Never Say Never Again (film) | James Bond Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Never Say Never Again (film) 2,117pages on Share Ad blocker interference detected! Wikia is a free-to-use site that makes money from advertising. We have a modified experience for viewers using ad blockers Wikia is not accessible if you’ve made further modifications. Remove the custom ad blocker rule(s) and the page will load as expected. Warhead 2000 (proposed) Never Say Never Again is the second James Bond theatrical film not produced by EON Productions and the second film adaptation of the story Thunderball . Released in 1983, it stars Sean Connery as British Secret Service agent James Bond. It was released theatrically by Warner Bros. The film is not considered part of the canon of the Bond film franchise from EON Productions and United Artists , despite its currently being handled by the official film series distributor, MGM. MGM acquired the distribution rights in 1997 after their acquisition of Orion Pictures. The film also marks the culmination of a long legal battle between United Artists and Kevin McClory .

Its release opposite the franchise Bond film Octopussy (starring Roger Moore ) quickly led the media to dub the situation the " Battle of the Bonds ". In November 2013, the McClory Estate and EON Productions reached an agreement transferring all rights to Fleming's Thunderball, the organization of , and the character of Ernst Stavro Blofeld to EON. Contents [ show ] Plot summary Being the second adaptation of the novel Thunderball, Never Say Never Again follows a similar plotline to the earlier film, 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 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. 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 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. 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. Blush and her charge, an American Air Force pilot named Jack Petachi , are in fact operatives of SPECTRE , a criminal organization 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.

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. Changes to the Bond universe The film makes a few changes to the James Bond universe. MI6 is shown to be underfunded and understaffed, particularly with regards to Q-Branch, and the character Q is referred to by the name "Algernon", and is presumably a different individual than the Q in the official Bond films (whose name is Major Boothroyd). The film also appears to take place in an "alternate universe" in which none of the events of You Only Live Twice , On Her Majesty's Secret Service , Diamonds Are Forever and the opening sequence of For Your Eyes Only have occurred, since Blofeld is alive and apparently previously unknown to Bond and MI6.

Despite sharing many basic similarities with Thunderball, the course of events throughout the film are different enough for it to be more than a direct remake, and the action clearly takes place at a much later date (contemporary with the film's production). The film is notable for depicting Felix Leiter , Bond's CIA colleague, as an African-American, something which would not occur in the EON series until Casino Royale in 2006. The film also makes a major departure from official continuity by ending with Bond indicating his intention to retire from MI6 - while Bond had considered retirement in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, he is shown to be unsure of the decision and later chooses to stay with the service. In the scene where Bond states his intention to quit, Connery breaks the fourth wall by winking at the camera; while this is incorrectly considered by many as being unique to this film, George Lazenby was in fact the first Bond to break the fourth wall almost 15 years earlier when he told the audience, "This never happened to the other fellow" (referring to Connery, the man he had replaced as Bond).

Production Never Say Never Again had its origins in the early 1960s, following the controversy over the 1961 Thunderball novel . [1] Fleming had worked with independent producer Kevin McClory and scriptwriter Jack Whittingham on a script for a potential Bond film, to be called Longitude 78 West, [2] which was subsequently abandoned because of the costs involved. [3] Fleming, "always reluctant to let a good idea lie idle", [3] turned this into the novel Thunderball, for which he did not credit either McClory or Whittingham; [4] McClory then took Fleming to the High Court in London for breach of copyright [4] and the matter was settled in 1963. [2] After Eon Productions started producing the Bond films, it subsequently made a deal with McClory, who would produce Thunderball, and then not make any further version of the novel for a period of ten years following the release of the Eon-produced version in 1965. [5] Warhead (1978) concept artwork - interior of the Statue of Liberty depicting docking chamber with a submarine, and a robot 'Hammerhead' shark hanging.

