use that criticism to discredit the whole picture. Up until San Francisco the film is actually rather decent, the villain and his henchwoman are very good. No, it's not a highlight, but "A View to a Kill" is at least a middle-of-the-road Bond film to me.

[@KyoukiJuuno]

Thing is, there's this weird perception that, if I criticize something then this implies I must also hate that something, and that is just plainly wrong. Criticism doesn't necessarily equal hate. Hate is such a strong word, yet criticism can be fair - no it must be fair if it's supposed to make any sense. Matter of fact, criticizm in the purest sense is based on logic (tho possibly subjective) while hate more often than not is illogical to begin with. You may think of it as polar opposites as to how someone approaches a discussion or argument - are they open-minded, or are they dealing in egocentrical absolutes? So let's ask this. Is "California Girls" funny in that context? Yes, absolutely. I think it is. I don't force anyone to share that view tho. Does it belong into a Bond action sequence? Debatable. You might like it, I might not, but essentially the answer is subjective, and that is absolutely okay. You can have your opinion, I can have mine. Fair. Would I prefer it wasn't there? Yes, absolutely. Still opinion. Does it bother me that it's there? A tiny bit, maybe. I can get over it. Do I hate the movie or even just the scene for it? No, absolutely not. Is it one of my favourite Bond movies? Certainly not. I still like Christopher Walken as the villain, great pick. Would I ever tell anyone the movie is bad because of my opinion? Hell no. You gotta decide that stuff for yourself, I ain't helping. See it all makes sense this way, and nobody needs to hate anything.

[@729613]

I am a massive bond fan and I love this movie Roger Moore deserved his Swan song

[@Invinciblez18]

I think Moore did well in the film, the only problem is, you can literally see his stunt double in every action scene. With all blu ray and HD its even more obvious

[@unhooked25]

That probably stands to reason why "A View To A Kill" was his last one.

[@you8541]

ロジャームーアのスキーシリーズはどれも映画史に残る名場面ばかり。めっちゃ高い崖からスキーで飛び降りる→パラシュートは映画史いちばん度肝を抜かれた。50年たった今でもNO.1😁

[@HeWazARed]

One of my favourite Bond films, brilliant villains and a stunning soundtrack....including the Beach Boys IMO 🥂

[@user-anamul1994]

Whice film bro

[@stenwald]

Wasn’t the Beach Boys 😊

[@trwent]

The Beach Boys' "California Girls" played here briefly, but Duran Duran had the main title song "A View To A Kill".

[@benhughes6507]

Beach boys song over the snowboarding section is the best bit!! Fight me!!

[@thegadflygang5381]

Roger Moore was so much fun with his wry grin. He made Bond such a more debonaire and enjoyable character to watch

[@swh1386]

The most underrated Bond film imo. Epic soundtrack, Christopher Walken was brilliant as always too

[@kevinobrien9626]

1:07. Amazingly, the brass section plays something that sounds like a long lost Duran song.

[@christians6734]

finest action, hand made with stunt men, no computer animation. This is why I prefer the early James Bonds, and do not care if you can tell that the exploding helicopter is RC.

[@user-xc7uo6md3n]

I only just noticed that recently, it's shot well.

[@williamharrell3622]

RIP Roger Moore and Sean Conery

[@jonathanpardoe8722]

This is the kind of Bond that is sorely missing from today . Although I have to question how the helicopter suddenly turns into a WW2 Stukka dive bomber .

[@CB-xr1eg]

If you need to ask that then you clearly didn't watch properly. Try again!

[@KonradvonHotzendorf]

That's your only question in a Bond movie 🤔

[@IronLord2014]

It’s used as stock audio for a crashing aircraft. It’s used all the time.

[@joseluisalvarezolivo1684]

​@@CB-xr1eg❤❤❤❤❤❤😊❤❤❤

[@Shadowkey392]

THATS what you’re questioning? Not the presence of The Beach Boys in a James Bond action scene?

[@shaunsteele1754]

I love A View to a Kill! There was enough good scenes in that movie to put it 8th in my Bond rankings. It such a good watchable 007 flick. Roger Moore is superb as ever.

[@madhousenetwork7765]

which is ur #1 Bond movie?

[@shaunsteele1754]

@@madhousenetwork7765 Favorite Bond movie; From Russia with Love.

[@surenotejas3163]

Favorite Bond film, all due for Dad taking us to the theater

[@doric_historic]

Old Roger sure was a great skier.

