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	Thunderball (1965)
		Thunderball was and still is a controversial film.
		Thunderball was remade 18 years later as Never Say Never Again.
		This is another fine adventure and marks, in my opinion, the last real film with SPECTRE in it (Yeah, I know they were in the next two, but it wasn't the same).
	www.users.nac.net /delliott/007/thunderball.htm (242 words)

	CBn Forums -> NEVER SAY NEVER - Remake of THUNDERBALL?
		Considering that Thunderball was a film treatment first, then a film and then another film, I think you can say that NSNA is a remake as Thunderball was always a film- it simply had a book adaptation (albeit before it was actually made).
		There was never a female assistant accompanying Bond in Nassau in Fleming's novel or the script that preceded it; Eon added Paul Caplan for the film and NSNA copied that character as Nicole.
		NSNA is a remake of the original film, the Royale movies are adaptations of the same novel- one is not a remake of the other.
	debrief.commanderbond.net /index.php?showtopic=23246 (242 words)

	Review: Thunderball
		Thunderball is from the team that brought all the early Bond adventures to the screen: lead actor Connery (as 007), director Terence Young (who also helmed Dr.
		Thunderball proved to be the most popular Bond of all, topping UK and US box offices in late 1965 and early 1966.
		Thunderball is classic 007 -- not the best picture in the long-running series, to be sure, but a more-than-worthwhile diversion for the action-loving escapist in us all.
	movie-reviews.colossus.net /movies/t/thunderball.html (669 words)

	Thunderball
		Thunderball may have once been the best Bond film that ever was, but after another seventeen episodes in this style, it just appears somewhat dated.
		Thunderball is thirty-five years old, and I have very serious doubts that this is a full restoration effort, so what we have here on this special edition DVD is rather good when those factors are accounted for.
		Thunderball is considered by the majority of Bond enthusiasts to be the greatest episode the franchise has ever had.
	www.michaeldvd.com.au /Reviews/Thunderball.asp (1819 words)

	The Bond Film Informant: Thunderball
		Using the title: Thunderball is the codename given to the Secret Service operation to retrieve the stolen nuclear missiles, as marked on an assignment folder given to Bond by M and mentioned in dialogue.
		Thunderball is generally a faithful adaptation of the story as it appeared in Fleming's novel.
		Thunderball makes use of the fact that Leiter is being played by an unfamiliar actor in order to initially portray him as a possibly threatening figure who is watching Bond, in exactly the same way as Dr No.
	www.mjnewton.demon.co.uk /bond/tb.htm (2009 words)

	Thunderball
		Thunderball is another entertaining, though overly long, James Bond adventure, but expecting it to be another Goldfinger is just wishful thinking.
		In fact, when Thunderball was released in 1965, it marked the fourth James Bond movie in as many years.
		While it may have marked the fourth appearance of Sean Connery as the suave spy, this film seems to lack a little of the uniqueness of its predecessors.
	www.proudestmonkeys.com /cc/thunderball.html (435 words)

	MR. KISS KISS BANG BANG! Inside "Thunderball" (part 1 of 3)
		Thunderball marks an important touchstone in the James Bond film series.
		From concept to screen, Thunderball grew, changed, and metamorphosed from the hoped-for first James Bond screen adventure to the gargantuan 007 hit which peaked the popularity of the series in the sixties.
		What may be most remarkable is that from Thunderball’s initial conception to its final print, there is a paper-trail of the growth of the story.
	www.ianfleming.org /mkkbb/magazine/inside_tb.shtml (2849 words)

	Amazon.ca: Thunderball: DVD
		By the time Thunderball was released, producers Harry Saltzman and Cubby Broccoli had given up taking Bond seriously; thus, the film is full of groanable one-liners from Sean Connery (after nailing a villain with a speargun, he mutters "I believe he got the point") and serial-like dialogue along the lines of "Don't kill him.
		The fourth of the Sean Connery James Bond films, Thunderball is definitely a mixed bag, its thrilling action highlights separated by long stretches of tedium.
		After Goldfinger, this could be the most clever and kinetic movie of Bond series.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000K0E9 (582 words)