In the mid-1970s McClory again started working on a project to bring a Thunderball adaptation to production and, with the working title Warhead, he brought writer Len Deighton together with Sean Connery to work on a script. [6] The script ran into difficulties after accusations from Eon Productions that the project had gone beyond copyright restrictions, which confined McClory to a film based on the Thunderball novel only, and once again the project was deferred. [5] Towards the end of the 1970s developments were reported on the project under the name James Bond of the Secret Service, [5] but when producer Jack Schwartzman became involved and cleared a number of the legal issues that still surrounded the project [1] he brought on board scriptwriter Lorenzo Semple, Jr. [7] to work on the screenplay. Connery was unhappy with some aspects of the work and asked Tom Mankiewicz who had rewritten Diamonds Are Forever to work on the script; however Mankiewicz declined as he felt he was under a moral obligation to Cubby Broccoli.

[8] Connery then hired British television writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais [9] to undertake re-writes, although they went uncredited for their efforts because of a restriction by the Writers Guild of America . [6] The film underwent one final change in title: after Connery had finished filming Diamonds Are Forever he had pledged that he would "never" play Bond again. [6] Connery's wife, Micheline, suggested the title Never Say Never Again, referring to her husband's vow [10] and the producers acknowledged her contribution by listing on the end credits "Title "Never Say Never Again" by: Micheline Connery". A final attempt by Fleming's trustees to block the film was made in the High Court in London in the spring of 1983, but this was thrown out by the court and Never Say Never Again was permitted to proceed. [5] Cast and crew When producer Kevin McClory had first planned the film in 1964 he held initial talks with Richard Burton for the part of Bond, [11] although the project came to nothing because of the legal issues involved.

When the Warhead project was launched in the late 1970s, a number of actors were mentioned in the trade press, including Orson Welles for the part of Blofeld, Trevor Howard to play M and Richard Attenborough as director. [6] In 1978 the working title James Bond of the Secret Service was being used and Connery was in the frame once again, potentially going head-to-head with the next Eon Bond film, Moonraker . [12] By 1980, with legal issues again causing the project to founder, [6] Connery thought himself unlikely to play the role, as he stated in an interview in the Sunday Express : "when I first worked on the script with Len I had no thought of actually being in the film". [13] When producer Jack Schwartzman became involved, he asked Connery to play Bond; Connery agreed, asking (and getting) a fee of $3 million, ($7 million in 2016 dollars) a percentage of the profits, as well as casting and script approval.

[6] Subsequent to Connery reprising the role, the script has several references to Bond's advancing years – playing on Connery being 52 at the time of filming [6] – and academic Jeremy Black has pointed out that there are other aspects of age and disillusionment in the film, such as the Shrubland's porter referring to Bond's car ("They don't make them like that anymore."), the new M having no use for the 00 section and Q with his reduced budgets. [14] For the main villain in the film, Maximillian Largo, Connery suggested Klaus Maria Brandauer, the lead of the 1981 Academy Award-winning Hungarian film Mephisto . [7] Through the same route came Max von Sydow as Ernst Stavro Blofeld, [15] although he still retained his Eon-originated white cat in the film. [16] For the femme fatale, director Irvin Kershner selected former model and Playboy cover girl Barbara Carrera to play Fatima Blush – the name coming from one of the early scripts of Thunderball.

[6] Carrera's performance as Fatima Blush earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, [17] which she lost to Cher for her role in Silkwood . [18] Micheline Connery, Sean's wife, had met up-and-coming actress Kim Basinger at a hotel in London and suggested her to Connery, which he agreed upon. [6] For the role of Felix Leiter, Connery spoke with Bernie Casey, saying that as the Leiter role was never remembered by audiences, using a black Leiter might make him more memorable. [7] Others cast included comedian Rowan Atkinson , who would later parody Bond in his role of Johnny English . [19] Former Eon Productions' editor and director of On Her Majesty's Secret Service , Peter R. Hunt , was approached to direct the film but declined due to his previous work with Eon. [20] Irvin Kershner, who had achieved success in 1980 with The Empire Strikes Back was then hired.