[@sjacrane]

“The snow this year is better in Innsbruck.” “But not in St Moritz.”

[@louismatassa8489]

Great James bond movie and Duran Duran did a great job on the song!

[@robertbilling6266]

Years ago on a safety course I was told that the episode with the incident with the rocket flare and the helicopter actually happened. Someone had been sitting in a liferaft for a couple of days, chopper went to winch him up but circled around to get head to wind. He thought chopper was going away and popped off a flare to draw attention. At this moment the winchman opened the door. Flare went straight in, exploded in a cable duct and cut the fly-by-wire system. Chopper crew now in another liferaft and distinctly peeved.

[@tag427]

Love that John Barry score!

[@elisabethj.v.beardsell9853]

Love the ski- ing on this film😊

[@elisabethj.v.beardsell9853]

In fact I loved the film anyway!

[@JOSH-lw2jv]

I love the fact that in *"OHMSS",* *"FOR YOUR EYES ONLY",* & *"A VIEW TO A KILL",* helicopters always make that WWII German Plane SFX.

[@shaswatadutta4451]

The camouflage of Bond's suit with the environment is amazing.

[@vetarlittorf1807]

Fun fact: this scene was shot in Iceland, not Siberia.

[@B.C36]

Every man wants to be like him every woman wants to be with him.

[@_TheComedian_]

Great complex ski footage by former alpine ski racer Willy Bogner jr. - and Roger Moore is wearing Bogner ski wear.

[@stevehoward3049]

2:36 🤣🤣 That snowmobile had bindings on it's ski that fit Bond's boots perfectly.🤣🤣

[@MajorT0m]

Got to love the last-ditch use of a distress flare to take out the helicopter.

[@runawayplane6166]

“Five days to Alaska” After 2 days she’ll tire of him harping on about his arthritis.

[@NickTheStallion]

Oh, how I love this scene! And I was shockingly happy listening to California Girls when I first watched it, I never expected The Beach Boys to be present on the soundtrack of a Bond movie. 😂

[@btf_flotsam478]

Let alone in a snowboarding scene.

[@AldoSchmedack]

"The things I do for England!" - James Bond

[@w.s.2102]

That snowmobile is a classic 👍😂

[@tiffaniaporchiazzo3397]

Roger Moore James Bond Is Really Such A Darling Sweetheart I Love You So Much Roger Moore James Bond My Sweetheart Darling 💋💋💋💋💋💋💋

[@criticalbil1]

I'm sorry, Tiffania, this really isn't the time!

[@tiffaniaporchiazzo3397]

@@criticalbil1 ♥️

[@hbksean93]

The score in this movie is one of the best!

[@johnwalters4792]

2:10 Sounded like that hanging guy shouted Roger Moore.

[@SyedAli-qz1cp]

Roger Moore was genuinely sophisticated among all the 007’s. This is my personal opinion.

[@dickyboyryw]

Roger was turning 57 when he began filming this:October 84. How many 57 Yr olds today could match his staying power. Oldest man to play Bond.

[@Shadowman820]

I don't think any Bond actor will do them in his late 50s today , it seems they have to do more stunts themselves . Craig used to constantly get injured in his later Bond films .

[@user-bv1tg9dj1j]

In 1985, when snowboarding was still rare, it was very innovative!👍

[@isaacrhoads8205]

Great Video! Love it!

[@bobgoran]

One of the best Bond pre-title scenes. Compare the quality here with the "ski chase" in The World Is Not Enough. Its like day and night...

[@kilotun8316]

Fire, Ice and Dynamite there lads. Only Sir Roger could pull this madness off.

[@lflagr]

Roger's Moore stunt double does a very a good job in this movie lol

[@mamta6029]

Best movie of James Bond 007

[@dcx7212]

this brings me back to my childhood

[@alexandrenunesdeoliveira9417]

This is where Star Wars got the idea for the Stormtroopers' lack of accuracy... 😂

[@rochstan123]

Can't beat a good old ski chase scene. Think this was the last skiing scene in a Bond film I can remember, I may be wrong. They need bring them back.

[@iain1969]

The overlay of the stuka dive bomber siren audio makes it so real!

[@diamondtran8331]

RIP Sir Roger Moore. This movie was his last as James Bond.

[@elisabethj.v.beardsell9853]

If only the art of ski- ing was that simple! Love it !❤

[@shellsbignumber2]

I like the Beach Boys bit.