	Universal Exports-Thunderball
		Despite the film's deliberate slow pace which allows proper plot and character development, there is not a dull moment in the movie.
		Review: From the beautiful girls and exotic locations to SPECTRE and its latest fiendish plot, Thunderball is everything a big Bond movie should be.
		Summary: The thrills never stop as Agent 007 goes above the call of duty - and to the bottom of the ocean - to track down a villainous criminal who's holding millions hostage and threatening to plunge the world into a nuclear holocaust!
	www.universalexports.net /Movies/thunderball.shtml (326 words)

	RCA Acquires Rights to 11 James Bond Films for its 'SelectaVision' VideoDisc Catalog
		The 11 films are: "Dr. No," "From Russia With Love," "Goldfinger," "Thunderball," "You Only Live Twice," "On Her Majesty's Secret Service," "Diamonds Are Forever," "Live And Let Die," "The Man With The Golden Gun," "The Spy Who Loved Me," and "Moonraker."
		The plot of this popular film revolves around a spectacular planned heist of the gold deposits at Fort Knox, Ky. -a heist thwarted by the daring exploits of the incomparable James Bond.
		The James Bond films are characterized by scenes of derringdo, lavish on-location photography, dazzling special effects and great tongue-in-cheek fun.
	www.cedmagic.com /museum/press/release-1981-01-06.html (326 words)

	james bond films in order
		James Bond Films Dr. No (1962) From Russia with Love (1963) Goldfinger (1964) Thunderball (1965) You Only Live Twice (1967) On Her Majesty's...
		Sean Connery appeared in 7 James Bond films where one of them is not an official one.
		BM Message Board Member Perminisconious contributes detailed statistics of James Bond's violence and love affairs in the films...
	www.getjamesbondinfo.com /56/james-bond-films-in-order.html (326 words)

	03/31/01: The Bond films...
		He was also in the only blaxploitation James Bond film: "Live and Let Die".
		And that was expanded upon and refined in Connery's next Bond outings, "Thunderball", "You Only Live Twice", and "Diamonds Are Forever", which I enjoy more than the first three (okay, I usually enjoy "Goldfinger" more than "Diamonds").
		Connery didn't get a chance to be the James Bond that we know until "Goldfinger", when he and the director decided to stop being so damn serious.
	www.mrcranky.com /movies/spykids/1/12.html (326 words)

	Tom Jones
		He sang the theme for the James Bond film Thunderball with Sean Connery.
		Despite the similarities between the sexy, singing Jones and the sexually provocative protagonist of the novel Tom Jones by Henry Fielding, the singer did not choose the name to cash in on his literary namesake.
		As a boy, Tom Jones sang in his church choir, and at home his mother would pull the curtains and "announce him," and the lad would sing show tunes for his parents and sister.
	www.nndb.com /people/347/000025272 (602 words)

	channel4.com/film - Inchon
		A stinker of a war flick from Young, responsible for one of the best James Bond films (Dr No), and one of the least (Thunderball).
		Financed by the Unification Church, it is an incoherent, directionless rant set in Korea, a cringe-inducing script raced through by the far from impressive but starry cast.
		Olivier could only have worn the make-up that transforms him into General Douglas MacArthur for a bet.
	www.channel4.com /film/reviews/film.jsp?id=104577 (128 words)

	Encyclopedia: 1965 in film
		See also: 1965 in film 1966 1967 in film 1960s in film years in film film // Events Top grossing films North America Thunderball Dr. Zhivago Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
		Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general.
		Cat Ballou is a 1965 comedy Western film which tells the story of a woman who hires a famous gunman to avenge her fathers murder, but finds that the man she hires isnt what she expected.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1965-in-film (360 words)

