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The Living Daylights

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After a defecting Russian general reveals a plot to assassinate foreign spies, James Bond is assigned a secret mission to dispatch the new head of the KGB to prevent an escalation of tensions between the Soviet Union and the West. From TMDB

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  • Katherine Alejandra Cross @quinnae.comBluesky · Jul 23, 2026

    My respect for him increases, honestly. Dalton is actually a very solid choice. He needed a third film to give us a clearer throughline to his interpretation of Bond (The Living Daylights and Licence to Kill were *very* different movies, both mostly good for what they were) but that's not his fault.

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  • Andrew Jupin @jupinwhm.bsky.socialBluesky · May 15, 2025

    Daaaaamn. We’ve had a lot of fun with Joe Don over the years, on eps like Congo, The Pack, and Joysticks, but he was also great in GoldenEye, Cape Fear, The Living Daylights, Charley Varrick, Fletch, Walking Tall… it goes on. What a life! www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

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  • Si Hart @sihart.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 31, 2025

    Time for my traditional NYE Bond film. This year it's The Living Daylights.

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  • Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 20, 2026

    Timothy Dalton & Maryam d'Abo in publicity mode for - THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS (1987) - the 15th movie in the 007 franchise.

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  • Rev. Poppy Haze 𓅋 @poppyhaze.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 5, 2026

    tonight on anything but a Humvee, this Dodge WC-51 with an M2 Browning subbing in for a Soviet truck in 007's "The Living Daylights (1987). The film was made in Morocco so it was likely either left by the Americans or the French in the Moroccan military's motor pool

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  • PsyHunter29 @psyhunter29.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 30, 2024

    "The Living Twilights" (13 Dec 2022) Another #JamesBond007 poster parody, this one with the main cast of #SpyXFamily re-creating the poster of The Living Daylights (1987). #myart #fanart Lines by shoxxe on deviantART.

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  • Leigh @gartsideleigh.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 6, 2026

    #DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge 6. A song with the same title as a movie , book or tv show The Living Daylights A-HA youtube.com/watch?v=de2r...

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  • C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 6, 2026

    Watching The Living Daylights. It’s brilliant. No Daniel Craig film has ever made me cackle like this

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  • Dizzy Onaball @dizzyonaball.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 15, 2025

    #NotYourFavourite (170) #MusicChallenge A-ha - Hunting High and Low One of many decent songs, My favourite is The Blood That Moves the Body. I wish Broccoli et al had made that a Bond Movie title as it would be a better theme than The Living Daylights youtu.be/s6VaeFCxta8?...

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  • Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 23, 2026

    I will die on this hill: this song should have been the title theme for The Living Daylights, not the A-ha song Co-written by John Barry and interpolated throughout the film. They shoved it into the end credits but I feel like it was intended to be the main theme youtu.be/KltjoX0VtgQ

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  • Patrick Bromley @patrickbromley.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 21, 2026

    OMG come see my favorite Bond movie THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS tonight for Smash Cut Cinema, coincidentally on Timothy Dalton’s 80th birthday!

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  • Allisonwonderland @lucys-tearoom.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 4, 2025

    #DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge 4 ~ A song you love from a movie you don’t The Living Daylights | a-ha youtu.be/z61NEfYK0fc?...

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  • Joe @jojojo52218.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 30, 2025

    Next film theme watches confirmed.. The Third Man(1949) The Living Daylights(1987) Before Sunrise(1995) Mission: Impossible-Rogue Nation(2015) #ViennaAustria #MovieSky #FilmSky #Vienna

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  • Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 27, 2025

    Timothy Dalton & Maryam d'Abo in publicity mode for - THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS (1987) - the 15th movie in the 007 franchise which premiered in London 38yrs ago today.

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  • Bill Smith @thebillcs.bsky.socialBluesky · May 15, 2025

    RIP Joe Don Baker, 89, stage, TV and screen actor, "Walking Tall" and 3 James Bond films "The Living Daylights", "Goldeneye" and "Tomorrow Never Dies", TV's "Eischeid" and more. variety.com/2025/film/ne...

