Overview:
A criminal organization has obtained two nuclear bombs and are asking for a 100 million pound ransom in the form of diamonds in seven days or they will use the weapons. The secret service sends James Bond to the Bahamas to once again save the world.| Status: | Released (1965-12-11) |
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| Awards: | Won 1 Oscar. 5 wins & 5 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $63,595,658 |
| Screen: | Richard Maibaum, John Hopkins, Jack Whittingham |
| Productions: | EON Productions |
| Production Countries: | United Kingdom |
| Spoken Languages: | English, Français |
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Casts
- 738: Sean Connery - James Bond
- 9919: Claudine Auger - Dominique 'Domino' Derval
- 9920: Adolfo Celi - Emilio Largo
- 9921: Luciana Paluzzi - Fiona Volpe
- 9922: Rik Van Nutter - Felix Leiter
- 9923: Guy Doleman - Count Lippe
- 9924: Molly Peters - Patricia Fearing
Crews
- 9955: Anthony Mendleson - Costume Design - Costume & Make-Up
- 9951: Kevin McClory - Producer - Production
- 9858: Richard Maibaum - Screenplay - Writing
- 9953: John Hopkins - Screenplay - Writing
- 9855: Terence Young - Director - Directing
- 9867: Ted Moore - Director of Photography - Camera
- 9869: Ken Adam - Production Design - Art
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Reviews
John Chard
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Sir, I'd respectfully request that you change my assignment to Nassau. Thunderball is directed by Terence Young and adapted to screenplay by Richard Maibaum and John Hopkins from a story by Kevin McClory, Jack Whittingham and Ian Fleming. It stars Sean Connery, Adolfo Celi, Claudi ....
Continue reading ->Peter McGinn
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It can be difficult and not very useful to compare the early James Bond movies to the later ones. The female characters become more than merely ornamental and more interesting, the plots become more intricate, the villains less stereotypical, and the special effects better and better ....
Continue reading ->Wuchak
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_**James Bond underwater adventure with the best female cast**_ After a couple atomic bombs are stolen from the RAF, agent 007 (Sean Connery) travels to Nassau, Bahamas, to clash with SPECTRE agent Emil Largo (Adolfo Celi) and his femme fatale accomplice (Luciana Paluzzi). Claudin ....
Continue reading ->The Movie Mob
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**Thunderball goes all out, taking James Bond to new heights (and depths) with bigger action sequences, new gadgets, deadly villains, and beautiful locations. Thunderball is peak 60s Bond!** Thunderball is my favorite of Sean Connery’s James Bond films. How could it not be? With t ....
Continue reading ->GenerationofSwine
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This is certainly the last of the classic 007 films. This is the last time we see 007 as the cold hearted assassin that he is. The last time we see a Bond that, the only reason he's really a good guy is because of what side he is on and not what he is. In later films they call him ....
Continue reading ->drystyx
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This is the hay day of Bond. We get it all. Stunning women, great gadgets, non stop action, wit, and the exotic scenery that make 007 films so iconic. We also get the two greatest evil henchmen deaths in 007 film History, and may in film History. The boardroom assassination sticks ....
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
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Whilst he isn't quite as megalomaniac as "Auric Goldfinger"; Adolfo Celi is great here as "Largo" - the Spectre agent charged with their most ambitious mission yet. A great deal of meticulous planning has gone into their scheme to hijack an RAF plane carrying nuclear missiles that th ....
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