Why Is Never Say Never Again Not an Official Bond Film

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• When two American nuclear warheads are stolen by SPECTRE amanuensis Maximilian Largo (Klaus Maria Brandauer) and an exhorbitant bribe demanded (or he will detonate them in unnamed cities), M (Edward Fox) reactivates MI6's 00 agents and sends 007 James Bail (Sean Connery) to Nassau to make contact with Largo'southward lover Domino Petachi (Kim Basinger), sister of Jack Petachi (Gavan O'Herlihy), the American Air Force pilot who is suspected of being involved with the theft. Edit

• Never Say Never Again is an "unofficial" remake of Thunderball (1965) (1965), which was based on Ian Fleming's 1961 novel of the same name. The novel was adjusted for this flick by screenwriters Kevin McClory, Jack Whittingham, and Lorenzo Semple, Jr. The title of the motion-picture show comes from a reference to Connery'south insistence back in 1971 that he would never play Bond once more. Edit

• Never Say Never Again is sung past American singer Lani Hall. Edit

• No. That'southward a literal interpretation of Largo's phrase "right under the president's anxiety in Washington, D.C." Largo could just take easily said, "right under the president's nose in Washington, D.C." It's hyperbole; the flop was probably in the back of an abandoned automobile, sitting in an empty warehouse, etc. Edit

• No. is in no fashion associated with this pic. There'southward an extra in the video game room of the casino scene that looks marginally like him (hence the confusion), but upon shut examination it'southward clearly not him. Furthermore, Dalton's appearance in such an insignificant role would not brand sense at this point, since he was an established and successful actor on stage and film since the 1960s (hence he wouldn't exist doing background work), and having him appear as a Bail in-joke would make little sense: Never Say Never Over again was released in 1983, at which time Dalton had no association with the franchise whatsoever and wouldn't play Bond for the first fourth dimension until four years subsequently, in (1987). (Dalton had been approached about replacing Connery in On Her Majesty's Secret Service only turned the role down as he believed he was also young. However, few filmgoers would accept been aware of this fact in 1983.) Edit

• Yep, this could be considered the terminal moving picture of the entire series even though there were more made after this one and still more to come up. It is even stated in the movie that he is older now and the 00s are obsolete. At the end of the film information technology's stated that he has retired from MI6. They want him dorsum, only he says, "Never over again", to which Domino asks, "Never?": an obvious play on the title, but also an in-joke as Connery stated that he would never play Bond again after You Only Live Twice but returned for Diamonds Are Forever. Information technology suggests the possibility of a sequel, but as well gives the series an ending. Edit

• Bond uses his laser watch to break the shackles and escape the tower room in which Largo had him imprisoned. He steals a equus caballus and saves Domino from being sold every bit a slave to some rugged-looking Arabs. Bond and Domino escape past leaping into the ocean where CIA operative Felix Leiter (Bernie Casey) fishes them out and takes them to a submarine. Bail informs Felix that he's learned that one of the two bombs is hidden in Washington, and so Felix alerts Washington and the bomb is located and defused. Bond realizes that the design on the Tears of Allah necklace lucifer the outline of the island where Largo has parked his ship, the Flying Saucer. Bail figures that the diamond on the pendant marks the location of the second bomb, and so he and Felix country on the island every bit indicated, don SCUBA gear, and go looking for the cave in which the bomb has been hidden. The cave leads to a large chamber filled with stone statues and other artifacts. As Bond goes deeper into the cave, Felix goes to get help. While the good guys fight the bad guys, Bail goes later Largo, who is attempting to escape underwater with the warhead. Felix radios for a helicopter which takes Bail to the surface of the island and drops him into an "haven", which leads him straight to Largo and the flop. Afterward a short fight with Largo, Bond attempts to disarm the bomb. But as Largo raises his gun to shoot Bond, Domino appears out of nowhere and shoots Largo with a speargun. In the final scenes, Bond and Domino are relaxing in a pool when Nigel Small-Fawcett (Rowan Atkinson) from the English consulate shows up with an urgent message from M, begging Bond to render to MI6 because he fears for the civilized world. "Never again," replies Bail. Edit

• Scenes shot but then cut include: (ane) An extended version of Fatima Chroma's arrival at SPECTRE's banking company headquarters; the longer music cue ("Fatima - Bad Lady") can be heard on the soundtrack album, (two) Blofeld dispatching a SPECTRE amanuensis (played by Marsha Hunt) at the beginning meeting. (She's the black woman wearing yellow and disappears between shots. Note Fatima'southward heavy animate, equally she may have thought she was the one to die. Hunt'south graphic symbol may take been killed by the poisonous claws of Blofeld's cat), (3) Bail killing one of the sharks with a harpoon (allegedly cut by the censor), (4) Fatima request the desk clerk at the hotel when Bond volition be back; when she is told "V o'clock", she replies, "Dead at five," and (5) Bond and Domino leaving the Tears of Allah subsequently Largo'south death in Largo's helicopter. Blofeld appears on the helicopter's TV and tries to talk to Largo but is scratched by his cat's poisonous claws. Bail throws the monitor out of the helicopter and we run into Blofeld's screaming face up every bit it falls towards the sea. Edit

• Aye, it can be constitute in the trivia section for this moving picture and Sean Connery's trivia page: Connery stated in an interview that he was taking martial arts lessons and, in the process, angered the instructor who in turn broke his wrist. Connery stayed with the wrist broken for a number of years thinking it was simply a minor hurting. The instructor was Steven Seagal. Edit

• Due to the UK's strict policy with regard to animal violence 1 scene showing a horse falling into the ocean was cut. Edit

The FAQ items below may give away important plot points.

• The movie opens with Bail in London where he and Thou (Edward Fox) are viewing a tape of a training maneuver in some undisclosed Latin American country. Because Bond ended up beingness "killed", 1000 sends him to a wellness clinic most London in order to take the "costless radicals" removed from his system -- the alcohol he drinks, the rich, unhealthy foods he eats and a "strict regimen of diet and exercise" as M puts it. When SPECTRE steals two cruise missiles bearing live nuclear warheads, 1000 recalls 007 and sends him to the Bahamas to make contact with Domino Petachi who lives on a yacht with Maximilian Largo. When Bond gets word that their yacht has set sail for Nice, France, he flies there and finally makes contact with Domino. When Bond attempts to board the yacht in society to search for the warheads, he becomes trapped and taken to Palmyra, Largo'southward villa in North Africa. After securing the 2d warhead, Bond returns to the Bahamas with Domino. Edit

• SPECTRE hijack ii cruise missiles-afterward swapping the dummy warheads they were supposed to carry for live nuclear warheads-and blackmails NATO into paying them a bribe of $25 billion, or ane quarter of NATO countries' annual expenditures on oil. I bomb has been targeted at a city in the United States, probably to distract the Americans and tie up their enormous resources. The other flop will be used on the existent target, the oil fields of the Middle East. Edit

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