Thunderball (1965) |
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| starring: Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Adolfo Celi, Luciana Paluzzi, Rik Van Nutter directed by: Terence Young  |
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| Audience Rating: Parental Guidance Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 5050070000382 Format: HiFi Sound, PAL Label: MGM Entertainment Manufacturer: MGM Entertainment Number Of Discs: 1 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: MGM Entertainment Release Date: November 03, 2003 Running Time: 125 minutes Studio: MGM Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: December 29, 1965 Sales Rank: 4027 |
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| Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: James Bond's fourth adventure takes him to the Bahamas, where a NATO warplane with a nuclear payload has disappeared into the sea. Bond (Sean Connery) travels from a tony health spa (where he tangles with a mechanised masseuse run amuck) to the casinos of Nassau and soon picks up the trail of SPECTRE's number-two man, Emilio Largo (Adolfo Celi) and his beautiful mistress, Domino (Claudine Auger), whom Bond soon seduces to his side. Equipped with more gadgets than ever, courtesy of the resourceful "Q" (Desmond Llewelyn), agent 007 escapes an ambush with a personal-size jet pack and takes to the water as he searches for the undersea plane, battles Largo's pet sharks, and finally leads the battle against Largo's scuba-equipped henchmen in a spectacular underwater climax. This thrilling Bond entry became Connery's most successful outing in the series and was remade in 1983 as Never Say Never Again, with Connery returning to the role after a 12-year hiatus. Tom Jones belts out the bold theme song to another classic Maurice Binder title sequence. --Sean Axmaker |
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Rating:  - Bigger budget does not always make a better movieAfter the success of "Goldfinger", the Bond producers secured the film rights to "Thunderball" and tripled the budget. The basic plot is simple but good: Largo, working for Spectre, steals atomic missiles and demands a ransom. Unfortunately, "Thunderball" is considerably longer than the previous movies, but there's less plot. The script is dull and the direction lifeless. Most of the budget seems to have been spent on the underwater sequences. But they're not well made, only chaotic and go on for ... Read More Rating: - ANOTHER TOP CLASS BOND ADVENTUREOut of the 21 official entries in the James Bond series Thunderball is often mentioned as the underwater one and for very good reason. It had big shoes to fill since the Bond film before it was Goldfinger and Goldfinger became a box office phenomenon across the world. Although Thunderball was more successful there are debates on weather it was a better film or not. Picking up after the most unusual pre titles scene featuring MI6 secret agent James Bond meeting his match with... a man ... Read More Rating:  - Not bad... but not greatAn ok performance by Sean Connery in this 4th installment to the Bond series. The story line involves crime syndicate SPECTRE stealing two nuclear missiles from a british fighter jet and holding the world to ransome for millions of pounds. A reasonable story line- and granted there are some intriguing gadgets like the ingestible homing device etc. But the underwater scenes are so utterly boring- that I find myself literally falling asleep! The pre-title scene is nothing spectacular either- especially ... Read More Rating: - The best mix of all things BondAnd the above title basically sums up why this is such a great Bond-film. First of all, there is of course Connery. His script boasts more quips than in the previous 3 outings, but the way in which he blends them into the dialogue here turns the laconic humour into one of Thunderball's greatest assets - never does it get cringeworthy or overkill like in many of the later installments. His subtle, nonchalant approach to the part is what makes this, i.m.o, his best performance as 007 after ... Read More Rating:  - Connery.. IS.. James Bond .He was born for the part.When 'Thunderball' first came out, I remember going to see it in the Savoy cinema in O'Connell Street one sunny saturday afternoon. This was my first James Bond encounter and I knew it was not going to be my last.I was taken on an adventure I will remember for as long as I live. This DVD takes pride of place in my Bond collection. The film is great. The extras are great. You will not be disappointed. I rate this film as the best James Bond film ever. Buy it. |
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