A number of the crew from the 1981 film Raiders of the Lost Ark were also appointed, including first assistant director David Tomblin , director of photography Douglas Slocombe and production designers Philip Harrison and Stephen Grimes . [7] [15] Filming The Kingdom 5KR which acted as Largo's ship, the Flying Saucer Filming for Never Say Never Again began on 27 September 1982 on the French Riviera for two months [6] before moving to Nassau, the Bahamas in mid-November [7] where filming took place at Clifton Pier, which was also one of the locations used in Thunderball. [6] The Spanish city of Almería was also used as a location. [21] Largo's Palmyran fortress was actually historic Fort Carré in Antibes . [22] For Largo's ship, the Flying Saucer, the yacht Nabila, owned by Saudi billionaire, Adnan Khashoggi, was used. The boat, now owned by Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal, has subsequently been renamed the Kingdom 5KR. [23] Principal photography finished at Elstree Studios where interior shots were filmed.

[6] Elstree also housed the Tears of Allah underwater cavern, which took three months to construct. [6] Most of the filming was completed in the spring of 1983, although there was some additional shooting during the summer of 1983. [7] Production on the film was troubled, [15] with Connery taking on many of the production duties with assistant director David Tomblin. [6] Director Irvin Kershner was critical of producer Jack Schwartzman, saying that whilst he was a good businessman, "he didn't have the experience of a film producer". [6] After the production ran out of money, Schwartzman had to fund further production out of his own pocket and later admitted he had underestimated the amount the film would cost to make. [15] Steven Seagal , who was the fight choreographer for this film, broke Connery's wrist while training. On an episode of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno , Connery revealed he did not know his wrist was broken until over a decade later. [24] Many of the elements of the Eon-produced Bond films were not present in Never Say Never Again for legal reasons.

These included the gun barrel sequence , where a screen full of 007 symbols appeared instead, and similarly there was no " James Bond Theme " to use, although no effort was made to supply another tune. [7] A pre-credits sequence was filmed but not used; [15] instead the film opens with the credits run over the top of the opening sequence of Bond on a training mission. [6] Music The music for Never Say Never Again was written by Michel Legrand , who composed a score similar to his work as a jazz pianist. [25] The score has been criticised as "anachronistic and misjudged", [6] "bizarrely intermittent" [15] and "the most disappointing feature of the film". [7] Legrand also wrote the main theme "Never Say Never Again", which featured lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman —who had also worked with Legrand in the Academy Award winning song, " The Windmills of Your Mind " [26] —and was performed by Lani Hall [7] after Bonnie Tyler , who disliked the song, had reluctantly declined.

[27] Phyllis Hyman also recorded a potential theme song, written by Stephen Forsyth and Jim Ryan, but the song—an unsolicited submission—was passed over given Legrand's contractual obligations with the music. [28] Cast and Characters Never Say Never Again (Film) - TV Tropes Never Say Never Again You need to login to do this. Get Known if you don't have an account Share Film / Never Say Never Again × Algernon: Good to see you Mr. Bond. Things've been awfully dull 'round here. I hope we're going to see some gratuitous sex and violence in this one! James Bond: I certainly hope so too. The one where Bond and the villain settle their differences... with a video game duel. An "unofficial"note Not part of the long-running EON Productions film series James Bond film released in 1983, starring Sean Connery and directed by Irvin Kershner (director of The Empire Strikes Back ). It's a remake of Thunderball , with two nuclear warheads stolen by SPECTRE and used in a blackmail attempt against the nations of the world.

Bond is sent to investigate the only lead, Domino Petachi ( Kim Basinger in her Star-Making Role ), sister of the pilot who performed the operation. The filmmakers intentionally decided to have Connery play an aging James Bond — though notably, Connery is actually younger than Roger Moore , who was still the current 007 in the official films at the time. This movie was the result of an odd legal situation whereby Kevin McClory, who had co-written a movie script with Ian Fleming that would become the novel Thunderball , was allowed to retain the rights to that film's story and the characters who appeared in it. This included SPECTRE and Blofeld, who consequently were retired from the official Bond films (it also forced Electronic Arts to rename SPECTRE when they adapted From Russia with Love into a video game ). It was in competition with the official Octopussy , which came out the same year. Though it did make a pretty great $55 million, it lost to Octopussy by over $12 million. This may have been a factor in why McClory never followed up on this to continue his goal of making his own James Bond franchise to rival the EON Productions series, another being the constant legal disputes.

