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From: keesan@bbncca.ARPA (Morris Keesan)
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: Re: For Your Eyes Only
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Date: Tue, 13-Nov-84 16:59:45 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 13 16:59:45 1984
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from zinfandel!berry
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> It's a pun.  'For your eyes only', sometimes abbreviated 'eyes only'
> is a type of British Secret classification.  It means only YOU may
> look at this copy.  It's not quite as secret as 'Burn before reading....
> 
> So the pun is
> 	a) the reference to classified material (this IS a spy movie, after all)
> 	b) the reference to the womam -- "look but don't touch"
> 	c) What she says at the end -- "I'm all yours, now"

    This is getting a little silly.  I haven't seen the film, but I think it
quite probable that the title has little if anything to do with the film.
As with most Bond films, the title of "For Your Eyes Only" comes from the title
of a written James Bond work, in this case a short story.  In the context of
the story, the meaning is quite clear.  The story is a report from Bond to his
boss, M., describing some activities Bond has been engaged in which are
personal, illegal, have nothing to do with the legitimate activities of the
British Secret Service, and should not be mentioned to anyone because both
Bond and M. would get into trouble.  Given this, it's natural that the report
would get an "Eyes Only" classification, no pun involved.
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			    Morris M. Keesan
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