Never Say Never Again
Never Say Never Again movie poster
James Bond	Sean Connery
Also starring	Klaus Maria Brandauer Kim Basinger Barbara Carrera Max von Sydow Bernie Casey Alec McCowen Edward Fox Rowan Atkinson
Directed by	Irvin Kershner
Produced by	Jack Schwartzman
Novel/Story by	Kevin McClory Jack Whittingham Ian Fleming
Screenplay	Lorenzo Semple Jr.
Cinematography by	Douglas Slocombe
Music by	Michel Legrand
Main theme	Never Say Never Again
Composer	Alan Bergman Marilyn Bergman
Performer	Lani Hall
Editing by	{{{editing}}}
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Released	October 7, 1983
Running time	134 min.
Budget	$36,000,000
Worldwide gross	$160,000,000
IMDb profile

Never Say Never Again, released in 1983, is the second screen adaptation of Ian Fleming's novel Thunderball and a non-EON Productions remake of the 1965 James Bond film of that name. It starred Sean Connery as the famous British Secret Service agent (as did EON's Thunderball), and was released theatrically by Warner Bros. Odessa is a Bee Gees album that was released in 1969. ... 007 - Never Say Never Again poster This is a copyrighted poster. ... Commander James Bond, CMG, RNVR is a fictional character created by novelist Ian Fleming in 1952. ... Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born August 25, 1930) is an Academy Award-, Golden Globe-, and BAFTA Award-winning Scottish actor and producer who is perhaps best known as the first actor to portray James Bond in cinema, starring in seven Bond films. ... Klaus Maria Brandauer (born June 22, 1944) is an actor and director. ... Kimila Ann Basinger (born December 8, 1953) is an Academy Award-winning American film actress and former fashion model. ... Barbara Carrera on the February, 1972 cover of Playboy Barbara Carrera (born 31 December 1951) is a film and TV actress. ...  , (born April 10, 1929) is an Academy-Award nominated Swedish actor, known in particular for his collaboration with filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. ... Bernard Terry Casey (born June 8, 1939) was an American Football player during the 1960s who later became an actor. ... Alec McCowen (born May 26, 1925) is an English actor, best known for classical roles including Shakespeare. ... Edward Charles Morrice Fox, OBE (born 13 April 1937) is an English stage, film and television actor. ... Rowan Sebastian Atkinson (born 6 January 1955) is an English comedian, actor and writer, famous for his title roles in the British television comedies Blackadder and Mr. ... Irvin Kershner (born April 29, 1923) is an American film director born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... Jack Schwartzman (July 22, 1932, New York City, New York - June 15, 1994, Los Angeles, California) was a producer and husband of actress Talia Shire. ... // James Bond Novels By Ian Fleming Ian Fleming. ... Kevin ODonovan McClory (b. ... Jack Whittingham (1910 - July 4, 1972) was a British playwright, film critic, and screenwriter. ... This article is about the author. ... Lorenzo Semple Jr. ... Douglas Slocombe is a British cinematographer who has enjoyed a long career in the British film industry. ... The James Bond series of films from EON Productions has had numerous signature tunes over the years, many of which are now considered classic pieces of cinematic music. ... Michel Legrand (born February 24, 1932 in Paris) is a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, and pianist. ... The James Bond series of films from EON Productions has had numerous signature tunes over the years, many of which are now considered classic pieces of cinematic music. ... Alan Bergman (born 11 September 1925) is a prolific lyricist and songwriter, particularly of music for stage and film. ... Marilyn Bergman (née Keith, born 1929) is a composer, songwriter and author. ... Lani Hall (born Nov 6, 1948 in Chicago) is an American singer) Lani Hall first came to be known to the public at large when she joined the second Brasil project of Bossa Nova master Sergio Mendes, Brasil 66. ... “WB” redirects here. ... is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... // February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Lets Spend the Night Together opens in New York North Americas Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi Tootsie Trading Places, starring Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy WarGames, starring Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy Superman III Flashdance Staying Alive Octopussy Mr. ... USD redirects here. ... // February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Lets Spend the Night Together opens in New York North Americas Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi Tootsie Trading Places, starring Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy WarGames, starring Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy Superman III Flashdance Staying Alive Octopussy Mr. ... This article is about the author. ... Thunderball is the eighth novel by Ian Fleming based on the fictional British Secret Service agent Commander James Bond. ... EON Productions is a film production company known for producing the James Bond film series. ... In film, a remake is a newer version of a previously released film or a newer version of the source (play, novel, story, etc. ... The year 1965 in film involved some significant events. ... This article is about the spy series. ... For other topics with this name, see Thunderball. ... Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born August 25, 1930) is an Academy Award-, Golden Globe-, and BAFTA Award-winning Scottish actor and producer who is perhaps best known as the first actor to portray James Bond in cinema, starring in seven Bond films. ... “WB” redirects here. ...