[@francescgarcia7340]

Ah! The legendary soviet aiming skills.

[@RJSRdg]

Who do you think trained the Imperial Stormtroopers?

[@JamesBondLounge]

Girl- I thought you'd never get back ... Bond- well there was a heck of a crowd on the piste

[@edondari]

How badass is this? :D :D :D

[@iansmith3593]

Four minutes: skiing, shooting, snowboarding, waterskiing, exploding helicopter, iceberg boat driven by hot woman. This is why people love Bond movies, even the cheesy ones with Moore.

[@motog4-75]

The stuntman did very well in this scene 😁

[@VoyagesDuSpectateur]

I don’t think Roger even went outside for this scene. All the shots where you see his face look like a studio set.

[@jonno209]

Criminally underrated!

[@oscarprendergast7295]

I loved roger moore - he Had that “old Lady face” cool!

[@sirpizo555]

2:04 best bit

[@user-xc7uo6md3n]

1:26 to 2:04 is my favorite section

[@MrPhotodoc]

No special effects. Just great camera work. Those were the days.

[@Heisenberg-to4bq]

What about the helicopter explosion, wasn't that a special effect?

[@romcallis]

I miss Roger

[@rogerkincaid931]

I'll give the The Beach Boys a pass because it's Moore's Bond.

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

I agree with you roger

[@AxeMan562]

Despite what many say about it, it was oddly fitting

[@ricardocantoral7672]

That was embarrassing, even for Moore.

[@alucard624]

@@ricardocantoral7672 Not really considering this was the same guy who rode a horse to the Magnificent Seven theme in Moonraker and did a number of other silly things in his other outings as Bond. No, embarrassing was Die Another Day. Even Moore himself said that was too much.

[@CMSPMARCUS]

One of my favourite PTS’s.

[@catherineprior8319]

To me I like Roger Moore of all the bonds as he contributes a real humane side to bond's character. A nice trait in an environment of cut throat people!

[@888ssss]

the alps was the height of sophistication.

[@crazyman8472]

3:45 Nice shootin’, Tex. 😎

[@JdTV79]

I read somewhere that the skiing bits in "Inception" were an homage to this film. Nolan is a big Bond fan, so it makes sense.

[@JohnAndrewCameron]

The toy helicopter stuff is great! I love that they built a mini version of iceland and flew it around ; you can obviously tell its a toy but its so pleasing that they built a mini copy of the world for the stunt - its second to doing it for real. Third place would be CGI etc (didn't exist I know).

[@Stenbrotsgatan]

I think it’s very convincing. Now when I analyze the copter banging in to the ground I can see it’s a model but for years I watched the film not noticing this. Most people don’t see it I’m sure

[@user-xc7uo6md3n]

Took me 3 watches to notice

[@Xantylon74]

2:41 Look at he face from that stuntman as he appears. He was super cool! ^^

[@RMJ1984]

They should really re-release this movie and remove the beach boys, then this would be a pretty damn epic intro.

[@muffs55mercury61]

I agree. What was the point of them inserting the song in this.

[@mamta6029]

Golden scene

[@Ernawati-od3tr]

The best Roger Moore Bond movie

[@gasxavier6198]

I love this movie, the story is hilarious and funny, an amaizing cast, the soundtrack is fantastic, the chases are really good so an we’ll rounded 007 movie.

[@actioncom2748]

A View to a Kill is a movie whose parts are greater than its whole. There's a lot of great and interesting scenes in it. But as a movie, eh.

[@altoid1804]

Always wondered how a Brosnan / Dalton vs Chris Walken View to a Kill would've been like...would've been mega I'd say!

[@actioncom2748]

@@altoid1804 Now you're talkin.

[@altoid1804]

@@actioncom2748 I mean it's freakin' Christopher Walken. Pairing him with Geriatric Bond was such a waste. As a villian to debut a new Bond actor he was perfect... (cry)

[@actioncom2748]

@@altoid1804 Oh...its worse than that. It would have been a new Bond with writers writing for Sir Roger Moore. Brosnan with a Moore's writers having Christopher Frickin Walken as villian. Yep, we missed cinematic gold!

[@ricardocantoral7672]

I struggle to think of scenes that were great outside of the climax.

[@9-11DidBush]

Some Hollywood producer sat in front of a pile of coke in 1984- “What if when he escapes we play the beach boys?”