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	Kevin McClory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		McClory is best known for the 1983 James Bond film Never Say Never Again, which was the result of a long legal battle between McClory and Ian Fleming (later United Artists/MGM) over the writing credits and later the film rights to Thunderball.
		McClory started his film career as a film technician at Shepperton Studios, where he worked as an assistant to John Huston on films including The African Queen (1951) and Moulin Rouge (1952).
		In 1976 McClory announced he was to produce an original James Bond film to be titled either Warhead, Warhead 8, or James Bond of the Secret Service, but the project immediately ran into more legal problems with the Broccoli family and was ultimately abandoned.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kevin_McClory (610 words)

	Thunderball - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In December 1963 Fleming settled out of court with McClory at the behest of Ivar Bryce, who felt Fleming's health was being seriously affected by stress from the lawsuit (Fleming had already been victim to one heart attack and in 1964 would die from a second).
		In the middle of the onslaught of lawsuits between Sony and MGM, Sony countersued MGM in 1998 attempting to claim that McClory was the co-author of the cinematic Bond and was owed fees from Danjaq and MGM for all past films.
		This matter, which McClory calls "The Greatest Act of Piracy in the History of the Motion Picture Industry", was thrown out in 2000 by Judge Edward Rafeedie on the ground that McClory had waited too long to bring his claims.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thunderball (5368 words)

	007Forever.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		McClory`s lawyers might be better to argue that EON used plot points and ideas from the collaboration scripts (i.e.
		McClory might be able to argue that EON incurred the delay by tying his hands and preventing him from getting his own Bond projects off the ground.
		Kevin McClory and Sony`s lawyers could argue that EON`s claim is a closed issue, for contractual reasons and because the courts subsequently adjudicated it.
	www.007forever.com /films/faq022.html (1274 words)

	MGM Legal Proceedings
		McClory did not participate in the settlement and retained a counterclaim against MGM and Danjaq for copyright infringement.
		McClory's claim was barred by laches as a matter of law, and dismissed the entire case with prejudice.
		McClory was, in effect, given the film rights in the Thunderball documents and scripts attached to the settlement agreement, the rights to reproduce any part of Mr.
	www.healthdomain.co.uk /film/m_legal.htm (1680 words)

	Universal Exports-McClory, Sony and Bond: A History Lesson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Fleming and McClory began to work on a script in early 1959 and were later joined by well known and accomplished British screenwriter Jack Whittingham.
		As Kevin McClory and Jack Whittingham were completing the script of Thunderball, Ian Fleming sent a draft copy to his agent, Lawrence Evans.
		On March 31, 1961, McClory and Whittingham filed a lawsuit against Fleming, citing a breach of copyrights, breach of confidence, conversion, of contract, false representation of authorship and slander of title.
	www.universalexports.net /00Sony.shtml (612 words)

	Danjaq LLC v. Sony Corporation
		McClory responds only that there are some witnesses (other than the deceased ones) who can testify, and that the case depends primarily on a comparison of the written sources, rather than on live testimony.
		McClory contends in the alternative that laches does not bar all of his claims, thereby challenging the district court' s holding that laches barred "all of counterclaimants' claims based on the rights at issue." In particular, McClory argues that, even if laches applies, it does not bar a prospective injunction against future infringement.
		McClory now contends that the court abused its discretion when it did so, arguing that the issue of willful infringement is intertwined with the issue of infringement, and that bifurcation was therefore unnecessary.
	www.law.com /regionals/ca/opinions/aug/0055781.shtml (8231 words)

	news Page CFM
		Kevin was suffering from severe shock and exposure and spent nine months in the hospital, having completely lost his speech.
		McClory sued him, and the case came to trial in 1963 in London.
		The indomitable Kevin McClory, who has reached for the stars and flashed his sword at windmills, is currently working on two screenplays, one set in the outback of Australia, the other in Ireland.
	www.washingtoninternational.com /cf/news.cfm?showpage=130 (1521 words)

	articles
		McClory then sought an injunction against Fleming and Bryce on the grounds of plagiarism, which was denied.
		Kevin could not find enough backing for making the movie until his 1965 collaboration with EON productions by virtue of which he co-produced "Thunderball" in exchange for abandoning all claims for another 10 years after the initial release of the film.
		Today, McClory is fighting MGM/UA for using scenarios and the idea of the SPECTRE organization developed by him and demands his share of profits from all the movies thus made.
	bondtrivia.netfirms.com /ARTICLES.htm (937 words)

	Kevin McClory - CBn Forums
		The reversion of rights to McClory after 10 years from 1965 might seem a little short-sighted now but the run of James Bond in the cinema is phenomenal in the original sense of the word.
		McClory has not sought so much to promote his own rights and films but to do so deliberately at the cost of Eon, broadsiding Cubby whenever he could.
		McClory is an immensely wealthy man with a fascinating personal history but he has tried to make a living out of nuisance value to Danjaq for many years.
	debrief.commanderbond.net /index.php?showtopic=28687 (2356 words)