This film provides examples of: Auction of Evil : Largo eventually sells Domino to be auctioned as a sex slave before Bond saves her. Bastard Boyfriend : Largo. Also insanely jealous, and once he thinks Domino has fallen for Bond turns into a Domestic Abuser . Berserk Button : Fatima is outraged that Bond would even insinuate she wasn't the best woman he'd ever had sex with. Black Best Friend : This movie's version of CIA agent Felix Leiter, played by Bernie Casey. Bond One-Liner : Wouldn't be a Bond movie without one. Fatima: Oh. I got you all wet. Bond: Yes, but my martini is still dry. Bowties Are Cool : Blofeld wears one giving him a somewhat avuncular appearance. Brainwashed and Crazy : Domino's brother, thanks to some heroin encouragement. Broad Strokes : Rather loosely follows the plot of the film Thunderball rather than the novel, with an update to the 80's and a motorbike for Bond to ride. Choke Holds : James uses a sleeper hold on a mook guard during opening and an assassin uses a sleeper hold on one of the attendants at Shrublands.

Cloudcuckoolander : Largo comes across like this at times. Complexity Addiction : Fatima passes up several opportunities to assassinate Bond with a gun, knife or explosive in favor of a convoluted ambush using remote-controlled sharks. Conspicuous Trenchcoat : Lampshaded by Bond, when Nigel Small-Fawcett is yelling Bond's name to attract his attention, then acts furtively when talking to Bond. The fact Nigel is played by Mr. Bean makes it funnier . Nigel Small-Fawcett: [yelling] Mr Bond! I say Mr. Bond! Nigel Small-Fawcett, British Embassy, Nassau. James Bond: Nice to meet you Nigel. Nigel Small-Fawcett: Sorry I'm late, but as you're one of these undercover jollies, I took the precaution of not being followed. James Bond: And that's why you shouted my name across the harbor? Nigel Small-Fawcett: Oh God, did I? Oh I'm sorry! Damn! Damn! Sorry I'm rather new to all this! Crash-Into Hello : Invoked by Fatima Blush who slips and falls into Bond's arm on their first encounter.

Cut Apart : 007 is having sex with a girl as a bomb ticks away under his bed. Cue explosion in a room across the courtyard from Bond and Bond Girl . Bond: Well, it proves we made the right decision. Fishing Girl: About what, darling? Bond: Your place or mine. Da Chief : Bizarrely, M plays a strange British variation of this trope. Fortunately, the film acknowledges this M is explicitly not the same character as Bernard Lee's. Sean Connery | Biography, News and Photos | Contactmusic.com Biography Sir Thomas Sean Connery (Sean Connery) born 25.8.1930 Sean Connery is a Scottish actor, best known for starring as the lead role in seven James Bond films. He was knighted in July 2000, by Queen Elizabeth II of England. Childhood: Sean Connery was born in the Fountainbridge area of Edinburgh, to Euphamia and Joseph Connery. His father was Roman Catholic, whilst his mother was a Scottish Protestant. Sean's first job was working as a milkman. He joined the Royal Navy but was honourably discharged on medical grounds.

His other jobs included being a model for artists at the Edinburgh College of Art, a coffin polisher and a lorry driver. Connery began to pursue acting work when a fellow contestant in the 1953 Mr. Universe competition suggested that he audition for a stage production of South Pacific. Early Career: Connery landed the role in South Pacific and this soon led to a variety of film and television roles. One of his notable early appearances was in the 1961 BBC production of Anna Karenina, by Rudolph Cartier. His debut television appearance in the United States was on the Jack Benny Show. The James Bond years: The seven James Bond films, in which Sean Connery appeared as the title character, were: Dr. No (1962), From Russia With Love (1963), Goldfinger (1964), Thunderball (1965), You Only Live Twice (1967), Diamonds Are Forever (1971) and Never Say Never Again (1983). He beat the likes of David Niven, Cary Grant and James Mason to the role, as the producers were forced to choose an unknown actor to suit the low budget of the film.