Although the film was not part of EON's Bond film franchise produced by EON and United Artists, subsequent mergers and dealings mean that it is currently owned, like the series, by United Artists' parent, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer:^[1] MGM acquired the distribution rights in 1997 after its acquisition of Orion Pictures. The film also marks the culmination of a long legal battle between United Artists and Kevin McClory that goes back to his working on the original story with Fleming and Jack Whittingham. i eat poop alot A media franchise is an intellectual property involving the characters, setting, and trademarks of an original work of media (usually a work of fiction), such as a film, a work of literature, a television program, or a video game. ... This article is about the film studio. ... For alternate meanings of MGM, see MGM (disambiguation). ... Orion Pictures Corporation was an American movie production company, formed in 1978 as a joint venture between Warner Bros. ... Kevin ODonovan McClory (b. ... Jack Whittingham (1910 - July 4, 1972) was a British playwright, film critic, and screenwriter. ...

Originally, the film was scheduled for release in direct competition with the EON Bond film, Octopussy, starring Roger Moore, which led to the media dubbing the situation "The Battle of the Bonds". Ultimately, the two films were released at different points in 1983 and both were big box-office successes, though Octopussy was the 'winner', making $187 million compared to the $160 million made by Never Say Never Again. For other uses, see Octopussy (disambiguation). ... For other persons named Roger Moore, see Roger Moore (disambiguation). ...

The title is based on a conversation between Sean Connery and his wife. After Diamonds Are Forever (1971) he told her he'd 'never' play James Bond again. Her response was for him to "Never say never again". She is credited at the end of the film for her contribution. As a result, it was, at the time of release, the first Bond movie to use a non-Fleming originated title. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Plot

Never Say Never Again follows a similar plotline to the film and novel Thunderball, but with some differences.

The film opens with a middle-aged, yet still athletic James Bond making his way through an armed camp in order to rescue a girl who has been kidnapped. After killing the kidnappers, Bond lets his guard down, forgetting that the girl might have been subject to the Stockholm syndrome (in which a kidnapped person comes to identify with his/her kidnappers) and is stabbed to death by her. Or so it seems. For other uses, see Stockholm syndrome (disambiguation). ...

In fact, the attack on the camp is nothing more than a field training exercise using blank ammunition and fake knives, and one Bond fails because he ends up "dead" (a previous "fake" mission saw his legs get blown off by a land mine). A new M is now in office, one who sees little use for the 00-section. In fact, Bond has spent most of his recent time teaching, rather than doing, a fact he points out with some resentment. M is a fictional character in Ian Flemings James Bond series, as well as the films in the Bond franchise. ...

Feeling that Bond is slipping, M orders him to enroll in a health clinic in order to "eliminate all those free radicals" and get back into shape. While there, Bond discovers a mysterious nurse (Fatima Blush) and her patient, who is wrapped in bandages. His suspicions are aroused even further when a thug (Lippe) tries to kill him. In chemistry free radicals are uncharged atomic or molecular species with unpaired electrons or an otherwise open shell configuration. ...