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  • WildPartyInviteDecliner @ratelimitexceeder.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 26, 2024

    Had a dream last night where Jane Bond (yes Jane) was smuggling a Russian cellist from Russia to London. Yes this was basically Atomic Blonde + the Living Daylights, and I also happen to think it’d be a good movie.

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  • Comicfoil @comicfoil.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 7, 2025

    Tonight’s 007 movie with the boy is The Living Daylights. My son said he was ready to be done with the Moore era, the last two films were rather weak, and that he was looking forward to Timothy Dalton’s debut.

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  • The Q Division Podcast @qdivisionpod.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 22, 2026

    It's a new agent & we bring back a seasoned one! We're rejoined by Composer Michael Llewelyn Barker to welcome Timothy Dalton to the franchise in The Living Daylights! Available wherever you listen to #podcasts! 🟢: tiny.cc/QDivTLDSpotify 🍎: tiny.cc/QDivTLDApple 🏳️‍🌈: www.glitterjaw.com/the-q-division

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  • Hello, it's Dan McDaid @danmcdaid.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 31, 2025

    Roger Moore is the best James Bond, but The Living Daylights is the best James Bond film.

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  • guylc.bsky.social @guylc.bsky.socialBluesky · May 23, 2026

    That's a brilliantly sarcastic reference to a troubling aspect of the James Bond film, 'The Living Daylights'.

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  • Spy Fi @spy-fi.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 22, 2025

    #BondSoundsTop25 #MusicChallenge Day 12: "Where Has Everybody Gone" - Pretenders/John Barry From “The Living Daylights” - John Barry (1987) (Song can be heard in the film playing on Necros's Walkman and utilizes the Necros leitmotif)

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  • Popverse @popversesays.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 18, 2025

    Before he was Bond, James Bond, he was Steele, Remington Steele. In fact, Pierce Brosnan nearly missed his chance to play Bond entirely because NBC uncancelled Remington Steele just as he was about to film The Living Daylights. www.thepopverse.com/movies-james...

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  • Abbott and Costello Meet MikeZilla Minus Zero (#15584) @mikeymcfilms.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 20, 2025

    My ★★★★ review of The Living Daylights on @letterboxd: boxd.it/a3Bc7J #265moviereview #filmsky 📽️

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  • Fiddler Meg @fiddlermeg.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 16, 2026

    You reminded me of the terrible fake cello playing in the Bond movie The Living Daylights. A friend and I got some confused looks when we were laughing uproariously during what was meant to be a serious scene.

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  • Abbott and Costello Meet MikeZilla Minus Zero (#15584) @mikeymcfilms.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 26, 2023

    My ★★★★ review of The Living Daylights on @letterboxd: boxd.it/4U2LU1 #265moviereview Filmsky 📽️

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  • Elle MacBeth 🫘 @lmacbeth.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 12, 2026

    #BreakingKindSongs #MusicChallenge June 1️⃣2️⃣ - Song that is from any James Bond 007 film. A-Ha ~ The Living Daylights www.youtube.com/watch?v=z61N...

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  • badly drawn boo! 🎃👻🧛🏼‍♀️ @soapachu.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 9, 2026

    Cannon cinema, Hoylake. I remember queuing around the block for Top Gun. We used to sneak in the fire exit once one of us had paid. Ashtrays on the back of the seats etc. (I also love that I can date this picture to on or around 30 June 1987, by the Living Daylights preview poster outside)

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  • Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 12, 2026

    What’s your go-to Bond movie? The one you throw on and feel instant comfort and delight? For me it’s THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS, an absolute fucking banger from end to end. Great stunts (the plane!!), great one-liners (“he got the boot”), and Dalton might actually be the perfect Bond. Lethal and slutty.

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  • Cliff Chapman VO @cliffchapman.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 18, 2024

    1. Withnail & I 2. Galaxy Quest 3. Daleks! Invasion Earth! 2150AD! 4. Flash Gordon 5. The Princess Bride 6. Love, Actually 7. The Living Daylights 8. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home 9. The Lion King 10. Transformers: The Movie (1986)

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  • Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 30, 2025

    Ruddy love The Living Daylights. Not saying it’s my favourite Bond film, but it’s in the Top 1.

