History Trivia / Moonraker

** [[Film/{{Emmanuelle}}} Sylvia Kristel]] reportedly auditioned for the role of Corinne Dufour.

* TheOtherMarty: Brazilian actress Adele Fátima was cast as Manuela, and she shot some minor scenes with Creator/RogerMoore around Sugar Loaf Mountain, Rio de Janeiro. She was later recast by Emily Bolton, with her own scenes deleted from the final cut.
* ProdcutionNickname: Creator/RogerMoore nicknamed his gondola the "Bondola".

* FollowTheLeader: Moonraker was made when it was because of the success of ''Franchise/StarWars''.

** Music/KateBush and Creator/FrankSinatra were asked to sing the title song, but they declined. Music/JohnnyMathis was attached, but dropped out.

** The crew had shot a scene with Drax meeting his co-financiers in his jungle lair and they used the same chamber room below the space shuttle launch pad that Bond and Goodhead eventually escape from. This scene was shot but later cut out. Another scene involving Bond and Goodhead in a meditation room aboard Drax's space station, was shot but never used in the final film.
** The original script contained scenes that ended up in future Bond films - an Arcostar Minijet, knife throwing twins (''{{Film/Octopussy}}'') and a parachute jump from The Eiffel Tower (''Film/AViewToAKill'').

* CaliforniaDoubling: France doubles for California.

** The original script contained scenes that ended up in future Bond films - an Arcostar Minijet, knife throwing twins (''Film/Octopussy'') and a parachute jump from The Eiffel Tower (''Film/AViewToAKill'').

** The original script contained scenes that ended up in future Bond films - an Arcostar Minijet, knife throwing twins (''Film/OctoPussy'') and a parachute jump from The Eiffel Tower (''Film/AViewToAKill'').

** The woman with General Gogol was originally supposed to be Anya Amasova from ''FilmTheSpyWhoLovedMe''.

** The original script contained scenes that ended up in future Bond films - an Arcostar Minijet, knife throwing twins (''Film/Octopussy'') and a parachute jump from The Eiffel Tower (''Film/AViewToAKill'').

* CreatorBacklash: While certainly not the film of which he's most ashamed, Roger Moore has often made fun of himself and this movie for the absurdity of the plot.

** Music/KateBush was asked to sing the film's theme song. She declined, and the honors went to Shirley Bassey.
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** An inversion (though only at the time of its release): at the time ''Moonraker'' as made, NASA was intending to launch its first space shuttle in 1979, which would have made the film very timely. Unfortunately, NASA had to delay the launch for two years, rendering the film unexpectedly something that was before its time.

** Before he orders her and Bond to be executed, Drax tells Holly [[FalseReassurance "Your desire to become America's first woman in space will shortly be fulfilled"]], which points itself to pre-1983, when Sally Ride became the first female American astronaut (the first ever female astronaut was Valentina Tereshkova of the Soviet Union in 1963). Let's just [[MST3KMantra forget that she had actually gotten into space]] by that point.

** James Mason was considered for the part of Drax, but turned it down. Michael Lonsdale was likely selected due to the movie's French financing.

* CreatorBacklash: While certainly not the film he's most ashamed of, Roger Moore has often made fun of himself and this movie for the absurdity of the plot.

** Before he orders her and Bond to be executed, Drax tells Holly [[FalseReassurance "your desire to become America's first woman in space will shortly be fulfilled"]], which points itself to pre-1983, when Sally Ride became the first female American astronaut in space (the first ever female astronaut was Valentina Tereshkova of the Soviet Union in 1963).
** An inversion (though only at the time of its release): at the time ''Moonraker'' as made, NASA was intending to launch its first space shuttle in 1979, which would have made the film very timely. Unfortunately, NASA ultimately delayed the launch for two years, rendering the film unexpectedly as something that was before its time.

** James Mason was considered for the part of Drax, but turned it down. Londsdale was likely selected due to the movie's French financing.

** KateBush was asked to provide the film's theme song. She declined, and the honors went to Shirley Bassey.

* RecycledScript: The film is very much a rehash of ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'', only [-In Space!-] instead of underwater. Several scenes and plot beats, including the villain's EvilPlan, are pretty much the same.

** [[CharliesAngels Jaclyn Smith]] was offered the role of Holly Goodhead, but she turned it down.

%%* FountainOfExpies: Jaws.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen

* Jaws does not kill anyone in the whole film.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: James Mason was considered for the part of Drax, but turned it down. Londsdale was likely selected due to the movie's French financing.
** Carole Bouquet was slated to play Holly Goodhead before she had to turn it down, only to play the Bond girl in the next film, ForYourEyesOnly

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!!List of Trivia tropes in ''{{Moonraker}}''

* FollowTheLeader: Moonraker was made when it was because of the success of StarWars.

* FollowTheLeader: Moonraker was made when it was because of the success of StarWars.
* ShoutOut: Opening an electronic lock creates musical tones from ''CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind''.
** Also, Bond's gaucho ride is scored by ''TheMagnificentSeven'' theme.