Post by ©DURANMANIA Board Team on Jun 22, 2004 6:31:08 GMT -5
Date of Release
December 29th 1965, the London Pavilion and simultaneously at the Rialto, Piccadilly, London.
the story
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!
Bond’s Women
Domino Vitale (Claudine Auger)
Patricia Fearing (Molly Peters)
Mlle. Le Porte (Mitsouko)
Bond’s Enemies
Emilio Largo (Adolfo Celi)
Fiona Volpe (Luciana Paluzzi)
Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Anthony Dawson – voice of Eric Pohlmann)
Vargas (Philip Locke)
Janni (Michael Brennan)
Jacques Boitier (Bob Simmons)
Latislav Kutze (George Pravda)
Angelo Palazzi (Paul Stassino)
Bond’s Allies
Felix Leiter (Rik Van Nutter)
Paula Catlin (Martine Beswick)
Pinder (Earl Cameron)
‘M’ (Bernard Lee)
Miss Moneypenny (Lois Maxwell)
‘Q’ (Desmond Llewelyn)
Bond's Car
Aston Martin DB5
Bond’s Gadgets
Bell-Textron Jet Pack.
Underwater propulsion backpack with exploding spearheads.
Underwater breathing device.
Main Title Music
‘Thunderball’ sung by Tom Jones
End Title Music
‘The James Bond Theme’<br>
Music Score
John Barry
Production Design
Ken Adam
Main Titles Designer
Maurice Binder
Supervising Editor
Peter Hunt
Screenplay
Richard Maibaum & John Hopkins
Based on an original story by Kevin McClory, Jack Whittingham & Ian Fleming
Director of Photography
Ted Moore
Director
Terence Young
Presenters
*Harry Saltzman & Albert R. Broccoli
The listing shown is contractual for the Eastern Hemisphere and is reversed for the Western Hemisphere
Producer
Kevin McClory
Filming Locations
Pinewood Studios, England
Bahamas
Château Vaux le Vicomte, Maincy, France
Miami, Florida, USA
Nassau, Bahamas
Paris, France
Budget
$5.5 million
Worldwide Box Office
$141.2 million
Worldwide Box Office Gross Income 2002 inflation-adjusted
$807 million
(the highest-grossing Bond film of all time!)
Review: From the beautiful girls and exotic locations to SPECTRE and its latest fiendish plot, Thunderball is everything a big Bond movie should be. Despite the film's deliberate slow pace which allows proper plot and character development, there is not a dull moment in the movie. The Shrublands sequence, for example, takes its time, sets up the entire story and allows Bond to be Bond. Additionally, it allows for one of the most suave moments in the series: when Bond stops to eat a grape while escaping from Count Lippe's room. Fiona Volpe is the most memorable villainess in any Bond movie. She is cold hearted, smart and deadly, all while exuding an aura of beauty and sultriness. The love affair between Bond and Domino is also well written, with their relationship developing over the course of the film. Nassau acted as a beautiful backdrop for the movie with the underwater sequences truly stealing the show.
Domino Vitale (Claudine Auger), James Bond (Sean Connery)
Emilio Largo (Adolfo Celi)
peace & love
SLIM K