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  • David Brown @davidebrown.bsky.socialBluesky · May 21, 2025

    I can't help but love The Living Daylights in much the same way as I did when I watched it aged 10 in 1987. But I'm pretty sure it's sitll amazing and - yes, I'm going to call it - the best Bond film. #TheLivingDaylights

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  • David Hughes @filmcritic.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 4, 2023

    Would have been John Barry's 90th birthday today, so here's my 6 favourite scores from him. Zulu The Ipcress File Hanover Street The Living Daylights (my favourite Bond movie) Somewhere In Time Body Heat Honourable mention to… The Tamarind Seed

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  • Friendly Gayborhood Daddyman @biddlebrian.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 22, 2026

    NowWatching Hubs Birthday Picks w/ @j60660.bsky.social The Living Daylights 1987 | John Glen New Bond Who Dis? Celebrating @j60660.bsky.social birthday with our big screen 🍒 👀 of this 🔥 Bond flick courtesy of film host supreme @patrickbromley.bsky.social

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  • BAMF Style @bamfstyle.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 21, 2026

    Happy 80th birthday, Timothy Dalton! In the actor’s first movie as James Bond, The Living Daylights (1987), Dalton’s smart, subdued wardrobe included a tan gabardine Benjamin Simon suit with an open-neck cream shirt while confronting Soviet General Pushkin in Tangier with his trademark Walther PPK.

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  • Matthew Purchase @thecyberdevil.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 10, 2025

    15 - The Living Daylights - Dalton makes a good Bond. It’s nice to have a romance you can actually believe now. The film itself is a mixed bag. Some really nice ideas, but it doesn’t tie together nicely. The stunt work feels like it’s gone up a notch. 5/10

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  • Horkos @wylienewmark.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 31, 2025

    1. Pierce Brosnan is the best Bond 2. Goldeneye is the best Bond movie 3. Dalton in The Living Daylights is the most book-accurate Bond 4. The Living Daylights rips 5. I don’t understand why people love A View to a Kill

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  • Russty Russ @russtyruss.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 30, 2025

    #OnThisDay 1987 : The Living Daylights was released in UK cinemas. Watch the movie trailer here : www.youtube.com/watch?app=de... #80s

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  • ℬℯ𝓃𝓃𝓎𝓌𝒾𝓈ℯ 🎈 @crimsonjacklives.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 9, 2025

    NW: #TheLivingDaylights This one feels like a classic entry with Dalton being an incredibly underrated Bond and it’s the movie I revisit the most. #JamesBond #007 #FilmSky

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  • Sams80s @sams80s.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 18, 2026

    #NowPlaying on Sam’s 80s TV & FILM For: @kellybyourself.bsky.social a-ha - The Living Daylights #Sams80s @madwaspradiomwr.bsky.social #MadWaspRadio The very best in advert free music – accept no substitutes!!

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  • Ceejay @ceejaynw.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 12, 2026

    #AugustMovieChallenge #Moviesky #Filmsky 12: Your favorite Bond movie 🎥 The Living Daylights (1987) The opening segment, is literally the story from the book. Timothy Dalton not only looked exactly as the character described in those books, but read them all as a fan, to play Bond perfectly..

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  • Jieves @jieves.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 23, 2026

    Acknowledge his correctness because “The Living Daylights” is the second best Bond film and some days it is first.

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  • Andrea @starlady38.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 23, 2026

    Definitely. His Bond got knocked for being dark but he really isn't, at least by the standards of nowadays. And The Living Daylights is a top-tier Bond movie.

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  • Cassandra Cain 🦇 @dailycasscain.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 26, 2026

    Spy Who Loved Me Casino Royale Skyfall Goldeneye Tomorrow Never Dies The Living Daylights Thunderball From Russia With Love The Man with the Golden Gun (look, Christopher Lee really owns the movie for me)

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  • Pedro Jimenez @pedropeterperico.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 6, 2026

    Now rewatching, The Living Daylights 1987). I remember clearly when this movie came out because it was the first time I watched a new Bond take over. I was Born when Roger Moore was already Bond. Dalton was a perfect choice. He brought some real gravitas to the role. Fantastic entry.

