Friday 9 November 2012

"Like your friend you've been a little too clever, and now you are caught! " - Emilio Largo


Movie no 4

Thunderball
1965 - imdb (link)



James Bond heads to The Bahamas to recover two nuclear warheads stolen by SPECTRE agent Emilio Largo in an international extortion scheme.

Cast

James Bond - Sean Connery

Villains - Ernst Stavro Blofeld - Anthony Dawson
           - Emilio Largo - Adolfo Celi
Henchman - Fiona Volpe - Luciana Paluzzi

Bondgirl - Domino - Claudine Auger
              
M - Bernard Lee
Moneypenny - Lois Maxwell
Q - Desmond Llewelyn
Felix Leiter - Rik Van Nutter

Director - Terrence Young
Screenplay - Richard Maibaum & John Hopkins

Theme - "Thunderball" - Tom Jones


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13 comments:

  1. Unknown9 November 2012 at 11:56

    Running ahead of schedule. It's been a very long time since I last watched Thunderball, and I think I've only seen it a couple of times.

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  2. Unknown9 November 2012 at 12:00

    Ah lovely, a proper 'Tales of the Unexpected' silhouette-y theme opening video.

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  3. Unknown9 November 2012 at 12:27

    Wonder if nuclear bombs do have "handle like eggs" written on the side.

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  4. Unknown9 November 2012 at 12:54

    Q-branch obvious doesn't have a tailor. Unless Q's fearsome pinapple shirt has some secret other use.

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    1. Unknown9 November 2012 at 13:01

      Oh, the CIA uses the same tailor.

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    2. Kevin Taylor9 November 2012 at 13:19

      You think that's bad. Wait until you see the lounge pants I'm going to break out to get comfy later.

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  5. Kevin Taylor9 November 2012 at 12:55

    I think Ursula is going to keep her 'hottest Bond girl' title for a while yet but there are a couple of close runners here in Martine Beswick as Paula and Cluadine Auger as Domino.

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  6. Unknown9 November 2012 at 13:46

    Underwater melees make for a quiet battle.

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  7. Unknown9 November 2012 at 13:50

    The floating flipper...the scuba equivalent of the burning tyre rolling out of the wreckage.

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  8. Unknown9 November 2012 at 13:54

    Seems a bit of a harsh thing to shout at your co-pilot!

    Hang on...did he say "Weigh anchor"?

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  9. Kevin Taylor9 November 2012 at 14:01

    Bearing in mind I couldn't remember anything about that one it was surprisingly good.

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  10. Kevin Taylor9 November 2012 at 14:01

    Favourites so far...

    Film: Dr No
    Song: Goldfinger (Shirley Bassey)
    Hottest Bond girl: Honey Ryder (Ursula Andress)
    Best Bond girl: Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman)
    Villain: Dr No (Joseph Wiseman)
    Henchman: Grant (From Russia With Love)
    Fight: Bond Vs Grant on the train (From Russia With Love)
    Pun: “Do you mind if my friend sits this one out? She’s just dead” (Thunderball)
    Locations: Thunderball (as nice as Dr No but just shot much better)
    Gadget: SCUBA diving duck hat (Goldfinger)

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