Maximillian Largo

Blush and her charge, an American Air Force pilot named Jack Petachi, are in fact operatives of SPECTRE, a criminal organisation run by Ernst Stavro Blofeld. Petachi has undergone an operation to alter one of his retinas to match the retinal pattern of the American President. Using his position as a pilot and the president's eye pattern to circumvent security, Petachi infiltrates an American military base in England and orders the dummy warheads in two cruise missiles replaced with two live nuclear warheads, which SPECTRE captures and uses to extort billions of dollars from the governments of the world. Image File history File links MaximillianLargo. ... Image File history File links MaximillianLargo. ... Maximillian Largo is the reimagined fictional character from the 1983 film, Never Say Never Again, which was an unofficial remake of the 1961 James Bond novel and subsequent 1965 film adaptation, Thunderball. ... USAF redirects here. ... Spectre, taken from the Battle for Wesnoth computer game. ... Ernst Stavro Blofeld is a fictional character from the James Bond universe. ... Human eye cross-sectional view. ... A B61 nuclear bomb in various stages of assembly; the nuclear warhead is the bullet-shaped silver cannister in the middle-left of the photograph. ... A Taurus KEPD 350 cruise missile of the German Luftwaffe A cruise missile is a guided missile which carries an explosive payload and uses a lifting wing and a propulsion system, usually a jet engine, to allow sustained flight; it is essentially a flying bomb. ... The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, 1945, rose some 18 kilometers (11 mi) above the hypocenter A nuclear weapon derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions of fusion or fission. ...

M reluctantly reactivates the 00 section, and Bond is assigned the task of tracking down the missing weapons, beginning with a rendezvous with Domino Petachi, the pilot's sister, who is kept a virtual prisoner by her lover, Maximillian Largo. Bond pursues Largo and his yacht to the Bahamas, where he engages Domino, Fatima Blush, and Largo in a game of wits and resources as he attempts to derail SPECTRE's scheme. Maximillian Largo is the reimagined fictional character from the 1983 film, Never Say Never Again, which was an unofficial remake of the 1961 James Bond novel and subsequent 1965 film adaptation, Thunderball. ... [--168. ... Fatima Blush is a fictional character from the unofficial James Bond film Never Say Never Again, released in 1983. ... Spectre, taken from the Battle for Wesnoth computer game. ...

Cast

Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Max von Sydow)

• Sean Connery as James Bond
• Edward Fox as M
• Alec McCowen as Q (a.k.a. Algy)
• Pamela Salem as Miss Moneypenny
• Klaus Maria Brandauer as Maximillian Largo
• Barbara Carrera as Fatima Blush
• Max von Sydow as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
• Kim Basinger as Domino Petachi
• Bernie Casey as Felix Leiter
• Rowan Atkinson as Nigel Small-Fawcett
• Prunella Gee as Patricia Fearing
• Valerie Leon as Lady in Bahamas
• Gavan O'Herlihy as Jack Petachi

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Filming

The Flying Saucer, Largo's ship, is a translation of "the Disco Volante", the name of Largo's ship in Thunderball. In this film, the Flying Saucer dramatically dwarfs the vessel present in the official film continuity. Bond observes that Largo has the offices and computer power to "run a small government from here." Largo replies that he could actually "run a large government from here." An underwater submarine belonging to the Disco Volante in Thunderball (film) The Disco Volante is a fictional ship created by Ian Fleming in Thunderball which features in both the book and the 1965 film of the same name. ...

The Disco is still the base of underwater operations by Largo. In real life, the 282' yacht used in long shots was known as the "Nabila" and was built for Saudi billionaire, Adnan Khashoggi. The yacht was later sold to Donald Trump who renamed it Trump Princess. Later Trump sold it to Prince Alwaleed bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz al Saud who christened it the Kingdom 5KR. The casino where Bond and Largo go head to head in a video game was called Casino Royale. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a country on the Arabian Peninsula. ... Adnan Khashoggi (or Kashoggi) (Arabic:عدنان خاشقجي, Turkish: Adnan Kaşıkçı) (born 25 July 1935 in Mecca) is a billionaire Saudi arms-dealer and businessman. ... Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946 in Queens, New York, New York) is an American business executive, entrepreneur, television and radio personality and author. ... HRH Price Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, born in 1955 and usually known simply as Prince Alwaleed, is a member of the Saudi Royal Family who has amassed an independent fortune through investments in shares and property. ...