Although initially doubtful of the casting, the author Ian Fleming went on to create a half-Scottish, half Swedish heritage for the character in his subsequent Bond novels. Connery quit the Bond series in 1967, fearing that he would become typecast, though he made his last 007 appearance in Diamonds Are Forever, in 1971. He did, however, return to the Bond films in the 1980s, to star in Never Say Never Again, which reportedly earned its title after Connery had said "never again" when asked if he would play Bond again. Life After Bond: Following his departure from the Bond franchise, Connery featured in films such as Murder On the Orient Express and A Bridge Too Far, whilst his role as Mulai Ahmed er Raisuli in The Wind and The Lion earned him substantial acclaim, silencing critics who felt that he was a one-dimensional actor. Showing a capacity for humour and an ability to laugh at himself, Connery accepted the role of Agamemnon in Time Bandits. Michael Palin had described Agamemnon in the script as "Sean Connery (or someone of equal, but cheaper, stature)". Connery overlooked the joke and took the role.

In 1986, Sean Connery won a BAFTA for his role in The Name of The Rose. He followed this up by taking an equally credible role, in Highlander. The next year, he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor: this time for his role in The Untouchables. Connery went on to appear in a number of box office hits, including Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), The Hunt for Red October (1990), The Rock (1996) and Entrapment (1999). Following these commercial successes, Connery's career took something of a critical nosedive, with films such as First Knight (1995) and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) proving to be something of a laughing subject for many critics. Time Out: In August 2008, Sean Connery released his autobiography, Being A Scot, which he had taken time out from acting in order to write. Personal Life: Sean Connery's first marriage, to Diane Cilento, lasted from 1962 to 1973.

They had one son together, Jason Connery, who is also now an actor. Jason provided Sean with his first grandchild, Dashiell Quinn Connery, in 1997. Sean's second marriage, in 1975, was to Micheline Roquebrune. Biography by Contactmusic.com James Bond Actors Spotlight - ComingSoon.net James Bond Actors Spotlight October 28, 2015 SHARE Take a look back at all the different James Bond actors that have played 007 over the years. There are more than you might think! For over 50 years, audiences have swooned over James Bond , one of the most durable fictional characters of the modern age. Created by Ian Fleming in 1953, the international super spy was originally modeled after “Georgia On My Mind” singer Hoagy Carmichael but would go on to be played by a series of handsome actors, most of whom would eventually be known as James Bond actors over any of their other career accomplishments.

Although several other James Bond actors have appeared over the years – on the radio, for example, or comedy sketches – only so many of these performances actually “count.” As we take a look back at the various Bond actors in this spotlight, we will focus primarily on the feature film portrayals of everyone’s favorite secret agent, as well as an official adaptation of Fleming’s first novel produced for television in the 1950s. And of course, as we all continue to speculate about who will play James Bond after Daniel Craig eventually leaves the franchise, we will also consider the many famous actors who auditioned to star in the hit franchise over the years, and either didn’t get the part, turned it down flat or – in some cases – lost the role early on, only to eventually play Bond later. James Bond Actors Spotlight: Barry Nelson James Bond made his first on-camera appearance just one year after the publication of the first Ian Fleming novel. But he wasn’t played by Sean Connery , and he wasn’t in theaters. Heck, he was actually an American, “Jimmy Bond,” played by Barry Nelson, an actor otherwise most famous for his supporting role in Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining.