	Thunderball
		Kevin McClory was a business partner of Ian Fleming, and apparently had collaborated with Fleming on a number of ventures.
		In the case of Thunderball, McClory and Fleming had an agreement which enabled McClory to subsequently use the material for a remake.
		McClory alleges that he co-authored a substantial amount of material with Fleming to which McClory owns the rights.
	www.benedict.com /Visual/thunderball/thunderball.aspx (365 words)

	MI6 :: Thunderball (1965) :: James Bond 007
		McClory formed Bramwell Film Productions and began rewriting the script that Jack Whittingham had previously prepared as early as 1959 [the first tim, in fact, that anyone had attempted to adapt one of Fleming's 007 novels] and starting scouting the locations he needed for his film.
		McClory pocketed 20 per cent of the film's profits and Eon changed the caption that closed the end credits on Goldfinger [1964] reading "James Bond Will Return In Thunderball." Eon's original plan had been to produce On Her Majesty's Secret Service as their next film and some prints of Goldfinger retained this promise.
		McClory had long harboured the desire to direct Thunderball himself, though by entering into the agreement with Eon, that was now out of the question.
	www.mi6.co.uk /sections/movies/tb_production.php3?t=tb&s=tb (3217 words)

	Sony's James Bond plans
		Sony is claiming it has the legal right to the 007 franchise through its association with producer Kevin McClory, whose co-ownership of the Bond character stems from collaborations with Bond author Ian Fleming.
		And because of his ownership of the Bond character, Sony said, McClory is owed some portion of the estimated $3 billion the franchise has generated.
		McClory took Fleming to court, and in 1963 was awarded the rights to all the original "Thunderball" treatments and scripts as well as the film rights to the novel.
	www.klast.net /bond/warhead2.html (5224 words)

	E! Online News - Bond Battle Over (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Briefly outlining the 40-year history of this Bond litigation, the judge pointed out that there have been at least three major lawsuits involving McClory and the Bond rights, but that it was not until 1997 that McClory alleged he was the co-owner of the Bond character.
		Back in 1997, Sony said it had purchased McClory's Bond rights and was going to use them to launch a competing Bond franchise.
		But McClory still insisted he was cocreator and continued his part of the suit, which the judge just dismissed.
	www.eonline.com /News/Items/Pf/0,1527,6268,00.html (296 words)

	Never Say Never Again (1983)
		McClory decided that Fleming's problem was that he needed was a much more larger-than-life villain and a world-threatening plot.
		McClory brought in screenwriter Jack Whittingham and between 1959 and 1960 they and Fleming came up with ten script drafts for a potential Bond film.
		McClory and Whittingham however were unsuccessful in getting their Bond film off the ground.
	www.moria.co.nz /sf/neversaynever.htm (1829 words)

	THE THUNDERBALL YEARS
		In the statement in the High Court in the libel action on ’You Only Live Once’, it was stated that it was "a matter of sadness" to the plaintiff, Kevin McClory," that Jack was not there to defend himself against the wanton libel".
		Jack Whittingham’s widow and family remained unaware of this case, (and indeed, the book), as they had not been notified about the proceedings by Kevin McClory or told of the apology that had been directed to them, nor was any offer made to his widow for a share of the damages awarded.
		Nonetheless, the apology in Court was made for the "distress suffered by Jack’s widow" and it was felt that Kevin should surely have paid a share of the damages he received to her, for the unjust and ill-founded attack on Jack.
	www.sylvanmason.com /thunderball/thunderball-years.htm (1721 words)

	An appreciation of Thunderball (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		McClory, an up-and-coming director who had done second unit work on Around The World In Eighty Days and had just completed the critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful The Boy And The Bridge, was an admirer of the Bond novels and wanted to bring 007 to the screen-a goal Fleming, of course, shared.
		McClory met with Fleming at Goldeneye and was told that he had three options-back out as director and producer, convince whatever backer they found to hire him as director or producer, or go to court.
		McClory was an expert diver and had scouted many locations for the film; indeed, one clinching piece of evidence in his court case was photography of McClory himself taken in the cave where Largo hides the bombs.
	www.hmss.com /films/tb.htm (1773 words)

	James Bond 007 :: MI6 - The Home Of James Bond
		With Kevin as producer, X as Director, Aman perhaps as manager, Whittingham as script writer and you as general energiser, assisted as much as possible by me, I don’t see why the vehicle shouldn’t roll".
		Injunction sought against Jonathan Cape publishers by Kevin McClory and Jack Whittingham fails in attempt to prevent forthcoming "Thunderball" novel debut.
		Originally, Broccoli, Saltzman, and Fleming all thought Kevin (and [Whittingham], although he is not mentioned by those I spoke to) would likely settle the matter.
	www.mi6.co.uk /sections/articles/tb_legal_timeline.php3?t=tb&s=tb (1405 words)