This scene also prevented author John Gardner from having a somewhat similar scene involving Bond playing a computer game over a LAN in Gardner's novel Role of Honour. Bond was supposed to be playing a simulation of "The Battle of Waterloo"; this was later changed to a different type of game involving "The Battle of Bunker Hill". John Gardner, circa 1984 John Edmund Gardner (November 20, 1926 - August 3, 2007) was an English spy novelist. ... Lan can stand for several things: A local area network Lan (airline) formerly LanChile Lan Peru Län, a kind of administrative division used in Sweden Lan Mandragoran, a fictional character in the Wheel of Time fantasy series by Robert Jordan. ... Role of Honour (published in American editions as Role of Honor), is a novel that was first published in 1984. ... Battle of Waterloo Conflict Napoleonic Wars Date June 18, 1815 Place Waterloo, Belgium Result Decisive Allied victory Map of the Waterloo campaign The Battle of Waterloo, fought on June 18, 1815, was Napoleon Bonapartes last battle. ... For a list of numerous places and things that are named after this battle, see Bunker Hill. ...

McClory originally planned for the film to open with some version of the famous "gunbarrel" opening as seen in the official Bond series, but ultimately the film opens with a screenful of "007" symbols instead. When the soundtrack for the film was released on CD, it included a piece of music composed for the proposed opening.

The film re-used submarine special-effect footage from Ice Station Zebra. This article is about the film. ...

Klaus Maria Brandauer, who played Largo, was originally cast as Marko Ramius in The Hunt for Red October; the role eventually went to Connery. Klaus Maria Brandauer (born June 22, 1944) is an actor and director. ... The Hunt for Red October was a 1990 film based on the best-selling novel of the same name. ...

Casting

Rowan Atkinson, who later became world-famous for the Blackadder and Mr. Bean comedy series, played a British agent in this movie, the bumbling Nigel Small-Fawcett. Later he would play a James Bond parody in Johnny English. Rowan Sebastian Atkinson (born 6 January 1955) is an English comedian, actor and writer, famous for his title roles in the British television comedies Blackadder and Mr. ... For other uses, see Blackadder (disambiguation). ... For the animated television series of the same name, see Mr. ... Johnny English is a British comic film parodying the James Bond secret agent genre, released in 2003. ...

According to the Lee Pfeiffer/Philip Lisa book The Films of Sean Connery, Richard Donner was given the chance to direct but declined. Richard Donner (born Richard Donald Schwartzberg on April 24, 1930) is an American film director and also producer through the production company, The Donners Company, he and his wife, producer Lauren Shuler-Donner, own. ...

Barbara Carrera was nominated for a Golden Globe for her portrayal of Fatima Blush. Barbara Carrera on the February, 1972 cover of Playboy Barbara Carrera (born 31 December 1951) is a film and TV actress. ... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ...

Changes to the Bond universe

As an unofficial remake, this film features several differences to the official films James Bond universe.

Production

In the openings of the official films, Bond is shown through a gunbarrel, turning swiftly and shooting the screen. In this film the camera zooms in on a long sequence of '007s', through which the set for the beginning of the movie appears. In official films, the credits are shown after the gunbarrel sequence, in this film the credits are shown during the 007 sequence. Actor Connery also breaks the fourth wall during the final scene by winking at the camera (something George Lazenby previously did in On Her Majesty's Secret Service). The fourth wall is the imaginary wall at the front of the stage in a proscenium theater, through which the audience sees the action in the world of the play. ... George Robert Lazenby (born September 5, 1939) is an Australian actor best known for portraying James Bond only once in the 1969 James Bond film, On Her Majestys Secret Service. ... For the Ian Fleming novel, see On Her Majestys Secret Service. ...

Bond

007 James Bond is a noticeably older character in this film, being played by Sean Connery 12 years after Connery's last official appearance as Bond, in Diamonds Are Forever in 1971. The film also makes a major departure from official continuity by ending with Bond indicating his intention to retire from MI6 (and settle down with his leading lady). This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

SPECTRE timeline

As a standalone film, it takes place in an alternative timeline compared to previously released films. Specifically, while the portrayal of Connery as Bond is true to the fact Connery played Bond for 6 of the 7 first films, all involving SPECTRE, this film ignores the events of those films, as Blofeld is active and apparently previously unknown to Bond and MI6.