	Never Say Never Again - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Never Say Never Again is a 1983 remake of the 1965 film Thunderball, with Sean Connery reprising his role as secret agent James Bond.
		Originally, both this film and the official Bond film, Octopussy were to be released to theatres simultaneously, which led to a brief flurry of media activity regarding the "Battle of the Bonds." Ultimately, it was decided to separate the two release dates.
		Never Say Never Again was originally released by Warner Bros., but it is now handled by MGM, also the current distributors of the official Bond film franchise.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Never_Say_Never_Again (360 words)

	Film Review: The Peacemaker -- When keeping track of just most of the missiles isn't good enough
		The first hour and a half of The Peacemaker are paced slower than is customary for the action movies nowadays, but this gives the filmmakers time to put in characterization (not much, but some), psychological motives for the villains (who are more complex than standard-issue bad guys), and the all-important details.
		This plot was already used, reused and overused in action movies (The Rock), James Bond movies (Thunderball), Jackie Chan movies (First Strike) and even parodies of James Bond movies (True Lies).
		Given that The Peacemaker is the first ever movie from the newly formed DreamWorks movie studio, the brainchild of Steven Spielberg, it comes as a certain surprise that the plot is one of the most basic action movie plots - catching the terrorist who stole several weapons of mass destruction and intends to use them.
	www-tech.mit.edu /V117/N45/peacemaker.45a.html (576 words)

	Tom Jones, Sir Sex Bomb - Jan 03, 2006 - E! Online News
		Aside from Thunderball, Jones sang the title song for the 1965 film What's New, Pussycat?
		During his 40-year career, his tunes have popped up in many film and television shows.
		Born Thomas Jones Woodward, the singer also scored a hit in America with his 1989 cover of Prince's "Kiss." His most recent release, Reloaded, featuring remixes and new takes on his classic cuts with assists from Wyclef Jean, the Sterophonics, Art of Noise, the Cardigans, Portishead and Mousse T, dropped in 2003.
	www.eonline.com /News/Items/0,1,18067,00.html?rssceleb (527 words)

	At-A-Glance Film Reviews: Thunderball (1965)
		Thunderball was originally supposed to be the first Bond film, but legal disputes made the producers shy away from it.
		It wouldn't be so bad except that the climactic finale, a prolonged underwater battle which was supposed to be the film's highlight, is painfully slow and borders on dull...and the sped-up film of the final struggle with the villain is laughable.
		Thunderball restores competence to the character, questionable in the prior entry Goldfinger, but is in other respects an inferior imitation of its style and mood.
	www.rinkworks.com /movies/m/thunderball.1965.shtml (203 words)

	Worlds of Westfield - Books
		From his legendary movie posters for such films as Thunderball, The Odd Couple, and Barbarella, to an astonishing 1,500 book covers (many featuring the legendary McGinnis femme fatale), Bob has influenced a legion of artists and helped to define a generation's perceptions of what was hot and what was not.
		FILM SNOB'S DICTIONARY SC - (David Kamp and Lawrence Levi/Ross MacDonald) This essential lexicon of filmological knowledge serves as an informative and subversively funny A-to-Z guide to all that is held sacred by Film Snobs, those perverse creatures of the repertory cinema.
		The visual creations spawned by these classic feature films and seared into out collective consciousness were the work of one man - Ray Harryhausen.
	westfieldcompany.net /wow/books.html (3095 words)

	Kevin McClory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
		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.
		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).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kevin_McClory (566 words)

	Kevin McClory -
		Broccoli and Saltzman's production company EON Productions later made a deal with McClory for Thunderball to be made into a film in 1965, consequently allowing McClory sole producing credit for the adaptation.
		Once again, the McClory's hold on the Thunderball film rights came into question and the project was eventually scrapped in 1999 after Sony settled out of court with MGM/UA cedeing any rights to making a James Bond film.
		Ironically, in 2004 Sony acquired MGM; however, the production and final say over everything involving the film version of James Bond is controlled by EON Productions, Albert R. Broccoli's production company and its parent company Danjaq, LLC.
	psychcentral.com /wiki/Kevin_McClory (625 words)

