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Thunderball (1965)

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Reviews Counted:5

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Rotten:1

Average Rating:6.2/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 14 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: Based on Ian Fleming's 1961 novel, THUNDERBALL is 007 at his best. The fourth film in the Bond series finds the super spy (Sean Connery) battling a powerful organization named S.P.E.C.T.R.E. and... Based on Ian Fleming's 1961 novel, THUNDERBALL is 007 at his best. The fourth film in the Bond series finds the super spy (Sean Connery) battling a powerful organization named S.P.E.C.T.R.E. and its nefarious Number Two, Emilio Largo (Adolfo Celi), who has threatened to destroy Miami with an atomic weapon unless a huge ransom is paid. Of course, James Bond has something else in mind: a full-on infiltration of Largo's boat, the Disco Volante. With double the Bond girls (with Claudine Auger as the luscious Domino and Luciana Paluzzi as the villainous Fiona Volpe), this favored Bond outing features captivating underwater action sequences that hold up to this day. THUNDERBALL was nominated for a Best Special Effects Academy Award in 1965 and is not be confused with the "unofficial" 1983 James Bond film NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN, which also stars Connery and is based on the same novel. [More]

Starring: Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Adolfo Celi, Luciana Paluzzi

Starring: Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Adolfo Celi, Luciana Paluzzi, Bernard Lee, Guy Doleman, Molly Peters, Desmond Llewelyn

Director: Terence Young

Director: Terence Young
Producer: Kevin McClory
Story: Richard Maibaum, John Hopkins
Composer: John Barry

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If Thunderball's gimmickry seems to overreach at times, Actor Connery gains assurance from film to film, by now delivers all his soppiest Jimcracks martini-dry.

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Slightly bloated Bond, with too much technology for my taste and a climactic slaughter that's a little too mindless to be much fun.

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There's visible evidence that the reported $5.5 million budget was no mere publicity figure; it's posh all the way.

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The color is handsome. The scenery in the Bahamas is an irresistible lure. Even the violence is funny. That's the best I can say for a Bond film.

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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.

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