This short adaptation of Casino Royale plays fast and loose with the character, and Nelson is hardly the most memorable actor to have played Bond, but Peter Lorre does give an excellent performance as the villain Le Chiffre. James Bond Actors Spotlight: Bob Simmons One of the most iconic openings in movie history is this shot of James Bond walking into frame and shooting at the camera. But did you know that the actor in this opening wasn’t Sean Connery, who played Bond throughout the rest of the film? For the first three films in the official James Bond series, the actor at the beginning is actually professional stuntman Bob Simmons, who worked on almost every one of the Bond movies until his death in 1987. He also played SPECTRE agent Jacques Bouvar in Thunderball, making him the only actor to have played both James Bond and a James Bond villain. James Bond Actors Spotlight: Sean Connery He may not technically have been the first James Bond, but he’s the icon anyway. The first official James Bond movie, Dr. No, was Sean Connery’s breakout film after years of smaller roles.

(His biggest part before this: the Disney fantasy Darby O’Gill and the Little People .) He smoldered, and quickly became one of the biggest stars in the world, but he wasn’t the first choice to play Bond. Some of the other actors who were reportedly considered include Cary Grant, Patrick McGoohan, and two actors who would go on to play James Bond in the future: David Niven and Roger Moore. James Bond Actors Spotlight: David Niven, et al The 1967 farce Casino Royale , based extremely loosely on Fleming’s original novel, is a rather silly film. David Niven plays James Bond, who is forced out of retirement to take down his arch-nemesis SMERSH once and for all. The tag line for the film was “Casino Royale is too much… for one James Bond!” and the filmmakers followed up on this promise by having multiple agents operating under the code name “James Bond,” in an attempt to confuse the enemy.

Niven is the only true Bond in Casino Royale, but the other faux-Bonds are played by Peter Sellers, Barbara Bouchet, Joanna Pettet, Terence Cooper, Daliah Lavi and former “Bond Girl” Ursula Andress. Adding to the confusion is Woody Allen, playing James Bond’s nephew “Jimmy” Bond. James Bond Actors Spotlight: George Lazenby When Sean Connery departed the James Bond franchise after five films, the producers sought far and wide for a suitable replacement, eventually deciding on Australian actor and model George Lazenby. (Perhaps the most notable actor reportedly up for the part was John Richardson, star of One Million Years B.C.) The film, 1969’s On Her Majesty’s Secret Service , is considered one of the best Bond movies but Lazenby himself didn’t become an icon like his predecessor. Lazenby was under contract for more Bond movies but chose to depart the series after only a single film. James Bond Actors Spotlight: Sean Connery (Again) Sean Connery returned for 1971’s Diamonds Are Forever, for a hefty $1.25 million paycheck and the studio backing for two films of his choice.

(Only one of those films was made: Sidney Lumet’s The Offence.) Although the producers shelled out for Connery’s hefty paycheck, they did reportedly consider other actors, including Batman star Adam West and future Harry Potter star Michael Gambon. Diamonds Are Forever was a box office hit but Connery was through with the franchise. Again. For a while. James Bond Actors Spotlight: Roger Moore Roger Moore was finally cast as James Bond, after reportedly being considered the first time around (and also playing Bond briefly on the sketch comedy show Mainly Millicent), but only after several major American stars were considered, including Clint Eastwood , Burt Reynolds, Robert Redford and Paul Newman. Roger Moore’s first Bond film, 1973’s Live and Let Die, was an enormous financial success that began the actor’s twelve-year tenure with the franchise. Moore made seven James Bond movies, concluding his run with 1985’s View to a Kill, at which time he was – and still is – the oldest actor to have played Bond. Roger Moore was 57 at the time.

James Bond Actors Spotlight: Sean Connery (Again) The title was appropriate: Never Say Never Again found Sean Connery once again returning to the role of James Bond, albeit for an independent production company which now owned the rights to Thunderball, the story on which Connery’s own 1965 hit was based. Unlike Roger Moore’s later James Bond films, which mostly tried to ignore the age of the lead actor, Never Say Never Again directly addressed the fact that James Bond was now in his 50s. The film was a financial success but was a one-off production, and Connery never ever returned to play the character again. James Bond Actors Spotlight: Timothy Dalton Roger Moore’s retirement from the Bond franchise paved the way for a younger leading man, and because first-choice Pierce Brosnan was under contract with the hit TV series Remington Steele, the part went to Timothy Dalton . (Future Jurassic Park star Sam Neil also auditioned.) Dalton, who had turned down the role years prior, only had two outings as Bond: The Living Daylights (1987) and License to Kill (1989), the latter of which was the lowest-grossing Bond film in America.