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  • Cadbury Screme Egg Enthusiast @thx3188.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 18, 2025

    oooh i love The Living Daylights but it is not a great movie haha it was my first Bond and that does a ton of heavy lifting for it having said that, it's got some really good Q bits and a lot of the classic Bond gadgets are in it the Bond girl in this one was a bit too Bond girly tho

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  • Stephanie Jones @stephaniejones.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 29, 2025

    The Living Daylights premiered on this day in 1987. As you might expect, film critics were keen to discuss Dalton's arrival as 007. More surprisingly, they also made a lot of comments about the HIV/Aids crisis. You can read about it in James Bond Will Return.

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  • SpyHards Podcast @spyhards.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 13, 2025

    On this day back in 1987, production wrapped on Timothy Dalton’s first #JamesBond adventure THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS and we think it’s the best 007 film of the 1980s… But which of Daltons two Bond films is your favourite? Go behind the scenes on the film in our interview: pod.fo/e/13b86f

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  • Therefore Horror 📀🎃🍿 @thereforereview.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 13, 2025

    #NowWatching The Living Daylights Where is my Dalton Bond hive? Justice must be served! Let's give him a third 007 movie now. Why Not? 🤣 More Women InSession Bond analysis incoming: insessionfilm.com/women-insess... #JamesBond #action #filmsky #moviesky #movies🎬

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  • Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 28, 2023

    Since basically every Bond film is now on prime, a quick rating of opening sequences 1) Goldeneye 2) Casino Royale 3) The Living Daylights 4) Goldfinger 5) Skyfall 6) Spectre 7) The Man with the Golden Gun 8) Most everything else, maybe License to Kill in front for originality

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  • Kicky Sam loves 🌈 Charlie🐾 - Segrenterri ov Bisk @kickysam49.comBluesky · Jan 20, 2026

    10. The Living Daylights (1987) Our first entry into the top 10. It is a great Bond film, plain and simple, and the script suited Dalton’s Bond perfectly. The action is incredible, and such a memorable action-packed ending. Epic theme, too.

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  • Rex Thrillho @evanbrady.bsky.socialBluesky · May 10, 2025

    The underappreciated Dalton Bond movie The Living Daylights, featuring the great Joe Don Baker

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  • Daddio @kidcreole3.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 21, 2025

    THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS (1987) Viewing 10? I've had my battles with TLD This film now feels like a nice cello piece or a fine glass of red wine Proper espionage. Exciting action set pieces. Fleming inspired And...believe it or not...1 Sight & Sound vote as one of the greatest films ever made

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  • Kiva! @screadnareilige.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 12, 2023

    The Living Daylights is a top three bond film for me, to this day.

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  • Joe Flynn @chinajoeflynn.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 17, 2026

    I'm posting this for the 500th time: The Living Daylights is by far the most underrated Bond movie

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  • Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 23, 2026

    except for the final scene, which felt a bit tacked-on, the Living Daylights is a nearly perfectly paced movie

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  • Joe J @joej42.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 13, 2026

    Connery: Goldfinger Lazenby defaults to On Her Majesty's Secret Service Moore: Live and Let Die (this was my first ever Bond movie, and despite how problematic it is, I still have a soft spot for it) Dalton: The Living Daylights Brosnan: GoldenEye Craig: Casino Royale (probably overall favorite)

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  • kenny brown @kennybrown131.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 8, 2026

    The Living Daylights - OST (1987) #vinyl Superb film with a soundtrack to match. Last Bond outing for John Barry and he throws in his usual motifs to good effect. Title song by a-ha was good but If There Was A Man by The Pretenders bested this at the finale. Great start to the musical day

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  • Leonardo Decapitator @xenionx.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 28, 2025

    Make a Bond movie pro wrestling: The Living Daylights Out Match

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  • Sterling Dodge (aka Justin Eger) @fugitivecourier.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 18, 2025

    I like The Living Daylights, but it's disappointing how it goes from a pretty solid spy thriller to "BOND MOVIE" so hard and so fast. The opening sequence is among the best in the series, though.

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  • Irish Number Ones @irishnumberones.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 26, 2025

    Another movie soundtrack hit in the Irish top five this week in July 1987: A-ha with their great title song from The Living Daylights www.youtube.com/watch?v=de2r...

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