	Sean Connery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		As part of the agreement to appear in Diamonds are Forever, Connery was given carte blanche to produce two films at United Artists but felt that the only film made under this deal, The Offence, was buried by the studio.
		The title of the film has long believed to have derived from Connery's comments after the release of Diamonds Are Forever who, after filming it, claimed he would never play James Bond again.
		Broccoli again asked Connery to return to the role and paid him $1.25 million plus 12.5% of the film's profits, or about $6 million total to do so, at the time the highest salary of any actor.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sean_Connery (2005 words)

	Jack Whittingham
		McClory in 1965 teamed up with Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman for the official Thunderball film.
		He is best-known for having collaborated with Ian Fleming and Kevin McClory on a possible James Bond television series or film.
		McClory and Whittingham then sued Fleming, which led to a settlement giving McClory the film rights to the novel.
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	Jack Whittingham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Two adaptations of Thunderball were subsequently made, the first being Thunderball in 1965 as part of the official series of films from EON Productions.
		Jack Whittingham (1910 - July 4, 1972) was a British playwright, film critic, and screenwriter.
		McClory and Whittingham then sued Fleming, which led to a settlement in 1963 that gave McClory the film rights to the novel.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jack_Whittingham (231 words)

	Casino Royale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Once the new film is completed, Casino Royale will become the only Ian Fleming work to be adapted on three occasions (currently both it and Thunderball have been adapted twice).
		In 2004, American Quentin Tarantino supposedly went to EON Productions attempting to lobby for a "proper" film adaptation of Fleming's novel, based on a screenplay he had written starring Pierce Brosnan as James Bond.
		In February 2005, EON Productions announced that the twenty-first official film in the Bond franchise, due for release in 2006 will be another adaptation of Casino Royale.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Casino_Royale (231 words)

	CLUB JB.net - Kevin McClory & Thunderball
		McClory vant rettssaken, og fikk film- og tv-rettighetene til «Thunderball», samt alle de såkalte «Thunderball scripts».
		Nye rettssaker dukket dessuten opp da McClory hevdet at det var han som eide rettighetene til SPECTRE og Blofeld, ettersom det var i «Thunderball» at organisasjonen for første gang hadde forekommet.
		McClory dro fra det ene filmstudioet til det andre, og hevdet at han hadde rettighetene til å lage en Bond-film.
	www.clubjb.net /article_print.php?article=289 (2138 words)

	math lessons - Kevin McClory
		Due to the lawsuit, Thunderball was pushed back as EON Productions first official James Bond film.
		In 2004 Sony acquired MGM, which includes the James Bond franchise, however, the production and final say over everything involving the film version of James Bond is controlled by EON Productions, Albert R. Broccoli's production company.
		McClory would also win the rights to produce the film with Harry Saltzman in 1965 and would win the rights to produce a future adaption, which occurred in 1983 with Sean Connery returning to play the role of Bond in Never Say Never Again.
	www.mathdaily.com /lessons/Kevin_McClory (349 words)

	Number Two - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the James Bond film Thunderball, 'Number Two' refers to Emilio Largo and his rank in S.P.E.C.T.R.E. In the novel, Thunderball, 'Number Two refers to Ernst Stavro Blofeld, the head of S.P.E.C.T.R.E., although he is referred to as 'Number Two' for security reasons rather than rank.
		Number Two is a parody of Emilio Largo from the James Bond film, Thunderball.
		Number Two is a minor character in Douglas Adams' The Restaurant at the End of the Universe: the enthusiastically dramatic third-in-command on the Golgafrincham B-Ark. He is capable of "shouting through clenched teeth" and enjoys questioning prisoners.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Number_Two (383 words)

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