It opened the same summer as Batman, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and Lethal Weapon 2, tough times, in all fairness. But the damage had been done and the Bond franchise took a six-year hiatus. James Bond Actors Spotlight: Pierce Brosnan Pierce Brosnan , finally free of his TV obligations, took the role of James Bond for the 1995 blockbuster GoldenEye. (Although only after Liam Neeson and Mel Gibson reportedly passed.) It was the beginning of a renaissance for James Bond, with a dashing leading man and a string of hit movies that started out popular and acclaimed and got progressively sillier until 2002’s Die Another Day, typically considered one of the worst – if not THE worst – Bond movies ever made. James Bond Actors Spotlight: Daniel Craig Four years after Bond’s last outing, the franchise was rebooted with Daniel Craig in the lead role. It was a controversial choice, in part because he was the first blonde Bond in history (which seemed SO important ten years ago). He reportedly beat out future Man of Steel star Henry Cavill for the role, as well as Star Trek co-star Karl Urban and Avatar star Sam Worthington.

Casino Royale brought Bond back to basics – no gadgets, semi-realistic storylines and a more brutal hero – and was welcomed with open arms to a big box office take. The follow-up, Quantum of Solace, was less popular, but his third outing Skyfall is among the most successful and beloved films in the series. There is some speculation that after SPECTRE, Craig will not return to the role, leaving room for… James Bond Actors Spotlight: The Next James Bond Wondering who the next James Bond will be is something of an international pastime. Audiences seem to take it for granted that the series will continue forever, and that any age-appropriate actor from the United Kingdom (or Australia) is always in contention to take over the role. Rumors have abounded that Luther star Idris Elba could take over the part (and become the first black James Bond in history), and hopeful speculation has also arisen about Thor star Tom Hiddleston and Oscar-nominee Michael Fassbender. But if history has taught us anything, it’s that Bond stars can be turned down and then ultimately earn the role many years later… so maybe Henry Cavill still has a shot.

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You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 2 nominations. See more awards » Videos A diamond smuggling investigation leads James Bond to Las Vegas, where he uncovers an evil plot involving a rich business tycoon. Director: Guy Hamilton A fake Fabergé egg and a fellow agent's death lead James Bond to uncover an international jewel-smuggling operation, headed by the mysterious Octopussy, being used to disguise a nuclear attack on N.A.T.O. forces. Director: John Glen James Bond heads to The Bahamas to recover two nuclear warheads stolen by SPECTRE agent Emilio Largo in an international extortion scheme. Director: Terence Young Agent 007 and the Japanese secret service ninja force must find and stop the true culprit of a series of spacejackings before nuclear war is provoked. Director: Lewis Gilbert Agent 007 is assigned to hunt for a lost British encryption device and prevent it from falling into enemy hands. Director: John Glen An investigation of a horse-racing scam leads 007 to a mad industrialist who plans to create a worldwide microchip monopoly by destroying California's Silicon Valley.

Director: John Glen James Bond investigates the mid-air theft of a space shuttle and discovers a plot to commit global genocide. Director: Lewis Gilbert 007 is sent to stop a diabolically brilliant heroin magnate armed with a complex organization and a reliable psychic tarot card reader. Director: Guy Hamilton James Bond investigates the hijacking of British and Russian submarines carrying nuclear warheads with the help of a KGB agent whose lover he killed. Director: Lewis Gilbert James Bond is led to believe that he is targeted by the world's most expensive assassin while he attempts to recover sensitive solar cell technology that is being sold to the highest bidder. Director: Guy Hamilton James Bond is living on the edge to stop an evil arms dealer from starting another world war. Bond crosses all seven continents in order to stop the evil Whitaker and General Koskov. Director: John Glen James Bond willingly falls into an assassination ploy involving a naive Russian beauty in order to retrieve a Soviet encryption device that was stolen by SPECTRE. Director: Terence Young Edit Storyline SPECTRE agents under the command of Ernst Blofeld infiltrate a US air force base situated in the UK and steal two Tomahawk cruise missiles.

