For Your Eyes Only (1981)

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Countess Lisl: “I’ve champagne and oysters in the ’fridge. Why not come in for a bite?”

Overview: James Bond returns to Earth, this time to keep the Soviets from getting their hands on a top-secret device that controls Britain’s nuclear missile submarines. No vodka martinis, but 007 does have an ouzo.

What does Bond drink?

• When 007 first meets Aris Kristatos at the ice rink in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Kristatos asks, “Would you care to join me in some Glüwein?” (Glüwein is a mulled wine made with a mixture of spices and served warm.) Bond accepts, saying “That’s a very good idea, thank you.” The table has a small heater with a carafe of the wine on it, and several small glass mugs are in evidence. While we don’t see Bond actually drink, he does have a mug in front of him by the end of the encounter. Luigi Ferrara (an Italian operative in the Secret Service) also has a mug.
• At the casino retaurant in Corfu, Bond and Kristatos dine together. A waiter asks, “Apéritif, please?” 007 orders “Ouzo for me, please,” while Kristatos asks for a whiskey. After they places their dinner orders, Kristatos asks “May I suggest a white Robola wine from Kefalonía, my homeplace?” Bond replies, “Well, if you’ll forgive me, I find that a little too scented for my palate. I prefer the Theotaki aspro.” (A white wine produced in Corfu.) As the scene progresses, Bond takes a drink of the ouzo, and later the wine.
• When Bond and Lisl are in Colombo’s beach house, we see her pour the last of a bottle of champagne into a single flute, and then stick the empty bottle upside-down in a silver ice bucket. As she walks across the room, she says “Cheers,” and 007 says “Bottoms up.” As they talk, Lisl and Bond share the final glass. When they kiss, the flute tips over in Bond’s hand, spilling the remainder of the champagne.
• When Bond is brought to Colombo’s office on the yacht, we see that the smuggler has a very healthy bar. After returning 007’s gun, Colombo grabs two glasses and a decanter of what appears to be whiskey or possibly Metaxa, a Greek brandy. He says “By tomorrow, we’ll be good friends. Let us drink to that.” While Bond initially refuses the drink, he accepts a second offer. Colombo says “Cheers,” they clink glasses, and 007 gives the Greek toast, “Yasou.” Both men drink.

Other people’s drinks:

• A decanter and several glasses are seen in Timothy Havelock’s office on his research vessel. Later, several small bottles and glasses are swept away when Apostis clears the desk to make room for the ATAC unit.
• Several of the people around Gonzales’ pool have drinks, including Locque. During the subsequent car chase down the mountain, it appears that some of the action takes place in a vineyard.
• In Cortina, Locque appears to have his own mug of Glüwein.
• After Bond rescues Melina from the motorcyclists, an outdoor wine shop can be seen in the background.
• During the chase down the mountain in Cortina, Bond skis across a table in an outdoor restaurant, knocking over several wine bottles. A few seconds later, the two pursuing henchmen on motorcycles crash through the restaurant. Victor Tourjansky (the guy who stares at his wine bottle in The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker) makes his third and final appearance in the Bond series. This time, he stands at the railing holding a glass of wine or brandy with an astonished look on his face. In keeping with the film’s more serious tone, Tourjansky does not look at a bottle this time.
• There is a bottle of champagne in an ice bucket at Colombo and Countess Lisl’s table in the casino restaurant in Corfu.
• During the Greek wedding celebration outside the church, there are several bottles of wine on the table.
• When the Prime Minister calls to congratulate Bond, her husband Dennis is seen holding a glass of red wine.

Other observations:

• During the main title credits, frolicking women are seen swimming in a bubbly liquid that resembles champagne.
• Countess Lisl, played by the late Cassandra Harris, was married to a future 007, Pierce Brosnan.

Product placement: After the open-air market that was Moonraker, there is surprisingly little product placement in For Your Eyes Only. There isn’t even a signature brand of champagne.

By the book: Based on “For Your Eyes Only” (1960), “Risico” (1960) and Live and Let Die (1954). The only relevant drinking scenes come from “Risico.”

• Bond and Kristatos have drinks and dinner together as Colombo and Lisl sit at a nearby table. In the short story, 007 has a Negroni and some Chianti.
• Bond drinks with Colombo aboard the smuggler’s ship. In the short story, they have scotch and champagne respectively.

Total: Five. Some Glüwein, an ouzo, a glass of white wine, at least half a bottle of champagne, and an undetermined liquor drink.