Friendly forces

MI6 is shown to be underfunded and understaffed. A new 'M', as confirmed in the film, has little time for the double 0 assets, consigning them to training duties. M is also portrayed as being overly officious in his running the department, rather than a pragmatist. It is only on learning of SPECTREs demands that M is requested to activate 007. The official franchise takes a similar approach when Judi Dench becomes another new M in GoldenEye. In Q Branch, the character 'Q' is referred to by the name "Algernon", whereas in the official Bond series Q's first name was really Major Boothroyd, from the character's first appearance in the series in Dr. No. Q's personality is also depicted differently, as is his impoverished background environment; Algernon makes no bones about expecting "gratuitous sex and violence" from Bond, which the 'Q' of the official series is very much against. Nigel Small-Fawcett, a local MI6 asset that assists Bond, is portrayed as a bumbling incompetent, rather than the more experienced bit-parts in the official films. Felix Leiter, Bond's CIA friend and colleague, is portrayed by a black actor for the first time. This was not done in the official universe until MGM/Columbia's reboot of the Bond film franchise, Casino Royale, in 2006. Dame Judith Olivia Dench, CH, DBE, FRSA, (born 9 December 1934), usually known as Dame Judi Dench, is an Academy Award, Golden Globe, Tony, three-time BAFTA, and six-time Laurence Olivier Award-winning English actress. ... For other uses, see Goldeneye (disambiguation). ... Q is a fictional character in the James Bond novels and films. ... Dr. No is a 1962 spy film. ... Felix Leiter is a fictional character created by Ian Fleming in the James Bond series of novels and films. ... CIA redirects here. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Casino Royale (2006) is the twenty-first film in the James Bond series and the first to star Daniel Craig as MI6 agent James Bond. ...

Props

In this film, Bond does not have his usual specially modified car, in favor of a mildly armed motorcycle that Algernon promises to send him if he can "get it to work". He is also portrayed as driving his beloved old (vintage) Bentley from the novels, rather than contemporary models of car. The official films portrayed Bond's sidearm as Walther PPK colored as dark brown with light brown sides of the hand grip, in this film it is a Walther P5 that is completely black. Maximilian Largo's Disco Volante (known here by its English language name, The Flying Saucer) is portrayed differently. Still launching a wet-sub from a secret chamber, the Disco is now a civilian frigate, lavishly equipped as well as being a technically advanced control center. This article is about the method of throwing. ... The Walther PP series pistols include the Walther PP, PPK, and PPK/S. They are blowback-operated semiautomatic pistols manufactured by Carl Walther GmbH Sportwaffen in Germany and under license from Walther in France and the United States [1]. These pistols feature an exposed hammer, a double-action trigger mechanism... Caliber: 9 x 19 mm Parabellum / 7. ...

Release and reception

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Domination within the film

At a casino, Bond and Largo play a holographic table-top video game called “Domination” designed by Largo himself. The losing player is subject to electric shock. Bond wins, but instead of taking cash for his victory he takes a dance with Domino.

Other cultural works have been inspired by this scene. The aspect of two men playing a three dimensional table top video game at a high end cultural venue drawing the rapt attention of beautiful women and sophisticates was used during a Super Bowl XLI commercial featuring Jay-Z and Don Shula. This portrayal of a game in the film is also often mentioned in discussions of the German art project/video game called PainStation that applies electric shocks to players as they lose at a table top 2-D variant of Pong.^[2] Date February 4, 2007 Stadium Dolphin Stadium City Miami Gardens, Florida MVP Peyton Manning, Quarterback, Colts Favorite Colts by 6. ... Jay-Z (aka the Jigga, HOV and Hova, born Shawn Carter on December 4, 1970 in Brooklyn, New York) is an African American rapper/hip hop artist and record label executive; one of the most popular and successful rappers of the late 1990s and early 2000s. ... Donald Francis Shula (born January 4, 1930 in Grand River, Ohio) is a former professional football coach for the National Football League. ... For other uses, see Pong (disambiguation). ...

References

External links

• Never Say Never Again at the Internet Movie Database
• Never Say Never Again at Rotten Tomatoes
• Never Say Never Again at Box Office Mojo
• MGM's page on the film