When NATO is held to ransom, the British reactive their "00" agents and send James Bond to recapture the warheads and kill Blofeld. Written by Dave Jenkins <david.jenkins@smallworld.co.uk> Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis Plot Keywords: SEAN CONNERY is JAMES BOND in... See more » Genres: 7 October 1983 (USA) See more » Also Known As: 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)| Dolby Stereo (35 mm prints) (in selected theatres) Color: Did You Know? Trivia Prior to the 2013 settlement between the McClory Estate and MGM & EON Productions, according to the 20-26 October 1997 edition of show-business trade paper 'Variety', characters and situations the late Kevin McClory claimed he exclusively owned included S.P.E.C.T.R.E.

and the organisation's octopus logo; Ernst Stavro Blofeld and his white cat; the Bond Girl characters Fiona Volpe (who appears in Thunderball (1965)) played by Luciana Paluzzi ), Fatima Blush (who appears in Never Say Never Again (1983) played by Barbara Carrera ), and Domino Smith (played by Claudine Auger (appearance) and Nikki Van der Zyl (voice - uncredited) in Thunderball (1965) as Domino Derval (aka Dominique Derval), and also played by Kim Basinger in Never Say Never Again (1983) as Domino Petachi); the Bahamas location (though this setting was still used in Casino Royale (2006)); the Shrublands Health Clinic; the James Bond character versus the Sicilian Mafia (an original plot outline for Thunderball (1965)) as well as Bond tackling an A-bomb hijacking scheme; a Flying Saucer Yacht with a hidden hydrofoil (which features in Thunderball (1965) with the vessel being called 'The Disco Volante'); and a customised rocket-firing motorcycle (which Sean Connery as James Bond rides in the Thunderball (

1965) remake Never Say Never Again (1983)).

See more » Goofs Leiter emerges from the water after spying on the yacht and removes a hood - that he wasn't wearing underwater. See more » Quotes Q : Rather tasty this is. It looks like a watch, but, it's really a laser. It keeps perfect time. List of All James Bond Movies - Part 2 Locations List of All James Bond Movies - Part 2 The complete list of official James Bond films, made by EON Productions. Beginning with Sean Connery, and going through George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig. Have you ever wondered how many James Bond movies there are? 125 Minutes Synopsis: MI6 is sent a golden bullet with 007 engraved onto it. M fears that Bond will be assassinated by Francesco Scaramanga, the $1 million a shot hitman, known for his golden gun, and sends Bond to find him first. 125 Minutes Synopsis: British and Russian submarines have been hijacked, and the two countries come together, sending 007 and Russian Agent Anya Amasova to track down a stolen microfilm and investigate.

The tension rises as Amasova discovers that Bond had killed her lover in the course of duty. Bond needs to get Amasova on his side as a life insurance policy against her threat to kill him when their mission is over. The actors who played James Bond, Agent 007 - Boston.com The actors who played James Bond, Agent 007 In the car section on Boston.com: Top 007 Cars The original James Bond - and arguably the best - was Sean Connery, who accepted a license to kill from 1962 to 1971, plus a final "unofficial" Bond film in 1983. His Bond movies included "Dr. No" (1962), "From Russia with Love" (1963), "Goldfinger" (1964), "Thunderball" (1965), "You Only Live Twice" (1967), "Diamonds are Forever" (1971) and the 1983 version "Never Say Never Again."

Question: Who played the male lead in the Bond film ‘Never Say Never Again’?
Answer: SEAN CONNERY