	0 0 7 NEWS: More News: MGM News
		Kevin McClory's day in court with MGM has been delayed until next year when the case over the Bond series profits will finally head to trial.
		Kevin McClory, whose rights to Bond sparked the huge lawsuit between Sony and MGM, has once again announced that he is going to make another remake of Thunderball, but this time he's going to the land down under for help.
		LOS ANGELES - Kevin McClory says that death threats on the Internet and ill health have added to the stress surrounding his claim to own part of the James Bond series.
	www.ianfleming.org /007news/MoreNews/mgmvsony.shtml (885 words)

	0 0 7 NEWS: Sony v. MGM
		Because McClory worked with Fleming prior to the production of the movie series, Sony argues that his contributions to the cinematic James Bond character means that he is owed a percentage of the profits.
		Kevin McClory produced the film and enticed Sean Connery to come out of 007 retirement.
		In fall of 1996, Kevin McClory told Daily Variety that he was planning to remake Thunderball as Warhead 2000 A.D. In January 1997 he restated his plans in another interview with Variety.
	www.ianfleming.org /007news/articles/bondvsony.shtml (1108 words)

	At-A-Glance Film Reviews: Never Say Never Again (1983)
		The origins of Bond's arch-nemesis Blofeld and his organization, SPECTRE, were in a committee (that included Ian Fleming and a man named Kevin McClory) working on a screenplay starring James Bond.
		Kevin McClory felt he had originated Blofeld and SPECTRE and some of the Thunderball story line and that Fleming had stolen the ideas from him.
		In addition, McClory could produce his own remake of the story, as long as he didn't start work on it until after 1975.
	www.rinkworks.com /movies/m/never.say.never.again.1983.shtml (367 words)

	The Kevin McClory Fanclub game - CBn Forums
		Then, the first time Kevin McClory used a word that I had used first - an "and" or a "but" would do - I would slap a lawsuit on him for infringement of my copyright and pursue him through the courts for the next 40 years with a succession of spurious claims.
		Then, the first time Kevin McClory used a word that I had used first - an "and" or a "but" would do - I would slap a lawsuit on him for infringement of my copyright and pursue him through the courts for the next 40 years with a succession of other spurious lawsuits.
		Oh, and I'd claim absolute ownership of the word then use that to claim retrospective control of all words he had ever used and/or was likely to use in the future.
	debrief.commanderbond.net /index.php?showtopic=28199 (485 words)

	Bond 18 -- "Tomorrow Never Dies" -- News & Rumors
		The suit includes also Kevin McClory, who onwns the rights to "Thunderball," and John Calley, the former UA president who is now SONY's motion picture head.
		McClory co-wrote and now owns the rights to the novel "Thunderball." In 1965 he produced the film, and latter went on to also produce "Never Say Never Again," which is based on the same story; yet is not considered part of the Bond series.
		McClory has been quoted to say over the last year, that he had intended to make another 007 film--"Warhead 200 A.D.," however the new film will most likely be based on a different story, with a scheduled release sometime in 1999.
	www.geocities.com /Hollywood/5727/news.html (1353 words)

	BBC News \| FILM \| Writer loses 007 rights row
		Mr McClory, who worked with Bond author Ian Fleming in the 50s to adapt his agent for the cinema, sought royalties in 1998 from a number of Bond movies from 1962-1977.
		Mr McClory, who owns Spectre Associates Inc, alleged he owned the rights to the Bond novel Thunderball and to parts of the script for the movie version.
		Mr McClory's 1998 case was spurred by events from 1997.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/film/1512950.stm (423 words)

	Fatima blush (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Kevin was a player in the original equipment that helped to develop what became possible the Thunderball book, by Ian Fleming.
		Thunderball was an enormous success in 1965, and McClory must have left well quite single.
		Kevin McClory finishes wishing to make sure that something of the film happened in its country of origin.
	blush.prevedmundo.com /fatima-blush.htm (1279 words)

	thunderball obsessional: james bond and his thunderbirds!
		On the 28th April 1976 Kevin McClory announced his intention to make 'James Bond of the Secret Service', later 'Warhead', based on the original 'Thunderball' storylines.
		McClory had attracted Sean Connery - the two being involved in scripting, with Len Deighton.
		McClory had also taken out an injunction to stop filming of 'The Spy Who Loved Me' after it was discovered it was to feature SPECTRE (which McClory was claiming he had co-created).
	www.obsessional.co.uk /never.htm (551 words)

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